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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return to Umbria: A Rick Montoya Italian Mystery Series: #4 of The Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries Author: David P. Wagner Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Orvieto―its very name brings to mind priceless art, colorful ceramics, and straw-colored wine. And the most famous cathedral façade in Italy, a structure of gothic spires, arches, statues, and mosaics. But as Rick Montoya discovers, this jewel of Umbria can have an ugly side as well. When Rick Montoya moved to his mother’s Italy from his father’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, to work as a freelance translator using his dual heritage, he didn’t expect to be helping the Italian police. His maternal uncle, a high-level commissioner in Rome, however, sees no reason not to use the resources at hand. Rick’s fourth investigation should not have involved crime. It begins when Rick is asked by his uncle to go to Orvieto to talk some sense into his cousin Fabrizio, whose fling with an older married woman is embarrassing the family. Rick agrees to give it a try, and plans a short but romantic weekend in Orvieto with Betta Innocenti, the woman he met in Bassano. What could go wrong? Less than a day after their arrival, his language skills draw him into the brutal murder of an American visitor. He finds that he knows the policeman in charge, but Inspector LoGuercio has changed since the time they met in Volterra. The murdered woman had studied art in Italy decades earlier―why has she returned now? And why was she dumped at night on a dusty road? Through her traveling companions, her devastated daughter and best friend, as well as a growing list of those who knew her from her student days, they realize she had come to Orvieto to face the past. And then a second murder occurs in a public park, with Montoya so close that he wonders if he could have been the intended target. Is all this connected to Fabrizio and his affair, or to the American’s death? More violence erupts, some of it definitely directed at Rick himself. Strong suspects, tantalizing secrets, concealed motives, and risky behaviors tie to a fascinating landscape and layers of Orvieto’s past.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Champagne Conspiracy Series: #7 of The Wine Country Mysteries Author: Ellen Crosby Narrator: Christine Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Lucie Montgomery, vintner at a Virginia winery, must solve a mystery that connects a presidential scandal with a murder in Prohibition-era DC that echoes all the way to the present. Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori have decided to make champagne, a first for the the Montgomery Estate Vineyard in Atoka, Virginia. But then Gino Tomassi, Quinn’s uncle, turns up on their doorstep, demanding help in solving the mystery of what happened to Zara Tomassi, the first wife of his grandfather, who died in a San Francisco hotel in 1923 under suspicious circumstances. It seems there’s no coincidence that her death came the day after President Warren Harding passed away in that same hotel. Gino needs answers before his blackmailer takes him for all he’s worth—or exposes an explosive family secret. Lucie searches for what happened almost a hundred years ago as she delves into Prohibition-era Washington, DC—a town of bootlegging and duplicity, jazz clubs and speakeasies. But then the investigation turns deadly, threatening Lucie, her relationship with Quinn, and the vineyard. Someone is still out there nearly a century later who will go to any lengths to keep the truth about Zara’s death a buried secret.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of the Masquerade Series: #3 of Rosie Maldonne's World Author: Alice Quinn Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Things are finally looking up for Rosie: she’s debt-free, or at least almost, her trailer is in great condition, and she even has time to take her three kids on a Christmas vacation. But she knows the smooth sailing can’t last. Rosie is always there for a friend in need, and before she knows it, she has her hands full. Again. To cover for her best friend, Véro, she fills in as housekeeper for a renowned psychoanalyst. On top of that, pal Mimi calls to say she’s landed in the hospital, so Rosie agrees to take care of her rebellious teenage son, Léo. When Rosie sees a teenage girl who seems to be in trouble, she enlists Léo’s help to investigate. Funny and suspenseful, Rosie Maldonne’s third investigation returns to the criminal underworld of southern France.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up Jumps the Devil Series: #4 of Deborah Knott Mysteries Author: Margaret Maron Narrator: C.J. Critt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 11, 2008 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Best-selling author Margaret Maron's colorful Deborah Knott mysteries crackle with sassy Southern dialogue and rural wisdom. In Up Jumps the Devil, fast-moving progress is threatening to forever destroy the leisurely, heart-warming pace of Colleton County, North Carolina. District court judge Deborah Knott sees trouble brewing when plans for a new interstate highway start pushing up property values. As her own relatives battle lifelong neighbors over selling farmland or holding out, Deborah finds herself calming the combatants with down-home wit-and sometimes, judicial decisions. But when the squabbles escalate to murder, Deborah is forced to search for the killer uncomfortably close to home. Margaret Maron skillfully draws on her North Carolina roots to pen her well-crafted, suspenseful mysteries. Her creative talents have earned her the coveted Edgar, Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony Awards. Salt-of-the-earth characters, vivid with lilting, down-home humor and unwavering opinions, step from the pages when narrator C.J. Critt breathes life into them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish Author: Elise Blackwell Narrator: Scott Sowers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 20, 2009 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The author of three novels, Elise Blackwell is a 'thoughtful, subtle writer' (Booklist). In this compelling and emotionally affecting tale, Hurricane Katrina bares down on New Orleans, evoking in 95-year-old Louis Proby memories of the fateful-and life-defining-flood of 1927. And tied up in these memories are all the triumphs, missteps and family obligations that make up his life. 'An intimate, resonant history .'-Publishers Weekly

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncommon Clay Series: #8 of Deborah Knott Mysteries Author: Margaret Maron Narrator: C.J. Critt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 11, 2008 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Margaret Maron, winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards, has reached renowned success with the Deborah Knott Mystery series. Uncommon Clay delves into the intriguing world of the Nordans, a deep-rooted family of talented yet cursed North Carolina potters. Judge Knott is filling in for another judge who suffered a mild stroke. When she decrees that the divorcing Nordan couple split their valuable earthenware collection, the husband winds up dead--in his own kiln! Many people have motives and the clay wheel swirls with suspects. C.J. Critt's narration heightens the suspense in this family's story of long-time grudges, murder, unbearable pain, and loss. This exciting novel is as rich as the red clay pottery of North Carolina.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cruise To Die For Series: #2 of An Alix London Mystery Author: Aaron Elkins, Charlotte Elkins Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: This should be the cushiest job Alix London’s ever had. The second Alix London mystery finds the art restorer in a world brimming with idle luxury, spectacular locations, and deadly intrigue. Surrounded by art and wealth and the sun-drenched Greek isles, she’s aboard a sumptuous mega-yacht with no responsibilities save the occasional lecture to the guests of her temporary employer, Panos Papadakis, one of the world’s richest men. But there’s a catch: Papadakis has long been suspected of being at the center of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme and Alix is actually there as an undercover operative of FBI special agent Ted Ellesworth, a member of the Bureau’s Art Crime Team. They hope Alix can gather the inside information they need to finally put the cagey Papadakis away. Alix’s exposure to the enormous wealth of high-end collectors and the shadier aspects of the art trade—the avarice, naked greed, and ingenious scams—somehow brings her closer to her charming, “reformed” rogue of a father, and helps crystalize in her own mind just where she fits into the mix. Moguls, murders, a forged Manet, and the Albanian mafia all play a role and send this pleasure cruise into brutally dangerous waters. Set on the Aegean—Homer’s fabled “wine-dark sea”—with stops at enchanted islands where ancient legends still live, A Cruise to Die For delivers a witty blend of suspense and mystery, as well as an insider’s take on the contemporary art world and its eccentric characters. It’s all served up with the style and sophistication with which Charlotte and Aaron Elkins have rewarded mystery readers for the past 30 years.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunting Season Series: #10 of Anna Pigeon Series Author: Nevada Barr Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 25, 2006 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Park Ranger Anna Pigeon returns to face her most duplicitous foe—human nature—in Nevada Barr's New York Times bestseller, Hunting Season. The quiet beauty of autumn on Mississippi's Natchez Trace is swiftly shattered when Anna answers a call to Mt. Locust, once a working plantation and inn, now a tourist spot. But the man Anna finds in an old bedroom is no tourist in distress. He's nearly naked, and very dead—his body bearing marks consistent with sex games gone awry. On a writing table nearby is an open Bible with ominous passages circled in red. There are secrets that prominent men in this God-fearing country wish to keep under wraps—and Anna has stumbled into a nest of them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cry of Thunder: Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker Series: Part of The Kolchak: The Night Stalker Series Author: Joe Gentile Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Based on true events, this historic unveiling is not a dream, not a hoax, and not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery … one hundred years apart from each other. Set in the lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, and the present-day hell of Hollywood, Cry of Thunder: Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker follows Holmes’ trail of a man who was wrongfully—and willingly—imprisoned; a shocking New World Order anarchy; a beautiful woman who needs Kolchak to delve into the surreal past; and the shunned man who holds the key.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Times Two: A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel Series: #7 of A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel Author: Carolyn Hart Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Carolyn Hart—New York Times bestselling author of Ghost to the Rescue—returns with a new Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel in which one woman shatters the glass ceiling...with a little help from beyond. Bailey Ruth Raeburn’s latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend, Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him—which is easier said than done. As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn’t enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan’s vulnerable secretary if Megan accepts a partnership at another law firm. She’s in an impossible bind. Since Jimmy refuses to move on while Megan is being blackmailed, Bailey Ruth agrees to help him. But after the partner turns up dead and Megan is found at the crime scene, Bailey Ruth and Jimmy have to find a way to uncover a killer before the love of Jimmy’s life is ordered to spend a lifetime behind bars...