Murder in G Major

By: Alexia Gordon

Narrated by: Jessica Carroll

With few other options, African American classical musician Gethsemane Brown accepts a less-than-ideal position turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an award-winning orchestra. Stranded without luggage or money in the Irish countryside, she figures any job is better than none. The perk? Housesitting a lovely cliffside cottage. The catch? The ghost of the cottage's murdered owner haunts the place. Falsely accused of killing his wife (and himself), he begs Gethsemane to clear his name so he can rest in peace. Gethsemane's reluctant investigation provokes a dormant killer and she soon finds herself in grave danger. As Gethsemane races to prevent a deadly encore, will she uncover the truth or star in her own farewell performance?

©2016 Alexia Gordon (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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I enjoyed the book. I really enjoyed the readers and their Irish accents. I don't have the finest ear for that, but it was fun to listen. I dropped one star for the way this book ended. I won't give away the ending, but I was a little surprised and disappointed. It would appear that to really understand the entire story you need to commit to the entire series.

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the narrator was amazing and really brought the book to life; great engaging storyline. really enjoyable

Fun new series

I enjoyed the book. It was a good first book in a series. Likely to get better with future
books

Bummer

I loved the narrator. I looked ahead and the narrator changes. For me that's always sad. I hate having to reinvent the characters

Brava more!

This is a superior mystery. Especially since its a cozy but has none of the pitfalls of the genre. Loved every second of the performance and story. Loved the main character and townsfolk. Buy. buy.

Perfect read for October or if you want to visit Ireland

It was lighthearted and whimsical. Irish accent was entertaining. Music theme added interest. A good mystery with lots of deaths but little gore.
Everything was tied ip nicely at the end.

Fun read

Read for the 2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge, for the category "A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author."

This cozy mystery is a solid debut novel. I thought the small-town Irish characters were well done, and the suspense was very good. I liked the ghost! This would be a great TV series, I would totally watch it. There's not a wide range of emotion here, mostly Gethsemane is being headstrong. I think a wider range of emotion would make her feel more real, instead of relying on banter. BUT the banter is good. I also wish she could find a female friend, there are way too many dudes in the picture...and all the women in town are NUTS. 3.5 stars.

I listened to the audiobook and WOW that's how you pronounce Gethsemane, huh? Good to know. The reader did the loveliest voice and accent for Eamon. Her American accent was decent except for the word orchestra, which Gethsemane pronounces "awkestra".... that word is in this book a lot, so it's kind of funny. It didn't really bother me.

Don't Read It

I loved everything about this book. The problem is not with this book it's with the second book in the series. The second book is absolutely terrible. The first book infers the story will continue in the second book, and it really doesn't. additionally the narrator changes from the first book to the second book, and in the second book she's just horrendous! so... Don't read this book.

great book ; narrator not so much

I read this book when it was originally published and it quickly became a favorite series. It is rare to read about a Black, educated female protagonist in the cozy genre. Yes we do exist! I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was with the narration. She made Gethesamane sound like a shrill east coast harridan. Read book one and switch to audio. new narrator who GETS the characters.

Love this series

Fantastic series love the characters the story and the setting! I’m waiting for another book to come out!