A Shot in the Dark

Mydworth Mysteries - A Cosy Historical Mystery Series 1

De: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

Narrado por: Nathaniel Parker

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM

Sussex, England, 1929. Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there, when young and handsome Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his diplomatic posting in Cairo, with his beautiful and unconventional American wife, Kat.

No sooner have the two arrived, when a jewel robbery occurs at Harry's aunt's home - Mydworth Manor. The police are baffled and overwhelmed with the case. But Harry and Kat have an edge in the hunt for the dangerous culprit: not only do they have certain useful "skills" they've both picked up in service of King, President and Country, they also have access to parts of English society that your average bobby can't reach ...

Nathaniel Parker, born in 1962, graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television career began in 1988 when he played Flying Officer 'Flash' Gordon in the LWT mini-series "Piece of Cake". He is also the lead in the BBC series "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", based on the novels by Elizabeth George. Nathaniel Parker has an extensive list of audio books to his credit, ranging from the classics of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy to more modern writings and children's books.

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American female voice needs work!

The mystery was fun, and the narrator did a fine job with British accents, but his female American protagonist was not well voiced at all. Detracted from the whole experience, unfortunately.

Delightful Adventure

Wonderful romp through the English countryside, the Thin Man revisited! Loved every minute of it.

Thoroughly enjoyable, short but complete

Thoroughly enjoyable, and not a book where your attention strays. Lovely main couple of protagonists, typical obnoxious supporting cast (that is fine by me), and a nice mystery to solve in an entirely interesting setting. Even though this is small, the authors pack in lots of details to make it fully fleshed, and feeling complete.

More fun than Nick & Nora

Love it! Wonderful, unique couple with a few hints at their mysterious backgrounds. So much to look forward to! (The mystery was.excellent too.)

Kat sounds like a longshoreman

Wanted to love this book because I love Cherringham but this isn't Cherringham. The story itself was okay I don't understand why we have another New York character from the US when there's over 50 states that you could pick from. The narrator I can't think of his name right off the top of my head, did a very good job on every voice except for Catherine's it was awful she came off sounding more like a man deep nasally voice the accent wasn't working it was coming off more like a two-bit gangster. He did a great job and all the other women's voices and men's voices The women's voice pitch you could tell they were supposed to be women, half the time I wasn't sure if Kat was talking or if a man was talking, her voice was even lower than Henry's. I also don't know why she was written the way she was, why does why women in movies and books anymore always have to be so Butch, always have to be tough acting and talking, why can't she be a strong tough woman and still be feminine? I can't see why he would even be attracted to her in my mind I see this 6'6 longshoremen with the wig. I know sometimes it takes a while to come to a voice in a character to actually get into the character so I'm hoping this is worked out by the next book because if it's not I will not be able to listen to any more of them. And I hope Matthew and Neil get these characters a little more grounded also gentlemen it is also okay to call her Catherine on it occasion like Catherine look out, she doesn't have to be a tough New Yorker I know that's the background you've done but you know she could have schooled herself enough not to come off that way over the years.

Easy listen

This is for those of us who like more glamor than gore in our murder mysteries. I wanted something fairly light and not too complicated. I thought I had the story figured out halfway through. Almost, but not quite. The main characters are written with a fun sense of dialogue. The setting presents a nice backdrop to the story. Exactly what I needed entering a busy holiday season.

Cute

Short and sweet. I had guessed the culprit right away, but it was still enjoyable enough to follow it through to the end. I like Nathaniel Parker as an actor and narrator, though I didn’t care for the American voice.

Not as appealing as Cherringham, but...

While I don’t, as yet, find these characters as appealing as Cherringham’s Jack & Sarah, I’m willing to invest in the next episode. Hopefully, Harry & Kat’s Mydworth adventures will become another addictive short read/listen!

A Nice Read

Liked the characters, the period, the story. Good repartee between the two main characters. A good series after Cherringham.

Fun nod to the period murder mysteries I grew up on

Enjoyable, light and fun. I’m looking forward to more books in this series!
Great read by Nathaniel Parker.