Kathryn B. Stark

Not that great…both story and narration.

Revisado: 04-20-25

Tried to return it but was not allowed. Did not like the narration at all. Very amateurish. Bring back George Guidall!

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Engaging read but predictable

Revisado: 04-05-25

The plot becomes obvious fairly quickly, who the “bad guy” really is… rather fantastic but the writing holds the reader in good suspense even though I’d figured it out by the time of the “date”.

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Not the caliber of The Thursday Murder Club

Revisado: 09-28-24

Boring, couldn’t get into this. Too many story lines, none that interesting, and characters to keep track of right from the beginning. Nicola Walker’s narration, while I really like her acting, is mostly monotone and doesn’t give any distinction between the characters. I’ve loved the Thursday Murder Club books so this is something of a disappointment. I returned it.

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A disappointment

Revisado: 09-03-24

I was so looking forward to a new Vera because I’ve loved the series, but Dark Wives did not live up Ms Cleeves usual standards. The story seemed weaker than what I’ve come to expect from Ms. Cleeves. The story and characters just not as compelling as in previous Vera novels. The whole witch hunt thing seemed a tired contrivance, some version of this kind of thing has been used so often in various mystery series. Narrator’s male Geordie accents seemed overdone, especially Joe’s. I think it must be very difficult for a narrator of one sex to convincingly do the voices of the opposite gender without sounding contrived, it sounded like she was just trying too hard - rather annoying and distracting. I give it a B-.

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Great writing and characters, who are very relatable, plot twists, good storytelling.

Revisado: 08-04-24

While I like Fiona’s narration overall, good voices, accents for each of the characters, sometimes her breathy quality is a little annoying,

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Disappointing -

Revisado: 07-16-24

Not up to her usual standard. Weak and uninteresting plot, missing much of the usual and enjoyable descriptions of Venice as a background character. Guido, always a delight, seemed less engaged and not as strongly drawn in this one. Maybe Ms. Leon is tiring of the series, seemed like not much effort went into this one. David Colacci’s narration always great.

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Not one of the best of Cherringham series.

Revisado: 01-10-24

The plot, how the crime was done, was predictable although the whodunnit not so much. Neil Dudgeon very enjoyable as always.

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Beautifully written

Revisado: 05-22-23

and crafted story of home and family and what they mean and how we create them and how we keep them and how we survive and even thrive when we lose them. Tom Hanks’ narration is brilliant!

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Enjoyed it but...

Revisado: 02-23-21

Was disappointed by the repeat plot device from first book in series: Dominic setting a trap to solve the case by putting himself in danger. Surprising that such a good writer would resort to such a repetition...laziness? I’ve loved all the Cadfael books, and the first in this series was very enjoyable for both plot and character development. This one seemed a bit thin in comparison. Still, I’ll try one more. Just hope Dominic has a more background role. Precocious kids can become tiresome.

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Great series!

Revisado: 12-10-20

Love the Bruno series! Great characters, especially Bruno, his love of animals (his Bassets, his horse Hector) fine food and the regional cuisine and wine of the Périgord, as well as the setting of the stories in the beautiful Dordogne region, the combination of history, both ancient and modern, including WW2 and the résistance, modern policing and intelligence, mouth watering cuisine and recipes, and wine! I traveled in this area of France many years ago and this series has made we want to go back and look more deeply.

The narrator is great. However, my only criticism is that while, for the most part, I do love the narration, please, please stop trying to do American accents! They are really quite atrocious and as an American, it’s like listening to fingernails on a chalk board. You don’t give Bruno and the French characters French accents, so why do you feel the need to try to do American accents?

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