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Title: Road Kill

Author: Marianne MacDonald

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When Dido Hoare, antiquarian bookseller and single mother, receives a frantic call for help in the middle of the night, she rushes to her friend (and nanny's) side. Dido has no idea that she is about to enter a world where no one is what they appear to be and there is danger all around. Dido arrives at Phyllis's apartment building to find that the lights in the hallway have all been shattered and that the apartment has clearly been burglarized. There is no sign of Phyllis anywhere and when Dido calls out her name she finds that Phyllis had been locked in the closet. Dido frees her and the trouble really begins. Why did the burglars give Phyllis a phone to use? Why didn't they steal anything valuable-like the television or some jewelry? The only response that Phyllis gives to these questions is that Frank, her husband, told her to call him if anything should happen there while he was gone. What was Frank, an account and jailbird, expecting to happen? And where is he anyway---is it his body the police just found in a local park? Unaware that any harm has come to Frank, the women go about cleaning up the apartment. Two men posing as police officers show up and start asking questions. Phyllis recognizes one of the men from the night before and realizes that they are back looking for whatever they were after. Clearly the case is more than Dido can handle, but she can't tear herself away-not even when her father, Barnabas, and an inspector, Paul Grant, warn her how much danger she is in. As Dido continues her search for answers she is led to Lal Fisher, Frank's sister, and to other dangerous situations throughout London. Will Dido find all the answers before Ben, her son, has to grow up without a mother?

Members Reviews:

Nanny's Problem

Dido needs a nanny for her son, Ben and Phyllis Digby is perfect for the job. But a frantic middle of the night phone call from Phyllis sends Dido rushing to her rescue.

Then Phyllis's husband Frank is murdered. Frank was an accountant with a gangster father and a missing gold shipment. "Road Kill" picks up the pace of this great series as Paul Grant, Dido's short-time married lover is suspended from Scotland Yard for helping her discover who killed Frank and locked Phyllis in a closet while their apartment was trashed. The clues are there but super sleuth you must be to arrive at a conclusion before the story ends. A delightful read.

Nash Black, author of "Sins of the Fathers" and "Travelers."

one quibble

I would have liked to know if what was in the envelope under the car's seat was what they thought it was.

But otherwise I found the plot made sense & characters were interesting.

Five Stars

Love anything about books and book stores.

Excellent storytelling

On a back street in central London is located Dido Hoare' Antiquarian Books and Prints. The shop is the business and home of a single thirtyish woman and her child. She receives some help from her father and a nanny Phyllis Digby who is more of a friend.

When Phyllis asks her employer for help, Dido immediately takes her son and goes to her friend's home. There she finds lights systematically broken and the door ajar. Dido finds Phyllis locked inside a closet. The frightened woman claims three polite men placed her inside the closet, but thoughtfully left her with a cell phone.