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Body in Office
- Muddlebay Mysteries, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ben McGrath
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
The seaside can be murder!
Detective Sergeant Flynn Moran is on secondment from the Metropolitan Police in his home town of Muddlebay. Not long after Flynn arrives, the Mayor of Muddlebay is found to have overdosed on atropine. But was it accidental, or deliberate?
Even though nothing ever happens in Muddlebay, Flynn teams up with his old friend Mabel Heggarty, the local librarian, to investigate the death. She knows practically everyone in the town and pretty much everything about them, mostly gleaned from the books they read. Oh, and not forgetting that she listens from behind the stacks to what is the lifeblood of any small town - gossip.
Did someone want the mayor dead? And could that be why a local councilor is overheard plotting to be the next incumbent? Wendy Cartmell is well known for her best-selling Sgt Major Crane Mysteries and more recently her DI Jo Wolfe supernatural crime thrillers. She'd always had an idea for a cozy mystery series bubbling away in the background and the result is this introductory novella to the Muddlebay mysteries. Think Murder, She Wrote, Midsomer Murders, and a dollop of humor, all rolled into one!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-05-21
Amazing
Not my usual listen but I was hooked. A really good listen and the performance is brilliant.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-07-21
dreadful narrator
I was really looking forward to listening to this one, however, the narrator is amateurish, hesitant and really boring to listen to.
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- Alex McGrath
- 02-05-21
Lovely listen
Lovely listen to a gently told story of murder in a quiet seaside town - Agatha Christie style!
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- J. Romaniuk
- 01-05-21
A lovely mystery to get stuck into
The vocal performance is outstanding. There are big things ahead for this narrator.
Story was fab. Brilliant novella length allows you to be drawn in and doesn’t let you escape until the final words ring out from the book.
Fantastic.
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- Ben Ash
- 07-05-21
captivating story and well narrated
I'm not one for mystery novels but decided to give this a go and listened to it over some long driving sessions and found it to draw me in the more i listened, it gives a nice intro to the character and its not long till "the game is afoot" my mind did wander in different possibilities throughout the reading so kept me invested throughout.
as for the narration it was clear and precise and i could feel the emotions of the characters as it was being read.
I'll deffiantly be watching out for the next release.
well done.
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- Jamie
- 02-06-21
brilliant
the narrator was so clear and it was easy to follow, really enjoyed the book and will tune in for the second one
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- Ian Smith
- 13-05-21
Okayish story, not helped by the narrator
The basic idea seems pretty promising - a big city detective sent to a supposedly-sleepy little town and solving a murder. And there were some interesting ideas in the story too.
But...
Tried way too hard to be funny, poor research into details, and really, really needed a strong-willed editor.
How would someone with no people skills get into the police, let alone end up as a detective sergeant? If he has no understanding of idioms, how did he realise someone knew "which side their bread was buttered"?
I can't think of constructive comments about the narrative and dialogue. They'd be fine as a quick outline, but in a finished book?
And not helped by idiosyncratic phrasing and pacing by the narrator.
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- K E Webb
- 06-07-21
Disappointed
I tried to give it time ….but it was rather tedious . The Narrator sounded as if he was reading for children .
The story itself could have been good but I gave up due the the truncated chapters that made the whole
experience feel time consuming and disjointed .
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