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Murder at the Mansion

Victorian Village Mystery Series, Book 1

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Murder at the Mansion

By: Sheila Connolly
Narrated by: Emily Durante
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Katherine Hamilton's goal in high school was to escape from her dead-end hometown of Asheboro, Maryland. Fifteen years later she's got a degree in hospitality management and a great job at a high-end boutique hotel in Baltimore. Until, that is, the hotel is acquired by a chain, and she's laid off.

When Kate's high school best friend calls with a mysterious invitation to come talk with the town leaders of Asheboro, she agrees to make the trip, curious about where this new opportunity might lead. Once Kate arrives, the town council members reveal that their town is on the verge of going bankrupt, and they've decided that Kate's skills and knowledge make her the perfect person to cure all their ills.

The town has used its last available funds to buy the huge Victorian mansion just outside of town, hoping to use it to attract some of the tourists who travel to visit the nearby Civil War battle sites. Kate has less-than-fond memories of the mansion, for personal reasons, but to make matters worse, the only person who has presented a possible alternate plan is Cordelia Walker - Kate's high school nemesis. But a few days later, while touring the mansion, Kate stumbles over a body - and it's none other than Cordelia.

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Given the title, was disappointing that the murder storyline felt like a subplot rather than the main event and took a while to get to. The book was quite longwinded for the actual amount of story in this, so could have been much shorter. Was ok but pretty pedestrian, narration was engaging.

Long book for the amount of storyline

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Great easy listening, I like that it has 3 more books to complete the story.

Kept me engaged

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Story has it’s good points but the dialogue was repetitive and the storyline could have had better editing. The narrator did a good job.

Too long

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Light hearted murder mystery with a few twists and turns. With a mix of romance!

Easy listening!

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I loved the pace of the story and the narrator was brilliant. She really bought the story to life.

Can not wait to read more !

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Hard to listen too, very slow and yet the climax/ending came fast and predictable.
Wouldn’t recommend.

Snooze fest!!

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