Get Sharpe: Maycroft Mysteries, Books 1-5

By: Lisa B. Thomas

Narrated by: Kelley Hazen

Deena sharpe wants a change…what she gets is murder!

Fed up after 30 years of teaching, Deena has no idea she’s just traded in lesson plans for lethal weapons and report cards for ballistics reports.

It’s been fifty years since her uncle disappeared without a trace, but when science and luck collide, a rookie sheriff’s deputy breathes new life into this cold case. And when Deena’s elderly grandmother asks for her help, how can she say no? After all, she’s just quit her teaching job and is looking for a new challenge.

With her devoted husband and off-beat brother by her side, Deena sets out to right a wrong and uncover buried family secrets. When push comes to shove, will Deena back down? You should never underestimate a country girl!

Get Sharpe includes audiobooks 1-5 of the Maycroft Mysteries. Follow Deena as she faces the challenges and rewards of trying to make the most of the 2nd big chapter in her life. Between family relationships, jobs, and murder, she’s got to be one sharp cookie to hold it all together. Get your copy today.

©2019 Lisa B. Thomas (P)2019 Lisa B. Thomas

The narrator made me crazy!

sappy, unrealistic, like finger nails....need I go on? its so disturbing I have the itchies. BIG no.

Great Read

Get Sharpe: Maycroft Mysteries, Books 1-5 by Lisa B. Thomas was a great read. Deena has retired from teaching after thirty years of teaching. She now finds herself investigating different murders and mysteries. This box set consists of; Sharpe Shooter, Sharpe Edge, Sharpe Mind, Sharpe Turn and Sharpe Point. I loved reading about Deena and all the different mysteries that are happening in her town. I can't wait to read more by Lisa B. Thomas.

Worst reading in 25 years

While the first books in the series may have been good, and in many cases funny, the reading by Kelly Hazen was the absolutely worst I have ever heard in well over 25 years of listening to books on tape from years ago to the current crop of wonderful audible books. The voices were flat in many cases and screeching in others. Too cartoonish and totally unbelievable in others. Many of the characters, especially men, all sounded the same with so little difference it was hard to tell them apart. Honestly I couldn't finish the series as much as I wanted to. And for me that is saying a lot. I love to read, or in this case listen, and it takes a real bummer for me to give up. I have friends who grew up in the type of small town Texas environment, in which the story was set, so that was of interest and there was some interesting character development but other's were just too stereotyped for reality. I was very disappointed.

Don’t know if I can finish-apologies.

Narration is almost unbearable. It hurts to listen. I’m going to try, but no promises.

Maycroft Mysteries Set: Books 1-5

Check out this set of the first five books in the Maycroft Mysteries series!

Deena Sharpe is a retired teacher, but she’s not quite ready to be retired... she keeps finding herself caught up in the middle of the local mysteries, and wouldn’t you know it, she has a knack for solving them.

Lisa B. Thomas has written a great series with interesting storylines and great characters. When you add the talented Kelley Hazen as the narrator, you get hours of entertainment!

I was given this free review copy audiobook set at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Get Sharpe

Get Sharpe is the first five books in the series by Lisa B. Thomas. Each book is a standalone listen, featuring Deena Sharpe, retired teacher, now journalist/investigator. I love how each story goes its own direction and has original suspects. Kudos to the author for changing things up. Kelley Hazen is amazing performing these stories. She gives the characters distinguishable voices, so one knows exactly whom is speaking. Her emotions are spot on! I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. I will most definitely listen to more books by this author and narrator.

Bad Narration, Alright Story

I was originally going to return the book, but since a lot of the other reviews were paid/free for great review I felt like I needed to give an accurate account.

To start, this book is from multiple points of view. Mostly from Dina, but sometimes other people throughout the series. I don't mind this, except all of the characters sound very similar because the narrator does not speak differently enough for them. My boyfriend called the narrator "Robotic" and asked that I change stories when he was around.

I didn't care for the story till around Chapter 19. I felt the pacing was all over the place, and scenes transitioned a little fast. I had no idea what was going on.

Now that I have finished all five books, I can follow along pretty well and enjoy the plot twists. I do plan on continuing to book six. The characters made me laugh, sometimes cringe but over all I am glad I stuck with it.

Hard to listen too.

The story seemed good enough but the narration was hard to listen to. It seemed to be read with awkward phrasing and almost sing song at times. I returned it after about an hour.

Suspenseful

Loved this outstanding story. Deena is amazing. Quits her teaching job after thirty years and ends up solving a mystery instead. The narrator as always made it come alive.

Great story, poor narration

This is a fun story. Great twists and turns. I enjoy the writers work but the narration is terrible. She’s hard to listen to, very little voice inflection and very poor imitations of other people’s voices. Too bad she’s narrated the rest of this authors books.