Morgue Mama ⭐⭐⭐

Morgue Mama: The Cross Kisses Back by C.R. Corwin


Not to be confused with where they store bodies of the newly departed. This is Newspaper Morgue, as in where they store old new clippings.

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In the world of newspapers, the morgue is the place - usually somewhere in the bowels of the building - where old story clippings are filed away. Dolly Madison Sprowls has been in charge of The Hannawa Herald-Union's morgue for more than 40 years. She is gruff and salty, well past the age of retirement, and the unchallenged queen of her ink-stained domain. Reporters call her Morgue Mama - but only behind her back.

Maddy's well-ordered world is turned upside-down when the paper hires 24-year-old Aubrey McGinty for its police beat. Aubrey loses no time in questioning the conviction of Sissy James for the murder of TV evangelist Buddy Wing. Sissy had confessed live on television, and the evidence seems overwhelming, but the ambitious young reporter doesn't believe she did it. But why did Sissy embrace guilt? Aubrey enlists Maddy's help and together they begin a harrowing search for the truth. Digging into the files, they soon - dangerously - uncover enough suspects to fill a studio with those who do the devil's work.

Genre: Mystery

I have no idea how this one got on my TBR list.
Maddy is hilarious so I'm not sure this one isn't also labeled as Humor but I'm adding it in cuz it my book blog so I can do that!   

This one has 3.5 stars on GR and 4.5 stars on Hoopla. We shall see...

Right off the bat I adore the narrator. I looked her up and she was in her early to mid 50s when this book was recorded but she sounds like a 90-ish little old lady. 

⭐⭐⭐ Being generous. I probably wouldn't have finished it if it wasn't for the great narrator hooking me in.

🎉 Overall Enjoyment? Five for the narration, one for the murder mystery, so 🎉🎉🎉

🎣 Did it grab and keep my attention? 🎣🎣🎣 Only the narration!

🗣️Would I recommend it to anyone? No ➖

🕮 Would I want a sequel? No ➖ This was Book 1 of the series. As much as I enjoyed Maddy I won't be adding the next two to my TBR list. 

📚 Would I want to read more books by this author?  No ➖ 

💣💥 📢 Triᵷᵷer Warnings? Murdɇr

🌶 Spice? No

🌪 Plot Twist? Yes - meh

👟 Pace? Average

💻 Tidbits ~ OMG the audiobook narration was hilarious (Lorna Raver). This is labeled as a mystery but they should have also added Humor. Maddy, the Morgue Mama, is a gruff, wisecracking, zingy one-liner slinging 67 year old librarian at the paper and in charge of the morgue. She's flying under the radar being a super sleuth. She also put me in the mood for meatloaf! 
Reporter Aubrey was more focused on clearing the name of the girl convicted of the murder then solving the crime. Maddy, on the other hand, was way ahead of her in that department. 
I enjoyed the heck out of Maddy but wasn't invested in the murder mystery. 

🎧Lorna Raver - AMAZING! 

🎧8.44 hours 🕮 230-327 pages depending on edition 🤷

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