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A Cotswold Killing

By: Rebecca Tope
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
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About this listen

Nestled in the hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret. When Joel Jennison is found slaughtered in the same field where his brother’s corpse had lain ten weeks previously, a whole community falls under suspicion. Was it a family feud? An act of revenge? As a forty-something woman with no previous experience of detective work, Thea Osborne knows she shouldn’t be getting involved but as she calls on her neighbours to get some answers, she uncovers more tragedy and intrigue that she thought possible behind the chocolate-box façade of a peaceful Gloucestershire village.

©2004 Rebecca Tope (P)2005 Soundings Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Village Suspense

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Really enjoyed this. Not too complicated. will read the following book in the series and others.

good story

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Beautifully read. Well constructed story and well written. Can't wait to listen to more Rebecca Tope.

Absolutely loved this

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What did you like best about A Cotswold Killing? What did you like least?

The initial introduction to characters was pleasing but they then failed to develop. Details such as a hole in the hedge did not ring true.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Make the end more memorable.. It fizzled out.

What does Caroline Lennon bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Nothing

Could you see A Cotswold Killing being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

Yes, to sell to a foreign market who like English quaintness. It could star Sue Perkins

Any additional comments?

Starts better than it ends.

MidSummer Murder meets Miss Marple

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Muddled, repetituve, the storey went round and round in circles. The police were nowhere in evidence after two people where murdered. A highly improbable storey. What police force would expect a member of the public, a young, vulnerable woman to be at the head of solving the crime? Even Agatha Christie's Miss Marple was warned by the police not to get involved and they were very much in evidence .

Tedious

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A good book but a poor reader. Too fast and poor diction. I have up halfway through the first chapter and read the book instead!

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