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Dead Man’s Pose by Susan Rogers & John Roosen is a Celebrate Audiobook Month pick #mystery #romanticthriller #audiobooks #giveaway



Title:  Dead Man’s Pose

 

Authors:  Susan Rogers & John Roosen

 

Voice Actor/Narrator: Rupert Degas

 

Genre:  Mystery, Suspense Thriller, Romance, Humour

 

Book Blurb:

 

Dead Man’s Pose is a tension-reliever in yoga. Not this time!

 

A spirited yoga teacher teams up with a dark horse partner (determined to right wrongs); and together they seek closure on the sudden and mysterious death of a friend.

 

Throw in a cast of quirky characters that includes a savvy outback detective, an eccentric academic, a highly observant (but sight-challenged) witness, an exotic hairdresser, a Falstaffian nomad, crooked officials, and assorted mob thugs.

 

Stoke up the heat between the investigators.  Fire up Ric’s wry humour and slide in Elaina’s smart dialogue, while they both tumble into chase scenes to avoid sharks, cruise through a darkened saloon and conduct late-night spying on a ‘high roller’ that floats.

 

Want to travel to Sydney? It is one of the world’s most picturesque cities.  You’ll discover it also has sleazy backstreets and a gummy web of intrigue.  While bellying up to the bar, drink in the fiery cocktail mix of Dead Man’s Pose.

 

It’s a jigger of Agatha Christie’s compelling plotline; adding two parts of mystery to the murder; shake in the backdrop of Sydney, Australia as another character. Garnish with the mood and tempo of a Michael Connelly’s clue-packed charge. Dead Man’s Pose has all the classic hallmarks of a whodunit genre … But presented as a gin fizz romantic mystery … with extra fizz.

 

Your Dead Man’s Pose eBook is just a click away. Hungry for more? Dead Man’s Pose is also available as an award-winning audiobook. Second in the series is Cobra Pose – available as an eBook and award-winning audiobook. The third in the series is Tree Pose which is located in the dark shadows of Tasmania and now available as an ebook and audiobook!

 

Audiobook Clip:

 

 

Just click the link to audible.com and select the sample on the page.

 

Buy Links (including Goodreads and BookBub):

 

 

Do you listen to audiobooks? Do you have a favorite? If you don’t listen to audiobooks, is there a particular reason why not?

 

We love listening to audiobooks.  Especially when we’re traveling.  Whether we are flying, traveling by train, car or sailing, listening to audiobooks expands your imagination of the story.

 

While, raising our children we selected adventure-suspense audiobooks, and listened in the car on long drives. One our favorites was Where Eagles Dare by Alistair Maclean.  The children would continually ask us “Couldn’t you go around the block one more time so we can hear the end?” And of course we did.

 

We also love period audiobooks involving history and great events that have occurred.  An Audiobook can transport a listener to another place, another time or another adventure.

 

What makes this [SERIES] a must-listen audiobook?

 

All the books in the Yoga Mat Mysteries series were specifically written to be listened to.  We always thought we were writing for audiobooks.  We can hear the voices in our heads as we are writing.  And we read the book over and over to each other to get it sounding just right. 

 

We think each of the audiobooks have just the right mix between the storyline and the performance that we are always aiming to achieve.  We want the listener to be there in Sydney, or Brisbane or Tasmania with Ric and Elaina. We’ve travelled to each local to ground-truth everything. We are keen to make the list sound as real as possible.

 

While the books are one form of the story and engages the reader on a certain level, audiobooks provide a different perspective when read out loud.  We have combined a specialized style with our word selection and placement and sound is essential to telling the story whether it is read or listened to.

 

We spent a year searching for our narrator.  And in a great irony, we found him in Sydney … the setting of our first book. Our narrator is a world renowned award winning voice actor. He breathes life into our stories in a different way.  We combine his talent with our specialised genre of crime noir incorporating thrills, suspense, and romance liberally sprinkled with humour, irony and history and we stoke the fire of your imagination.

 

We ask that you “lose yourself in our stories, get to know our characters, prepare to be entertained, travel to another place for a while. Come to the world of make-believe, to believe in afternoons of delight and evenings of being enchanted.”

 

What makes [DEAD MAN’S POSE] a must-listen audiobook?

 

We were blown away when we won an Earphone Award from the Prestigious AudioFile.  This is the premier reviewer of audiobooks … on the planet.  The Earphones award was given in the category of Mystery and Suspense. The Dead man’s Pose Audiobook “is ideal since conversations and evocative descriptions abound in this quirky new series.” The award is given by AudioFile for truly exceptional titles that excel in voice, narrative and style, characterizations, suitability to audio and enhancement of the text (Winner of  AudioFile Ear[phones Award © AudioFile 2023)

 

Later in the year, Dead Man’s Pose additionally won AudioFile’s Best of 2023 in Mystery and Suspense.  This is a special award given to Audiobooks that excel not only in the storyline but the technical qualities of producing an audiobook. The competition for the Best of 2023 is an international award that few audiobook producers ever receive.

 

Below is a podcast link describing why AudioFile liked this audiobook so much.

 

PODCAST

 

 

You want a trip to Sydney? Want to find some interesting and quirky characters to hang out with?  Want to watch a budding romance between a solicitor turning yoga instructor and …well, a mysterious man with a hidden past?  This is the audiobook for you. You will feel like you are there … and you’ll want to listen again … and again.

 

Giveaway –

 

One lucky reader will win a $50 Amazon gift card.

 

 

Open internationally.

 

Runs June 1 – 30, 2024

 

Drawing will be held on July 2, 2024. 

 

Authors Biographies:

 

About the Author – John

 

John Roosen started his career as a biologist, served as a commissioned naval officer, a designated law enforcement officer, and environmental emergency specialist in the United States. He has lived and worked in Australasia, Antarctica and the Middle East. At a moment’s notice, he would respond to chemical and refinery plant explosions, deal with rocket fuel plant meltdowns and dismantle illegal drug labs.  John worked in the Middle East on a number of projects in Iraq, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and several conflict zones and other locations.  As a change-up, John switched careers to chasing pirates and dueling with a con artist extraordinaire on a remote South Pacific island as the Commissioner of Maritime Affairs. In between, he organised jungle expeditions and deep-sea scuba diving. However, John’s experience extends beyond responding to cataclysmic disasters and includes mastering the intricacies of making soufflé omelettes without burning the edges.

 

About the Author – Susan

 

Susan Rogers already knew she was a writer at age six, but as an adult she took a major detour in becoming a commissioned naval officer and a designated law enforcement officer. She has conducted sting operations, run extensive weapons training programs and directed the restoration of a Presidential yacht. In between, she has written a number of  books. Susan’s work has taken her into  government operations in the United States, Australasia, the South Pacific and the Middle East.  She has  run health and safety operations for multi-billion-dollar projects in Abu Dhabi and worked for engineering and environmental firms in the Middle East on projects across the region.  She also  revamped a South Pacific maritime service with responsibilities for local trade vessels and an international fleet servicing the maritime industry. Susan continues to write: whether braced against the hull of a sailing vessel on a hard tack, during a crossing of the Middle East’s empty quarter in a Mini, or bouncing around in a troop carrier in Australia’s outback. 

 

After writing Surviving Paradise about their life in the South Pacific, John and Susan created the concept of their mystery series. Dead Man’s Pose is first in the Yoga Mat Mysteries’ line-up, with Cobra Pose as the second in the YMM series, and Tree Pose third in the series is online. Warrior Pose is being developed now.

 

Narrator Biography

 

Rupert Degas is an award-winning voice actor with more than 25 years’ experience spanning advertising, animation, audiobooks, commercials, promos, cartoons, film, TV, and corporate content. He is a sought-after voice actor who combines his acting talent with his unique ability for character voices, mimicry and celebrity impressions.

 

Rupert began his career in the UK dubbing films as apprentice to ‘the man of a thousand voices’. As an actor, Rupert has appeared on stage and screen, most notably in the West End productions of Stones in his Pockets and The 39 Steps, for which he and his fellow cast members won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy.

 

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