Deadly Scandal

The Deadly Series, Book 1

By: Kate Parker

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Olivia Denis is a content young wife with a carefree life in late 1930s London. Then her world is shattered with the violent death of her husband, Reggie. The police want to call it a suicide and close the case, but Olivia knows Reggie couldn't possibly have fired the fatal shot. Further mysteries surface surrounding her husband's death. Did the trustworthy Foreign Office employee betray government secrets? Was his murder linked to the death of a German embassy clerk the same night? And who searched their flat? Her desire for answers and her need to support herself cause her to break away from the pampered life she's known and take a job. But with the much-needed paycheck as a society reporter for a newspaper comes a secret secondary assignment - one that involves her in the increasingly dangerous world of European politics as the continent slides toward war.

©2016 Kate Parker (P)2017 Tantor

Intriguing historical mystery

The characters are strong. The history is accurate The plot has unpredictable twists and turns and there is a little romance. I have already started the next book in the series

Could not stop listening

This story had me hooked from beginning to end. Had me on edge wanting to know what was going to happen next.

Great beginning

Plot is believable. Good narration. Great way to start the series. Have already downloaded the second book.

lntriging

A wonderful beginning to the Deadly series. I enjoyed the lead character, Olivia, very much. How she discovers the truth about her murdered husband & proceeds to hunt for his killer was believable. And I loved the narrator. She brought life to the characters. I ordered the second book before I even finished this one!!

Full of intrigue

Lots of twists and turns to this plot. Can't wait to listen to the next in the series.

Needs better narrator

The story and idea are good, but a narrator with a recurring speech impediment and who is monotone that all the male characters sounded like robocalls🙄….drove me to almost abandon this book and series as a whole!

Deadly wonderful

This is a great book. I got Deadly Wedding in plus catalog. After listening to deadly Wedding I got Deadly Scandal. Reading the books in order is helpful. I now have all the books. The History of beginning of WW2 in England is very interesting. I thought I knew my history at the time but, I was wrong. You won't be sorry buying this series.

Very good!

Thoroughly enjoyed the story and the narrator. Surprisingly good. Rather riveting. Believable characters and dialogues.

Very Nice Historical Fiction

I very much enjoyed this book as it was an easy read and not too deep but deep enough. I liked the characters very much, but I would have like to see their development go a bit deeper; they are boarder-line flat. There were several moments in the story (such as when she had her flat searched/ransacked for like the 3 time, or when she would galavant around London alone after having already been attacked/warned many times) that I rolled my eyes. The narrative voice for the main character is lovely, but, goodness, the male voices are like fingernails on a chalk board. Adam sounds vapid and slow in the head (not at all sounding like the dashing character that I imagine he is to be), the father, oh, the father’s voice! Just bad!

In conclusion, as a lover of historical fixture “cozy mystery” book, I do recommend this book as a good listen for when driving or getting chores done. I did enjoy it. Was it the best book I have ever listened to? Indeed not; but it was a fun listen.

Boring

narrator was horrible. sounded like she was reading from the phone book. story was contrived.