Enjoyed

Wonderful book great storyline great narrater this is a the 3 book I’ve listen too hopefully more to come x

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Great story

After reading some of the reviews I was not quite sure what to expect from this story but I was pleasantly surprised. it's a great little story about 2 best friends around whom a whole lot of shenanigans is going on..
All ends well though.
Great narration from Michelle Babb.
I definitely recommend to all cozy mystery fans and Michelle Babb fans.

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A great funny cozy mystery!

What did you like most about Dead As a Doornail?

I found this story really funny. There were times I laughed out loud and other times it put a smile on my face. I think people thought I was demented as I was walking in town and laughing out loud at nothing.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character has to be Sue Jan. The things she would come out with cracked me up. I really loved her character. Lovita her friend is the sensible one and nothing like Sue Jan but she had her moments too. If you want a book that makes you smile with a cozy mystery then this is the book for you. I loved it!

What three words best describe Michelle Babb’s performance?

I found Michelle performance is better in this book then others that I have listened too. Even though there were more characters in this book compared to others she had done. I think the types of characters in this book helped.

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I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Comical murder mystery, brilliant

I loved this book found myself chuckling quite a bit and looked forward to more books

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Nothing dead about this mystery

I really enjoyed this book. With so much going on it had me hooked from the very start and I even linked the home life, the wedding planning. I enjoyed the mystery side to the story but it was the characters that really captured my imagination. They were we fun and I liked the small town feel of the book which the author described well enough that it was easy to picture. This is book three and I think I might have to check out the rest of the books in the series.
Planning a wedding is stress full enough but add in a dead contract and your best friends husband accused of the murder and things go off the rails. Lovita and Sue Jan, best friends and the owners of a beauty shop, have there work cut out for them to prove Sue Jan husband is innocent. Small town life continues around them and so do the mysteries with another beauty shop opening up by there arch enemy, fund raising for the school band and money that goes missing, play host to some unwanted guests in the form of distant cusions down on there luck, a mayor election campaign to win if only they can keep everybody's attention on the fact that Sue Jan husband was only a person of interest and hair to cut. Can the ladies find out what happened to the drunk handyman, keep the mayor campaign on track and get ready for a wedding?
I think one of the reasons I really enjoyed the book is because the narrator did such a good job bringing the characters to life. I especially liked the use of accents.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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I don't know it's not me

Well if you go around this time thinking it's not me then who was it??

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Beautifully Written

Linda Kozar writes beautifully constructed novels set today but harking back to those better times. The characters are a delight to know, inhabiting within a wonderful setting. There are several story threads intertwined, murder, small town politics, and a wedding. The dialogue sparkles and the book is lovingly narrated for the listeners delight.

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Good but missed the mark for me

I found this book an easy one to listen to, it's not a complex read and Michelle, as always, does a wonderful job of bringing it to life through her narration. I just felt that the story itself was built around some amusing names and it didn't grip me throughout. I don't think it reflects the series as a whole, and I have other books of this series in my library - which I'll get to next. It's just while I enjoyed this one, it felt a little forced and unplanned at times. It was an easy listen though and good for working away while you listen.

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Dead as a doornail

This is a good story well read by Michelle Babb who does a great job developing the many characters. It is funny in places and made me laugh out loud a couple of times. The police are chasing their tails as usual concentrating on obvious suspects and getting it all wrong. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys a nice short Cozy mystery.
I was kindly given this copy of the book by the narrator and have left the honest and voluntary review.

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"Even a mosquito deserves a pat on the back ..."

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his is a fun book, not so much a mystery as a slice of life in small town Wachita, as seen through the eyes of joint beauty salon owner, Lovita May Horton, and her colleague and friend, Sue Jan.
Lovita is soon to be married and Sue is waiting for her dream house to be built whilst her husband is running for Mayor in the forthcoming elections. Two happy ladies. Until the body of the builder is found at the new, unfinished house, money goes missing and unwanted relatives arrive. The gregarious, chattering couple discuss all of the events with each other and most everyone else who will listen giving a delightful picture of the town and themselves.

I have to be honest - if this had been a print book I would probably not have bothered with it but when narrated by the marvellous Michelle Babb, whose deliciously warm voice, infused with a Texan accent, relates the story from Lovita's perspective, the whole thing becomes a delicious confection to enjoy. It is lightweight, funny and warmhearted, just the thing to bring out a smile on an overcast day. Read with humour and great characterisations, I loved it.

My thanks to the rights holder who gifted me, via Audiobook Boom, my copy of Dead as a Doornail, the third in the Until the Fat Ladies Sing mystery series. I became quite fond of the two main protagonists so think I might just go back to the earlier books which I have not heard simply to visit with them again. It is the characters as read by Ms.Babb, in all of their normalcy and idiosyncrasies, not the mystery itself, which made this such an enjoyable book

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