Kelly Garland
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The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
- A Novel
- By: C.L. Miller
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English hometown, but when she receives a letter from Arthur asking her to investigate—sent just days before his death—Freya has no choice but to return to a life she had sworn to leave behind.
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So disappointing
- By Kelly Garland on 03-19-24
- The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
- A Novel
- By: C.L. Miller
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
So disappointing
Reviewed: 03-19-24
I’ll bet Emilia Fox wishes she’d demanded a bonus every time she had to read “the hunt”. Honestly, they seem to have been used at least once in each paragraph of this story.
Worse than that is the lackluster story behind the words. It had such promise: murder, mystery, antiques- what’s not to love? I wish I had. Alas, I could not finish even 19 of the 57 chapters. The final straw was Ms Fox ( who I really like and often look for as narrator) giving one character’s “soft accent of someone from the (American) South” the old Deliverance white trash treatment. Whhutt urr yoo dooin heehr? Too much for me. Returning.
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Something in the Heir
- A Novel
- By: Suzanne Enoch
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Emmeline and William Pershing have enjoyed a perfectly convenient marriage for eight years. Their relationship is a seamless blend of their talents and goals. They’ve settled into separate, well-ordered lives beneath the same roof, and are content to stay that way―or so Emmeline thinks. And if William has secretly longed for a bit more from the woman he adores, he’s managed to be content with her supreme skills as a hostess and planner, which has helped him advance his career.
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A True Delight!
- By Tinabelle on 10-09-22
- Something in the Heir
- A Novel
- By: Suzanne Enoch
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
Delightful!
Reviewed: 01-12-23
A romp- an entirely enjoyable, ingeniously thought out romp! I’d love to hear from these characters again
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Cruel Candy
- The Cozy Corgi Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Mildred Abbott
- Narrated by: Angie Hickman
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Winifred Page and her corgi, Watson, move to Estes Park to hit the reset button on life. Fred is about to open her dream bookshop, and the only challenges she anticipates are adjusting to small-town life, tourists, and living close to her loveable mother, Phyllis, and hippy stepfather, Barry. When Fred steps into her soon-to-be-bookshop for the first time, she expects dust bunnies and spiders...not the dead body in the upstairs kitchen. The local police have an easy suspect - Barry.
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- By Debbie Showalter on 06-27-22
- Cruel Candy
- The Cozy Corgi Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Mildred Abbott
- Narrated by: Angie Hickman
Cute cozy. Narrated, apparently, by a baby
Reviewed: 05-21-22
The story was pretty good, modern elements plugged into tried and true mm formula. Mostly likable characters. But that baby voice. Idk if I can get through more installments if all read by this narrator. Everyone is a baby, except for Lois, an older character who sounds like the Wicked Witch from Oz. One other thing: More Watson, please, if I am to endure the lisping toddler voice.
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A Side of Murder
- A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery, Book 1
- By: Amy Pershing
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Samantha Barnes was always a foodie. And when the CIA (that’s the Culinary Institute of America) came calling, she happily traded in Cape Cod for the Big Apple. But then the rising young chef’s clash with another chef (her ex!) boils over and goes viral. So when Sam inherits a house on the Cape and lands a job writing restaurant reviews, it seems like the perfect pairing. What could go wrong? Well, as it turns out, a lot.
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Enjoyed! Except for the perplexing ageism
- By Kelly Garland on 05-13-22
- A Side of Murder
- A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery, Book 1
- By: Amy Pershing
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
Enjoyed! Except for the perplexing ageism
Reviewed: 05-13-22
I love this MC- she is smart, snarky funny without being the least obnoxious, optimistic, and just all around likable. I’d love to have her as a friend. The story was cleverly plotted, with little twists and surprises throughout. I look very much forward to future installments.
However, regarding the cellphone use and resulting savvy of persons in their 50s-60s, this author is remarkably out of touch. LIGHTWEIGHT SPOILERS: One character asks of someone, “would she even know how to send a photo from her phone? She must be about 60”. Child, please. And another over-50 consistently refers to a cellphone as a mobile cellular telephone or device, and mentions not knowing how to charge one. What? How does Ms Pershing imagine that those over 30 communicate with others or function at all in today’s world? Ridiculous- and insulting. Wise up please.
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A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.
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I wanted to like this so much.
- By BossyFatBabe on 06-23-20
- A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
Needs a more scrupulous editor, but ok
Reviewed: 03-09-22
This would have been much more cohesive- and enjoyable- had it had 45 mins or so lopped off. The protraction of the storyline gave too much opportunity for the protagonist to become obnoxious. What a know it all she is. With repetition, what she imagines is assertiveness on her part comes off as abrasiveness.
Another editor might have noted the several jarring. anachronisms in dialogue also. The rather proper English butler/valet says something is ‘way colder,’ the MC smarty pants uses the ‘NOT’ of modern sarcasm, and also ‘No way!’ Just as we would. As this story is set in the late 1910s, none of these terms would have been in use, of course.
The narrator is ok. Although somehow her inflections when voicing the MC serve to make her just the least bit more, well, grating.
I wanted to like this much more; I purchased 2 of the series during recent bogo; probably will not start the second.
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The Tomb of the Chatelaine
- A 1920s Country House Murder Mystery (Heathcliff Lennox, Book 6)
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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A suspicious accident, a dead man's gun and a lost tomb. Strange events disturb the peace of Lanscombe Park, the magnificent country seat of Lord Godolphin Sinclair....
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My prediction: Karen Baugh Menuhin’s work will become a classic mystery series
- By JAJ on 09-23-21
- The Tomb of the Chatelaine
- A 1920s Country House Murder Mystery (Heathcliff Lennox, Book 6)
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
I’m enjoying this series; however,
Reviewed: 03-06-22
I am inclined, I find, to despise a paragon, especially when a character’s beauty, intelligence, personal ethics, and magnanimity are all part of the incomparable package. Gag. So I was never going to be a fan of the Percy (Persephone) in this series. She even-and, of course- has a cool name. So *SPOILER OF A KIND* I am not happy that she is to be a large part of every installment. Likewise and more so, Lenox’s rhapsodizing about all the aforementioned virtues possessed by his heroine. It is just too much. More murder& sleuthing, please; less goo
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Murder at the Spring Ball
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates..., Book 1)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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England, 1925. After years shut away from the world, former detective Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall plans a grand ball to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. But when someone starts bumping off members of his scheming family, the old man enlists his teenage grandson to help find the killer, before one of them is next.
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Not that great
- By Julie on 01-23-22
- Murder at the Spring Ball
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates..., Book 1)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
Delightful!
Reviewed: 03-04-22
I think Christopher- not Chrissy!- might be my new favorite character. I am so happy I purchased this title, and am thrilled there is a second offering in the series. Hope for many more!
PS: Author Benedict Brown speaks briefly at the end of the recording, and I must say he sounds as likable as his protagonist!
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Murder at the Spring Ball
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates, Book 1)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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England, 1925. After years shut away from the world, former detective Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall plans a grand ball to celebrate his 75th birthday. But when someone starts bumping off members of his scheming family, the old man enlists his teenage grandson to help find the killer before one of them is next. The mismatched duo must pick the culprit from a gaggle of preening playboys, scatter-brained spinsters, and irate inspectors in this Agatha-Christie-style whodunnit that will have you racing to spot the killer.
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Not that great
- By Julie on 01-23-22
- Murder at the Spring Ball
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates, Book 1)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
Delightful!
Reviewed: 03-04-22
I think Christopher- not Chrissy!- might be my new favorite character. I am so happy I purchased this title, and am thrilled there is a second offering in the series. Hope for many more!
PS: Author Benedict Brown speaks briefly at the end of the recording, and I must say he sounds as likable as his protagonist!
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A Highland Christmas
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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In the dark, wintry highlands of Lochdubh, Scotland, where the local Calvinist element resists the secular trimmings of Christmas, the spirit of old Saint Nick is about as welcome as a flat tire on a deserted road. Nor is crime taking a holiday, as Constable Hamish Macbeth soon finds himself protecting an unhappy girl, unlocking the secrets of a frightened old woman, and retrieving some stolen holiday goods. Now the lanky lawman must use all his Highland charm and detective skills to make things right.
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Short & Sweet
- By RFRMAC on 12-14-15
- A Highland Christmas
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Lovely Christmas tale
Reviewed: 11-12-21
This is just a nice, sweet account of doing good and righting wrongs in the Scottish Highlands. Enough saltiness from MacBeth and others to level out the sweet, and a charming new character is introduced.
The only sour note for this listener is the intrusion of irritating, highly overrated Priscilla Hyphenated High Horse. Never could stand the woman.
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Must Love Dogs: A Howliday Tale
- The Must Love Dogs Series, Book 6
- By: Claire Cook
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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In the charming small beach town of Marshbury, Massachusetts, preschool teacher Sarah has the heartbreak of a messy divorce behind her and the promise of a second chance with John ahead. When she finds out that buying the family house also means hosting the holidays, her only goal is survival. They've got a house full of animals and a renovation in full throttle. Sarah's single and pregnant teaching assistant Polly is staying with them, too, as is her brother Johnny, whose marriage is on the rocks, and Sarah has just been made chair of the Bayberry Preschool holiday performance.
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Death by narration
- By Kelly Garland on 11-12-21
- Must Love Dogs: A Howliday Tale
- The Must Love Dogs Series, Book 6
- By: Claire Cook
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
Death by narration
Reviewed: 11-12-21
My hat’s off to any who make it through the parts of this book where the dad is speaking. Good lord. Don’t narrators have to audition??
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