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Chapter and Curse

Cambridge Bookshop Series, Book 1

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Chapter and Curse

By: Elizabeth Penney
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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In Elizabeth Penney's Chapter and Curse, Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books...but when a poetry reading ends in murder, she must use her skills to crack the case.

Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, need a change. So when a letter arrives from Nina's Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England, requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.

Thomas Marlowe - Manuscripts and Folios, is one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and - unfortunately - customers can tell. When Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway. Determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet's college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop. But the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead - with Molly's great-aunt's knitting needle used as the murder weapon. While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder.

©2021 Elizabeth Penney (P)2021 Tantor
Cosy Fiction Mystery Suspense
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Descriptive

it was very descriptive, I felt that I was actually in Cambridge amongst accedemia and all the historical buildings and the murders themselves.
I enjoyed this book. because it was so descriptive, I thought the narrator was excellent.

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Enjoyable escapism

Friendly main characters, old and new mysteries, a little romance - all set in cosy surroundings. Well read by the narrator.

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It’s ok

I kept wondering whether the narrator was English trying to do the American accent or the other way around, not too annoying but there all the same.
As for the story so obviously written by an American as we English don’t get over excited by the son of a lord and definitely not to the extent of a photo of a girlfriend going ‘viral’ in moments, and no one bar his friends would know who he is. Also we don’t call ale ‘ale’ unless we are 80 years old. Other other than those minor irritations it’s ok if you can get past the fawning over a nobody, the story is a nice cosy mystery in a cosy setting. I won’t buy the next one though.

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Jarring to a British listener

To a Brit, the sheer number of Americanisms and inaccuracies about English life will be incredibly jarring. The odd one or two issues could be overlooked, but they crop up unforgivably frequently. This may not bother listeners who aren’t au fait with British English or life in the UK. The story itself is not bad.

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Confusion reigns

Totally confused by this story. Sometimes it felt it was set in the early 1950’s then a smartphone would be mentioned, it was a bit all over the place. I do admit that if I’d paid attention and noticed the narration was by Henrietta Meire, I would have avoided from the start. Ms Meire, when excited, screeches and that sets my teeth on edge. I’m not a fan and couldn’t finish this audiobook.

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Not the best

Not the best cozy mystery that your ears will come a cross, fine if you like changing awful accents, Americanisms, and pantomime drama.

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