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Lost & Found: A humorous private investigator murder mystery

A Daisy Dunlop Mystery, Book 2

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By: JL Simpson
Narrated by: Diana Croft
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Daisy Dunlop’s heir hunting career has gone to the dogs, and only one man can bring it to heel.

A humorous female sleuth and private investigator murder mystery novel

Hot on the success of her first case, British female sleuth Daisy Dunlop can count the offers of work on one finger. An empty bank account and the need to prove to her business partner, private investigator Solomon Liffey, that she is an asset, not a liability, calls for drastic measures. Terror has to be overcome as she answers a plea to find the one thing that gives her night sweats and flashbacks. An animal. A missing stud poodle, to be exact.

Solomon’s amusement at Daisy’s new case is short lived when the arrest of his former girlfriend, Lisa, leaves him with the full-time care of his young daughter, Molly. A dead man is discovered in Lisa’s bed. Now he needs to help find the killer before Molly’s safety is compromised.

When Daisy realizes the dead man is linked to her current case, Solomon and Daisy are forced to work together to rescue the dog and uncover the killer’s motives. Would the sexual prowess of a poodle really incite someone to murder, or is the real motive hidden somewhere in Solomon’s secret past?

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This was a super entertaining audiobook! Intriguing story with humour and drama in equal measures. I loved the characters and the story. And best of all, this is read by my favourite narrator. Diana Croft has a gorgeous voice anyway but she has a great talent for performing each character so differently that it’s easy to picture everyone involved in the story. I highly recommend any of the books she narrates. And this one being a great murder mystery too, you can’t go wrong.

Great Story with an Excellent Narrator

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I’m going to start off by saying this isn’t my usual fare, and I think I probably enjoyed it all the more because of that. I listened to the story via Audible (lasting 9 hrs and 36 mins, and brilliantly read by Diana Croft), and found it very entertaining. The characters work their way through the story with a gentle humour that isn’t supposed to be ‘laugh-out-loud’ funny, but which will keep a smile on your face for the majority of the mystery.

And yes, we do have a mystery here. A stolen poodle. Oh, and murder. But the main joy here is watching the interaction between Daisy and Soloman as they get themselves into all sorts of trouble and strife. Great characters, and perfect for this humorous private investigator murder mystery.

Enjoyable funny PI yarn

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The story: I came to this expecting it to be (from the blurb) a British equivalent of another American series of comedy crime novels. I was not disappointed at all. This is a nicely paced, quite humorous story, that starts out as a missing person case but escalates to murder. Many of the jokes hit well and given the northernness of the main character I connected with some of them. There was some great banter between the two protagonists and the story moved on in a fairly believable but comic vein, with some mild twists and turns.
The audio: was brilliant. I have never heard any of Di Croft before, but she nailed the huge variety of characters and accents, on the head. The pacing of the story was kept up and the jokes' timing on point, I did, genuinely, feel in the moment, along with the characters.
I would recommend this for 8 hours of really enjoyable listening, a decent story with some laughs and smiles.

An amusing PI crime caper with brilliant narration

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This was fun! Certainly not the most in-depth book I've ever read, but an enjoyable romp with entertaining characters and brilliantly narrated by Diana Croft.

Daisy Dunlop is a nutty private investigator along the lines of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum. She has teamed up with her husband's best mate, Solomon, to work on a case that involves a missing poodle. Suffice to say she is petrified by dogs.
The interaction between Daisy and Solomon forms a large part of the book, they are not involved with one another; Daisy is madly in love with her husband Paul, but they seem to manage to get into rather a lot of compromising situations.

Other characters are less detailed and some of those involved with the crime became rather a cast of thousands for me. The crime itself trundles along at a steady pace but then we suddenly get an overload of information which was rather confusing on audio as it's so difficult to rewind when driving etc. This aside, I enjoyed the narrative and the excellent narration and would certainly consider listening to the first book. Hopefully the third book will also be available on audio at a later date.

A rollicking romp.

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My go-to genre is psychological thriller with an occasional foray into murder, torture and world annihilation, so Lost and Found was something of a gamble for me. I had no history with JL Simpson, a brand new author for me however, this wasn't my first date with the narrator, Diana Croft. Having listened to other audio books narrated by Ms Croft, I felt extremely confident in choosing another with her at the helm. In fact, I've now spent so much time with Ms Croft's voice in my ear, I'm thinking I should buy her a ring or something, to show my commitment. The story was funny, I didn't find it laugh out loud, hilariously funny, but I giggled and smiled along with the plot. It was a little bit too long, but the right-on-the-button, gets-it-right-every-time, comedy timing in the performance by Diana Croft kept the story jogging along nicely. With myriad characters of both sexes, from different parts of the UK and Europe, this was a challenge for any narrator. But therein lies the rub; Ms Croft isn't ANY narrator, she is a voice performance artist par excellence and turned an enjoyable listen into a thoroughly pleasurable experience. Well worth a listen; you can thank me later!

Warm and funny

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