It Runs in the Family (Iris Gardner Mystery #1) by Denise Grover Swank [Audiobook]

🎙🎙🎙 Narrated by Piper Goodeve 🎙🎙🎙

Description from Goodreads:

"Seeing the future is a questionable gift. Seeing your own murder? That’s a problem.

Iris Gardner has been dealing with psychic visions her whole life—a “gift” from the father she never met and a burden her chaotic Texas family loves to exploit. Working the graveyard shift at a Stop-n-Go in Chaffney, Texas, helps keep her away from most of the drama.

Until she sees herself dead.

When a dangerous stranger walks into her store, he triggers a vision of her own murder while her cousin Selena pleads for Iris’ life. But when the Iris tries to warn Selena, she discovers the

Selena is missing.

Iris has changed the future before, but she's never had to prevent her own murder. With a family who treats her visions like a party trick, rumors of a cartel moving into town, and a man who’s a little too interested in her, Iris must figure out who wants her dead—and why—before her vision becomes reality.

Because in her family, trouble doesn't just run in their blood. It runs them down."

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A great start to a new series

I haven't read or listened to anything by Denise Grover Swank before so I didn't really know what to expect when picking up It Runs in the Family, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

It is a great story with a clever concept and I really liked how it all played out. The characters are brilliant, especially Iris and her chaotic family. The narrator is spot on and really brings everyone to life and making this an easy listen.

While it was a little slow in the middle, overall it had a good pace that kept me hooked. I listened to it in my car and there were times when I was genuinely hoping for a traffic jam just so I could listen for a bit longer.

I am pleased it's the first in a series because I was left wondering what had happened to one of the characters, so hopefully they will be making an appearance in the future.

Thank you to the author, the publisher and NetGalley for enabling me to listen to and share my thoughts.

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