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A Simple Mistake

Deadly Mistakes, Book 1

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A Simple Mistake

By: Alice Winters
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
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Liam

Weirdly, people don’t react overly well when you’re caught standing over the dead body of a murderer who’d walked free.

It’s not that I thought my fellow homicide detective would rejoice when he saw what I’d done, but is a pat on the back too much to ask for? Maybe a gold star at the very least?

The problem is that the person who caught me is Gabriel, the only person I care for and adore… and he’s prepared to look the other way if I leave homicide and promise to never kill again. Yet when Gabriel gets taken by a serial killer, there’s absolutely no way I can sit back while this parasite takes what is mine.

But what the killer doesn’t know is that I’m coming for him and that I would destroy the world to keep Gabriel safe. After all, who could hunt a serial killer better than another one?

Gabriel

Drawing Liam back into homicide is the last thing I thought I’d ever do, but the killer is picking off my fellow detectives, and the only way we’re going to make it out of this is with Liam heading the case (even if there’s one—or five—coworkers he’d rather not save).

Liam is smart, sarcastic, and the most dangerous man I’ve ever met, and yet I can’t look away—even if he calls my adorable cat Lucy Fur. No one has any idea just how far Liam will go for me, especially not the killer, who won’t realize until too late that the prey he hunts is actually a predator.

©2025 Alice Winters (P)2025 Alice Winters
Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Romance Cats Detective

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A darker side of Alice

If Leland being a retired assassin in the Hitman books was too lightweight for you, meet Liam, a homicide detective who is an avenging Dexter on the side.

Alice Winters turns the zaniness way, way down for this surprisingly sober, often dark story about murder, secrets, betrayal, and trust. Definitely don’t want to give anything away, so just be prepared for a book that is a bit macabre and loaded with twists.

PS - Greg B gives a master class in narration on this one. Top notch work.

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OMG!

I love Alice Winters but this book is literally the best!!! Very morally grey hero gets the sweet golden retriever guy? YES please.

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LOVED THIS!!

Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. Wow!
I love Liam, one of the MC. His humor, sarcasm, and deviant heart is strangely likable. Plus Gabriel is a good counterpart to his personality. Greg Boudreaux, as always, did spectacular narration. Another good Alice Winters story. Highly recommend.

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Another Winner!

Alice Winters does it again! Alice is one of those authors you want to write story after story about the characters she already has because you love them so much, instead of introducing new characters. Yet every time she writes new characters you instantly fall in love with them and they’re added to the list of characters you can’t wait for her to write another book about. Liam and Gabriel are already on that list for me. Their story is sweet, suspenseful, hilarious, sad, and romantic in a “I’ll destroy anyone to keep you safe” way. I loved that Gabriel really struggled with the person Liam is throughout the book instead of just accepting the things he found out Liam had done. Gabriel is a caring person with a sweet personality who sees the best in everyone. Liam doesn’t care about anyone or anything but Gabriel, and is willing to burn the world down for him. There’s murder and manipulation throughout the book and the perpetrators take you by surprise. Greg Boudreaux does a stellar job narrating. He really made Liam and Gabriel’s personalities stand out and amped up the suspenseful parts of the book. I highly recommend you read or listen, or both!

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New Favorite Murder Baby

I love this book. It's basically Dexter, but make it gay. Liam is a new favorite character. It was really interesting how we kept jumping around in time. The parts with Liam's backstory are so hard and sad to listen to. Get this book, you won't regret it.

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This was Fantastic…

But I thought I would offer a bit of a disclaimer. This title is a little more serious than most of Alice Winters’ other works; its tone is reminiscent of her earliest works. Again, an excellent listen, but if you’re expecting another Hitman’s Guide, this is not it.
I love the both main characters and the conflict Gabriel feels over wanting him. Liam is very interesting and is so sweet to Gabriel. I mean he’s definitely one of those “hot in a book scary irl” types but it *is* a book. Lucille (the cat) has a wonderfully accurate personality and her feud with Liam is quite entertaining. The mystery itself is good too, probably Winters’ best that I can think of.
Overall, 10/10, very excited for the sequel :)

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Romance and humor

Love everything by Alice Winters and Greg Boudreaux . They’re amazing together. Automatic buy for me

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Outstanding!!👏

This is a fantastic story. well written, with great character development and detail. The narration is absolutely perfect. Greg Boudreaux did a wonderful job bringing this story and all of the characters to life. Bravo!!!!👏👏
Murder mystery romance without all the screwing scenes. A nail bitter that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Throw in a CrAzY cat and this is one outstanding book.👏❤👏😺

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Awesome

This book was funny and a great listen I couldn’t stop listening the characters banter was hilarious 😆

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The perfect ratio

As always, Alice has the perfect ratio of suspense, romance, heartbreak of traumas past and deadpan humor with a pinch of 🌶️ to keep things interesting. Dickish grump ready to tear the world apart to keep his sunshiny love safe. And of course there’s Lucy Fur. An amazing book deserves an amazing performance and Greg Boudreaux certainly delivers that.

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