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If I Had a Nickel

Roy Ballard Mysteries, Book 3

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If I Had a Nickel

By: Ben Rehder
Narrated by: Johnny Peppers
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About this listen

Alex Dunn owned one of the most valuable collections of hobo nickels in the world, and it appears somebody killed him for it. Now Roy Ballard and Mia Madison are hired by the insurance company to track the collection down, which means they might reveal the identity of the killer in the course of their investigation. But the more they dig, the more suspects they uncover, including Dunn's children, his ex-wife, and a buxom masseuse who takes a hands-off approach to the services she offers.

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I don't believe I would find anyone who didn't love this series if they were lucky enough to listen to it. Roy Ballard is a great creation. I love his banter and sarcastic one liners, his dialogue really makes me chuckle. The partnership between him and Mia seems to work well. It's a clever and unusual idea, casting them as legal videographers. It frees them from having to follow police procedure or the like and, being their own bosses, they can pretty much spend their time as they see fit. This latitude provides the opportunity for them to get themselves in all manner of bizarre and dangerous situations. Luckily, they always get their man and go on to fight another day. This series is consistently high quality and I'm loving every single minute. Johnny Peppers narration is top notch and add to the pleasure.

The series that keeps on giving

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Someomes series lose their way, and start dropping off at the 3rd book, but not this time.
The legal viideographer and his partner are going from strength to strength. The case(s) are interesting and the characters great. The banter and wit is both extremely irritating and charmingly endearing.
Mia has a boyfirend, something that Roy is not too keen on, and then his own love life picks up. This doesn't stop the fireworks between Him and Mia though!
The narration is great and the style really suits the writing and feel of these books.
I am really enjoying this series and totally recommend it.

Book 3: It's even better than Book 2

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This is the third book in the Roy Ballard series and once again I found the story interesting with so many twists and turns in it!
Yes these books are an enjoyable read - nothing too complicated but totally interesting - so all in all a relaxing read.
If you go through the books in the series in one go, it might bug you that you keep getting the main character’s back-ground story in every book, so maybe it would be better to try and read other books in between books.
However I will not be following that piece of advice... book 4 here I come!

If I had a Nickle

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I enjoy listening to Johnny Peppers

A great thriller, I loved the interaction between Mia and Roy. Humour and very entertaining . Looking forward to listening to the next Ballard Mystery.

enjoyed

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At the end of the last book Roy Ballard was nervously waiting for the arrival of his teenage daughter who he hadn’t seen in person for 7 years but in this book there was virtually no mention of that? I would have expected there to at least have been some sort of reference to how things went as it was such a big deal for Roy.
This case seemed to stall more than the last two books, there were a couple of other minor cases that Roy and Mia solved whilst working on the main case, the hobo coins were an interesting thing that I’d never heard of before but overall this story didn’t draw me in as much as the last two, still a good read/listen though and as usual the narrator does a great job.
If your looking for a light, fun, enjoyable read then this is a series worth reading/listening too.

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