John

A bit over-modulated, otherwise fine.

Revisado: 02-22-20

There were one or two places where some editing would have been nice, but other than that, the only negative aspect of the final production is that when Dominic Lopez was reading, somebody in the control booth apparently did not notice the VU meters on the audio console were pegged "into the red" far too often, When you listen with headphones or on a really good audio system, the distortion of the narrator's voice is obvious to the point of detracting from the listening experience.

Dominic Lopez did a splendid job, and as to Schear, well I seriously wish he'd write more sequels because he has become my favorite writer of Sherlock Holmes stories, surpassing even Conan Doyle, and I burn for more of his work If he writes more I beg of Audible to make it available ASAP. Incredible stuff.

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The New Conan Doyle!

Revisado: 02-22-20

Geri Shear has nailed it! In a world of "wanna be" Conan Doyles, this man is every bit Doyle's equal when it comes to a Holmes story. I was enthralled. Dominic Lopez was exceptional.

The audio editing, however, left a little bit to be desired.

Also, the recording was over-modulated, so when you hear it on a Class A system there is noticeable distortion whenever Dominic raises his voice even slightly. To an audiophile, this is annoying. Wearing headphones, it's downright distracting.

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Where was the audio editor?

Revisado: 02-22-20

The story is captivating, no getting around that. Dominic Lopez did an excellent narration, but in a great many places you hear the same lines repeated accompanied by hand claps which were, no doubt, to alert the audio editor to edit that particular section to get rid of the boo-boos. Apparently the editor was asleep at the switch or non-existent because at least 20 places where editing should have been done to insure continuity with a smooth flow it was obviously sadly missed. The same thing can be said of the sequel, "Return To Reichenbach".

The finest reader on the planet is only as good as his audio editor and I am assuming that in these two cases the editor was out to lunch or not paying the slightest bit of attention. It degrades seriously an otherwise wonderful narration. Love Dominic's voice, love the story but you need to fire the editor.

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Narrated by a crashing bore.

Revisado: 09-13-19

While this collection of stories is quite good the narrator reads far too fast as though trying to race to the end of an unpleasant task, and manages to do so in as close to an absolute monotone as possible. The lousy reading quite destroys any pleasure one might derive from the stories. Why in the world was this guy ever selected for this task? He's dreadful!

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Boring to the tenth power

Revisado: 11-26-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Huey Newton

Would you ever listen to anything by Ralph Ellison again?

No

What didn’t you like about Joe Morton’s performance?

He was fine. The book was deplorably boring.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disgust

Any additional comments?

I can see why you wouldn't want to charge money for this.

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