To Bead or Not to Bead
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A Bead in the Hand
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- By: Janice Peacock
- Narrated by: Mary Ann Jacobs
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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A bead bazaar turns bizarre when jewelry designer and glass beadmaker Jax O'Connell discovers a dead body beneath her sales table. Suspected of murder, Jax and her friend Tessa scramble to find the killer among the fanatic shoppers and eccentric vendors. They have their hands full dealing with a scumbag show promoter, hipsters in love, and a security guard who wants to do more than protect Jax from harm. Adding to the chaos, Jax's quirky neighbor Val arrives unexpectedly with trouble in tow.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By: Janice Peacock
- Narrated by: Mary Ann Jacobs
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
Glass bead-maker Jax O'Connell and her friend Tessa have no idea what challenges await them when they take a glassblowing class with Marco De Luca, a famous Italian glass artist - and infamous lothario. After the first night of class, Tessa sees a body through the rain-streaked window of the studio. The next morning there's no sign of Marco, and one of the studio owners is also missing. The local sheriff isn't taking the disappearances seriously, but Tessa knows what she saw.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Funny Whodunit
- By Aurora Dawn on 01-13-18
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High Strung
- Glass Bead Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Janice Peacock
- Narrated by: Mary Ann Jacobs
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 38
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 38
After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O'Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass bead maker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop's opening festivities, it's an opportunity Jax can't resist - even though the store's owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met. The weekend's events become a tangled mess when a young bead maker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Murder with a bead maker
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 10-06-17
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Swamp Santa
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- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 871
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 782
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 777
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5 out of 5 stars
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Christmas in Sinful!!
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 84
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Sophie never considered ghostwriting as a side gig, until former actress and aspiring lifestyle guru, Tilly Stratford, trophy wife of Wesley Winthrope, needs someone to write her celebrity cookbook. Sophie agrees, hoping she'll earn enough bread on this assignment to finish her bathroom renovations. But as it turns out, Sophie isn't the first foodie to get a taste for recipe ghostwriting, and if the marginalia are any indication, this project could be a killer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Murder at Archly Manor
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- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,153
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,142
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5 out of 5 stars
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Completely Absorbing Pendergast novel...
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An Affair to Dismember
- Matchmaker Mysteries Series, Book 1
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I have enjoyed this series very much... but not this one. Disappointing 😯
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Murder at Hawthorn Cottage
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- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Melissa Craig is absolutely delighted with her new life in an old crumbling cottage, spending her days pruning the primroses and getting to know Binkie, the ginger cat next door. She only wishes she had made the move to the countryside sooner. But when a knock at the door brings news of a shocking discovery, she suddenly finds herself thrown in to the middle of a baffling mystery: the bones of a young woman have been found in the woods just behind her new home. Perhaps the little village of Upper Bembury is not as idyllic as it first seemed? Strange phone calls in the night convince Melissa that the police are barking up completely the wrong tree, so she can’t resist doing a little digging of her own. From the bingo hall to the beauty salon and beyond, her search ruffles a few feathers and uncovers many of the village’s most scandalous secrets, but gets her no closer to finding the culprit.
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Publisher's Summary
When a wealthy theater owner is killed by a falling art glass chandelier, glass beadmaker Jax O’Connell’s boyfriend, Detective Zachary Grant, quickly determines it was no accident. Jax and her friend Tessa try to carry on with a charity fashion gala at the theater, but with only a few days before the big event, they have to scramble to keep things from falling apart. The emcee quits, and to make matters worse, Tessa’s daughters are suspects in the murder.
As the chaos unfolds, Jax discovers new suspects at every turn, including an edgy glass blower, an agoraphobic socialite, and a hunky former-cop-turned-actor. Can Jax piece together the clues to find the killer and uncover the dark secrets behind the victim’s family or will it be curtains for her?
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- New Mat Girl
- 02-01-19
If not for the Reader.....
I might have given this title more stars. It was so difficult to listen to. Jacobs timing seemed very off and initially I tried to change the speed to see if that helped. It didn’t.
But in fairness to the author I wanted to listen through to the end. Now I have to say, I don’t have a lot of exposure to the cozy mystery genre. I do adore mysteries and tend to read longer stories with really well developed plot lines. This was not a complicated story. It was somewhat light hearted -given that it is about murder. But the murder seemed secondary in this story, which was chock full of other endearing moments-glass beads, cute cars, funky neighbor gals and cats....all made for an overall enjoyable read.....and next time, I will actually do the reading.
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- Liz Shuster
- 10-28-19
Entertaining series
I found this series to be very entertaining. Being a glass bead maker I thought it would be a fun listen while working in my shop and it was. I enjoyed trying to put real world faces on the characters and found Mary Ann Jacobs to be an engaging in narrator. Great light listening and Janice clearly understands glass and the glass community. Even if glass and beads are not your thing, this series is a great light read or listen.