Lee Strauss has 11 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 19 ratings. The most-rated is Murder on the SS Rosa.
Murder on the SS Rosa
Summary
It's 1923 and young war widow fashionista Ginger Gold makes a cross-Atlantic journey with her companion Haley Higgins to London, England, to settle her father's estate. When the ship's captain is found dead, Ginger is only too happy to lend her assistance to the handsome Chief Inspector Basil Reed. The SS Rosa delivers a convincing array of suspects - the wife, the mistress, a jealous crew mate. To Ginger's dismay, her name has been added to the list! With a little help from Ginger's dog Boss, Ginger and Haley navigate the clues (those wartime operative skills come in handy). They must solve the case and clear Ginger's name before they dock - and oh, whatever shall she wear? A fascinating introduction to a character that will rival Miss Fisher in the cozy genre set in the period between world wars.
©2017 Lee Strauss (P)2017 Lee Strauss
Murder at Bray Manor
Summary
“Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!” - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle A poltergeist guilty of murder? Ginger Gold receives a letter from her sister-in-law, Felicia, requesting Ginger come straightaway to her late husband's family home, Bray Manor. Dowager Lady Gold, Ginger's nervous grandmother through marriage, believes the old manor is haunted. Ginger doesn't believe in ghosts, but is haunted nevertheless by memories of her husband and the lure of his gravesite she just can't bring herself to visit. In order to keep Bray Manor afloat financially, Felicia and Ambrosia have opened the estate to the public for club meetings and special events. Knitters, stamp collectors and gardeners converge weekly--targets for the poltergeist that seems to find amusement in hiding small things from their owners. Bray Manor hosts a dance to raise money for maimed soldiers who struggle with peacetime after the Great War. Felicia invites her flapper friends and her new beau, Captain Smithwick, a man Ginger has met before and definitely doesn't like. When the dance ends with the discovery of a body, Ambrosia is certain the poltergeist is to blame, but Ginger is quite sure the murderer is made of flesh and blood.
©2017 Lee Strauss (P)2018 Lee Strauss
Murder at Kensington Gardens: A Ginger Mystery, Volume 6
Summary
Murder isn't a walk in the park.... War widow fashionista, Ginger Gold, makes a gruesome discovery while walking her Boston terrier, Boss, through Kensington Gardens. A woman of ill-repute is dead. When Chief Inspector Basil Reed becomes a suspect, the blustery and often times pigheaded Superintendent Morris pulls him off the case. Ginger’s not about to be pushed around by the superintendent despite his warnings: if she doesn’t butt out, she’ll be arrested for impeding a police investigation. She soon finds herself undercover in the spicy world of burlesque dancing - much to Basil’s chagrin. Ginger and Basil’s agree to work together off the record to find the killer. It’s a proposition their strained friendship may not survive - even if they do. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. The Ginger Gold Mystery Series: Murder on the SS Rosa (Book 1) Murder at Hartigan House (Book 2) Murder at Bray Manor (Book 3) Murder at Feathers & Flair (Book 4) Murder at the Mortuary (Book 5) Murder at Kensington Gardens (Book 6) Murder at St. George’s Church (Book 7) The Wedding of Ginger & Basil (Book 7.5) Murder at St. George’s Church (Book 8)
©2018 Lee Strauss (P)2019 Lee Strauss
Murder at Hartigan House
Summary
“Clever and entertaining, you’ll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!” - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle There's a skeleton in the attic! After a weeklong passage over the Atlantic from Boston to Liverpool, Ginger Gold arrives at her childhood London home--Hartigan House--to find decade-old remains from some poor woman on the floor in the attic. Ginger's Boston terrier, Boss, noses out a missing phalange from under the bed. It's a mystery that once again puts Ginger alongside the handsome Chief Inspector Basil Reed. Who is the victim? And how did she end up in Ginger's home? Clues lead Ginger and her good friend Haley Higgins to a soirée hosted in 1913 by Ginger's late father, George Hartigan. A shadow of suspicion is cast on her father's legacy, and Ginger isn't so sure she wants to know the truth about the man she dearly loved. Ginger decides to host another soirée, inviting the guest list from ten years previous. Before the night is over, another person is dead.
©2017 Lee Strauss (P)2018 Lee Strauss
Murder at the Mortuary: A Cozy Historical Mystery
Summary
Cadavers can be deadly... Unregistered corpses are showing up among the cadavers in the mortuary of the London School of Medicine for Women. Unnatural deaths. Murders. The first known victim is recognized by Haley Higgins, a third-year pathology student. War-widow fashionista Ginger Gold feels a responsibility for the man's death and is determined to find his killer. Her pursuit takes her into the dangerous realm of the famous Italian gangster Charles ''Derby'' Sabini. With the help of Haley and the handsome Chief Inspector Reed - an uneasy alliance - Ginger investigates shady dealings at the docks and at the racehorse stables. What does one have to do with the other, and how are they connected to the bodies piling up at the mortuary? Someone is working on the inside at the school, and Ginger has to find out who before she, or someone she loves, ends up lifeless on a ceramic mortuary slab.
©2018 Lee Strauss (P)2019 Lee Strauss
Murder at Feathers & Flair
Summary
Espionage, intrigue...murder.... It's 1924, and war-widow fashionista Ginger Gold's new Regent Street dress shop, Feathers & Flair, is the talk of the London fashion district, attracting aristocrats from Paris to Berlin to Moscow. Ginger is offered her first job as a private detective when her sister-in-law's stage actor friend goes missing, and though the dress shop takes most of her time, Ginger takes the case. But when a Russian grand duchess dies at the shop's official grand opening event, Ginger ignores the missing person to chase a killer. It's a decision she will live to regret.
©2017 Lee Strauss (P)2018 Lee Strauss
Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman
Summary
Mayhem all aboard! One blustery day in October of 1924, newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Basil Reed travel aboard the recently christened Flying Scotsman, a high-speed steam engine train that travels from London to Edinburgh, for their honeymoon. With only one short stop at York, Ginger anticipates time with her new husband will fly by. She’s wrong. Something terrible has happened in the Royal Mail carriage, which forces the train to stop dead in its tracks. There’s been a death and Chief Inspector Reed has been asked to investigate. It’s a uniquely disturbing murder and Ginger and Basil are eager to puzzle it out together. What do the first class passengers have to do with the dead man? With another crime shortly discovered, Ginger and Basil soon realize they’re not dealing with a run-of-the-mill killer - they’re dealing with a mastermind who’s not done playing with them yet. Researching for the Ginger Gold Mysteries has been so much fun. I hope you sense that as you listen. Ginger Gold is smart, savvy, and delightful. The fashions, the dances, the crime. Never fear, the Ginger Gold Mysteries are cozy, so no scary, graphic on-stage violence. You'll find these audiobooks to be clean listens, with no swearing or sex. I hope you enjoy the Ginger Gold Mystery series! Hop aboard the 1920s! The Ginger Gold Mystery series: Murder on the SS Rosa (Book 1) Murder at Hartigan House (Book 2) Murder at Bray Manor (Book 3) Murder at Feathers & Flair (Book 4) Murder at the Mortuary (Book 5) Murder at Kensington Gardens (Book 6) Murder at st. George’s Church (Book 7) The Wedding of Ginger & Basil (Book 7.5) Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman (Book 8) Murder at the Boat Club (Book 9) Murder on Eaton Square (Book 10) Murder by Plum Pudding (Book 11) Murder on Fleet Street (Book 12)~\ And more on the way! A brand new 1950s series! The Rosa Reed Mystery series: Murder at High Tide (Book 1) Murder on the Boardwalk (Book 2) Murder at the Bomb Shelter (Book 3) Murder on Location (Book 4) Don't miss Lady Gold Investigates, the short story companion series!
©2018 La Plume Press (P)2020 La Plume Press
Murder at the Boat Club (A 1920s Cozy Historical Mystery)
Summary
Murder's a bad stroke of luck! River Thames boat races between the London University colleges are an popular events, and Mrs. Ginger Reed is excited to attend for the first time, especially since the son of a good friend of her new husband, Chief Inspector Basil Reed, is racing. When a very unusual murder presents itself at the boat club, Lady Gold’s Investigations is hired to take on the case. Ginger’s determined to solve the mystery before someone else dies, but can she manage it without ruining another pair of Italian leather T-strap shoes?
©2019 La Plume Press (P)2020 La Plume Press
Murder by Plum Pudding
Summary
Murder à la mode! There's nothing more fun than a festive holiday dinner party, and Ginger Reed, the former Lady Gold, has Hartigan House decorated and the gramophone playing. Dressed in her finest Parisian low-waisted gown, feather-topped tiara, and T-strapped Italian leather shoes, Ginger is ready to host the delectable event. It's a jolly good time, until someone chokes on the pudding. Is it an accident or is it murder? And can Ginger unravel the mystery before the church bells ring and New Year's Day dawns? A cozy historical 1920s mystery novella
©2019 La Plume Press (P)2020 La Plume Press
Murder at St. George's Church
Summary
“Clever and entertaining, you’ll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!” (Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle) Weddings can be murder. Romance is in the air for the delightful Reverend Oliver Hill. Unfortunately, the choir rehearsal for the wedding ends abruptly with the sudden and disturbing appearance of a body. War widow fashionista Ginger Gold is determined to find the killer even if it means working with the dashing yet exasperating Chief Inspector Basil Reed, but only in her professional capacity as a private investigator. Like they say: once burnt, twice shy. Basil has his work cut out for him if he wants to solve this case and win back Ginger’s heart. He’s up for the challenge. Clean listen: No graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Genre: dog cozy-mystery series/historical mystery/women amateur sleuth/British detective mystery. Hop aboard the 1920s! The Ginger Gold Mystery series: Murder on the SS Rosa Murder at Hartigan House Murder at Bray Manor Murder at Feathers & Flair Murder at the Mortuary Murder at Kensington Gardens Murder at St. George’s Church The Wedding of Ginger & Basil Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman Murder at the Boat Club Murder on Eaton Square Murder by Plum Pudding Murder on Fleet Street More on the way! Don't miss Lady Gold Investigates, the short-story companion series!
©2019 La Plume Press (P)2020 La Plume Press
Murder on Eaton Square
Summary
Murder’s bad karma. Life couldn’t be better on Eaton Square Gardens, where the most prestigious families lived, until one of their own dies, and it’s murder. Ginger and Basil are on the case, but it’s not a simple glass of bubbly fizz. The more the clues present themselves, the trickier the puzzle gets, and Ginger feels she’s on a wild goose chase. But as someone close to the victim so aptly quips, “One shouldn’t commit murder. It’s bad karma.” Reaping what one sows is hardly a great cup of tea.
©2019 La Plume Press (P)2020 La Plume Press