Lowcountry Boil, Susan M. Boyer
Lowcountry Boil, Susan M. Boyer
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Lowcountry Boil
A Liz Talbot Mystery

Author: Susan M. Boyer

Narrator: Tiffany Morgan

Unabridged: 11 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2023


Synopsis

USA Today Bestseller and Agatha Award Winner for Best First Novel Turning up the heat Private Investigator Liz Talbot is a modern Southern belle. She blesses hearts and takes names. She carries her Sig 9 in her Kate Spade handbag, and her golden retriever, Rhett, rides shotgun in her hybrid Escape. When her grandmother is murdered, Liz hightails it back to her South Carolina island home to find the killer. She’s fit to be tied when her brother—the chief of police—shuts her out of the investigation, so she opens her own. Then her long-dead best friend pops in and things really get complicated. As more folks turn up dead in this small seaside town, Liz must use more than just her wits and charm to keep her family safe, chase down clues from the hereafter, and catch a psychopath before he catches her. Praise for Lowcountry Boil

"Plenty of secrets, long-simmering feuds, and greedy ventures make for a captivating read...Boyer's chick lit PI debut charmingly showcases South Carolina island culture." --Library Journal
“Imaginative, empathetic, genuine, and fun, Lowcountry Boil is a lowcountry delight." --Carolyn Hart, Author of What the Cat Saw
“Mrs. Boyer has cooked up a clever mystery full of felonious real-estate developers, long festering family wounds, moonlight skinny dips and pimento cheese. It's a simmering gumbo of a story full of spice, salt, heat and shrimp. She had me guessing, detouring for a few laughs then doubling back for another clue right until the last chapter.” --The Huffington Post
“Twisted humor has long been a tradition in Southern literature (maybe it’s the heat and humidity), and Boyer delivers it with both barrels. In lesser hands, all the hijinks could be distracting, but not in Lowcountry Boil. Boyer’s voice is so perky that no matter what looney mayhem her characters commit, we happily dive in with them. An original and delightful read.” --Betty Webb, Mystery Scene Magazine
“Bubbles with all the ingredients of a great Southern mystery: A feisty firecracker of a main character, a magnolia-scented atmosphere, and pages full of simmering suspense and intrigue.” --Karin Gillespie, Bestselling Author of the Bottom Dollar Series
"Pulls the reader in like the draw of a riptide with a keeps-you-guessing mystery full of romance, family intrigue, and the smell of salt marsh on the Charleston coast. A welcome visit home with people you want to know and, in some cases, are glad you aren't related to. A fun summer read!” --Cathy Pickens, Author of the Southern Fried Mysteries and Charleston Mysteries

About Susan M. Boyer

Susan M. Boyer is the USA Today bestselling author of twelve novels. Her debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations. Subsequent books have been nominated for various honors, including Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Picks, the 2016 Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize, and the 2017 Southern Book Prize in Mystery & Detective Fiction. Susan loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You’ll find all of the above in her novels. She and her husband call Greenville, SC, home and visit the Carolina coast as often as possible.

About Tiffany Morgan

Tiffany Morgan is an experienced audiobook narrator with over 200 titles to her name. Her sweet spot is balanced somewhere between cozy mysteries, stories set in the southern United States, and nonfiction with an empowered female point of view. She also enjoys narrating children's books and educational titles for school curriculums and trainings. In addition to narration, her work includes film, television, theater, improv, and animated series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on September 30, 2024

4⭐ Genre ~ cozy mystery Series ~ Liz Talbot #1 Setting ~ South Carolina Publication date ~ book ~ October 29, 2022, audio ~ June 11, 2023 Est Page Count ~ 316 (55 chapters) Audio length ~ 11 hours 34 minutes Narrator ~ Tiffany Morgan POV ~ single 1st Featuring ~ murder, suicide references, ghost/guardian an......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 28, 2016

RE-READ: 06/12/2015 My thoughts are pretty much the same. I was so impressed with Liz's strength (emotional strength) when she (view spoiler)[turns down Michael when he comes crawling to her, begging her to marry him. (hide spoiler)] Wow, way to be a strong woman who makes smart decisions! <3 ... This book starts with Liz and Nate,......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on September 25, 2012

I found this book to be a totally charming read. The author’s voice and writing style are cozy-mystery in tone but the protagonist here is a professional private investigator (as opposed to a nosey heroine we find in so many cozies!) The story opens with Liz coming home for her grandmother’s funeral......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on November 25, 2017

This is a review of the audio and first installment in this fun cozy mystery series. I think for the second book, I will read it rather than listen because the narrator's southern accent did not sound genuine to me. I'm from North Carolina and have lived in South Carolina, too, and it was the "south......more

Goodreads review by Lily (Night Owl Book Cafe) on May 22, 2018

This review was originally posted on Night Owl Book Cafe......more