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Dying for a Date: Laurel McKay Mysteries Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Cindy Sample (Author), Pilar Uribe (Narrator), Cindy Sample Books (Publisher)
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Unsure if she is looking for Mr. Right, or Mr. Every Other Saturday Night, divorced mother of two, Laurel McKay reluctantly joins THE LOVE CLUB, a popular local dating service. Dressed to kill, she meets bachelor number one at a trendy restaurant. But the date is a bust, literally, when the guy decides Laurel is dessert, and she breaks his nose with her cell phone. It gets even worse when the man is found murdered the next morning, and Laurel has his blood on her clothes.

Despite her now being a person of interest to the police, Laurel bravely ventures out on date number two. When that unlucky bachelor disappears during dinner, Laurel's only alibi is a bottle of Dom Perignon. The sexy investigating detective thinks she's innocent and is worried she may be the next target. That's more than enough motivation for Laurel to find a murderer determined to kill her social life--before dating becomes a dead end she can't escape.

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  1. Listening Length
    9 hours and 21 minutes
  2. Author
    Cindy Sample
  3. Narrator
    Pilar Uribe
  4. Audible release date
    December 30, 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Cindy Sample Books
  7. ASIN
    B00HLNYN98
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 9 hours and 21 minutes
Author Cindy Sample
Narrator Pilar Uribe
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date December 30, 2013
Publisher Cindy Sample Books
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B00HLNYN98
Best Sellers Rank #195,140 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#2,147 in Humorous Fiction & Satire
#3,602 in Cozy Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals)
#7,883 in Humorous Fiction

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ML
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've read in a long time!
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024
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I enjoyed the book from start to finish, and I read a lot! It is humorous all the way through. The murders aren't the scary, gory type that go into such detail that bother you after you read them. You will love the main character! Can't wait to read the next book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
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I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick, funny read. Laurel McKay is newly divorced mom of 2 kids and works as a bank mortgage loan underwriter. Laurel's life takes another turn when she decides it is now time to get back into the dating scene. She decides to give a local dating service a try named The Love Club. On her first date it ends abruptly when they get ready to leave and Laurel realizes her keys and cell are locked in her car so while waiting on AAA her date gets to forward with her and she hits and breaks his nose with his cell phone. She is now rethinking her decision but can't afford to lose the money she already paid out so she decides to give it one more try. So she sets up another date for later in the week but while she is waiting on the night to come she finds out her first date was killed the same night they were together and she is the number one suspect. The second date is here and she goes out while waiting for their order to come he gets a text and never comes back. Yes he is found dead and you guessed it Laurel is the suspect. The story goes on to follow Laurel and her friends as they go do sleuthing themselves. Funny believable characters. Can't wait to read next in series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Laurel McKay Mystery series has great potential
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014
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I've read the first three books in this series and enjoyed them all. Laurel is not your usual heroine. She's older, has no sense of style and (gasp) she's overweight. She's not fat just chunky but in an endearing way that men seem to admire, But she hasn't had a date for years (and hasn't had sex for longer than she can remember). She is your next door neighbor who lives in the suburbs. She's just an average divorced mother of two children, a teenage genius daughter and a grade school son who can't seem to concentrate in class, yet somewhere in her body she seems to have a magnet that attracts murders to happen when she's around. Of course, she's always a suspect because she's the one who finds the bodies in all of the books, yet you know that she couldn't possibly have done it because she is such a klutz that she could never pull off a murder without shooting herself in the foot or stabbing herself with the knife she was going to use to kill someone. However, the police think she looks like a good candidate and would like to find the evidence against her so they can close the case. "Dying for a Date" is the first book in the series and as we meet her Laurel had signed on with a dating service and is getting ready for her first date in years. As she tries on everything in her closet she wonders if it's worth all the trouble of trying to get her make-up just right and finding the perfect outfit to wear. Her sixteen year old daughter thinks she's too old to start dating again---after all she is 39! From that moment on things seem to be going almost great. Her date is very handsome, and seems to enjoy her company, but Laurel has no idea how to act on a date and starts talking about her children. But as handsome as her date is, he has her looking at her watch, hoping she could make it home in time to watch CSI. Unfortunately he's "morphed into and IBA---an Incredibly Boring Accountant" and to make matters worse when they get to the parking lot Laurel discovers she's locked her keys and her cell phone in her car. Her date lets her use his phone to call AAA, while sitting in his car because the night has grown chilly.As soon as she's done with her call her date turns into a sex-crazed maniac and throws himself on her and grabs both her wrists and starts kissing her as she tries to get him off of her. He relaxes his grip for a moment and Laurel's fear turns to anger and she grabs the first thing she can find (his cell phone) and cracks him in the nose with it.

After that encounter, Laurel wonders if she should keep using the dating club she joined, but her best friend talks her into trying it one more time. After glancing through the books as the club and choosing two more men who looked like better prospects than her last date she tells the receptionist that the two men she has picked out seem interesting and safe. She starts to tell her about the horrors of her date from the night before and that she had to take drastic actions. Instead of being sympathetic, the woman reacts with horror and begins to back away from Laurel and grabs the phone. That's when she finds out her date was murdered shortly after she hit him and the woman thinks Laurel is the murderer.

Things seem to go from bad to even worse when two men from the sheriff's department come to her house to question her. Of course, one of the officers is a hunk and would be the perfect man for her if he didn't think she was a murderer.

Laurel has to become a detective when another man she is out on a dinner date with turns up dead in the river before they have even finished their meals. After two of her dates die after being with her, she is the prime suspect and has to find the real killer before she is arrested and hauled off to jail.

I enjoyed all three books, but the author has to get Laurel and her sheriff's detective love life past the good night kiss stage or this series will become boring instead of funny and wacky. All of the books are a great read and "Dying for a Daiquiri" ends with the promise of a decidedly closer relationship, but I get the feeling that the author of this series doesn't want Laurel and Detective Hunter to become a couple. That would be a shame because this series can't continue to hold my interest if all that happens between the two lovebirds is a continual love/anger relationship because Laurel is always finding bodies and Detective Hunter has doubts about her innocence. If they continue on as they have in the first three books, the series will become boring and predictable. Laurel finds a body and everyone, including her boyfriend thinks she did it. That's the way the plot of the first three books has gone and another book with the same premise will turn a promising and fun series into one that anyone who has read the other books will become bored because
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Adele
5.0 out of 5 stars It was Worth 5 Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024
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It was worth 5 Stars with the right amount of mystery, humor, and a nod to romance. Not very realistic but a totally enjoyable read. I especially enjoyed the mother/daughter bits.
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NancyW
3.0 out of 5 stars Dying for better closure....
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2013
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Okay, I liked the book, the writing was decent, but it was not something I felt connected to. It could quite possibly be the fact that this book lacked the balance that it stated it had.... a mystery AND a romance story in one. It definitely had a strong focus on the mystery and very little romance. It is quite possible that I was looking for more romance and a little less in depth mystery as to why I rated this as an okay read.

With this being more of a mystery series, I felt that there should have been a bit more "ah-ha" moments, but I did appreciate that the story did not make it easy to figure who did it. I just felt a little more frustrated at the constant push for the romantic happenings to NOT happen. Even at the end, there was not one hint to where the love interest was going and who it was leaning towards. In fact, the hero was mentioned so little, I had my doubts that there was even a hero to speak of. Basically, a painfully open ending that offers no guarantee of an ending anytime soon. I already have enough series books to keep track of and this one just is not filling the bill, so to speak.

While I stated that the writing is good, I just felt that this book was not the one to keep my attention going for long and I do happen to factor that into how I rate according to how I feel after finishing. I would suggest it to a friend that would love a quirky mystery with romantic angst on the side and no connection throughout. The language is clean, the humor is sharp, the writing is good, but just not something for me at this time. I might look into the next book of the series in the future, but not the near future.... sorry....
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E who Reads a Thousand Mysteries
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2023
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This high quality cozy mystery is absolutely hilarious! The characters are well written, the plot is exciting, and yes I'll definitely check out the next book in the series.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Dying for a great book? Well you found it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2020
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I loved this book. It contains a good cast of characters and a solid well worked out mystery, with a good mix of home life adventures and investigations mishaps and it certainly holds your attention until the very end. All of it is a lot of fun and highly amusing. I think it is the characters that really make this series work so well. Laurel is basically a single mum, trying to work a job, solve a murder to clear her name and looking for love, all with a little help from her friends. By doing this the author has written a well rounded character who is likeable, a little bit vulnerable but like any super mom very capable and great fun to listen to. The author is now on book eight and knowing what happens throughout this fun series it is great to go back to the start, where it all began and I highly recommend starting with book one and working your way through the series, I am.
When Laurel finds herself alone on a Saturday night after her divorce. The single mother of two joins a dating site but is she looking for love in all the wrong places? Finding the right guy isn't easy, especially when her first date is a disaster and rather than a good night kiss, she breaks his nose and in the process becomes the number one murder suspect when he is found dead the next morning. Rather than cut her loses she agreed to meet another man from the site but this time someone doesn't wait for her date to end before killing him. With two of her dates ending in murder the police look hard at Laurel, especially as the murder weapon is the same for both men. If she doesn't want her children to grow up without a mother Laurel will have to find the killer herself but what is the connection between the two men? The dating site with plenty of suspects to interview,? or is it a little closer to home and Laurel herself is the connection? or something she doesn't know about? And will she ever find the right guy?
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Evalie
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read!
Reviewed in Germany on July 11, 2019
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The main character Laurel McKay is ordinary enough to be real, and crazy enough to be not. Great entertainment! 👍🏻
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5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh riot
Reviewed in India on April 21, 2019
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Laurel, is a divorcee n mother of two kids. When she tries to date, her date partners get murdered during the dates. She is the suspect in both murders. How she investigates n catches the real murderer with the help of her friends is the story. But it is totally funfilled with the heroines daily antics as she goes thru her life n explains her behavior. People who love romantic comedy should definitely read this.
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Toots Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
Reviewed in Australia on November 15, 2018
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I found this book highly entertaining, enjoyable and well worth reading. Definitely will put a smile on your face.
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