Death Around the Bend

A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 3

De: T E Kinsey

Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden

September 1909, and Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, have been invited to Lord Riddlethorpe’s country estate for a week of motor racing and parties. They both agree that it sounds like a perfectly charming holiday. But when one of the drivers dies in a crash during the very first race, they discover that what seemed like an uncharacteristic error in judgement may have a more sinister explanation...

Closer investigation reveals that the driver’s car was sabotaged - and the driver murdered. The local constabulary are quick to dismiss the case, but Flo and Lady Hardcastle are determined to find out just who has committed this dastardly act, and why.

As the pair begin to make enquiries of Lord Riddlethorpe’s servants and guests, it seems that, below stairs and above, there is more to this case than meets the eye. And, even in the quiet of the countryside, death is always just around the bend.

©2017 T E Kinsey (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing Inc., all rights reserved.

I want to listen to another right away.

I am a big fan of the combination of this author and the narrator. I binge listen and an sad that there are no more for me to do gobble up. I so enjoy the the relationship between The Lady and her Maid. They are quite amusing. I am just sad that this is only the third of the books. I haven't found another cozy mystery that is anything close. would love a recommendation if anybody has

Love it all from book 1 to 3

I enjoyed this book the story line and the suspense had my intres peak. O and the witty characters gave me a good laugh

Quite Something

The overall story and performance were wonderful as always... Love the duo of Hardcastle and Armstrong!

Absolutely Great!

First I absolutely love this series and yes you need to read them in order to understand the fun and quirky relationship between the two main characters. This is the only one of this series I ordered as an audiobook and only my third audio book. Elizabeth Knowelden is by far the best narrator I've heard, she is great! I don't know if the others are narrated but if they are and by her I'd recommend them.

a fun read

this is the third one of the series that I've listened to you. I find them entertaining and humorous and the mysteries are pretty darn good. a great way to spend a rainy afternoon or an evening by the fire.

Murder in a car race

In Death around the Bend by TE Kinsey, set in 1909, Lady Emily Hardcastle and her ladies’ maid, Miss Florence Armstrong, indulge their love of the automobile by going to a week long party of car racing at Lord Riddlethorpe’s estate. There are to be two races, one for men and one for women. But in the first race, the men’s, as the cars go around the bend, the third car loses control and crashes, killing the driver. The police rule this a terrible accident, but the mechanic finds one of the brake cables cut. Someone has committed murder. So Lady Hardcastle and Flo get to work solving another murder.

This book features intrigue both above and below stairs, with Flo able to move between both places. The upper class people accept Flo in their midst, which would have been entirely unrealistic 100 years ago, but Kinsey does a good job of setting up the scene so that we accept this. The book also features a lot of fun verbal play between Lady Hardcastle and Flo. That is actually the one downside to listening to the book, as its rapid pace makes it easy to miss some of the puns and silly similes. Lady Hardcastle likes to start similes that she gets stuck in being able to finish. The book is also full of humor, making me laugh throughout.

Elizabeth Knowelden does a great job of narrating the audiobook and bringing this book to life. Sometimes I wished she would slow down a little bit so I could follow all the word play, but the pace is indicated by the text of the book. Knowelden’s performance helps to transport us back to Edwardian England and is well suited to the book.

Death around the Bend is a delightful addition to TE Kinsey’s series, which is always a whole lot of fun. Besides loving the characters, I appreciated the creative plot twists and the conclusion to the book. I highly recommend this for any and all. I give it five stars!

Crazy Reader

Another great book by TE Kinsey. Keep them coming our way your're brilliant. Thanks a lot!!

Flo and Emily master sleuths again.

So disappointed when I figured out the murderer so quickly. Ha! I was wrong. I do so enjoy my time with Lady Hardcastle and Flo. Quite a perfect little getaway.

appreciating more with each book

narrator's voice acting was very good, just wish for more individuation between 2 main characters

Another great Lady Hardcastle adventure!

Loved it! Another string of mysteries within a larger mystery to be solved by Emily and Flo. Also love the free narration performed by Elizabeth Knoweldon.