Courting Death

A Marnie Devlin Cozy Mystery

By: Sloane Foster, Barbara Boguski

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Dead in the Kitchen.

When a friendly rally turns fatal at a charity pickleball tournament, vintage boutique owner Marnie Devlin trades her paddle for a magnifying glass.

The victim? Arrogant instructor Clint Jamison—strangled with grip tape on Court 3, his own paddle staged in his hand like a final taunt. In Willow Springs, everyone had a reason to want him silenced.

Marnie's investigation team is unconventional: her best friend Ruby with a gossip network rivaling law enforcement, a retired court reporter who catches lies like others catch colds, and her Chihuahua Taco, whose growls seem to target the guilty.

Suspects multiply faster than rumors: the humiliated ice cream shop owner whose shoes match prints at the scene, and the physical therapist Clint was blackmailing over a secret affair. But when Marnie discovers the victim was running charity scams with a local partner, the evidence points toward someone she never expected.

Now the killer knows Marnie is closing in. In a town where everyone knows your business, some secrets are worth killing to protect.

Great story without Virtual reader

The terrible job of virtual reading. Mispronounced words, messing up rhythm of sentences, and continual reading the divisions with “paw print emoji(3 times each time)