Elaine Orr has 8 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators. The most-rated is Behind the Walls.
Ground to a Halt
Summary
When Jolie Gentil goes to buy a cup of coffee the morning after a storm knocks out power at her house in Ocean Alley, she finds Java Jolt unlocked and minus its owner. A bigger surprise is seeing proprietor Joe Regan a few minutes later, badly injured. It seems a potential killer thinks Jolie has something Joe was hiding. The normal routine of appraising houses and volunteering at the Harvest for All food pantry is interrupted by an SUV that nearly smashes Jolie, a break-in at the home Jolie and Scoobie share, and a terrifying kidnapping. Jolie needs to figure out who's telling the truth and how far the thugs will go to find what they want. Only solving the puzzle will keep Jolie safe, protect a vulnerable Iraqi vet, and make sure everyone stays alive. But if Jolie keeps searching, her budding romance with Scoobie may grind to a halt.
©2014 Elaine L. Orr (P)2015 Elaine L. Orr
Rekindling Motives
Summary
Jolie Gentil gets tapped for some appraisal work at the 10th reunion of her Ocean Alley High School class. When appraising the vacant Tillotson-Fisher house, she finds the skeleton of Richard Tillotson hidden in an antique attic wardrobe. He vanished just after his sister married his business partner in 1929. Jolie sees a link to the Fisher family's Prohibition era business and works with friends Scoobie and Ramona to gather clues from old photo albums and ledgers. The photo albums lead her to Mary Doris Milner, Richard's girlfriend, who has fond memories of him and is certain of who murdered him. But, there was nothing to link her suspect to the murder then, and he's long dead himself. Mary Doris' death means Jolie won't stop until she finds her killer, whether that leads to a culprit in Richard's decades-old murder or not. Did the secret she kept all these years finally kill her? Between running the food pantry at Christmas time, trying to avoid an annoying local reporter, and escaping a burning building, they hope to figure out who the modern killer is before someone else gets hurt. Second in the Jolie Gentil Cozy mystery series. All four books in the series are set in this mythical New Jersey beach town, complete with colorful characters and a great coffee shop. Jolie and her multi-generational friends tackle things with humor, and they have a good time - almost always. Her name is French, and translates to "pretty nice." She's used to a bit of teasing.
©2011 Elaine L. Orr (P)2013 Elaine L. Orr
Vague Images
Summary
Bad enough that Jolie ends up in the Emergency Room because she tried to avoid hitting a deer. Worse to find a dead woman in the hospital restroom. Jolie is on the lookout for a runaway teenager and whoever planted the dead hospital budget cutter in her path. Thanks to Scoobie, she is also planning another crazy fundraiser for the food pantry, this one a Corn Hole Contest. It's sort of a bean bag game for grown-ups, and the polite term is Corn Toss Contest. So, of course, Scoobie prepares to name winners in the Harvest for All Corn Hole Contest. Just when Jolie's ready to leave the murder investigation to the police, she gets a surprise - and it's not a good one. Will her need to know see her hurt - or worse?
©2014 Elaine L. Orr (P)2017 Elaine L. Orr
Trouble on the Doorstep
Summary
From Hurricane Sandy to B&B repairs to Aunt Madge's wedding in three weeks. If Jolie can handle that surely she can deal with a sobbing woman who shows up at midnight. The next morning, when Jolie learns that Pooki's husband is missing and his partner is dead, it seems there may be a connection to some shady hurricane repairs at Ocean Alley's senior complex. Jolie incurs the ire of a prominent builder, her boyfriend (local reporter George Winters), and of course the police - so she knows she's on to something.
©2013 Elaine L. Orr (P)2013 Elaine L. Orr
Jolie and Scoobie High School Misadventures
Summary
When Jolie Gentil's parents leave her with Aunt Madge for her junior year so they can "work things out" in their marriage, she's angry. She knows no one at Ocean Alley High School. Some kids snub her, but she makes friends with irreverent Scoobie. He's quirky and fun, but he's skipped school and smoked pot in the past, so people avoid him. Jolie learns how to shoot a squirt gun from under the boardwalk and tries not to flunk geometry. She also learns that the family for whom she babysits has a secret, one that puts Jolie in danger. You've met Jolie and Scoobie as crime-solving adults. Check out their high school friendship. Same humor, different challenges. Plus, a couple of hints about why Jolie wants to get to the bottom of murders when she's all grown up.
©2013 Elaine L. Orr (P)2017 Elaine L. Orr
When the Carny Comes to Town, Volume 3
Summary
Jolie never liked the idea of sitting on the plank above the dunk tank for the food pantry's fundraiser at the carnival. Even so, she never dreamed what Scoobie saw that day would leave him battling for his life. Scoobie's ex-con mother shows up and there's a murder to add to the mix. Soon, Jolie is doing a lot more than appraising real estate - though even that is complicated by home burglars. Jolie reluctantly seeks help from her nemesis - reporter George Winters - and tries to stay a step ahead of a kidnapper and murderer so she can take charge of her world again. The police wish she'd butt out and Aunt Madge is furious that Jolie insists on talking to a couple shady characters on her own. Soon, even the guests at Aunt Madge's Cozy Corner Bed and Breakfast are in the way. Can Jolie keep her friends safe, and will Scoobie recover enough to say what happened to him and plan another silly fundraiser?
©2012 Elaine L. Orr (P)2013 Elaine L. Orr
Any Port in a Storm
Summary
Jolie Gentil and friends are putting the finishing touches on the Talk like a Pirate Day fundraiser for the food pantry. They're also trying to figure out who's breaking into some of the houses Jolie appraises. When she realizes a new face in town is leading high school kids into trouble in those houses, Jolie's mad - and lets him know it. When Hayden offers to help her mind her own business, a lot of people at the fundraiser hear her protest. Meanwhile, a hurricane's on the way to disrupt Talk like a Pirate Day. When a corpse turns up under the pirate ship the next day, Jolie looks like a suspect. Soon, she's getting less work. Who wants a murder suspect appraising their house? Scoobie's pirate limericks can't solve a crime. So, Jolie and her sometimes-buddy local reporter George Winters, look for the murderer and the person trying to frame Jolie. They need to stay ahead of whoever forces Jolie's car into a ditch and off the radar of the local police who tell Jolie - for the 100th time - to butt out. All this, and Jolie has to deal with Aunt Madge's blossoming love life. And, what about her own? For a cozy mystery with a dose of humor and a touch of romance, join Jolie and friends in Ocean Alley.
©2012 Elaine L. Orr (P)2020 Elaine L. Orr
Behind the Walls
Summary
It's fun to buy a house. Unless, there is something hidden behind the walls and someone wants it. Someone who is willing to kill for it. Jolie is pursued by a purse thief and a burglar, but the guy she's most worried about is the one who left an elderly auctioneer dead on her porch swing. In between appraising houses and planning a fund-raiser for the food pantry (can you say liquid string contest?), Jolie, Scoobie, and friends need to figure who left a cache of jewelry behind the walls in her house. And who is going to help her cat Jazz feel at home in the new house? Maybe a different kind of pet...
©2013 Elaine L. Orr (P)2014 Elaine L. Orr