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The Murder

Little Compton Mysteries, Book 1

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The Murder

By: M K Turner
Narrated by: Lee Beddow, Perdita Lawton
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Tom Large is an accountant with issues, issues which are not helped when he stumbles across the body of Denise Knight. The police are treating Denise’s death as misadventure, but Tom’s cleaner, Liz Thorne, won’t accept that. She declares it to be murder, and little by little, she drags Tom out of his comfort zone as they try to establish the truth of what really happened to Denise.
The unconventional pair of sleuths are doing well until Tom’s daughter reveals an earth-shattering secret.

Can Liz pull Tom back from the brink to help her solve the case before the murderer walks away scot free? Will Tom listen to reason and accept the news he has no power to change?

©2023 Marcia K Turner (P)2023 Marcia K Turner Cosy Crime Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Murder Fiction Suspense

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Really enjoyed this first book in the series, compelling, engaging quite quirky, I like the characters they all gel together will definitely read the other two books in the series, narration was brilliant and added to the storyline

Compelling Engaging Murder Mystery

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This is the first book in the Little Compton series and what a way to start the ball rolling. We are introduced to the two main characters, accountant Tom Large & Liz Thorne, his cleaner or, as she tells it, his housekeeper. Both are very likeable and interesting characters that I took to instantly, both well written and they develop nicely through the course of the book.


The murder in question occurs right at the start of the book and Tom and Liz follow all the clues, gradually piecing together what happened and who the murderer is. A very entertaining tale indeed. 


I’d been following the progress of the book ever since it was first revealed but as a dedicated Audiobook listener I held out for the audio version which I enjoyed while driving my work van.I usually go more for crime/mystery/thrillers than cosy mysteries but I know I can’t wrong with anything the author writes and this book certainly lived up to those high standards. 


Equally I’m a fan of the narrators. Lee Beddow did a fantastic job narrating the author’s Meredith & Hodge books and keeps up the standard in this one. Perdita Lawton was new to me in the Bearing Witness series but in this book she excels at the local dialect of the Little Compton ladies which is a huge contrast to the “posh” accents of the Bearing ladies, showing how versatile she is. A real pleasure to listen to.


I can't give more than 5 stars but each one is very well worth it. I can’t wait for the next in the series, The Abduction, to land as an audiobook.


I received a free copy of this audiobook from the author at my request and am voluntarily writing this honest and unbiased review.

Great start to the series

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I enjoyed the dual narration of Lee Beddow and Perdita Lawton

Tom finds a dead body and the mystery starts. The police are not moving as fast as some people would like, so they take it upon themselves to do a bit of sleuthing, getting themselves into all sorts of trouble along the way. A enjoyable cozy mystery.

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I really enjoyed this story. The characters are building up nicely. I look forward to the next in the series

Great start to a new series

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Have read and loved other books by this author and thoroughly enjoyed this one too.

Looking forward to the next in this series.

Brilliant

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