Bound to Die

Strawberry Shores Mystery, Book 1

By: Mak K. Han

Narrated by: Angel Clark

Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

Laura is a librarian living in Strawberry Shores. It has always been a quiet place with nothing too crazy going on, especially murder.

Suddenly, Laura finds herself as the new sleuth in town, an amateur one at that, to solve the murder that has occurred in her beloved town. With a wide range of suspects, she has her work cut out for her. Luckily, she has the help of her friends, Emily and Alex, to help solve the crime and save the town!

This is a standalone, first book in a new sweet cozy mystery series filled with humor, suspects, and lots of books! It also has some mild paranormal elements, but is suitable for all ages.

©2015 Mak K. Han (P)2016 Mak K. Han

Don't Bother

First, as others have mentioned, the narrator and audio effects are not good and very distracting. Some of the characters, who are adults, speak and behave as if they were teenagers. Many of the conversations were odd and stilted. The best part was that it was short and free.

Bound to Die

This is a good mystery. It's short but still long enough to build up a good story line. There is enough clues to keep you interested. Angle Clark does a great job narriating this story. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.

Don’t go by my rating, see the review for why

I made it partway into Ch 6 and had to give up. I’d like to know what happens, but the supporting characters’ voices set my teeth on edge. I have no doubt they’re supposed to be whiny and annoying—and they are. The narrator has that nailed! The narrator’s normal voice (what she uses for the main character) is fine to listen to, but the other women? I just can’t.

Light and Cozy Mystery

Bound to Die is a short and cute cozy mystery. Angel Clark does a good job as narrator.

Cute

A small town a quiet job as a Liberian till Murder happens. With friend they dig in to solve. Enjoyed the audio had a good voice for this cozy mystery. Given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

Needs new narrator

The story was ok, but the voices were grating. Some of the voices sounded like they were yelling with a weird accent.

Such a cozy book

Laura's determination to uncover the truth of the murder in her town is truly awe-inspiring. The companionship between her and her friends show how much is possible when people stick together. Listening to their story spoken by Angel Clark has been a peaceful time for me.

mediocre at best

I'm not 12 so I can't give a fair review to this attempt at young adult drama.

Spotty entertainment

There are parts of the story that I found interesting, but the characters were unbelievable. I might have been more enthralled if it weren't for the irritating voice of the narrator. The best part of this story is that is was short.

A little Gem, Loved It

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A  Strawberry Shores Short Mystery Book 1 Cozy Mystery
Author Mak K.Han
Narrator Angel ClarkLength
2 hours 26 mins

I found this little gem in Audiobook Boom, and loved it. 

The story is well written and very entertaining and quick moving. Angel Clark is a cracking narrator and preforms really well when playing a young women with a attitude.

A great start to the Strawberry Shores Short Mysteries Series.  I really think it is worth grabbing a copy while it is still available free of charge on Audiobook Boom.

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Great first in series

Good plot and great characters. A really enjoyable read, I will listen to more by this author.

Will Laura's unusual gift help her find the killer

I really enjoyed listening to this cozy mystery. It was well written and the narrator did an excellent job narrating it and preforming the different characters in the book.
Laura is one of he new librarians in Strawberry shores.. she has and unusual gift that she developed after an accident in that she can tell if someone is lying to her when she asks a question. When a murder is commuted in the secret room under the Library she uses this gift to try to find the the murderer. Will she be able to find the murderer or will she become another casualty.

Bound to be a hit

I quiet enjoyed this short mystery. It is a good start to a new series and I liked the lie detector aspect to the case but think it should have been explained earlier in the book and then the beginning of the book would have made more sense and not just hinted at something. Also the main character wouldn't have come of as annoying and a strange know it all. She did grow on me as the story developed and as she made friends. Off to start book two.
Laura after her boyfriend lets her down during a robbery moves to Strawberry Shores and lands her dream job working in the library. That is until she finds herself the centre of attention when she discovers a secret room no body knew existed full of old books. The town is divided with what to do with it, Laura and her new friends think it should be donated to a museum but the biggest opponent believes the room should be sealed and the books left alone. When he turns up dead there are a number of suspects including Laura herself because everybody witnessed there very loud argument. Laura has one advantage the police don't have, beside knowing she didn't do it. Can she find a good way to put it to use when questioning the other suspects? The killed thinks Laura is to nosy without knowing her secret.
The narrator was okay but she used some strange effects to tell this story like when one of the characters was talking in a hall in front of an audience she was shouting but at the same time it sounded hollow. The men tended to all sound the same, otherwise she did a good job.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Short and Fun

This audiobook was okay- it started off strong but I must admit I lost interest before the murderer was revealed. For me, I found the narration a bit whiney. If the book had kept the strength it had at the start I’d have loved it, as it is, I won’t be actively searching for other books by this author.