The Body in the Bathtub: A Viola Roberts Cozy Mystery
Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, Book 4
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Yvette Keller
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By:
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Shéa MacLeod
About this listen
Bunco night seems like a safe bet, until someone finds a dead body in the bathtub. With her friends in shock and topping the local detective's suspect list, Viola Roberts decides it's time once again to take matters into her own hands.
With her usual snark and disregard for the rules, Viola investigates everything from a cupcake-eating contest to the sordid affairs of the deceased's husband. All while fending off her mother's matchmaking attempts. She's pretty sure she knows whodunit, but with her bunco ladies being targeted by a killer, Viola may have to decide between being right, or ending up dead.
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Merry is making a fresh start in small-town Autumn Vale, New York, in the mansion she's inherited from her late uncle, Melvin. The house is run-down, and someone has been digging giant holes on the grounds, but with its restaurant-quality kitchen, the place has potential for her new baking business. She even has her first client - the local retirement home. Unfortunately, Merry soon finds that quite a few townsfolk didn't like Uncle Mel, and she has inherited their enmity as well as his home.
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Good story but did not like the narrator!
- By Samantha on 01-18-16
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The Christie Curse
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Jordan Kelly needs a new job and a new place to live. She's back in Harrison Falls, New York, living with her not so law-abiding uncles, in debt thanks to a credit card-stealing ex and pending grad school loans.
Enter the perfect job, a research position that includes room and board, which will allow her to spend her days hunting down rare mysteries for an avid book collector. There's just one problem: her employer, Vera Van Alst - the most hated citizen of Harrison Falls.
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Great new cozy series!
- By Kathi on 04-27-14
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LA shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic, and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer.
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Very fun listen
- By Annette on 08-05-12
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Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he's found murdered - and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast - before they throw the book at the wrong person.
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Loved it
- By Beatrice on 09-13-15
By: Jenn McKinlay
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By Book or by Crook
- Lighthouse Library Mystery Series # 1
- By: Eva Gates
- Narrated by: Elise Arsenault
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For 10 years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family's social whorl or her sort-of engagement to the staid son of her father's law partner. But when her 10-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite.
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A fun cozy with unfortunately bad narration
- By JJ on 01-14-16
By: Eva Gates
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Brownies and Broomsticks
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- By: Bailey Cates
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. While working at the Honeybee Bakery - named after Lucy's cat - Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty - Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!
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A Little Mystery with your Magic
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It's not Plum but it's a good story.
- By Brenda on 02-08-03
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A Bad Day for Sorry
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Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years later, she's so busy delivering home-style justice on her days off, helping other women deal with their own abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she barely has time to run her sewing shop in her rural Missouri hometown. Some men need more convincing than others, but it's usually nothing a little light bondage or old-fashioned whuppin' can't fix. Since Stella works outside of the law, she's free to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
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2 ½ stars. I don’t recommend it.
- By Jane on 03-21-14
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Death on Tap
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When Sloan Krause walks in on her husband, Mac, screwing the barmaid, she gives him the boot. Sloan has spent her life in Leavenworth, Washington becoming an expert in brewing craft beer, and she doesn't have time to be held back by her soon-to-be ex-husband. She decides to strike out on her own, breaking away from the Krause family brewery, and goes to work for Nitro, the hip new nano-brewery in the Bavarian-themed town. But then she finds one of Nitro's competitors dead in the fermenting tub, clutching the secret recipe for the IPA.
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Series Review throught Book 5
- By Carolyn on 04-09-22
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Unbreakable Bond
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- Narrated by: Julia Motyka
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Jamie Bond is a former cover model who switches gears to take over the family business: The Bond Agency, a high-powered P.I. firm located in Los Angeles that specializes in domestic espionage - catching cheating husbands. Jamie's assembled a team of other disenchanted former models to help her take names and kick derrieres among L.A.'s wealthiest philandering husbands.
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Loved this fun and enjoyable audiobook
- By Cntruman on 03-06-15
By: Gemma Halliday, and others
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- Susan C-K
- 03-22-18
Another fun Viola Roberts mystery!
What does Yvette Keller bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Yvette Keller does an excellent narration and performance of the book.
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The Body in the Bathtub: A Viola Roberts Cozy Mystery is the 4th book in the series. The book stands alone, but you will gain more enjoyment of the characters if you listen or read some of the other Viola Roberts Mysteries.
It is bunco night and one of the guests becomes very ill. She later is found dead. What happened? Is it foul play?! Viola Roberts investigates, despite the unhappiness of the local police. She even brings her boyfriend to grill one of the suspects under the guise of a night out for them. He is not pleased. Viola makes enemies even among her friends. I enjoy this very quirky heroine and her antics. I thought I knew who did it but another surprise ending! Great series.
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- LOVETOQUILT
- 01-26-19
Completely enjoyable
Refreshing character and plot. Story read by an excellent reader who was able to vary her voice well. Highly recommend
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- E
- 05-08-19
Fun!
So fun to listen to while doing chores, and easy to hear in bits and pieces. Not too confusing, but interesting.
Love the narration.
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- Rabid Reader
- 06-03-18
Fun story
I enjoyed this fun Viola Roberts Cozy Mystery. The main character, Viola Roberts, is quirky, determined, humorous and a little foolish at times, but you can not help but like her. Though she is a romance writer by trade, her first love seems to be solving murders. No one is safe from being drawn into her sleuthing plans and, in this story, it becomes a bone of contention between her and her boyfriend, and an ongoing source of irritation for Detective Bat. The narrator, Yvette Keller, fits the story perfectly. She has a smooth voice that brings out the sarcasm and humour in the story well and gives each character an individual voice. This whole series is humorous, engaging, easy to listen to and has a great cast of characters. Each story is individual and can be read as a stand-alone but you would gain more character depth from listening to them in order. I look forward to enjoying to the next audiobook in the series.
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- Kelly Kenrick
- 02-17-18
Another cozy mystery
I received the audiobook free in exchange for an honest review.
I have to say I'm enjoying Shea MacLeod's Viola Roberts mystery books. The main character is quirky and lovable with a great cast of characters. In this book, Viola is playing Bunco with a group of friends when one of the players ends up dead in the bathtub. Of course all the players are suspects, but Viola is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Joined by a long-suffering Detective "Bat" (think the Inspector in Father Brown Mysteries), a boyfriend who is a little put out with her, and a couple of friends by her side, Viola goes in search of answers. Humorous, engaging, and easy to listen to.
Part of the reason its easy to listen to, of course, is the narration of Yvette Keller. She has a smooth, calming voice that suits the series well. Nice nuances to indicate different characters, the only quirk I can think of is at times she makes Viola sound like she's constantly surprised .... like having a conversation with a friend who keeps going "I know, right!" This is not a bad thing, believe me, it plays to the characters inquisitive nature.
Very nicely done.
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- Suzannah
- 12-19-18
Liked the mystery, still love the series
Yvette Keller is an awesome narrator, making yet another enjoyable listen. There were some scenes which made me want to roll my eyes at Viola’s behavior but it was due to the natural human habit of looking at things only from their perspective and inclinations instead of poor writing. I like the fact that the women are multi dimensional beings with seemingly human drives instead of pure plot driven behavior. My only wish is that it be carried over to the male characters as well since they often seem to be exactly as they appear, two dimensional, filler characters (which makes me often forget her love interest’s name) but that’s not nearly enough to dent my liking for this series. It’s such an nice change to the vapid female characters in a lot of fiction books and films. I really enjoy a series where decisions are based on life and not on antiquated beliefs that a woman’s entire focus should be on obtaining and keeping a guy’s love.
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- TaSigmund
- 11-02-21
Love Viola
Viola is back for another mystery. Chris, one of Agatha's neighbors, subs at the weekly bunko game. None of the ladies liked her, plenty of suspects, Chris ends up dead in the bathtub in Agatha's house. I love the banter between Viola and Lucas. I like Shea's writing style and I can't wait to listen to the rest of the series, the narrator's voice is so soothing. After this series I'll have to find another series very her. This series is highly recommended.
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- Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe
- 02-12-18
Fun cozy mystery!
Viola Roberts, romance writer and amateur sleuth, seems to stumble over a lot of bodies and finds yet another one in <strong>The Body in the Bathtub</strong> by Shéa MacLeod. Viola shows up for her regular bunco night when Viola's best friend, Cheryl, greets her with the news that the group has a substitute, Chris Marlow, a stranger to Viola, but one whom she soon discovers to be highly unpleasant. Eventually, Viola manages to escape the conversation of the other woman only when Chris says she feels sick and runs to the bathroom. But half an hour later, when Chris has yet to emerge, Viola checks up on the bathroom and finds Chris lying dead in the bathtub.
Going from suspect to suspect, Viola determines to solve this murder, but each direction she turns, she hits a dead end. She finds this especially surprising given how many people had reason to kill Chris. Time begins to run out as the killer begins to target the members of the bunco group, leaving the rest at risk.
This book was a fun listening experience, with an interesting plot and a creative narrator in Viola. I liked the directions the plot took and the angles of Viola's questions. Viola comes across as a round character with whom we sympathize and want to root for. The other characters do not have the same depth, which disappointed me, since MacLeod has done such a good job of depicting Viola. However, this is book four in the series, so it is possible that the previous books drew the other characters more vividly then and expected us to know them from before. But since this book is written for us to be able to read without having read the previous books, it should not rely on previous books if that is what it is doing.
I enjoyed the portrayals of Viola's historical romance writing career, which is successful enough that she makes more money than she did as an accountant. She uses her personal experiences to inspire her writing. For example, when Detective Bat threatens to arrest Viola for interfering in his police investigation, Viola sits down at her computer and writes about an evil sheriff in her Western whom she kills off in several fun ways. This style of writing, called pantsing (as in writing by the seat of their pants), is how many authors operate, so I had fun seeing a delightful example of this style at work.
One detail I appreciated about <strong>The Body in the Bathtub</strong> is that Viola talks about her struggles with her weight and finding clothing that can suit her figure. She talks about her one and only visit to the only local doctor, Dr. Voss, who blamed every health issue of Viola's, including the sniffles, for her being overweight. Cozy mysteries tend to be heavy on delectable-sounding desserts but with characters who have perfect figures. Cozy mysteries are difficult for those of us trying to lose weight! So I appreciated the fact that this book shows a more realistic portrayal of those of us surrounded (if only in books) by delectable sounding foods.
Yvette Keller performs this audiobook in a delightful manner. She does a good job of making the book believable and enjoyable. The voices she gives her characters and the inflections she uses bring this book to life. I really enjoyed the performance of this audiobook.
I am really glad I got the chance to listen to <strong>The Body in the Bathtub</strong>. I might not have done so had the author not offered me a copy to review, and I am so happy that she did because I really liked this book. In fact, I have already purchased book one, <em>The Corpse in the Cabana</em>, in the series. I give this book four stars.
<strong>Disclaimer:</strong> I was given this book for free by the author, but that had no influence on the content of my review.
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- GenaS
- 01-10-22
The Body in the Bathtub
This was another fun cozy mystery starring Viola! This one involves some drama and murder among the ladies in the bunco group. Viola’s personality and sleuthing is so enjoyable. She’s determined to do her own investigating even though it seems to upset some people. I listened to the audiobook and the narration is done well and easy to listen to.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-17-18
Just okay
This book was just okay. I did not enjoy the narration. I would not highly recommend to others.
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