Parrots Prove Deadly: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noire

· Blackstone Audio Inc. · Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
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Parrots will repeat anything. They don't talk sense—or do they? When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foulmouthed African gray after its owner's death, she can't help hearing the parrot's words as a replay of a murder scene. But the doctor on call scoffs at the idea, and the heirs just want their late mother's pet to stop cursing. The only other possible witnesses being an evasive aide, a blind neighbor, and a single-minded service dog, Pru is stuck with what may be a featherbrained theory. Even her crotchety tabby Wallis doesn't buy it, although Wallis would be more than willing to "interrogate" the bird up close. Meanwhile, Pru, the bad-girl animal psychic, is also called on to deal with drugs, jealousy, and a potential rabies outbreak.

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4.7
3 reviews
Janice Tangen
April 4, 2020
Pru is an animal behaviorist with an edge--she can telepathically connect with the animals! Humans are the tough stuff. She gets called in to clean up the language of a pet parrot whose long time owner has died. Was it as simple as the medical examiner thinks or did a beneficiary help things along? The characters certainly are and there is lots of situational and verbal humor to keep things going. Loved it! Tavia Gilbert always adds good things to her narrations. Bought on Chirp.
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Before turning to a life of crime (fiction), Clea Simon was a journalist. Starting as a rock critic, she ended up writing about books and other arts. A native of New York, she came to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, from which she graduated with high honors, and never left. The author of three nonfiction books and seven mysteries, she lives with her husband, the writer Jon S. Garelick, and their cat, Musetta.

Tavia Gilbert has recorded hundreds of titles across a wide span of genres, including Erica Spindler romantic thrillers, John Scalzi science fiction, Jeaniene Frost fantasy. She received four Audies nominations and won three Audiofile Earphones Awards for titles The Obituary Writer, Sing Them Home and The Day of the Pelican. In addition to voice acting, Gilbert is an accomplished producer, singer and theater actor.

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