
Death al Dente
Food Lovers' Village Mystery Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Rebecca Mitchell
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By:
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Leslie Budewitz
The town of Jewel Bay, Montana - known as a Food Lovers' Village - is obsessed with homegrown and homemade Montana fare. So when Erin Murphy takes over her family's century-old general store, she turns it into a boutique market filled with local delicacies. But Erin's freshly booming business might go rotten when a former employee turns up dead.
Murphy's Mercantile, known as the Merc, has been a staple in Jewel Bay for over 100 years. To celebrate their recent makeover as a gourmet food market, Erin has organized a town festival, Festa di Pasta, featuring the culinary goods of Jewel Bay's finest - including her mother Fresca's delicious Italian specialties. But Erin's sweet success is soured when the shop's former manager, Claudette, is found dead behind the Merc on the Festa's opening night. With rival chef James Angelo stirring up rumors that Fresca's sauce recipes were stolen from Claudette, Erin's mother is under close scrutiny. Now Erin will have to hunt down some new suspects, or both her family and her store might wind up in hot water.
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Twists and Turns!
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Smart heroine with a good cat. Great town and retail setting.
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A few things stuck out while listenin though:
1) When the narrator speaks, she uses the same tone for all levels of excitement. This was rather odd when the main character was supposed to be yelling and she sounded monotone.
2) It was difficult at times to tell when the main character was participating in conversation or going through an internal monologue.
3) While I do know the title references a food term, the excessive food descriptions did not add must to the story. It got tiresome after a while, especially when the description was used just for the food a character was eating at that given time.
Decent overall but a couple issues
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The narrator/reader was not good unfortunately there are no different voices she is not providing anything to the story as a matter of fact she detects from it . Essentially this could've been done by a virtual reader which I am poor but she uses no different character tones nothing... she just read the book
Average story. Bad READER and I do mean reader
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She is so logical and follows the case with deductions
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Four and a half stars
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Murder Al Dente
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My first issue was that I didn’t particularly connect with the novel’s characters. I especially found Erin to be slightly narcissistic and pretentious; seemingly concerned more about the murder's effect on her business than on the actual victim. As a reader, it struck me the wrong way.
As for the actual plot, I felt that there wasn't a lot of action or investigation; a lot of the mystery aspect of the book appeared to take place inside Erin's head which was disappointing.
However, with that in mind, once the story did pick up in the last quarter and the ball started rolling, I did find that I started to enjoy myself a bit.
Additionally, in terms of the audiobook edition, the narration was average; nothing special, but was pleasant enough to listen to for the entirety of the novel.
Overall, I was somewhat let down by Death Al Dente, but I'm willing to give the series a second chance by reading/listening to the next book, Crime Rib.
Not my favourite cozy mystery
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I enjoy Leslie Budewitz books but will think twice if read by Rebecca Mitchell.
Buy the book and read it yourself. You will enjoy it far more.
Good story poorly delivered
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Great first in a series
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