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The Return of Betty Snickerdoodle
- A Salty and Sweet Cozy Mystery Full of Humor and Heart
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Bea Sickles—aka beloved author Betty Snickerdoodle—keeps her true identity hidden for a reason. The writer behind the wholesome, heartwarming Treacle Town holiday books may be a little old lady, but she's not sweet, not weak, and not even a little meek!
She's a wise-cracking ex-poker pro who loves nothing more than being underestimated. So when a bumbling crook decides to get rich quick by stealing an unpublished Betty Snickerdoodle manuscript, Bea won’t be satisfied with just stopping him—oh, no! The bad guy needs to be taught a lesson — and Bea's just the person to do it.
So the chase begins, with Bea nudged out of her quiet life in the wine country and on the hunt to retrieve her manuscript. She’s got a plan to make the thief pay, but if her secret identity is revealed in the process, that plan just might blow up in her face! Luckily, she's got a friend on her side: Angela Garcia, the clever and ambitious young marketer who helped make Betty Snickerdoodle a household name.
The crook will stop at nothing to turn the stolen book into quick cash. Can Bea stop him—and save her reputation—before it’s too late?
The Return of Betty Snickerdoodle is a hilarious, feel-good romp full of hijinks and heart. If you're a fan of mysteries with eccentric characters, endearing friendships, and plenty of laughs, this cozy caper is sure to sleigh you! Join Bea and her quirky friends as they hatch a plan to right what's wrong--all the while proving you're never, ever too old for adventure.
This book is the first in a cozy mystery series full of humor, twists, and heart.
Content alert: brief references to smoking in this first book of the series.
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Thirty-nine-year-old Rosi Laruee—named Rosisophia Doroche after her mother’s beloved Golden Girls—decides that the end of her twenty-year marriage and her dad’s impending knee replacement surgery are all the excuses she needs to visit Tucson Valley Retirement Community. But the drama follows Rosi when she finds the body of local tart and business owner, Salem Mansfield. The information she discovers using her newspaper reporter sleuthing skills coupled with the clues she picks up from lackluster Police Officer Dan Daniel lead to a surprise discovery when the murderer is revealed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny and light hearted cozy mystery!
- By Kyla on 04-28-24
By: Marcy Blesy
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Fish Out of Water
- An Ozarks Lake Mystery (Book 1)
- By: Marc Jedel
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Sinister secrets hidden by the tranquil waters of an Ozarks lake. Can married amateur sleuths bait and capture a killer before the truth slips away? Kirkus Reviews—“A fine whodunit featuring a delightful cast whom readers will love—or love to hate.” After newlyweds Elizabeth and Jonas Trout arrive to settle her grandmother's estate, they quickly find themselves embroiled in a treacherous mystery when Elizabeth is implicated in the murder of the property manager. With mounting evidence and the Southern small-town sheriff convinced of her guilt, Elizabeth and Jonas must fish for clues...
By: Marc Jedel
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The Friday Night Mystery Club
- Book #1 in the Friday Night Mystery Club Series
- By: Joanna Campbell Slan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Decatur, Illinois/1986 - A nasty divorce leaves Cragan Collins with a mountain of bills and her grandmother to support. She takes a job as an ad salesperson for The Gazette. The market is tough, but Cragan finds a mentor in business reporter, Robert Smithson. One icy January day, Robert is found dead in a city park. His murder is dismissed as gay-on-gay crime. Cragan asks The Friday Night Mystery Club to find justice for Robert. Will Cragan's quest for the truth land her on the obituary page?
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4 out of 5 stars
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good read
- By glenn a. lucas on 04-20-24
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Belle Harbor Cozy Mysteries: Books 1 - 3
- By: Sue Hollowell
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint beach town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her quirky uncle, and enough antiques and pastries to fill your home and your belly. Book 1 - Cupcakes and Catastrophe Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of opening a bakery like her grandma Luna was now becoming a reality. No sooner does she arrive in the charming beach town, when she and her quirky uncle are tangled up in a mysterious death. When a kite competition judge...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Virtual voice lacking
- By Joy on 04-11-24
By: Sue Hollowell
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Mischief Night Murder
- A Haunting Whodunnit Cozy Mystery
- By: Joy Patrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
This Halloween, it's all tricks. No treats. It’s her first Halloween since being back in sleepy Mangrove Bay, FL, and former urbanite-turned-amateur-sleuth Vivian Blake is feeling the town’s excitement as they prepare for the October festivities. Skeletons, ghosts, witches, spiders. And one corpse. A real one. Mischief Night—or Pirate Night as it’s called here—wouldn’t be complete without a reenactment of the eerie tale of pirate Captain Treader and his ship, The Bloody Cutlass, that was said to have capsized off the coast of Mangrove Bay. The quirky locals love their spooky ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just okay
- By ZeraGirl on 02-02-24
By: Joy Patrick
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Hide and Seek
- A Suspenseful, Small Town Cozy Mystery
- By: Joy Patrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Returning to her sleepy, backwoods hometown in the Everglades was the last thing Vivian Blake ever thought she’d do. So was solving her uncle’s murder. Recently single, and with no other family to speak of, psych nurse Vivian Blake ditched her carefully calculated urban life for the swampy fishing village of Mangrove Bay, Florida. Though initially happy to be back at her beloved uncle Don’s place, the nostalgic feeling faded when she realized ex-con Ben was staying in the next room. And making matters worse, high school mean girl, the perfect Cassie Heatherton, was back in town as ...
By: Joy Patrick
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Behind the Boater's Cover-up
- By: Etta Faire
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
The papers say it was an accident... While on vacation with her family in 1957, 18-year-old Gloria Thomas went to a party on Landover Lake, but never returned. The locals say she was just another outsider who partied too hard and got into an unfortunate accident. Her ghost says it wasn't anything like that. And now, she's come to medium detective Carly Taylor to figure out exactly what happened. Through channeling, Carly is taken straight to that night to relive the party, the young woman’s murder, and the obvious cover-up. But while channeling memories from the 1950s, Carly finds out ...
By: Etta Faire
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Murder in the Mix Books 1-3
- By: Addison Moore
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 12
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 12
A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" Humor with a side of homicide. A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal bestseller Addison Moore All books in the series can be read individually, so dive on in! Includes RECIPE! My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Virtual voice distracting
- By Patricia Comiskey on 04-18-24
By: Addison Moore
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Leaf of Faith
- By: Lisa Bouchard
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Aspiring potion-witch Isabella Proctor dreams of a normal life away from magic. But when she stumbles upon her mentor's lifeless body, her world turns upside down, and a simple life seems far from reach. Suddenly entangled in a murder investigation, Isabella finds herself the prime suspect in the eyes of the newly-arrived Detective Palmer. Juggling a failing apothecary, a grandmother who sees people that aren't there, and a police department inexperienced in solving murders, Isabella must use her wits and magic to clear her name. With danger lurking around every corner and her freedom on ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Actually decent.
- By Jamie on 01-19-24
By: Lisa Bouchard
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Knitting Up a Murder
- A Yarn Genie Mystery
- By: Celeste Bennett
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Yarn Genie Imogene, a knitting agoraphobic, believes her new husband wants her billion-dollar inheritance and is willing to kill her to get it. On the run, she sheds her rich identity and navigates life without servants or money. When she chooses undercover FBI agent Frank Bachman's car to hide in, she begins the wildest journey of her life. When her husband is found murdered by her knitting needle, Imogene enlists Frank's help to find the true killer and recover her stolen money. Imogene and Frank must sidestep their growing attraction to unwind the web of deceit that surrounds her. As the...
By: Celeste Bennett
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A Party to Murder
- A Delightfully Witty, Small Town Cozy Mystery
- By: Joy Patrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Solving murder mysteries has become old hat for former D.C. urbanite-turned-amateur sleuth Lilly Livingston. But please, not at her inn’s first big event of the summer! Having settled into small-town life in Drifter’s Cove, FL, Lilly is thrilled that her recently inherited inn is now on the map! With Magnolia Manor fully renovated and sold out for the Memorial Day weekend celebration, she is eagerly welcoming guests, fluffing pillows, and finalizing the menu. As ex-boyfriend Eric reluctantly mans the front desk, the motley crew of guests checks in—a persnickety chef, a local drifter, ...
By: Joy Patrick
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A Sleuth Is Born
- By: Pepper Frost
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
A posh holiday party. The highest stakes. And more than a little danger.... A secretive philanthropist books Betty Snickerdoodle's brand new inn for her elite, ultra-private holiday poker tournament. With the hefty fee she's offering, it seems like Christmas has come a few days early--especially since the inn's not even open yet! But Bea Sickles--the savvy, 70-something ex-poker pro turned author behind Betty Snickerdoodle--smells trouble. "Might be a special gift from Santa," Bea says. "Or we might be getting a scam in our stocking." The set-up is undeniably odd. And as the tycoons settle ...
By: Pepper Frost
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Moussaka and Murder
- A Suspenseful Small Town Cozy Mystery
- By: Joy Patrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
When JJ Kamaras opened her new business in her hometown, she expected great things. Being accused of murder wasn’t one of them. With Thanksgiving approaching, the rest of Jim Thorpe, PA, was focused on turkey, stuffing, and the safety of a warm hearth. But somehow, for JJ, it’s never safety and always trouble. While preparing for the Thanksgiving Regionals gymnastics meet, personalities clash when JJ's old rival, Priti Patel, seems bent on taking over everything, including JJ's new beau. As pressure mounts and the gym’s finances crumble, JJ faces another pesky problem—a mysterious ...
By: Joy Patrick