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Best Left Buried
- Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery, Book 3
- Narrated by: Michelle Babb
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Darcy Campbell might have expected life in a small Oklahoma town nestled in the beautiful Ozark foothills to be as idyllic as the scenery. That, however, is not what she finds when she returns to her hometown of Levi after the death of her husband.
One autumn morning, Darcy and her mother, Flora Tucker, are enjoying a cup of coffee in their hundred-year old farmhouse when Darcy gets an urgent telephone call. The contractor who is digging the foundation for their new home insists that Darcy drop everything and come to the building site as quickly as she can. He has found a mysterious object deep in a hand-dug well and he needs Darcy's help in retrieving it.
The ancient, crumbling package pulled from the well contains two items that are as shocking as they are inscrutable. In trying to decipher the meaning of these long-buried objects, Darcy and Flora discover a dark secret from their family's past.
A kidnapping, a brush with death, and a stranger's greed add to the mix. The era of World War I becomes enmeshed with the present day as Darcy and Flora unravel a tangled web of deceit that has ensnared their family.
Volume 3 of the Darcy & Flora cozy mystery series.
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- Julie
- 24-05-20
Some secrets are best kept secert
I enjoyed this book. This is the second book by this author I have listened to and I think I enjoyed this book more than book two, I did enjoy both but I think this one contains more mystery. It was interesting to learn about the characters past and it had me hooked right from the start. I liked the characters in the previous book but with this one I felt more attached and cared about what happened to them. The mystery was good and it felt like there was several cases or situations going on at once, so held my attention the whole way through and I am looking forward to starting the next book.
Darcy is called early one morning to a long ago forgotten well on her land that she and her mother have big plans for. The builder has uncovered the well to find something stuck in there and hoping it is hidden gold he needs help reaching it. With this discovery Flora and Darcy find themselves on another case, this one involving themselves. A gun was wrapped up in the sheep's skin but it is the faded wording that left an imprint, which has them reeling and questioning everything they thought they knew about there past. The old timers of the village aren't talking and are in fact telling them to leave it alone but a mystery that involves themselves is to important to ignore. At the same time a property developer makes an offer on there land and a lady turns up claiming to be the rightful owner of the land. What is going on? Why has the piece of land there were planning to build there new land on suddenly become so popular? And is it all connected? The pair will have to dodge bullets, poisonings and kidnappings to get to the bottom of this little mystery.
Michelle Babb is a great choice for this series (or In fact any series) because she brings a lot of enjoyment to the table with her pleasant voice and excellent individual voices for the characters.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- John Marsden
- 28-01-21
Best in series yet.
This a cracking story, really enjoyed it, better than the first 2 in my opinion. Darcy and her mother get entangled in yet mor mysteries, this time after finding a mysterious package in a disused well. What is inside it leads to much searching and digging into a past that should maybe have been left to lie. Michelle Does a wonderful job of the narration once again, Highly recommended! Would have given this one 10 stars if available. ☺
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- Shani
- 06-03-23
Skeleton in the cupboard or in the case a well
Who would of thought that finding a gun would bring so much history to life and past life events to life.
A great read and great narration
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- C. Watkins
- 08-05-21
Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery
This series is written well and read well. It has a good storyline that makes you want to listen to it in one go and then go straight onto the next one. I have listened to them out of order and then in order they defiantly worth listening to.
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- Siobhan D
- 31-05-21
Mystery
I enjoyed listening to Michelle Babb, a very enjoyable narrator.
Darcy and her mother, seem to fall into mysteries. Kidnapping, and the past.
loved this Mystery.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-08-22
A very good continuation.
I think I enjoyed this story more than the last story in the series. The narrator was excellent as usual.
You get to know more about the familial background of the main characters, and the plot led to a satisfying conclusion.
This is very much worth a listen.
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- Jacky
- 29-07-20
Brilliant page turner mystery by best author
Absolutely loved this mystery book with lots of twists and turns narration was brilliant by Michelle Babb
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- Helen
- 19-09-21
Amazing
Amazing audiobook love the series so far
Darcy Campbell might have expected life in a small Oklahoma town
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- Norma Miles
- 01-08-18
Maybe things will be better in the morning.
When Darcy's husband Jake died about a year before, she left her reporting job to return home to live with her mother, a time to heal in peace. But trouble seems to follow her and this time it came in the form of a package discovered in an old well on the land where the new family home was being built. And it is trouble with a capital T, with her entire genealogy being turned upside down.
The Darcy and Flora mysteries by Blanche Day Manos are a delight. The mother-daughter relationship is beautifully drawn, as are their individual characterisations and their everyday life and friendships. The pace is not fast, instead adapting to that of the small town in which they live, but it is full of tension and intrigue. The story hardly matters, so enjoyable are the people, but this mystery is good, too, especially through the earlier parts of the book.
Narrator, Michelle Babb, is, as always, superb. Her full and pleasant voice is well modulated, her accent both fitting the town's location as well as adding warmth to her performance. She also paces her reading to fit the text as well as giving distinctive and appropriate voice to each of the protagonists.
A perfect combination of author and narrator. This book was, simply, a pleasure to hear and enjoy.
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- Andromeda's Twin
- 26-10-22
Enjoyable mystery story
This is a very intriguing story that kicks off with a discovery in a well. That one small discovery leads to a whole slew of mysteries and draws some dangerous attention to our favourite mother and daughter team.
A great story well narrated by Michelle Babb.
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