The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

Jo Nichols, Jim Meskimen, Meg Price

eAudio - 2025

"Narrators [Meg] Price and [Jim] Meskimen's increasing playfulness with the characters and the twists and turns of the plot make this an enjoyable listening experience." — AudioFileThe perfect summer listen, full of charm and heart, in the vein of The Thursday Murder Club or Only Murders in the Building—but with a Southern California twist.Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about: Sophie, an anxious young playwright with a dark past; Hamilton, an agoraphobe who likes to overshare; Ocean, a queer sculptor raising two kids alone; the perfectionist Lily-Ann; and Nicholas, a finance bro who's hiding secrets.The tenants live contentedly in their doll-hou...se bungalows in Santa Barbara, just minutes from the beach, until their peace is shattered when Anthony, a quiet, hulking, but potentially violent ex-con moves in. Three weeks later, a dead body is... more