Nobody's Sweetheart Now

De: Maggie Robinson

Narrado por: Gemma Dawson

England, 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard.

Rupert died by smashing his Hispano-Suiza on a Cotswold country road while carrying a French mademoiselle in the passenger seat. With the house now Addie's, needed improvements in hand, and a weekend house party underway, how inconvenient of Rupert to turn up - not in the flesh, but as a spirit! Rupert has to perform a few good deeds before becoming welcomed to heaven - or, more likely, Addie thinks, to hell.

Before Addie can convince herself she hasn’t completely lost her mind, a murder disrupts her careful seating arrangement. Which of her 12 houseguests is a killer? Her mother, the formidable Dowager Marchioness of Broughton? Her sister, Cecilia, the born-again vegetarian? Her childhood friend and potential lover, Lord Lucas Waring? One of the others? Rupert has a solid alibi as a ghost and now an urge to investigate.

Enter Inspector Devenand Hunter from the Yard, an Anglo-Indian who is not going to let some barmy society beauty, witnessed talking to herself, derail his investigation. Something very peculiar is afoot at Compton Court, and he's going to get to the bottom of it - or go as mad as its mistress trying.

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The first cozy mystery in a long time that was a page turner!

I’d recommend this book to people who love cozy mysteries, especially mysteries set in the early 1920’s. The witty conversation, the addition of an ex-husband ghost who is working his way to a “better place”, and a few love interests keep the plot moving forward. The narrator was excellent! She has a wide variety of voices and does males very well.

very good

Well-written and a good mystery. The narration is excellent. Ready to start on the second in the series.

unsatisfying ending

I consider myself easy to please when it comes to fiction in this genre. but the main character was whining and kind of flat. the ending was unsatisfying.

Fun light mystery

Maggie Robinson (and especially the cover art designer) do a good job of paying homage to the drawing-room mysteries of the 1920s-1930s. Robinson injects the occasional modern flourish, but this is not at all a 'revisionist' take on the genre.

Narrator Gemma Dawson is especially good at playing the male characters without affectations (like deepening her voice beyond her range).

very enjoyable

I greatly enjoyed this book. it was easy to listen to. entertaining. a nice afternoon listen.