Feel the Bern, Andrew Shaffer
Feel the Bern, Andrew Shaffer
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Feel the Bern
A Bernie Sanders Mystery

Author: Andrew Shaffer

Narrator: Mia Hutchinson Shaw

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2022

Synopsis

Who knew fighting for a living wage could be so deadly? Bernie Sanders and his Gen Z intern are drawn into a murder investigation in a small Vermont town in this hilarious spin on cozy mysteries from the New York Times bestselling author of Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery

Fall is bursting out all over Vermont, and while the rest of the Congress enjoys its recess, Senator Bernie Sanders has returned to his beloved home state for a weekend of events in Eagle Creek, “America’s #1 Leaf Peeping Destination.” It’s up to intern and Eagle Creek native Crash Robertson to keep the senator on schedule—and out of trouble.

Crash’s hopes for a quiet homecoming are dashed, however, when the lifeless body of a community banker with ties to “Big Maple” is found in Lake Champlain. While the sheriff’s department closes the case as an accident, a leaked autopsy indicates foul play…with a trail of syrup leading directly to one of the senator’s oldest friends. Bernie, taking a page from the cozy mysteries he’s addicted to, enlists Crash in a quest to uncover the killer’s true identity.

If Crash allows the senator to go too far off-script, it will be the end of her yet-to-begin political career. But as the suspect list grows to include a tech bro set on “disrupting” the maple syrup industry, struggling small-business owners, and even Crash’s own family, she realizes there’s more on the line than her own future. If the unlikely duo can’t solve the mystery of the Maple Murderer before they strike again, Bernie’s life-long fight for justice may come to an unplanned end.

About The Author

Andrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Obama Biden mysteries Hope Never Dies and Hope Rides Again, the presidential satire The Day of the Donald, and over a dozen other humorous works of genre fiction from mystery to horror. An Iowa native, Shaffer lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, novelist Tiffany Reisz.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai

Bernie and his Gen Z intern go on some adventures. There's murder and maple syrup! How Vermont! This isn't the best thing in the world, but if you're also an American millennial that desperately wanted Bernie to win the presidency, this may be for you.......more

Goodreads review by Mara

3.5 stars - very firmly tongue in cheek, I think this is just a fun take on incorporating real characters into the idyllic but treacherous small town world of a cozy mystery. I'm not sure this is something I'd want to read a lot of, but it was a fun palette cleanse of a read so I think all in all, s......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

I mean, there were some parts of this book that were a little TOO goofy, like Ben and Jerry or the almost-over-the-top spoofing of progressives and capitalists. But the really good stuff? It was *really* good. Bernie pursuing two elderly spinsters in a golf cart in a 23 mph chase through a small Ver......more

Goodreads review by Kristine

I really, really enjoyed this cosy mystery! Honestly, I had to get it because of the title and the cover, but I think the cosy mystery genre has grown on me! The book was witty, fun to read and very cosy indeed! I cannot wait for the next one already, for a little happy mystery reading, nothing too......more

Goodreads review by Pooja

When Crash, a new intern working for Bernie Sanders, accompanies her boss up to a small-town festival in Vermont, the last thing she expects is to discover a dead body – or that Bernie will insist on trying to solve the mystery. A few years ago I read Hope Never Dies, a comic mystery where Obama and......more

Quotes

“Hilarious . . . [A] fast paced, entertaining mystery . . . Bernie Sanders makes for a terrific sleuth. . . . I highly recommend this as a fun holiday gift for the Bernie-lover in your life.”—Doreen Sheridan, Criminal Element

“A fun frolic . . . Of course there are mitten references. And maple syrup ends up being central to the murder mystery. But there’s more to the senator’s spiel here than shallow reflections on his love-hate relationship with capitalism. . . . Shaffer weaves in a little subtext on modern frictions, and possibilities, in dialogue between local and state political participants and their Washington representation.”—T.E. Lyons, Leo Weekly

“Amusing . . . Shaffer cheerfully ties sprawling plot threads together with clever nods to Vermont and its Socialist senator. Readers will be eager for more.”—Publishers Weekly

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