The Killer Wore Leather: A Mystery

Antoniou is the author of the top-notch "Marketplace" erotica series. With "The Killer Wore Leather," she's branched out into mystery-erotica, and--humor. And this book is hilarious--not a compliment I dole out easily. Antoniou writes a tight little mystery with all the gratification of a jigsaw puzzle. She peoples it with an S/M community that she skewers with all the love and familiarity of a close family member.

What if Raymond Chandler was more explicit with his implied S/M? What if Agatha Christie's Miss Marple was a demanding bottom? (“That’s SLAVE Marple to you!”) What if Chandler and Christie wrote their books with the humor of Steve Martin? We don’t have to wonder “what if?” We only need to listen to this book.

Narrator, Lauren Fortgang gives an especially excellent performance. Each character has a clear "voice," but it never sounds gimmicky.

Never read print version

Not because the stories are similar but they are both about murders and are very well done. "Punishment With Kisses" by Diane Anderson-Minshell a well d done book about kinky and wild behaviors. Good ending too.

Excellent narrator, she brings characters to life even the men and emotions are well played.

There were lots of laughs, and a few heart tugs, but it was an interesting murder mystery. Especially for the genre it's written for.

I'd like to see more well written books in the kinky, gay, lesbian, erotic, area. This one on a scale of 1 being the worst and 10 being the best was a 7.5

Absolutely not on author. Gads I wrestled over keeping this book at the point of no return and what a waste of listening time it has been for me. I have an 1 hr 10 min to go and I am up to 1.5x speed to finish! The biggest disappointment is that the reviews said it was great, one reviewer agreed with me, awful. I own 3 other reads by Ms Fortgang yet to be heard so the jury is out until I hear them.

The reviews said this was clever, and I beg to differ. If it had been humorous in the truest sense, then ok, but it wasn't that either.

The reader did a good job, but I did have to use 1.5 speed to get through it

I personally would not even give it a try. This was 14 hrs of what???

I thoroughly enjoyed this story.. the humour, satire and even some of the more serious points underneath. I loved reading the book when it came out and listening to it just brought it more to life. The narration is fantastic ...completely entertaining... lots of accents and each character recognisable. a great read and a great listen.

the premise of the story may be interesting but it's way too complicated and way too entwined with too many characters and hard to understand what's going on. I would not recommend this book.

It doesn't get any better than Laura Antoniou. She truly loves this community and this novel proves it. She's pulls pieces from this conference and that and if you've been to any number of conferences you can pinpoint what came from where. She gets deep into Bootblacks which is awesome and truly sexy (damn I adore a good Bootblack). This novel is outstanding in that it leaves you hanging, wondering who did it up to the end. Bravo Laura, love you, love your writing style and love this wonderfully, kinky community.

Narrator, was great. Story was interesting and a little haphazard but good enough to finish.

The Voice Actor does a great job bringing the different characters to life. I enjoyed her voice work immensely and I am usually not fond of female readers. (My owns stuff around the voices lulling me to sleep and I mostly listen while driving)

It is a great story in a world I am all to familiar with. Laura A. Did a great job crafting the characters and environment and I really enjoyed the book in general

The voice work and energy she brings to the voices is perfect.

If only I could. Not enough time but I find myself listening to sections I have already read to enjoy them at another level with Lauren's voice.