Murder Most Fair

Verity Kent Series, Book 5

By: Anna Lee Huber

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

All is far from quiet on the home front in nationally best-selling author Anna Lee Huber's captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor - who is being trailed by a killer....

November 1919. A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity's beloved great-aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health - and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity's Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers.

Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity's family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they've endured. When Ilse's maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths or whether there is a more personal motive at work. Could Verity's shadowy nemesis, Lord Ardmore, be involved? And if so, how much closer to home will the blow land when he inevitably strikes again?

©2021 Anna Aycock (P)2021 Tantor

Chipped glass English accent misses the mark

I have not been able to finish listening to this title because of the narrator's consistently annoying habit of emphasizing the penultimate word of a sentence, rather than the word that needs emphasizing (for example, what should be, "but in LON-don, it was different" becomes, "but in London it was DIFferent".... over and over again). And I found Verity's conflict with her mother and inability to come to grips with her brother's death (especially given how many other young men were killed in WWI) annoyingly adolescent--perhaps explaining why she was utterly unable to recognize clues that were right in front of her face (and the reader's ear) the whole time. I have liked previous outings of this series, and have to hope that once Huber pries Verity away from her family angst, she is able to recover her wits (and perhaps a more versatile reader).

Good story but

Verity was thinking too much of herself, as if she was the only one who could solve a problem and she had to solve everyones problems. She was very annoying in this book but none the less the writing is good and narrator did a great job. I just could not bear Verity.

After effects of war

Fantastic. Loved the discriminations of the trenches and the country side. I could almost smell the hay barn the discrimination was so vivid …

Possibly the best yet.

The excellent narration and complex story compensate for the (relatively few) linguistic anachronisms and Americanisms. The back story is brought forward and in places eclipses the mystery but I found it very hard to stop listening.

love this series

the only complaint? I miss max. is cool that I'm low key rooting for them to get together- right?

Narrator disappointing

Cold, monotone narrator. Always sounds haughty and mean.
Good story ruined by such a disappointing narrator.

I cried my eyes out

Such raw i emotion. It was immensely satisfying that Verity’s truths were able to be told (well to a certain extent). And the fact that the murderer is never who you think it is, is also a nail biter.

Good, but not the best of the series

Enjoyed the book, but the overall pacing felt different. Did feel kinship with Verity on her parental dynamic though.

Great and annoying...

I looked at other reviews and agree: Verity's character is most annoying. She's awful smart for 23 due to experience. I tried to attribute her "do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" attitude to her age, but it seemed to stem more from the entitlement of her class, which makes her whole experience less believable. Five books in, everyone grows, develops or changes... except Verity.

another great listen!

I loved this one too! Each mystery is well done and an overarching greater mystery that ties the books together. I love hearing the characters grow and Verity's small changes.