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Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody

Jane Darrowfield Series, Book 1

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Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody

By: Barbara Ross
Narrated by: Traci Odom
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Jane Darrowfield is a year into her retirement, and she's already traveled and planted a garden. She's organized her photos, her recipes, and her spices. The statistics suggest she has at least a few more decades ahead of her, so she better find something to do....

After Jane helps a friend with a sticky personal problem, word starts to spread around her bridge club - and then around all of West Cambridge, Massachusetts - that she's the go-to girl for situations that need discreet fixing. Soon she has her first paid assignment - the director of a 55-and-over condo community needs her to de-escalate hostilities among the residents. As Jane discovers after moving in for her undercover assignment, the mature set can be as immature as any high schoolers, and war is breaking out between cliques.

It seems she might make some progress - until one of the aging "popular kids" is bludgeoned to death with a golf club. And though the automatic sprinklers have washed away much of the evidence, Jane's on course to find out whodunit....

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Engaging Plot • Interesting Premise • Excellent Narration • Great Plot Twists • Humorous Story • Fun Reading
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Interesting premise, more mature sleuth with little or none of the cuteness of the usual cosy mystery. Looking forward to more books in the series

Enjoyable

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Busybody was a good title. Fun read in a different type of setting .narrator was good

Busybody is a different but good read. Enjoyed the

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Very enjoyable. Jane is very likeable and smart! Good with people and isn’t always getting in the way … like some. Story line was interesting and not so simple you knew by end of 1st chapter “who did it”
I see there are only2 books in series which is to bad … would be wonderful to spend more time with Jane!

Great cozy mystery‼️

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This story had an excellent plot! I really enjoyed it and the guilty person was a surprise. The ending, which was part of a subplot was also a surprise!! Read this book!

This was excellent!!

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From my perspective , this book seemed to have more possible realism than some other cozy mysteries I have read. I thought the character was realistic and did not change drastically during the story, which I really appreciate. There was intrigue and a pleasant amount of fun.

Fun!

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A very relatable main character and a fascinating setting. The characters have secrets, some juicier than others - “just like high school.”

Refreshing

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Jane Darrowfield is a fun and entertaining cozy mystery. The characters are engaging and the plot is interesting. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next book in this series.

Fun and Entertaining

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Based on the title, I wasn't sure I'd like Jane, but I did. She's actually not a busybody at all. She's intelligent, interesting, and believable.

The mystery itself is pretty good and held my interest. The various cliques of the suspects are a bit weird, but don't detract from the story.

The narration is excellent. It's amazing what a difference a professional actor makes to an audio book.

decent mystery, excellent narration

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So many great plot twists and it will you leaving guessing until the very end.

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The characters and story are wonderful. The narrator is great. I really enjoyed the pace and flow of the mystery. I definitely want to read more from this author.

Great Cozy Mystery

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