In the Market for Murder

By: T E Kinsey

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's Summary

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case.

Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence's mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?

As they delve further into their investigation, they encounter a theft where nothing is stolen, a séance with a troubled ghost and an ever-increasing number of Spencer's family and friends who might just have motive for murder. One thing's for sure: Lady Hardcastle has a mystery on her hands.

©2016 T E Kinsey. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Clever intertwining of three fun mysteries

This is a terrific sequel to A Quiet Life in the Country. The book takes three mystery lines and intertwines them effectively. There is the death of a cruel man that might be from poisoning. A ghost accuses a member of the group doing a seance of murder. And the plaques and awards from a rugby club get stolen. I enjoyed the way the threads of the mysteries end up intertwined.

The book is very fun, with clever word play and banter between Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, who narrates the book. I loved this book and am waiting on tenterhooks for the third book to released on June 15!

14 of 14 people found this review helpful

Delightful!

It's been a while since I've looked forward to and pre-ordered a book. I was very excited for this one and savored every minute. Fantastic storylines, delightful laugh-out-loud moments and superb narration. I can't wait for the next!

9 of 9 people found this review helpful

Plenty of murder suspects in English countryside

Once again Lady Hardcastle and her lady's maid tackle a murder investigation in the country. Plot is thick with suspects and paranormal activity,and keeps the reader busy trying to guess who and why someone would want a villager or two dead. A little more complicated plot than the previous adventure, but worth the read.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Wonderful series! Witty and fun!

This is my new favorite series, soooo good! Very witty and fun, with very intriguing mysteries. I can't say enough good things about it. Narrator was AMAZING, she really brought everyone to life. Buy it, you won't regret it!

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Great characters and narrator

loved the narrator! Her excellent use of dialects brought the already great characters to life.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

more good work

another well written and enjoyable story. I'm 77 and iit's been a long time since I've enjoyed reading this much, but I couldn't put this down.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Brilliant!!

Love this series. The narrator is fantastic!
She interprets the character well and brings you into the story! Good job!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Fun book to listen to

This is the second book in this series that I have listened to. I purchased book one of the series as a kindle book with accompanying audio. I didn't like reading the book, but the audio version was wonderful. I think you need the English accents to make the story "live". The story line is a bit like Agatha Christie mysteries. The performance is very good, lots of different voices, not just someone reading the book. The story also has humor and a lightness that I have thoroughly enjoyed. I recommend this audible book to anyone who likes who done it type mysteries and also English settings at the turn of the century. Lady Hardcastle and Flo are exciting women for their time. Which makes it all the more fun.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

enjoyable

What made the experience of listening to In the Market for Murder the most enjoyable?

I really like the reader and her use of her voice

What was one of the most memorable moments of In the Market for Murder?

I liked all of it.

What does Elizabeth Knowelden bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Her voice

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Light cozy mystery

With my Kindle Unlimited account In the Market for Murder cost me only $1.99 plus tax. In my view it is worth what I paid for it, but not much more. The murder mystery is light and fun but is otherwise unimpressive. This Lady Hardcastle series is very highly rated and popular, so my rating is an outlier; for me this novel was barely okay while most listeners and readers found it delightful. So be it!

7 of 9 people found this review helpful

Foul language excluded .

A welcome change from the now fashionable foul language detective stories available today , and , nobody felt it necessary to throw up at the least provocation . Narration a bit twee though for my liking .

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Good old fashioned detective story

What made the experience of listening to In the Market for Murder the most enjoyable?

The excellent narration enabled me to imagine the characters well

What was one of the most memorable moments of In the Market for Murder?

I really liked the interaction between Lady Hardcastle and Flo.

What about Elizabeth Knowelden’s performance did you like?

She read with a normal voice! Some narrators seem to have strange way of ending sentences on an uplift like a question. Elizabeth reads as if she is talking to you which is much better.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Some bits made me laugh out loud!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Engaging romp, very well read

Not a demanding read but great entertainment. Likeable characters, fun Edwardian whodunnit, wonderful reader. Can see i will be waiting eagerly each time one of these comes out.

Charming

loved this book. lots of subplots going on. lovely light hearted murder mystery. Narration was perfect.

Lady Hardcastle

I have enjoyed this book so much its wonderful I have listened to it in the car, at home while cleaning it’s a book I could not turn off. I wish I could find more of them.

Wonderful. Highly recommended.

narration is perfect. great for the story & lovely to listen to. very much enjoyed.

More murder and sleuthing in the countryside

Any additional comments?

Once again, Lady Emily Hardcastle, (widow, one time secret agent, turned sleuth) and her lady's maid/companion Florence Armstrong (martial arts expert, knife thrower and all one woman support team), find themselves mixed up in murder. The adventure begins with a man falling face first into his pie in the pub, on market day. Another fun adventure, very enjoyable

What you’d expect but please get the Welsh right

Given that Armstrong is supposed to be from Wales the inability to pronounce certain words correctly (mamgu should be mam-gee not mam/goo!) detracts from an otherwise pleasant cosy crime story with entertaining female protagonists.

Murdered pronunciations

I have enjoyed the light hearted story lines with characters who are fun. My disappointments have come in the pronunciations of the Welsh words and phrases. In the “Market for Murder” there are Cornish mid-pronunciations too. One of the main characters is Welsh, yet she doesn’t know how to say the Welsh words correctly!! Surely, ensuring correct pronunciations would be part of the research and “proof” listening.

Wonderful, cosy crime

Loved the story, humour between the two main characters and the voice of the narrator.