• Pancakes and Corpses

  • Peridale Cafe Mystery, Book 1
  • By: Agatha Frost
  • Narrated by: Kelly-Anne Smith
  • Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (169 ratings)

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Pancakes and Corpses

By: Agatha Frost
Narrated by: Kelly-Anne Smith
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Publisher's summary

Soon to be divorced Julia South never expected to be caught up in solving a murder, until she discovered the body of her cafe's most awkward customer. With a new smug Detective Inspector in town who underestimates her every move, Julia makes it her mission to discover the real murderer, before her village friends are dragged into the frame, and more bodies are discovered. Book one in the Peridale Cafe Mystery series! A light, cozy mystery with a cat loving and cafe-owning female amateur sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore, or graphic scenes!

©2017 Ashley Mcloughlin (P)2017 Ashley Mcloughlin

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Narrator Should be Reading to Kindergarten Classes

Would you try another book from Agatha Frost and/or Kelly-Anne Smith?

I might try another book from Agatha Frost, but NEVER anything narrated by Kelley-Anne Smith.

What could Agatha Frost have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Make sure anyone else was hired to read it.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

She read too quickly. She was just reading the words; there was no evidence that she understood what she was saying. She could not do voices. This was just a very basic reading that any elementary librarian could have done. If I'm paying to have a book performed, the narrator needs to bring more than just pronouncing the words. Her voice was nice enough sounding in the sample, but it's very redundant over time.

Any additional comments?

This was a shame because the sample I read to myself on Amazon was very engaging. The narrator created a distance between the story and audience--the exact opposite of her job.

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WOW.. narrator is beyond bad

Truthfully, I don't know if the book is good or not. I got to the second chapter and just couldn't listen any longer.
The narrator was so incredibly bad, she didn't stop for periods nor commas. She read the book straight without any inflection. I'm not kidding when I say the Kindle auto-reader has more emotion in it's robotic voice, I've listened to a few books that way and enjoyed them, I can take a bad narration but this... this was beyond awful. Don't waste a credit or your money!! Read it or have your Kindle read it to you.

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Good Story but...

Narrator needs to work on her male voices. Her detective Barker sounded like a cross between Lurch and a dim witted gangster. It almost made me stop listening on several occasions. But cute cozy story.

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very interesting!

I bought this book on a whim. it was recommended to me. I very much enjoyed this book! finished it in 2 days.

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Decent story suffered from poor recording choices

This recording suffered from dreadful editing, especially in the first few chapters. Also, while I like Kelly-Anne Smith's voice, she was not the right reader for this book. Although it was hard to tell through the other issues, the story was OK, and the kind I would usually like, so I might still give the next book in the series a try.

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Who done it?

This was the first time i listened to this author. The story line was good. This book had a lot of little twist and turns, And secrets, I look forward t more in this series

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Ok, but I've read better.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Narrator. I didn't care for his voice

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I don't know. I don't like to do reviews. I like to read interesting stories.

What three words best describe Kelly-Anne Smith’s voice?

I don't know

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No I would not.

Any additional comments?

Thank you for the chance to review this book, just don't count on my answers because I don't like to review books

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A Good Start to a New Series

A nice start to the series. I enjoyed the way Agatha Frost paints the picture of a quirky village, as well as all the descriptions of Julia's baked goods.

The audio version of Pancakes and Corpses is nicely narrated by Kelly-Anne Smith. Smith does a good job making unique and interesting voices for each of the quirky characters in Frost's novel.

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Glad I only spent $3

I was curious as to what this story I’ve already read through several times would be like with audio, and I’m thoroughly disappointed with the narrator. The combination of the editing and inflection sounds like Siri reading British news. It gets *slightly* better as it goes on, but I doubt I’ll listen again.

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Good book

This was a mediocre book. I am not sure I can say this, but the writing is not very sophisticated. The book owes a bit to Miss Marple. I think that the author’s writing will get better with time. If I was a reader with no access to the internet and was asked my opinion, I would say to borrow the book from the library before buying the book. Also, the performer read the book quickly to my ear.

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