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The Unraveling of Violeta Bell by C. R. Corwin

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The Unraveling of Violeta Bell

The Morgue Mama Mysteries (Book 3)

Narrator
Lorna Raver
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 March 2008
Run Time
8 hours 56 minutes
Format
Audiobook
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What to expect

Maddy Sprowls, newspaper librarian for the Hannawa Herald-Union, prefers to stay in the newspaper morgue and do her job. But one Saturday, she sees four elderly women get out of a taxicab at a garage sale. She figures that those women must hire that cabby every week to drive them from garage sale to garage sale, and wouldn’t that make a great feature story for the paper? Shortly after the story runs, one of the four women, retired antiques dealer Violeta Bell, is murdered. Maddy wants no part of the investigation, but before she knows it, she’s on another of her infamous snoopathons. Were they hunting for bargains—or for something else?

Critics Review

  • “Lorna Raver clearly enjoys reading this third Morgue Mama Mystery…Raver is totally involved, and as Maddy becomes more deeply immersed in the investigation, Raver’s performance grows edgier. Raver pulls listeners in and with perfect timing sets the stage for the many complications of the plot and Maddy’s personal life.”

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  • “Maddy, a sixtyish amateur sleuth, is a charming protagonist, and Raver does the character justice, creating a fully rounded, vivid personality. She captures Maddy’s outspokenness and amiable orneriness, allowing us to easily picture the librarian’s attempts to solve the mystery.”

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  • “Charming…Irascible, fearless, and unapologetic, Maddy is a heroine cozy fans will embrace.”

    Publishers Weekly

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Details

Author
C. R. Corwin
Narrator
Lorna Raver
Duration
8 hours 56 minutes
Release Date
1 March 2008
ISBN
9781481582926
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths

Synopsis

Maddy Sprowls, newspaper librarian for the Hannawa Herald-Union, prefers to stay in the newspaper morgue and do her job. But one Saturday, she sees four elderly women get out of a taxicab at a garage sale. She figures that those women must hire that cabby every week to drive them from garage sale to garage sale, and wouldn’t that make a great feature story for the paper? Shortly after the story runs, one of the four women, retired antiques dealer Violeta Bell, is murdered. Maddy wants no part of the investigation, but before she knows it, she’s on another of her infamous snoopathons. Were they hunting for bargains—or for something else?

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