Real Actors, Not People

The Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries, Book 8

By: Karen Musser Nortman

Narrated by: Michelle Babb

Frannie Shoemaker and her friends go camping to get away from the real world. So, they are surprised and dismayed to find their wilderness campground the production site of a new "reality" show - Celebrity Campout. Reality intrudes on their week in the form of accidents, nature, and even murder. They handle the situation with their usual humor, compassion, and mystery solving, because...camping can be murder.

©2018 Karen Musser Nortman (P)2019 Karen Musser Nortman

Excitement to the end!

This is the 8th book in the Frannie Shoemaker cozy mystery series and once again the story does not disappoint. Each book has it’s own twists and turns, comical moments and lots of adventure. It’s nice to have the stories center around a retired couple and their friends for a change of pace, it makes for an atypical foundation to how the plots play out.
The reader, as always, did an excellent job of the voices and by this book, the regular characters are like friends. It is read at a good pace with plenty of voice variations to differentiate characters easily to follow along while listening. This series has been a pleasure to spend time camping with the Shoemakers and friends!

Love this series

The Shoemakers and friends take a camping trip to get rid of the real world for a bit only to find they are shooting a reality TV show in the campground. But when the accidents start than a death it all gets very real.

I love these Frannie Shoemaker audios. Narrator Michelle Babb has become the voice of Frannie and she is wonderful. I love the action and suspense in these mysteries and how Frannie can stumble upon dead people. I also like the real life going ons in the campgrounds, people not prepared or even have a clue what they are doing, to the seasoned pros. These are just plain wonderful books or if you are like me audios, and I can't wait for more.

Frannie and friends are back!

I listened to the audio version of this book. I really love this series. It's not what I usually go for, but Frannie and her friends and their camping really appeal to me for some reason. I love the whole concept of preparing meals and eating together and just being out in nature and exploring.
Of course, where Frannie is, a dead body shows up. This time it's someone involved with the reality TV show that is filming in the campground Frannie and her friends are staying. Frannie is on it!
I was trying to figure out what was different about this story and decided maybe it was that Frannie wasn't as "involved" with the police officers investigating. I'm not real sure, but there just didn't seem to be as much involvement in this story.
I enjoyed Ms. Babb's narration, as usual.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.

A mystery with a side of celebrities

Well written book with a side of drama. I loved the quirky characters and storyline. The who done it was definitely a mystery because of so many possible suspects. I highly recommend this book and series. I received this book at my request and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.

"Reality" Cozy Mystery

I enjoyed book 8 of "The Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries". Frannie and her friends meet up with a group of almost forgotten actors who have agreed to be a part of a "reality show" that involved camping. The story had moments of humor as this group had little experience with what camping entails. Michelle Babb's narration was entertaining, and her performance added to the tale as her varied voices bring life to the different characters. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.