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    Rules of Murder
    Rules of Murder
    Rules of Murder
    Audiobook8 hours

    Rules of Murder

    Written by Julianna Deering

    Narrated by Simon Vance

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    About this audiobook

    Introducing Drew Farthing. From the tip of his black Homburg hat to the crease in his cheviot trousers, he's the epitome of a stylish 1930s English gentleman. His only problem? The body he just discovered. Drew Farthering loves a good mystery, although he generally expects to find it in the pages of a novel, not on the grounds of his country estate. With the help of beautiful and whip-smart Madeline Parker, a guest from America, Drew proposes to use the lessons he's learned reading his mysteries to solve the crime. Before long, he realizes this is no lark, and no one at Farthering Place is who he or she appears to be -- not the blackmailer, not the adulterer, not the embezzler and not even Drew himself. Trying hard to remain one step ahead of the killer -- and trying harder to impress Madeline -- Drew must decide how far to take this dangerous game.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 1, 2013
    ISBN9781480513358
    Rules of Murder
    Author

    Julianna Deering

    Julianna Deering has always loved British history and literature and is particularly a fan of the classic mysteries written by Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie. She graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas and now works for an attorney specializing in wills and estate planning. She lives outside Dallas, Texas, where she loves to quilt, cross-stitch, and watch hockey.

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    • 2/5
      I'm afraid I just couldn't get into this. It felt like pure pastiche: the manor house, the prodigal son, the burgeoning romance,the comic relief sidekick. I spent my teen years reading Agatha Christie and frankly, she wrote so many books in this general vein there's not much need for any more. (Never mind Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham and other of her contemporaries writing them, too.) I also have to say the faith aspect to the story left me totally cold; I wasn't aware of it when I signed up to receive the book - that detail was not included in the advance summary provided to LibraryThing - and generally, I feel like murder mysteries are quite "black and white" enough without additional moralizing being necessary. In fairness, though, as a non-religious reader, that aspect was never going to appeal to me anyway.Overall, the book just felt like quick, safe reading for people who like a very specific kind of book and don't test their boundaries very often. That's fine, but it's not me. With a lack of really sparkling characters or dazzling wit, something so...simple...just couldn't hold my attention.Read a good 1920s or '30s Poirot or Campion mystery instead. They're far more worth your time.
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable cozy mystery in the style of Agathe Christie, a delightful throwback to an "old-school" murder mystery. The primary attraction of novels like this is figuring out whodunit before the author reveals the answers. There are lots of plot twists, likeable characters, plenty of red-herrings and false leads, and an unexpected moral slant to the story hat makes it suitable for readers of any age.Well done.
    • 3/5
      To be perfectly honest, if I would have paid a bit more attention to the book details on “Rules of Murder” by Julianna Deering, I probably would not have chosen it. It is published by a religious publisher – which is absolutely fine – but as such – would not normally be my choice.However, once I received and read this book, the religious element was very minor – it probably only comes up about 5 times – mostly having to do with the death of a loved one – and as such, does not stand out much.“Rules of Murder” is a pleasant English murder mystery – well written and thought out. I don’t think it would put it to the level of Christie or Sayers – but Deering does include more detail and leaves the reader a bit less flabbergasted at the end of the book than either of those two authors.I wish the author the best with what looks like the beginning of an interesting mystery series.
    • 4/5
      Fun read. Reminiscent of Dame Agatha's classic mystery stories, with a stronger Christian worldview.
    • 1/5
      This was a torturous read. The writing style throughout is poor and the plot is full of terrible cliches. The author tries to style the novel on the oldenglish country estate classic English mystery that was popularized by such famous writers as Agatha Christie, and this is how the book is being marketed, but the whole enterprise lacks wit and originality. Like the other reviewers on this site for this book had I known this book was released by a Christian publisher and the author has a Christianintent within the story, I would never have signed up for it. I find suchleanings to be most unpleasant, especially when there is little else to redeem the book.I am not a fan of books that deal with the old English estate and thefuddy-duddy characters who live there and the smart young folks whoshall inherit the earth one day, so perhaps I was the wrong audience for such a book. Personally I favour more hard-core mysteries and this definitely falls in the category of a cozy, but it is an unremarkable cozy and the characters all come across as being forced. Even the discovery of the body which most of the book then revolves around struck me as being silly and contrived. I would only recommend this book to a hugefan of the cozy in the english manor style, and certainly to someone who has an interest in Christian themed literature.