Murder by the Book

A Suspenseful, Small Town Cozy Mystery

By: Joy Patrick

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Sometimes the sweetest small towns can be big on bitter secrets …

Security analyst Grace Jordan never imagined she’d be solving a murder when she returned home to Sweet Cove, North Carolina. Or, that she was good at it.

Harboring a decades-long secret of her own, Grace leaves her carefully controlled, predictable city life for Sweet Cove to help her whimsical Aunt Lyla run her bookstore after the death of Lyla’s sister.

When a local businessman ends up dead surrounded by a mysterious collection of books, accusations fly, and Grace is determined to put her analytical smarts to work to uncover the truth.

Meeting a motley crew of locals along the way, including a mysterious older man with an unusual skill set of his own, Grace learns that logical analysis isn’t her only tool when solving mysteries.

Scandals. Secrets. Sweet Cove.

Could have been better!

Please stick with human narration! Virtual Voice Narration absolutely takes away from the story. Monotone, no inflection, pronunciation errors, no emotion equals no connection to the characters. Human narrators have the ability to bring stories to life. I liked the plot, but the narration ruined this one for me!

voice distinguishment lacking

Interesting storyline but overshadowed by no voice distinguishing by AI . Avoid AI voiced stories in order to enjoy

Virtual Voice is Horrible

I will never listen to virtual voice selection again. It sounded like a cold read from a middle school drama class. I might have liked the story more if the narration wasn't so stilted and emotionless.

Love story line

Loved the story and twist and turns
I hate the virtual voice couldn’t listen to it all skipped parts due to the terrible reading

AI Narrator

the AI narrator took away from the story. it was difficult to figure out which character was speaking.