Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River, Emily J. Edwards
Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River, Emily J. Edwards
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Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River

Author: Emily J. Edwards

Narrator: Stephanie Willing

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023

Synopsis

1950, New York. Viviana Valentine—Girl Friday turned partner to New York’s top investigator, Tommy Fortuna—is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains blue-blooded friends as well as investors keen to make a dollar on the many advancements made in his home laboratory, but he’s been hearing strange noises in the night coming from his expansive estate, and he doesn’t know who to trust. Once Viviana and Tommy arrive, the party is snowed in. And suddenly, there is a dead body and nowhere to hide. Who killed the disguised federal agent in their midst? And how have details from the top-secret lab become public? Once chomping at the bit to be brought into this mysterious life, Viviana wonders if she’s ready for the risks that come with the territory—risks that rise treacherously high as the killer targets the next victim. Set in the gritty noir world of 1950s New York City, Emily J. Edwards’s Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River packs all the elements mystery fans love: an irresistibly clever protagonist, a posh cast of heroes and villains, and a murder case that could defy even the most seasoned investigator.

About Emily J. Edwards

Emily J. Edwards is the author of the Girl Friday series. She earned her degree in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College and took the long road to becoming an author, working for over a decade as a wine and spirits journalist, radio producer, and podcaster. She currently lives with her husband and several quadrupeds in Connecticut.

About Stephanie Willing

Stephanie Willing is a voiceover artist based in New York. With an MFA in creative writing, classical training as a dancer, and a decade of experience treading the indie theater boards of New York City, she combines all her training and experience to bring each audiobook she narrates to life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on April 27, 2023

The title of this book caught my attention first because it sounded like fun. This is the first book I've ready by Emily J. Edwards, so I missed the first book of this series. The noir atmosphere of this book permeated throughout. It gave me the same feeling of the old Perry Mason novels, with his G......more

Goodreads review by mikaela on April 29, 2023

Happy almost release day!!! Oh yes yes yes it's funny and it's sweet and it's smart this is a winner, folks!! The perfectly potent mix of a higher-stakes mystery (locked room! suspects a la Christie or a Knives Out film! espionage?!) and Viviana and Tommy (pretending to be engaged!!) makes for a whir......more

Goodreads review by Jacky on November 11, 2022

This book was so much fun. I enjoyed every minute of it. The characters, the conversations, the writing, the setting!! The could see all of it so clearly and really had such a good time reading it. I’m off to order the other two books now!......more

Goodreads review by Leandra on July 10, 2023

*Thank you Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for gifting me an e-ARC copy in exchange for this honest review! Private investigators Viviana Valentine and Tommy Fortuna are invited upstate to investigate odd noises occurring at the estate of wealthy and eccentric man of science, Buster Beacon. As Viv a......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 12, 2023

The second Viviana Valentine mystery was an engaging historical mystery. It is nearly Thanksgiving, 1950, when Viv and her boss Tommy Fortuna get a new case. One of their rich secretary's friends is hearing weird noises in his house and wants Viv and Tommy to find out what is making the noises. Viv a......more

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