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A Kate Delafield Mystery, Book 1
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Tough and demanding LAPD Detective Kate Delafield is the leader of the investigation into a high-rise office building murder. The case is intriguing but routine - until Kate interviews the only witness, Ellen O'Neil.
When Ellen O'Neil took her new job over the objections of her lover, she wasn't expecting to become embroiled in murder. The curiosity that Kate Delafield rouses is equally unexpected. But it is never far from Ellen's mind that she is merely a name on an interview sheet to the tight-lipped detective.
Kate's thin trail of clues are enough to convince her that she is looking for an amateur, and amateurs are notoriously unpredictable and dangerous. She finds her path increasingly intersecting with that of Ellen O'Neil, who is proving unpredictable and dangerous in a far more personal way.
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Sinister in Savannah is a fictional podcast exploring the city's most nefarious crimes with Southern-fried snark. The best-selling trilogy is now available in one collection. When the Sinister in Savannah team delves into the thirty-eight-year-old murder of a drag queen, they quickly discover that the story doesn't end with the alleged killer's confession in 1995. In Mr. Perfect, the podcast is back to investigate allegations that a local businessman is dabbling in money laundering. Pretty Poison follows Tess, a woman accused of killing her three husbands.
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Could not finish
- By Donna M. Jones on 03-26-23
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Keepers of the Cave
- Johnston & Riley Series, Book 1
- By: Gerri Hill
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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While the investigations go on in Dallas and Baton Rouge after the disappearance of a senator's daughter, FBI agents CJ Johnston and Paige Riley are assigned to the sleepy backwoods of East Texas for a dead-end assignment to infiltrate an all-girls school. Random disappearances dating back 50 years and more raise red flags that point to the tiny, isolated community of Hoganville. But CJ and Paige fear there will be little distraction from the memories of the one-night stand they shared six months ago.
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Kept me intrigued the entire time!
- By Tracy on 06-22-19
By: Gerri Hill
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Fusion
- Velvet Series, Book 1
- By: Diana Kane
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford, Felicity Munroe
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Alexis thought her life contained everything she wanted, until her partner of five years drops a bombshell on her. Catherine is an accomplished neurosurgeon looking for a fresh start in a new city. A chance meeting between the two imprints the doctor in Alexis's mind, with thoughts of Catherine pushing to the forefront months after they meet. When life places the pair in the same city, Alexis is unable to deny her attraction to Catherine. As the pair become closer, Alexis finds herself falling for Catherine, despite knowing that her feelings will never be reciprocated.
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Audio sample is very misleading!
- By Kelli M on 04-12-18
By: Diana Kane
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Five Moons Rising
- Five Moons Rising, Book 1
- By: Lise MacTague
- Narrated by: Lori Prince
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Code-named Malice, Hunter Mary Alice Nolan was genetically modified and rigorously trained to use her great strength, heightened senses, and killer instincts to track and eliminate supras who prey on the innocent. A loner by choice, her only real link to the human world is her close connection to her mother and sister - until the unthinkable happens. Ruri Samson has been a werewolf for more than a century and is comfortably situated as the Beta of her peaceful pack. Until she is betrayed by the woman she loves and an evil outsider massacres her Alpha and his most loyal followers.
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ok for a love story, if that's what you want.
- By Tania Hooper on 09-05-20
By: Lise MacTague
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Fixer Upper
- By: Cara Malone
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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Hannah Grayson finds out her great-aunt Nora has passed and left her a house in rural Indiana. Fleeing a dysfunctional and controlling relationship in New York, she moves into the house because she's got nowhere else to go. Disasters start piling up - the house is in disrepair, Nora's grandchildren are trying to evict her, and the gorgeous but chilly woman across the street seems to have a problem with Hannah's presence. When a pipe bursts on her first night in the house, Hannah has no choice but to run across the street and beg for help from Avery.
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just ok
- By Sondra A., Cobb on 01-31-19
By: Cara Malone
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Blurred Lines
- Cops and Docs, Book 1
- By: KD Williamson
- Narrated by: Sarah Grant
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Kelli MacCabe is a no-nonsense detective with a tough exterior. Only a select few know her as a loyal, loving friend. Committed to her family, her friends, and her job, Kelli puts her needs behind everyone else's. As a surgeon, Nora Whitmore is used to being in control. The hospital is her life and leaves room for little else. Respected by her colleagues, but misunderstood by the residents, Nora takes what she needs and keeps everyone at arm's length. In the process, she creates unexpected enemies. Tragedy brings them together.
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WOW! I really like this audiobook!
- By Sondra A., Cobb on 04-11-18
By: KD Williamson
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The Killing Room
- By: Gerri Hill
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Denver detective Jake McCoy is trying to recover - both physically and emotionally - from the shooting death of a young boy that also left her injured. She soon finds herself rehabbing at her cabin in the mountains, soaking in the remote natural springs - which is exactly where psychologist Nicole Westbrook vacations and soon stumbles across her.... When Nicole leaves the next day, the two women know little more about the other than her first name - yet they are now lovers instead of strangers.
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50 shades of gray quality
- By Corynn S. on 09-17-19
By: Gerri Hill
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Exquisite
- By: Sarah Stovell
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Bo Luxton has it all - a loving family, a beautiful home in the Lake District and a clutch of best-selling books to her name. Enter Alice Dark, an aspiring writer who is drifting through life, with a series of dead-end jobs and a freeloading boyfriend. When they meet at a writers' retreat, the chemistry is instant, and a sinister relationship develops.... Or does it?
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This novel is exactly what its title proclaims...
- By AJ Holmes on 04-26-20
By: Sarah Stovell
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Renovated to Death
- A Domestic Partners in Crime Mystery, Book 1
- By: Frank Anthony Polito
- Narrated by: Frank Anthony Polito
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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After a successful first season of Domestic Partners chronicling the renovation of their historic Craftsman Colonial, Peter and JP are taking on a renovation of a local Tudor Revival inherited by identical twin brothers Terry and Tom Cash. But linoleum floors and a pink-tiled bathroom aren't the only unwelcome surprises awaiting inside the house. Just as the show is set to start filming, Peter and JP discover Tom Cash dead at the foot of the house's staircase. And when the police ruling changes from accidental death to homicide, the list of suspects grows fast.
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Cozy good fun
- By Pamela Sabaugh on 11-17-22
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Desert of the Heart
- A Novel
- By: Jane Rule
- Narrated by: Traci Odom
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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When Desert of the Heart opens, Evelyn Hall is on a plane that will take her from her old life in Oakland, California, to Reno, where she plans to divorce her husband of 16 years. A voluntary exile in a brave new world, she meets a woman who will change her life. Fifteen years younger, Ann Childs works as a change apron in a casino. Evelyn is instantly drawn to the fiercely independent Ann, and their friendship soon evolves into a romantic relationship. An English professor who had always led a conventional life, Evelyn suddenly finds all her beliefs about love, morality, and identity called into question.
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It's very good!!
- By peacemaker on 03-05-21
By: Jane Rule
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-19-23
1984! I will listen to the whole series
Along with Kinsey Milhone here is another very interesting mystery from the 1980s. It really captured the zeitgeist of that era. Today’s readers may be shocked at all the racism and misogyny but that is the way it was as I remember.
I found it interesting in a historical sense because all of the civil rights issues we struggle with today are laid bare and out in the open with a particular focus on lesbian and gay persecution in this 1980s world. The same forces are still at work today but they are better camouflaged.
I was really struck by the wisdom in this book. The main character is solid relatable character in the spirit of the alphabet series (Kinsey Milhone) which for me is the gold standard for female sleuths. Why aren’t there more characters like this today?
There are so many more female sleuths written today but I’ve not found any that are likable like this character. The romance is usually over the top and nearly every one of them has been brutally raped and abused by men in their origin stories. Why is it today that strong women have to have been brutalized in order to show their toughness?
I liked the lesbian love story. It was interesting to see how the women came to love each other—it seemed very tender and a totally different feel than heterosexual love. There was no sense of one person (the man) coming into the other’s (woman’s) life like a freight train. After which the woman will obsess about her man forever after.
Also—this book has an accurate description of female climaxes (yes the body does stiffen)
Well let’s just say that women need certain types of touch and they can have many happy moments instead of just one. But in books is always just the man that causes all the pleasure completely hands free. That’s just not the way it usually works. Why don’t more books acknowledge this anatomical truth? With the right touch women can really have a good time—it’s not just one and done. This bothers me every time I read about heterosexual encounters—they’re never realistic.
It’s not fast paced and there is very little action which bothered me but this character was so refreshing. I was so relieved that I liked this character and I feel safe to listen to more because I feel like she represents my values and there won’t be anything happening that denigrates women. And I usually am afraid of the series in the sense that something very violent or offensive will happen to women and it will be treated as part of the fun.
So this is my second favorite series after the alphabet series.
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- Donna
- 04-04-22
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This is not as interesting as some... I did like
listening to each person she interviewed-
very police procedural....
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- diana rooot
- 11-21-22
If you lived in 1984 nothing in this book would shock you
I know this time period I lived it grew up in it and the book may seem to others filled with a hate for many types of people. But if you know history or the time period the book was written you then know what it was like during that time. The book is set in the 80’s aids epidemic the Regan years and a people who want to be themselves. The MC is a former Marine and now a LAPD Detective going through her life doing her job as efficiently and precisely as possible. The people she sees and meets also struggle with there own life’s and rules of the game in corporate sales and getting up in the world. I personally grew up reading detective books and listening to radio shows and the this book did bring back a lot of that vibe. Harsh words despicable people and deep rooted heart loving people who have to hide because of the time period. The story is well done the narrator is great on all the different types of peoples voices she has to do. I like the fact that the writer is not shy in bringing out the truth of people and the in-depth way it is done in your face this is how it was. Then you are pushed to see how life has its moments of love and excepting. The part in the book when the MC is interviewing one of the Managers and how she deals with moving up in the corporate ladder and how her partner treats her when she comes home. It amazed me shocked me and yet I do know the 80’s. But what makes me really like this series of books is that it speakers and it gives no regrets to the way life is and was. I loved how the writer did give you subtle clues if you pay attention and gets you to think about how to figure out who did it. I have already listens to book 2 and 3 and will continue. I am not afraid of reading a book the brings out life reality and how it is. Some may say a book with such ruff words should not be written. But life and reality can not be hidden behind a curtain it would make for a dull or no reality of understanding of humans. Also the book does not go in a rampage of racial slurs it gives you the reality of who is who in the book. With out the understanding of the characters in the book by who they are how can you feel the anger or frustration of the MC and how she handles it. It is a quick mystery and it is a great listen and I like the MC and her style she definitely feels real.
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- Steph M
- 06-03-22
What year?
I had to look up what year this book was written, 1984. The prejudice fits right with the time. Lots of hate towards black people, fat people and other non white people. I don't understand how these books were so popular. No I won't be reading anymore.
The narrator was good.
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- Tammy Douglas
- 08-03-22
I couldn't get a refund
I wanted a refund. Spent more time on describing the furniture and the building and people clothes than the story. Too much discrimination and racism. I almost threw up
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- Joan
- 01-07-23
Awful narration
I could not focus on the story because of the husky narration. All the voices felt contrived and were distracting.
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- erica vandermore
- 12-07-22
monotonous
I get descriptive writing, but this is ridiculous. Nobody needs to know the texture of EVERY SINGLE THING!
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- Ms. Anthropic
- 05-04-24
still a classic
I've read this book so many times my copy is losing pages. However, not having read it for a number of years, I was surprised by how much I'd forgotten about the open portrayals of misogyny, racism, and homophobia so prevalent during that time. The narration was quite good, but verrrrry "nasally". Next up the Nightwood Bar.
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