Valpolicella Violet: A Private Investigator Comedy Mystery (Franki Amato Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Traci Andrighetti

Narrated by: Madeline Mrozek

Franki's Venice vacation makes New Orleans seems like Disneyland....

Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend’s Christmas Eve nuptials. She’s looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly-up after making violet risotto for the reception, her holiday plans start sinking like La Serenissima.

Dead set on finding the killer and saving her BFF’s wedding, Franki navigates the city’s streets and canals, which are darker and more twisted than catacomb tunnels, and all while the ghosts of past and present are quite literally haunting her. She has to figure out what grave robberies and an 19th-century nun have to do with the murder and decipher a string of clues as murky as the Venetian lagoon - a candlelit coffin, a jeweled cross necklace, and a bottle of Valpolicella. Will Franki get her gondola ride? Or will she, too, become a phantom of Venice?

Valpolicella Violet is Book Seven in the Franki Amato Mysteries, but it can be listened to as a stand-alone. If you like zany characters and laugh-out-loud humor with a splash of suspense, then you’ll drink up this fun series by USA Today best-selling author Traci Andrighetti. Cin cin!

©2021 Traci Andrighetti (P)2021 Traci Andrighetti

Critic reviews

“Traci’s writing is sharp and funny; the world she paints leaps off the page and makes the reader laugh out loud…. A thoroughly enjoyable voice in fiction!” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times best-selling author)

Love this series

I really am enjoying this series. The narrator they cannot ever get rid of her because she is perfect for the series. She does all the voices wonderfully. Enjoy the trip to Venice, Italy with a few twists and turns and of course a mystery to solve.

Another destination murder!!

Totally not a surprise to me, Valpolicella Violet has become one of my favorite books. Franki Amato has taken her private investigation skills on the road. We are in Italy for a destination wedding and of course murder, suspense, history lessons and mayhem. The reading is well done, the audio quality is very good and the series continues with another winning book in the series.

Love the stories about Amatto

I love the Author and her sense of Humor, as well as the Narrator. A Added bonus I really enjoyed and laughed out loud quite a few times- are the Bloopers they play at the end of the books. The narrator having a hard time staying serious herself after blundering a word, LOL- I really loved that little bonus!

Good but my last of the series

When I started the series I thought it was interesting, clever, funny, and very different. However, the main character hasn’t grown or evolved much. This has led to relationships within the family remaining frustratingly the same and have grown tiresome.
That said, If you haven’t listened/read the series I would highly recommend it. IMO, the first 4 books were above excellent. My lack of enthusiasm for Valpolicella may be mine alone and regardless, it is still a good story.

Hilarious!

Another fun and crazy adventure with the gang! Just what we need right now, a great way to escape! Another excellent narration!!!