Indie Reads Aloud with Maisie Franklin and "The Augur's Assassin"
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- 3 days ago
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Indie Reads Aloud Radio
Episode # 289
The Augur's Assassin
A Read Between The Vines Mystery
Written by Maisie Franklin
Murder wasn’t in the cards for Zoe Romano… until it was.
Zoe Romano gave up front-page crime for fine wine, trading the chaos of New York City for the quiet charm of Mystic, Connecticut. Now, she runs Read Between the Vines, a cozy bookshop-slash-wine bar where the biggest scandal is usually who finished the last bottle of merlot.
That is, until the town psychic turns up dead—with a tarot card stuck in her throat.
Everyone in Mystic had a reason to want Madame Zorina to zip it, but only one of them is a killer. And when Chief of Police Derek Cody enlists Zoe’s help, she and her meddling staff start uncorking Mystic’s best-kept secrets. And a few missing lawn flamingos.
Between pouring wine, dodging well-intentioned chaos, and making sure her own fate doesn’t end up in the death card pile, Zoe will need every ounce of wit—and maybe a splash of luck—to solve this case. Because in Mystic, murder might be in the cards… but Zoe refuses to let fate call the shots.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Maisie Franklin believes life’s best mysteries are solved with wit, wine, and just the right splash of snark. A firm believer that trouble pairs best with a full-bodied red, she’s made it her mission to bring readers twisty plots, quirky sleuths, and the kind of small-town scandals that make gossip the town’s second-favorite pastime (after murder, of course).
When she’s not writing fast-paced, laugh-out-loud cozies, Maisie can be found outsmarting crossword puzzles, getting emotionally invested in British baking competitions, or insisting that “just one more chapter” is a valid excuse for staying up way too late. She’s a lifelong mystery buff, an unapologetic pun enthusiast, and the kind of friend who would absolutely help you plot the perfect alibi (strictly hypothetically, of course).
Pour yourself a glass, grab a comfy chair, and dive in—because Maisie’s got a case to crack, a few suspects to interrogate, and at least one exasperated detective to charm along the way.
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