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  • Death at Wentwater Court

  • By: Carola Dunn
  • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
  • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (901 ratings)
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Death at Wentwater Court

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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Summary

This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.

No stranger to sprawling country estates, wealthy Daisy Dalrymple is breaking new ground in having scandalously traded silver spoon for pen and camera to cover a story for Town and Country magazine. But her planned interviews with the inhabitants of Wentwater Court give way to interrogation after suave Lord Stephen Astwick meets a dire fate on the tranquil skating pond.

Armed with evidence that his fate was anything but accidental, Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard to examine an esteemed collection of suspects and to see that the unlikely culprit doesn't slip through their fingers just as the unfortunate Astwick slipped through the ice.

©1994 Carola Dunn (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

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    3 out of 5 stars

good book, terrible reader

I enjoyed this book very much, but found the narrator to be difficult to listen to. She has a repetitive inflection at the end of each sentence, and her character voices were rather dodgy. It spoiled the book for me, I'm afraid.

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    2 out of 5 stars

The narrator really can make or break a story.

This story was ruined by the truly awful accents produced by the narrator. It's such a shame because it is just the sort of story that in other circumstances I would have enjoyed. I read the other reviews and listened to a sample first and thought it would be ok, but after a while I found I was concentrating on the strange accents and wierd pronunciation. I actually think the narrator would be good reading a book set in America, but she mangled this so that it was at times hard to understand. I was disappointed to find that it is the same narrator reading all of the books in the 'Daisy Dalrymple' set and I certainly won't be downloading any more.

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Wrong reader.

It needed an English person reading the story. Completely spoils the story of a young aristocrat, being read by an American.

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Death At Wentwater Court

If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

An American who doesn't care a hoot about pronunciation.

What other book might you compare Death at Wentwater Court to, and why?

All the audio books in this series. In future I think I will stick to the written word on my Kindle.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Bernadette Dunne?

Judith Boyd, Kim Hicks, Hugh Fraser, Ric Jerrom, Bill Wallis, Nadia May. There is an endless list who would have made a better job.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger.

Any additional comments?

A good story made less believable by the narration. I know the writer now lives in America, but as these books are set here in the UK, a little more effort should have gone into pronunciation.

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    3 out of 5 stars
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    4 out of 5 stars

Not quite as bad as reviews say

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes

What was one of the most memorable moments of Death at Wentwater Court?

No single event seems to spring to mind that may not spoil the story for others

How could the performance have been better?

The narration was dire. Quite a good voice, very "listenable" BUT the pronunciation was laughable, in fact my husband spent the entire book in stitches, most annoying!

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Once again - get a better narrator.

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9 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Let down by narrator

Have always liked the Daisy Dalrymple books but my goodness, this audio was badly let down by the narrator's ghastly American pronunciation and mangled English. This detracted from the story with every wince-making murder of the English language of the period.

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Good story

Loved the story but why have an American read a English story? The accents are totally wrong and do spoil the story.

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Death at Wentwater Court

If you could sum up Death at Wentwater Court in three words, what would they be?

Lighthearted, Sweet, Well-written

What did you like best about this story?

The story is set in the Twenties and has no bad language. Lovely!

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Bernadette Dunne?

Anyone with a "Posh" English accent as Daisy is of aristocratic birth.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Poor narration

It is impossible to really tell how good or otherwise this story is because the phrasing of the narration often obscures the meaning of the text. And why is this story, which is set in an English aristocratic country house, told by someone whose pronunciation is clearly not English?
Very irritating.

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Poor Delivery

A good story, the first in the series but spoilt by a Reader with an American accent who cannot pronounce English words correctly. Her characterization of some parts was exaggerated and unbelievable and their accents were not consistent. Her attempt in portraying a retired country Policeman was frankly, embarrassing.
Overall a very disappointing purchase , the reader did not do justice to the book. I shall stick to book shops and libraries in the future!

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