The audiobook of Drama Detective, the 5th Nicky and Noah mystery novel
by Joe Cosentino
performed by Griswold Addams
When I was a kid, I had terrible insomnia. Believe it or not, what finally cured me was reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I became absorbed with analyzing the clues, sifting through the red herrings, and marveling at the brilliant detective’s powers of deduction. Even at a young age, I suspected that Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson were more than roommates, which made reading the series even more fun. A vacation in England as an adult enabled me to walk the streets where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle no doubt thought up the series. I also got to see the statue of Sherlock Holmes in the flesh (or in the bronze).
As a kid, I was also a complete musical theatre nerd beginning with producing, writing, and directing mega-musicals in my neighbor’s garage. Our unsuspecting families were our captive (and I mean captive) audience members. Thankfully, instead of committing me, they supported my interests. After graduating from college, I became an actor in film, television, and theatre working opposite stars like Rosie O’Donnell, Bruce Willis, Jason Robards, and Holland Taylor. I also performed in a number of musicals onstage including in The Roar of the Greasepaint opposite Nathan Lane.
I combined my infatuation with Sherlock Holmes and musical theatre for the fifth Nicky and Noah mystery novel, where Nicky is directing and ultimately co-starring with his husband Noah as Holmes and Watson in a new musical Sherlock Holmes play at Treemeadow College prior to Broadway. Their department head and best friend, Martin Anderson (who I want to play if there’s a television series!), Martin’s husband Ruben, their office assistant Shayla, Nicky’s brother Tony, and Nicky and Noah’s son Taavi are also in the cast. Of course dead bodies begin falling over like hammy actors at a curtain call. Once again Nicky and Noah use their drama skills, including impersonating others in role-plays with the suspects, to figure out who is lowering the streetlamps on the actors before the handsome couple get half-baked on Baker Street.
For those of you who haven’t read or listened to the first four novels in the Nicky and Noah mystery series (and you should!), it is a gay cozy mystery comedy series, meaning the setting is warm and cozy, the clues and murders (and laughs) come fast and furious, and there are enough plot twists and turns and a surprise ending to keep the pages turning faster (as Nicky would say) than a closet gay politician in the back room of a gay bar during a blackout. At the center is a touching gay romance between Associate Professor of Directing Nicky Abbondanza and Assistant Professor of Acting Noah Oliver. As Nicky and Noah fall in love, I’ve heard the readers fall in love with them too. Reviewers called the series hysterically funny farce, Murder She Wrote meets Hart to Hart meets The Hardy Boys, and a captivating whodunit. Who am I to argue? One reviewer wrote they are the funniest books she’s ever read!
It is my great joy and pleasure to share that Drama Detective now joins the first four novels (Drama Queen, Drama Muscle, Drama Cruise, Drama Luau) as an audiobook. I’m thrilled to announce Griswold Addams, who narrated Drama Luau, is back as the narrator/performer of Drama Detective. As we witnessed in Drama Luau, Griswold has the perfect voice, comic timing, and sensibility to play Nicky Abbondanza. His myriad of entertaining character voices perfectly fit this series. Not to mention his acting chops and emotional intensity make him a perfect fit for this series.
So put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and coat, grab your pipe and program, and take your front row seat for the musical. Listen up. The game is afoot in the audiobook of Drama Detective!
Drama Detective (the 5th Nicky and Noah mystery)
a comedy/mystery/romance novel by Joe Cosentino
audiobook performed by Griswold Addams
Language: English
Cover Art & Design: Holly McCabe
Release date: September 17, 2021
Theatre professor Nicky Abbondanza is directing a Sherlock Holmes musical in a professional summer stock production at Treemeadow College, co-starring his husband and theatre professor colleague Noah Oliver as Dr. John Watson. When cast members begin toppling over like hammy actors at a curtain call, Nicky dons Holmes’ persona on stage and off. Once again Nicky and Noah will need to use their drama skills to figure out who is lowering the street lamps on the actors before the handsome couple get half-baked on Baker Street. You will be applauding and shouting Bravo for Joe Cosentino’s fast-paced, side-splittingly funny, edge-of-your-seat entertaining fifth novel in this delightful series. Curtain up, the game is afoot!
Bestselling author 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, Drama Pan; the Dreamspinner Press series: 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 and Holiday Tales from Fairyland, the Found At Last series: Finding Giorgio and Finding Armando, and the Player Piano Mysteries: The Player and The Player’s Encore; the Cozzi Cove series: Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, Cozzi Cove: New Beginnings, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings (NineStar Press); 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. Many of Joe’s books have received Favorite Book of the Month Awards and Rainbow Award Honorable Mentions.
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I enjoy gay detective stories. I have a whole collection in paperback. My husband will be most upset if I add to that collection as I often but them in paperback after reading as ebook. He is destined to be disappointed.
Straight detective series tend to have pandering fan service bromances, so I appreciate the integrity of true gay storylines!