Pumpkins in Paradise

TJ Jensen Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Kathi Daley

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Between volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school teacher TJ Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair. When the handsome new deputy closes the case without so much as a "why" or "how", TJ turns her attention from chili cook-offs and pumpkin carving to complex puzzles, prophetic riddles, and a decades-old secret she seems destined to unravel.

©2016 Kathi Daley (P)2017 Tantor

Enjoyable pumpkins

A really good read! So nice that such a good plot line was not
Ruined by bad language

Nice cozy mystery

It’s a nice story. Easy listening. The narrator did a good job. The characters and story were fun.

Good story

It was what a Was looking for a sweet mystery no sex or violent content

Quick and easy.

I figured it out early but still enjoyed getting to know the characters. They are people worth knowing

Different

small-town, teaching, murder, family-dynamics, friendship, law-enforcement

The first mystery was to determine if it was murder, followed by whodunit. The second mystery involved some interesting guests to the Lodge and the apparent pretext bringing them there. Add in a very busy life, mourning a good friend, and family madness and there you have it.
The narrator had an interesting presentation.

it was a good story it flowed nicely and kept me engaged

The narrator was ok but some of the voices she did were just strange

Nice cozy mystery

This was exactly what you expect from a cozy mystery. I loved the setting. My only issue was that the main character is supposed to be in her 20s, but the narrator sounds like an old lady.

Sweet and clean

While I feel the narrator could do a bit more animation with her voice, overall this is good for lighthearted and cozy read.

guessed before end was correct.

nice catch story inside the story! on to the next book! thanks for preparing the next book in series.

Can't wait for the next in the series!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes Very well written, great character development. Good good story line. Well written and thought out. Keeps you guessing. Easy to listen to dialogue. This is really important especially when listening to a book rather than reading it yourself.

Who was your favorite character and why?

TJ the main character. While the "heroine" she was pretty believable. Often the heroines are not.

Have you listened to any of Coleen Marlo’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No but I have to say, I am going to research what other books she had narrated. Her narration has all the components that make a great narrator! Wonderful inflection and timing. Clear precise speech and she has the ability to change her tone and depth of her voice, and is consistent with it so you immediately know which character is speaking or if is as the narrator. A good narration makes a good book better and I have learned to listen to a sample first of a book I might be interested in buying on Audible.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and no. As I listened to the book, and found the story and narration to well done, towards the end, I did not want it to end and held off listening to the last 18 minutes on their own. I knew this was the place all the loose ends would be tied up and new seeds of the next book planted and I wanted to really enjoy it all. I was not disappointed!

Any additional comments?

Well worth the time and money to purchase and to listen. This is a book by an author I will now follow and a narrator I will turn to for more great listening. My thanks to them both and the other people responsible for the production for the hours of pleasurable listening.