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A Murder in Time

Kendra Donovan Mysteries Series, Book 1

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A Murder in Time

By: Julie McElwain
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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About this listen

Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered, and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teammates.

While fleeing from an unexpected assassin herself, Kendra escapes into a stairwell that promises sanctuary but when she stumbles out again, she is in the same place - Aldrich Castle - but in a different time: 1815, to be exact.

Mistaken for a lady's maid hired to help with weekend guests, Kendra is forced to quickly adapt to the time period until she can figure out how she got there; and, more importantly, how to get back home. However, after the body of a young girl is found on the extensive grounds of the county estate, she starts to feel there's some purpose to her bizarre circumstances. Stripped of her 21st century tools, Kendra must use her wits alone in order to unmask a cunning madman.

©2016 Julie McElwain (P)2017 Tantor Detective Fantasy Fiction Historical Mystery Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Paranormal Crime Murder

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I’ve had this narrator before and she is actually extremely good! The key is that you need to set the speed to x1.25 and she no longer sounds “drawn out” but you’ll then get to enjoy a great pace with lots of good character voices.

It is also incredibly worth the effort as the book is superb and very gripping! Great concept and addictive listening :-)

Play the narration at x1.25 and it’s great!

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Kept me engaged and never bored. I liked the main character, Kendra, although I thought the 1815 characters were more than averagely accepting of her modern speech oddities and manners, but it was a good story, not a history book, so I could let it go. So glad others suggested speeding up the narration - it was a big help and I thought narrator then did ok except for Scottish / Irish attempts, which were pretty painful, though fortunately characters were fairly minor. I would listen to another one, even with same narrator. If you like murder mysteries with a dash of thriller / history / romance, a solid 4 stars overall in my opinion.

Great tip on 1.2 playing speed

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I can’t take this book seriously at all. It sounds all wrong - a story about the FBI, CIA etc narrated with a plummy English accent by someone who should really be relating a Jane Austen novel.
Ditched this after 40 minutes.

Wrong narrator!

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I liked the storyline although the narration was a bit dragging. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys drama, thrill and romance. Also, for those who don’t mind swearing and detailed descriptions of injuries.

I would recommend

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It was really hard to listen to this and the narrator ruined it for me. The change of voices between the male characters and their plummy accent or the police man’s cockney accent was unbearable. I wish I had looked at the suggestion to play it at 1.25 before, it might have helped.

Awful narration

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