The Good Friday Murder

A Christine Bennett Mystery, Book 1

By: Lee Harris

Narrated by: Dee Macaluso

Christine Bennett has left the cloistered world of nuns for the profane world of New York State, where murder and madness are often linked. At a town meeting, Christine volunteers to investigate a 40-year-old murder case long since closed. Now she'll move heaven and earth to exonerate a pair of retarded savant twins, now senior citizens, of their mother's murder on Good Friday in 1950.

©1992 Lee Harris (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Great Story

The reader for this interesting mystery did a wonderful job. I didn’t want to stop listening.

Excellent first book of a wonderful series

I somehow have read almost every book in this fantastic series without adventuring into the first book of the series, this one. It was one of my favorites.

The narration is always great, and the ending of this well written murder mystery brought tears to my eyes, and a smile to my face almost simultaneously.

It was fascinating to learn of her beginnings, after leaving the convent and her endearing meeting of her love interest.

After reading so many books in the series, I thought that going back to the very first book would be somewhat boring, but surprisingly it was not. I cannot speak more highly of this first book of the series. It perfectly sets the foundation for all the rest.

Good story to listen 👂to.

Good dramatic 🎭 story. I really enjoyed it. This story is engaging and I couldn't wait to pick it up again.

On this series

I enjoy this series, but it will not be for everyone. The series is very cozy, kind of mellow, truly comfort listening: There is not a lot of action, there is not a lot of sex, but there is enough going on that I rarely find them boring.

I enjoy Dee Macaluso's readings, and while some people may (and have) found her boring, I find her easy to listen to and her differentiations of characters are good (though occasionally there will be a voice used in one book that has been used already for a different character in another book - but unless you marathon the books you probably wouldn't notice.)

Now, here is something that Audible does that drives me bonkers: they get most books in a series, but leave some out in the middle. Why? WHY????? With this series they leave out a couple in the middle, then add one of the books with a different reader. Again - WHY????

I wish it was cleaner

I loved this well written mystery. But the f-bombs were a deal breaker. They just hit me too hard, and I refuse to try to get used to it.