Loveda Brown: Rattler

The Idyllwild Mystery Series, Prequel

By: Jolie Tunnell

Narrated by: Mimi Bilinski

In a mystery as twisty as the Rio Grande, Loveda Brown takes a fateful Texas two-step on her journey West and has to hunt down a rattler. Señora Loveda Dunn's newly found marital bliss is interrupted when she discovers the maid sleeping in the bridal bed instead of making it.

A week after dismissing the maid in a flash of fury, Loveda finds the woman dead in the orchard. The handsome Mr. Dunn would rather she focus on her civic duties in town than the shadowy doings on the rancho, but Loveda follows her suspicions to a discovery that threatens her husband, her town, and her country.

©2024 Jolie Tunnell (P)2025 Jolie Tunnell

Fun Read

Entertaining mystery with engaging characters and a good mix of fact with fiction. Narration on the audio book was easy to listen to.

Fun and Fast Paced

A fun and fast paced story. The narration was outstanding and made a great story even better!!

Action-packed historical fiction

It is evident the author researched a great deal before writing this book. There are plenty of rich details given about the setting.

Concise Historical Drama

The background to Loveda’s fight west to Idyllwild. This is a great mix of history and fiction. I enjoyed learning Loveda’s back story and her brief tangents the well-known historical names and events. I especially liked the little details such as the soda and ice cream. Made me want to grab a history book to learn more about these events. It shows Loveda was certainly a magnet for drama well before she escaped to the mountains of Southern California. Well-paced and very entertaining.