Memphis Homicide (Clean Mystery Suspense)

The City Murders, Book 8

By: John C Dalglish

Narrated by: Robin Siegerman

The brutal murders of a young couple send Detective Carrie Lloyd and her partner, Guy Maclin, into a South Memphis neighborhood on New Year's Eve. The confusing crime scene gives them little to go on, and progress is slow.

In a case that will test their resolve and leave them questioning their decisions, the detectives must put aside their own feelings to solve a twisted case of Memphis Homicide.

This series can be listened to in any order.

©2019 John C. Dalglish (P)2019 John C. Dalglish

Entertaining Murder Mystery

Carrie Lloyd and her detective partner, Guy Maclin, get involved in a case in Memphis where a young couple have been murdered on New Year's Eve. The crime scene is confusing, but Carrie is determined to solve the crime. As the case progresses, it turns from a seeminly innocent young couple dead to drugs and politics. As advertised, it is a clean, cozy mystery that has no sex or violence, no swearing, etc.

The story was good and kept me interested, and confused! throughout. I had just listened to another book with the same narrator, and found the same issue with her narration. She is good, no doubt, but she has a deep voice to begin with, and uses the deep voice for Carrie. The problem is that her mail voices all tend to sound the same, deep, gravely and gruff. It takes a little while in the beginning to get used to the voices and figure out who is speaking, but once you get used to her, you'll enjoy the story.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

Excellent police procedural............

Memphis Homicide is part of a mystery series, but each book takes place in a different city with completely different characters. For this reason, the books can be read in any order. Obviously, the story takes place in Memphis, and I thought the author did a great job of describing the setting and people of this Southern city and birthplace of Elvis Presley. In this book, police detectives Carrie Lloyd and Guy Maclin investigate the murder of two seemingly innocent young people from good families and with no criminal backgrounds. Because the murders are apparently a gang-style execution, the detectives are originally perplexed. Lloyd and Maclin slowly narrow in on a suspect through painstaking investigation, but the violence isn't quite over yet. As advertised, this book has no graphic violence, no sex and no swearing. Although those aren't particularly bothersome to me in a mystery, I think this book will appeal to fans of gritty and cozy mysteries alike.

Robin Siegerman's narration is fantastic. She has a deep, rather raspy voice for a woman, and this makes her ideally suited for both male and female roles. She differentiates very clearly between characters, and her performance is flawless. I specifically chose to listen to this book because I enjoy her narration so much, and she delivers another stellar performance.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.

Very good

I found this audiobook to be very good. It has a great combination of murder, mystery, suspense, twists and turns.

Other City Murders were Narrated Better

Other “City Murders” Were Narrated better. Although this lady’s voice was pleasant when she read the women’s parts, her performance of the men’s parts was lacking.

Entertaining murder mystery

A double murder takes detectives, Carrie Lloyd and Guy Maclin, away from their New Years Eve plans and thrusts them into a case that leaves emotional scars. With very few initial clues the detective work hard to try to break the case and bring the killers to justice. You can’t help but feel empathy for Carrie as she tries to cope with her emotions and you can see why police officers often suffer from PTSD. I enjoyed this entertaining murder mystery and look forward to more in the City Murders series.