• Dating Can Be Deadly

  • An Amish Matchmaker Mystery, Book 5
  • By: Amanda Flower
  • Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Dating Can Be Deadly

By: Amanda Flower
Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
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Set in the fan favorite Amish village of Harvest, Ohio, the latest novel in the USA Today bestselling author's Amish Matchmaker series features the unlikely sleuthing duo of an Amish widow and her zany, oft-divorced English best friend.

It's August in Holmes County, and that means it's time for the Holmes County Fair. It's the county's biggest annual event, drawing tourists and locals alike to see livestock, eat too much fried food, and watch the rodeo and speed racing contests. This year, Millie has entered the quilting competition—while her very not Amish best friend, Lois Henry, is distracted by her new dating app and her search for husband number five. In a place where quilting is a way of life, the competition is fierce—especially this year, when an anonymous donor doubles the winning cash prize. Amish and English women are up against each other, and some will do anything to win—even murder . . .

When someone attacks the quilt barn by slashing the quilt display, it's unsettling enough. But when a quilting judge is found murdered, Millie knows it's time to for Lois to get off her app and help her hunt for a killer instead—before the competition is wiped out for good . . .

©2023 Amanda Flower (P)2023 Tantor

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It is an excellent read

There are 3 criteria that must be met in order to get 5 stars from. 1) the story must keep my attention 2) the author must have the ability to spin an good tale 3) the author must be literate.

Really number 3 on my list is the most import to me. If the writing doesn’t have decent sentence structure I often simply zone out. Variety of words falls into this category as well; for example, ‘he answered,’ ‘he responded’, ‘he replied’, ‘he chuckled as he said’, as opposed to (god help me) he said, she said, John said, Mary said, said, said said).

In this case the author has delightful way of telling a story and bringing it life. Despite the tales being highly unlikely, even ludicrously so, Amanda manages to trigger my ability to suspend belief, allowing me to find pleasure in the read for the sake of entertainment.

Cozy mystery fluff sure, but fluff that is infinitely readable.

Moving on to the narrator…

Vanessa is able to vary her tone & cadence just enough to help me hear each character. That’s no small feat. Many narrators reuse cadence over and over in a single novel which, for me, confuses me as to who ilia talking and pulls me out of story.

Great job Vanessa

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