Audiobooks narrated by Julie Briskman

Shelley Vincent has been missing for over a year. Her fiancé, Albert Romaine, is desperate to find out what happened to her. With Christmas less than a week away and no plans to speak of, PI Anna Sweet is happy to take the case. But as Anna digs deeper into Shelley's past, she uncovers more questions than answers. Why would a woman with everything to live for simply disappear? Was Shelley murdered? And if so, why didn't the police find her body? Anna begins to have a bad feeling. She learns that her every move is being tracked. . .and she fears a killer is closing in. Whoever holds the key to Shelley Vincent's disappearance isn't talking--and Anna Sweet is running out of time. This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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Killer Heat

Ottawa is in the middle of a summer heat wave and PI Anna Sweet takes on her hottest case yet. Brent Rose secretly dated three women at the same time. One fo them wants to make him pay for his cheating ways. As Anna and her partner Jada Price try to sort through the clues, the anger threatens to boil over . . . and the list of suspects keeps getting longer. Will Anna stop Brent's tormentor in time? Or will he meet his end in the killer heat? This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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Too Close to Home

Sometimes home is not a safe place to be. PI Anna Sweet is hired to look out for Max, a troubled teenage runaway. For Max, the woods provide safety and shelter. Until he is discovered. Max’s parents declare him mentally unfit and try to lock him up. But Anna holds the secret to his freedom. Anna agrees to take on another case, as a favour to Gail, a childhood friend. Gail, who lives overseas, is worried. Gail’s grandmother has strangers living in her home and is not answering her calls. Anna agrees to drop by the house and stumbles across a body. Sometimes, favours can go horribly wrong. Anna juggles both cases while hiding a decision that will change her own life forever. Too Close to Home was short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novella. This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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No Trace

Ryan Green disappears one day after school without a trace. His family is caught in a living nightmare. Six months later, the police have no leads. Desperate for answers, the parents contact private investigator Anna Sweet. The trail has gone cold, but Anna doesn't give up without turning over every clue. When a body is found in the woods, Anna and the police fear the worst. Who would want to harm Ryan Green, and who will be next? Anna's skills are about to be tested to their limits. No Trace was short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novella. This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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A Model Death

Anna Sweet accepts a date with Nick Roma, office manager for Storm Investigations. Just before their date, the body of Nick's ex-girlfriend is found near a lake. Rumours swirl that Nick was hounding his ex to get back together. . .and he wouldn't take no for an answer. The police are convinced that Nick is the killer, but Anna agrees to take on his case. Her investigation will take her deep into Nick Roma's past and onto the set of a reality TV show. This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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My Sister's Keeper

Anna Sweet, ex-cop turned waitress, is bar-hopping her way across the U.S.A. But a middle-of-the-night phone call to Anna's hotel room in Kermit, Texas, is about to end her life on the road. The brakes on her sister Cheri's car have failed, and she's lying banged up in an Ottawa hospital. Cheri warns that unless Anna comes right home, she will be dead by Christmas. Anna has more than enough reason to stay away from her hometown. Yet her sister's terror is a calling card she cannot ignore. Is Cheri's life really in danger? Or is this another bid for attention? A doubting Anna Sweet is about to find out. My Sister's Keeper was short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novella. This is a short audio book for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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The Hard Fall

Paul Taylor, a wealthy business man, is in jail for the cold-blooded murder of his lover Laura Flint. She is found dead in his bed one hot August morning. Taylor's wife, a former swimsuit model, is the only one to stand behind him, but even she has doubts. Taylor is about to go on trial-and he is the only suspect. Anna Sweet of Storm Investigations agrees to take on his case with little hope of winning. The trail of clues is about to lead her into a hornet's nest of ugly secrets. Will Anna find new evidence to clear Taylor's name? Or is she working to free a killer? This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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To Keep a Secret

Anna Sweet’s PI business partner, Jada Price, has gone missing. Anna and new hire Nick Roma team up to find her. The trail leads them to a teenage girl’s murder and a secret internet dating site. Anna is about to discover how far people will go to keep a secret, and who they will betray. She must work quickly to uncover the answers before a second victim dies. Will this case prove too difficult for Anna Sweet? Or will she put the clues together in time to outsmart a killer who has everything to lose? This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

Brenda Chapman (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life

How to Love the Difficult People in Your Life Most of us know someone who, for whatever reason, always seems to cause problems, irritate others, or incite conflict. Often, these people are a part of our daily lives. The truth is that these trouble makers haven’t necessarily asked to be this way. Sometimes we need to learn new approaches to deal with people who are harder to get along with or love. How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love Difficult People in Your Life, explains that making peace with others isn’t as tough or terrible as we think it is–especially when you can use an adorable animal analogy and apply it to real-life problems. How to Hug a Porcupine provides tips for calming the quills of parents, children, siblings, strangers, and other prickly people you may encounter. Among other tips, How to Hug a Porcupine includes: *Three easy ways to end an argument *How to spot the porcupine in others *How to spot the porcupine in ourselves With a foreword by noted psychotherapist Dr. Debbie Ellis, widow of Dr. Albert Ellis, How to Hug a Porcupine is a truly special book.

Dr Debbie Joffe Ellils, Sean Smith (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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Once in a Blue Moon

Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are sisters who have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care. Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her. Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family. “A touching story with wide appeal, Goudge’s novel is a sharp example of dysfunctional family fiction.”--Publishers Weekly

Eileen Goudge (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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There’s Something about St. Tropez

Five international vacationers, strangers to each other, misfits running from their daily lives, are brought together at the same small seaside Hotel of Dreams by a rental scam, an international art heist, passion, murder, and a haunting. It had seemed like the perfect getaway for Malibu’s famous TV private investigator, Mac Reilly and his girlfriend/partner, Sunny Alvarez, along with his three-legged, one-eyed rescue dog Pirate, and her snippy three-pound fiend on four paws, the chihuahua, Tesoro. But now they find themselves having to sort out the misfits’ lives, including two lonely children on the trail of the mystery, solve crime, and a murder, all against the sunny, glamorous backdrop of St. Tropez. “Like her previous Mac Reilly mystery, One of Those Malibu Nights, Adler’s latest is filled with colorful characters and spicy skulduggery.”--Booklist

Elizabeth Adler (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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One of Those Malibu Nights

Mac Reilly is a PI with a penchant for lost causes. One night in Malibu, he comes to the rescue of a distraught woman holding a gun in the doorway of a fabulous beach house. When the woman disappears and the gun shows up in his car, Mac is pulled into a web of deception and lies. His quest to find her takes him from southern California to the beaches of Mexico to the streets of Rome and the countryside of France. All the while, one step behind an elusive murderer, and one step ahead of an actress who wants nothing more than to get lost.

Elizabeth Adler (Author), Julie Briskman (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Julie Briskman