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way better narrator than Emilia Fox

Revisado: 05-02-25

I wish the whole series was narrated by the narrator of this book. He is much better than Emilia Fox, though she is not terrible.

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A great Peter Grainger book!

Revisado: 01-25-25

I love Peter Grainger, and this book is no different. The worst part is that I now have to wait awhile until the next book!

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Always refreshing to return to a Grainger novel

Revisado: 10-19-24

I've been listening to the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James, and while the scene building is nice, it can drone on and on. Grainger is so good and building suspense but not waiting so long to reach the climax it becomes annoying and tedious. The only thing I didn't like about this novel was that it was so short. I can only hope the follow up will be released soon!

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Why does Anthony seem so inept and insecure all the time?

Revisado: 08-02-24

I've listened to the first two books and now this one, and I'm struck by how dumb Horowitz portrays himself to be. For someone who wrote a very convincing pastiche of Sherlock Holmes, he is not dumb. I understand it's fiction, but he is overplaying his stupidity. I get the analogy to Sherlock and Watson with the relationship between Hawthorne and Horowitz, but at least Doyle didn't make Watson so insufferably insecure about being less intelligent than Holmes. It's getting difficult to overlook Horowitz's portrayal of his own malignant idiocy.. I will stick with it in the hopes the next books are better in that regard.

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not sure I'll finish..

Revisado: 08-03-23

I'm on chapter 7 and usually with Ellis's books SOMETHING has happened by now. But I'm seriously considering not finishing. I wish there was a summary online, but it's just too boring and drawn out. And getting real tired of the same villain lurking in the background (despite it not being mentioned by chapter 7 I'm fairly certain I already know who it is). this is rural England FFS, just give me charming crime stories with a couple twists and an explanatory ending. but no, it has to be drawn out from hell to creation with only beautiful people and NO RORY yet? this one was a swing and a miss. I think I'll return to Peter Grainger books for awhile

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Narrator is phenomenal!

Revisado: 08-01-23

Others have complained about the narrator's pronunciation, and I have noticed that she mispronounces some words. I think that can be forgiven for three reasons. 1) she may have never encountered these words in a setting where she is both hearing them pronounced and seeing them spelled, as it's uncommon words that she usually mispronounces. 2) she is British and many listeners are American, so we yanks may not know how the words are pronounced in Britain, yet the narrator is, in fact, pronouncing them correctly. and 3) her range of voices is so vast that the few mispronounced words are easy to forgive. She is an incredible narrator, in my opinion better than Richard Armitage in the DI Jackman series, so it is easy to forgive a momentary mispronunciation when 99.9% of the book is narrated flawlessly and as if it were an ensemble cast. Also, someone said she has an annoying lisp, but I've listened to a dozen books of hers and I've never noticed any lisp or mouth noises, and I am incredibly sensitive to any kind of mouth noise. I think, given this isn't a common complaint and one I don't have myself, it could've been a stereo issue, something to do with the speakers that person had.

I love Joy Ellis, and this book was great, though I do think her story lines are becoming a bit predictable. Not surprising given the speed with which she pumps out books, but they are entertaining and engrossing nonetheless. I'll continue listening to every book she releases, especially if they are narrated by Henrietta Meire!

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I liked it.. buut

Revisado: 09-07-21

I liked it, but it is kinda starting to feel like the same book over and over again. Yes, the nuances of the themes are different, but the themes and rhythms are increasingly similar. this book was like a mashup of different events from previous books. and yet, I gave it 4 stars. I still stayed up all night listening to it because I had to know what happened.

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What even is Peter Grant if not a constable?!?!?!

Revisado: 07-13-21

Ok, I'll admit I'm only just starting the book, but honestly, I almost didn't even bother. Half the allure of the Peter Grant series was the addition of police procedural to urban fantasy. Otherwise, he's just another Alex Verus, etc. etc. I truly hope the jokes on me and that he's doing deep under cover work, because honestly it's just not the same series if he's not a cop, and one I'm not totally interested in anymore. Pity

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OOH MY!!

Revisado: 07-06-21

Wow!! I did NOT see that coming!! I downloaded the next novel before this one was done, I've been trying to stick to the internal timeline but I'm so sure that those stories will only have hints at the larger story that I'm going straight to the next novel, and believe me I'll skip that too if it doesn't pick up where this one left off!

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Good reading, imo

Revisado: 04-25-21

Stephen Fry is decent with his reading, and what more could one ask for with the entire collection of Holmes (that's out of copyright) included with Audible? granted, I've never heard anyone else narrate holmes, and am buying Charlton Griffins version simply for the Casebook, but still Fry's rendition is palatable for the price ;)

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