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This Pen for Hire

Jaine Austen Mystery Series, Book 1

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This Pen for Hire

By: Laura Levine
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
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Smarmy personals ads. Daring declarations of love. Freelance writer Jaine Austen has penned them all. But no one needs her help more than geeky, gawky Howard Murdoch. His request is simple enough: a letter proclaiming his undying love for Stacy Lawrence, a gorgeous aerobics instructor. The fact that he's never actually met the woman gives Jaine pause - yet she soon overcomes her misgivings, and the unlikely Romeo lands a date! But his triumph is short-lived. On Valentine's Day, Howard finds Stacy bludgeoned to death with a Thigh Master - and is quickly named the prime suspect.

Jaine is shocked. Sure, Howard's awkward and eccentric. But a murderer? That's hard to believe. Especially after a little sleuthing reveals a plethora of people who harbored less-than-loving feelings towards the svelte Stacy. Now Jaine had better wrangle her clues quickly, before a crafty killer catches on - and puts a whole new spin on her ghost writing career....

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Like the writers witty human main character. Reader performance is decent job too. Looking forward to the next book.

Enjoyable

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This is the second time I have listened to this book. Both times it was entertaining and enjoyable. I highly recommend it.

5 stars

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So I read the Christmas book out of order. I enjoyed it so I decided to start at the beginning with this series. I find it to be on the PG/PG-13 side of a cozy mystery with great snickers, giggles, and out loud laughter. I had fun with this one.

So Much Fun

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You don’t have the read the books in order. They stand alone. Very well written.

Relatable and hilarious

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This book was a really funny take on a whodunnit mystery. I found myself actually chuckling while listening to it.

Hilarious and cute!

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Fun cozy mystery. Jaine writes brochures, ads, letters for people. One letter ends up involving a death and she begins to sleuth. The cozy mystery was awesome! Jaine is very snarky, sarcastic, and funny! I needed some humor and this was great!

Fun and snarky cozy mystery

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This story was such something that would never happen in "real life." The person who read the book has a great voice and awesome cadence.

boring predictable unrealistic

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One of the worst books I’ve ever listen to. Deleting from my library. Also very poorly written

Terrible!!

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