Santa Fe Mourning

The Santa Fe Revival Mysteries, Book 1

By: Amanda Allen

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Brilliant new heroine Maddie Vaughn-Alwin makes her daring debut, discovering that speakeasies conceal more than just liquor.

Madeline Vaughn-Alwin's picture-perfect life fades to gray when her childhood sweetheart perishes in the Great War. The aspiring painter leaves her wealthy New York family behind to travel across the country and start over in California. But when Maddie reaches Santa Fe, New Mexico, she halts her westward journey, certain she's found her new home amid the striking scenery and inspiring artistic community.

To help out around her new adobe cottage, Maddie hires the Anayas, a local Native American family. But when the father is found murdered outside a speakeasy, the police brush off the death as just another inebriated man finding trouble. Shocked and distraught, Maddie takes on the case herself. But as she investigates, she learns that the Anayas' home life was not what it seemed. And just as she's starting to see the bigger picture, the autopsy reveals that her suspects' alibis don't hold up in Santa Fe Mourning, Amanda Allen's richly evocative first Santa Fe Revival mystery, perfect for fans of Victoria Thompson and Rhys Bowen.

©2018 Amanda Allen (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Fun mystery!

What a fun story to read, and so full of the rich history of Santa Fe. I’ll be back for more of her books!

Great First in a Series

It's a bit slow at first, but the characters are very likeable. I can't wait for audible to get the next one!

Ok

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the characters and how they interacted with each other. The mystery was obvious from early on in the plot. If there is a second book, which there probably will be, I would be willing to spend a credit to listen to it.