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Murder Makes Scents: Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery Series, Book 2 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Christin Brecher (Author), Callie Beaulieu (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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Stella Wright loves creating candles at her Nantucket store - and she also has a burning passion for justice. Now, after visiting a perfume conference, she must solve a vial crime....

Stella and her globe-trotting mom, Millie, have come home from a perfume industry conference in Paris, where their trip was marred by witnessing the stabbing death of a young man. It's a relief for Stella to be back on her picturesque island, with the comforting company of her cat, Tinker. But lingering danger may have followed them back across the ocean.

After someone breaks into her candle store, the Wick & Flame, Stella starts feeling spooked. And just as things threaten to ignite, Millie suffers a blow to the head. Stella receives an anonymous note claiming that her mother smuggled a secret formula out of France - and threatening her life if it isn't returned. Now Stella's picked up the scent of a cold-hearted criminal and an intriguing puzzle, and things are about to get wicked....

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Listening Length	6 hours and 49 minutes
Author	Christin Brecher
Narrator	Callie Beaulieu
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	25 February 2020
Publisher	Tantor Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B084KXMNQG
Best Sellers Rank	171,060 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 935 in Amateur Sleuth Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 2,871 in Cosy Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 3,887 in Women Sleuth Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals)

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Peppy PR Gal

Not a traditional cozy plot

Reviewed in the United States on 7 June 2020

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Murder Makes Scents is the second book in Christin Brecher's "A Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery" series.

The plot of this book is not traditional for a cozy mystery. It involves the FBI and an international assassin. I found it all a little ludicrous by the time the local candlemaker was jumping out of an airplane. If you are willing to suspend your belief, you may well enjoy this book.

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Annemarie Espindola

Boring and inaccurate

Reviewed in the United States on 22 March 2020

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The text was extremely inaccurate historically, citing Nantucket as the light of the world when New Bedford actually lit the world as it was the whaling capital of the world. In addition, the plot drags and the characters are very superficial. It just couldn't hold my interest. After reading books
1 and 2 of this series I am done.

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Tari H.

From Paris to Nantucket, Stella and her mom had quite an adventure in store for them

Reviewed in the United States on 3 March 2020

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Wow this was good! What did a murder in Paris and international secrets and spies have in common? Stella's mom Millie, who was unwittingly involved in having something top secret. This got really exciting, and I couldn't put it down. I can't say a whole lot for fear of giving away the good stuff, but Stella once again was on the trail of a killer after witnessing a man dying in Paris before she and her mom left. They thought they'd left those troubles behind...

I like where Stella and Peter are in their relationship, they're really sweet together but haven't really had much time in just four short months to get to know each other very well. The worst part was having to leave Peter as well as Stella's police friend Andy out of what she was investigating. The adventure played out like a fast spy movie and kind of incredible at that. Who knew that she'd face the killer at the most unlikely place.

Millie was never one to stay put long, so she was back at another destination after Stella and all her friends and Millie had celebrated Stella's thirtieth. I'm so anxious now to see what kind of adventure Stella gets into next and whether her mom will be in it. She's kind of a crazy lady, but I like her!

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vegas92(AnyGoodBook)

Far-Fetched But Fun

Reviewed in the United States on 4 July 2020

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Stella Wright is the owner of the Wick & Flame, a candle making business in Nantucket. But right now she's on vacation in Paris with her mother, Millie, and enjoying every minute of it. Millie is attending a perfume industry show, since she specializes in scents and travels all over the world. On this, their last day, she is giving a talk about the unusual scents that she's brought back from her visit to the Amazon. But before she can speak, they hear someone scream, and run to the sound. A man is dying from a knife wound to the back, and just before he expires, he makes eye contact with Stella. Shaken, the conference is obvious over, and after being questioned by the police, they have just enough time to catch their flight home.

On the ferry back to the island, Stella notices a dark-haired woman staring at her from a nearby yacht; and it seems that Millie has met an old school friend, Nathaniel Dinks, who is there for a birthday party weekend for another school chum. Millie is afraid of cats (silly woman), so Stella leaves Tinker in the shop all night, and when she returns the front of the shop has been torn through and she blames it on her cat. But a strange note on her door is telling her different: that her mother has stolen a secret formula and if it's not returned, it will be the worse for her.

Now Stella is wondering what exactly they've gotten themselves into. Why would her mother steal anything? And when Millie has an accident and winds up in the hospital, it's up to Stella to sniff out who's after her. But finding out she's involved with spies doesn't help. Or that her boyfriend Peter is up to something. Or the fact that the guests in her cousin's B&B could be the spies, or a nice English woman they met in Paris, or even any one of the men for the party. All Stella cares about is finding the formula to keep her mom alive...now if she can do that...

This is the second book in the series, and although it's far-fetched, it doesn't matter because it's fun, and that's what books are all about. There are secrets and spies, and Stella is caught up in it, and who hasn't wanted to experience the type of things James Bond seems to be up to? (Although I can do without Mr. Bond's enemies).

Stella finds herself right in the middle of an international mystery, and her job is to keep her mom safe and out of it. Which means not telling anyone, including her journalist boyfriend Peter or her cop friend Andy. Which also means she's working on her own, besides trying to ferret out the spy who wants the formula and find the formula itself. Things are more difficult than she thinks, and she doesn't know who the killer is, and she has a lot of suspects who might be the guilty party. But when the stakes are upped she knows she doesn't have time, and it's only through the grace of a US Government agent that she's able to figure things out.

What follows is a sprightly tale of intrigue, secrets, lies, murder, and Stella's own frustration, as she's chasing down a murderer to keep her mother safe. Yes, it's rather unbelievable, but fun nevertheless, and it never gets bogged down in anything that's over the top. Stella is an interesting character who, while she tries to figure it out, goes places I wouldn't go, but in the spirit of the book it can be forgiven.

Her mother Millie is a hoot. She lives life to the fullest and has no idea what's going on with her daughter throughout the book -- although to be fair, she spends some time sleeping in the hospital. I did wonder why Stella calls her Millie instead of mom; hopefully this will be explained in another book. (If it was in the first, I might have missed or ignored it).

In the end, when everything comes together after an adventurous climax, it gives a feeling of satisfaction and something to look forward to in the next in the series. Recommended.

Maura McCall

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States on 21 August 2020

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I love this book It was a great read Each and Every character Was so well written about It was like I knew each and everyone of them The stories were So intensely written They made you think The whole thing through it was just a great read I strongly suggest it loved it Can't wait for the next 1

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