The Hanged Man's Noose

A Glass Dolphin Mystery

De: Judy Penz Sheluk

Narrado por: Suzanne T. Fortin

Small-town secrets and subterfuge lead to murder in this fast-moving, deftly written tale of high-stakes real estate wrangling gone amok.

Journalist Emily Garland lands a plum assignment as the editor of a niche magazine based in Lount’s Landing, a small town named after a colorful 19th-century Canadian traitor. As she interviews the local business owners for the magazine, Emily quickly learns that many people are unhappy with real estate mogul Garrett Stonehaven’s plans to convert an old schoolhouse into a mega-box store. At the top of that list is Arabella Carpenter, the outspoken owner of an antiques shop, who will do just about anything to preserve the integrity of the town’s historic Main Street.

But Arabella is not alone in her opposition. Before long, a vocal dissenter at a town hall meeting about the proposed project dies. A few days later, another body is discovered, and although both deaths are ruled accidental, Emily’s journalistic suspicions are aroused.

Putting her reporting skills to the ultimate test, Emily teams up with Arabella to discover the truth behind Stonehaven’s latest scheme before the murderer strikes again.

©2015 Judy Penz Sheluk (P)2017 Judy Penz Sheluk

Highly recommended!

I very much enjoyed this mystery! The story was well developed with interesting characters and the narrator really brings it to life!

Fun read

I was gifted this book with the understanding that I would leave an honest review.

I enjoyed this book. Judy Penz Sheluk is new to me but I found her book very interesting with many twists so I didn't quickly figure out what was going on. I did have a hard time at first keeping track of everyone. There are a lot of characters but about 1/4 of the way into the book I was doing fine. I really enjoyed Suzanne T. Fortin's narration of this story. She does a nice job of keeping you listening. The lead character is a journalist Emily Garland and you quickly get to like her. I really enjoyed the addition of descriptions of food and drinks. The lovely shortbread cookies that Arabella Carpenter, Glass Dolphin Antiques shop owner loves is one example and Judy Penz Sheluk has the recipe on her website so cool. She also has the signature drink The Treasontini, a blueberry martini, the drink on the cover and then the nacho's " Full Noose Nachos: are also included. So much fun.

The Hanged Man's Noose - excellent listen

A great listen! Journalist Emily Garland gets stent out on a new assignment to investigate her nemesis Garrett Stonehaven, who she also suspects had something indirectly to do with her mothers supposed suicide. She meets a variety of unique characters in this small town, and like with any small town their are many secrets to dig up. Being told to trust no one, Emily takes a liking to her new friend Arabella, but can she trust her? As secrets start to unravel bodies start dropping and things get a bit crazy. I enjoyed the twists and turns of the book, and the surprises. I had no idea of who the bad guys were until near the end. Nice job on the narration.

Very good

This audiobook was very good. It has a great combination of mystery, suspense, murder and humor. The narrator does a great job of reading the story.

Wonderful book

This is a very well-written novel set in a fictional town outside of Toronto. Emily, an editor for a real estate magazine is asked to take an assignment in town to find out why a real estate developer, Garret Stonehaven was interested in the small community. Immediately, Emily is landed in intrigue and murder. Secrets are slowly revealed.

This novel kept me guessing until the very end. While the end result did not surprise me, I had not figured out the plot by the time of the reveal, so well done there! 

The narration was great, nice voice.

I very much enjoyed listening to the novel and look forward to listening or reading more by this author.

Love

Loved every minute of it. Story, narrator, everything was great. Going to listen to more.

EXCELLENT MYSTERY, EASY READING, GREAT BOOK!

GREAT Emily Garland mystery, it was awesome, loved it!
I really enjoyed the character Emily, and the struggles she faced. Great plot, lots of action, suspense & drama, the narration was amazing, I'm really happy with this one, and would welcome the opportunity to listen to more of Judy's books :) Great job! Definitely recommend it!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Suspense at it's best!

Judy Penz Sheluk has a way of holding your attention throughout the story. All the twists and turns keeps you guessing to the end!

Suzanne T. Fortin did a great job narrating and knew her characters well.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

a must for all mystery lovers

I loved this book very much it was great I think it covered all the necessary perspective in a mystery story I enjoyed it very much the story was great if you like mystery books you will love this one

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

One of the best cozy mysteries I've read

Journalist Emily Garland is hired by a big company to try to unearth the secrets and find out the real intentions of Garrett Stonehaven, a famous and rich real estate agent. She will have to work undercover in the small town of Lount’s Landing, as the editor of a niche magazine. Emily will have to do some sleuth work, and nothing is what it seems. From a point onwards bodies start to pile up, and this mission seems to be more dangerous than she expected.

I always enjoy a good cozy mystery. I find this genre relaxing and an easy listen, especially when there is much going on in real life. Even though I love this kind of books, I am sometimes bothered because it seems they need to include a romantic story, which seems forced most of the times. This doesn’t happen here. The main character has a small attraction for one of the male characters but that’s it. There’s no blabbering, forced conversations, nor unrealistic sex scenes.

In fact, I can say that this is one of the best cozy mysteries I have read. The characters feel like real people, with clear motivations and normal reactions. I liked exploring the business located in Main Street, with their colorful names, and charismatic owners.

The book had a good rhythm, and it was easy to get into it. People start dying quite soon in the story, and the intrigue was well built from the start. Nothing and nobody is what it seems, and I especially enjoyed trying to guess who and why was doing those things. It was a book that kept my attention until the end, and I enjoyed every moment of it.

Suzanne T. Fortin’s narration was correct. She delivered great characters’ interpretations, transmitting their emotions, and bringing them to life. I just missed some differentiation between voices. It’s like Fortin tried to make them sound different for the beginning of a paragraph, but soon after all voices blended in together, and male and female characters sounded quite similar. I had issues following several conversations between Emily and Arabella, Emily and her boss, and even Emily and one of the male characters, not really knowing who was talking and doing some guesswork that was not always right. But the interpretations and narration in general was good, so I enjoyed it.

I really liked this book, and would recommend it to anyone into cozy mysteries. It’s one of the best in the genre.

I received a copy of this book in audio format from the narrator in exchange for an honest review.