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  • Rack, Ruin and Murder

  • Campbell and Carter Mystery Series, Book 2
  • By: Ann Granger
  • Narrated by: Judith Boyd
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (106 ratings)

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Rack, Ruin and Murder

By: Ann Granger
Narrated by: Judith Boyd
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Publisher's summary

The second murderous installment of the Campbell and Carter Mysteries.

When old Monty discovers a dead body in his drawing room, it's up to Inspector Jess Campbell to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Monty is a recluse, holed up in his crumbling manor house being generally unpleasant to everyone, even those relatives he actually likes. When his family and locals claim they've never seen the murder victim before, Campbell smells a lie.

With the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she will have to dig deep into the murky past of Monty and his family, all the way to the shocking truth.

©2011 Ann Granger (P)2019 Tantor
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characters are great

loved it this book, great story, well constructed characters and well written. I'd recommend it!!

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Excellent take.

Enjoying the series. clever twists and turns. impressed with the authors ability to spin the tale. enjoy!!

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Interesting plot; quirky characters

The authors description of Monte, the irascible character around whom, so much of the story revolves, drew me from the first few sentences.

As in her previous book, the solution requires characters to behave irrationally which, while this can be true, (in”real” life), I hope that the next book does not rely on this trope once again.

The character of the Superintendent continues to be undeveloped. His interests and motivations continue to be opaque.

We have learned more about the
Sergeant’s personality, who, so far, seems to be the character with the most potential for interest.

I believe the Inspector is meant to be an attractive character, but she teeters on immaturity and impulsiveness. She most definitely needs to be sent back to police procedure school as it somehow did not occur to her to get the registration number of a speeding car that almost hit her. It beggars belief that an inspector’s reflexes would be so sluggish.

I was unable to understand why the Superintendent would be at all interested in pursuing a relationship with her as seemed to be hinted toward the end of this book.

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Well written and beautifully read

Interesting plot a little to convoluted her descriptions put you in the place very well

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Enjoyable

The voice actor does a very good job reading, and it really adds to the story. I felt like the repeat characters are starting to have some personality, but I would like to see more. The story lacks in that area. The rest is great. I guessed early on who, but I wasn't sure why

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All flows together at the end

These stories are all quiet cleaver, how they fit together at the end. I enjoy them immensely
Still make you think .

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good mystery BUT

I like the narration and the central theme but the story goes on and on plowing the v same field. you get the clues which lead to one character then the author introduces another Chace that drives v the sort in another direction. the sequence is repeated and repeated. it becomes tiresome.

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Cozy mystery bliss

Wonderful small town mystery. Getting to know all the people of the area with all of their quirks is great fun and an enjoyable read.

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Interesting plot

Horrible characters that are fascinating to get to know. Good resolution of convoluted relationships. Boring.

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Intersting

I'll definitely pick up more in this series. The narration is excellent, although It's hard to hear the whispering parts, which are often internal thoughts.

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