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  • Murder in the Meadow

  • DI Hillary Green, Book 7
  • By: Faith Martin
  • Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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Murder in the Meadow

By: Faith Martin
Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
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Summary

Looking for a brilliant best-selling murder mystery with a feisty female detective? Meet DI HILLARY GREENE, a policewoman struggling to save her career and catch criminals.

Wayne Sutton is found dead by a stream in a beautiful meadow. His head has been bashed in and a red paper heart left on his body. The handsome young artist had a reputation as a ladies' man. DI Hillary Greene discovers that many wealthy married women were buying his paintings and taking ‘private' art lesson from him. It appears that several of them might have wanted him dead.

Hillary also has a new detective sergeant, Gemma Fordham. Seemingly efficient and pleasant, she harbors a secret agenda. Can Hillary get to the bottom of a complex case involving jealousy, love, and cold-blooded murder? This is a crime mystery full of well-observed characters, which will have you gripped from start to finish.

MURDER IN THE MEADOW is the seventh in a series of crime thrillers set in Oxfordshire. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell.

©2018 Faith Martin (P)2022 Tantor Ltd
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Oh dear

Spoilt by average recording (some discontinuities) and poor narration. What a shame as it is a good story.

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Another good book in the series

I love this series, the crime plots are good. It is a little unfortunate that the narrator mispronounces some words.

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Heart for Art

Good plotting with an array of interesting red herrings and a further shake up of the original team, which adds to the possibilities. I just wish the (otherwise excellent) narrator would have her pronunciation checked. This has jarred in all the novels in this series to date.

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Good story

Good story, I am reading the series and like it. The performance isn’t brilliant, with quite a few words mispronounced and the beginning of some chapters quite slow and then gathering speed.

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So many mispronounciations

Good story but I was distracted by the narrator. Great voice but too many slips.

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Hillary is cool

The characters are great. The mystery is average. The descriptions are fabulous. An enjoyable read

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An enjoyable tale

The story is good. The plot follows on from previous stories in a relatively plausible way - and the climax is intriguing.
I just wish the narrator would take more care with pronunciation at times! Some words are clearly misread, and this distracts from the story!

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Pronunciation

The narrator was very poor - numerous words wrongly pronounced, especially those relating to horticultural terms. Are there no checks before release?

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Great next episode

Really getting into the series now and Hilary is a great lead character. Bring on the next one

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Good story, rotten narration

First by author, don't mind giving a try. Spoiled by terrible narrator. Enjoyed story & characters but not narrator. I have 500± in my library & this is my first poor review.

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