Medium – Audiobook
About the Book – The second in the Betty Church Mystery series, this time, Betty Church and her colleagues at Sackwater Station are dealing with the mundanities of life – missing slippers, dogs and other unexciting occurrences. But soon, the war comes to Sackwater, and a street is bombed, killing a whole family and injuring our intrepid heroine. Betty emerges from hospital into the beginning of a spate of murders and missing persons cases, which only she can solve.
My Thoughts – I really enjoyed the first Betty Church book, so picked up the audiobook of the second in an Amazon sale. The second book is excellent, and I think I may have enjoyed it more than the first one. The characters are more developed in this instalment, with Betty being a bit less frosty and Dodo being a little less irritating. I enjoyed seeing the characters’ relationships with each other develop, especially that between Betty and Toby Gregson, the newspaperman, although a lot of this part of the story is referred to in passing rather than actually explored. Betty’s work as a police officer definitely takes precedence over any personal relationships. Being someone who likes those bits of the story though, I would like them a bit more established!
The mystery element of the story was excellent and a complete surprise. I couldn’t guess who it was going to be by the end of the story (unlike the last Betty Church book), which was fantastic, and meant that I was on the edge of my seat the whole way through! I’m in the midst of listening to the third book in the series at the moment, and am finding that number two, so far, is definitely my favourite!
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