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Murder at Hawthorn Cottage
- A Melissa Craig Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Meet Melissa: cat lover, caring mother… daring detective?
Melissa Craig is absolutely delighted with her new life in an old crumbling cottage, spending her days pruning the primroses and getting to know Binkie, the ginger cat next door. She only wishes she had made the move to the countryside sooner.
But when a knock at the door brings news of a shocking discovery, she suddenly finds herself thrown in to the middle of a baffling mystery: the bones of a young woman have been found in the woods just behind her new home.
Perhaps the little village of Upper Bembury is not as idyllic as it first seemed?
Strange phone calls in the night convince Melissa that the police are barking up completely the wrong tree, so she can’t resist doing a little digging of her own. From the bingo hall to the beauty salon and beyond, her search ruffles a few feathers and uncovers many of the village’s most scandalous secrets, but gets her no closer to finding the culprit.
The discovery of a tatty old photograph in a drawer is the final piece of the puzzle she needs, but as a newcomer in this close-knit community, does Melissa have what it takes to get to the bottom of this extraordinary murder mystery alone?
A joy to read! An absolutely unpausable whodunnit for fans of Agatha Christie, P.D. James and Faith Martin.
This book was previously published as A Little Gentle Sleuthing.
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- M RICHARDS
- 14-10-18
Another place to be.
I’ve enjoyed this beautifully narrated and highly descriptive story thoroughly both, whilst washing the car and in the gym. The time just flew by with a well paced and beautifully written, twisting tale that took me to another place.
Murder in the morning next!
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- fotini
- 22-11-18
Sadly disappointing
When I saw that this was the first of a series I was so pleased as I love following sleuths from one book to the next. It was sad for me, as I was totally uncaptivated by the characters and the story. I plodded on for quite some time and in the end had to give up as I simply didn't care what happened next. Obviously there are listeners who enjoy this story line but unfortunately I am not one of them
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- Truds
- 23-10-18
Oh so slow!
Frustratingly slow story line. I found the characters bland. The narrator frequently read in an over enunciated and dramatic manner where I found there to be nothing of suspense or significance in the story line requiring this. For me, this book was a waste of a credit.
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- Mr
- 22-09-18
A great story
Hi great story line. a star writer
you feel you could be there in the story
on to next book
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- B. M. Curry
- 16-01-19
Good story,
The storyline was good. I didn’t see the end coming. The narrators voice grated. Her normal narration of Melissa was good and a pleasant easy to listen to voice, but the voice she put on for the other characters male and female, young and old, all seemed a bit like a cackling witch.
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- Hetty
- 26-12-18
Disappointed
The book I feel had no real story to it. It just drifted along with odd clues here and there and a disappointing ending.
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- Jenny
- 30-03-19
Charming story spoiled by the narration.
I liked the story but struggled with the narration. It was touch and go as to whether I sent it back or not.
The narrator seems to want to end most of her sentences on an up note, rather than a normal English voice which ends sentences on a down note. I managed to get over this annoyance by speeding up the narration slightly which somehow reduced my irritation.
Whether I can stand going through this on the next book remains to be seen. Perhaps the narrator will have altered her narration to be less simpering.
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- Katherine
- 16-03-19
Really poor narration and unbelievable story
The narrator was awful, with poor intonation and everyone sounds like a bumpkin. The story was also frustrating as it didn’t hang together well with massive leaps of logic, poorly drawn characters who are unbelievable and cartoonish, and improbable story line. There is nothing ‘cozy’ about this story just annoying, the author swings from poetic imagery that doesn’t fit the style of story but would fit a Magnus opus and makes the story clunky to cliches that are like nails down a blackboard.
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- Alan clark
- 24-03-19
So slow
A good book to help you sleep a very week story line with an uninteresting reader
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- Diane Walmsley
- 26-02-19
excellent
thoroughly enjoyed the plot, superb narration which brought the characters to life making the tale even more believable
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