Strung Out To Die

By: Tonya Kappes

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Small-town cozy mystery with divorced sleuths

Holly Harper’s life is finally back on track after her divorce from “what’s-his-name.” Along with a group of women who’ve sworn off bad marriages and worse men, she’s formed a self-help group known as the Divorced Divas—meeting regularly inside her bead shop, The Beaded Dragonfly, in the heart of Swanee, Kentucky.

The Divas may joke about revenge, but things turn deadly when the town’s wealthiest bachelor, Doug Sloan, is found murdered on the floor of Holly’s shop—with a string of cat-eye beads wrapped around his neck.

With her ex-husband tangled in town drama, old grudges resurfacing, and plenty of people who wanted Doug’s money, Holly quickly realizes she’s being framed. And if she doesn’t uncover the truth, she could lose her business, her freedom, and everything she’s worked to rebuild.

With the Divorced Divas at her side, Holly digs into small-town rivalries, messy breakups, and secrets hiding behind polite smiles. Because in Swanee, revenge might be joked about—but murder is never part of the plan.

A witty, small-town cozy mystery filled with friendship, gossip, and a group of women who refuse to be underestimated—perfect for readers who love craft-themed sleuths, strong female leads, and clean whodunits with heart.

Willow

I liked it all it was whimsical and the senseful I enjoyed the book very much and read the first one and this is the second one in it was a delight

An enjoyable read

I know this is read by AI and obviously it's not as good as a true narrator, but for someone who loves to read, but doesn't have time to and has vision issues, audio books allow me that enjoyment while doing mundane tasks that have to be done, but don't need a ton of attention. I listen at a 1.3 speed and I found this version better than some of AI readers I've heard. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I'm looking forward to reading/listening to the next two.

fun mystery

enjoyed the story, but the virtual narration was terrible. words mispronounced or pronounced differently at various parts of the story.

Virtual voice and poor story

Virtual voice has many, many errors using the correct words. The voice is monotone the whole way through. I did not finish the book because of the voice, the sorry being poorly written and much too long.

Cannot listen to the voice any longer

The virtual voice ruins the book no inflection or emotion had to stop listening in chapter 2. Does not do the author justice.