Scared Stiff

Name: Scared Stiff
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Annelise Ryan
ISBN: 9781666172003

Author: Annelise Ryan

Series: Mattie Winston Mysteries #2

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/19/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

When Deputy Coroner Mattie Winston and her boss/best friend, Izzy, are called to the home of waitress and part-time model Shannon Tolliver, they find the ghoulish Halloween decorations a bit too authentic. Among the fake blood and skeletons is the corpse of Shannon herself. Since the whole town knows Shannon recently had a very public spat with her estranged husband, Erik, he's suspect #1. But Mattie happens to know Erik truly loved his wife, and is simply incapable of the brutal act—even if he owns the exact same caliber handgun as the murder weapon . . .

Determined to unearth the truth, Mattie puts her scalpel-sharp medical skills to work, and digs a little deeper. What she uncovers is stranger than anyone could have imagined . . .

About Annelise Ryan

USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan is the pseudonym for the author of the Mattie Winston Mysteries and another mystery series. She has written more than 200 published articles, worked as a book reviewer for Barnes & Noble, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. She currently works as a registered nurse in an ER.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda

Laugh out loud wonderful! There were actually parts where I couldn't read for a few minutes because I was laughing so hard. Good mystery too. #readforkimberly......more

Goodreads review by Mystereity Reviews

Heh. Poor Mattie doesn't have an easy time of it, does she? During a blind date with the OCD William-not-Bill, Mattie is called out on a dead body call. Shannon Tolliver was found dead in her front yard, amongst the Halloween decorations. When Shannon's estranged husband Erik is arrested, Mattie know......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

I didn't get more than a handful of chapters in. The book seems to focus more on trying to be funny than on the mystery, with the lead character immediately treating the murder scene as nothing more than a way to show off for the hot lead detective, who later was flirting back in the murder victim's......more