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Cyanide with Christie

Crime with the Classics, Book 3

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Cyanide with Christie

By: Katherine Bolger Hyde
Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
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Summary

A game of charades ends in coldblooded murder in this entertaining cozy mystery - third in the Crime with the Classics series.

Having finished transforming Windy Corner, the grand Victorian mansion she inherited from her great aunt, into a writers’ retreat, widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is ready to receive her first set of guests. But her careful planning is thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of outrageous true-crime writer, Cruella Crime, whose unpardonably rude behavior is causing great offence.

As a ferocious ice storm rages outside, the guests entertain one another with a game of charades. But their revelries are brought to a sudden halt by the discovery of a body in one of the guest bedrooms. When it transpires the victim was poisoned, Emily decides to take a leaf out of the book of her favorite detective writer, Agatha Christie, and investigate. But as she pursues her inquiries, it becomes chillingly clear that she herself may have been the intended victim …

©2018 Katherine Bolger Hyde (P)2019 Blackstone Publishers Cosy Detective Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Crime Suspense Cosy Mysteries Cosy Crime Fiction
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No really! Holding back from marrying the man of one’s dreams in order to complete a book?
Giving away most of an inheritance for altruistic reasons?
The characters are rather improbable and stilted. The murder mystery is just the lesser part of the story.
No intellectual challenges here, nor sparkling prose, and the whole seems to be aimed at a very orthodox Christian readership.

Soporific

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I selected this as it was free and so had nothing to lose, and enjoy a 'closed house' mystery, but found it quite easy to guess what was coming next. was amazed that it was only from 2019 as some of the main characters attitudes seemed quite old fashioned. Perhaps I would have been better prepared if I'd heard earlier titles but these were not available. The narrator's voice was pleasant but some of the phrasing and intonation was unexpected.

pleasant but predictable

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after reading previous reviews I wasn't sure, but the story sounded interesting and as it was free I thought I wasn't losing anything by giving it a try.
I'm so glad I did, I really enjoyed it, a nice relaxing listen.
The translator in my opinion is one of the better ones. Words were clearly spoken and easy to understand.
I have downloaded the next in the series and would definitely recommend this one.

Enjoyable book and good narrator

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it took quite a while to get into the book and the characters were very drab. however the narrator was very good

it was ok

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I did like this book but it was too drawn out and took for ever to get to the murder. I know the author has to set the scene of why everybody was there but it took too long and gave away to much of the plot, this ment the plot twist and killer came as no surprise, despite the number of suspects or even intended victim . You even knew the motive rather than guessing, which is often the case. You don't need to be a fan of the classic to listen, which had put me off in the first place, expecting lots of quotes or references that means nothing to me but there is nothing like that it. I did like the characters and the plot line, just wish it had moved at a faster pace.
When Emily opens up her home as a writers retreat, her first group of customers were recommend by a friend. Unfortunately an uninvited guest and a storm has her wishing she had held off until after the christmas holidays. Especially when like an Agatha Christie novel one of guests is murder. The guest was one of the more disagreeable ones but as Emily looks for the killer questions arise who was the intended victim and will the killer strike again.
I liked the narrator. I loved the french accent she used and to be honest she was the main reason I kept listening, although the story did pick up more by the end.

Not a classic

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