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Death in Daylesford

A Phryne Fisher Mystery

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Death in Daylesford

By: Kerry Greenwood
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
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Surrounded by secrets, great and small, the formidable Miss Phryne Fisher returns to vanquish injustice.

When a mysterious invitation arrives for Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown Captain Herbert Spencer, Phryne's curiosity is excited. Spencer runs a retreat in Victoria's spa country for shell-shocked soldiers of the First World War. It's a cause after Phryne's own heart but what could Spencer want from her?

Phryne and the faithful Dot view their spa sojourn as a short holiday but are quickly thrown in the midst of disturbing Highland gatherings, disappearing women, murder and the mystery of the Temperance Hotel.

Meanwhile, Cec, Bert and Tinker find a young woman floating face down in the harbour, dead. Tinker and Phryne's resilient adopted daughters, Jane and Ruth, decide to solve what appears to be a heinous crime.

Disappearances, murder, bombs, booby-traps and strange goings-on land Miss Phryne Fisher right in the middle of her most exciting adventure.

©2020 Kerry Greenwood (P)2020 W F Howes Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Heartfelt Murder
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I loved this latest adventure but I struggled with the narration. Some accents were very jarring and Dot did not sound like Dot. It took me a few goes to get past the first chapter. I love Stephanie Daniels narration, she is the voice of Phryne & Dot and for me and I hope that she returns for future stories. Overall, once I got used to it, I loved the story like I adore and love all Kerry Greenwood stories. A national living treasure!

Another great story

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After such a long wait it was great to Phryne back, with another adventure.. Sady our reunion was spoilt by appalling narration. Dreadfully ”Australian” accents that strong New Zealand undertones. At times I was ubale to work out who was speaking as she character voice seemed to blend and overlap. Please do not continue with this narrator for future books.

RIP Stephanie Daniels.

Another great MPFM, let down by appalling narration

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The narration needs a cup of tea and a good lie down. The Australian accents are ... not like any I've heard.

The narration

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I always enjoy the Phryne stories and this was fun as we had Dot and Phryne in Dalesford investigating one set of murders and then Tinker, Hugh, Jane and Ruth in Melbourne with another.
It was interesting to have a new narrator, her voicing of Phryne was enjoyable but some of the working class Australian accents seemed to have all turned into Kiwis. The vowel sounds, far more clipped NZ than drawling Oz, that was very disconcerting. But I think I might prefer her to the previous narrator with her awful singing.

I've been waiting for another Phryne mystery

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The author has enthralled once again, the performance slightly jarring with prior books still works.

Great, but?

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I was so excited to see a new Kerry Greenwood book; it’s been a bit of a drought. Great story or stories since it’s more like three stories in one and we see the children solving their own mystery. Unfortunately the new narrator irritated me with some of the made up accents, although there was some improvement towards the end, it was too inconsistent.

Disappointing narration

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Another fantastic double-barrel Kerry Greenwood plot races to the finish, all mysteries solved! What a pity Julia Franklin's narration was so clipped as to lose character and even sentence sense at times. Any chance the audiobook could be recorded again with more appropriate pacing, Allen & Unwin?

Redo Narration Please

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Great story but I can hardly bear to listen because of the awful attempt at Australian accents.

Bad accents

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OMG, So very hard to listen to, she would do well to read out advertising jingles. Definitely not a story teller.
Once again enjoyed Phryne's adventure but hard to follow.

An assault on the ears!

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I LOVE Phryne Fisher. I was so excited to get this story on audible & eagerly awaited my trip away to listen to it. WHAT A NIGHTMARE! The narrator is DEAD. SET. AWFUL. Everyone, even those who have a quote “proper upper class Australian accent” have a NZ accent apart from Phryne. It drove me nuts. The story is good. The narrator is horrendous.

Aaargh! The narrator!!

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