Relic
The Morelville Mysteries - Book 1
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Relic
Buy for $3.99
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Virtual Voice
-
By:
-
Anne Hagan
This title uses virtual voice narration
About this listen
Could their cases be related? When repeated vicious attacks on Mel and on her home accelerate the danger for her and also their attraction to each other, they become desperate to find the truth and solve the two mysteries. Can they find a way to work together to resolve both cases while coming to terms with their growing feelings for one another? Can Dana move beyond her jilted lover past and find true happiness with a small town Sheriff?
The debut novel from Anne Hagan, her Mel and Dana characters in Relic are a great addition to the pantheon of lesbian women sleuths like Jane Lawless in the novels of Ellen Hart, the characters of Gerri Hill like Detective Tori Hunter with the hard-boiled edges of the Sara Paretsky private detective, V. I. Warshawski.
Please use the ‘Look Inside’ feature to view the book contents and remember you can download a sample of “Relic” to your Kindle for free.
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Morelville Mysteries: Books 5-8 Collection
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
A boxed set of books 5-8 of the full length Morelville Mysteries series novels featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Agent Dana Rossi. You get: Book 5: Viva Mama Rossi! - A delayed honeymoon getaway takes a deadly turn for newlyweds Mel and Dana; meanwhile, two meddling mothers won't let sleeping fisherman lie in the latest Morelville Mystery. Does an unsolved shooting death far away from Morelville have local ties? Did a fisherman really drown or was there something more sinister afloat? Book 6: A Crane Christmas - Is it the Christmas season or the ‘silly season’? All Sheriff Mel wants to do...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
love these books
- By Leigh sparkman on 02-12-25
By: Anne Hagan
-
Busy Bees
- The Morelville Mysteries - Book 2
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Romance and Murder Mix in the Latest Story Featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Special Agent Dana Rossi! Customs Special Agent Dana Rossi is down but not out after being shot and seriously injured during her previous assignment. Will romance blossom or will sparks fly when she agrees to shack up in Morelville with the beautiful butch Sheriff Melissa ‘Mel’ Crane and her extended family while she recovers? Will murder get in the way of love? If murder doesn’t, will life in a house with children or a political campaign keep them apart? Can Mel solve two major crimes and keep her former job ...
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Digital Voice is not good
- By Amazon Customer on 11-24-24
By: Anne Hagan
-
Dana's Dilemma
- The Morelville Mysteries - Book 3
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Elections and Old Loves Combine with Deadly Results in the Newest Romantic Mystery Featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Special Agent Dana Rossi! What happens when Mel runs for Sheriff, an Amish girl runs away from home and Dana runs – er, limps - for cover? Can anything else possibly go wrong for these two ladies of law enforcement? Sure it can and it will! Can the two sometimes lovers work it all out once and for all and finally have a happy life together or will more crime, murder and mayhem get in the way? This book is great together with Books 1 and 2 to get all of the Dana and Mel back ...
By: Anne Hagan
-
Solve for i
- By: A. E. Dooland
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 192
Gemma Rowe is a shy math nerd from Sydney, who, despite having an affinity for probability and logic, only just worked out at 28 that she's not actually straight. Not only is she not straight, but she's developed feelings for her best friend, Sarah. Gemma knows the logical thing to do is to get over Sarah. She wants to be in her own happy relationship and not caught up on her straight best friend. But how is she supposed to get over Sarah when she can't figure out who she's attracted to anymore?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Almost hits too close to home
- By Malik on 11-14-17
By: A. E. Dooland
-
Amateur City
- A Kate Delafield Mystery, Book 1
- By: Katherine V. Forrest
- Narrated by: Kate Zane
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Awful narration
- By Joan on 01-07-23
-
Steel City Confidential
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Clients hide things from their lawyers all the time. Pam Wilson makes it an art form. Pam’s been on the run from the law for years and she was getting away with it. The statute of limitations ran out on most of her crimes. For her spouse Charlotte? Not so much. Though they were aging, they looked forward to enjoying their golden years and, hopefully, forgetting about the past. Life got complicated when Charlotte became gravely ill, their daughter got pregnant with the child of a married man…a married man someone took shots at from a rare motorcycle Pam happens to own. When the man was ...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Reinterpretation of story
- By Carolyn G. Manuel on 03-03-24
By: Anne Hagan
-
The Morelville Mysteries: Books 5-8 Collection
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
A boxed set of books 5-8 of the full length Morelville Mysteries series novels featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Agent Dana Rossi. You get: Book 5: Viva Mama Rossi! - A delayed honeymoon getaway takes a deadly turn for newlyweds Mel and Dana; meanwhile, two meddling mothers won't let sleeping fisherman lie in the latest Morelville Mystery. Does an unsolved shooting death far away from Morelville have local ties? Did a fisherman really drown or was there something more sinister afloat? Book 6: A Crane Christmas - Is it the Christmas season or the ‘silly season’? All Sheriff Mel wants to do...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
love these books
- By Leigh sparkman on 02-12-25
By: Anne Hagan
-
Busy Bees
- The Morelville Mysteries - Book 2
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Romance and Murder Mix in the Latest Story Featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Special Agent Dana Rossi! Customs Special Agent Dana Rossi is down but not out after being shot and seriously injured during her previous assignment. Will romance blossom or will sparks fly when she agrees to shack up in Morelville with the beautiful butch Sheriff Melissa ‘Mel’ Crane and her extended family while she recovers? Will murder get in the way of love? If murder doesn’t, will life in a house with children or a political campaign keep them apart? Can Mel solve two major crimes and keep her former job ...
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Digital Voice is not good
- By Amazon Customer on 11-24-24
By: Anne Hagan
-
Dana's Dilemma
- The Morelville Mysteries - Book 3
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Elections and Old Loves Combine with Deadly Results in the Newest Romantic Mystery Featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Special Agent Dana Rossi! What happens when Mel runs for Sheriff, an Amish girl runs away from home and Dana runs – er, limps - for cover? Can anything else possibly go wrong for these two ladies of law enforcement? Sure it can and it will! Can the two sometimes lovers work it all out once and for all and finally have a happy life together or will more crime, murder and mayhem get in the way? This book is great together with Books 1 and 2 to get all of the Dana and Mel back ...
By: Anne Hagan
-
Solve for i
- By: A. E. Dooland
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 192
Gemma Rowe is a shy math nerd from Sydney, who, despite having an affinity for probability and logic, only just worked out at 28 that she's not actually straight. Not only is she not straight, but she's developed feelings for her best friend, Sarah. Gemma knows the logical thing to do is to get over Sarah. She wants to be in her own happy relationship and not caught up on her straight best friend. But how is she supposed to get over Sarah when she can't figure out who she's attracted to anymore?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Almost hits too close to home
- By Malik on 11-14-17
By: A. E. Dooland
-
Amateur City
- A Kate Delafield Mystery, Book 1
- By: Katherine V. Forrest
- Narrated by: Kate Zane
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Awful narration
- By Joan on 01-07-23
-
Steel City Confidential
- By: Anne Hagan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Clients hide things from their lawyers all the time. Pam Wilson makes it an art form. Pam’s been on the run from the law for years and she was getting away with it. The statute of limitations ran out on most of her crimes. For her spouse Charlotte? Not so much. Though they were aging, they looked forward to enjoying their golden years and, hopefully, forgetting about the past. Life got complicated when Charlotte became gravely ill, their daughter got pregnant with the child of a married man…a married man someone took shots at from a rare motorcycle Pam happens to own. When the man was ...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Reinterpretation of story
- By Carolyn G. Manuel on 03-03-24
By: Anne Hagan
What listeners say about Relic
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- R. Cummings
- 02-25-24
Horrible narration by Virtual Voice!
Story was almost palatable, narration totally ruined the experience! From pronunciation errors to a mechanical, clipped vocal, this was horrible!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Eohlone
- 02-01-24
4.5**** I liked it
I liked the story and how it was brought to life for this cop and agent. I liked the mix of agency vs. sheriff's department and city vs. country veins running throughout. I'm never happy to hear about interagency non cooperation and resultant fubar, but humans aren't perfect and it takes a certain type of person to work as cops and agents. These were nicely captured in the storytelling. Nothing felt unrealistic, which I respect.
Also captured were decent representations of criminals and why they are criminals and that part of their lives (like family) are like everyone else's. The criminals focus on family was outstanding in contrast to cops focusing on careers. Showing both sides makes a good contrast to two cops working hard to avoid love at all costs. The commonalities and differences running through the core of this story are quite good.
I enjoyed the virtual voice chosen for this story because it's the kind of voice I like hearing with a timbre I'm comfortable listening to from beginning to end. Overacting a scene often just has me shutting the story down fast. I have to be in the mood for comedy and most of the time I want my police and security books to be very serious. This voice fit these characters who were written to be practical and sensible most of the time, and yet are still human. There are some surprises here too.
This virtual voice didn't interfere with the telling of the story by hyping everything to turn it comedic and silly. When it was necessary for the MCs to show emotion as part of the story, the virtual voice did show emotion. It had a few flaws, particular at the beginning of chapters (sounds like it's being choked out), but in all, it was a satisfactory listen on many levels.
Overall, this story, and especially the virtual voice, fit the women I know or have met who work in the justice system and are required to remain low key and professional on and off the job. I hope you stick with the same voice in the books to come.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Barb Gorzinski
- 06-27-24
Good story, needed a human storyteller
I thought the story was interesting and complex enough to appeal to my imagination. But the AI narration made it hard to distinguish the two main characters and it fumbled some of the sentence structure. I probably won't choose another Audible with AI narration due to this experience.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Michelle Chavez
- 05-08-24
Couldn't finish
I am sureit was a good book but the narrator sounded robotic. there was no real expression and emotion in her voice.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Carolyn G. Manuel
- 02-01-24
Mechanical Delivery
I’ve listened to several AI virtual voice books and don’t endorse it. Makes even good books dry. Story was better than good.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Toni O.
- 06-22-24
Good storyline
I enjoyed the storyline, however, I did not like the virtual narration. For me it ruined the experience of listening to the book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kristine Stauffer
- 01-12-24
my dislike of the AI.
I didn't like the AI performance. It didn't catch the nuances, it didn't show anger, happiness, or any emotion. At times it made the story hard to follow.
It seems to me that having a different voice for each character would be easier.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Stacy S.
- 09-05-24
Computer Voice-over - BLAH!
I managed to listen to the full audio but it was a real challenge. Dry monotone voice-over takes all the nuance out of the story, which was well worth the listen. I’d listen to additional books by the author but ONLY if they are read by an actual person… which is a shame because this is a series (that I think I’d like) but I’m walking away from it. Keep up the great story lines, pay for a real reader OR voice it yourself, can’t possibly be any worse than the computer.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- IMHO
- 02-27-24
Virtual voice is terrible.
When all the characters have the same voice and inflection it's disturbing and distracting. I think I'll read this book instead.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Natalie Good
- 01-16-24
The plot was good
This would be a lot better book if a human being read it. The virtual voice has a lot to be desired and was too monotoned
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!