A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor

A Food and Spirits Mystery, Book 1

De: Darci Hannah

Narrado por: Charlie Albers

It isn't how chef Bridget "Bunny" MacBride imagined her own cooking show unfolding. But, if preparing historic meals with a modern flair is what it takes to get her cooking on the air, she can deliver, even if her dinner guest is a ghost. For their first episode, the Food & Spirits team sets off to investigate Bramsford Manor, a historic house turned famously haunted hotel, in picturesque Hampshire, England. The sprawling estate is said to be home to the Mistletoe Bride, a young woman who died in the eighteenth century, the victim of a tragic accident on her Christmas wedding night.

Disliking spooks but loving food, Bunny leaves the spectral search to the pros and focuses on the feast, creating a traditional English holiday wedding dinner. It's a sumptuous meal she hopes will entice the ghostly Mistletoe Bride to take a seat and join them while the cameras roll. But Bunny's task is made more difficult when someone steals a boning knife from her custom kit. Alas, when the blade finally turns up again-in the chest of an all-too-human dinner guest-Bunny's woes only grow as she is named a lead suspect in the case! Now, with a haunted house full of living residents, staff, and crew, Bunny will need the help of Brett, Giff, and her clairvoyant Grandma Mac, to solve this murder before the manor gains another ghost!

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5 stars

A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor is a well written story with engaging characters and a well written plot. I look forward to the next book.

Unique premise with great characters

I loved the food, spirits, and characters in this fantastic debut! Can’t wait to see what the crew will do next.

Here's a polished version of your audiobook review

The mystery itself was fantastic! I never guessed who the murderer was, which kept me hooked until the end. While some parts dragged a little, it was mostly due to the backstory setup for the series, which I understand is necessary.

However, I didn’t enjoy the narrator's voice for the character Brett—it came off as more sinister than charming, which didn’t fit how I imagined the character. Outside of that, the story was great! If the second book is narrated by the same person, I might opt to read it rather than listen to it.

entertaining

I had to play back a few times, but it was quite entertaining. The narrator was fine too.

Hard to listen to…

Voice of narrator is not appealing and storyline should be dropped. Usually enjoy Darci’s books but struggling with this one