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The Mangle Street Murders

By: M. R. C. Kasasian
Narrated by: Emma Gregory
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Gower Street, London, 1882: Sidney Grice, London's most famous personal detective, is expecting a visitor. He drains his fifth pot of morning tea, and glances outside, where a young, plain woman picks her way between the piles of horse-dung towards his front door. Sidney Grice shudders. For heaven's sake—she is wearing brown shoes. The Mangle Street Murders is for those who like their crime original, atmospheric, and very, very funny.

©2013 M. R. C. Kasasian (P)2014 W.F.Howes Ltd Historical Mystery Women Sleuths

Critic Reviews

"One of the most delightful and original new novels of the year, this is the first in a series that could well become a cult. Grice and Middleton promise to become a positive treat. Catch them now." (Daily Mail)
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This book was interesting. I’m not sure if I liked it or not. The narrator was great …but the characters left me a bit confused. The actual murder and how it was done was great….but I don’t feel like it’s something I’d listen to or read again ….so, yup. Undecided if it was good or not. Worth a listen if you’ve run out of books in your Wishlist and are looking to be left confused like me 😅

Undecided

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I very much enjoyed this book. Due in no small measure to the narrator. The three main protagonists are each eccentric in their own way and the exchanges between them are often funny. The murder is deliciously gruesome. I look forward to reading the rest in the series.

Intriguing and different.

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this is a really different style of murder mystery. I am not sure if I liked it or didn't. why? I liked the 2 story lines, hers in india and the current murder mystery.i liked the twists. I just didn't like the characters. maybe this was a reflection of it being well written.

odd

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I fell asleep about half way through and can't be bothered going back to finish it.

Tedious. Predictable. Good reader, though.

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The book was described as ‘humorous’ but I failed to find much remotely funny. The storyline is unnecessarily long and failed to hold my interest.

Too verbose

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A good mystery, if a little over complicated at times. Sydney Grice was a very difficult character to get through, with little to no redeeming qualities. Were it not for March's narrative, I would not have made it through. Curious to see if the series is more forgiving of the female sex, but not sure I would want to jump straight into the sequel if it continues in the manner of book one.

Three stars because it ticks the boxes for the genre, and I did enjoy the mystery, but the ending and characters were weak - succeeding purely due to a fortunate coincidence of an untimely accident.

A circumstantial mystery.

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Emma Gregory is an excellent narrator. Story was not what I expected - more off the wall and quirky. Good fun.

Sherlock Holmesy fun

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… but Sherlock Holmes is a series of paradoxical binaries.
He is so incredibly annoying. The narrator, his ward, has to figure out whether he’s brilliant or a sociopath (or both?), an amoral pompous ass, or secretly kind (or both?), and so on.
Well narrated and I’m sure that they’ll hit their groove in the next books but I’m not sure I’ll get to them.

Imagine a Sherlock Holmes story…..

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The narration was excellent. The story is ok but there’s a lot of very descriptive dismembering type scenes that should see this book come with a warning. The difficult thing is the unlike-ability of one the main characters, even by the end you don’t really like him much. If I’d not really been curious about the final outcome, I’d not have seen this one through!

Should have a gore warning!

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