SECRETS FROM THE PAST

A Shady Pines Mystery

By: Jenny Elaine

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

A mysterious young woman arrives in the small town of Shady Pines to renovate a beautiful old bed and breakfast, but is that her only reason for coming?
Misty Raven is on a mission, but she soon gets distracted when a body is discovered buried in the backyard of the bed and breakfast she just purchased. Could it be related to a murder that happened in the house fifteen years ago? While Misty searches for answers, someone doesn't want the truth uncovered and tries to stop her. When two more people are murdered, Misty realizes that she'll be next if she doesn't keep one step ahead of the killer. Can she solve the mystery before it's too late?

Amazon review - "Such a good mystery!! I had no clue who the killer was until the very end. Can’t wait till the second book becomes available."

Amazon review - " Wonderfully written mystery that moves along with captivating action and intrigue!"

Amazon review - "This book was an awesome read. It left you wondering what was going to happen on every page. Looking forward to the next book in this series."

Hire a real reader

I dislike the virtual voice very much! There's no inflection and pronunciation of some words was incorrect

Hated the AI voice

story was very good, but the AI voice was a disappointment. no inflection or feeling

The AI voice was distracting

It’s a good story and interesting I’d like to hear the rest on the story!

Compelling Story

While I loved the story itself the virtual voice fails to invite you into the story and portray the emotions of the characters. The tones and inflections fall flat as if in monotone making listening a bit of a grind.

Well, it's a freebie read by an AI.

I guess you get what you pay for. The AI voice is not lilting and does not move into the background like human voices do. A different part of my brain has to interpret it, and it's distracting. I'm not really a fan.

The story was ok, your typical cozy mystery. I like those for easy listening while I work, but the buzzy tone of the robot reader was distracting and kept me from focusing on my work.

Virtual voice leaves a lot to be desired

Enjoyable story. I struggled with listening to the virtual voice. You can tell it’s not a person. No emotion at all. No difference in the voices. I’m very sad that these books are going to this.

Descriptive writing

Story ok… don’t like the AI GENERATED reading!inflection is off in key words and emotion

Hooked on book 1

This is my first book by Jenny Elaine and I was quickly hooked. I wouldn't call this a cozy - it's a murder mystery that is so well written - It would capture everyone from 13 to 100 years of age that enjoys murder mysteries and falls for it's characters. There is no smut, and no swearing and I don't usually seek out either, nor do I care when the story adds either - but WOW, the character development and intrigue had me listening to the entire series in 2 days -that's how much I enjoyed it!
Virtual voice - was the only down side to this amazing story. My problem with virtual voice is, some words are pronounced properly and sarcasm is totally lost in conversation - lastly expressions like "tomato / to-mat-toe" are lost on virtual voice.
We all know Misty Raven is hiding something in book one but as I followed Misty along, I wanted to be her friend and confidant. She's strong, independent, yet not overtly -
This is my favorite murder mystery story I've listen to this year - hope to see more from Jenny Elaine -

let down

The story line was fine until the end. At no time in the story did anyone say that the Spanish teacher and the Claira were the same person. Yet at the end, the protagonist claims that they were and that the woman was her mother. It felt like the author didn't really know how to end the book so just wrapped it up as quickly as possible even if it didn't make sense.

The mixed metaphor of a falcon leaping out of the forest was also another big glitch.

The AI voice wasn't too much of a distraction, but Theresa's very little inflection or voice change for character. I would not buy an AI voiced audio book.

Enjoyable

Even though this was virtual voice, it wasn’t bad. Change the voice speed to 1.25 and the narration was good. The storyline was entertaining as well.