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Aunt Bessie Assumes
- An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ashford
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey Beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before. Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest. Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either.
Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body. Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim?
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- Toddy
- 10-04-18
Robotic delivery spoils the cosy mystery.
The stilted robotic voice of the narrator was grating. She was fine when she put on the voices of other characters but otherwise I would have thought this a bad computer performance. The story itself was fine and characters likeable. One to read not listen to.
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- Sheila V Hopkinson
- 04-12-19
Excellent.
Not only is the story excellent it is also well narrated. Enjoyed every minute of listening to this audio book.
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- Elaine
- 30-06-18
What on earth was the accent supposed to be?
I can’t finish listening to this book I’m afraid. I didn’t expect a Manx accent but would rather have no accent at all. Sorry, but I won’t be purchasing any others in this series if the same person is doing the narration.
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- Lisa Sims
- 20-07-18
Oh Dear
Story ok but very dated, accent and word pronounciation atrocious, never heard of Bahey as a Manx name or any other for that matter ... pronounciation of Lonan is awful and Clague even worse .... only just managed to finish it due to listening to it while driving
The Isle of Man is a beautiful, proud and amazingly special place which does not come across in the juvenile story. Perhaps if I had read the book rather than listened to it, it may have been better but the terrible stilted voice and bad pronounciation by the narrater just ruined it completely.
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