Jacqueline Willoughby

By: Schuyler Randall

Narrated by: Scott Ellis

A string of mysterious murders rocks Birmingham, Alabama, in the pause-resister Jacqueline Willoughby. At first glance, the murders seem to be connected to the Ten Commandments, but FBI agents Kason McAlester and Troy Stephens see that there is more to the story, that a rare book written decades ago by a woman named Jacqueline Willoughby may have the answer to solving the crimes.

Will the two agents be able to follow the trail of the old book and find the killer responsible for these grisly murders? You'll have to listen to Jacqueline Willoughby to find out.

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A short Mystery with promise if it was expanded.

This is an interesting story that could be a great Book if the characters and story was longer.

I believe a story of this length can not reach its full potential.The Author should consider the possibility of giving greater
depth to not only the characters but the plot itself.

The Narrator did a good job with the material and made the Audio book entertaining.


This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Short

I was gifted this book with the understanding that I would leave an honest review.
I didn't hate the book but I can't say I really liked it either. First off it is very short book. Second the characters are very one dimensional. I kept waiting to get into them but they were never really defined. I would say if you have an afternoon that you would like to do a little gardening or something and have this playing in the background it would be a great choice. Scott Ellis does a really good job of narrating this book. In fact if I had been reading the book instead of listening I most likely would not have finished it.

Pretty Good Mystery

'Jacqueline Willoughby' is a complicated short novella about a potential copy cat murderer. It felt to me like Randall was trying to do too much too quickly and that the story could have benefited from being elongated/expanded. Outside of that, the thrust of the story itself is compelling and the mystery is quite juicy. Scott Ellis provides a good narrative performance that kept me listening even though I wanted a more fleshed out story!

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Story tries to cover too much in too little time

The story is an okay mystery, but given that it is a little over a 3-hour listen there really isn't enough time to fully develop the story nor the depth of the main characters. The serial killer does remain a mystery until the end, but the descriptions involving the circumstances and investigations get so routine that there is little room for intrigue and thriller type uncertainty. Even the premise of behind the killings, which has a lot of potential, just had to be played out too quickly and simplistically due to the short length of the story itself.

I will say that the narration by Scott Ellis was done real well and made the listen more enjoyable. One tactic that I didn't care for, and I am not sure if it were the narrator's choice or the production folks, was the idea of the phone conversation being made to sound like they were being held in a bucket. It did allow for the listener to realize that you were listening to people talk that weren't in each other's presence, but I found it a bit odd sounding. That is more of a preference than a criticism as it certainly did not deter from the work. I'd recommend this book to those that enjoy a short, mild detective type
story.
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Jacqueline Willoughby

This book had promise. If it was longer and had really expanded on the mystery with more background and moments of story building between the killings, it could have been really good. What really put me off was the way the book was read and the dialog of the characters. Normally if I don't like the way a story is narrated, I can see myself reading it and alter the way I process it a bit. I am not sure that this was all on Scott Ellis because the way the characters interacted was not natural in any way and that drew my attention away from the mystery more than the way it was read. It looks like this is the first book from Schuyler Randall, I am looking forward to seeing how the next one turns out.

This book was given to me for free at my request for my voluntary and unbiased review.