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The Cracked Spine
- Scottish Bookshop Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland, to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into other than that the work sounds exciting and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime.
When she arrives, she meets her new Scottish family; also working at The Cracked Spine are Rosie, perpetually wrapped in scarves, who always has tiny dog Hector in tow; Hamlet, a 19-year-old thespian with a colored past and a bright future; and Edwin, who is just as enigmatic and mysterious as Delaney expected.
But before she can settle in to her new life, a precious artifact - a previously undiscovered first folio of Shakespeare's plays - goes missing, and Edwin's sister is murdered, seemingly in connection to the missing folio. Delaney decides to do some sleuthing of her own to find out just what the real story is behind the priceless folio and how it's connected to the tragic death - all without getting harmed herself.
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- bystander1943
- 12-08-24
A decent story but flawed by the narration
As a story it provides an escape from daily life. The narrator has done well in her attempts of Scottish accents but failed badly in getting the particulars of speech from Edinburgh and the Lothians. It irked me for a while but it did grate less harshly as time progressed.
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- J
- 28-02-24
Agree with other reviews, the attempt at a Scottish accent is astoundingly bad.
The actual Story Line was good, but this was negated by the Scottish aspect of the voice over. All other voiceovers were fine, imo.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-08-24
I liked the narrator
it was ok but not brilliant. I found the main character annoying so wasn't invested in what happened
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- Perranmaid
- 12-11-23
Written for Americans??
If you can ignore the horrendous narration of any accents other than USA , it is a far fetched murder mystery. It’s free on audible and there are more; so no doubt, the cheap skate that I am will listen to more ..
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- Bel
- 06-04-22
Wrong setting
Well, as cosy mysteries go this was nice enough, but truly hard to believe. I guess it might have been better in a setting the author is familiar with. Choosing Edinburgh/Scotland wasn't a smart move. I can't believe that in a big city like Edinburgh, which attracts tourists from all over the globe, anybody would have made such a big deal of meeting an American woman.
To my untrained ears, the narrator did a fine job with the accents, so the listen was enjoyable.
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- IAN
- 24-07-16
First in a New Series!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Well read by the narrator Carrington MacDuffie. With a great set of characters. Well plotted and written.
What did you like best about this story?
The mysteries contained within The Cracked Spine bookshop.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The underground tour.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Delaney saw Hamlets face.
Any additional comments?
Great start to a New Series. Hope we will get more audio books in this series.
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- Susan A
- 03-08-24
Storyline was good
The narrators attempts at a Scottish accent was quite off putting at times and occasionally annoying
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- Andrew and Andrew's Wife
- 19-06-24
Okay as a freebie.
Scottish accents done laughably badly. Story is odd. Things described are not accurate like expecting and finding a flat in a block of flats which would be occupied by the landlord.
A taxi driver who owns multiple rental properties after inheriting them is unbelievable too. Taxi driving is a dangerous unpleasant job in a big city. So unlikely someone with property and rental income which would be considerable would be doing such a hard and stressful dangerous job.
Definitely comes across as a fantasy version of Scotland as imagined by an American like an episode of Murder She Wrote.
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- Pixz
- 17-05-24
Ponderous
Other reviewers have mentioned the narrator's 'bad' Scottish accents, I wasn't bothered by them at all, but I'm not Scottish. I found the story long winded and ponderous. I took a chance and fast forwarded quite a few chapters and am pretty sure I didn't miss anything. I am going to listen to the next book in the series to see if it's more interesting.
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- Work at Home
- 22-03-24
Dreadful reader - Awful Scottish accent
Such a disappointment that the story is ruined by the awful accents. An insult to Scotland.
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