Down Home Murder

Laura Fleming, Book 1

De: Toni L. P. Kelner

Narrado por: Gayle Hendrix

When a tragic family accident brings Laura Fleming back home to Byerly, North Carolina, the sleuth discovers that her beloved grampaw's fatal fall from a ladder in the old mill was not an accident.

©1993 Toni L. P. Kelner (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Good Book, enjoyed it a lot.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, the book was very enjoyable. Kept you guessing, A good "Who Done It".

What does Gayle Hendrix bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Gayle Hendrix does a good job w/ the accents of the characters from the South. Makes you feel like you are there.

Will definitely buy other books by the author

Where does Down Home Murder rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Good mystery with humour blende in.

Any additional comments?

First book I have listened / read from this author. I enjoyed the book and will get more books by this author.

Blah and Dated

Found this book predictable and dull. The Southerners in the book are stereotypical racist and stupid. The Northern educated relative visits and 'puts everyone in their place'. Characters lack dimension and common sense. Knew ending a third of the way in.

Oddly choppy transitions

The reader is engaging, but the production/editing is a bit odd, as if somebody just scissored out six inches of tape here and there to speed things up. I thought it might be an amateurish abridgement, but this is supposedly unabridged. It sounds from time to time as if it's being cut off suddenly at the start of a word, then abruptly picks up (with a bit of a pop) on a different word. I suspect it's just bad splicing, although surely this is all digital now and this could have been corrected.

Oh, and the story is okay but nothing particularly original, IMO.

All Right Book

In the beginning, with the down home country accents & all the family stuff, I did not think I could listen to it. But the reader made the accent just right & the story moved along quite well. I will say I enjoyed the story. Not great literature, but pleasant to listen to.

I thought the reader did an excellent job and I will listen to her again.