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Dead in the Water

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery, Book 6

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Dead in the Water

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Mia Chiaromonte
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May the best man die!

In July of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple travels to Henley-on-Thames to visit her aunt and uncle, as well as to work on her latest writing assignment: covering the Henley Royal Regatta for an American magazine.

Daisy plans a simple trip researching her article, enjoying the races, and, come the weekend, having a pleasant time with her fiancé, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. But the tensions between the Ambrose team's coxswain, Horace Bott - a shopkeeper's son and scholarship student at Oxford - and rower Basil DeLancey - the younger son of an earl and all-around bounder - are constantly threatening to erupt into violence.

The day after losing a race thanks to Bott's overindulgence the night before, DeLancey keels over and dies mid-race. Foul play is immediately suspected, with Bott the logical suspect. But nothing is obvious in this tangled web of jealousies and secrets, and while Inspector Fletcher investigates the murder, Daisy once again must ferret out the truth.

©2011 Carola Dunn (P)2014 Blackstone Audio Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Cosy

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I enjoyed the story at the start, but struggled to listen because of the narrator’s poor pronunciation of some words such as Berks (for Berkshire) which became frustrating after a while. Would suggest anyone thinking of buying it listens to an audio sample and reads reviews first. I didn’t and regret it, especially as I “treated” myself to 2 books at the same time. Same narrator :(

What didn’t you like about Mia Chiaromonte’s performance?

The narrator’s accent was quite strange and to me did not fit with the period the book was set in. Found myself focusing on the narration rather than the story. Will read the book to find out whodunnit!

Any additional comments?

I wonder if Audible listen to samples from books or get opinions from people before they are put on sale? Some narrators are better than others and I suppose I have been lucky as this is the first time I have been put off a book by the reader.

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another exciting installment of the series. this time an innocent break away to family with Alex turns to murder.

Daisy and another murder

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The story is not as good as the others but it's OK. It really is time they found an English Narrator though, although she did do a slightly better job with this one she still has not took the time to find out how to pronounce place names etc. at least she didn't have to ruin accents in this one.

its ok

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I have really enjoyed this book. I love the lighthearted manor in which Dunn writes and the sheer number of peculiar mis- pronunciations have to be deliberately added for effect but most of them are guess able. Whether your main read or the lighter book to accompany more 'heavy' main reads this book can't fail to delight.

sheer delight

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This is a brilliant sixth book in the series, with lots of mischief along with mystery. Read with lots of character by Mia Chiaromonte.

Dead in the Water

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I’ve enjoyed these books, but it seems that whoever reads them can’t speak properly. In this particular book Gloucester is pronounced Glowster, not Gloster, and there were several others. Whatever book it is in this series, the strange words creep in. I’d need to write them down as I go to remember them, but, to be honest, they spoil my enjoyment to some extent.

Strange pronounciation

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A good storyline as usual for Carola Dunn totally spoiled by a dreadful narration a badly disguised American accent causing repeated mispronunciations Dreadful I could not recommend it to any one Susan Hamilton

A very disappointing listen

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Despite the mangled English pronunciation, it was a good story. I really like this series and am barely wincing at Glowster instead of Gloucester now.
Looking forward to the next book.

Very enjoyable story

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The narrator really needs to learn how to pronounce British place names, events etc as the way she mangled them is atrocious. Do a little research, it’s not difficult

Narrator is awful

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The producer shares some blame for the awful narration. A little research on the correct pronunciation would have been beneficial. Intermittent success by an American narrator attempting an English accent, slipping into other indistinguishable accents mid sentence. Voices assigned to characters were inconsistent and often bizarre. Frequent mispronunciation of not uncommon words was very distracting. The story itself is lightweight but engaging.

Good story, awful narrator

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