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A Racing Murder

Ham Hill Murder Mysteries, Book 2

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A Racing Murder

By: Frances Evesham
Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
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The next thrilling Ham-Hill Murder Mystery from best-selling cosy crime author Frances Evesham.

A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death.

Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her beautiful grey racehorse, ‘Butterfly Charm’, thunders past the finishing post first at Wincanton Racecourse. She feels like the luckiest girl in the world.

But joy soon turns to despair as a stewards’ enquiry overturns the result and awards the race to her long-time rival, Alexandra Deacon.

When Alex is found dead in suspicious circumstances, a host of accusing eyes turn to Belinda and her distraught mother begs Adam Hennessy, her neighbour, retired police officer and publican, to help clear her daughter’s name.

As Adam,and local hotelier Imogen Bishop dig deep into the murky and powerful undercurrents of the horse racing world, they lay bare the lives and loves of local jockeys, grooms, trainers and owners.

They soon uncover a web of secrets hidden within the spectacular Somerset countryside as they strive to find the killer in time to prevent more murders.

A brand new cosy mystery series from the best-selling author of A Village Murder, perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Betty Rowlands and M.C. Beaton.

©2021 Frances Evesham (P)2021 Boldwood Books Ltd Cosy Fiction Mystery Exciting

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A brilliant glimpse into the cutthroat world of horse racing. There is action packed suspense in every chapter. A must listen during the colder months.

Very exviting

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An excellent easy to listen to audiobook. worthy 5*. Good plot and plenty of fun

Good

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...A not very gripping whodunnit with not very gripping characters (two donkeys excepted), so the perfect reading for people on holiday who like to read a chapter or two while stretched out on a deckchair or beside a swimming pool.

A rather low-powered narrative...

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Well read and nice easy listening. Great story I can get bored with some of these but not this one. Very good

Good story

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This book had a good story line, With an unpredictable outcome. Several interesting characters, with a bit of romance into the mix.

Enjoyable read

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An Enjoyable mystery that has enough to intrigue but filled with gratuitous violence. Would recommend this series of books.

And about to listen book 3

A gentle who dun it

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the author and the publishers editor seemed to know very little about national Hunt racing. the person in charge of the grooms it's known as the head lad not the head man.
the description of the race describes it as a chase short for steeplechase the obstacles the horses jump over are called fences but but in the description of the end of the race talks about jumping the last hurdle which are only jumped in hurdle races not chases.
the European beauty when she arrives at the meeting is is said to smooth her tight fitting skirt as she sits down but later treats the male members of the committee to a view of the cleavage at the front of her dress. did she change part way through the meeting?
I liked the story but found the plot and the character portrayal a little bit one dimensional. didn't enjoy as much as the previous novel

poorly researched and edited

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I enjoyed the 1st book so I gave this one a go. I wasn't disappointed. I found the characters were more developed, plot lines a bit confusing but enjoyable. The narration was excellent really brought the story alive. Looking forward to book 3.

Liked the 1st book so tried this one

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This is the second book set in Somerset and is a brilliant listen. More used to gritty crime novels, I really enjoyed the fact that yes, there are murders (!) but it isn’t graphic, no one swears, no sex & with characters who have come even more to life since the first book. The narrator is also perfect and I hope the author writes more in this series with Charlotte Strevens again doing a fabulous performance!

Very enjoyable second in series.

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The author clearly adores her native county and village going ons. The narrator was good, nice easy to listen to voice. However, I detected some casual racism with a reference to inscrutable Chinese and heavy drinking Irishman. Perhaps diversity was uncharted territory to this usually white wash type of novel.

cosy country murderer mystery

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