The Castle Mystery

Jenny Starling, Book 4

By: Faith Martin

Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Discover a new series of whodunits by million-selling author Faith Martin. These charming mysteries will have you scratching your head to work out who the murderer is.  

Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective. 

Please note this book was first published as An Invisible Murder under Faith Martin’s pen name Joyce Cato. 

Jenny Starling has her dream job cooking for Lord and Lady Avonsleigh in a genuine castle.  

Then one of the castle’s treasures, a fabulously jewelled dagger, is used to murder a staff member. The victim is found stabbed through the heart in the conservatory. 

Lady Avonsleigh insists that Jenny help the police find the murderer.  

But how can Jenny solve this case when the murder was committed in front of several reliable witnesses, none of whom saw a thing?  

This is the fourth of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with a great cast of characters and baffling crimes which will keep you in suspense to the very end.  

Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.

©2019 Faith Martin (P)2019 Audible, Ltd

Good narrator!

cosy-mystery, law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, women-sleuths, murder-investigation, england

Freelance cook Jenny Starling has an intellect even more impressive than her cooking skills or her dramatic appearance and isn't hesitant to wield it along with her powers of observation and deduction. Even if the constabulary become a mite testy upon finding out that she's in residence. The mystery itself is somewhat convoluted and full of red herrings, surprises, and twists, including the antics of Henry the tortoise. I love this book and this series!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

A year later and I've bought the audio!

The Castle Mystery

I really love the mystery series and this was no exception. The way Jenny Starling solves the murder is so good, it keeps you guessing and really love the meals prepared by fhe cook. The everyday life of the castle was very interesting too. I will definitely be reading/listening to more! The narration was excellent.

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It stopped playing near the end so I dont know if it was the finish or not, but it was a good book

Absolute rubbish.

I have been a member of Audible for quite a few years and purchased over 400 books. This book has had the most obvious plot and frustrating ending of all of them. Totally convoluted and drawn out finish that totally killed the reading experience. Had the total opposite of a good read.

Ok, nothing special

It was an easy enough listen and the story was ok-ish, but I felt, and I am sure others may not agree, that is did not set the stage or setting well enough for me. Sounded like it was written as a early 20th Century period, but turned out to be much later from what I can gather. Some of the main characters, whilst moderately entertaining, dont seem to fit into the time period. The narration was ok.

the castle mystery

loved it see if you can work out how done it bet you don't

good read even if it was predictable

still enjoyed it I figured out who but not quite how she came to the conclusion