The Brewery Murders

A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 9

De: J. R. Ellis

Narrado por: Michael Page

An award-winning beer worth killing for. Can DCI Oldroyd find the killer before last orders?

Steeped in a history of award-winning Yorkshire ale, the town of Markham boasts not one but two breweries. Richard Foster runs one; his sister, Emily, along with her partner, Janice, runs the other. And not without some resentment.

The unwelcome return of the town’s former bad boy, Brendan Scholes, threatens to ignite the sibling rivalry further. Scholes claims to have found the long-lost secret recipe to the beer that made Richard and Emily’s father famous, and he wants money.

But it isn’t long before Scholes’ body is found floating in a fermentation tank at one of the breweries, his head caved in by a hammer. DCI Oldroyd and Andy Carter are called in to investigate the murder, and there’s no shortage of suspects.

As rumours of the possible existence of a recipe for the famous beer spread against a backdrop of growing homophobia and misogyny, tempers run high. With Markham’s beer industry at stake, a killer on the loose and the town’s residents out for blood, Oldroyd needs to solve the murder before someone else is killed…

©2023 J. R. Ellis (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Preachy

I have enjoyed the previous books in this series. They are droll portraits of what I imagine to be quirky north country folk. Unfortunately this 10th book seemed little more than an extended and quite preachy sermon on the evils of addiction. Gambling and alcohol. Disappointing.

Great Story Line

Entertaining story. Clever story line about a murder in a brewery. I thought the character description was a little too weak. Other than that I have enjoyed this series.

A good series but listen to the narrator first

I've read all the books in this series and really enjoyed them so I thought I would get an audible to listen to. I did not like the narrator. Back to my kindle. It is a clever mystery in a good series.

Color, texture, and delight...

This has so many avenues and tangents off a great plot. And you learn a lot!
Oldroyd and his sergeants are realistically performed by the excellent vocal artist, Michael Page, who brings the characters to life.
I enjoy all the various sub-plots that surround and enliven the main plot. The sub-plots give color and texture to the location, characters & the story itself.
Excellent writing & superb vocal artistry.

Enjoyed

I really enjoy this series and loved this newest in the series. The Brewery Murders was excellent!