Amelia Moore Mysteries, Volume 1

By: Linda Weaver Clarke

Narrated by: Carolyn Kashner

A Romantic Mystery!

Amelia Moore, founder of the Moore Detective Agency, specializes in missing persons. Along with her partner, Rick Bonito, they are sometimes put in dangerous situations when solving a case. In this volume, they travel to exotic places such as Bali Island in Indonesia, Ireland, where she kisses the Blarney Stone, and Mexico, where she experiences what a rain forest is really like.

©2014 Linda Weaver Clarke (P)2021 Linda Weaver Clarke

Mysteries and Romance? Yes please.

Fun set of quick mysteries, with a nice romantic storyline carried across. Stories are each a nice length to fit in when getting ready in the morning, or unwinding for bed.

The Twists and Turns in the Story

I liked listening to this book and the escapades that Amelia and Rick get into while doing their detective work. There's an underlying story about the attraction Rick and Amelia feel for each other but Amelia has a rule against getting involved with co-workers so there are ups and downs there.

Pros: The story is "clean" with no sex or swearing so that gets extra stars from me.

The narrator tried to change her voice for some of the characters but was unsuccessful in doing that. She had an okay voice as the narrator.

There are numerous twists and turns which kept me guessing who the culprit was until the end of the book.

The overall story was a good one.

Cons: The attraction between Trick and Amelia was more like a teen romance than an adult one at times. I did like that there was no sex so that earns extra stars from me.

The narrator needs more inflection in her voice. The book was read without much variation in her voice. I'm not one who cares about the narrator changing voices, but there were a lot of characters in this book and some modulation of her voice would have been helpful.

I've lived in Arizona a long time and am blessed to live in Northern Arizona with a lot of open space so we get javalina in our yard frequently and while they can be aggressive when cornered, they are generally more afraid of us and will run away quickly. We enjoy seeing them with their babies and have never felt threatened by them. I felt like they were portrayed as mean, aggressive animals which they are not unless they feel threatened.

Overall this is an easy book to listen to and the storyline is believable and while it's not a deep story it's enjoyable and fun to listen to. I will listen to more from this author and recommend this book.

AMELIA MOORE

There is three stores in this book. There simple but good. Amelia and Rick travel around the world. Specializing in finding people. This is labeled A Cozy mystery. Sometimes you want something easy to listen to. It's not complicated but still has a good story. It's clean. If you want something lighthearted and simple but still a good mystery I think you'll like this. Carolin Kashner does a good job narrating this book. You can get the books individually and it has a different narrator. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.

Cozy mysteries with a dash of love

This is my first intro into the Amelia Moore Detective Agency. What a fun series and cozy mysteries. It’s fun to see Amelia and Rick with their bucket lists and secret wishes to just maybe look into a relationship together and have those kisses that take your breath away. Amelia specializes in finding lost people and while her methods aren’t necessarily high tech she manages to have happy endings and reunite families together. The narration was excellent also.

Cozy mystery with travel to Mexico

Amelia Moore Mysteries Volume 1 consists of The Bali Mystery, The Shamrock Case and The Missing Heir. In the first, they travel to Bali to find their client’s missing brother. In the 2nd book, they travel to Ireland searching for relatives and answers. In the 3rd book they travel to Mexico to find a man who had to claim an inheritance. The stories are interesting. I received the audiobook from Linda Weaver Clarke for an honest review.