Cassie Coburn Mysteries Books 1, 2 and 3 Boxed Set

A British Cozy Mystery Series

De: Samantha Silver

Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso

Duración: 12 h y 50 m

Resumen del Editor

When Cassie Coburn moved to London, she never thought she'd be involved in a quadruple homicide.

After a car accident ended her medical career before it even started, Cassie moved to London on a whim, expecting to see the sights and live the typical tourist backpacker lifestyle.

Instead she finds herself accompanying a French private detective, Violet Despuis, as they attempt to find out who poisoned four people in the middle of London.

Cassie's life soon includes this crazy detective, an ancient landlady with a curious past, a mischievous orange cat who likes going for walks on a leash, and a super hot pathologist that Cassie is sure is out of her league.

And they haven't even found the murderer yet...

Follow Cassie through the streets of London in this boxed set containing the following novels by Samantha Silver: Poison in Paddington, Bombing in Belgravia and Whacked in Whitechapel.

©2016 Samantha Silver (P)2020 Samantha Silver

Always recommend by me

I love this series and will recommend it to anyone who has audible it’s so different than other murder mysteries and I enjoyed so much 10/10 amazing reading and story

loved it !! nice easy read mystery

I tried this series / author randomly. I love murder mystery thrillers but reading them back to back like I tend to do can really do a number on your mind.
This "cozy mystery" is just what I wanted and needed. Great stories and a few fun LOL moments. Well worth the money/credit
The narration is just fantastic. Sometimes English accents in audible books drive me bonkers (being originally from the UK) but she did an amazing job.
Having only read the first book in this box set I already have the next box set purchased and will be buying the rest

Entirely listenable

Samantha Silver obviously is an Agatha Christie fan, and her Violet Despuis is an obvious take on Christie’s Hercule Poirot. That said, Silver’s enchanting French detective is charming, with an ego the size of Texas, but earned through classic logic and keen observation.

Silver’s story is well-written with an occasional grammar glitch, like missing objective pronouns about every third prepositional phrase and getting subjunctive mood wrong—along with most moderns. But Silver’s imagination is entertaining and her crises believable, even if the relaxed association with the police is unlikely.

But we like Cassie and Violet, and their adventures enough to overlook those minor mistakes.

Patricia Santomasso does a good job, adept at a host of accents and male and female tones, without a flaw.

We’ll move on to the rest of the series. It’s a welcome Cozy find.

I Couldn’t Listen Anymore

I purchased the 3 volume box set based on prior reviews. Maybe I just have higher expectations than most. I found these stories to be mundane and poorly written.

I had the first book figured out in no time. Book 2 I guess I didn’t even really try as I was bored to death. Book 3….well, I made it to chapter 5 and had to quit.

I liked Cassie okay. At least she wasn’t annoying. Violet, on the other hand, was written poorly. Samantha Silver, like so many cozy writers lacks imagination, originality and are prone to describe things in tremendous detail just to fill pages.

In the first book if I had counted the number of times she used the word CRAZY to describe someone or something I’d have never gotten to the second book.

She uses the term “quintessentially British” way too much. And how cliche is Violets constant use of the phrase “how do you say”? I’m sure if I were to continue reading this series Cassie and the coroner predictably fall in love.

I have read ALOT of cozy mysteries. Some were great and I hated to see the series end. Some I just couldn’t wait to end. This set does not fall into the first category.

Interesting and surprising!

I enjoyed this …a great performance!
The stories were interesting and very believable. Kept me listening to the end.

Fun Stories

Three great stories and a wonderful narrator! Loved these books and will definitely listen to the rest of the series.

Fun and Uniqur

I have listened to thw whole series and it is excellent, entertaining and different. Start at the beginning and listen to them all. They will make you smile and even laugh!

Female Sherlock

First book started out strong. I'm a sucker for overcoming setback stories. Patricia is one of my all time favorite voice actors. However, it's clear she gets austrayaccents better than Queen's English. It's distracting to hear Brit coppers speak in australian accent rather than a rather than say, a Cockney accent, for example.

Second book was unforgivably sloppy, lacking basic geopolitical knowledge. Taiwan is NOT officially recognized as a country by either the UK or the US. There's no Britih embassy in Taiwan! It's called British Office Taiwan. Therefore, there's NO Britih ambassador to Taiwan. So cringe to hear it repeated throughout the book.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THESE BOOKS

So, I have discovered recently that I really enjoy cozies with a mixture of American and British accents. This series gets bonus points for adding a French accent, as well. Cassie is a very relatable character - smart but not always self assured. Violet is almost a characature of an arrogant French woman, very much like a female Hercule Poirot. She denies it, saying she is not Belgian, but I can almost hear Poirot speaking of his little gray cells when Violet speaks. Their adventures are fun. Their repertoire natural. Their relationship enjoyable. Oh, and, yes, there is a cute guy.

New story line

Fun to listen to. Not the same old thing. Cute realistic characters. New plots. Really enjoyable !