April Doty has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors. The most-rated is Copy Boy.
Just for the Birds
Summary
While docked at Marina de la Paz, in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez, Hetta gets a surprise visitor that sets off a chain of events like only Hetta can manage to get herself embroiled in. With her best friend, Jan, and her dog, Po Thang, they are hot on the trail of some dastardly smugglers.
©2018 Jinx Schwartz (P)2020 Jinx Schwartz
Murder, She Goat
Summary
“I now pronounce you suspect and wife.” High-end Chef Fancy Bohannon is hightailing it home to small-town Texas to escape a professional scandal. But instead of cooking up a little R&R on her aunt’s goat farm, she finds herself head caterer in her cousin’s impending nuptials. Though her culinary plans go smooth as butter, this Hill Country wedding turns into a mountain of trouble after one of the wedding party is found dead. When the sheriff sets his sights on the honeymooning groom as the main suspect, Fancy’s penchant for straight shooting could be the only remaining recipe for justice. Can she clear the newlywed’s name and corral the real killer? Murder, She Goat is the first book in the Hill Country Cozy series. If you like twisty mysteries, zany characters, and female sleuths, you’ll love Lucy Jackson’s tasty whodunit. Note: Fancy’s recipes included.
©2020 Parnassus Cloud Publishing (P)2020 Parnassus Cloud Publishing
Murder Comes to Notchey Creek
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A nerdy whiskey distiller's life is upended when a famous rockstar moves to town and murders start occurring. It's Halloween in Notchey Creek, Tennessee, and whiskey distiller Harley Henrickson is in the midst of preparations for the town's autumn harvest festival. Harley lives a quiet life of books and hard work, an introvert who is dismissed by many as the town nerd. Her life is changed when she and her best friend, Tina Rizchek, discover a disoriented stranger in the ditch, mumbling about a lost boy. When the man disappears into the woods, Harley is left with many unanswered questions. Who was the mysterious man, and what happened to the boy? As she digs deeper, she discovers the stranger, in reality, was no stranger at all, and had ties to many highly-esteemed citizens in town. When one of those citizens, a wealthy history professor, is murdered on Halloween night, Harley decides to investigate. What she discovers is a multitude of secrets, lies, and sins, dating back decades, and revolving around a rockstar who has chosen Notchey Creek as his new home. In addition to sleuthing, other issues are causing problems for Harley. Professional-football-player-turned-sheriff Jed Turner doesn't appreciate her interference in the murder investigation. The mayor and Chamber of Commerce president are convinced her pet pig, Matilda, is trying to ruin Pioneer Days. Her great-aunt, Wilma True - in between her hair emergencies - is on a mission to create matching festival outfits for Harley and her pig. And thanks to her great-uncle Tater, she finds herself hauling a giant model cupcake, a pig, and an antique toilet in her truck - all in one week. Filled with humor, heart-rending moments, and a cast of complex and eccentric characters, Murder Comes to Notchey Creek is sure to please cozy mystery fans and those who enjoy books about small-town life. Includes drink recipes.
©2020 Liz S. Andrews (P)2020 Liz S. Andrews
Land of Mountains
Summary
A 10-year-old's new home on an exotic Caribbean island proves so fascinating she quickly forgets she didn't want to leave Texas. After all, where better than a jungle world teeming with voodoo, mystery, and a really pesky zombie, to indulge her favorite pastime: snooping.
In this humorous mystery, award-winning author Jinx Schwartz transports the listener to another time and place where rivers, and little girls, ran wild and free.
©2010 Elizabeth Schwartz (P)2019 Elizabeth Schwartz
Just Pardon My French
Summary
Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s living aboard her 45-foot boat in Mexico’s spectacular Sea of Cortez, taking work where she can get it and, characteristically, she isn’t all that concerned about any pesky legalities involved. Docked at a pricey marina in La Paz, her cruising kitty is taking a hit, so when she’s offered a dream job, she jumps on it. All she has to do is act as a courier, babysitting equipment and sensitive documentation for her former employer to their new offices in France. Not only does she get to revisit a country she once lived in and loved, she’ll meet with her significant other, Jenks Jenkins, in Paris. Oh là là! An easy job and a romantic vacation, all paid for; what could possibly go wrong? With Hetta? Just about everything.
©2016 Jinx Schwartz (P)2019 Jinx Schwartz
It Takes a Miracle
Summary
Is 25 years long enough to forget your first love? Vanessa Perry’s summer visit to her grandparents is even better than her dreams when she meets and falls in love with Makenna Markus. The teenagers quickly make college plans and can’t wait for Vanessa’s next visit at Christmas. But Vanessa’s mother has other ideas, and does a terrible thing. Their lives will never be the same. Do you believe in miracles? How about a Christmas miracle? Vanessa does. And 25 years later her son, two entwined trees, and a Christmas stroll just may be the Christmas miracle she always hoped for.
©2020 Melissa Moody (P)2020 Melissa Moody
The Ghosts of Notchey Creek
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"A deftly constructed and thoroughly enjoyable small-town murder mystery with a Christmas twist." (Kirkus Reviews) It's the holiday season in Notchey Creek, and Harley Henrickson is busy mixing yuletide cocktails at her store, Smoky Mountain Spirits. There is snow on the ground, holiday music in the air, and wreathes on every lamppost. Everything seems perfect for the town’s biggest event of the year, the Small Town Christmas Festival. Even Harley’s pet pig, Matilda, is feeling festive, wearing the Elf-on-the-Shelf costume Aunt Wilma bought for her. But not all is merry and bright in this little mountain town. Harley senses something eerie in the air, and it all points to Notchey Creek's oldest and most beautiful home - Briarcliffe. No sooner had rock star Beau Arson settled into his ancestral mansion of Briarcliffe than a self-righteous ghost hunter arrived in town, telling macabre tales about Beau’s new home. According to legend, a young woman by the name of Margaret Reed hanged herself in the woods behind Briarcliffe on Christmas Day, over a century ago. To make matters worse, Beau has been experiencing ghostly encounters at night, seeking to drive him from his family’s home. When Harley finds the body of a mysterious woman in the woods near Briarcliffe, and then a wealthy antiques dealer is murdered, she decides to investigate. Can Harley intervene before a century of lies, greed, and passion destroy Beau Arson’s new life - the past he’s just only come to know? In the meantime, other issues are causing problems for Harley. Aunt Wilma and Opha Mae Shaw are designing a Christmas dress of epic proportions for Harley (and one for Matilda, of course). Uncle Tater and Floyd have been devising top-secret plans in The Shed that might have to do with the upcoming Christmas Parade. And Harley’s best friend, Tina Rizchek, is at her wit’s end when her colorful grandmother and pet parrot visit from Pittsburgh for the holidays. *Includes drink recipes.
©2020 Liz S. Andrews (P)2020 Liz S. Andrews
Just Follow the Money
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Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s been visiting France for a couple of months, barging on the Canal du Midi with her boyfriend Jenks Jenkins. She hit the hot spots in the south of France, eating great food, drinking fine wine, and foiling a terrorist plot: all the usual stuff. Now, she’s ready to leave for Mexico and back to her yacht in the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast! At the last minute, she’s offered a mysterious and lucrative assignment by persons unknown and jumps at it. After all, Jenks is back at work in Dubai, so why not stay in France a little longer and make some bucks to boot? Never mind that she doesn’t know where she’ll be working, or for whom. However, ending up on a mega-yacht in the Med can't be all bad, right? And with a surprising crew of old friends. But there's still the big question: Why are they all there? It, soon, becomes obvious this is no pleasure cruise, but she's told to mind her own business and just enjoy the ride. Are they kidding? This is Hetta Coffey they're talking to.
©2017 Jinx Schwartz (P)2019 Jinx Schwartz
Two-Step, Tacos, and Terror
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There’s a Texas-size storm a-brewin’ at the dance hall.... New chef in town Fancy Bohannon has a knack for presentation and a nose for mystery. So when her catering job at a Texas dance hall is interrupted by a cold-blooded murder, she serves her hot brisket tacos with a side of sleuthing. After the handsome sheriff enlists her talents, Fancy begins digging up gossip many in Engelheim would rather keep hidden. And when another victim turns up in the most unappetizing of places, she fears this two-step killer might be eyeing her for the last dance.... Can Fancy put a stop to the terror in time? Two-Step, Tacos, and Terror is the second book in the Hill Country Cozy Mystery series. If you like small-town sleuths, unforgettable characters, and tasty twists, you’ll love Lucy Jackson’s delicious whodunit. Fancy’s recipes included.
©2020 Parnassus Cloud Publishing (P)2020 Parnassus Cloud Publishing
Copy Boy
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“This is Raymond Chandler for feminists.” (Sharma Shields, author of The Cassandra) "An engrossing work of fiction. An expressive and striking story that examines what one does for family and for oneself." (Kirkus Reviews) “Underneath a neatly crafted thriller is a deeper story about social mobility, gender inequality, and the higher hurdles women — particularly those of a lower class — are sometimes forced to jump over in order to make a name for themselves.” (Paperback Paris) Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper’s front page, his arm around a girl who’s just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane’s newspaper - hit in the head with a crowbar. Jane’s got to find Daddy before he finds her, and before everyone else finds her out. She’s got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It’s definitely what her dead brother wants.
©2020 Shelley Blanton-Stroud (P)2020 Shelley Blanton-Stroud