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  • The Bookshop Murder

  • An Absolutely Gripping Cozy Mystery (A Flora Steele Mystery, Book 1)
  • By: Merryn Allingham
  • Narrated by: Charlie Norfolk
  • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (312 ratings)

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The Bookshop Murder

By: Merryn Allingham
Narrated by: Charlie Norfolk
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Summary

Bookshop owner Flora Steele escapes the sleepy English village of Abbeymead through the adventures in the stories she sells. Until one morning, everything changes when she discovers a body amongst her own bookshelves....

The young man with the shock of white-blond hair lay spread-eagled on the floor, surrounded by fallen books. His hand reached out to the scattered pages, as though he was trying to tell her something.

But who is he? How did he come to be killed in Flora’s ordinary little bookshop? Flora finds out he was staying at the Priory Hotel, and when the gardener suddenly dies in its beautiful grounds only a few days later, she is certain that something untoward is happening in her quiet village by the sea.

But are the two deaths connected? And is someone at the hotel responsible - the nervous cook, the money-obsessed receptionist, or the formidable manageress?

Determined to save her beloved bookshop’s reputation and solve the murder mystery, Flora enlists the help of handsome and brooding Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.

As the unlikely duo set about investigating the baffling case, guilty faces greet them at every door. And they soon realise there’s more than one person hiding secrets in Abbeymead....

The start of a brand-new murder mystery series featuring bookshop owner Flora Steele and crime writer Jack Carrington. Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Joy Ellis will love this perfect cozy murder mystery novel. An utterly addictive story that will have you guessing until the very end.

©2021 Merryn Allingham (P)2021 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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A great suspense story.

I loved this book, well told, excellently narrated and an easy listen.i would highly recommend this book.

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Really lovely and interesting

The book is narrated well. Very fun murder mystery set in a sussex village. The characters are really great and the hook is fantastic. Had me excited to listen again every time I took a break. Enjoyed it a lot

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Great cosy crime

Great narration, lovely characters and an interesting plot. It’s set post war and was refreshing to listen to prose built pre the technological revolution

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Charming

Liked the narrators voice, really suited the character. buying another to see if still as engaging.

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Twee and factually inaccurate

Starts off well but meanders into an ever more implausible plot. 16th century parchment turning up with cryptic clues written in understandable English and the first recorded “evidence” of paste jewelry approx 150 years before it was invented belongs more to Dan Brown novels or Indiana Jones.
Apparently there are sequels to this story!
I won’t be rushing to buy them.

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Great!

Really enjoyed this great narration all the way through would be looking more for this author

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Great characters and rich story

Really liked the lead characters and the interwoven stories of each sub character.
Easy to follow narrative with enough twists to keep you guessing as to the perpetrator.

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A great listen!

I really enjoyed listening to this book! Great characters, great story that kept me guessing till the end, great historic content and well read! Now about to start the next one in the series😃

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Easy listening

This was very easy to listen to and enjoyable enough. Not the most enthralling book, however the two main characters are entertaining. The narrator is mildly irritating.

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medicore

The narratation is excellent and the only reason I finished listening. The plot was obvious and the main character regularly did things that made no sense. Like finding an important clue while in danger of being caught any second but wasting time thinking at a window rather than getting the hell out of there. Or displaying no genuine love of books, dismissing the value of help from a librarian....

So many points where behaviour made no sense. I won't give anymore examples to avoid spoilers

This felt very amateurish

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