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Murder on the Menu

By: Alex Coombs
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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Chef Charlie Hunter's arrival in the beautiful Chilterns is the fulfillment of a long-held dream: to open her own restaurant in an idyllic countryside location. The Old Forge sits on the village green (complete with duck pond and flint-faced houses) and seems just the place for the high-quality cooking she wants to be known for.

But instead of rural peace and a chance to lick her wounds, Charlie finds something ugly stirring under the chocolate box perfection. When a prominent local builder is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Charlie the outsider becomes a suspect. And the only way to clear her name seems to be to find out who the real killer is.

Luckily she has allies: her student waitress, a kitchen porter making up in muscles what he lacks in brain and a briskly efficient clairvoyant. Using all the craft Charlie's learned in kitchens—discipline, timing, preparation, and grim determination—she will be as relentless in her quest to bring a murderer to justice as she is in creating the perfect meal.

©2023 Alex Coombs (P)2024 Tantor Cosy Culinary Adventures Mystery Village Fiction

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I am only on chapter 6 and not sure I can continue. The narrator is terrible. I like this authors other series so was looking forward to this one but not sure I will continue. Tried at different speeds to see if it would help but no.
So disappointing.

Love this author but the narrator!

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Really good story and plot but the narrator was unbelievably poor. Intonation was unbearably wrong. I find it incredible that the author would allow this narration.

Narration spoiled a good story

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It’s a great story, but the narrator’s intonation is awful. I’ll buy the next book in paperback and read it myself!

Hard listening

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It’s hard to believe this is the same author of Hanlon books. A chef rolled into a crime fighter, boxer, the voice was all wrong for part. Possibly the worst audiobook in a long time. I liked all the Hamlin books some more than others but this. NO

Not a lot.

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Not the usual style of story from Alex Coombs but I think with a much better narrator it would have come across a lot better than this book did.

Nice story but very poor narration

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I paid for it so I forced myself to listen but narrator was poor! Not a patch on other books by same author

Poor narration

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I had liked the DC Hanalon books and very much liked the voice and accent of the narrator, in those books, Carol Bonnyman. In this book, which, I wrongly thought would be funny, was desperately spoilt by the writers fascination on writing in glorified (but un-neexed and un-wanted detail) of men's testicle, etc and bum clevage etc, together with hair colour there! Yuk. This was supposedly also voiced by a woman! I don't think so. So much strange description and unnecessary dialogue on whether someone does or doesn't ask 'what kind of cheesecake?' i.e Was it a New York cheesecake, which we are told is baked!! Not necessarily linked to storyline at all. Sadly the narrators voice was flat and uninteresting. Sorry.

Nothing

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So disappointed. I loved the DCI Hanlon books and this may be good too but it’s impossible to listen to. Should be re-recorded.

The worst narration I’ve heard.

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Whatever she writes its all great! I liked this, different to usual. Tbh I am unsure of the narrator, bit too posh maybe?

I know it’s a southern based book and southerners dont have such strong accents as northerners but hers was a little to cut glass for me. Sorry to say that as nothing wrong with voice, it just wasn’t the right one.

Story great, characters great, loved the discussions on food for the menu. Loved Charlie.

I love Alex Coombs books

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The narrator delivers throughout with this completely unnatural and thoroughly annoying so sing voice. I cannot imagine anyone actually speaking like this. No variation of tone. No sense of emotion or excitement. I can’t understand how audible can imagine anyone enjoying listening to this. So, overall extremely disappointing. I wish I had listened to a sample first.

impossible to listen to.

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