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A Pen Dipped in Poison
- Narrated by: Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma have another mystery to solve in this witty tale – perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Robert Thorogood
Curious white envelopes have been delivered to friends and neighbours. Inside are letters revealing the deepest secrets they have tried to hide.
As one by one, careers are ended, marriages destroyed and no one is beyond suspicion, the three friends decide enough is enough. They must take matters into their own hands before more damage is done.
But as they work to uncover the truth, they begin to wonder just how far someone will go to silence this poison pen…
Could a murderer be in their midst once again?
The second totally addictive and page-turning cosy mystery featuring these very unlikely sleuths. Fans of Agatha Christie and Midsomer Murders will be hooked from the very beginning.
Critic reviews
‘A charming read with a cast of characters you’ll really connect with’ Faith Martin, author of A Fatal End
‘The ingredients for the perfect modern cosy crime: intrigue, characters you care about and a good dollop of humour' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
‘As delightful as it is deadly, A Pen Dipped in Poison is a feel-good, fun and fabulous cosy mystery that had me utterly gripped from page one. J.M. Hall proves once again he's one of our very best cosy mystery writers. I absolutely loved it’ Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives
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- K E Webb
- 09-04-23
Disappointed
Thoroughly enjoyed the first book of the series . Had this on pre-order .
Sadly it’s overlong , and rather confusing . Felt the author was drawing it out and lost the momentum.
Found too many characters hard to follow . First book I’ve given up on in a long time .
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- Mrs C Lovell
- 25-04-24
Excellent narration
I love the nods to local Yorkshire places and even knew of the Cornish references which made me smile.
The story flits from one character to the next and sometimes it was hard to keep track of the plot, but it was narrated so well and the main characters feel so comfortable and familiar that I binged this audio book in a couple of days!
Looking forward to book 3 in Autumn 2024
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-05-23
Narrator is top quality
I loved the book for the narration- Julie H is outstanding, bringing variety to the voices and life to the characters. The story is bonkers, and in the real world it would have been handled differently, but it’s a story, it was fun and made me want to get to the end and for the book to be longer at the same time!
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- Ambo
- 12-06-23
Another great story
Great story with wonderful characters, and superbly narrated. Thought I’d guessed whodunnit but hadn’t! Thoroughly recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-04-23
Another great listen
Really enjoyed this audio book, hopefully there will be another. Love these characters and getting to know them better
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- MrsPSEEng
- 12-08-23
A wonderful listen
Oh thank you, thank you! At last we had book 2 and I devoured it on dog walks, whilst doing dreary chores and driving to and from work. I am bereft now I’ve finished it! I hope very much that there will be further books in the series - keep writing them please 🙂
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- Mrs W.
- 11-08-23
Truly sorry, but won’t be back
Was rather disappointing, this one, and even rather good narrator could not save it for me, became bored and fractious at repetitive, overly flowery style, was simply less witty than book 1 and over 30 minutes of acknowledgements and overtly, mutually appreciative adoration society made me jump to fast forward.
In short: prefer not to increase my ‘binge’ session of future additions to this series.
It all felt too contrived.
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- Beth
- 25-04-23
Brilliant Second Outing
J.M. Hall has done one of the trickier thing in life: pulled of a second novel as enjoyable as the first. It was lovely to dip into the lives of Pat, Liz & Thelma again and quickly the tale became so riveting I could hardly put it down, or, given that this is an audiobook, press pause! The central mystery is excellent, felt a bit like a Marple set in the life and community of a primary school, but so to is the development of the central characters and the sub plots woven in. They, and they characters met along the way, are so believable. I’ve met people like them all. And Julie Hesmondhalgh does a brilliant job of bring them to all to life. Hoping/longing for a Book 3 after this excellent outing.
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- misschiclit
- 15-04-23
Another incredible entry in the series
Can’t recommend this cozy mystery enough and the fact that is it narrated by Julie Hesmondhalgh is a huge plus. I find the pace of this perfect for a mystery, liberal scattering of clues throughout in a way you can piece things together for yourself a few chapters ahead of time, stroking your ego but not ruining the story. A little slice of Yorkshire!
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- Pamela
- 06-04-23
A wonderful warm mystery
It was wonderful to meet the main characters again, but really what stands out for me is the authors’, beautiful, poignant observations, about life, aging, children, retirement, education, families, and friendship. It is a wonderful, funny, warm, clever story.
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