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With Chicago winters in the rearview mirror, Chloe Jackson is making good on a promise: helping her late friend’s grandmother run the Sea Glass Saloon in the Florida Panhandle. To Chloe’s surprise, feisty Vivi Slidell isn’t the frail retiree Chloe expects - nor is Emerald Cove. It’s less a sleepy fishing village than a panhandle hot spot overrun with land developers and tourists. But it’s a Sea Glass regular who’s mysteriously crossed the cranky Vivi. When their bitter argument comes to a head and he’s found dead behind the bar, guess who’s the number one suspect?
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3 and a half
- By Beatrice on 08-05-20
By: Sherry Harris
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Thyme of Death
- China Bayles Mystery, Book 1
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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When ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles’s friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint façade of her new home of Pecan Springs, Texas, and takes a suspicious look at everyone. And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure that one of them hides the heart of a killer.
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Excellent story and excellent narrator
- By P. Priest on 05-21-23
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Tagged for Death
- A Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery
- By: Sherry Harris
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Starting your life over at age 38 isn't easy, but that's what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her small town in Massachusetts. But after returning from a particularly successful day searching for yard-sale treasures, Sarah finds a grisly surprise in one of her bags: a freshly bloodied shirt...that undoubtedly belongs to her ex, CJ, who now happens to be Ellington's chief of police. And Tiffany has gone missing.
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frustrating book
- By Anonymous User on 01-08-23
By: Sherry Harris
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The Happy Camper
- By: Melody Carlson
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Home is the place to heal, right? That's what Dillon Michaels is hoping, at least, as she leaves her disappointing career and nonstarter love life behind to help her grieving and aging grandfather on his small Oregon farm. The only problem? Her eccentric mother beat her there and has taken over Dillon's old room. After a few nights sleeping on a sagging sofa, Dillon is ready to give up, until she receives an unlikely gift - her grandfather's run-down vintage camp trailer, which she quickly resolves to restore with the help of Jordan Atwood, the handsome owner of the hardware store.
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sweet story
- By princessmb1982 on 04-22-20
By: Melody Carlson
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Sweet Masterpiece
- Samantha Sweet Series, Book 1
- By: Connie Shelton
- Narrated by: Andrea Bates
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for a living - all perfectly legal as a caretaker for the USDA. But her real dream is to open her own pastry shop, 'Sweet's Sweets.' Life is a little crazy for Sam right now. At one of her break-in properties, a dying woman insists that she take a small wooden box. Sam doesn't realize that the old woman was known locally as a 'bruja,' a witch, until she begins to feel some strange effects from the box.
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Picky, I know I'm Picky.
- By Judy King on 03-02-16
By: Connie Shelton
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Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Jake and Ellie have been through a lot together, from home repair to homicide investigation. So when they decide to open a chocolate-themed bakery, they figure it'll be a piece of cake. With Ellie's old family recipes luring in customers, they expect to make plenty of dough this Fourth of July weekend. Having family home for the holiday only sweetens the deal for Jake - that is, until the ill wind of an early-season hurricane blows up her family's plans. But as bitter as the storm is, something even more sinister is brewing in the kitchen of The Chocolate Moose - where health inspector Matt Muldoon is found murdered.
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Poor attention to details
- By tim mcgrath on 10-09-20
By: Sarah Graves
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Death by Cashmere
- Seaside Knitters, Book 1
- By: Sally Goldenbaum
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Not long after Isabel "Izzy" Chambers opens up a knitting shop in the sleepy fishing town of Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, a diverse group of women begins congregating each week to form the Seaside Knitters. Izzy raises some eyebrows when she rents the apartment above her shop to Angie Archer, whose reputation for loose behavior and a quick temper has made her unpopular with many locals. But could any of them have wanted her dead? Angie's body is discovered drowned in the harbor, her long red hair tangled like seaweed in a lobster trap.
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Great first book in a new series
- By BayHighBaby on 03-03-16
By: Sally Goldenbaum
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Death al Dente
- Food Lovers' Village Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Leslie Budewitz
- Narrated by: Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The town of Jewel Bay, Montana - known as a Food Lovers' Village - is obsessed with homegrown and homemade Montana fare. So when Erin Murphy takes over her family's century-old general store, she turns it into a boutique market filled with local delicacies. But Erin's freshly booming business might go rotten when a former employee turns up dead.
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Four and a half stars
- By Beatrice on 05-01-17
By: Leslie Budewitz
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Mistletoe Murder
- A Lucy Stone Mystery, Book 1
- By: Leslie Meier
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t enough things for Lucy Stone’s busy Christmas schedule, she’s also working nights at the famous mail-order company Country Cousins. But when she discovers Sam Miller, its very wealthy founder, dead in his car from an apparent suicide, the sleuth in her knows something just doesn’t smell right.
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5 stars
- By Beatrice on 12-21-20
By: Leslie Meier
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Peach Clobbered
- A Georgia B&B Mystery
- By: Anna Gerard
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Nina Fleet’s life ought to be as sweet as a Georgia peach. Awarded a tidy sum in her divorce, Nina retired at 41 to a historic Queen Anne house in quaint Cymbeline, Georgia. But Nina’s barely settled into her new B&B-to-be when a penguin shows up on her porch...or, at least, a man wearing a penguin suit. Harry Westcott is making ends meet as an ice-cream shop’s mascot and has a letter from his great-aunt, pledging to leave him the house...too bad that’s not what her will says. Meanwhile, the Sisters of Perpetual Poverty have lost their lease.
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4 stars
- By Beatrice on 08-18-19
By: Anna Gerard
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Basket Case
- Silver Six Crafting Mystery, Book 1
- By: Nancy Haddock
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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There isn't much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas, but local authorities have their hands full with Ms. Sherry Mae Stanton Cutler and her housemates - a crafty group of retirees who've dubbed themselves the Silver Six. But when Sherry Mae's niece, Nixy, arrives to keep them in line, Lilyvale also plays host to a killer.
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New Series for Me!
- By Kayla on 10-07-19
By: Nancy Haddock
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- momof6
- 09-16-21
Excitement to the end!
This is the 8th book in the Frannie Shoemaker cozy mystery series and once again the story does not disappoint. Each book has it’s own twists and turns, comical moments and lots of adventure. It’s nice to have the stories center around a retired couple and their friends for a change of pace, it makes for an atypical foundation to how the plots play out.
The reader, as always, did an excellent job of the voices and by this book, the regular characters are like friends. It is read at a good pace with plenty of voice variations to differentiate characters easily to follow along while listening. This series has been a pleasure to spend time camping with the Shoemakers and friends!
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- Mindjacked
- 04-23-22
Love this series
The Shoemakers and friends take a camping trip to get rid of the real world for a bit only to find they are shooting a reality TV show in the campground. But when the accidents start than a death it all gets very real.
I love these Frannie Shoemaker audios. Narrator Michelle Babb has become the voice of Frannie and she is wonderful. I love the action and suspense in these mysteries and how Frannie can stumble upon dead people. I also like the real life going ons in the campgrounds, people not prepared or even have a clue what they are doing, to the seasoned pros. These are just plain wonderful books or if you are like me audios, and I can't wait for more.
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- Elisabeth Carey
- 12-10-19
The Shoemakers & friends take on reality tv
Frannie and Larry Shoemaker are out RVing with their friends again, this time in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. They settle in to their campground, the day before a parade of RVs show up, soon to be followed by a tour bus full of has-been celebrities. A reality tv show is going to film there for the next four days.
The actors, of course, had no idea what they were getting themselves into. The assistant producer thought that she was going to be able to ban the other guests from leaving their campers for the entire four days of the filming. There are a variety of conflicts among the former stars--and they are not at all happy when they discover that they'll be required to actually camp, in tents, that they have set up themselves. When Frannie takes a tour in the glass-bottom boat to see the wrecks in Lake Superior, and sees the face of the head producer looking up at her from the water, clearly deceased, well, at least this time she didn't find the body while alone or with only her friends.
The actors, the production crew, and the campground hosts range from cantankerous to friendly, and Frannie and her friends have learned to not do anything obviously dangerous.
Not obviously dangerous.
When the police have arrested a suspect, even if Frannie thinks it's the wrong one, and she and her friends are ready to move on to their next destination, going outside early on the morning of their departure day to get everything picked up and stowed, doesn't seem dangerous. It's not Frannie's fault that the real killer decides to hijack her and her truck and camper in order to get away.
This is another light, fun, enjoyable visit with the Shoemakers and their friends. We continue to learn more about them, as they learn more about themselves and each other. The bonds of family and yeas of friendship are warm and satisfying, and add to the enjoyment of the story.
Michelle Babb is, as always, an excellent narrator.
I received a free copy of this audiobook from the narrator, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
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- MolllyT
- 12-22-19
Good read!
UP-Michigan, cozy-mystery, television, camping, murder
Even if you've never read any of these Campground Mysteries, you won't feel out of the loop. This time the group of friends are vacationing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when they encounter cold wet weather, an invasive television crew, and murder, followed by even worse weather and. .. almost did a spoiler! Anyway, it is a good read made even better by having Michelle Babb to bring the characters to life with her narration.
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- Diane Reynolds
- 11-01-20
An action packed whodunnit
In a return to the form of earlier books we are presented with a thorny mystery to solve alongside our favorite sleuth. The drama is high, as one would expect when there’s a reality show in the mix.
Once again, Frankie risks all to bring a murderer to justice.
If you pull into a campground one day snd see this group of seniors... move one fast, murder seems to haunt them!!
I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a review
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- Tammy Rea
- 12-13-19
Another fun Frannie story!
This was so much fun to listen to! I always know I’m in for a treat when Frannie is around. The author, Karen, did a great job keeping me guessing until the end. Loved the setting of the story and the premise. The narrator did a fab job, too! Highly recommend this series.
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- kdb
- 02-05-23
Real Actors, Not People Book 8
Frannie and Larry Shoemaker and their friends are on yet another adventure which will be exciting for sure. Let’s bring on a group of “has been actors” for a reality camping show with not so nice producers. What could go wrong? Everything apparently. Let’s say, storms, near death attempts and murder for good measure. Frannie is on the case when they find a body on their, see through bottom boat tour.
Excellent narration by Michelle Babb.
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- Laura
- 09-29-22
"Reality" Cozy Mystery
I enjoyed book 8 of "The Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries". Frannie and her friends meet up with a group of almost forgotten actors who have agreed to be a part of a "reality show" that involved camping. The story had moments of humor as this group had little experience with what camping entails. Michelle Babb's narration was entertaining, and her performance added to the tale as her varied voices bring life to the different characters. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.
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- Terri C.
- 12-14-19
Frannie and friends are back!
I listened to the audio version of this book. I really love this series. It's not what I usually go for, but Frannie and her friends and their camping really appeal to me for some reason. I love the whole concept of preparing meals and eating together and just being out in nature and exploring.
Of course, where Frannie is, a dead body shows up. This time it's someone involved with the reality TV show that is filming in the campground Frannie and her friends are staying. Frannie is on it!
I was trying to figure out what was different about this story and decided maybe it was that Frannie wasn't as "involved" with the police officers investigating. I'm not real sure, but there just didn't seem to be as much involvement in this story.
I enjoyed Ms. Babb's narration, as usual.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.
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- Blackeagle
- 06-01-20
A mystery with a side of celebrities
Well written book with a side of drama. I loved the quirky characters and storyline. The who done it was definitely a mystery because of so many possible suspects. I highly recommend this book and series. I received this book at my request and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
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