Title: CASH KILLS
Series: Angelina Bonaparte #2
Author: Nanci Rathbun
Narrator: Kieren
Callan Metts
Length: 9
hours 40 minutes
Audible
Release Date:
04.24.2018
Publisher: Dark Chocolate Press, LLC
Publish Date: 06.03.2014
Category /Genre: Modern Detective; Mystery
Recommended
for: 18+ due to sexual content
Listenability: OK or
NSFW
Received from: Nanci Rathbun
Goodreads link: Cash Kills
Date completed: 10.15.2018
Description from the publisher:
A double murder. A mysterious inheritance. One PI is about to follow the money all the
way into a den of thieves…
After surviving a bullet, Angelina
Bonaparte was certain she could handle any case that came her way. But when her
next client walks through the door with an unexplainable seven-figure
inheritance after the death of her parents, the private investigator wonders if
she's in over her head. After all, when she visits her client's family
attorney, Angelina discovers yet another bloody crime scene.
With the help of her new flame,
Angelina follows the clues into an underworld of war-plundered artifacts,
stolen treasures, and deadly consequences. As their last lead grows colder, the
PI must catch the killer before an endless cycle of murderous greed gets her
client killed.
Cash Kills is the second book in the
suspenseful Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries series. If you like
hard-as-painted-nails female detectives, historical mysteries, and twists and
turns you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Nanci Rathbun’s loaded crime
thriller.
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CASH KILLS is the second book in the
Angelina Bonaparte Mystery series. Though each mystery stands on its own, I believe
it would be best to read each book in the series and in the order of release as
there are other arcing storylines (romance and family).
So, before we get to the story about
Adriana and her parents’ murder, and I have a story to tell. You may have noticed that there were no reviews
posted the week before last and very few this past week. That’s because I didn’t read anything for a
whole week. I haven’t written a review
for two until today (Saturday the 20th). My process is to do all of my posting in
scheduling on Saturday morning. Instead I
have been sitting and asking “why.” The
source of my angst is murder! More
specifically, murder-suicide
which means never knowing the answer to “why.”
One of my co-workers was killed
and we are left with why. I have come to the conclusion that this is actually
why I like mysteries. We are not left
with why. The authors will tell us. Here, in real life, we have to wait until the
mysteries are revealed in heaven after our own passing to find out the answers
to why. Now, on to my review. (R.I.P.
Cathy Kramarcik)
I have fallen madly in love with
Angelina Bonaparte – and will never pronounce it incorrectly again, by the
way. Her supporting team, Ted Wukowski, Bobbie Russell,
and Susan Neh are amazing and the kind of friends everyone should have, along
with Bart Matthews (I’m always humming “I Have Friends in Low Places” when he’s
around) and his secretary, Bertha Conti.
CASH KILLS is full of action and
sweetness. It is emotion-filled and
informative. It is gritty and
entertaining. This is definitely a story
to keep you turning the pages (or driving the miles). I know I didn’t want to turn off the car when
I got to work (or home), just so I could find out one more bit of the puzzle.
I’m looking forward to the third
book in the series and hope there will be many more!
Narration: Kieren Callan Metts
did another superb job of handling multiple character, personalities, and
accents. Her presentation was enjoyable
and entertaining.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted audiobook
copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Final note: I have said before, that I am most impressed
when an author is able to instill some history into a story and educate while
entertaining. Ms. Rathbun added this
note at the end of the book: "Although
I am not a historian, I took pains to make the impact of the Bosnian War
realistic, especially in regards to Professor Kolar's memories. Of particular
help in that regard is REMEMBER SARAJEVO,
an online pamphlet with journalist Roger Richards' account of his time in
Sarajevo in 1992. The photographs and his story are hauntingly real. I
encourage you to read this small, but powerful document." I did take the time to read the pamphlet and
appreciated the expansion to my own understanding of the realities of the
history that has repeated and will continue to repeat as long as evil is
allowed to flourish.
Angelina Bonaparte Mystery series:
1.
Truth Kills
2.
Cash Kills
3.
Honor Kills
Also from Nanci
Rathbun:
·
Mommie Diarist (not released)
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