No Place to Die: Murder in the Keys, Book 1

Written by Jaden Skye

Narrated by Sarah Pavelec

"In No Place to Die, Jaden Skye creates a set of characters that are very well developed and makes you cheer for our heroine every moment. The environment and the overall description of scenes are superb, making you feel the suspense in the air the whole time. Jaden Skye is a natural storyteller and the plot is intelligent and intense, developing at a nice pace. The audiobook was well edited and is an easy read...I can hardly wait to put my hands on the second volume of this series….I recommend this book to the permanent library of all readers that enjoy a well-written suspense/romance.” (Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos))

No Place to Die is #1 in a new romantic suspense series by #1 bestselling author Jaden Skye!

Olivia and Todd, madly in love, fly down to Key West when Todd offers to take her on a surprise trip for a magical weekend. Though they have only been dating five months, Olivia can’t help but wonder if Todd is preparing to pop the big question along the beautiful shores.

Yet Olivia’s paradise quickly turns to hell when Todd dies right before her eyes, in a tragic accident.

Or was it?

Olivia sinks further into the abyss as the police wonder if she did it, and finds herself backed into a corner, having to prove her innocence while finding out if Todd was truly murdered. Yet as she searches, entering the underbelly of Key West, forced to deal with unsavory locals and with Todd’s difficult and grieving family, she discovers things about Todd that she wished she never knew—discoveries that make her realize that she never really knew the man she loved at all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jaden Skye
• Release date: Apr 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781640299481

Reviews for No Place to Die

[Robyn Caffel · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Poorly constructed unrealistic story. Medical events made the story unbelievable and plain silly. The ending confirmed the complete silliness and almost childish construct of the book. I would not recommend.

[Olive Walsh · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Poorly written, contradictions in information throughout that defies credibility. From the descriptors of Key West it appears that the author took extreme poetic license or has ever been to Key West

[Shaila Ayer · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I am only about an hour in, but my lord! I don't know which is worse, the writing or the narrating! Emphasis is on the wrong words with nearly every "Olivia said" or "Olivia replied" and "occasional tables". Also, inflections and tone don't coincide with what is happening in the story. Olivia reminds me of someone who just lets things happen to her--someone too meek to be a strong main character. The sister was just introduced. She has the potential to be interesting. We'll see.

[Tanya Nelsen · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

From the beginning I wanted slap every character. They are all idiots. It was obvious from the beginning but we were expected to forget that detail until the end ?

[Barb · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Tired dialogue and unrealistic events and characters. The murderer was obvious from the beginning.

[Jim Krukemeyer · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

shockingly bad...story and writing were ridiculous. don’t waste your time

[traci · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

More holes than a strainer. Was painful to get through to the end.

[Jean DiGiacomo · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I absolutely could not stand to finish this book. Nothing, and I mean nothing, seemed to connect. The characters were not believable. The dialogue was juvenile. I just really disliked it. I am sure it didn’t help that I found the narration to be subpar. I definitely would not recommend this book.

[Laurel Girard · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book starts with a woman’s fiancé getting severely ill and being hospitalized. The main character recently lost her boyfriend to a lengthy illness. Yet she acts like she is unaware of hospital policy. No hospital will give patient info to a non family member ((other than spouse). Plus, if he is vomiting incessantly, he really doesn’t need visitors. It’s kind of odd that she is freaking out about the hospital if she’d been they s terminal illness with someone else. Also, hospital employees wouldn’t make comments on the length of time they dated before becoming engaged. I’ll listen a bit more to see if it gets better.

[Leslea Jackson cranney · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Very bland, I knew "who dunnit" at chapter two, need a bit more suspense and twists

[Deb Spencer · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Narrator overly dramatic. Felt like a teenager wrote the book.

[Angela Johnson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Just awful. I actually checked the date it was published. The characters are anachronistically cartoonish. This might have flown as a 40s or 50s radio soap opera.

[Inge Wertwijn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is by far the silliest detective i have read in years. A mix of a coming-of-age novel, the famous 5, and a Mills&Boons romance. The main character reacts as if she is about 14 and never grows up. So cringeworthy it is actually funny. For example, she makes her entire family come over because she cannot handle life, then spends all her time trying to avoid them. What a silly little girl. Or when she is about to ring a doorbell and tells herself that “there is no going back” when she can just leave. Such drama.

[Cathy Cook · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The reader needs to learn proper voice modulation. I almost stopped listening. When the story includes for example “she said” or “he remarked”, drop the voice. It was jarring throughout. The story was a bit over dramatic, but it may just be the genre. I am not much into romantic fiction. I listened because it was a mystery.

[Jane McAdory · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Histrionic heroine...boring, predictable dialogue...I gave it my best shot, but had to give it up.

[Barbara Gilbert Rucker · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Not a single character was like able. Main character was stupid

[Susanne Brisach · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The narrator was not the best. Her reading was very imperfect.

[melissa · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Great ideas but execution could have been better. The characters were not fully developed and lacked real depth.

[mike purdy · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Story not realistic. Plot okay but not the way police work.

[heather miller · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This book was amateur hour… I’ve never rolled my eyes more than when listening to this book! The writing reminded me of a harlequin novel for teens.

[Ashlee Worley · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It was horribly written and hard to believe. The author did a poor job of making the characters relatable.

[Coleen H · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I couldnt listen, I tried skipping chapters to see if it got better, it didn't...skipped to the last chapter just to see who did it...

[Mike Higgins · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I didn't care for this book. The writing is terribly juvenile despite the subject matter. The narrator does not help either - her emotions rarely match the situation.

[Bill Kibbe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Dear Jaden I love the book get me very interested in the whole way through there was not a slow spot slow start slow spot in the book or should I repeat that as a slow spot in the book there was a couple of times I didn't know which direction you were going to go which kept me very interested I enjoyed the the riding I enjoyed the reader which is very hard to say about a lot of books I hear yeah I did I enjoyed the reader very much

[Josie Moore · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

A very weak plot and poorly written. The main character suddenly finds an ipad in the purse she has been carrying around for days?. Weak.

[Kay Brewer · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Barely a three. I don't mind the automated narrator - it's better than a lot of human ones. But there are occurences in the story that are so unbelievable. Olivia dances down to Key West with her boy friend. He dies and she's given full access to the police to "help her" find the killer. That doesn't happen.

[Michelle Sutton-Noll · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The main character is weak & not likable and the story is very thin.

[Sheri Masala · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I had to stop! Badly narrated. The voice intonation was all wrong and irritating. Maybe a good book for teenagers?

[Margaret Brock · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Breathless little girl narrator not my favourite. You might like It but I only got a few minutes into it.

[L Boison · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The story was immature, perhaps needed more character depth. The narration was terrible. Really sorry to say I was more annoyed throughout the book by the narration, than the story. Why must there be an increase of pitch after EVERY dialogue quotation? So distracting. VERY annoying. Hard to tell who is saying what when the pitch JUMPS each time a speaker finishes a quotation...!

*driven nuts by an audiobook*