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The Body in the Bookstore
- A Secret Bookcase Mystery, Book 1
- De: Ellie Alexander
- Narrado por: Ellen Quay
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 149
Bookseller Annie Murray is thrilled when the mystery-themed book festival she sets up to revive the dwindling fortunes of her workplace and sanctuary seems poised for success. But events take a shocking turn when a body is discovered hidden behind the shelves, and it’s revealed that the victim is Annie's old college acquaintance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Promising series starter
- De Susan en 08-24-24
- The Body in the Bookstore
- A Secret Bookcase Mystery, Book 1
- De: Ellie Alexander
- Narrado por: Ellen Quay
Cozy and lighthearted but a bit shallow
Revisado: 01-16-25
I mostly loved this. It’s a nice little cozy mystery that doesn’t feel dreary or heavy. I like most of the characters, though the best friend character has that “voice” that you find in a lot of sitcoms (the type of character that says things like “you know what people say….” Or “and that’s why you love me.”)
My one gripe with the book is that it feels very surface-level. It feels like a first draft that needed a couple more pass-throughs to add depth and layers.
The man that’s set up as the potential love interest barely has any time with the MC. There’s no tension, not gradual buildup to passion.
The story is about mystery books and a short story becomes a focal point. The only problem is, we barely get any text from the short story. We’re told ABOUT the story but don’t get to dive into meat of it so it doesn’t feel very impactful.
I still recommend it, and I’ll check out other books in this series, but I’m hoping future novels have a bit more depth to them.
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Catch Her Death
- Detective Madison Harper, Book 5
- De: Wendy Dranfield
- Narrado por: Gigi Burgdorf
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 125
As snow falls on the small town of Lost Creek, Colorado, a three-year-old boy is found playing quietly in his car seat, his mother, cold as ice, slumped against the steering wheel in front. Tearing herself away from reconnecting with her special-agent father who abandoned her for his career, Detective Madison Harper is haunted by the fear in the boy’s sky blue eyes and vows to find justice for this innocent child, left motherless just days before Christmas.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A brooding Madison
- De Amazon Customer en 11-25-22
- Catch Her Death
- Detective Madison Harper, Book 5
- De: Wendy Dranfield
- Narrado por: Gigi Burgdorf
Entertaining but flawed series
Revisado: 06-13-23
I really enjoy this series but it’s got a few glaring flaws and contrivances.
It feels like every person that so much as shakes the main characters’ hands get murdered. It’s a bit comical at this point.
The cops have to fail at some pretty basic police work in order to move the plot along.
The main detective, Madison, is a very unlikable person. She makes snap judgements about people and overreacts to pretty understandable actions by others’
At one point the other POV character Nate gets a lead on a woman he once lived who was beaten to death because she helped him with his court case.
Madison gets upset and spends the rest of the book pouting about it taking up his attention.
It wouldn’t be so bad if she ever learned lesions or was called out by others but she’s always either rewarded for her actions/feelings or at most gets a pitied “I don’t want you to be sad” speech.
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Little Girl Taken
- Detective Madison Harper, Book 3
- De: Wendy Dranfield
- Narrado por: Gigi Burgdorf
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
An abandoned baby is the last thing Detective Madison Harper expects to find as she drives to her first day back at work since the case that ripped her life apart. But as she cradles the shivering child close, all her instincts tell her there’s something more sinister at play. Then she finds a lone sneaker down a muddy trail nearby, the laces spattered with blood....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Totally gripping!
- De NDA en 03-24-25
- Little Girl Taken
- Detective Madison Harper, Book 3
- De: Wendy Dranfield
- Narrado por: Gigi Burgdorf
Love the books but the main character can be grating sometimes
Revisado: 04-18-22
I really enjoy this series. I plan on reading all of them. I’m invested in all the characters, and the mysteries are satisfying.
The narrator is great, she feels perfect for this series.
My only complaint is that sometimes I find myself hating the main character and I’m not sure if it’s intentional on the author’s part.
She’s super judgy all the time, sometimes internally but sometimes audibly.
She makes huge mistakes or overlooks important details. There were several times in this book she would just run with something and I’d find myself thinking “did she ever bother to verify who this person is/if this thing actually happened”
When these things actually end up with consequences for her, she immediately jumps to blaming other people. Saying she’s being set up, when she easily could’ve avoided the problem by taking a different approach.
Overall though this doesn’t hinder my enjoyment.
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