Hello again, dear audiobooks friends! Today, I am happy to let you all know that The Case of the Absent Answers, the first short story in the Mickey McKinney: Boy Detective series from Ruby Fink targeting kids, teenagers, and those young at heart, is out now in audiobook format. The production is narrated by Hannah Edelson, it is one hour in duration, and it’s self-published by the author under her publishing imprint, Faux Fiction Audio.
I already listened to the audiobook, I love the characters, and my review will be live shortly.
Let’s take a look at the Publisher’s Summary, and after that, I will introduce you to our author and narrator.
“Mickie McKinney is Maple Ridge Middle School’s one and only private detective. (Not that anyone else wants the job). So when the new girl is accused of stealing the history test answers, Mickie is the only one who suspects there might be someone else behind the crime. With the help of an orange smudge, the school’s mad scientist, and wisdom of his late father, Mickie is willing to follow the clues and unmask the true culprit…except the new girl doesn’t want his help.”
R.L. Fink, (otherwise known as
Ruby Lucille Fink), grew up in Topanga, California as the eldest of three. An avid listener, then reader of detective stories,
Ruby spent her evenings devouring the pages of Nancy Drew, Trixie Beldon, Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown and Sammy Keyes, with a mix of Harry Potter, Redwall, Artemis Fowl, Chronicles of Narnia and Eragon thrown in for variety.
The only thing better than writing novels would have been to become a character in one. But since that never happened, Ruby chose to write Mickie McKinney: Boy Detective, a series based on a middle school experience that never happened, but would’ve been fun if it did, with a bizarre group of friends that never existed, but would’ve been fun if they had.
Ruby studied Film Production at Chapman University’s Dodge College, with a minor in Narrative and Dramatic Literature. She has enjoyed producing many audiobooks over the last several years, and manages a small staff of freelance illustrators, audio engineers, and voice actors, who make up the close-knit group that is
Faux Fiction Audio. You can find more about
Ruby on her
website, or on
Facebook.
Also, if you want to lear more about Faux Fiction Audio – it was founded in 2015 by Ruby Fink in the process of creating the audio production, Mickie McKinney: Boy Detective. The high-quality production and talented cast of voice actors quickly caught the attention of the independent author community.
Besides the twelve episodes of Mickie McKinney, from 2016 on, Faux Fiction Audio produced The Adventures of Ossian MacBradaigh, The Secret of Cyber Space Farm, Anarchy, In a Heartbeat: The Ups and Downs of Life with Atrial Fib, Making Sense of Life, Superguy, Navigating the Code and Wild Blue Yonder. Making the podcast Mickie McKinney: Boy Detective into an audiobook series is a passion project, and one that is long overdue.
Narrator
Hannah Edelson is over the moon to be lending her voice to the first thrilling adventure of Mickey McKinney. A Portland-based voice and theatre actor, she has voiced several audiobooks including In A Heartbeat, SuperGuy, Wild Blue Yonder and Anarchy, and has directed and appeared in shows all over the Portland theatre scene since 2016.
Favorite stage roles include Sarah in Belfast Girls and Jenny in Nesting: Vacancy. When not on stage, she can be found singing and hiking around the Pacific Northwest in search of life’s small adventures.
I really recommend that you check out this new audiobook and don’t forget, always listen with your heart.
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