Death in Cornwall

St. Just Mysteries, Book 4

By: G. M. Malliet

Narrated by: Lorna Bennett

To celebrate their engagement, DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De’Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall. Upon arriving, they find the villagers in an uproar over plans to redevelop the local seafront.

The fishermen want to build a new slipway to aid their business, but many residents worry it will spoil the view for the tourists who help drive the economy. After a heated village meeting on the issue, St. Just overhears an argument involving Lord Bodwally, an unpopular aristocrat staunchly opposed to the plans. Later, Bodwally’s lifeless body is discovered. It’s murder.

Although Bodwally was disliked, who’d go so far as to kill him? St. Just, although an outsider from Cambridge, feels compelled to help local authorities investigate. Is Bodwally’s death linked to the seafront, his suspect business dealings, or a secret from the past? One thing is certain: The fallout threatens to change Maidsfell forever.

©2021 G. M. Malliet (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Terrible narrator ruining the story

Decent story but narrator using horrible voices ruins it. I bought the two stories with this narrator before I heard one. I have only gotten a third of the way through and thinking of asking for a refund. Then buy the book to read rather than listen.

Great read!

I wish we didn’t have to wait so long between books. I love this series. This one is as good as the others. Intelligently written. The characters are complete and the mystery is well crafted. It held me to the end. Hated for it to be over.

cringy narration and juvenile characters

I liked the first 3 books of this series but this one missed the mark. The narrator of the first 3 books was great, new narrator did a horrible job, The voices are obnoxious and weird and the rhythm is totally odd. Turthermore, the content has shifted the likeable, interesting characters from the first 3 books into immature people sounding like mean junior high school girls (even the male characters). I doubt I'll finish it and definitely won't get the next one in the series (same narrator)

I Could NOT Finish

The new narrator was very bad. She only had two voices….normal and gruff. I finally gave up and bought the ebook and finished the story that way. The plot wasn’t very good and the main character had to explain everything after the killer was revealed. The reader didn’t have any of the information needed to “solve” the mystery. I’m just sorry that I already bought the next audiobook in this series before listening to this one. The previous narrator was much much better. I don’t think I will even listen to the next one, I will just archive it and move on.

The change of narrator

I found that tthe replacement of Davinna Porter so disappointing.. The characters came across as flat and one dimensional. The narrator sounded bored. It was difficult to listen to listen to this novel.