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The Broken Spine

Beloved Bookroom Mystery Series, Book 1

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The Broken Spine

By: Dorothy St. James
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
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Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless "technological center". A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving heart so she decides to rescue hundreds of beloved tomes slated for the town dump. Under the cover of darkness, Tru, along with her best friends - coffee shop owner Tori Green and mysterious best-selling author Flossie Finnegan-Baker - set up a secret bookroom in the library's basement and prepare to open it to their most loyal, trustworthy patrons.

But as Tru and her crew are putting the finishing touches on their new book room, the town manager, who was behind the big push for the library's transformation, is crushed by an overturned shelf of DVDs. Tru becomes the prime suspect as she hadn't hid the fact that she hated having all of those wonderful books replaced by tablets and computers.

Tru knows she's in a heap of trouble, and it doesn't help that the officer in charge of the case is her old crush from high school, who broke her teenaged heart. To keep herself out of jail and her beloved bookroom up and running, Tru - with the help of Tori, Flossie, and a brown tabby stray cat named Dewey Decimal - decides to investigate.

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Characters are well-written and developed. Narrator is one of my favorites! Looking forward to the next in the series.

A great cozy!

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although I didn't love the story, I didn't hate it either. I might continue listening to the books in the series. I wasn't a very big fan of the narrator. she did an okay job but I did not like how she changed her voice so much for certain characters, especially male characters. I have listened to many other audiobooks and oftentimes the narrator will not change their voice so drastically to fit different characters. it is a narration of a book, not a TV show. The other things that kind of bothered me were were that the main character made a lot of assumptions throughout the book that had very little evidence to back them up, which kind of annoyed me. I want to be on the same page as the protagonist and I feel like I was not for half of this story and I was constantly feeling let down or not a big fan of the main character. And I also didn't really like how much emphasis was put on the fact that they were in a library or that they are librarians. there were a few times where I actually cringed because they would be in a very serious altercation and there would be comments from the main character like "don't yell. we're in a library" But in real world scenarios that would definitely be the case. people would be yelling because it's a very serious altercation. I feel like the author had to clarify the emphasis on librarians and being quiet in a library far too often in this book.
But otherwise it was an interesting story.

The story was interesting but some things prevent it from being a five star rating

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I loved everything about it, it was a great story, loved the characters and the storyline. I loved the library.

Great story

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I love the twists and turns I never suspected the guilty party.At first I guessed the older Librarian then I guessed Ann.

The Broken spine

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LOVED THIS FIRST IN A NEW MYSTERY SERIES. TRU, TORI, FLOSSIE, AND THE ARRAY OF CHARACTERS ARE GREAT. LOTS OF SECRETS, STORIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS AWAIT US. I JUST HOPE THE NEXT BOOK IS RELEASED SOON.
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EXCELLENT NEW COZY MYSTERY

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"The Broken Spine" was a totally enjoyable read/listen. The characters are easy to imagine and feel you know. The setting of the story is fun and comfortable. The plot was excellently covered and kept you interested until the end.

Allyson Ryan, the narrator, thank you for a wonder job. You presented the story perfectly.

I will be buying book 2

FUN READ--I WILL BUY BK 2

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1. Pronunciation of the word “library” by the narrator.
The word was used so much - too much to be mispronounced!

2. The storyline was an interesting one.

3. Adequate character development .

4. I would listen/read more of this series.

An okay to good listen

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I loved the fact that this mystery kept me guessing and the main character didn’t know everything. The cat was full of personality.

The characters were very cleaver and well rounded.

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I really really loved this book. I was a fun and cozy listen and the narrator did an fantastic job. I’ll admit the FMC got on my nerves at times especially her inner monologue and the rush to accuse those close to her but the book was fun, funny and kept me wanting more

Fun cozy mystery

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This one keeps your interest and you’ll be guessing throughout. Several characters to keep the storyline interesting.

Intriguing cozy mystery

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