Moving Is Murder

Ellie Avery Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Sara Rosett

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

Meet military spouse, soccer mom, professional organizer, and savvy sleuth, Ellie Avery!

Moving four times in five years has honed air force wife Ellie Avery's packing and unpacking skills. But moving with a newborn daughter and husband Mitch in tow, during a heat wave, is enough to make her turn to chocolate for comfort. And when Ellie finds a local environmentalist dead on the side of the road, her instincts tell her this was no accident....

Ellie snoops into the activist's suspicious demise, only to realize she's getting closer to the killer...maybe too close! This first Ellie Avery mystery launched a series that continues to win listeners' hearts.

©2006 Sara Rosett (P)2021 Tantor

Enjoyable overall

The plot and writing were good. It flowed well. i would like to see better character development, but with so many of them, it would have been a much longer book.

The narrator performed well, but her voice didn't seem suited to the material. Every time I was away from the book for more than a few minutes, her breathless, almost childlike, voice took me out of the story for a minute to adjust to it. She sounded too much like a teen to feel believable as a capable, young mother. Her work would be great in the right role.

cute story

i enjoyed this story it wasn't the same cozy story's that get old. i will read more

It’s fine

I can’t remember listening to a cozy mystery with military elements. We follow Elli, wife of a air force pilot, she realizes a death of another military wife wasn’t an accident.
Elli starts asking questions and doesn’t stop. The mystery element was fine. The characters were fine. The narrator was fine. See where I’m going.

Fabulous writing and narration to match!

I could not stop listening ~ completed the audiobook in two days! The story is captivating, the characters engaging, and the plot twist compelling! Gail Shalan’s narration is perfection ~ always appropriately nuanced and never overdone, and I totally believed each and every character delineation employed. And Ms. Shalan made “Ellie” my favorite heroine! I, for one, will buy every one in this series which she narrates! Impeccable!

Not Ms Rosett’s best book.

Usually her books are well researched and engaging. This one had a serious research issue and felt a little flat.
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