• Deadly Nightshade

  • A Martha's Vineyard Mystery
  • By: Cynthia Riggs
  • Narrated by: Davina Porter
  • Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (477 ratings)

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Deadly Nightshade

By: Cynthia Riggs
Narrated by: Davina Porter
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Publisher's summary

Martha's Vineyard has been home to Victoria Trumbull for most of her 92 years. Its magic, history, and picture-perfect calm are part of her very being. But one evening, Victoria hears something that doesn't quite belong: a scream followed by a splash and a sound of a car speeding away. She investigates and discovers a body on the outgoing tide.

Despite interruptions from her granddaughter Elizabeth, the harbormaster Domingo, a swarm of Island locals, and a few mysterious visitors, Victoria manages to get in a good bit of detective work and still finds time to cook her traditional Saturday night supper of Boston baked beans. She even concocts a scheme to trap the killer. But she'll need to act quickly, victim number two has already been found.

©2001 Cynthia Riggs (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Wonderful....Here's hoping that Victoria Trumbull is solving crimes for many years to come." (Booklist)
"Victoria's mordant wit and easy cleverness add to this vastly entertaining debut series." (Library Journal)

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Absolutely terrific.

I loved this book. Interesting characters. Great story. Took me to a place I’ve never been. I felt transported.

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Technical issues

This appears to have been a CD set first. Throughout the recording, the announcer says “this will be continued on Disc 3”, etc. Which isn’t a problem. BUT I think the CD was skipping when they digitized. In the middle of one scene it skips to elsewhere in the book - over and over again. It’s frustrating because you have no idea what you have missed. The reading is done well but with an odd mixing of accents and intonations that confuse the characters at times. But the story is interesting!

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Great performance!

The narrator was great! It seems as if everyone on Martha’s Vineyard came to be there via the British isles, however! LOL!

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Odd choice for the reader

Great story! Reader is good, too, but why a British reader for a story set in New England? I love hearing a Scottish accent ( and she does it so well), but it's startling in the mouth of a New England sailor.

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This was a good mystery. The story was unusual with unexpected twists in the plot. The narrator was okay, but it was difficult to discern characters from time to time.

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Story is Good, but…

The narration is horrible. Little old ladies from Massachusetts definitely do not sound like piper English ladies! The story is slow going due to the narration.

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unusual

A different type of mystery but enjoyable. Lots of interesting and unusual characters many much different than they first appeared to be. must pay attention to keep up with the plot.

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Just delightful!

What an excellent story and performance. So nice to have a mature heroine. Can't wait to listen to the next one,

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Well...

Too many swear words, which don't contribute to the story.! Good story tho😊 Love Davina Porter!

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Not my type of book

Was hard to keep my interest in this book. Just not my type of book

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