Knot in My Backyard

By: Mary Marks

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg

Baseball may be America’s official favorite pastime, but for Martha Rose and her friends, quilting is far more fun… and a lot less dangerous.

A diamond brocade pattern is more quilter Martha Rose’s style than a baseball diamond - especially when it comes to the new eyesore of a stadium ruining her lovely San Fernando Valley neighborhood. Martha doesn’t know a bunt from a bundt cake, but when she stumbles upon the battered body of baseball coach Dax Martin, she doesn’t need a scorecard to know it’s foul play. LAPD homicide detective Arlo Beavers is convinced one of her neighbors is responsible. But Martha and her fellow quilters Lucy and Birdie soon discover a whole field of suspects who might have wanted to take the coach out of the game permanently.

©2014 Mary Marks (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"What’s knot to love? Mary Marks has crafted another winner stitched together with humor and heart - Martha Rose is one gutsy lady." (Rochelle Staab, author of the Mind for Murder mysteries)

I am a quilter and find humor in the 3 friends

It is very shallow on character development. The plot is very elementary. The min requirement is 15 words but I have no more onmy review

Narrators need to be literate

Would you try another book from Mary Marks and/or Dara Rosenberg?

Yes to Mary Marks. I would totally avoid any book by this narrator.

What did you like best about this story?

I like the character development and concise but clear scene descriptions.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Yuck! First of all, this squeaky little teenie bopper comes on trying to be the voice of a 55-year old. OK, that happens frequently no matter how much it detracts from a book. But this narrator doesn't know some basic words. Corpse of Engineers??? It wouldn't have been so bad except that the CORPS of Engineers comes up in this story a lot. I was driving while listening and wanted to smash my speakers! Totally ruined this book for me.

Was Knot in My Backyard worth the listening time?

No. The story is all right, but the time listening to it was wasted.

Any additional comments?

Don't waste your money on the audio version. I did and now will have to buy a kindle copy.

Great cozy mystery!

This one was even better than the first. I just don't know why audible doesn't have the rest of the books in the series. They've been doing this a lot lately (only carrying a few books of a larger series) and it's really irritating!

Great story, weak narrator

The story is a wonderful cozy mystery. The book is a great escape into a world that sounds interesting and peopled with lively characters. I'm a quilter and love the quilt details. The only draw back to this audible book is the narrator. The narrator needs to practice her pronunciation of words. For example, the Army Corps of Engineers has a silent s, it's not a dead body, not a corpse. It was pronounced as if it were a dead body throughout the book. There are many other mispronounced words throughout the book, and I found them distracting at best and annoying by the end. I'm going to listen to the rest of the books in the series, but not right away. My ears need a break from odd sounding words.

Who can’t love this ebook?

Mary Marks has created on the best reads ever! Martha Rose is a trip. Stories cozy and great relaxation. Recommend highly

Fun Story

If you would like to hear a fun story with a little mystery and a little love, this is a great series. I wish they would record more in the series. I am now reading the other books in this series.

Knot In My Back Yard

This is a very interesting book. It was hard to stop listening to it. I enjoyed the location of this story because tbecause the San Fernando Valley is where I grew up so all the locations they were speaking about were very familiar to me

Great book!

What a great book!
The story was great and kept you guessing the whole way through. I really enjoyed it!

mediocre

this story was interestingly put together but the narration was very poor and spoilt the overall enjoyment .

I'd like my credit back on this one.

What would have made Knot in My Backyard better?

A better narrator. This one is sub par for Audible.

What could Mary Marks have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Story is okay

What didn’t you like about Dara Rosenberg’s performance?

Too melodramatic.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really

Any additional comments?

Can I get my credit back?