Murder at the Lighthouse

Exham on Sea Mysteries, Book 1

By: Frances Evesham

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

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. The green fields, rolling hills, and sandy beaches of England's West Country provide a perfect setting for crime, intrigue, and mystery.

©2015 Frances Evesham (P)2017 Tantor

good story, poor narrator

I enjoyed the book, but really struggled with the narrator. I almost didn't finish the book, but it's was a short book. I love series, but I'm skipping book #2 since it's the same narrator.

Not bad characters but just came to a conclusion o

Ok characters but ending a bit of a leg down...still I liked main character may get second in the series of there is one....but it needs to be a better story line

Bad performance

This narator can't read a sentance properly. It's horible te listen to. Stopt after chapter 5.

Nice little cosy

cosy-mystery, England, family-dynamics, friendship, twisty, abusive-spouse, murder, law-enforcement, small-business, small-town

I liked it. More of a novella length which made the task of fitting everything in quite a task for the author. She finds a body and the detective brushes her off when she suggests murder. Then the Medical Examiner weighs in. Not deathless prose but a nice cozy to keep me company while doing household tasks.
Jennifer M. Dixon seemed to be an interested narrator but with allergies making her voice a bit nasal and my midwestern self needed to listen at 1.2 speed (not a complaint).

Narrator Had A Cold The Whole Book

Production should have postponed the taping of this book for a couple of weeks until the narrator got over her head cold.. she was ubglubby the entire time and would have benefited greatly from a bottle of nose drops, and a good hard blow into Kleenex tissues...

Good one

It was a slow start, but the author tied all the loose strings up quite nicely. Worth it.

Disappointing

Can't say this book is interesting or even atmospheric. Lighthouses and cosy mysteries - what's not to love? Put together, this could have resulted in a great experience. However, this mystery is not cosy at all. And the lighthouse is only mentioned a few times, plays no role in the story and provides no ambience whatsoever. The beautiful cover of the book turns out to be the best of it.

I should have paid attention to the reviews

After reading other reviews, I'm glad I'm not only person who thought the reader was congested. Her voice and lack of emotion made listening difficult. The story itself was good.

Thoroughly enjoyable!

This was the first book I have read or listened to by Frances Evesham, but it will not be the last. The story was great and so was the narration!

Tea and scones

I am sorry I cannot rate this book and performance better than I have but in all candor it seemed that the more I tried to like this book the worse it grew on my mind. The characters all seemed to be cut from the same cloth as there speech varied little from one character to another. This was difficult to listen to. I do not think that either read or listen to another book in this series. Although I love lighthouses and seascapes this text could have been written about a field in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTVBPyq4Dw the middle of the English countryside.