Deadlines
A darkly cozy mystery with a killer twist.By Wynn Valentine
Length4h 58m
About this audiobook
Her death journal was supposed to be fiction—until the first body dropped.
Virginia Varnell is a librarian with a flair for vintage cardigans, macabre metaphors, and writing fictional death scenes in her secret journal. It’s how she decompresses—quietly imagining the most ironic ends for Ravenswood’s most irritating citizens. No one was ever supposed to actually die.
But when local developer Gerald Rutherford turns up dead in a scene that matches one of V’s entries—right down to the plaque and the scaffolding—her private hobby becomes a public scandal. Now the mayor (her uncle) wants her silenced, the town wants answers, and Detective Alex Stone is giving her a little too much suspicious side-eye… even if his broody scowl does pair nicely with murder investigations.
Armed with caffeine, cat hair, and Cleo—the library assistant turned true crime hype squad—V must clear her name before the killer strikes again. But someone is reading her journal. And worse…they might be writing back.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.8 (5)
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length4 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 12, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
1211. Charity for the Damned
21. A Death Most Hypothetical
1312. Stalked by the Scenario
32. Deadline Met
1413. Patterns in the Static
43. The Cat and the Cop
1514. Trapdoors and Triggers
54. Widow in White
1615. The Death She Didn’t Write
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65. The Fine Print
1716. The Librarian’s Last Chapter
76. Murder, She Ranted
1817. Filed Under Closure
87. The Assistant’s Agenda
1918. Bookmarks and Battle Scars
98. The Devil in the Drafts
2019. The Librarian, Uninterrupted
109. The Suspect You Know
2120. Check-Out
1110. Late Fees and Larceny
22Thank You!
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