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Death at Wentwater Court

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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About this listen

 This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.

No stranger to sprawling country estates, wealthy Daisy Dalrymple is breaking new ground in having scandalously traded silver spoon for pen and camera to cover a story for Town and Country magazine. But her planned interviews with the inhabitants of Wentwater Court give way to interrogation after suave Lord Stephen Astwick meets a dire fate on the tranquil skating pond.

Armed with evidence that his fate was anything but accidental, Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard to examine an esteemed collection of suspects and to see that the unlikely culprit doesn't slip through their fingers just as the unfortunate Astwick slipped through the ice.

©1994 Carola Dunn (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Cosy Destiny Crime Cosy Mysteries

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Loved the story but why have an American read a English story? The accents are totally wrong and do spoil the story.

Good story

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Have always liked the Daisy Dalrymple books but my goodness, this audio was badly let down by the narrator's ghastly American pronunciation and mangled English. This detracted from the story with every wince-making murder of the English language of the period.

Let down by narrator

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The story was ok as detection stories go. Likeable characters. The lady narrating has a terrible English accent and really doesn't know how to pronounce a lot of English words, especially as she was trying to emulate an upper class accent from the twenties. Her rural coppers accents were even better 🤣.

Good story

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The attempt at an English accent was excruciating and there were many errors of pronunciation

Very poor narration

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The story is entertaining - a proper country house murder mystery. The American narrator is surprisingly good despite her seriously dodgy 'English' accent. Her pronunciation of words like Fenella and Step Mama were hilarious. There was a definite touch of the Dick Van Dykes when the servants spoke. A non-British listener wouldn't mind it as much. After my initial horror it actually was very well performed but why not use an English person? There are plenty available.

Dodgy accent but good story

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It is such a shame when a well-written book is spoiled by an awful reader!

Good story, poor narrator

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Story good, American reader irritating and unsuitable for a very British story. mispronunciations very annoying.

irritating reader

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I would not buy this because the narration is so poor. Whilst the mispronunciation of obscure words is understandable, the attempts regional accents are dreadful and even some common words are mispronounced.
I persevered because I enjoyed the story and I want to hear more from this author so will be trying to concentrate on the plots rather than enjoying the treat of being read to.

Narrator spoils the experience

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Great story, and will definitely read more by this author, but the American pronunciation of English words was a bit off-putting.

loved the story

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A easy listen with a good story line. Performance narration was also charming. Would recommend

A delightful murder mystery

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