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Bells, Tails & Murder
- A Cozy English Animal Mystery
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- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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She crossed an ocean to start her life over. Can she nab a killer before her quaint village becomes a graveyard?
Recently widowed Leta Parker desperately needs a change of scenery. Pursuing her lifelong dream of retiring to the Cotswolds, she leaves her soulless corporate hustle in Atlanta and moves to England with her talking dog and cat companions—Dickens and Christie. But she’s barely begun making new friends when she stumbles across her housekeeper’s body …
With several villagers pegged for the crime, Leta teams up with a retired English teacher and her sharp-as-a-tack octogenarian mother to track the killer before the trail goes cold. As the not-so-friendly local policewoman elbows them out and scandalous rumors plague the tight-knit community, it’s left to the ladies and their pets to sleuth for the truth.
Can Leta, Dickens, and Christie sniff out the culprit before the cute little town loses more than its charm?
Bells, Tails & Murder is the delightful first book in the Dickens & Christie cozy mystery series. If you like spunky literary women, amusing animal sidekicks, and inviting cultural backdrops, then you’ll love Kathy Manos Penn’s engaging page-turner.
Buy Bells, Tails & Murder to see the fur fly today!
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A new adventure begins in Fury and Furry, the first book in a series of short stories inspired by magical girl manga such as Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura. Noelle Gardner, a witch, amateur matchmaker, and high school student, finds herself stuck in the middle of a messy breakup between her broken hearted friend Aksel and his haughty ex Celeste. What starts as a simple tarot reading to help Aksel through his break up spirals into him becoming possessed by a mindless malice. The mindless malice imbues him with supernatural strength and ramps up his obsession with Celeste to a dangerous ...
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Mai Tai Murder Cruise
- Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries
- By: Addison Moore
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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An impending divorce. An ornery homicide detective. The cruise of a lifetime. And ghosts. Midlife on the high seas is proving to be a real killer. If I thought the first half of my life was a bumpy ride, I’d better buckle up because I’m about to go over the hill and off the rails. *A laugh out loud Paranormal Women’s Fiction Novel by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore A cruise ship cozy mystery! My name is Trixie Troublefield, and I see ghosts. It’s sort of a new thing, and it’s more than a problem. I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is my travel blog Suddenly ...
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No Emotion
- By Anonymous User on 11-28-23
By: Addison Moore
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Estate in Peril
- A Maude and Mabel Cozy Mystery
- By: Sue Hollowell
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Retirees, revelations, revenge… Octogenarians Maude and Mabel are more than just two lively private investigators; they're experts in turning tranquil retirements into thrilling mysteries. Their cozy road trip to the charming town of Port la Pena in Southeast Texas quickly transforms into a perilous adventure when they stumble upon a shocking discovery in a neighbor's quaint house up for sale. The startling revelation of a grisly murder propels them into a riveting whodunit, with the quiet town playing stage to a plethora of potential culprits. The victim, once a well-respected neighbor, ...
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Voice is not good
- By lovinfarmlivin on 01-10-24
By: Sue Hollowell
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Fairly Frozen
- By: Ellie Ballard
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- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Revenge is a dish best served cold It’s Fall Fair Week in Clear Springs, and introvert Marnie Tipton has a big choice: leave her hometown for her dream of culinary school or settle down with her boyfriend (and boss) Stuart Johnson. But when he proposes in front of the whole town, Marnie panics. Of course, Stuart was making a grand gesture, but when Marnie finds him frozen stiff in his restaurant’s walk-in the next morning, she becomes the prime suspect. Marnie is in a ditch without a tow-rope, and her third cousin twice removed Sheriff Bryson Best has her in his sights. But Marnie’s ...
By: Ellie Ballard
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Murder at Buxley Manor
- British Cozy Mystery, Book 1
- By: Leena Clover
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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England 1921. Lady Elizabeth Gaskins is throwing a big party to celebrate her birthday. But when an odious guest gets killed and steals her thunder, her father, the Earl of Buxley, becomes a suspect. After all, he came to blows with the dead man in front of several witnesses. Determined to find out who murdered his childhood friend, Lord Buxley summons a detective from Scotland Yard. Not to be outdone, Lady Bess and her spunky cohorts, the oldest Dowager Countess and great aunts, embark on a hunt for the killer.
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The Myrtle Lake Complete Series 6 Book Box Set
- By: Constance Barker
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 23 hrs and 56 mins
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Welcome to The Blue Spruce Coffee Shop Where the Java is Hot and the Murder is Cold Blooded The Blue Spruce coffee shop in the heart of Myrtle Lake retirement village does a bang-up business all day long, keeping barista Charlie and owner/grandmother Carla on their toes. Local eccentrics like a former Broadway dancer, a famous landscape painter, a dotty psychic, and a mischievous sea captain pop in to share tall tales and ribald jokes, much to the delight of their over-caffeinated neighbors. But this happy crew gets the shock of their lives when Fritz Caulfield, a lovely man and horrible ...
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Better virtual voice than others
- By 2dmoon on 02-02-24
By: Constance Barker
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Body In The Bookstore
- A Small Town Mystery
- By: Emma Lee
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
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After her painful and heartbreaking divorce, Bonnie Mayberry thought her life was over. The numbness, the disbelief in what had happened and the fear of what would come next ensured that her every thought was tinged with doubt. Hoping for a fresh start, she’s packed up, said her goodbyes and moved to the small town of Snow Ridge, New Hampshire. Settling down in an old, renovated farmhouse, she plans to focus on the simple things in life. And, in time, she is determined to get back to some semblance of normalcy. But, apparently, that is not going to happen any time soon… The ...
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Not a fan or virtual voice
- By Diane on 06-10-24
By: Emma Lee
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Cupcakes and Catastrophe
- By: Sue Hollowell
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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A nightmare ending to her storybook marriage. An escape to a quaint beach town. Will a mysterious murder derail a second chance at her dream? Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of opening a bakery like her grandma Luna was now becoming a reality. No sooner does she arrive in the charming beach town, when she and her quirky uncle are tangled up in a mysterious death. When a kite competition judge is found murdered in the bookstore next to her uncle's Checkered Past ...
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Good, quick listen
- By Amazon Customer on 06-27-24
By: Sue Hollowell
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- Kindle CustomerEME
- 02-29-24
God story
Do not like AI generated reading. sterile. I like different voices & accents & emotions.
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- Lisa Fred
- 02-01-24
A Great Classic Cozy read by a new AI Tech
When you read this review you'll notice that the quality of the book and the reading voice (narrator) are separate in my mind. As for cozy mysteries, this delivers in every sense of the word. Wonderful and lovable characters, tickles of romance, delightful co-detectives of the fury type, enchanting scenes, and of course--a murder.
As for the virtual voice, it was pretty good considering we're at the beginning edge of this technology. It's not perfect. It doesn't replace a highly paid actor reader that costs $4-12k, but it doesn't need to. It does exceed any other text-to-speech app, providing apt voice inflections, pauses, and dynamic tones.
Does it subtract from your experience, not in my opinion. Like when you read a book from pages, your brain starts to fill in and get used to the virtual voice and I had an outstanding experience. If you were to listen to the book with the expectation of a Hollywood-quality actor/reader, you would be disappointed.
I guess the true test would be to ask... would I run and buy book two to listen to, if it were available right now? The answer would be an enthusiastic YES. I loved the characters the author created, and the book flowed with ease. I look forward to all the future adventures of Dickens & Christie and hope they are released in quick succession.
(By the way, I listen to a ton of audiobooks, so I am experienced with the media form.)
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- grammyTina
- 06-23-24
Great story!
Love the conversations with the pets! Virtual voice is a bit off but after getting used to it I just chuckled at the wrong pronunciation or textual tense of words. Looking forward to the next story!
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- PammieJoCozyQueen
- 04-02-24
AWFUL AI NARRATION
Ugh. AI narration. I didn’t enjoy this because of the narration. Just no. The sad thing is that this was the 5th AI free audiobook available through Audible as part of the Platinum Plan program. I was excited to see these books available to listen to but this was the only one not completely painful to listen to. The other 4 were deleted after a few sentences in.
This one didn’t even have British accent when it takes place in England. The future of audiobooks still belongs to actual live narrators. If using AI is the author’s choice, don’t do it. It’s better just to not have it available on an audiobook unless you pay for proper narration.
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