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Death at Wentwater Court

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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 This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.

No stranger to sprawling country estates, wealthy Daisy Dalrymple is breaking new ground in having scandalously traded silver spoon for pen and camera to cover a story for Town and Country magazine. But her planned interviews with the inhabitants of Wentwater Court give way to interrogation after suave Lord Stephen Astwick meets a dire fate on the tranquil skating pond.

Armed with evidence that his fate was anything but accidental, Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard to examine an esteemed collection of suspects and to see that the unlikely culprit doesn't slip through their fingers just as the unfortunate Astwick slipped through the ice.

©1994 Carola Dunn (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Cosy Cosy Mysteries
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Really good writing. A likeable heroine set with fabulous phrases and characters of the era. Lovely narration.

Best cosy mystery series I've heard in ages

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A nice and interesting start to a long series of 20s mystery books. Daisy has a great independence and I'm keen to see how the series progresses. Not as steamy as the Phryne Fisher books by Kerry Greenwood, but still very enjoyable.

Easy listening with intrigue

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Spoilt by the American pronunciations and awful accents but a jolly good story and very entertaining

Entertaining but….

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Likeable characters, slow-burning romance and a mystery that doesn’t drag. This is a generally happy and friendly feeling series despite the deaths, with perfectly suited narration.
I’m hooked, very glad it’s a nice long series!

Lovely little series you won’t regret

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For lovers of Dorothy L. Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Agatha Christie etc. Great heroine, good fun.

great fun

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This was a decent story in the 'cozy' mystery style, but the narration was problematic because the reader's pronunciation was, to say the least, eccentric. I am not sure if this was deliberate. Coffee was pronounced ' cawfee', strong was 'srawng', office was 'awfice' etc. The main characters were interesting and I will probably listen to another.

Story was quite good, but....

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Fun story but a bit saccharin and not much substance.
Over described details suggest writer is trying too hard to evoke the era, could have been done better with the assumption the reader knew... it would give more authenticity.
Reader is jerky and lacks emotion to involve the listener and at times she seems to have misplaced gaps which makes it hard to listen to.
also transatlantic accent didn't work for and English country murder

Its a bit like sugar water

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I liked the main characters and the style of the story telling, very old English. Nice little mystery that did manage to keep you guessing.

Enjoyable yesteryear story

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I think the book will be fun (typical country house murder) but I’ll have to find a book to finish it. The narrator is American which isn’t a problem per se but their English accent fluctuates, words are mispronounced and the men sound like barrow boys rather than toffs.

Distracting narration - poor accents

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I enjoyed this introduction to the series, and will listen to more. Not too long, good for light entertainment. Some listeners have mentioned the narrator's pronunciation. After a couple of awkward sounding words in the early chapters I realised they sounded British with either a slight American accent (possibly it was Welsh though, apologies to Welsh speakers if I am very wrong) to some words and word endings, similar to a Brit who has lived in the USA for a while for example, then it didn't bother me, it sounded realistic. It was a pleasant and engaging voice and it suited the story and characters. I did find some of the less central characters voices a little twee but it didn't detract from the story overall for me. When I found out the author is English and now resides in the US I thought that fitted neatly with the chosen narrative accent, though possibly a coincidence.

An enjoyable cosy mystery

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