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New Release: A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL

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It’s Christmas in June!

Well, that is, when you listen to A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL by Kassandra Lamb, the 4th book in the Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series.

Experience Florida’s balmy December weather and the cozy breeze of murder with this holiday cozy mystery. As always, I love narrating Marcia and Buddy’s adventures, and can not wait for the next one!

 

From the Publisher:

A Christmas extravaganza in Mayfair, Florida, complete with an ice skating rink. What could go wrong?

When Mayfair’s newly minted Chamber of Commerce goes off the rails, and decides to build an ice skating rink, a decades-old skeleton is uncovered. The secrets it reveals threaten more than the town’s Christmas plans. Feeling responsible since the let’s-attract-more-tourists idea was hers initially, service dog trainer Marcia Banks is determined to help her police detective boyfriend solve the mystery – whether he wants her help or not. Maybe she can wheedle more out of the townspeople than he can.

Will she and her black Lab, Buddy, keep the ghost of Christmas past from destroying what is left of Mayfair’s founding family, or will her meddling make things worse?

(This novella can be enjoyed as a stand-alone, but it is an integral part of the Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series. It’s suggested that listeners following the series not skip it.)

A MAYFAIR CHRISTMAS CAROL is available on Audible, Amazon, iTunes and wherever audiobooks are sold.

 

New Release: THE CALL OF THE WOOF

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Happy audiobook birthday to Kassandra Lamb for THE CALL OF THE WOOF. I had so much fun narrating Marcia Banks (Mar-see-uh, not Mar-sha!) and Buddy’s 3rd adventure. A wild ride, for sure!

 

From the Publisher:

Army veteran Jake Black has a new lease on life, thanks to service dog Felix and his trainer Marcia Banks. Despite a traumatic brain injury, Jake’s able to ride his beloved motorcycle again, with Felix in the sidecar. But his freedom to hit the open road is threatened once more when he and his wife are accused of robbery.

Called in to dog-sit, Marcia can’t sit idly by. She and her mentor dog Buddy set out to clear the Blacks’ name, fighting misconceptions about bikers and about TBI along the way. When murder is added to the mix, Marcia redoubles her efforts, despite anonymous threats and her sheriff boyfriend’s strenuous objections, both to her putting herself at risk…and to dragging him along on her wild ride.

 

THE CALL  OF THE WOOF is available on Audible, Amazon, iTunes and wherever else audiobooks are sold.

New Release: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND

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The truth is out there. . . way out there.

And the truth is. . .CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is now on audiobook! I loved narrating this 3rd book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End series by Kirsten Weiss, and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

Thanks again to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to narrate this hilarious series.

From the publisher:

Susan Witsend, owner of the best little UFO-themed B&B in the Sierras, is absolutely, positively, not going to get involved in another murder case. Not with her small-town sheriff threatening jail time if she interferes in one more investigation.

So when her neighbor is murdered, Susan exerts all her willpower to stay out of the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly…and totally not interfering. 

Right?

Worse, Clare’s not the only one with UFO issues. Weird lights in the sky, vanishing cows, and little green men are bringing the mountain town of Doyle to the edge of a panic. Can Susan unearth the truth before her town spirals into chaos?

If you like laugh-out-loud mysteries with complicated heroines (and breakfast recipes), you’ll love Close Encounters of the Curd Kind, book three in the Wits’ End series of cozy mystery novels. Listen to this twisty cozy caper today!

 

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CURD KIND is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: PLANET OF THE GRAPES

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Aliens, fairies, and murder, oh, my!

I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the audiobook release of the 2nd book in the Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End series by Kirsten Weiss, and PLANET OF THE GRAPES is finally here!

Thank you to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to continue to tell this hilarious story.

From the publisher:

In small-town Doyle, California, UFO abductions are a budding tourist attraction. So when Susan Witsend brings a UFO festival to town, she’s ready for some well-deserved time in the sun.

What she gets instead is the corpse of a UFO conspiracy theorist, brained with a bottle of local wine.

Susan may be the owner of a UFO-themed B&B, but she doesn’t wish on stars to get what she wants. She’s a woman with a planner. Plan A) Milk the UFO festival for all it’s worth. Plan B) Stop lusting after her best friend turned security consultant, Arsen Holiday.

But murder isn’t the only thing threatening Susan’s best-laid plans. Beset by alien protestors, aging nudists, and hidden secrets at every turn, Susan’s nearing her wits’ end. And now Plan C is to stay on the good side of a grumpy local sheriff.

Susan may not have a clue, but she knows she wants a certain security consultant at her side when the killer goes supernova.

Planet of the Grapes is book 2 in the Wits’ End series of cozy mystery novels. If you like laugh-out-loud cozy mysteries, you’ll like Planet of the Grapes. Start listening to this hilarious caper today!

PLANET OF THE GRAPES is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

New Release: AT WITS’ END

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So excited this cozy mystery has released!

AT WITS’ END (Doyle Cozy Mystery, Wits’ End book 1) by Kirsten Weiss is a cozy mystery that’s out of this world. . . Men in Black. Conspiracy-crazed old ladies. Can a clueless innkeeper catch a killer…and stick to her carefully crafted schedule?

I really love narrating cozy mysteries and this one did not disappoint. AT WITS’ END is full of side smirks and guffaws. Trust me. I did a few retakes on this due to giggles.

Full disclosure: The feeling of connection to the main character was palpable. My sister’s name is Susan, I am a control freak complete with extensive checklists in my bullet journal, and I love Victorian B&B’s. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, though I do deal with some of them on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, I do not have a faux-UFO built into my house’s roof.

Thank you to Joc and Dani at The Audio Flow and to author Kirsten Weiss for trusting me to tell this hilarious story.

Listen to a sample:

From the publisher:

When control-freak Susan Witsend inherits her grandmother’s UFO-themed B&B, she’s ready to put her organizational skills to the test. She knows she can make the B&B work, even if there is a faux-UFO in the roof. After all, what’s not to love about a Victorian nestled in the high Sierra foothills?

None of her carefully crafted policies and procedures, however, can prepare her for a corpse in room seven – the body of her small-town sheriff’s ex-husband. Good thing Susan has her own plans to solve the crime.

But is there a government conspiracy afoot? Or is the murder a simple case of small-town vengeance?

Susan must keep all her wits about her. Because the killer isn’t finished, and if she isn’t careful, her fate may be written in the stars….

Beam up this hilarious cozy mystery today!

AT WITS’ END is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

IAA Award Finalist!!

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Finalist Independent Audiobook Awards 2020I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ve been chosen as finalist in the 2020 Independent Audiobook Awards!

FOR SALE BY KILLER by Catherine Bruns is in the running for Best Mystery, AND my narration for FOR SALE BY KILLER earned me a finalist spot as Best Female Narrator!

“Get out!” said Jacques, when Cindy told him the news. After the shock wore off they celebrated with a latte from Starbucks. I, on the other hand, celebrated at home with my tea, and later a glass of pinot noir. 🙂

Congratulations to the other Mystery finalist titles: A FALLING KNIFE, INTO THIN EIRE, NATURAL CAUSES, and WARDENS OF WISTERIA; and to the Best Female Narrator finalists: Andrea Parsneau, Sarah Puckett, Xe Sands, and Emily Woo Zeller.

I’m honored to be among this group of these fierce and talented narrators. I can barely stand to wait for the winners to be announced on June 12th, 2020.

Check out the IAA finalists in the other categories and, if you can, give them a listen.

New Release: ARSENIC AND YOUNG LACY

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I’m thrilled to tell you that ARSENIC AND YOUNG LACY, the second book in Kassandra Lamb’s Marcia Banks and Buddy cozy mystery series is now available on audio! Marcia thought after solving the first murder, she could get on with training the next dog with no trouble, but she was wrong. If a difficult client wasn’t bad enough, she now has a stalker. Will Marcia be able to get paid before her stalker makes her pay?

From the publisher:

Sweet, adorable Lacy has stolen Marcia Banks’ heart, but money is tight. Like it or not, the service dog trainer needs to complete the human phase of the training and deliver the dog to her new owner in order to get paid.

But the former Army nurse client turns out to be a challenging trainee. On top of her existing neuroses–which go beyond the psychological damage from a sexual assault during her second tour in Afghanistan–the veteran is now being stalked.

When Marcia receives a bizarre warning to stay away from her client and Lacy is also caught in the stalker’s malicious orbit, Sheriff Will Haines steps in to investigate. Marcia finds this both endearing and annoying, especially when he expects her to stay on the sidelines. The training fee would make her solvent again, but how can she put her dogs at risk?

Maybe Marcia should be more worried about herself, since the stalker has decided to pay her off in a very different way.

The audiobook for ARSENIC AND YOUNG LACY is available through multiple retailers, including: Audible, Amazon, Google Play, Apple iTunes, Scribd, Chirp, Walmart, Overdrive, Audiobooks.com, and many others.

New Release: DEATH OF THE KONA MAN

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“Living the dream in Hawaii…may quickly become the stuff of nightmares…”

The audiobook of Death of the Kona Man by USA Today best-selling author Catherine Bruns released last week! Although it’s part of the Aloha Lagoon Mysteries series by Gemma Halliday Publishing, it can be listened to as a standalone.

As always, I had so much fun narrating Carrie and her friends Keanu, Vivian and Poncho. I’ll really miss Poncho.

The audiobook version of Death of the Kona Man is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Enjoy!

From the Publisher:

From USA Today best-selling author Catherine Bruns comes the next deadly delicious Carrie Jorgenson adventure in paradise….

Carrie Jorgenson is living the dream in Hawaii. She has a steady job as a waitress at the Loco Moco Café, a hot new love interest in her manager, and the curtain’s about to rise on her role in a local theater production. But when she’s asked to deliver food to a guest at the Aloha Lagoon resort – who then drops dead! – her dreams quickly become the stuff of nightmares.

World renowned food critic Randolph Cremshaw has no shortage of enemies. He’s rude, patronizing, and famous for his one-star reviews. After the coffee Carrie delivers is discovered to have been poisoned, she and the café quickly rise to the top of the suspects list. A jealous co-worker, thefts at the restaurant, and a performance that threatens to blow up in Carrie’s face only make things worse. With an already full plate, Carrie is also forced into making a decision that may change everything for her. But this all pales in comparison when she comes face to face with Randolph’s killer and what might be the final curtain call…of her life.

Recipes included!

About Aloha Lagoon:
 There’s trouble in paradise….
Welcome to Aloha Lagoon, one of Hawaii’s hidden treasures. A little bit of tropical paradise nestled along the coast of Kauai, this resort town boasts luxurious accommodation, friendly island atmosphere…and only a slightly higher than normal murder rate. While mysterious circumstances may be the norm on our corner of the island, we’re certain that our staff and Lagoon natives will make your stay in Aloha Lagoon one you will never forget!

 

New Release: TO KILL A LABRADOR

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Kassandra Lamb’s cozy mystery TO KILL A LABRADOR is now available on audio! With Lamb’s clever telling of dog-trainer Marcia Banks taking on a new role of amateur sleuth, you can’t help but fall in love with Marcia and the adorable Rottie-labrador mix, Buddy.

The audiobook for TO KILL A LABRADOR is available through multiple retailers, including: Audible, Amazon, Google Play, Apple iTunes, Scribd, Kobo, Chirp, Walmart, Overdrive, Audiobooks.com, and many others.

From the publisher:

Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) likes to think of herself as a normal person, even though she has a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for combat veterans with PTSD. Then the former Marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, and Marcia gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation–amateur sleuth.

Called in to dog-sit the Labrador service dog, Buddy, she’s outraged that his veteran owner is being presumed guilty until proven innocent. With Buddy’s help, she tries to uncover the real killer. Even after the hunky local sheriff politely tells her to butt out, Marcia keeps poking around. Until the killer finally pokes back.

New Release: DEATH OF THE BIG KAHUNA

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“Paradise isn’t all it’s served up to be. . . “

The audiobook of Death of the Big Kahuna by USA Today best-selling author Catherine Bruns released today! Although it’s part of the Aloha Lagoon Mysteries series by Gemma Halliday Publishing, it can be listened to as a standalone.

I always have a blast narrating Catherine’s witty dialogue and taking on her clever (and sometimes deadly) characters, and Death of the Big Kahuna is no exception.

Enjoy!

The audiobook version of Death of the Big Kahuna is available exclusively on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

From the Publisher:

From USA Today best-selling author Catherine Bruns comes an Aloha Lagoon mystery that proves that, sometimes, paradise isn’t all it’s served up to be. 

New to both Hawaii and the Aloha Lagoon Resort, Carrie Jorgenson has big dreams of stardom. But, while she awaits fame and fortune, she’s forced to accept a job waitressing at the resort’s The Loco Moco Café. It isn’t long before she discovers the dish on her new boss – also known to many as “The Big Kahuna”. 

Hale Akamu is rich, handsome, repulsive…and dead. When Carrie discovers Hale’s lifeless body, she’s suddenly forced into yet another role: amateur sleuth. With everyone, from Carrie to the saucy chef to the café’s hot assistant manager under suspicion, Carrie needs to track a killer before she becomes his next main entrée! Recipes included in the audiobook.

About Aloha Lagoon: There’s trouble in paradise. Welcome to Aloha Lagoon, one of Hawaii’s hidden treasures. A little bit of tropical paradise nestled along the coast of Kauai, this resort town boasts luxurious accommodation, friendly island atmosphere…and only a slightly-higher-than-normal murder rate. While mysterious circumstances may be the norm on our corner of the island, we’re certain that our staff and Lagoon natives will make your stay in Aloha Lagoon one you will never forget! Visit us at alohalagoonmysteries.com