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Twelve Motives For Murder

The cosy immersive locked-room murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman

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Twelve Motives For Murder

By: Fiona Sherlock
Narrated by: Clare Louise Connolly, George Weightman, Hannah Barrie, Joseph Capp, Nneka Okoye, Ruth Lass, Stephanie Lane, Tom McCall
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 A MULTI-CAST NARRATION. AN IMMERSIVE AUDIO EXPERIENCE.
A murder mystery told entirely through interviews. PI Elizabeth Chalice needs YOU to help her solve the case.

ONE BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS.
TWELVE MOTIVES FOR MURDER . . .

Sit back and become a real armchair detective.
A murder mystery told entirely through interviews.
Private Investigator Elizabeth Chalice needs YOU to help her solve this case.

It's a beautiful day in Como, and the Caswell-Jones family are surrounded their nearest and dearest in their Villa Janus. But when Jonty Caswell-Jones is found dead in his study, it is clear the only suspects are the guests and the family. It seems all this time, tensions have been brewing, guests seething, and rivalries have reared their ugly head . . .

Jonty's wife, Catherine, knows there's a killer among them so she calls her acquaintance, Elizabeth Chalice, to investigate. She wants to keep this firmly within the family if she can. No one else must know.

As each suspect is interviewed in turn, Elizabeth must work out who killed Jonty and why. And is anyone else in danger? But with twelve suspects each with their own very clear motive, anything is possible . . .

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd©2020 Fiona Sherlock Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays International Mystery & Crime Murder Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense
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The actors in this are wonderful , their performances are like playhouse theatre. Elizabeth the Detective draws you in and includes you as part of the audience.

A gem!

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This was a really lucky find for me. The ebook came up as a sale notification from Kobo for 99p but I noticed that the audiobook "immersive experience" was pushed in the synopsis, and comparing the text and audio version I felt that it was one of those odd books where the format would work better in audio. It really does and I don't think I could have read it as a book, the epistolary style doesn't work for me.

All of the voice acting was excellent, not overdone and it felt very natural with nice dramatic extras like door knocks, footsteps etc that were done in a professional way that didn't overtake the speech. It was nice to have clearly separate characters read by different narrators, like a dramatisation.

The book was slightly quirky and set in 50s with post-war upper middle class attitudes. Everything flowed well but strangely, I didn't overly like the detective, I felt she had smug attitudes. I can't say I was surprised by the reason and the killer, it was strongly foreshadowed, but I didn't feel that it mattered because I was eager to see if I was right, I became quite engrossed by it.

Enjoyable and fun

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Loved this book, great plot which unveils tips on all the characters through out and builds the back story intriguingly. All the characters had brilliant stories and the production was excellent. Recommend this book, great entertainment.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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All the episodes were fairly gripping full of information to gather in this Murder Mystery.

Very disappointed in the ending though that nothing from the previous episodes really made up who the killer was or why - lots of extra bits that weren't covered at all!

Waited 8 hours for...

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reminiscent of old Agatha Christie murder mysteries. excellent production, great storyline. looking forward to hearing more from Fiona Sherlock

very enjoyable immersive experience

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