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Marriage Can Be Murder
- Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
Murder in Haunted Cornwall
On the eve of World War II, Dr. Benjamin Bones is at war with himself. While most young men are being sent away to fight the Germans, Ben is chosen to serve on English soil. Ordered to move to wild, beautiful Cornwall, he must trade his posh London office and stylish city life for the tiny village of Birdswing, which has a population of 1,221 souls.
But leaving his home and shelving his career ambitions aren't the only sacrifices he faces. His unfaithful wife, Penny, is accompanying him to Cornwall in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage. But moments after their arrival, Penny is run down in the street, and Ben is almost fatally injured. And while the villagers assume Penny's death to be an accident, Ben quickly deduces it was murder.
As he convalesces in Fenton House, which the locals call haunted, Ben meets Birdswing's eccentric inhabitants. Mr. Gaston, the volunteer air warden who's obsessed with defending his remote village against Nazi spies; Mrs. Cobblepot, a thoroughly practical housekeeper who believes in fairies; and Lady Juliet Linton, a prickly, headstrong aristocrat who won't take no for an answer.
While adapting to life during Britain's "War at Home," a time of ration books, victory gardens, bomb shelters, and the Blackout, Ben sets about solving the mystery of Penny's murder - with a little help from Lady Juliet and the Fenton House ghost.
Marriage Can Be Murder is the new cozy mystery series from New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Emma Jameson.
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- Dr ANTONY GALIONE
- 08-11-21
Enjoyable mystery
I could listen to Matthew Lloyd Davies narrating the Yellow Pages - his voice, especially for attractive English gentlemen, is heavenly. Works for me! The story was entertaining, with characters one will enjoy getting to know in future books in the series. That said, the Americanisms grated and, she is not alone in this but it spoils the story, she gets the titles ALL wrong! Sir Oswald Mosley was a baronet, not a baron; and the widow and daughter of a baronet do not have the honorific “Lady” in front of their Christian names. Still, with MLD reading the next books - and the growing relationship between Ben and Juliet to be followed with interest - I am looking forward to more from this author. Maybe a British editor/proof reader could iron out the few mistakes.
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- Marple
- 08-07-20
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I love Emma Jameson's writing, however this first in the series didn't grab me. It started out well and the ending was good but the middle bit was a bit slow and I didn't warm to the characters. I will however give the 2nd in the series a try at some point. Wonderful narration as always my Matthew Lloyd Davies.
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