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How have I missed out on this gem my whole life?

Revisado: 02-15-22

Never a fan of Agatha Christie, I've long assumed that all the "golden age of detective fiction" authors would also be not to my taste -- but I was so wrong. Dorothy L. Sayers (along with Margery Allingham, who I discovered first) well deserves her reputation as one of the queens of the golden age.

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Get the print version instead.

Revisado: 08-22-18

I read all the reviews criticizing the narrator before I ordered this, but after listening to the whole sample I thought he was ok. Not great, but ok. Boy was I wrong. the first 1/4 to 1/3 were fine, but then it was as if he'd suddenly become a different reader, one who had only begun to learn to read and pronounced every "a" as "ay" rather than "uh" and each "the" as "thee" rather than "thuh" which was TOTALLY at odds with the Missouri/Arkansas mildly southern accent he used for the rest. It was horribly, maddeningly annoying. And on top of that, he'd lost whatever tiny bit of emotion he'd put into the words earlier in the book. Possibly the worst narrator I've heard. On the bright side, the story was good...if your ears don't bleed from listening to the reader. Buy the print version instead and save yourself an earache.

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Character-driven story and luscious prose

Revisado: 08-21-17

Beautiful book that is simply about...people and what makes them tick. The writing itself is a thing of beauty, and the narrator more than does it justice. I will listen to this one again.

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Might be the best Merrily book yet.

Revisado: 06-07-17

I've been a huge fan of this series for some time, and though I wasn't thrilled with the last book--its a bit of a "transition" novel, necessary in order for the characters to have room to grow, but a bit dark because of this--this one reminds me why I loved the series so much in the first place. And though it ends with all our characters still in transition---Frannie Bliss and Annie Howe in the most shocking way possible--the story is fantastic and we can see a light at the end of the tunnel for all of them. Or at least those who survived the winter's night.

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Heart-wrenching and beautiful...

Revisado: 05-24-17

...Witty and not afraid to look human nature straight in the eye. It made me laugh out loud in the beginning, and left me in tears during the second half. an emotional rollercoaster of a book, full of gorgeous prose and absolutely human characters. Beautiful.

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Big disappointment for Rutledge/Crawford fans

Revisado: 09-19-16

Meh. I'm a huge fan of both series, but this one...read like a mediocre attempt at a first novel. I couldn't hack it past chapter one and returned the book.

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