Weycombe

A Novel of Suspense

By: G. M. Malliet

Narrated by: Katherine Manners

Living in the wealthy gated village of Weycombe with her titled English husband is a fantasy come true for American Jillian White. But the murder of a local estate agent mars the pretty surface of her life and home. Worried about a killer on the loose, Jill tries to piece together clues hidden in the many versions of truth she hears from her suspicious neighbors. But as she plunges deep into the investigation, her own suspicions grow into a warped web of lies and treachery.

©2017 G.M. Malliet (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Poor narration

Unfortunately, the narrator tries to use an upperclass Boston accent. It is so bad that it is grating. I don’t know if I can finish the book because it is so annoying.

annoyed

Story was good. The narrator was distracting....every A at the end of a word was pronounced er! Anner, Rashimer, and so many more, I had to replay many times to figure out what word she was saying. Annoying. I've listened to another book by the same narrator and she was perfect! MAYBE an uneducated person would speak like that, but not the character Anna. Sorry :/

A Fun Read

This is a fun, well performed, book. If you are looking for something relaxing and light, and if you enjoy English country house mysteries,this is a good one for you.

Did Not Meet Expectations

First, this was hard to listen to as the narrator’s accent was inconsistent and sounded more like the character was from Jersey than from Maine. I could see her picking up some British pronunciations given the time she’d lived there, but some were neither British or American.
Second, I think we were to feel sorry for the main character and take her side. Then we would be shocked at the end. But, she was unlikeable from the beginning. There are a few clues scattered about, but the plot seems rushed at near. The final reveal left me regretting that justice wasn’t done.

Not Worth Buying

Horrible reader - she sounds like she's trying to fake an American accent, but every so often she slips into British English. And she talks SO fast - like she's breathlessly telling her story. I gave up after about an hour.