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Up Jumps the Devil

By: Margaret Maron
Narrated by: C.J. Critt
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Best-selling author Margaret Maron's colorful Deborah Knott mysteries crackle with sassy Southern dialogue and rural wisdom. In Up Jumps the Devil, fast-moving progress is threatening to forever destroy the leisurely, heart-warming pace of Colleton County, North Carolina. District Court Judge Deborah Knott sees trouble brewing when plans for a new interstate highway start pushing up property values. As her own relatives battle lifelong neighbors over selling farmland or holding out, Deborah finds herself calming the combatants with down-home wit, and sometimes, judicial decisions. But when the squabbles escalate to murder, Deborah is forced to search for the killer uncomfortably close to home.

Margaret Maron skillfully draws on her North Carolina roots to pen her well-crafted, suspenseful mysteries. Her creative talents have earned her the coveted Edgar, Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony Awards. Salt-of-the-earth characters, vivid with lilting, down-home humor and unwavering opinions, step from the pages when narrator C.J. Critt breathes life into them.

Don't miss the other books in the Deborah Knott mystery series.©1996 Margaret Maron Legal Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Exciting Witty Heartfelt Feel-Good

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"A winning tale of closeted skeletons and family feuds." (Library Journal)

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The series is getting better with every book. I liked the protagonist and her circle of extended family and colleagues. A nice summer listen.

Enjoyable

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I love the Debra Knott series... I thoroughly enjoy any book narrarated by CJ Critt.

Love the series

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Listening to this story brings back childhood memories for me. Running around my grand daddy's farm. I like the big family and how they help each other.

I enjoyed this story about country living.

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I particularly like this series because of the way it captures the "feel" of semi-rural North Carolina. C.J. Critt's narration adds to the slow southern feel (and the text makes it clear that a southern accent doesn't mean stupid). The mysteries are usually pretty easy to figure out, but the scenery along the way is lovely.

A lovely piece of North Carolina

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I loved this book, I have lived in the part of the world and it reminded me of so many things. Just a fun book, lovely humor and full of interesting people. Good mystery.

I loved this book.

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Would you listen to Up Jumps the Devil again? Why?

I am sure I will astheweb of the cvommunity is always a pleasure to revisit

What was one of the most memorable moments of Up Jumps the Devil?

The devious solution of the property problem solved of course by Kezzie Knott

Which character – as performed by C.J. Critt – was your favorite?

Kezzie Knott

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

no

Any additional comments?

The whole series is always a pleasure to revisit when I need a few hours of relaxing reading

Another great Judge Knott story

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I have read or listened to many of Maron's Deborah Knott mysteries. I tend to not like legal thrillers. Her mysteries are a brilliant exception. The most realistic presentation of lawyers and courtrooms in fiction and as a lawyer, I know. Enjoy

Love Deborah Knott

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A combination murder mystery and family drama, Up Jumps the Devil delivers the clearest image yet Deborah Knott's large and diverse family and background. The mystery is a bit of a yawn, and the narrative is a somewhat disjointed, but, if you are a Knott fan, you will delight in the details of her and her family's background. If you cotton to a more plot driven yarn, you may not be as satisfied. The narration is a bit stilted. In some places it seems Critt is injecting perkiness into her delivery of a sentence to cover her lack of understanding of its context. Her earlier Knott series performances were more satisfying.

Enjoyable Story, but not the narator's best work

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Still just a mediocre series but getting better each time, so I'm still keeping up with it to see if this trend continues. The truly saving factor is the narrator. She does a marvelous and captivating job. Makes even an average plot sound interesting.

Better

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I really enjoy Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries. The author really captures the people, and the Carolinas history.

Good mystery, Great characters.

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