The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown, by Peter Lovesey

I expected a classic Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, but I was really pleasantly surprised - it was so quirky! I really enjoyed listening to this story (it is free on audible plus!), it was narrated so well but written in such a lovely style that was comedic but also very mysterious I was so curious about what was happening. It didn’t feel at all rushed like some other short stories I had recently read. This short story gets 5 stars from me, I loved the style and didn’t expect the ending!

Along with ‘The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown’, there are many other crime/mystery short stories in this same collection. They are all completely unrelated and so different in the way they are written, some are honestly so unexpected and I love not knowing what the next one will be like.

The only reason I haven’t given this 5 stars is that I skipped some of the short stories because I really didn’t love some of the voice acting on the audiobook, or the style of a few of the stories. The brilliant thing is that each one is so very different that it feels as if it is a composite of multiple authors, so it really doesn’t matter if you don’t like one or two.

How dyslexia-friendly is it?

The stories really are short, and I think they are really easy to follow. The writing styles vary a lot and so it is nice that you can skip some if you don’t get on with them.