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Money to Burn
The Ronnie Ventana Mysteries (Book 2)
- Author
- Gloria White
- Narrator
- Carol Cowan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2006
- Run Time
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
She’s a burglar’s daughter and a first-rate private investigator. And if the tools of Veronica Ventana’s trade include a PhD in lockpicking, thank her parents, the infamous Vintners, who made cat burglary a class act.
It’s 3:30 a.m. when Bink Hanover bursts into Ronnie’s apartment reeking of liquor and fear. Outside are four Uzi-toting thugs and a femme fatale who have chased him to her door. Before you can say “safe house,” Ronnie recruits Blackie Coogan, ex-boxer and over-the-hill PI. Then she’s off to find the woman whom Bink calls the “Black Widow,” whose previous well-connected lovers have all come into sudden riches—and sudden death. Now Ronnie is bull’s-eye in a nasty high-stakes game. From San Francisco’s bedrooms to its boardrooms, she’s racing to catch a killer before the killer catches her.
Critics Review
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“Carol Cowan is the narrator, and, as usual, her vocal characterizations are phenomenal. This is another one of those intelligent realistic mysteries by Gloria White made fast-moving by Cowan.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“In this fast-paced adventure, White’s lively and redoubtable sleuth makes splendid company as, with perseverance and a bit of luck, she disentangles a web of personal relationships and professional intrigues that reach into some surprising crannies.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Carol Cowan delivers a bravura performance…Her vocal characterizations are delicious, and her scene transitions are flawless. Cowan brings new meaning to the term ‘theater of the mind.’”
AudioFile
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“A bizarre caper mixing financial fraud and murder…White…var[ies] the traditional hard-boiled detective formula by deemphasizing violence in favor of wit and shrewd intelligence.”
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“Plot twists will keep YAs intrigued until the very end. Guaranteed to hook even the most reluctant readers.”
School Library Journal
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“Carol Cowan’s reading of this mystery is one of the best dramatic monologues on tape. Listeners will be captivated by an undulating, dynamic mystery. Highly recommended.”
Bookwatch
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“White’s book is fast-paced and entertaining. Cowan’s rendering is excellent.”
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Details
- Author
- Gloria White
- Narrator
- Carol Cowan
- Duration
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481566070
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
She’s a burglar’s daughter and a first-rate private investigator. And if the tools of Veronica Ventana’s trade include a PhD in lockpicking, thank her parents, the infamous Vintners, who made cat burglary a class act.It’s 3:30 a.m. when Bink Hanover bursts into Ronnie’s apartment reeking of liquor and fear. Outside are four Uzi-toting thugs and a femme fatale who have chased him to her door. Before you can say “safe house,” Ronnie recruits Blackie Coogan, ex-boxer and over-the-hill PI. Then she’s off to find the woman whom Bink calls the “Black Widow,” whose previous well-connected lovers have all come into sudden riches—and sudden death. Now Ronnie is bull’s-eye in a nasty high-stakes game. From San Francisco’s bedrooms to its boardrooms, she’s racing to catch a killer before the killer catches her.
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