-
Heavenly Pleasures
- A Corinna Chapman Mystery, Book 2
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed

pick 2 free titles with trial.
Buy for $21.28
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Earthly Delights
- Corinna Chapman Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley. But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying "The wages of sin is death" and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.
-
-
Don't know why I waited so long.
- By S. Sarabasha on 09-13-13
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Cocaine Blues
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse, appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
-
-
A series that just gets better
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 02-01-11
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions
- The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Collection
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Wendy Bos
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun and compulsively listenable stories. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr Butler and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic.
-
-
a question of death
- By D. LeBlanc on 04-19-21
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Medea
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott, Simon Mattacks
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece. Medea - her very name is a byword for infamy. Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge. But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem. Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts. A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.
-
-
So good
- By Ctd on 02-24-23
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Tamam Shud: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Kirsty Gillmore
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1948. After serving with the French Resistance during the Second World War, codenamed La Chatte Noire, Phryne Fisher escaped to Australia in search of sunshine, butter and peace. So she’s furious when tragedy intrudes upon her newfound tranquillity and she discovers a dead man on Somerton Beach - well-dressed, good-looking and with a secret smile on his lips. The police are baffled as to his identity and cause of death - not to mention the scrap of paper bearing the words TAMAM SHUD found upon him, and the coded message in the book from which it was torn.
-
-
Horrible narrator, not Phrynie in any sense.
- By Heidi Hey Hoe on 03-27-21
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.
-
-
I wanted to like this so much.
- By BossyFatBabe on 06-23-20
By: Verity Bright
-
Earthly Delights
- Corinna Chapman Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley. But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying "The wages of sin is death" and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.
-
-
Don't know why I waited so long.
- By S. Sarabasha on 09-13-13
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Cocaine Blues
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse, appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
-
-
A series that just gets better
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 02-01-11
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions
- The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Collection
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Wendy Bos
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun and compulsively listenable stories. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr Butler and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic.
-
-
a question of death
- By D. LeBlanc on 04-19-21
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Medea
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott, Simon Mattacks
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece. Medea - her very name is a byword for infamy. Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge. But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem. Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts. A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.
-
-
So good
- By Ctd on 02-24-23
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Tamam Shud: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Kirsty Gillmore
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1948. After serving with the French Resistance during the Second World War, codenamed La Chatte Noire, Phryne Fisher escaped to Australia in search of sunshine, butter and peace. So she’s furious when tragedy intrudes upon her newfound tranquillity and she discovers a dead man on Somerton Beach - well-dressed, good-looking and with a secret smile on his lips. The police are baffled as to his identity and cause of death - not to mention the scrap of paper bearing the words TAMAM SHUD found upon him, and the coded message in the book from which it was torn.
-
-
Horrible narrator, not Phrynie in any sense.
- By Heidi Hey Hoe on 03-27-21
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.
-
-
I wanted to like this so much.
- By BossyFatBabe on 06-23-20
By: Verity Bright
-
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
- A Royal Spyness Novella
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.
-
-
Fun, light prequel
- By CMMV on 01-01-15
By: Rhys Bowen
-
The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary woman who loves books. She seeks answers from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.
-
-
Fun to be Back
- By Meg on 10-12-22
By: C.J. Archer
-
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses. Major Heathcliff Lennox, and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, death, and love await.
-
-
Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
-
Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
-
-
Nice break from the usual-
- By Carrie on 12-18-04
By: Elizabeth Peters
-
Murder on the Golden Arrow
- Kitty Worthington Mysteries Series, Book 1
- By: Magda Alexander
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
England. 1923. After a year away at finishing school where she learned etiquette, deportment, and the difference between a fish fork and a salad one, Kitty Worthington is eager to return home. But minutes after she and her brother Ned board the Golden Arrow, the unthinkable happens. A woman with a mysterious connection to her brother is poisoned, and the murderer can only be someone aboard the train. When Scotland Yard hones on Ned as the main suspect, Kitty sets out to investigate.
-
-
So much FUN! Great story, Brilliant narration!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-11-23
By: Magda Alexander
-
Mydworth Mysteries 1-3
- A Cosy Historical Mystery Compilation 1
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the authors of the best-selling series "Cherringham". This compilation contains episodes 1-3. "A shot in the dark": Sussex, England, 1929. Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there considerably, when young Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his government posting in Cairo, with his unconventional American wife - Kat Reilly. "A little Night murder": A young poacher is found shot dead in the woods of a grand estate near Mydworth. A sad accident it would seem.
-
-
Rather simple mysteries
- By Amazon Customer on 11-16-21
By: Matthew Costello, and others
-
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 1
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager. With the New Year’s Eve ball approaching fast and the hotel’s reputation hanging by a thread, Cleo must find the killer before the ball, and the hotel itself, are ruined.
-
-
Boring
- By Lisa Harrington on 04-05-21
By: C. J. Archer
-
The Killings at Badger’s Drift
- Midsomer Murders Mystery, Book 1
- By: Caroline Graham
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The village of Badger's Drift is the essence of tranquillity. But when resident and well-loved spinster Miss Simpson takes a stroll in the nearby woods, she stumbles across something she was never meant to see, and there's only one way to keep her quiet. Miss Simpson's death is not suspicious, say the villagers. But Miss Lucy Bellringer refuses to rest: her friend has been murdered. She is sure of it.
-
-
I wanted to love this series but I just don't
- By Lynch on 11-09-22
By: Caroline Graham
-
No Strangers Here
- Irish Vet Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Carlene O'Connor
- Narrated by: Emily O'Mahony
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of Jimmy O’Reilly, sixty-nine years old and dressed in a suit and his dancing shoes, is propped on a boulder, staring sightlessly out to sea. A cryptic message is spelled out next to the body with sixty-nine polished black stones and a discarded vial of deadly veterinarian medication lies nearby. Jimmy was a wealthy racehorse owner, known far and wide as The Dancing Man. In a town like Dingle, everyone knows a little something about everyone else. But dig a bit deeper, and there’s always much more to find.
-
-
Wish I had read reviews
- By lhbisbee on 12-10-22
By: Carlene O'Connor
-
Murphy's Law
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Molly Murphy always knew she'd end up in trouble, just as her mother predicted. So, when she commits murder in self-defense, she flees her cherished Ireland, under cover of a false identity, for the anonymous shores of late 19th-century America. When she arrives in New York and sees the welcoming promise of freedom in the Statue of Liberty, Molly begins to breathe easier. But when a man is murdered on Ellis Island, a man Molly was seen arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in the crime.
-
-
Cream Puff Read
- By Jan on 12-19-13
By: Rhys Bowen
-
The Collector
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From #1 New York Times-best-selling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together - and that could tear them apart… As a professional house-sitter and freelance writer, nothing ties Lila Emerson down - not her work, not a home, and definitely not a relationship. She spends her life moving from one job to the next, sometimes crashing at a friend's Manhattan apartment.
-
-
I didn't want to like it--but couldn't stop!
- By Janels on 05-02-14
By: Nora Roberts
-
Murder at the Dolphin Hotel: A Gripping Cozy Historical Mystery
- A Miss Underhay Mystery, Book 1
- By: Helena Dixon
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
June 1933. Independent, young Kitty Underhay has been left in charge of her family’s hotel, The Dolphin, on the tranquil English coast. But when several rooms are broken into and searched, including Kitty’s own, she quickly realizes that something out of the ordinary is afoot at the hotel. Soon, rumors are flying in the cozy town that someone is on the hunt for a stolen ruby. A ruby that Kitty’s mother may well have possessed when she herself went missing during the Great War.
-
-
Very Good Start
- By Dylan on 04-06-20
By: Helena Dixon
Publisher's Summary
The second installment in the delicious Corinna Chapman series by best-selling cozy crime writer Kerry Greenwood.
Corinna Chapman likes the quiet life: good food, good company, and her daily work as a baker. She doesn't really want mystery and intrigue in her life. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't have much choice. Corinna's apartment building seems to be a magnet for mystery and mayhem and, with her new lover, Daniel, a private investigator, Corinna seems destined to be involved in solving these mysteries.
This second book in the series sees a prankster spiking the chocolates at the nearby Heavenly Pleasures chocolate store (is it an elaborate and horrible joke, or a warning of worse to come?), an attempt to blow up the apartment block, and strange new residents moving in.
More from the same
What listeners say about Heavenly Pleasures
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sires
- 04-07-13
Second Outing for Corinna Chapman
Format: Audible Download/Kindle Whispersync for Voice
Heavenly Pleasures is the name of a Chocolate Shop run by a pair of sisters of Belgium extraction. They are located near Corinna Chapman's bakery and do very good business. Then Corinna finds out that they have been the focus of a series of unpleasant incidents involving their chocolates. Nothing dangerous, so far, so it is unlikely that they would be of interest to the police, and if the story becomes public knowledge then it might ruin their trade. They hire Corinna's partner (ex-Israeli soldier, current private eye) to try to find out who is trying to put then out of business.
This isn't the only mystery though around Insula, the Roman style building where Corinna has her bakery and apartment.
Corinna is intensely likeable with her whole-hearted enjoyment of the good things in life including bread, sex, chocolate and good company. The mystery is interesting enough; however, I really enjoy the cast of eccentrics who populate Corinna's world.
The narrator, Louise Siverson does an absolutely bang up job of reading this book. I couldn't imagine another voice as that of Corinna now.
I try not to read too many books in the same series in a row because I start to notice the authors little tics and twits. However, I got the first one (Earthly Delights) on a deal from Amazon/Audible and then had to buy the next two because I liked it so well. The following book (3rd) is Devil's Food.
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Beth McKenzie
- 01-28-14
This will sound odd, but..
..this book offended me. In this day and age that is a real trick. And it isn't any of the things you would expect. It isn't the gay couple or the lesbian couple, the witch, the rich people, the heroin addicts or the nun, the alcoholics or the fat woman with the sexy boyfriend, I almost for got the murders and the thieves. Alternate lifestyles aren't so alternate anymore and the time is over when they can be used to raise an eyebrow or titillate in a story. It is called "Mainstream" and "Normal" and even in some cases, overkill.
The thing that offended me is that the author, an Australian, chose to be disrespectful to my President- twice. It is offensive to me when Americans are disrespectful to the person in the Office, but even more so when non-Americans are. Why non-Americans feel entitled to be this way about something that they hear about in the media-as opposed to actually living- is beyond me. It is like going into a stranger's home and telling them that their furniture is crappy: it's easy to take pot-shots at low hanging fruit. You don't have to agree with everything the man stands for, but he is standing. The little pseudo-political rant was rude, didn't add anything to the story and left a sour taste in my mouth.
Do you hear me Kerry? Remember the Dixie Chicks.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Voracious Reader
- 07-19-19
Read 4 Out of Order -- Best of the Bunch!
I like this book best of the four in the series I've read so far! After Daniel solves a case, mysteries propagate like the heads of a hydra being lopped. A mysterious package may be a bomb forcing all tenants to evacuate. In the melee, a kitten is lost, and a new tenant is assaulted outside the building. An inmate (Daniel brought in) is acting possessed and terrorizing guards and fellow inmates alike. Daniel takes the job of solving the problems of a chocolate shop down the street whose ingredients are being tainted. A girl who worked there has disappeared and is being blamed by the owners in absentia, but the problems continue, and Daniel fears for her safety -- was she taken or did she run away from her own problems -- a Romeo and Juliet romance being thwarted by a father who wants to marry her off to an older man BY PROXY -- without both parties actually being present. A new tenant may be hiding out with crucial evidence in a case involving millions. Corinna thwarts a cat burglar, but his cohorts are two thug persuaders seeking to infiltrate the building. The bad guys go so far as to kidnap and drug Jason and leave him for trash. I love Jason and was furious! This book is chock-full of mysteries to solve and is never dull!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- RKNS
- 10-22-15
Disappointing
Greenwood's Miss Fisher mysteries are smart, interesting and a bit naughty and always immensely enjoyable. This book, one of Greenwood's other series, is none of this; I've tried several times, but find the characters unappealing & uninteresting; the plot not worth my time. It's difficult to believe they were written by the same author.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- chyrl
- 03-02-11
Not for me
Very hard to follow.Just has nothing of content to hold a listener. I had to stop the book after a few chapters. A waste of my time.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- RavidReader
- 01-25-15
Relaxing listen
Easy listen! Good for listening when you don't want any gore or other disturbing imagery.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 12-17-13
Great 2nd Book
Where does Heavenly Pleasures rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
among the highest
Who was your favorite character and why?
Corrina is my favourite character. She has a lot of personality and is a good, strong female character.
Which character – as performed by Louise Siverson – was your favorite?
Still Corrina, I think her voice appealed more than the others.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Nothing extreme, it was a nice mystery novel.
Any additional comments?
I enjoy Corrina's comments on life as a plus-sized woman. She doesn't apologize for her size and gets on with her life.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- CatBookMom
- 03-12-13
Like the story; the narrator needs work
I've previously read the print version, so I like the story a lot. The narrator has a decent voice to my ears (don't know if it's a good Aussie accent, though) for the main character and the intervening comments.
But the other voices she's doing for the rest of the cast are not very good. The very-young girl voices are the most poorly done, and that for the young male assistant is mostly wooden. There's another main male voice and that's done quite flatly.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Susan
- 09-15-12
A fun story limited by the reading
What did you like best about Heavenly Pleasures? What did you like least?
I've read this book previously to buying the audiobook and enjoyed it very much. Its a fun, somewhat romantic, Australian whodunnit with lovely baking recipes.
What did you like best about this story?
The story
What didn’t you like about Louise Siverson’s performance?
Louise had difficulty performing the male voices. Instead of simply dropping her voice (or reading without trying to make her voice masculine) she added a nasal quality that made them all sound slow-witted - including the dashing and heroic Daniel. It is also distracting at first to become used to the distinct Australian twang of Louise's voice. I'm Australian - its not that. Stephanie Daniel, who reads Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher stories, has a much gentler Australian voice which can then extend from the laconic Aussie males to posh women with equal facility. I really wish Stephanie Daniel had read this series.
Do you think Heavenly Pleasures needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
There is already a series.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Susan
- 12-26-22
a worthy series to follow Ms. Fisher's Mysteries !
We had our doubts. How could anyone follow Phyrne and Jack?
This is NOT a continuation in any way except accent, color and spirit.
Which is enough, and book 2 was brilliant. Many plots and colorful players. Characters we look forward to meeting again and again.
Get the books. You will be swept into their colorful and flavorful world!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- kitty67
- 07-16-16
Another great story
I love they way Kerry brings the Australian people's attitude when people are in distress or trouble. Unite and find solution.
Yes, I would recommend this book and many other by Kerry Greenwood. The narrator never mis-pronounce words and has a voice that is very easy to listen too.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Ian Smith
- 08-10-14
Entertaining, gentle and engaging mystery
Any additional comments?
Entertaining continuation of the first novel in the series, with the same gentle build-up and many of the same engaging characters. Some similarities in the overall storyline, but not enough to spoil my enjoyment. And I learned a bit about chocolate. The bad guy was a little too obvious for me, but it's only a story! Good performance too.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Anonymous User
- 11-04-21
Well worth listening to
story is great and the narrator is excellent, I recommend this book and the others in the series
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Anonymous User
- 01-01-21
Delightful
Witty, funny and clever with characters you could meet on your daily walked. Loved it!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Jen Wratt
- 09-25-20
Heavenly Pleasures
Just love Kerry Greenwood books. Detailed, multifaceted stories. Leaves you wanting to read more. Just great. Love the Phyrne Fisher mysteries as well.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Anonymous User
- 11-20-19
Love this series!
These books just keep getting better. You can jump straight into book two without having read book one easily.
No two mysteries are the same, the character development is fantastic and the humour is always present.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Glenda Bethel
- 01-06-19
Relaxing and fun.
Another great listen to Corrina’s latest adventures, a great walk through friendships, love, Melbourne and of course bread.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- ozgribbo
- 11-28-18
For cat lovers
Good reading. Characters from first book have been developed and some good plot twists. The main character is a baker and the work descriptions are very convincing. A bit of emphasis on cats with a few characters b I'm not a cat lover but could identify with a lot of the people. Definitely not run of the mill and although a bit female oriented well above average reading
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Dee
- 05-19-18
Greatly entertaining
Wonderfully entertaining book by a female Australian author, narrated by a lovely Australian voice! Perfect for a long drive or soak in the bath.
Related to this topic
-
Earthly Delights
- Corinna Chapman Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley. But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying "The wages of sin is death" and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.
-
-
Don't know why I waited so long.
- By S. Sarabasha on 09-13-13
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Kale to the Queen
- Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Nell Hampton
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - an assignment as the new Personal Chef to the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. But no sooner has Carrie Ann touched down across the pond and donned her apron than a dead body crops up beneath the royal kale beds.
-
-
Entertaining
- By Beatrice on 12-24-18
By: Nell Hampton
-
The Nothing Girl
- The Frogmorton Farm Series, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder.... Jodi Taylor brings all her comic writing skills to this heartwarming tale of self-discovery. Known as The Nothing Girl because of her severe stutter and chronically low self-confidence, Jenny Dove is only just prevented from ending it all by the sudden appearance of Thomas, a mystical golden horse only she can see. Under his guidance Jenny unexpectedly acquires a husband - the charming and chaotic Russell Checkland.
-
-
So much better than I expected
- By Marilyn Armstrong on 07-25-15
By: Jodi Taylor
-
West End Girls
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They may be twins, but Lizzie and Penny Berry are complete opposites. Penny is the life of the party, while quiet and thoughtful Lizzy is often left out of the crowd. The one trait they do share is a longing to do something spectacular with their lives, and as far as these two are concerned, there’s no better place to make their dreams come true than London. Presented with a once-in-a-lifetime house-sit at their grandmother’s home in a desirable London neighborhood, it finally seems Lizzie and Penny are a step closer to the exciting cosmopolitan life they’ve always wanted.
-
-
Don't Bother - Total Train Wreck
- By FAS_DC on 08-11-21
By: Jenny Colgan
-
Murder at the Lighthouse
- Exham on Sea Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Frances Evesham
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Everyone knows the dead woman under the lighthouse, but no one seems to know why she died. What brought the folk-rock star back to Exham on Sea after so many years? Who wanted her dead? Does the key to her murder lie in the town, or far away across the Atlantic? Libby Forest arrives in Exham to build a new life making cakes and chocolates, and discovers a talent for solving mysteries, helped by Bear, an enormous Carpathian sheepdog, and a cast of local characters.
-
-
Narrator Had A Cold The Whole Book
- By John on 03-05-18
By: Frances Evesham
-
The Great Witches Baking Show: Books 1-3
- Cozy Mysteries Boxed Set
- By: Nancy Warren
- Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Under the Great British Baking Contest competition tent, there's more at stake than winning the title of Best Baker in All of Britain. For amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson, there are mysteries to solve, secrets and lies, even murder. As a fledgling witch, Poppy's having enough trouble controlling her sponge cake, never mind trying to control her powers.
-
-
Arrogant main character
- By MilWal on 05-26-22
By: Nancy Warren
-
Earthly Delights
- Corinna Chapman Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley. But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying "The wages of sin is death" and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.
-
-
Don't know why I waited so long.
- By S. Sarabasha on 09-13-13
By: Kerry Greenwood
-
Kale to the Queen
- Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Nell Hampton
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - an assignment as the new Personal Chef to the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. But no sooner has Carrie Ann touched down across the pond and donned her apron than a dead body crops up beneath the royal kale beds.
-
-
Entertaining
- By Beatrice on 12-24-18
By: Nell Hampton
-
The Nothing Girl
- The Frogmorton Farm Series, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder.... Jodi Taylor brings all her comic writing skills to this heartwarming tale of self-discovery. Known as The Nothing Girl because of her severe stutter and chronically low self-confidence, Jenny Dove is only just prevented from ending it all by the sudden appearance of Thomas, a mystical golden horse only she can see. Under his guidance Jenny unexpectedly acquires a husband - the charming and chaotic Russell Checkland.
-
-
So much better than I expected
- By Marilyn Armstrong on 07-25-15
By: Jodi Taylor
-
West End Girls
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They may be twins, but Lizzie and Penny Berry are complete opposites. Penny is the life of the party, while quiet and thoughtful Lizzy is often left out of the crowd. The one trait they do share is a longing to do something spectacular with their lives, and as far as these two are concerned, there’s no better place to make their dreams come true than London. Presented with a once-in-a-lifetime house-sit at their grandmother’s home in a desirable London neighborhood, it finally seems Lizzie and Penny are a step closer to the exciting cosmopolitan life they’ve always wanted.
-
-
Don't Bother - Total Train Wreck
- By FAS_DC on 08-11-21
By: Jenny Colgan
-
Murder at the Lighthouse
- Exham on Sea Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Frances Evesham
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Everyone knows the dead woman under the lighthouse, but no one seems to know why she died. What brought the folk-rock star back to Exham on Sea after so many years? Who wanted her dead? Does the key to her murder lie in the town, or far away across the Atlantic? Libby Forest arrives in Exham to build a new life making cakes and chocolates, and discovers a talent for solving mysteries, helped by Bear, an enormous Carpathian sheepdog, and a cast of local characters.
-
-
Narrator Had A Cold The Whole Book
- By John on 03-05-18
By: Frances Evesham
-
The Great Witches Baking Show: Books 1-3
- Cozy Mysteries Boxed Set
- By: Nancy Warren
- Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Under the Great British Baking Contest competition tent, there's more at stake than winning the title of Best Baker in All of Britain. For amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson, there are mysteries to solve, secrets and lies, even murder. As a fledgling witch, Poppy's having enough trouble controlling her sponge cake, never mind trying to control her powers.
-
-
Arrogant main character
- By MilWal on 05-26-22
By: Nancy Warren