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My original Empty Shell audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
Empty Shell is a character oriented suspense story that combines murder mystery with Christianity.
Melody discovers that Jack, her husband of 20 odd years, has been having an affair with a younger woman. To make matters worse, this woman, Serena, has been working alongside Melody, who is a paralegal in a prominent law firm. But it doesn’t end there. Melody then discovers that Serena has just been found murdered in a hotel room. And to top it all off, all the evidence points to her cheating husband, Jack, as the number one suspect. When he is arrested and locked up, Melody’s world is threatening to fall apart, but she has the help and support of her best friend, her mother, her husband’s best friend and her boss Roger, and above all, her faith. All is not as it seems though and Melody slowly works out that maybe she should have believed Jack’s pleas of being innocent in the murder of Serena. Melody sets out to find justice for Jack as more and more lies, secrets and cover-ups are revealed.
Empty Shell started off really strong. The characters are well drawn and you really get a feeling for each one. As the story went on though, the frequent references to religion became a bit too much for me. The story really focuses in on Melody’s emotions and her feelings of guilt. That part is well executed and will certainly tug at some readers'/listeners’ heartstrings. I would have liked more of a thrilling mystery with a murderer that was less easy to predict. However, as a slow-burn cozy mystery, this is well written and if you enjoy Christian fiction, then this will definitely appeal.
I enjoyed the audio narration more than I did the book if that makes sense. Empty Shell is written from the first person perspective of Melody, and Sara Morsey suited that character perfectly. Her narration was very natural and delivered with a wonderful Southern drawl that made Melody come alive. She sounded just as you would Melody expect to sound. She was equally skillful with the different male characters. All characters sounded like authentic people, no silly voices here. There were no problems with the production.
Audiobook provided for review by the audiobookreviewer.com
Empty Shell is a character oriented suspense story that combines murder mystery with Christianity.
Melody discovers that Jack, her husband of 20 odd years, has been having an affair with a younger woman. To make matters worse, this woman, Serena, has been working alongside Melody, who is a paralegal in a prominent law firm. But it doesn’t end there. Melody then discovers that Serena has just been found murdered in a hotel room. And to top it all off, all the evidence points to her cheating husband, Jack, as the number one suspect. When he is arrested and locked up, Melody’s world is threatening to fall apart, but she has the help and support of her best friend, her mother, her husband’s best friend and her boss Roger, and above all, her faith. All is not as it seems though and Melody slowly works out that maybe she should have believed Jack’s pleas of being innocent in the murder of Serena. Melody sets out to find justice for Jack as more and more lies, secrets and cover-ups are revealed.
Empty Shell started off really strong. The characters are well drawn and you really get a feeling for each one. As the story went on though, the frequent references to religion became a bit too much for me. The story really focuses in on Melody’s emotions and her feelings of guilt. That part is well executed and will certainly tug at some readers'/listeners’ heartstrings. I would have liked more of a thrilling mystery with a murderer that was less easy to predict. However, as a slow-burn cozy mystery, this is well written and if you enjoy Christian fiction, then this will definitely appeal.
I enjoyed the audio narration more than I did the book if that makes sense. Empty Shell is written from the first person perspective of Melody, and Sara Morsey suited that character perfectly. Her narration was very natural and delivered with a wonderful Southern drawl that made Melody come alive. She sounded just as you would Melody expect to sound. She was equally skillful with the different male characters. All characters sounded like authentic people, no silly voices here. There were no problems with the production.
Audiobook provided for review by the audiobookreviewer.com
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