• Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball

  • By: Ashli St. Armant
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (366 ratings)

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Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball

By: Ashli St. Armant
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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Publisher's summary

It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, and Viva Durant, the young sleuth, is taking a break from mystery solving to celebrate with her family.

Paired up with her precocious pal Reece, Viva’s too busy navigating the daunting world of debutantes too get caught up in the unsolved cases of Crescent City.

But the festivities take a sharp turn when there’s a blackout at the Mardi Gras Ball—and Viva’s grandmother goes missing!

Join Viva as she zips through the streets of the French Quarter and the West Bank tracking big bucks and bad guys in her most personal caper yet.

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About the Creator

Ashli St. Armant is a vocalist, actor, writer, and arts educator based in Southern California. She is the founder of Leaping Lizards Music, a music and theater education program for students, TK-12. She is a professionally trained vocalist and actor who attended the Orange County High School of the Arts and holds a degree in Child Development from Saddleback College. Alongside teaching, writing, and raising her two sons, Ashli tours with her band, Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards, a jazz band for young audiences. Together they have produced four albums featured by NPR and L.A. Times, and have performed at numerous venues, including Lincoln Center and Sprout Network (NBC). Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball is Ashli’s third audiobook in the Viva Durant series.

About the Performer

Bahni Turpin is a Los Angeles-based actress with many television and film credits in addition to being an award winning narrator. She is honored to have been awarded an Audie for Best Female Narrator, 2015, Audible Narrator of the Year, 2016, and American Library Association’s Voice of Choice for 2017. In 2018, Bahni won best female narration again, and was also inducted into the Audible Hall of Fame. She is a two-time Odyssey Award winner, and was also named as one of Audiophile's Golden Voices for 2019.

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Unpredictable even for adults

This was listed as a selection for a younger audience, however, as an adult I found it to be interesting and an unpredictable mystery.

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Loved it 🥰

This might be a children’s book but it’s actually just a great story. As an adult, I loved it, and I have the complete series.
Hope there will be a book4.

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I think it was viva moving to new Orleans

I dislike the starting was kind of strange and that viva wasn’t like really sovlving the mystery

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Incredible

i had the whole day to listen to it. it was incredible and the story was so well structured. The classic mystery theme in my opinion was the best one yet.
I recommend this to people of all ages, and, well, enjoy!!!!!

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always enjoyable 😉 ☺️ 😄

I've love the lightness is all 3 of these books. very pleasant to listen to for the family on a car ride. I would love to see more books come out more often.

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love the reader

didn't care for all the background sounds of music, doors opening and closing distracting for me

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Fun Series

Love the New Orleans setting. The characters are fun and sometimes crazy. The mystery is a really well done.

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This was everything!!!

I love the latest in this series. The characters are irresistible and enthralling. The narration is impeccable. I can’t wait for the next one!!

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Adorable

I’m an adult and I chose this book not knowing it was for youth lol. I still loved it and plan on reading the rest of the series. So adorable and so cozy.

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Quite enjoyable!

I’m an adult listening to kids books because my daughter is pursuing a master’s degree in library science and needs opinions.
First, Bahni Turpin, the narrator, is phenomenal! I was so used to listening to autobiography’s narrated by the writer (usually monotone) that her work on this recording felt like a ray of sunshine! She seamlessly navigated the voices for the different characters so much so that, with the guidance of the talented writer, you could imagine their faces!
Speaking of the writing, incredible imagery and detail. I was easily able to follow along in my head and watch the “movie”. The storyline moves great at the beginning. It did slow up bit at the halfway point, but never got boring! I love the premise, it’s fun! As an adult reader, I had to question a couple of incidents. I have not read the first 2 books in the series, but the “mystery” was more “teen “ than I was expecting, then again, I have been out of the kids books loop for quite awhile. The overall story was definitely a young reader status. I enjoyed it.

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