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Dinner Most Deadly

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Dinner Most Deadly

By: Sheri Cobb South
Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
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When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily Dunnington plans a select dinner party with half a dozen male guests from whom Julia may choose a lover.

But Emily's dinner ends in disaster when one of her guests, Sir Reginald Montague, is shot dead.

When Bow Street Runner John Pickett is summoned to Emily's house, he is faced with the awkward task of informing Lady Fieldhurst that their recent masquerade as a married couple (Family Plot) has resulted in their being legally wed.

Beset by distractions - including the humiliating annulment procedure and the flattering attentions of Lady Dunnington's pretty young housemaid - Pickett must find the killer of a man whom everyone has reason to want dead.

©2015 Sheri Cobb South (P)2017 Sheri Cobb South Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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This book is part of a series and yet a standalone listen. I love how the author wrote a murder mystery which I did not figure out who the killer was until the very end. Sheri Cobb South is exceptionally talented and has a wonderful way of having multiple things happening in the story which fit perfectly together, yet can also be standalone items. The selection of having Joel Froomkin narrate these books is brilliant. He has so many distinguishable voices for various characters and adds so much emotion and authenticity to the books. I do not like to give away spoilers in my reviews, but I am eager to hear the next adventure of John Pickett and Lady Fieldhurst. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review

Absolutely Fabulous!

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I loved the suspense between John Pickett and Lady Fieldhurst. I kept wondering if they would ever get together or not.

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I love John Pickett Mysteries. I think this more to do with the characters themselves, that is not to say that the mystery was bad. On the contrary, I did not who did it until John did and I did not know why until he explained why they did it. The clues where there but I did not put them together at the time until John explained the motive.

The romance between John Pickett and Lady Fieldhurst is sort of stationary but there is a lot of intrigue of will they wont they. I felt sorry for John more in this book then any of the others because he was a bit of a yoyo when it came to his love interest. He wanted her and yet he knows nothing can come of it because of their stations in society. I am interested to see where the author would take it in the next book. If you have been following the series you will notice that there romance is progressing in intensity and feeling for each other.

I am glad that the same narrator is used throughout this series, since he does an excellent job of voicing the characters and I have gotten used to him narrating this series. I hate it when the narrator is changed in a series. Especially when they are good or you got used to them voicing the characters.

I would highly recommend this book/series!
It is a clean Mystery romance so it suitable for all!

Can't wait for the next book.

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Emily has noticed that, since returning from her holiday in Scotland, her friend Vicountess Fieldhurst has been restless and despondent. Her diagnosis is instant - Julia needs to take a lover. To that end, she organises a dinner party to be held at her house to which she invites six eligible gentlemen from whom Julia can make a selection. But it all goes wrong when one prospect is shot dead and the Bow Street runners are called. John Pickett is back on the scene. But this time he is not just an investigator. Earlier that day, John had learned of an unexpected development which had followed himself and Lady Fieldhurst from Scotland which seriously impacts on both of their lives.

Another delightful and well written murder mystery who-dun-it? with the additional pleasures of watching a juggling of niceties of a bygone era, again deliciously narrated by Joel Froomkin,. His reading is well paced and articulated and suitably English accented, everything delivered with the lightest of touches, emphasising the comedic content but never simply playing it for laughs. I did however, increase the playback speed very slightly to fully enjoy his excellent performance.

In part an historic comedy of manners, part blighted romance, all wrapped into a really good story of murder and intrigue, with realistic characters and an above average narration, this is a book to be enjoyed by everyone with a delight in crime thrillers. My thanks to the rights holder of Dinner Most Deadly not only for freely gifting me a complementary copy, via Audiobook Boom, but also, in so doing, continuing my association with the John Pickett series. The follow on book, Too Hot to Handle, does not yet seem to be available on Audible but I will be looking out for it.
A real pleasure.

Neither birth, nor breeding, nor brass.

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Another John Pickett mystery that I couldn't put down.
I loved how the author tied various threads together in this novel. There was a clever murder mystery, the developing romance between Julia and John plus additional matchmaking involving minor characters. It's also set in the regency period which I adore.
I can't wait to find out how things eventually resolve for the couple. Although, if they get their HEA in the last book of the series I hope it doesn't happen too soon! As I'm not ready for this series to end.

The narration, as always, is excellent.

John Pickett is one the top 3 historical mystery series that I most frequently recommend to others.

I voluntarily reviewed a a copy provided free by the author at my own request.

Fantastic series

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