Audiobook Review: Of Murder and Men by Lynn Cahoon

Of Murder and Men
Author: Lynn Cahoon
Narrator: C. S. E. Cooney
Series: Cat Latimer Mystery (Book 3)
Publication: Tantor Audio (November 28, 2017)
Length: 8 hours and 4 minutes

Description: Ever since her business partner, Shauna, fell for a wealthy landowner in town, Cat has been working double time to keep her writers' retreat running. And with the January session almost underway, that spells trouble. As if scheduling mishaps aren't disastrous enough, Shauna skips out on kitchen duties one morning, forcing Cat to serve unsuspecting guests store-bought muffins....

But best-laid plans really go awry when Shauna discovers her beau missing from their bed. When his body later turns up in the horse barn, they quickly find out the victim's scandalous lifestyle left many dying for revenge. While balancing an eccentric group of aspiring writers and a suspect list for the record books, Cat soon finds herself on the heels of a killer - and authoring her most deadly conclusion yet....

My Thoughts: Cat and Shauna have come to a crisis point in their joint ownership of their business. Shauna has fallen in love with mysterious Kevin and is thinking about marriage. Since Shauna is responsible for a lot of the day-to-day activities of running their writer's retreats, this could change the business.

Just as the January bunch of authors is set to arrive, Kevin is found dead in his horse barn. He died of poison and Shauna is the one who bought the cyanide-containing rat poison from the local hardware store. Neither Cat nor her police chief Uncle Pete think Shauna is guilty, but solving the murder has moved to the top of Cat's to-do list. 

Meanwhile, Cat is also still trying to understand how her ex-husband Michael died. It seems he was keeping even more secrets from Cat than she had so far discovered. And she is still coming to terms with her new relationship with her old college boyfriend. 

I listened to this one and found it rather difficult to keep track of all the various mysteries and characters in this episode. There were so many plot threads that I kept losing track. 

I bought the Kindle and audiobook November 4, 2024. You can buy your copy here.