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The Deadly Art of Love and Murder

A Caribou King Mystery, Book 2

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The Deadly Art of Love and Murder

By: Linda Crowder
Narrated by: Michelle Babb
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Alaskan fine arts dealer Caribou King has closed up shop for the season and is looking forward to a peaceful winter, capped off by the birth of her sister's first child. When she discovers the body of Angela Nash, an elderly woman, in the old Tilamu house, Cara can't help poking her nose into the investigation.

Doc Tilamu served the people of Coho Bay all his life, building the house for his bride and their three children, but as soon as they became adults, each one of them left town and never looked back. When Alex Tilamu shows up at Mrs. Nash's funeral, drunk and ranting about murder, Cara is convinced there is more at stake than a dilapidated house on the edge of the bay.

Unraveling the mystery of the old woman's death takes Cara and the town's one-man police force, Dan Simmons, on a perilous journey through decades-old hatreds, bitterness, and greed. With the Alaskan winter closing in, Cara finds herself caught between two men who say they love her and one who wants her dead.

This is the second book in the Caribou King Mystery series, combining murder, light suspense, comedy, and romance.

©2017 Linda Crowder (P)2018 Linda Crowder Cosy Detective Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Alaska Royalty Winter King Suspense

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I enjoyed this book. This is the second book in the series and each book is a stand alone, although this one does continue where the first one left off, at the start of winter. Sometimes the story felt like more of a romance story than a mystery, as the main character get pressured to choose between two men. However the mystery was good and did have me guessing as to the killer was. I liked the way you weren't sure if it was only one death that needed to be investigated or two. The small town atmosphere was well written about and really gave you a sense of community and the fact that everybody knew everybody and there business, loved Earl's shout out comments and everybody's reaction to them, some funny moments. Also mumma bear protecting her cub. I hope there are more audible books in this series to come if only to find out how life changes once the baby arrives.
With everything winding down for winter, Cara is behind schedule shutting up the rental homes after catching pneumonia. She when she does finally make it to the run down cabin to shut off the water before it freezes she wasn't expecting to find any one still there. Especially not the nice old lady who has been renting the cabin for years and certainly not dead. She was the last person Cara would have expected to have taken her own life. She kept to her self despite the fact she came every year, so nobody in town knows a thing about her or her family. When a grand daughter turns up for a funeral everybody is surprised but it is the accusation that are hurled about at the funeral that gets the biggest reaction. Had the old lady really killed a woman for her husband? The owner of the cabins children think so. There was more to the little old lady than met the eye and with her reputation on the line and her grand daughter happiness in the balance, not to mention the hope of a doctor moving to the island Cara sets about finding the truth. Anything to keep her from having to choose between two men.
Michelle Babb as the narrator is a good choice and I think she helps to recreate the story with just words and the tome of her voice.
I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Love, art and murder

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This could be read as a standalone but really works as a continuation of the series. I am loving getting to know that family and the loves and crimes happening in Alaska - who would know that there was all this drama.

Michelle adds her narration style to it which just makes it so easy to listen to, but you are able to identify the different characters.

I was given a free copy by the narrator but this in no way impacted my review.

Really enjoyable - narration was brilliant

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The Deadly Art of Love and Murder by Linda Crowder pulled me in from the beginning. I loved how this book started where the first one left off, yet had substance to be a standalone listen. The characters are intriguing. The author has vivid descriptions and some humor. I loved how Michelle Babb brought the characters to life with her voice. The character of Cara appealed to me the most. I enjoyed this book immensely.

Caribou King Book 2

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As the tourist season ends and Alaska edges towards winter, Cars finds the body of Angela Nash in one of the houses overlooking the sea. An elderly, sweet old lady whose husband died years before, Mrs.Nash was a popular visitor to small town Coho Bay who rented the dilapidated Tilamu house for several months every year. It looked like suicide. But her will held a big surprise: unknown to anyone, she'd actually owned the house she rented from the Tilamu famiy. As funeral arrangements are made and Mrs.Nash's heir, a young medical doctor, is made welcome by the King family, Caribou decides to look into the estate records, all the while still unsure which of her two suitors she should choose.

This crazy cozy plot becomes increasingly hysterical and chaotic, but the real saving grace is the fine honing of the characters and, in particular, the way the entire town pushes in to watch developments, interrupting police procedure and offering advice - brilliantly done and very amusing (got to love that Earl!), and worth reading the book for that alone. The liltingly accented reading by Michelle Babb is, as always, excellent, conveying warmth and humour as well as helping to bring it all to life with her separate character voices.

The second in the Caribou King series, The Deadly Art of Love and Murder is lightweight but fun and easily read as a stand alone story. My thanks to the rights holder who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy..

Love doesn't have to make sense.

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I liked this book even more than the first one. I feel that I knew the characters well at the beginning of the book and it was like meeting old friends again. Some of the towns people are hilarious. Cara's Mum in particular is very entertaining. I'm quite enjoying the love triangle as well but I'm on team Dan!
The mystery here is very good, complex and full of suspense. I'm really enjoying this series and I look forward to listening to the next one.

I voluntarily reviewed a gifted copy.

Great!

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I loved the narration of Michelle Babb, she brings out the humour, romance and mystery.

Cara has closed the art gallery for the off season. Her peace is broken when she discovers the body of Mrs Nash. Who is a long time seasonal renter on the island every year and is almost a local. At first, it appears to be a suicide . Cara does not believe this.

We have a mystery and romance .

art

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This second book in the series is even better than the first one impo. It continues where book 1 left off but could just as easily be read as a stand alone. Cara has closed the art gallery for the off season and finds herself thrown into yet another intriguing mystery when she finds the body of Mrs Nash, a little old lady who rents the same house on the island every year and is almost a local. Michelle Babb reads the stroy very well adding her own imitable style to bring the people of the island to life in the readers head. Highly recommended listen. *****
I was given this book free of charge by the narrator and have left this honest and voluntary review.

Deadly Art of Love and Murder

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Great Story by Linda Crowder and excellent narration by Michelle Babb. look forward to more like this

Carabou King

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This was a major disappointment and my review may contain some spoilers. The original book was quite a good murder mystery whereas the murder plot was seriously simple and the murderer turns up in the last couple of chapters having never appeared before.

That is only 20% of the book. it felt like 80% was just "Do I marry Dan the sweet policeman or Frank the sexy mill worker?" Over and over. Honestly, it just gets tiresome and by the end of the book she still hasn't chosen (although thankfully the one she is more attracted to might have realised it's not worth the effort).

The setting is good but the hokey small town charm thing got annoying. The book tries hard to make living in the arse end of nowhere, dependent on irregular tourism income, sound like a paradise and it just seems weird.

The narration was great but you can only do so much. Won't be reading the third in the series if one comes out.

Not like the first in the series

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