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  • Chapter and Curse

  • Cambridge Bookshop Series, Book 1
  • By: Elizabeth Penney
  • Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Chapter and Curse

By: Elizabeth Penney
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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In Elizabeth Penney's Chapter and Curse, Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books...but when a poetry reading ends in murder, she must use her skills to crack the case.

Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, need a change. So when a letter arrives from Nina's Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England, requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.

Thomas Marlowe - Manuscripts and Folios, is one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and - unfortunately - customers can tell. When Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway. Determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet's college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop. But the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead - with Molly's great-aunt's knitting needle used as the murder weapon. While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder.

©2021 Elizabeth Penney (P)2021 Tantor
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Sweet and cozy

Just the right amount of interest level for a cozy read. It feels like a Hallmark movie in a book

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So so …

Started with a good premise but really didn’t take it anywhere. Not sure I will continue the series

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A Delightful Find

In this first-in-series, Librarian Molly Kimball moves from her native Vermont with her British mom to help revive the family's historic bookstore - the oldest bookstore in Cambridge. What ensues upon their arrival is the start of a beautiful cozy mystery series, complete with an amazing bookstore, welcoming relatives, estranged family members, new friends, the hint of romance, a touch of humor, old school rivalries, and the obligatory murder. Molly, her mom, and great-aunt handle it all with aplomb. These are wonderful characters with great world building and enticing stories.

The narrator does a great job with the various English voices and a decent job with Molly's American accent. I enjoyed listening.

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Cozy Cambridge Mystery

Charming mix of murder mystery and romance. Author does a great job of transporting us to a very charming, modern day Cambridge.

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Enjoyable

Nice first book in a new series. Although moving from America to England was fuss free (no visa woes) the story and characters were interesting . The mystery was a bit apparent. Will listen to the next in the series.

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Great setting and Story

Book lovers will enjoy this plot and characters. Cambridge is an ideal place for interesting happenings with historical as well as intellectual endeavors.

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Wasn't a bad listen

If the narrator had been better, I'm sure this would have been a better listen, I did figure out who did it before the ending, but all in all, it was a pleasant listen.

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Narrator needs work

The American accent is not great. Also, if the main character has an American accent when she speaks to other people, why does she have an English accent while telling her story?

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Very Poor Choice of Narrator

The protagonist/narrator in this novel is American, but the actual voice actor who narrates this book is British and does a very bad American accent (when she even remembers to do one). Aside from the poor narration, this barely qualifies as a mystery since it just revolves around the day to day lives of the characters in the story. Boring and bland.

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