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Up Shute Creek
- Rose Gardner Investigations, Book 4
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Series: Rose Gardner Investigations, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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another winner
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Publisher's Summary
Book four in the New York Times best-selling Rose Gardner Investigations series.
Rose Gardner feels like she’s up a creek without a paddle. Her sister is dying, her secret boyfriend, James Malcolm, is struggling to protect the county underworld from an upstart drug dealer, and her ex has moved back to town with a bee in his bonnet and a mission to root out corruption in the county. To make matters worse, Neely Kate is in dire straits, too - the past she’s spent years trying to forget has finally caught up to her, with horrific fallout. They’re in the thick of danger, and everyone’s quick to tell them they’d do best to hunker down and keep to themselves.
But mysteries have a way of finding Rose and Neely Kate. A mother contacts them about finding her missing teenage daughter the same day they find a different young woman stranded by the side of the road. They know they should turn down the case, just as they should ignore the signs that the woman with the broken down car is running from something, but for Rose and Neely Kate, curiosity will always have a stronger call than danger.
Listening order:
- Family Jewels (Rose Gardner Investigations #1)
- Trailer Trash (Neely Kate Mystery #1)
- For the Birds (Rose #2)
- Hell in a Handbasket (Rose #3)
- In High Cotton (Neely Kate #2)
- Up Shute Creek (Rose #4)
- Untitled (Neely Kate #3)
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- ladyinpink
- 12-23-19
Love this series
I love this series. I’m committed Lol. This book left you wanting to read the next!
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- SemHolte
- 01-01-20
love the Rose Gardner series
I love the stories of Rose and Neely Kate. Great to listen to while on the road.
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- Books at Tiffany's
- 05-21-19
Great Writer & Narrator
Another Rose book and things seem to spinning out of control. I can’t wait for Come Rain or Shine.
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- Rhonda
- 05-05-19
Another wonderful Rose story
I love the audio books and Shannon McManus' narration of Denise Grover Swank's books about Rose Gardner. Rose has so much going on in her life with her sister dying of cancer plus solving her investigations, and her Lady in Black. Things are sure getting sticky for Rose with her connections with James and the crime world. I hope I can wait for the next audio version of the series. Denise really knows how to bring out the emotions in her books.
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- S J
- 05-02-19
Oh my ... James and Rose
Another amazing story in the Rose Gardner saga. Totally a great listen! Totally recommend it!
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- Michele
- 03-29-19
Great series
They are just to long in between!!! I don’t have anything to read!!! Thanks for the Great series!
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- Crystal Pennington
- 02-13-19
Just keeps getting better and better!
I absolutely love all the Rose and Nelly Kate series and all the spin offs! I sit on pins and needles waiting for the next ones!
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- Sandra
- 02-02-19
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
This series just keeps getting better and better with each new book. I read 100+ books a year and this series is my all time favorite. Thanks Denise and Shannon for another incredible listen!
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-01-19
amazing!!!!!
The books keep getting better and better. I can hardly wait for the next book. Rose and Skeeter get so close in this book only to have to be apart but Skeeter finally confesses something to Rose she never thought he would. Emotions are high on this one. Read it you wont be disappointed.
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- S. Oaks
- 01-28-19
Ugh
I think I may go crazy waiting for the next one. Touché Denise Grover Swank.... touché. One of my favorite books in the series. Literally didn’t want to stop reading
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- Louise Mc
- 05-25-19
amazing
amazing as usual yet another book I cant seem to out down. I take it to work and read it in my lunch break I cant wait to read the next book