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  • Murder in a Teacup

  • Tea by the Sea Mysteries, Book 2
  • By: Vicki Delany
  • Narrated by: Shaina Summerville
  • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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Murder in a Teacup

By: Vicki Delany
Narrated by: Shaina Summerville
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Publisher's summary

National best-selling author Vicki Delany's delightful Tea by the Sea mystery series continues, as Cape Cod tearoom proprietress and part-time sleuth Lily Roberts stirs up trouble when she unwittingly serves one of her grandmother's B&B guests a deadly cup of tea....

Lily has her work cut out for her when a visit from her grandmother Rose's dear friend Sandra McHenry turns into an unexpected - and unpleasant - McHenry family reunion. The squabbling boils over, and soon Tea by the Sea's serene afternoon service resembles the proverbial tempest in a teapot. Somehow, Lily and her tearoom survive the storm, and Sandra's bickering brethren finally retreat to Rose's B&B. But later that evening, a member of their party - curmudgeonly Ed French - dies from an apparent poisoning, and suddenly Tea by the Sea is both scene and suspect in a murder investigation!

Mercifully, none of the other guests fall ill. So it seems, amid the whining and dining, someone snuck up to one of Lily's cherished teapots and fatally spiked Ed's bespoke brew, but who? Was it Ed's long-estranged sister-in-law? Or perhaps the family's feuds have been steeping for longer than anyone realizes? It's up to Lily, Rose, and their friends to get to the bottom of the poisoned pot and bag the real culprit behind the kettle murder plot.

©2021 Vicki Delany (P)2021 Tantor
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Great story…

But I’d prefer a different narrator. Sometimes a narrator just Isn’t right for a book. But the story itself is so much fun! I figured it out but not until close to the end.

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The narrator from the first book in the series was so much better

I thoroughly enjoyed book one from the series however, the narrator from book 2, changed the identity of the characters. It went from an idyllic Cape Cod setting to Something that was difficult to listen to.

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Great story…HORRIBLE voiceover actor!!

The storyline was engaging and the mystery kept me thinking. The voice over actor who read the book, Shaina Summerville was absolutely awful. Her male voices were ridiculous and she constantly sounds like an old P.I show. Not authentic and very unenjoyable.

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love tea

The narrator isn't one I enjoy listening to. Her voice /performance were a distraction. Otherwise, an enjoyable book.

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get a new reader

The reader was not good. Jer English accent was horrible especially when reading the main male character. She had a weird way of adding another syllable to the ending word in a sentence or question. it was very annoying.

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Atrocious Narrator

I really liked the first book in the series and the narrator was great. Unfortunately, the narrator for the 2nd book was different and so bad I can’t even finish the book. There are so many great narrators out there so I have no idea what happened.

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Narrator is disappointing.

Can't listen to the book because the narration is poorly done. The story is great, I'm disappointed it is ruined by the narrator.

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Good story, poor performance

The performer for the first book in this series was outstanding. The performer for this book, Murder in a Teacup, really missed the mark. Rose, the English grandmother, sounds constipated! Her British accent is way off, and the pronunciation of many words makes her sound like she's from the South (U.S.). The gardener also sounds....stifled? Very inauthentic. Not sure I'll finish listening to this book.

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Skip the Audible

I always enjoy tea themed mysteries but I struggled to get through the Audible for the book. For me, the narrator wasn't a good fit. Between the constant, "I said, she said, and he said," the vocal pitch of the narractor, and the accent used for the characters, which sounded unnatural, I was so distracted that it has taken me months to finish. I will purchase the author's next book in the series but in paper or Kindle format only.

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Great story, Not so good narration.

The story did not disappoint. I loved the plot line, the setting, the characters.
But the voices were almost irritating.
I felt Lily and Bernie sounded so whiny. Bernie especially sounded like a little kid perpetually whining.
Rose kept changing her accent. The voices of Redman and Williams were over dramatized. The rest of the characters were just annoying.
Sorry but I felt it was a big difference between the first book and this one.

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