When young music teacher Andre Beaufort discovers an antique player piano in the basement of his apartment building, he is visited by the ghost of the original owner: a dapper and charismatic playboy from the Roaring Twenties, Freddy Birtwistle.
Andre has never seen a ghost and Freddy has never been one, so they get off to a rocky start. But when Andre finds his neighbor murdered on his doorstep, he and Freddy join forces to narrow the pool of suspects.
Soon Andre and Freddy discover that opposites attract, even if one’s alive and the other dead. Together these amateur detectives make an enticing team, and it’s a good thing too, because the first murder they solve together won’t be their last. But the real mystery isn’t just whodunit—it’s how a romance between a man and a ghost can have a happily ever after ending.
The Player contains two
stand-alone cozy murder mysteries, The City House and The Country House.
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Cat gives this one 4
Meows with a 1 Purr heat index...
This is another fun cozy
mystery series by Joe Cosentino. Actually, we get two treats in one book. The
first story City House sets up the story, introduces Andre and Freddy plus Andre’s
aunt not to mention the other tenants and suspects. The actual mystery is fun
with one dead body and Andre and Freddy trying to solve the case. With Freddy
not being able to leave his room though the story gets a tiny bit repetitive
since Andre does the snooping then goes back and relates it to Freddy.
I was very surprised at
the murderer in this one and had no clue.
Country House Andre goes on a trip to see Freddy’s house in the country and gets the music room to his delight has a player piano and he is able to bring Freddy into his room. Once again there is a murder and Freddy and Andre go about solving it.
The characters are all
interesting and fun, the story is fast-paced and fun and the mystery just enough
to keep you guessing. My only issue with this series is that Freddy rambles on
and on about all the past musicians and famous people and it gets a bit over
the top. A little is cute but in my opinion, there was just a touch more than
necessary to add the humor to the story.
If you like ghosts, cozy mystery,
and a sweet romance this is for you!
Joe Cosentino was voted
Favorite LGBT Mystery, Humorous, and Contemporary Author of the Year by the
readers of Divine Magazine for Drama Queen. He also wrote the other novels in
the Nicky and Noah mystery series: Drama Muscle, Drama Cruise, Drama Luau,
Drama Detective, Drama Fraternity, Drama Castle, Drama Dance, Drama Faerie,
Drama Runway, Drama Christmas; the Dreamspinner Press stories: In My Heart/An
Infatuation & A Shooting Star, the Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories: A Home
for the Holidays/The Perfect Gift/The First Noel, The Naked Prince and Other
Tales from Fairyland/Holiday Tales from Fairyland, Found At Last: Finding
Giorgio/Finding Armando, The Player Piano Mysteries: The Player/The Player’s
Encore; the Cozzi Cove series (NineStar Press): Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back,
Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, Cozzi Cove: New
Beginnings, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings; and the Jana Lane mysteries: Paper Doll,
Porcelain Doll, Satin Doll, China Doll, Rag Doll (The Wild Rose Press). He has
appeared in principal acting roles in film, television, and theatre, opposite
stars such as Bruce Willis, Rosie O’Donnell, Nathan Lane, Holland Taylor, and
Jason Robards. Joe is currently Chair of the Department/Professor at a college
in upstate New York, and he is happily married. Joe was voted 2nd Place
Favorite LGBT Author of the Year in Divine Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards,
and his books have received numerous Favorite Book of the Month Awards and
Rainbow Award Honorable Mentions.
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