Unabridged Audiobook
Fun mystery mostly set in a small town in New Zealand. It is first in a new cozy series and is charming in the way that the locals all (well, most of them) seem to accept him although the reason he is there is to claim an inheritance from a great-uncle he had never had any contact with and planned to return to his busy life in the Big Smoke. The uncle's lawyer is a cantankerous old thing who winds up murdered in his office. Guess who found the body. Things move alon fairly slowly as more supporting characters appear and are developed. Including the attractive police sergeant who repeatedly tries to discourage this unwilling amateur detective from getting further involved. Excellent read with hints at romance and lots of incidental humor. Philip Battley is excellent in his narration and delineates the characters very well. Despite his not having and Aussie/Kiwi accent he is the perfect narrator for this new series.
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