'British' accent unbearable to listen to

Just started this and am not sure I can carry on!
Amanda Ronconi is usually my all time favourite Audible narrator and can do no wrong, but her approximation of an English accent is nothing short of horrific. For a British listener, imagine nails down a blackboard but worse.
It sounds like a strange mix of Irish, Scottish and some kind of odd twang I'm not even sure exists in real life. I mean, c'mon, how hard is it to do a cockney or even a posh English accent? The book itself is great as the books in this series always are, but given I'm cringing every time the English character speaks I might have go skip this one and go onto the next.

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i have really enjoyed these stories, but!

the British accents were awful, i have no idea, where they were meant to be from. Her take on British people is a bit outdated, but not offensive. And I did listen to the end,

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Oh, the accents!

Please, Amanda, don't ever attempt a British accent again. They were so appallingly bad, I almost gave up on the book.

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Ghost

A teenager's musical crush shows up at the Beach House asking for help. Instead of turning him away Allison says yes and it is Paul who doesn't want to take the case.

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A well written whodunnit

Once again EJ Copperman has dotted every i and crossed every T in this well thought out whodunnit.

The story plot wasn't my favourite in the series so far but my goodness, every character is portrayed really well, every thread of the story is dealt with and the characters are so likeable.

Amanda Ronconi is BRILLIANT but the British accent in this one did ruin it a bit, I wasn't sure where Vance was actually from, Liverpool maybe or London?

I really admire how the author deals with the overlap of conversations between the living and the ghosts, it had me laughing out loud. Very clever writing.

EJ Copperman + Amanda Ronconi = perfection!

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Great story but shame about the dodgy accents

I've loved the other books in this series and especially the reader. However this book called for some British accents which were truly terrible and stopped me from fully engaging in the book.

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Spoilt by attempted scouse? accent

If this had been the first of these stories I had listened to it would have been the last. The narrator is normally outstanding for me as one of the few American accents which takes very little getting used to but her attempt at what I think was a northern British accent -perhaps Liverpool - made Dick van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins sound accurate. Judge for yourselves.

In truth this was the only criticism I can voice on this most enjoyable series and I am just starting the twelfth story (book 10)

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Music, murder and red herrings.

Ghostly (dead) music idols and murder in an enjoyable cozy mystery novel. The trademark wry humor and tons of red herrings, without getting too confusing, makes for a literary equivalent of Easy Listening.

OK, Ronconi's English accents are bad, but otherwise she does such a great job that I still enjoyed her narration.

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very predictable

having listened to previous stories, which I did enjoy. I find this predictable and the accents were awful 😒

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Good accompaniment to housework

I am listening to this series in order. I love the sarcasm. I am not too bothered with the plots anymore; it is the characters I like, particularly the police officer and Phyllis. The narrator is generally good but she just can't voice British males.

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