Death on Denial

Quest Investigations, Book 4

By: E.J. Russell

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux

DOA becomes BRB when this client goes MIA....

When I agreed to accompany my selkie boyfriend on a private boat trip, I didn’t realize the invitation included a swim. In the Pacific. In November. Naked. And I certainly didn’t expect to have our swim derailed the instant I got in the water—holy crap, that’s c-c-cold—by a literal boatload of selkie clan leaders.

Climbing out of the water in front of them—did I mention naked? Yeah, way to make a brilliant first impression. Then things get worse: I get served. Not in the metaphorical sense, either. Nope, I’m being sued.

By Death.

Well, not Death precisely, but an Ankou—a Celtic psychopomp who escorts the departed to their final destinations. This guy is miffed that his workload has increased exponentially, which he blames on my actions in Sheol on an earlier case. I’m not about to take the heat when eons of shady demon shenanigans finally come home to roost, but here at Quest Investigations, we aid any and all supernatural folk in need—especially if they’ll drop their specious lawsuits against the agency’s lone human.

When the Ankou skips out on us, though, all hell breaks loose. Because without anyone to lead them on, the dearly departed become nearly departed and stick around to party hearty. Now it’s not just the selkie leaders complicating my love life—it’s the ex-living as well.

And when one of the ex-living decides not to remain ex? Things get really complicated, not to mention deadly.

Dammit.

Death on Denial is the fourth in the Quest Investigations M/M mystery series, a spinoff of E.J. Russell’s Mythmatched paranormal rom-com story world. It contains no explicit sex or violence, and although there is a romantic subplot, it is not a romance. The series is best listened to in order.

©2022 E.J. Russell (P)2023 E.J. Russell

Fantastic ending!!

I have seriously loved this whole series, but in my opinion this one was the best! Matt and Lachlan finally got together! The story has so much humor and I loved seeing all the characters in the Mythmatched Universe! Well Done!! Overall, a fantastic listen! Greg Boudreaux did a fantastic job with the narration, the story will hook you! The pacing flowed smoothly, highly recommend. Overall, fantastic!!

Perfect

Series is already amazing and to have this as a content and wonderful conclusion (?) is just icing on the cake. Along with the incredibly talented Greg narrating as always!!! Win/Win

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

We finally get to see the end of the hold up to Matt and Lachlan's relationship beginning. Not before dealing with some other issues though. This is a good story and the great narration by Greg Boudreaux make it even better.

I received an ARC and this is my unbiased opinion

Satisfying Conclusion to Fun Series

I enjoyed this installment in the Quest Investigation series. In addition to another quirky mystery we get HEA for Matt and Lachlan as well as fun little updates on bunch of other characters. Narrator did a great job as always and made this cute story into satisfying listening experience.

So much Fun! A Great Conculsion To this Series!

I have enjoyed every book in the Quest Investigations series, Death on Denial book number four by E.J. Russell was an amazing way to end things. I hope this isn’t the last book in this series, but I have a feeling it is.

The hilarity and friendships in this book series brings warmth and light to the investigations Hugh (real name Matt) has to go on, and in this installment the connections Hugh has formed are really tested.

It was endearing seeing all the regular members of the Quest Investigations, plus some of the other supernaturals from the E.J. Russell’s Mythmatched Universe series. The mystery in this book had an ending I wasn’t expecting. As always Greg Boudreaux did a great job preforming this book; this series would not have been the same without him!

I truly do hope there is more books in the Quest Investigations series. But, if not I’ll enjoy this series for what it was, and I’ll reread/re-listen to E.J. Russell’s work.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this audiobook.

Super fun listen!

Thoroughly enjoyed this series and this one was my favorite to date! EJ Russell is a gem of an author and her whimsical writing style is lovely! Greg Boudreaux did a great job narrating this one!

The end!

The book started messy and generally all over the place. This could ultimately gone so many different directions… but they found a solution in the end.

Great narration. Impressive work on the Scottish accent.

Very enjoyable and highly recommendable.

Poor Jordan...

Ok so here we have the last book in the Hugh Man series and I gotta say it was not my favorite.

I'm going to be spoiling some things so stop reading here if necessary.

Anyways, Hugh and his selkie love interest (I have to put here it's only been two months) begin this book with trying to go on a swim but is interrupted by a large amount of selkies who make them jump over a broom and at the same time Hugh gets served as he is being sued.

This starts the mystery of this book which all boils down to the bad guy from a couple of books before.

This was the least exciting story of the series and to be honest I was only hanging on to find out what happens to Hugh and his King. Which kind of ended with a fizzle. You see, they had been married the entire time in this book. Least romantic coupling ever.

I hated the way the series left off with Jordan. He was so sad and hurting. He better get a spin off series with an actual romance.

Greg B did a great job as usual. He was able to keep me listening.

FINALLY

On one side, this was exactly what I’ve been waiting for. And while I appreciated that Hugh didn’t immediately jump in with Lachlan, it also drove me a little crazy how he went about that the whole book. You know he adores you, right?

I’m a little sad to be done this series though. Good thing I have so many books in this world to catch up on…

Great ending to the series

I just binged this whole series and I have to say each book is better than the one before it. This final book had an amazing wrap-up and ending. Each synopsyis says that these books are not a romance and that the romance is a sub-plot and that is true except that each book adds a bit more into the relationship between Matt and Lachlan, so that it is a kind of a massivly slow burn romance that would be perfect for those who like a romance with a long build up and no steam or on page violence. Part of me really does with that there would be more in this series and yet at the same time the 4 books were rounded off and ended well. I do hope to see other characters get their own books eventually.