Dead of Winter

The Lily Dale Mysteries, Book 3

By: Wendy Corsi Staub

Narrated by: Melanie Ewbank

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Just as a murderer dumps his corpse into the lake across Valley View in Lily Dale, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. Unbeknownst to her, the killer spots her silhouette and prowls straight to her door. That is, until he's interrupted by a black cat. A superstitious gambler, he takes off, but Bella's seen too much, and he vows to return.

Jiffy Arden, a neighborhood kid looking for the black cat and stumbling across the killer, begins to have premonitions of being kidnapped during the season's first snowstorm. Sure enough, when it strikes, he vanishes, never arriving home from the bus stop. While her son, Max, believes Jiffy has been kidnapped, Bella is convinced he's just wandered off as he typically does...until a body shows up in the lake.

Now everyone is pulling out all the stops to find the missing child, identify the victim, and collar the killer - and fast, because he's coming for Bella next in Dead of Winter.

©2017 Wendy Corsi Staub (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Robot narration, rather boring story

I really liked all the other books in this series, but this one was rather boring all around. The narrator sounded like a robot

Narrator is…not great.

Story is good (as always) but the narrator is hard to listen to at times.

Dead of winter

I really like this author and the. books she writes. I have read a few of her books, I don't know how many over the last few years, but I liked this one alot!

Good story but awful narration

The storyline is intriguing but the narration is hard to listen to. It sounds like a school teacher reading to a group of toddlers. It is painfully slow and over articulated narration.

The narrator reads like the town crier

This novel feels very much like a children’s book. The characters are a little childish as is the story. The writing is all over the place and it’s not great. Yet somehow I thought it had its charms. I didn’t hate it, even despite the narrator who really had an odd way of reading. I won’t be searching out this author, but she’s also not on my ‘must avoid at all costs’

Lackluster

I was unimpressed with the storyline of this book. It was predictable and everything went into place perfectly. I was equally disappointed in the narrator. Narration lacked emphasis on it's on important words or thoughts of the characters and was was gilted and disjointed

dead of winter

I thought many characters had the same voices. some women voices sounded like the childrens.

Love all of Wendy's books.

Love all of Wendy's Books. Great Series. Loved Jiffy's Character, he's something else I tell ya.

Fun read!

Great story !!! I've been enjoying the Lily Dale series. I adore both of the young men in this story.

once again a humdinger have a good time

you once again gave my mind and heart a short rest by listening to your wonderful story thank you so much I will continue to listen and read your books faithfully and energetically.
every one of your characters are realistic and lovable thank you for the good time