The Body in the Garden: A Lily Adler Mystery
Written by Katharine Schellman
Narrated by Henrietta Meire
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Katharine Schellman
KATHARINE SCHELLMAN is a former actor and one-time political consultant. When not writing about mystery, history, and other improbable things, she can be found in her garden or finding new ways to skip steps while baking. She currently lives and writes in the mountains of Virginia in the company of her family and the many houseplants she keeps accidentally murdering. Her books include Last Call at the Nightingale and The Last Drop of Hemlock.
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Readers find this title to be a great story with strong characters and a great plot. The atmosphere and setting of the book, capturing life in England during the early 1800s, is excellent. While some readers had issues with the narrator, others found her style enjoyable. There were a few minor criticisms, such as the use of Americanisms in a Regency-era story and the similarity of some character names. Overall, readers found this historical mystery to be a classy and intelligent take on the genre.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a cute read. It was pleasant enough, and the mystery kept the suspense up a bit. I, however, struggled to really be invested in the case completely. I am not sure if it was the impersonal nature of the motives that made it feel like it was moving so slow or just that I didn't completely connect with the cast of characters.
I will likely continue the series at some point and hope I feel more invested in their lives in the future. I wonder if they all wrap up so clean and tidy in the ends as this. This is a good palette cleanser between heavy reads if I were to recommend this to others. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Entertaining. A little predictable but not so much as to be annoying.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Body in the Garden is an entertaining historical mystery.
My favorite part was the atmosphere and setting. The author does an excellent job of capturing life in England during the early 1800s. We see the entitlement of upper class society, as well as the restrictions and expectations placed on women.
I’m neutral on Lily’s character. She could be snooty and abrasive at times, but her personality fits well with her push to step out of society’s bounds and solve a murder.
We’re introduced to a whole lot of characters, and sometimes it’s difficult to keep them all straight. Getting to know them is part of solving the murder along with Lily, though this makes for a slow pace.
The narration is good, with a slower pace matching the feel of the book. I thought Henrietta Meire did a great job embodying Lily’s personality. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a great book and I enjoyed the characters.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great story with strong characters and great plot plus great narrator!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It’s a great story in one of my favorite genres, historical mysteries. It took a couple chapters to get used to the narrator, but after I did I found myself enjoying her style. I will say that I’m not sure why the author choose to name 3 characters with names that all start with Har…Hartley, Harlow and Harper. Nonetheless it was a gray listen.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I could not finish this book. The banter between the two main characters was not well balanced. I believe the author meant the banter between the two to be playful, but I found it to be annoying since they seemed to be at each other’s throats all the time.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The plot and writing may be ok in themselves, but the narrator completely destroyed this for me. Goodness. The entire book war read in a breathless, choppy, almost teary voice. It about drove me to distraction. I cannot stand the thought of listening to that again for the next books in the series.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great story, but I do wish it had a better narrator.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great fun and very well witten. I hope there will be many more. While I wouldn't expect flawless Regency language throughout, it would be wonderful if an English editor could weed out the obvious Americanisms which grate on the ears of us Brits. Jane Austen didn't use the word "gotten" for example! But still a classy, intelligent take on the historical mystery genre.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I couldn’t listen to it. The storyline seemed very good and I could have listened to it and probably all it’s sequels but for the robotic narrator. I am not saying that I could do any better , but it almost sounds like an artificial intelligence robot just reading and stopping at every period as if it has hit a wall a little hard.
Just couldn’t continue to listen that. IMO I believe the narrator should learn to flowwwww from one sentence to the next instead of stopping as if she has hit that wall. Not trying to hurt her feelings just trying to give a bit of constructive advice
Okay , well that is my 2 cents anyway.1 person found this helpful