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The Red Files

By: Lee Winter
Narrated by: Victoria Mei
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Ambitious Daily Sentinel journalist Lauren King is chaffing on LA’s vapid social circuit, reporting on glamorous A-list parties while sparring with her rival - the formidable, icy Catherine Ayers. Ayers is an ex-Washington political correspondent who suffered a humiliating fall from grace, and her acerbic, vicious tongue keeps everyone at bay. Everyone, that is, except knockabout Iowa girl King, who is undaunted and unimpressed and gives as good as she gets.

One night a curious story unfolds before their eyes: one political launch, 34 prostitutes and a palette of missing pink champagne. Can the warring pair work together to unravel an incredible story?

This is a lesbian fiction with more than a few mysterious twists.

©2015 Lee Winter (P)2018 Ylva Publishing Detective Mystery Romance Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Suspense Exciting Funny Witty
Intriguing Mystery • Complex Characters • Clever Plot Twists • Slow Burn Romance • Realistic Dialogue • Perfect Pacing
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I did not think Lee could produce another winner but she did it again. Writing with knowledge about a subject she knows so well. The concept of this work was truly beautiful and heartwarming. The narration though I was dubious at the beginning grew on me as it progressed and by the end I was all in.

Ice queen and country hack

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Few writers make me laugh out loud. Lee Winters is one. The dialogue is realistic and makes the characters live and breathe in the reader’s mind long after the story is done. If you pass up this book I’m here to offer my sympathy for what you’ve missed.
I have to get the mental image of someone being as “antsy as a horse climbing stairs” out of my mind now. Dr. Pepper keeps shooting out of my nose at inopportune moments when I think about it. 🤣

Loved it

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I loved every second of this story. It had a nice balance of suspense and romance. Will definitely read again.

So good

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This story has intrigue, humor, a bit of heartache and love. Making this a very good story that had a great narrator.

good

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I just finished listening to this one, the choice of Victoria Mei as narrator was brilliant. Her ice queen Catherine Ayers felt impossible to melt, and her Lauren King was spot on. I totally dig this book and can't wait to here the sequel. If at all possible I say have Victoria Mei narrate the sequel as well. She brings those charters to life and gives them full bodies and feelings.

Another good one

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I almost ditched the book in the first chapter cuz author seems trying too hard to make dialogue clever and witty. I was impressed though as plot grabbed me and unexpected twists surprised me. I'm a new fan of this author and hope more stories by her await me and more are yet to be written

Gets better and better

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I thought Lauren was a flake. however I do not regret the purchase. quick wit with humor

great narration, pretty great story

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I really loved this novel when I read it more than a year ago, so when I heard Victoria Mei won a narrating award recently for the follow-up to this, Under Your Skin, I wanted to listen to this in preparation for that.
Primarily this is a mystery infused with a slow burn romance between caustic veteran print journalist Catherine Ayers and entertainment reporter Lauren King, who dreams of covering politics and becoming a serious journalist. When Lauren stumbles upon something unusual while covering a corporate event one night, the two women decide to work together to uncover the story.
Because Winter was once a journalist herself, that aspect is wonderfully realistic and the mystery cleverly written. Catherine is as icy as they come and Winter makes Lauren - and us - wait for the romance. But when the ice queen finally thaws... let's just say Lauren isn't the only one melting.
I've heard Mei narrate other books by Isabella and Erin Wade so it took me a minute to adjust to her performing a Lee Winter book. Having been familiar with the story, I didn't hear Catherine or Lauren's voices that way in my head, but by about three chapters in I was invested and rolling right along. Early on, Mei mispronounced the name of the newspaper, the Sentinel, but someone must have given her a note because she corrected that throughout the rest of the book. This was probably my favorite of the works I have heard her perform. Primarily it was because the material was so good to begin with, but also as she progressed through the story she really settled in. By the end when there is a whole long list of texts that Catherine sends Lauren, she actually had me laughing out loud.
If you're able to read this book rather than listen, I would go that route. This is a good listen - but if you had no preference one way or the other, I believe the better experience would be in written form.

Realistic, smart and sexy!

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I am continuously amazed when I complete a novel by this writer. I have not been disappointed one time over the story line, characters, narration, and overall great storytelling! My favorite author to date and I hope that she keeps on publishing more stories you can actually sink your teeth into!

Another winter winner

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I wanted something different. Not pure Lesfic. this delivered. I love the ice queen. love the narrator. great voice acting. on to the next one

great story

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