Murder of a Small-Town Honey

A Scumble River Mystery, Book 1

De: Denise Swanson

Narrado por: Christine Leto

When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago, she swore she'd never return. But after a bout with her boyfriend and credit card rejection, she's back to home sweet - homicide....

©2000 Denise Swanson Stybr (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Disheartening

Am I the only one who finds this story incredibly disheartening? I am about half way through, so maybe it gets better. All her relatives are super mean to her, fat shaming her, disparaging her for getting dumped by her boyfriend, and humiliating her for words she said almost two decades earlier. All the men make misogynistic comments, and are very aggressive. Her mom is so mean to her, event the narrators voice takes on a strident tone when she voices the mom. Although the story is interesting and very well written, i find myself feeling depressed listening to it, because everyone is so mean to her. Maybe it gets better…?

Fun to learn how it all started, love this seriers

If you could sum up Murder of a Small-Town Honey in three words, what would they be?

Mystery with a kick

What was one of the most memorable moments of Murder of a Small-Town Honey?

Skye and Simon's first encounter, too funny and all too real to many of us.

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

I love audio books so I can do something else while listening, consummate multi-tasker. Khristine is easy on the ears, especially when they are old ears. Easy to understand her and good tone and inflection while reading.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Can you believe this town is close to Chicago?

Any additional comments?

Light and entertaining. Skye never thought she would have to eat those words so carelessly said at her graduation, lesson for all of us. Loved the interaction of all the characters and will be fun to see how they all develop. (I started listening towards the end of the series.)

A good cozy mystery

This fit the bill for a good cozy mystery. It was entertaining, well performed, had a mystery that you were able to try to solve along the way. There weren't stupid things done by characters, and each one was defined well.
I will be checking out the next book as well

Enteresting how trouble finds Skye

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend it because it is a light listen and moves very well. Does not have so many characters that it is hard to keep track of them.

What did you like best about this story?

How Skye puts her nose into everything, and everyone just excepts it.

Mindless entertainment

Light listening. Knew who did it for a while before the amateur detective.
I might try one more of book.