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    Against the Currant
    Against the Currant
    Against the Currant
    Audiobook7 hours

    Against the Currant

    Written by Olivia Matthews

    Narrated by Janina Edwards

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    About this audiobook

    In the first Spice Isle Bakery Mystery, investigating murder was never supposed to be part of Lyndsay Murry's plan?she just wants her West Indian bakery to be a success!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateFeb 9, 2023
    ISBN9781666622997
    Against the Currant
    Author

    Olivia Matthews

    Patricia Sargeant is a national best-selling, award-winning author. She writes romance as Patricia Sargeant and mysteries as Olivia Matthews. Her work has been featured in national publications such as Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Kirkus Reviews, Suspense Magazine, Mystery Scene Magazine, Library Journal and RT Book Reviews. Patricia was drawn to write romance because she believes in the Power of Love as the greatest motivation. Her mysteries put ordinary people in extraordinary situations to have them find the Hero Inside. For more information about Patricia and her work, visit PatriciaSargeant.com.

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    • 4/5
      4.5 

      I have been looking for a good cozy mystery written by a Black author for a while now and I'm so glad I've found Olivia Matthews! 

      Can't wait to read more work from her in the future. 
    • 5/5
      Told in first-person
      Compelling backstory
      Loving family
      Culture and customs
      Good mystery with lots of suspects
      Hint of romance

    • 5/5
      Yay!!!!!! A cozy mystery with people of color!!!
      Bravo! Write more!!!

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