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A Murder in Time

Kendra Donovan Mysteries Series, Book 1

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A Murder in Time

By: Julie McElwain
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered, and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teammates.

While fleeing from an unexpected assassin herself, Kendra escapes into a stairwell that promises sanctuary but when she stumbles out again, she is in the same place - Aldrich Castle - but in a different time: 1815, to be exact.

Mistaken for a lady's maid hired to help with weekend guests, Kendra is forced to quickly adapt to the time period until she can figure out how she got there; and, more importantly, how to get back home. However, after the body of a young girl is found on the extensive grounds of the county estate, she starts to feel there's some purpose to her bizarre circumstances. Stripped of her 21st century tools, Kendra must use her wits alone in order to unmask a cunning madman.

©2016 Julie McElwain (P)2017 Tantor Detective Fantasy Fiction Historical Mystery Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Paranormal

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There really wasn't much time-traveling at all. She went back and stayed there. She used her expertise to solve the murders-mystery. A lot of forensics were involved. The plot was pretty good, but the male voices were just okay.

A lot of forensics

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I enjoyed the story started reading it first then transferred over to audio to finish it. Almost couldn't finish it due to the narrator's horrible interpretation of the mens voices. She did fine on the female reading but the male readings is bad enough to almost ruin the entire book. I won't be able to listen to the next one if she's reading it, I'll just have to put it on hold until I have time to do finish the book version.

Good story, annoying narration

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Cleverly plotted with a whodonit that keeps you guessing. Just enough history added to please fans of "light" historical fiction.

Just plain fun

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From a young age books became my world. My parents never cared what I read. I read everything from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux to Sweet Valley High/University by Frances Pascal to Les Miserable by Victor Hugo to The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansson to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee to Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark to the Fear Street Series by R.L. Stine. As an adult, especially when I became a librarian, my literary word expanded far past anything I could imagine. The first time I read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, my world turned upside down, as avid readers will know, with the thrill of a book series you wish you could forget just to turn around and read it for the first time again. This book combines the excitement of time travel with the murder mystery of novels set in current time and does it beautifully. Julie McElwain presents a captivating 19th century English countryside mystery that keeps you holding on until the last second. I read this book when it first came out. I found it on Audible a couple of days ago and decided to experience it in this format especially when I learned that the series continued past book three. I’m looking forward to listening to the entire series this week! Lucy Rayner, your narration is fantastic. You bring McElwain’s world to life!

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The storyline of this move quickly and was very entertaining. The reader did a great job with several different voices, and I have already downloaded the second book. However, the first few chapters had far too much cussing. In my opinion, anybody as intelligent as Kendra Donovan would not have used the F word so frequently.

Too Much Cussing

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Sometimes one person narration was rough- sometimes it is worth the investment in having other voices improves the story.

It’s ok to have additional actors

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Very well written, extremely entertaining and well worth waiting for the next book. Julie McElwain has the magic of writing engaging and exciting books. More PLEASE!

Fantastic Book

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This is a mix of fantasy historical fiction and mystery. Loved the story want to read more in the series.

Time traveling mystery

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Original if not complex heroine discovers she serves the society of her 4th Great Grandfather best !

Second life holds her hope

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Brilliant time travel story. Captivating from the start.
I loved the characters.
The narration was really bad, and I struggled in the beginning, but the story was too good to stop listening too.

Brilliant story poor narration

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