good story

Really enjoyed this. Not too complicated. will read the following book in the series and others.

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Absolutely loved this

Beautifully read. Well constructed story and well written. Can't wait to listen to more Rebecca Tope.

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MidSummer Murder meets Miss Marple

What did you like best about A Cotswold Killing? What did you like least?

The initial introduction to characters was pleasing but they then failed to develop. Details such as a hole in the hedge did not ring true.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Make the end more memorable.. It fizzled out.

What does Caroline Lennon bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Nothing

Could you see A Cotswold Killing being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

Yes, to sell to a foreign market who like English quaintness. It could star Sue Perkins

Any additional comments?

Starts better than it ends.

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Not the best

This is not one of your audio books, that is worth listening too or purchasing…

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Yawn, yawn, yawn

Gave up half way through. For page after page nothing happens. None of the characters are credible, the police response to the murders not credible and I'm not even jumping to the last chapter to find out who did it.

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Disappointing

It's the reader that put me off this book. Got half way through and decided I just couldn't take any more. There's emphasis on the wrong parts of a sentence, and a way of speaking that makes the whole book incredibly frothy and light, which it tends towards, but a more serious reader could've made more of it. I know it's 'cosy crime' but I need more to get my teeth into. Elly Griffiths Dr Ruth Galloway series is the best I've ever heard in this genre, and Jane McDowell the very best of readers. A Cotswold Killing falls short - so disappointing as I really wanted to like it, and did persist as much as I could!

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Tedious

Muddled, repetituve, the storey went round and round in circles. The police were nowhere in evidence after two people where murdered. A highly improbable storey. What police force would expect a member of the public, a young, vulnerable woman to be at the head of solving the crime? Even Agatha Christie's Miss Marple was warned by the police not to get involved and they were very much in evidence .

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Too long.

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Too many irrelevancies, too long-winded for the denoument revealed. I'm surprised the narrator managed to stay awke. I couldn't.

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Dreadful!

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Firstly the narration was good but beyond that it didn't improve. I think this is a badly constructed crime story with no substance. There was hardly any plot and no detection. A very irritating and unlikable main character if ever there was one. Self centred, full of her own self importance, under the impression that ever male must want to get to know her better. I'm not suggesting main characters should always be likeable but with this particular series you would expect her to have some good points, approachability, friendliness, someone who draws confidences and if the plots for the stories surround her job of house sitting and solving crimes at various locations around the county she will need to warm herself to those she needs to get close to. Without 'spoiling' it for the reader her other 'issue' doesn't ring true, it appears to be have been added for effect. I found this book irritating. It won't take a detective to work out I won't be reading any further books in this series.

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A Cotswold Killing

A good book but a poor reader. Too fast and poor diction. I have up halfway through the first chapter and read the book instead!

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