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Title: The Body Next Door
Subtitle: Samantha Newman Mystery Series, Book 2
Author: Gay Yellen
Narrator: Natalie Naudus Bradner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-10-17
Publisher: GYDR Press
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Samantha Newman desperately needs a new job, a place of her own, and a fix for her rocky romance with cyber-security expert Carter Chapman. But with a dead man next door, and his missing wife hiding in Samantha's apartment, Sam gets dragged into the investigation. To make matters worse, a stalker is haunting her balcony. Could it be the real killer? When suspicion ruins her chance for a great new career and a happy future with the man she loves, she risks everything to try to solve the mystery herself.
The Body Next Door has won a Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Award and a Readers' Favorite Mystery Award.
Members Reviews:
Nice cozy!
This book is a fun cozy mystery. The main character Samantha is staying at her boyfriends ritzy condo while he was away on classified business. The condos classic drunk abusive couple down the hall are at it again and the wife shows up drunk and naked. After police arrive it is discovered the husband is dead, the wife is the chief suspect. What seems to be an open and shut domestic turns into a bit more when an obnoxious lawyer shows up, strange noises on the balcony occur and mysterious notes claim the wifes innocence are found. Full of pretensious, quickery, and strange neighbors Sam tries to solve the case while reconsiling her relationship with her mysterious boyfriend. The narrator does a great job! I think there may be more books in the series and if so I look forward to listening! I received a free review copy of this book at my request and have voluntarily ledt this review.
Really enjoyed this book
Pluses:
-- Great story line. Had me engaged, and I had no idea what was going to happen.
-- Even 3/4 through the book, I could not go to sleep one night, as I was thinking about 'who did it'.
-- Multiple times, I yelled out loud at Samantha for making bad choices. Other times, I'm biting finger nails.
-- Narrator: ...Like wow... I love her performance. Very engaging, and how can so many convincing voices come from one person. I love how she interpreted the book.
Minuses:
-- I thought for sure that Samantha was going to have a stereo typical scene of running for her life on the fire-escape 13 floors up and needing to escape the killer my climbing down the fire escape. I just knew that her fear of heights was going to come into play. But still, it kept me guessing.
-- Last time I yelled at Samantha was:
--> Come on, be reasonable to Carter, don't be so picky... and eventually marry the guy!!
But overall, I truly loved book!
Riveting Story, Amazing Performance
The story had a perfect mix of intrigue, action, romance, and humor. It had me constantly on edge (I earned the marathon badge while listening). Natalie's performance was amazing! I look forward to more installments in this series.
Great characters
The stand out in this story is definitely the characters, their rich make-up creates an engaging and interesting story.
I haven't read book one, and while I was still able to enjoy this book as a standalone, it was very clear that I was missing a lot of backstory and that knowing the backstory would make a difference.