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  • Jenny Starling, Book 1
  • Written by: Faith Martin
  • Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
  • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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The Birthday Mystery

Written by: Faith Martin
Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
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Publisher's Summary

Discover a new series of whodunits by million-selling author Faith Martin. You'll be gripped from the first second to the last. These classic-style mysteries will have you scratching your head to work out who the murderer is, and look out for some real twists and turns. 

Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective. 

Jenny Starling is catering the 21st birthday party of upper-class twins Alicia and Justin. 

She arrives at their parents' country house and is immediately met by the police. A young man has drowned in the pond. Was it an accident or murder? 

But the birthday party goes ahead. Then, just after midnight, everyone gathers for a champagne toast...and one of the guests falls down dead. The police are baffled, and there is a whole party full of suspects. 

When it comes to someone adding the extra ingredient of poison to her own precious recipes, Jenny isn't going to take it lying down. She has a reputation to protect. 

Jenny Starling won't stop until the murderer is found. 

Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey and J. R. Ellis.

Please note this book was first published as Birthdays Can Be Murder under Faith Martin’s pen name, Joyce Cato.

©2019 Faith Martin (P)2019 Audible, Ltd

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Entertaining British Mystery

Jenny is an interesting and likeable cook cum amateur sleuth. While it has the usual trope of murder in a great English manor house, it is a character driven story - the kind I like best. My only criticism is I thought the explanation at the end of how the murder was actually achieved was rather weak. The narration of the book was excellent; just the perfect British acting voice for this story.

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