The Quartet Murders

A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 2

De: J. R. Ellis

Narrado por: Michael Page

A priceless violin. And a dark secret someone is prepared to kill for.

DCI Oldroyd has seen his fair share of victims, but he has never witnessed a murder - until now. When world-famous violinist Hans Muller is shot and killed during a concert, the detective is faced with a case beyond logic. The culprit is nowhere to be found - and the victim’s priceless violin has disappeared too.

As Oldroyd investigates the mystery of the murderer’s identity and the motive for the killing, he enters the ruthless world of wealthy instrument collectors and stumbles upon a dark path where shocking secrets have been buried in the past. But the secrets will soon take centre stage.

Oldroyd must use all his cunning to recover the priceless instrument. But can he also solve the mystery of a murderer who vanished in front of his own eyes?

Revised edition: This edition of The Quartet Murders includes editorial revisions.

©2017, 2018 J. R. Ellis (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

less than expected

First, the narrator was barely listenable. every thing was a growl. the story, itself, needed a good editor.

Slow, Plodding, Story

The best part of this book is the intro to each chapter describing the pedigree of various Stradivarius Violins. After that the lead characters just seem to go round and round getting nowhere. Great for listening in bed at night as it tends to put you right to sleep.

Enjoyed the story.

Did not enjoy a reviewer giving the plot away. I new how the book would end.shame

Interesting and Entertaining

I enjoy these main characters. This plot had a lot going on and kept me intrigued. Michael Page is a fun narrator to listen to.

Overall good; 1 murder FAR too easy to solve

Overall, this second entry in the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series is good. The story is quite interesting, and intriguing facts re Stradivarius violins are spread throughout :-)

However, I found it stupidly easy to figure out “who dunnit”, we tte first murder. A HUGE clue is given quite early in the book, but it takes the detectives an absurd amount of time to even realize that it IS a clue.

The narration is all right; unfortunately, he can’t do female voices very well though, other than old ladies ;-) And, the occasional male character has a REALLY weird voice, which I don’t find very realistic. The narrator’s cadence is pretty good, though :-)

Well worth the listen.

Extra twist loved it the whole way through! The author should be commended for the added storyline at the end.

Great storyline

A complex yet enjoyable murder mystery. I enjoyed the interaction and development of the characters.

Would rather read it than hear it.

The narration was annoying to my ear. I understand the main character speaks with a specific accent and is proud of it. The narrator was staying true to that. It was mentioned too often in the story not to understand that. However, one character sounded like he had marbles in his mouth, another growled more than spoke which I put that down to the accent. There were points, where the narrator's real voice came through and that was lovely. But I could not finish the audio version. I skipped from chapter 7 to the end.

A nice mystery

I have read the first and now this one of the series and I love the area and the new guy Carter learning about a different place to work and live.

Quartet mystery

Thoroughly enjoyable story with interesting many characters . The Adio version was well narrated too