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Santa Fe Mourning
The Santa Fe Revival Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Amanda Allen
- Narrator
- Amy McFadden
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 13 March 2018
- Run Time
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brilliant new heroine Maddie Vaughn-Alwin makes her daring debut, discovering that speakeasies conceal more than just liquor.
Madeline Vaughn-Alwin’s picture-perfect life fades to gray when her childhood sweetheart perishes in the Great War. The aspiring painter leaves her wealthy New York family behind to travel across the country and start over in California. But when Maddie reaches Santa Fe, New Mexico, she halts her westward journey, certain she has found her new home amid the striking scenery and inspiring artistic community.
To help out around her new adobe cottage, Maddie hires the Anayas, a local Native American family. But when the father is found murdered outside a speakeasy, the police brush off the death as just another inebriated man finding trouble. Shocked and distraught, Maddie takes on the case herself. But as she investigates, she learns that the Anayas’ home life was not what it seemed. And just as she’s starting to see the bigger picture, the autopsy reveals that her suspects’ alibis don’t hold up.
Santa Fe Mourning, Amanda Allen’s richly evocative first Santa Fe Revival mystery, is perfect for fans of Victoria Thompson and Rhys Bowen.
Critics Review
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“A promising start to a new series.”
Historical Novels Review
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“Allen’s re-creation of 1920s language, dress, and clashing norms helps create an immersive whodunit, and Maddie is sure to become a beloved heroine.”
Booklist
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“[As] Maddie turns amateur sleuth…detecting takes her all over town…Along the way, she meets such real-life locals as Olive Rush, a patron of Native American artists, and railroad magnate Frank Springer. Readers will want to see more of the appealing Maddie”
Publishers Weekly
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“Spoiled NY Flapper meets the Wild West—what could be more delightful?”
Rhys Bowen, author of the Royal Spyness and Molly Murphy mysteries
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A mystery with the tang of bootleg hooch and the sharp bite of poison.”
Kate Parker, author of the Deadly Series and the Victorian Bookshop mysteries
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Details
- Author
- Amanda Allen
- Narrator
- Amy McFadden
- Duration
- 8 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 March 2018
- ISBN
- 9781538557303
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Synopsis
Brilliant new heroine Maddie Vaughn-Alwin makes her daring debut, discovering that speakeasies conceal more than just liquor.Madeline Vaughn-Alwin’s picture-perfect life fades to gray when her childhood sweetheart perishes in the Great War. The aspiring painter leaves her wealthy New York family behind to travel across the country and start over in California. But when Maddie reaches Santa Fe, New Mexico, she halts her westward journey, certain she has found her new home amid the striking scenery and inspiring artistic community.To help out around her new adobe cottage, Maddie hires the Anayas, a local Native American family. But when the father is found murdered outside a speakeasy, the police brush off the death as just another inebriated man finding trouble. Shocked and distraught, Maddie takes on the case herself. But as she investigates, she learns that the Anayas’ home life was not what it seemed. And just as she’s starting to see the bigger picture, the autopsy reveals that her suspects’ alibis don’t hold up.Santa Fe Mourning, Amanda Allen’s richly evocative first Santa Fe Revival mystery, is perfect for fans of Victoria Thompson and Rhys Bowen.
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