The Cranefly Orchid Murders

De: Cynthia Riggs

Narrado por: Davina Porter

Victoria Trumbull is a feisty 92-year-old who refuses to let her age stop her from having fun, or investigating crime. When Victoria's knowledge of her native Martha's Vineyard helped to solve a murder in Deadly Nightshade, she earned her own baseball cap emblazoned with "West Tisbury Police Deputy". Now the authorities will turn to her again to help uncover another scandal on the idyllic island.

Phoebe Eldridge, a short-tempered woman who lives alone, has sold the family land to a developer who made an offer that seemed too good to resist. When the Conservation Trust enlists Victoria to search that land for an endangered plant, she and her 11-year-old after-school assistant are rewarded with the discovery of a little nest of cranefly orchids, and a body.

©2002 Cynthia Riggs (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This mystery unfolds as nicely as the Vineyard spring it so lovingly depicts." (Publishers Weekly)
"Readers who enjoyed the charming series debut, Deadly Nightshade, will be delighted to get another dose of Victoria's sharp tongue." (Booklist)

Good Mystery

Really like the characters and setting of this story well written and story developed with precision.

bit of swearing

It's easy to immerse yourself in the story but when the occasional swear word comes it is ajarring.

The cranefly orchid murders

I just love cozy mysteries like this one! the story had so many twists and turns that it kept me on my toes, trying to guess who the murderer was.

Davina Porter! outstanding narrator makes a pretty

good story a delight to listen to. Victoria Trumbull and her many friends keep Martha's Vineyard safe and peaceful once again.

Story and Accent

So I noticed complaints about the “British” Accent. And while the narration portions do sound very British, the Characters have very appropriate New England accents for the time period.
Now about the story. It has a slow and difficult pace. I also have a problem with the main characters manner toward her family I. The beginning. One can not want to be close to family and still chose to speak with respect. It doesn’t seem to match the “manners” of high-brow society at the time. I did not get past chapter 4 so her manners may have improved and I just don’t know it.