Murder at the Lighthouse

Exham on Sea Mysteries, Book 1

De: Frances Evesham

Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon

Everyone knows the dead woman under the lighthouse, but no one seems to know why she died. What brought the folk-rock star back to Exham on Sea after so many years? Who wanted her dead? Does the key to her murder lie in the town, or far away across the Atlantic?

Libby Forest arrives in Exham to build a new life making cakes and chocolates, and discovers a talent for solving mysteries, helped by Bear, an enormous Carpathian sheepdog, and a cast of local characters. The green fields, rolling hills, and sandy beaches of England's West Country provide a perfect setting for crime, intrigue, and mystery.

©2015 Frances Evesham (P)2017 Tantor

Always loved English mysteries.

The story was very interesting, original, and entertaining. The characters were really interesting and intelligent. The narration was really very well done. I look forward to more books by Frances Evesham.

Terrible Narrator!

The story in itself isn’t bad. But the narrator makes it terrible. Almost couldn’t finish the story.

Fun captivating listen

I life’s the smooth transition from one part of the plot to another. Character developed was fast.

good story, poor narrator

I enjoyed the book, but really struggled with the narrator. I almost didn't finish the book, but it's was a short book. I love series, but I'm skipping book #2 since it's the same narrator.

Not bad characters but just came to a conclusion o

Ok characters but ending a bit of a leg down...still I liked main character may get second in the series of there is one....but it needs to be a better story line

Bad performance

This narator can't read a sentance properly. It's horible te listen to. Stopt after chapter 5.

Nice little cosy

cosy-mystery, England, family-dynamics, friendship, twisty, abusive-spouse, murder, law-enforcement, small-business, small-town

I liked it. More of a novella length which made the task of fitting everything in quite a task for the author. She finds a body and the detective brushes her off when she suggests murder. Then the Medical Examiner weighs in. Not deathless prose but a nice cozy to keep me company while doing household tasks.
Jennifer M. Dixon seemed to be an interested narrator but with allergies making her voice a bit nasal and my midwestern self needed to listen at 1.2 speed (not a complaint).

Evesham: b

I’m so glad to find this story. Evesham has created a well written plot and cast of characters. I hope there are more.

Decent Cozy

This was a great cozy to listen to in the morning while getting ready. The narrator’s voice was soothing, and the book was light enough that I could multi-task while listening to the book. Now the mystery in the story wasn’t as interesting as I was hoping but I really enjoyed the main character, Libby.

The author tried to build the town up, but I didn’t find myself getting to know the townsfolks except for Mandy and Max. The author also didn’t really explain how the lighthouse fits into the narrative or the mystery. I was semi-confused on that part. I was also not happy with how Max’s son, Joe, completely wrote Libby off and was rude. This trope of incompetent or uninterested cops in cozy mysteries is one of my least favorite.

I think where the author really lost me was the murderer seemed to come out of nowhere – not any real links until Libby revealed everything at the end. The story was okay, but Libby was a great main character and I enjoyed getting to know her.

Tea and scones

I am sorry I cannot rate this book and performance better than I have but in all candor it seemed that the more I tried to like this book the worse it grew on my mind. The characters all seemed to be cut from the same cloth as there speech varied little from one character to another. This was difficult to listen to. I do not think that either read or listen to another book in this series. Although I love lighthouses and seascapes this text could have been written about a field in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTVBPyq4Dw the middle of the English countryside.