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Over My Dead Body

'I couldn't put this fabulous, first class, five star read down.' JANICE HALLETT

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Over My Dead Body

By: Maz Evans
Narrated by: Maz Evans
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About this listen

 Hello? Can you hear me? Probably not. I'm Dr Miriam Price . . . and I'm dead.

The local police, who couldn't investigate their own nostrils, think I drank myself into an early grave. The nerve! I was murdered. I was just too plastered to know whodunnit, that's all.

Unless I prove to my inquest this week that my death was no 'misadventure', I'm condemned to 50 years in Limbo. I have to find my killer - but I can't communicate with any living human. Well, there's one, but she barely qualifies . . . Winnie - my neighbour and nemesis. It seems the dying can interact with the dead, which is helpful news for me, if not stellar for Winnie. Oh well. She'll live. Maybe.

Suspects? How long have you got? My saintly husband, who'd reached his limit? My best friend, who was anything but? My secret lover, or his wife? My disgruntled colleague? The mother who wrongly holds me responsible for her child's death? Professor Plum? Your guess is as good as mine.

So Winnie - slap on your deerstalker and strap on your granny pants. Let's catch a killer! Assuming we don't kill each other first . . .

(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©2023 Mary Evans Crime Thrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women's Voices Crime Fiction Witty Heartfelt Feel-Good Suspense

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Critic reviews

A very different take on a whodunnit. Warm, wacky and witty. I loved it!
Laugh-out-loud hilarious, moving and life affirming. How can one book be so many things? I couldn't put this fabulous, first class, five star read down. (JANICE HALLETT)
Clever, wise and properly funny. An absolute triumph
Thoroughly wicked, compulsively page-turning, and funny as hell. (S J BENNETT)
Sometimes a book comes along that reminds you why you fell in love with reading. Imaginative, witty and original...an absolute joy!
A really entertaining read that will appeal to fans of Richard Osman
Clever, multilayered and a joy!
A triumph...there are also moving moments amid the hilarity
Splendidly offbeat whodunnit....Evans knows how to make an unlikely plot seem entirely believable.
All stars
Most relevant
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it enhanced by read by the author, giving her chance to give the characters the voices she envisioned for them.
As fantastical as the plot may seem, it's easy to get invested in Miriam and Winnie and their dynamic There are some hysterical one-liners so be careful if you're driving whist listening!
Knowing the outcome won't stop me listening to this again and I highly recommend it.

Genuinely laugh out loud

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Let me be honest: there aren’t many children’s book authors I love and admire. Mostly b/c I had to re-read or re-listen (in the car) their stories over and over and over and over again.

Maz Evans is different. WhoLetTheGodsOut is still - 7 years after it was published - a very firm family favourite and every time we plan a longer trip, it’s almost universally one of the WLTGO quadrilogy that we all agree on to play in the car.

As a result, Maz’ voice is as familiar to our ears as any of our own. So imagine my excitement to find out she’d written a grownup book🥳🥳🥳

Downloaded it as audiobook on the day it was published b/c I loved her writing AND her reading of all the kids’ books and b/c it allows me to listen while running errands, cooking, saving balcony zucchini from our endless rain etc

The story starts with the demise of the main character. Unusual, for sure. There are a lot of names thrown around rather early on, a lot of information to take in and I realise that this is one where reading the physical book or at least having the Kindle version to re-read bits might be a good idea.

I loved the flow of the story though, loved the self-deprecating humour of the main character, loved the matter-of-factly approach to many of the difficult topics touched upon. The story is told the way a very funny close friend might tell an anecdote that might have been painful at the time but turns out hilarious in retrospect.

Maz Evans has an exceptional talent to make you giggle in the middle of tragedy; chuckle when others would gasp with horror. Her writing is second to none for being down to Earth yet full of imagination and make-believe. Quite a delicate balancing act which she masters beautifully!

I loved the general whodunnit plot, liked the full circle of the story and the rather satisfying ending. If I have one point of criticism: it was the animated reading by the fabulous writer herself reminded me that she’s a kids books’ writer, first and foremost. Don’t get me wrong: if you ever get the chance to see her talk at a literary festival or get to invite her to a school talk: do it! She truly is one of the funniest speakers ever😉…but when listening to her book, some of her animations were a bit too OTT for my ears for a grownup book. Sorry, Maz🥴

But that’s a tiny downside for having the author herself reading it. She knows and feels and understands her characters better than anyone else, and I would never want another actor perform one of Ms Evans’ books.

This is hopefully the first of many grownup books by her. I can’t wait. (Although having just learnt that she wrote an WLTGO sequel called Oh Maya Gods, I am counting down the days till next month when that one is released!!!!)

Buy this and enjoy. It’s well worth a credit🥳

And if you have children/nieces/nephews/grandchildren/friends with kids/neighbours kids from whom you’d like some quiet in the garden once the sun comes back: buy them WhoLetTheGodsOut books 1-4…

You can thank me later. x

It you loved reading WhoLetTheGodsOut with your kids and enjoyed watching TheGoodPlace, you will LOVE this book

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Brilliantly funny and brilliantly plotted! I especially loved the ultra snarkiness between Miriam and Winnie, and the author did a great job with the narration. Definitely worth a listen if you like Richard Osman. Hope there are more to come.

Loved this!

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Please , please write more adult books. Our entire bookclub (well the 5 of us) all thought this was one of the best books we’ve read all year & listening to it on audible meant my dog got 2 extra walks every day for the last week so I could keep listening. Thank you !!

Utterly Brilliant

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Liked the storyline, loved the characters. . Some genuine laugh out loud moments. Narrator was excellent.

Great narrator Funny story

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