Loved it!

After the disappointment over Sidney Grice and March Middleton being no more I didn’t have high hopes for Betty Church but gave it a go anyway. I’m so pleased I did. March still puts in a appearance as Betty’s godmother and Betty is a brilliant stand alone character.
Written with MRC kassasians now familiar humour which I find myself chuckling out loud to regularly. All the characters are so well described and completely bonkers.
Emma Geogory has to be my favourite female narrator. How she manages such a ladylike voice one minute followed by such realistic deep masculine vocals I have no idea. And it seems that every single character has very distinct voices no matter how large or small their part.
Can’t wait for the next instalment.

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kasasian is back!!!

I loved the Gower St series and was genuinely sad when I had read them all. I am so pleased m r c kasasian has written another book, and whilst Betty will never quite match March and Sidnry Grice this is nevertheless another excellently written, imtriguing and full book with very likeable characters, wonderful detail and more strong female leads. was v pleased to see the link to characters from previous books too
i hope there will be more to come.

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Betty Church was a divine experience

Great writing brought to life by wonderful reading
I really enjoyed the skilful characterisation of Betty and the police, villains and the other people in the town. Funny, poignant and a really good listen

Can’t wait for the next Betty Church audible book

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Fantastic!

This story takes places when March Middleton is a very old lady. Betty Church is Marchs' goddaughter and when she looses part of her arm is secondered back to her hometown as a police inspector. Betty has to settle in her new job when world war 2 is about to start. M.R.C Kasasian has researched the period well and there are lots of details. Such as the German shop keeper and his wife being put under curfew and giving up their car and racing pigeons. It provokes thought.
Off to listen to next book.

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Not as good as Grise

I loved the Grise novels and generally like this but there are some things that cause a lower review. The main issue is that almost everyone around Betty is an idiot. The most annoying is Dodo. I'm guessing she's supposed to be quirky and such; but unfortunately she is just really annoying. Molly was a much more endearing character. I hope she is dialled down a bit in the next book

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A very unusual book

I haven’t quite finished it yet, but am enjoying the story so much that I decided to review now. Set in early World War Two, the book is amusingly written by M R C Kadasian, and beautifully read by the talented multi voiced Emma Gregory. A sympathetic and likeable heroine, and a list of colourful characters made real by the reader, especially the appalling Dodo.

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A promising start to a new detective series

I got onto this from the mangle at murders by the same author. I enjoy the period and women's perspective of the crime and journey to solving them. Perhaps unrealistic at having so many misfits together, but hey! it is Suffolk ;-)

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This is not Gower St!

Having enjoyed the author's Gower St. Detectives we thought we'd give Betty Church a chance. The first thing with this book is most characters, save Betty, were written for comedic effect ( in the Gower Street series Molly was the brilliant light relief). However, from Betty's first encounter with the sarge, we, the readers, are given a parade of unworthy, unlikely, unemployable police personnel from the new recruits to the seasoned 'skivers'. NO, NO, NO, even in a time of war this bunch of no-hopers would not be allowed uphold law and order!

As for Betty's parents their almost evil treatment of their daughter passes any understanding. Passing the bulk of the book which, like the curate's is good in parts, the climax did it's best to save the day. It gave hope that the next stories may settle down to be decent mysteries.

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Very funny

Really enjoyed this. Lots of clever wit and enough of a story to keep me interested.

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Marvellous!

Although I fear that we’ve now seen the last of March Middleton as our leading lady (I’m grieving) I have been entirely won over by Betty Church.

I’m always amazed at how well MRC Kasasian writes female characters. Betty is similar to March in many ways, however it’s exciting to explore the 1930’s/40’s with a strong female character. I like March’s appearances in the book and enjoyed Betty’s reflections about how differently they may have dealt with situations because of the eras in which they lived.

Really looking forward to the second instalment!

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