On the drive back from Florida, we listened to The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Al Roker as the narrator. It definitely made the book easier to listen to!
Chef Blessing owns a restaurant and works on a morning show, Wake Up America, with an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend as his bosses. When the new boyfriend is poisoned with take out containers from Blessing's restaurant, he becomes the prime suspect. Pepper in a little kidnapping, assault, and breaking and entering and sprinkle with a few interesting characters like Cassandra the restaurant manager and Mighty Jo the driver and you end up with a pretty good mystery!
I really enjoyed the Chef Blessing mystery with a bit of humor mixed in. Quite a few of the characters were fairly well developed and I was still guessing Who Dun It at the end when all was revealed. I think that the only downfall was that there were so many characters to keep straight and I was having a hard time keeping up towards the end of the day/middle of the book, but once I was well rested and driving on the second day, it worked out and I was able to follow along better.
If you are looking for a heavy mystery along the lines of Kay Scarpetta, keep looking. But if you want a light mystery with an entertaining way to pass the time, you can't go wrong with this one!
5 comments:
Al Roker?? Hmmmm...who would have thunk it? :) Sounds like a nice book. I've never listened to an audio book, I guess I am behind the times. LOL! I do enjoy reading the old fashioned books, who knows maybe I will download one soon and see how it goes.
Kristie
I'm not a big TV person, so I like to listen to books as I sew, too.
Sounds like a great 'read' - will have to see if I can find that one!
Thank you! I could always use a new book to listen to. Putting it on my library request list.
I'll have to check this one out...I'd be interested in your reviews. I think we are "on the same page"(sorry for the pun!)in the kind of books we like!
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