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Steeped in Secrets

By: Lauren Elliott
Narrated by: Stephanie Richardson
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Even with her life in ruins in New Mexico, Shay feels uneasy about settling into the small seaside town where she grew up on California's Monterey Peninsula, and taking over an estate bequeathed to her by Bridget Early, a woman she had barely known. Her heightened senses—an empathic gift she's had since childhood—go into overdrive upon touring Crystals & CuriosiTEAS, Bridget's eclectic tea and psychic shop brimming with Irish lore and Celtic symbols. They reach a boiling point when Shay looks up to discover a stranger's body sprawled across the shop's greenhouse roof . . .



With her new business a crime scene and questions brewing over Bridget's so-called accidental death, Shay fears she's also inherited the attention of a killer. The terrifying realization sets her on an impractical investigation for answers aided by her sister, an elusive pure-white German Shepherd, a strikingly handsome pub owner who speaks in a gentle brogue, and a misunderstood young woman with perceptive talents of her own. As Shay struggles to figure out her true purpose in Bray Harbor and the powerful connection she has with the tea shop, she must trust her judgment above all else to identify a ruthless murderer and save herself from becoming victim number three.©2022 Lauren Elliott Amateur Sleuths Cosy Culinary Adventures Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Exciting Scary
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cozy and thoughtful I thought the american using irishness in the story would be a disaster but it worked really well

loved it

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The story line was pretty good with some twists that I’d not anticipated. I like this type of book for an uncomplicated listen but many fall short by dumbing things down too much.
The only bug bear was the narrators shockingly dreadful Irish accent for one of the main characters and not enough vocal differentiation for the others.
Overall an enjoyable listen.

Not 100% predictable!

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This is one of those book that I want to say I enjoyed but it took me a while to finish. There was a lot of things going off that would have been so much better if they were explained to the main character, instead of learning when ever she stumbled over a clue but then I guess there wouldn't have been much of a story. Still not sure if this is a super natural series or just a very intuitive dog, as they is talk of fairies and Irish laws. I don't think Shay has any powers the shop was left to her for personal reason. The dog steals the show, with his ability to be in the right place when needed. The mystery, the murder I did feel got lost inbetween all the mystery surrounding Shay herself, although it does get nicely wrapped up and it was the person I thought was responsible.

After her husband leaves her taking the blame for there shop going under and with a lot of angry customers. Inheriting a house and tea shop is the perfect opportunity for Shay to move back home. That is until inspecting the tea and tarot shop apon arrival, she discovers a dead body. Her sisters husband knows she isn't responsible but it doesn't stop his chief from shouting the business down while an investigation is carried out. Giving Shay plenty of time to get to know her new hunky neighbour, find out why a stranger would leave everything to her, does she actually want to run a eclectic tea and psychic shop and most importantly why there was a dead man on the roof. It seems Bridget knew something was going to happen to her and has left clues for Shay to find. Will it explain everything?
I liked the narrator. She had a pleasant voice that was easy to listen too.

Mystery all round

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