
Murdered Mayor
High Desert Cozy Mystery Series, Book 13
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Kasey Logan
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Dianne Harman
About this listen
The famous cowboy movie star had become the dearly beloved mayor of Palm Springs.
Too bad he was murdered.
But who could have done it and what was their motive? Greed? Political rival? An environmental extremist?
Son? Stepdaughter? Ex-wives? And what about his present trophy wife?
Then, there’s that pesky proposed desert windmill turbine project. They kill a lot of birds, And the Desert Bird Sanctuary members were certainly against the proposal. The mayor’s vote was needed to approve it. Maybe, he was going to vote against it.
Was that why Monty Madsen was murdered? And maybe Monty wasn’t the only person in Palm Springs who wanted to be the mayor!
There’s a colorful cast of characters,
But only one of them is a murderer.
Join Marty, her husband Detective Jeff Combs, and their psychic boxer dog Patron as they determine not only who had the motive, but also who had the means.
This is the 13th book in the High Desert Cozy Mystery Series by USA Today best-selling author.
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- Kindle Customer DVH
- 04-10-21
The Mayor is murdered
Murdered Mayor is another outstanding cozy mystery by Dianne Harman. I enjoyed the narration performance if Kasey Logan. The characters are authentic and interesting. I was surprised by the ending and I thought it was perfect. I enjoy reading Dianne’s books, but the audio books bring her story to life.
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- Karen S
- 04-10-21
A good cozy mystery
I have not read any of the earlier books in this series. I am sure I missed some background information but this book stood alone. IT is a good story. I wiould lsiten to other books by this author.
Kasey Logan does a great job of narrating the book.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- GenaS
- 04-30-21
Murdered Mayor
While Marty is out doing an appraisal, she stumbles upon a dead body. It’s a good thing her husband Jeff is a detective. She enjoys solving mysteries so she gets herself involved in the investigation. The person who was murdered was the mayor so there’s quite a stir around town. Was the killer someone involved in the political office or someone else? There was also a big controversy about a proposal concerning a local project. Maybe the murder had something to do with that. Marty has her dog with her during her investigating. And there’s humor throughout the story along with the murder mystery.
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