The Body Next Door

Samantha Newman Mystery Series, Book 2

By: Gay Yellen

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus Bradner

Samantha Newman desperately needs a new job, a place of her own, and a fix for her rocky romance with cyber-security expert Carter Chapman. But with a dead man next door, and his missing wife hiding in Samantha's apartment, Sam gets dragged into the investigation. To make matters worse, a stalker is haunting her balcony. Could it be the real killer? When suspicion ruins her chance for a great new career and a happy future with the man she loves, she risks everything to try to solve the mystery herself.

The Body Next Door has won a Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Award and a Readers' Favorite Mystery Award.

©2016 Gay Yellen (P)2017 Gay Yellen

Tension throughout the book!

Twists and turns throughout holds you attention to the end. Gay Yellen is a master at creating tension to keep you engaged.

Natalie Naudus Bradner brought the characters to life.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Nice cozy!

This book is a fun cozy mystery. The main character Samantha is staying at her boyfriends ritzy condo while he was away on classified business. The condos classic drunk abusive couple down the hall are at it again and the wife shows up drunk and naked. After police arrive it is discovered the husband is dead, the wife is the chief suspect. What seems to be an open and shut domestic turns into a bit more when an obnoxious lawyer shows up, strange noises on the balcony occur and mysterious notes claim the wifes innocence are found. Full of pretensious, quickery, and strange neighbors Sam tries to solve the case while reconsiling her relationship with her mysterious boyfriend. The narrator does a great job! I think there may be more books in the series and if so I look forward to listening! I received a free review copy of this book at my request and have voluntarily ledt this review.

The Body Next Door

The overall storyline was very nice with an ending I did not see coming. I love it when I don’t figure it out five minutes in who the killer is! The cast of characters are unique and mostly fun. The little neighbor girl is cute! The officer is kind of a jerk until Carter has him set straight. The part about the cop that annoyed me though was that he kept bugging Samantha about the murder and dragging her to his office when she was not home when it happened. Yet Gertie was and after her initial interview she was not really mentioned in the case. And then their is the jerk lawyer who personally I would have called security on many times. I wish Samantha would have grown a backbone with him and the cop. That part overly annoyed me that she let them both walk all over her. Then their is Carter, the boyfriend, he gets mad at her and seems to have these childish tantrums and keeps running off. Anyway you look at it they have issues. Nice job on the narration.

I received this audio in exchange for an honest review.

Great mystery

Great mystery with an entertaining cast of characters. Great narrator too. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

The Body Next Door

The Body Next Door
: Gay Yellen

This is book two in this series. Unfortunately I haven't read/listened to the first book. I wasn't familiar with any of the characters or the original story line. Samantha Newman is in need of a fresh start, the reasons why were supposed to have been explained in book one. A possible murder next door, a boyfriend that is mysterious, and a cast of interesting characters keep the listener in suspense. There were plenty of twists to make you wonder who did it and why.


The narration was well done. The characters were well portrayed by Natalie Naudus Bradner.



I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.