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Off Kilter
- Scottish Highlands Mystery Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
After the recent death of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage, 30-something Eden Elliott is seriously in need of a fresh start. At the urging of her best friend, best-selling author Ami Pederson, Eden decides to embark on an open-ended trip to the picturesque village of Glenkillen in the Scottish Highlands, to do some hands-on research for a book of her own. But almost as soon as Eden arrives in the quaint town, she gets caught up in a very real drama....
The town's sheep shearer is found murdered - clipped with his own shears - and the locals suspect Vicki MacBride, an outsider whose father's recent death left her the surprise heir to his lucrative sheep farm. Eden refuses to believe the affable heiress is a murderer, but can she prove that someone is out to frame her new friend before she finds herself on the receiving end of more shear terror?
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- DellaB80
- 10-10-24
Easy listening
Great story, with a bit of everything in, not heavy on a love story, family saga with crime.
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- Dorinda Warwick
- 20-02-24
poor storyline
Very incorrect procedurally, police wise. A bit of a childish storyline that made out that all Scots eat haggis and porridge
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-24
Kept me guessing
An easy listen in a busy life. I enjoyed the nods to Scottish idiosyncrasies. Just wish it wasn’t an American book. I’m a Hamish McBeth addict and LOVE the Scottish accent. A whole book in that accent would have been wonderful
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- S Tanner
- 01-07-24
An enjoyable highland mystery
This was a gentle mystery with great descriptions of highland life. The narrator gave it life. A bit easy to guess the outcome but overall a satisfying experience.
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- Mrs
- 17-07-24
It may appeal to Americans
Narrator poor. Scottish accents appalling. Ridiculous plot. First book was on Plus. Won’t spend a credit on the sequel’s
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- Topsy
- 02-05-24
Author is clueless
Loads of inaccuracies. Main character goes on holiday to Scotland, even though she does not want to go!!. A murder is committed when she arrives in a Scottish village, yet she still stays, suddenly turning into a rookie policeman, and helping the detective in charge and his dyslexic (yes dyslexic) loose-tongued side-kick, who she helps to keep his job, by helping him to understand a training manual, which is all he says he was given when he joined the force!! In Chaper 33 one of the Scottish characters called McBride a Scottish name if ever there was one) announces he is Welsh, talking in 'a lovely Welsh lilt'. Then he starts talking in a weird Scottish accent. The narrator says that he is a large man, and as all Welshmen who watch rugby, are large, he must be Welsh!!! The town is so small it only has one hotel, yet it manages to have a hospital!! Overall, this book is bizarre from start to finish, and whilst listening, it put me to sleep for three hours and I missed the ending. Did I care, not one bit. Just glad I did not buy it.
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- Dr. R. Taylor
- 06-06-24
It has it's charms
Essentially a 'cosy murder' novel of the midwest transposed to the Highlands of Scotland. Not a bad premise, but clumsily executed. It also appears that the author has never actually visited Scotland (or the Highlands) if the descriptions are anything to be believed. Along with the usual eeuggh at IrnBru, Haggis and Black Pudding (fair enough), sand dunes are 'covered in heather and gorse' (news to me), there are multiple multi-lane roundabouts in the countryside up Kirkwall way (!) and many of the Scottish characters are lazy tropes. Lucky it was included in my audible subscription which made me feel better listening to it.
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- BeeBopTallulah
- 20-09-24
shockingly awful
Tell me you know nothing about Scotland by writing a book set in Scotland. Stuffed to the gills with jaded tropes and stereotypes. A love interest called Leith, which means "wet" or "dripping" - in fairness, he lives up to the name. Police Scotland don't drive Honda CRVs, that's British Transport Police. Completely made up policing procedure catapults this feeble and predictable story into the realms of fantasy. Avoid, even if it is a freebie. You're better off going to Scotland in person.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-03-24
lack of research
If you're going to set a book in a country that isn't your own, and use a will as a major plot device, it helps to do some research on whether it is possible to disinherit children......it's not possible in Scotland.
There are so many inconsistencies in the story that it's clear the author has either never visited Scotland, or not paid attention if they did. A town big enough to have a hospital and a court, will have more than 1 hotel and you will be able to buy a mobile phone.
And as for an American trying to manage Highland accents!!!!
I'm glad I didn't pay for this one.
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