Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse

De: Maddie Day

Narrado por: Amy Landon

'Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing can be downright deadly....

When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan's country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie's hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa the dog? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly sweet murder....

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Second time round still entertaining

This was mark as unread and at I still thought I had read it. Remembered the ending But still listen to the end the second time and it was entertaining.

Different story narrator as character Robbie

Least favorite of this series of Robbie Jordan by M aggie Day.
I found the different narrator strange since I have listened to several of this series. Sorry but I just couldn't get into the change in voices. Put off by reader , I just couldn't get into the story and found myself having to listen to several chapters over and over to get the real story.
Spoiled by other reader.

Fun book to listen to.

this was a pretty short book but really fun to listen to. I love it when I know the characters of the book.

Another winner

Maddie Day has written another great installment in the Country Store Mystery series. All the usual characters are present as well as a few new ones and an intriguing mystery to solve.
Laural Merlington as always gave a standout performance as she breathed life into the storyline and gave each character their own distinct voice.
I highly look forward to the next in series.

Disappointing

The books in this series are generally entertaining, if somewhat far fetched. This one was by far the worst. If it was the first I had read I would definitely take a pass on any of the others. Since I have mostly enjoyed the series, I will persevere and hope the next is better.

First & last Maddie Day for me

This was a horrible listen. My husband and I listen to books while driving to see kids in FL, and this one was pathetic. There was WAY too much detail about special omelets, flipping burgers, what kind of buns those burgers may be on, what is meant by "run it through the garden." , ad nauseum.Tedious! Describing the outfits her partner wore every day was totally unnecessary. The narrator, trying to take a lower timbre when speaking a man's lines, spoke at such a low pitch and volume that we had to crank up the volume on our speakers. Being from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, I was offended by the hickish and totally unauthentic dialog- you would NEVER hear a librarian utter "ain't" And the sheriff asking for a "passel of food?" Good grief.

Why did I do this?

The performance was horrible. I find this series entertaining and look forward to each book. But I struggled to get through this primarily because of the performer. Ugh.

Flat

Narration was very monotone, not nearly as well done as previous books. hey Siri, set timer eight minutes