Valpolicella Violet: A Private Investigator Comedy Mystery (Franki Amato Mysteries, Book 7)

De: Traci Andrighetti

Narrado por: Madeline Mrozek

Franki's Venice vacation makes New Orleans seems like Disneyland....

Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend’s Christmas Eve nuptials. She’s looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly-up after making violet risotto for the reception, her holiday plans start sinking like La Serenissima.

Dead set on finding the killer and saving her BFF’s wedding, Franki navigates the city’s streets and canals, which are darker and more twisted than catacomb tunnels, and all while the ghosts of past and present are quite literally haunting her. She has to figure out what grave robberies and an 19th-century nun have to do with the murder and decipher a string of clues as murky as the Venetian lagoon - a candlelit coffin, a jeweled cross necklace, and a bottle of Valpolicella. Will Franki get her gondola ride? Or will she, too, become a phantom of Venice?

Valpolicella Violet is Book Seven in the Franki Amato Mysteries, but it can be listened to as a stand-alone. If you like zany characters and laugh-out-loud humor with a splash of suspense, then you’ll drink up this fun series by USA Today best-selling author Traci Andrighetti. Cin cin!

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“Traci’s writing is sharp and funny; the world she paints leaps off the page and makes the reader laugh out loud…. A thoroughly enjoyable voice in fiction!” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times best-selling author)

Love this series

I really am enjoying this series. The narrator they cannot ever get rid of her because she is perfect for the series. She does all the voices wonderfully. Enjoy the trip to Venice, Italy with a few twists and turns and of course a mystery to solve.

Another destination murder!!

Totally not a surprise to me, Valpolicella Violet has become one of my favorite books. Franki Amato has taken her private investigation skills on the road. We are in Italy for a destination wedding and of course murder, suspense, history lessons and mayhem. The reading is well done, the audio quality is very good and the series continues with another winning book in the series.

Love the stories about Amatto

I love the Author and her sense of Humor, as well as the Narrator. A Added bonus I really enjoyed and laughed out loud quite a few times- are the Bloopers they play at the end of the books. The narrator having a hard time staying serious herself after blundering a word, LOL- I really loved that little bonus!

Good but my last of the series

When I started the series I thought it was interesting, clever, funny, and very different. However, the main character hasn’t grown or evolved much. This has led to relationships within the family remaining frustratingly the same and have grown tiresome.
That said, If you haven’t listened/read the series I would highly recommend it. IMO, the first 4 books were above excellent. My lack of enthusiasm for Valpolicella may be mine alone and regardless, it is still a good story.

Hilarious!

Another fun and crazy adventure with the gang! Just what we need right now, a great way to escape! Another excellent narration!!!

Too much

I have enjoyed this series up until this book. This story was just a little convoluted & difficult to follow which made it less enjoyable. I like the location of Venice, but it was extremely unrealistic that Frankie would be so distracted during her friends wedding.

Entertaining and convoluted mystery set in Venice

Franki’s friend Veronica is getting married in Venice, as had already been announced in the previous book. Franki and her family and friends travel to Italy for the occasion, but things can never be normal around Franki, and she will be involved again in a murder investigation.

In this book, we get a break from New Orleans, and Traci Andrighetti transports us to the streets of Venice. I especially liked the descriptions of the several places and mentions to legends and the past of the city. It’s clear Andrighetti knows the place well. I’ve been once to Venice, more than twenty years ago, but the mention of Saint Mark’s square of the Bridge of Sighs, and pieces of historical knowledge, made me travel again to the past and the humid Venice streets.

The mystery was intriguing, but I think what I liked the most were the historical information and atmosphere. Franki was entertaining, as usual, with some light humor and her family members’ quirks. This made the book light and funny but I also had to listen carefully to all the pieces of information that were revealed along the way. Andrighetti’s mysteries are never straightforward, and her stories could be convoluted sometimes. I would also like to mention that this book is part of a series, and there are many characters and details from previous books, so I’d strongly recommend starting from the beginning to get acquainted with Franki’s world.

Madeline Mrozek delivered a delightful narration, expressive characters’ interpretations, and multiple voices and styles. I really like Franki’s stories but my favorite part will always be Mrozek’s narration. She can make a good story shine. I especially enjoy how well she transmits the humor the author poured into the writing. It’s just impossible not to have a good time and laugh with Madeline! The bloopers and the end of the book were fantastic!

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Great Frankie mystery!

This is another great Frankie Amato mystery. Author does such a great job with imagery you can actually see yourself there! Funny and intriguing mystery!
I received a free copy and left my honest review

I couldn’t stop laughing even when sitting on the edge of my seat!

This series is exciting and hilarious. I love the characters. Being Italian I recognize a few of them. So much fun!

Too much fun!

Venice, private-investigators, wedding-madness, murder-investigation, murder, cultural-heritage, family-dynamics, friction, friendship, laugh-riot, relatives, relationships, situational-humor, verbal-humor, jewelry-heist*****

This is NOT Commissario Brunetti's Venice!
All the friends and relatives from New Orleans are in Venitia, Italia for the wedding of Franki Amato's best friend/co-owner of the PI agency they run. What a mixed-up piece of work! There's a murder, a jewelry heist, the geriatric NOLA stripper having a book signing, Franki's mother and old school grandmother arriving early while Franki's own fiance arrives late, a fraudulent ghost of Tosca (among others) and a lot of side-splitting laughs. I LOVE this bunch of characters and the voices they are given by Madeline Mrozek who is absolutely perfect for this crowd!