When the Grits Hit the Fan

Country Store Mystery Series, Book 3

By: Maddie Day

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Before she started hosting dinners for Indiana University's Sociology Department at Pans 'N' Pancakes, Robbie never imagined scholarly meetings could be so hostile. It's all due to Professor Charles Stilton, who seems to thrive on heated exchanges with his peers and underlings, and tensions flare one night after he disrespects Robbie's friend, graduate student Lou.

So when Robbie and Lou go snowshoeing the next morning and find the contentious academic frozen under ice, police suspect that Lou might have killed him after their public tiff. To prove her friend's innocence, Robbie is absorbing local gossip about Professor Stilton's past and developing her own thesis on the homicide - even if that means stirring up terrible danger for herself along the way.

©2017 Edith Maxwell (P)2017 Tantor

Overall a good listen

The characters were well developed, and the plot provided enough twists and turns to my interest. However I did think the narrator's over dramatized the ending.

Terrible choice in narrator

Cute story but very much disappointed in choice of narrator for this series!! She is obviously very elderly and reading the role of a 27 year old. It’s all the other characters as well.

Good story line.

I have a hard time connecting the narrator to the character. The voice sounds too mature for a 27 year old. But otherwise she is great! Good story.

awesome mystery

These books get better and better as they go along.
It was a thrilling ride going along with Robby while she sorted out the mystery.

when grits hit the fan.

the author is a good author but she went on a rampage. it's hard to follow the book once I got past towards the last few chapters it started becoming better. was not aware that mod was the killer, until she drove up in the black SUV.