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Murder by the Book
- Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Addie Greyborne loved working with rare books at the Boston Public Library - she even got to play detective, tracking down clues about mysterious old volumes. But she didn't expect her sleuthing skills to come in so handy in a little seaside town....
Addie left some painful memories behind in the big city, including the unsolved murder of her fiance and her father's fatal car accident. After an unexpected inheritance from a great aunt, she's moved to a small New England town founded by her ancestors back in colonial times - and living in spacious Greyborne Manor, on a hilltop overlooking the harbor. Best of all, her aunt also left her countless first editions and other treasures - providing an inventory to start her own store.
But there's trouble from day one, and not just from the grumpy woman who runs the bakery next door. A car nearly runs Addie down. Someone steals a copy of Alice in Wonderland. Then, Addie's friend Serena, who owns a nearby tea shop, is arrested - for killing another local merchant. The police seem pretty sure they've got the story in hand, but Addie's not going to let them close the book on this case without a fight....
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- Angela George
- 2023-06-06
Enjoyed the story
Quite engaging. Didn’t really enjoy the narration. Will look forward to the next in the series.
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- james stevens
- 2023-05-09
Good Story
I enjoyed the book. Interesting subject matter. Struggled with the narration. Good story though.
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- Mrs. G
- 2023-10-29
Cheesy Mystery
I’m glad this book was included with my membership, I would have been upset if I paid for it. The writing was quite cheesy, the police were inadequate and the narrator sounded amateurish. And what police chief would bring a possible suspect or any civilian into a crime scene?
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- Toby2706
- 2023-10-23
Blah Mystery story
I am really glad that this book was included in my audible membership as I would be asking for a refund if I had paid for it.
Ok story with a typical romance. My main issue was with the main character Addie. She is not an enjoyable character. Addie is written as a very whiny, clueless and rude person. She makes some really stupid decisions. I found some of the situations really unbelievable. This person opens a bookstore & then never met any other shop owners until the day she opened the store. Meets one shop owner & instantly they are best friends??? The other shop owner wants to run her out of town! Don’t get me started on the stupidity of Addie of after numerous break ins into her house & shop & multiple people getting murdered, she lefts her front door unlocked after finally getting an security system. Very frustrating book & it was very hard to finish. Narrator was ok but I think her performance was hindered by the quality of the author’s story.
If you are ok with stupid heroines then this book is probably for you.
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- Mike Davis
- 2023-10-14
Basically a teen mystery
This book was dominated by cheesy half-wit amateur sleuths and a clueless cop. I should have stopped this book after the opening chapters. Terrible.
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- Holly Smith
- 2020-07-21
A very good read/listen.
I really enjoyed listening to this book and am looking forward to the rest of the series.
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- Vivian
- 2019-09-23
Narrator Not Appropriate
The narrator killed the story. I want to hear the next book but the narrators voice was very grating to me. I want listen to the next book, but can’t.
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- Katford
- 2019-08-09
OMG the narration is PAINFUL
I’m not sure if I can make this till the end. Who in the world would give this review a score of more than 1, maybe 2 if you are very very very kind? Make it STOP
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19 people found this helpful
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- Jane
- 2020-06-24
Narrator made a so-so book awful
This story wasn’t bad, just so-so. The main character was a little hard to believe, quickly over reacting to the smallest thing. I wanted to tell her to chill out. It made me feel exhausted just listening to it.
The narrator made it worse by making the character sound practically hysterical in the frequent scenes. Her style of over-enunciating also made it difficult to listen to.
And what’s with all the “playfully slapping?”
I was ready to discover a new series to enjoy but this wasn’t it.
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13 people found this helpful
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- LOYL-00
- 2018-11-18
Great start to a new series!
I was happily surprised with this mystery. The bases of the story is a bit extreme, but I decided to give it a go and really enjoyed the story. It gives me the good feeling of a old time novels. I can see it like a "murder she wrote", but you have have a well to do store keeper and a friend who is a cop solving the mysteries. Fun.
Well written by Lauren Elliott and Karen White's narration make for a great match.
I will be purchasing book 2.
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- M. Dewitt
- 2019-04-16
The Voice
The narrator for this book was painful to listen to. If she narrates the other books, I won't be buying them.
The story isn't bad though, so buy the book.
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11 people found this helpful
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- Elizabeth
- 2020-08-13
I Tried
I really tried to like this book...to stick with it. But I couldn't. I lasted about halfway and had to stop. The narration was good, and the story could have been good, but the author used far too many descriptors...describing each and every step the characters took.
And nobody just walked across the room...they bounded, trotted, sped, dashed, spun, darted, rushed. And there was far too many people winking.
I tried though. I really did!
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10 people found this helpful
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- Kathleen Healey
- 2020-01-07
Cleché
Uses pretty much all the stereotypical devices. Over dramatic characters. If this was planned to be the 1st in a series there should have been left more for the relationships to build. The mystery was not difficult. I don’t mind that too much, but the characters and relationships are heavy handed, and forced. Narrator was ok given what she had to work with.
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- mjyoung
- 2019-09-22
Murder by the Book
Loved the first book of this series. I am looking forward to reading more of these books. Lots of thrills and excitement in this book! Enjoy!
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- FinnsNana
- 2021-01-27
Disappointing and predictable
Addison is just too dumb. The concept had merit but too much was obvious before the heroine figured it out.
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- HK
- 2019-11-15
So bad had to exchange it.
Poor plotting, ridiculous interactions between characters. Some gets arrested and charged with murder without the mention a lawyer. It’s beyond stupid.
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