• Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody

  • Jane Darrowfield Series, Book 1
  • By: Barbara Ross
  • Narrated by: Traci Odom
  • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (91 ratings)

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Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody

By: Barbara Ross
Narrated by: Traci Odom
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Jane Darrowfield is a year into her retirement, and she's already traveled and planted a garden. She's organized her photos, her recipes, and her spices. The statistics suggest she has at least a few more decades ahead of her, so she better find something to do....

After Jane helps a friend with a sticky personal problem, word starts to spread around her bridge club - and then around all of West Cambridge, Massachusetts - that she's the go-to girl for situations that need discreet fixing. Soon she has her first paid assignment - the director of a 55-and-over condo community needs her to de-escalate hostilities among the residents. As Jane discovers after moving in for her undercover assignment, the mature set can be as immature as any high schoolers, and war is breaking out between cliques.

It seems she might make some progress - until one of the aging "popular kids" is bludgeoned to death with a golf club. And though the automatic sprinklers have washed away much of the evidence, Jane's on course to find out whodunit....

©2019 Barbara Ross (P)2020 Tantor

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Busybody is a different but good read. Enjoyed the

Busybody was a good title. Fun read in a different type of setting .narrator was good

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Fun!

From my perspective , this book seemed to have more possible realism than some other cozy mysteries I have read. I thought the character was realistic and did not change drastically during the story, which I really appreciate. There was intrigue and a pleasant amount of fun.

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Great cozy mystery‼️

Very enjoyable. Jane is very likeable and smart! Good with people and isn’t always getting in the way … like some. Story line was interesting and not so simple you knew by end of 1st chapter “who did it”
I see there are only2 books in series which is to bad … would be wonderful to spend more time with Jane!

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This was excellent!!

This story had an excellent plot! I really enjoyed it and the guilty person was a surprise. The ending, which was part of a subplot was also a surprise!! Read this book!

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Fun and Entertaining

Jane Darrowfield is a fun and entertaining cozy mystery. The characters are engaging and the plot is interesting. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next book in this series.

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So many great plot twists and it will you leaving guessing until the very end.

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Great Cozy Mystery

The characters and story are wonderful. The narrator is great. I really enjoyed the pace and flow of the mystery. I definitely want to read more from this author.

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Great Story

Loved this book. It reminds me of the Agatha Raisin series by MC Beaton. Can’t wait for the next book in the series.

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Good read

I will be reading this again and again. Hope there is more like this , it’s interesting to hear books about older people doing things they like.

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It was so much fun reading this book

It seems like most books that I read I read lately have an agenda or moral to their story and this one had more than one. But they are feel good about truth and about second chances and healing relationships as well as solving a mystery and living life if not to your fullest at least to a fulfilling life in your older years. Great story. Hope you enjoy

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