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As good as a stage play

Revisado: 01-30-22

The character development is excellent as is the narration the pace is good no passport required to visit other parts of the world this series has become another one which I will have read all written and eagerly await the next

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After a long sleuth at long last a another mystery series worth listening to

Revisado: 03-28-16

Plausible enough, yet a calm and wonderful page turner as one wondered who. I quite like those , as this, that are a mild history lesson, along with geography. Well paced. Believable characters. And the reader became the characters, easy on the ear and mind. This is an author whose work I will look forward to hearing and when I have read her last, for I will read them all at least twice, I will with a sigh, feel a sense of loss

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Little right, a Lot Wrong

Revisado: 03-08-16

First mistake was buying three by the same author before listening to one. The second was since I had run out of everything by Donna Leon and starting to feel homesick for her Italy, the setting appealed. In comparison it felt like the author was using her template and filling in the blanks with a poorly crafted pen.

You're not going to fall into like with this character. Or any of the characters. The story was too contrived throughout and poorly done at that. Some dialogue very fast and choppy, sounding as if the reader did so simply to make another voice. Ever too much crystal balling.

If I'd purchased these as hard copies I would return the other two without taking out of the bag.

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Too bad it was a set, even one would have been too much

Revisado: 03-04-16

All the same. As if the author wrote from a template. Not at all believable. This author will be on my "nevermore". List. I'd give him Raven, except I like them too much.

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Finely crafted, believable characters and situations, up to her usual excellence. More books, many more books please

Revisado: 03-04-16

Leon keeps on doing it, and keeps on doing it well. As usual, she starts with some small fact of life, and drop by drop builds a sandcastle that can withstand all waves, based on a current social issue or perhaps even a trial. Her characters are believable and stay so from one book to the next, becoming people you know and usually like. Her stories are solid in themselves and do not depend on gratuitous sex or violence. its not that there isn't a dead body or two or that married or unmarried people sleep together, but if so, it's part of the tale that will keep you reading to the end. Perhaps you will reread even more than once.

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Kaminski does it again

Revisado: 02-17-16

The only flaw is mispronunciation of some of the Russian words, as usual, nicely crafted. Also as usual, he jumps with two ropes, managing to have two major story lines and does it wonderfully well

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Donna Leon worth more than one read

Revisado: 02-14-16

With her awareness of current social concerns, a fine vocabulary, an exquisite imagination and characters who stay believable from one book to the next I find these a magnificent read!

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P. D. James. At her best. So good that you would in court swear you were there

Revisado: 06-09-15

Interesting and informative adding to one's store of knowledge of area and era, while at the same time giving nothing away until a reasonable, always surprising, yet satisfactory end end.

Narration is excellent Absolutely the best

More, please....many more

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No mystery except why it got published, let alone recorded

Revisado: 06-04-15

Disappointed,to find a rambling nonsensical tale from a writer I once respected. Best to avoid

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Complex, captivating, creative - P. D. James at her best

Revisado: 06-01-15

A continuum, all the characters remain true to selves, even with added aspects. Believability of facts from smallest detail, making it a savory stew rather than a bland broth. The last lines resonate, hanging like notes in the mind, fading slowly out of earshot. A most satisfying read

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