Linda Cast

Charming and beautifully read

Revisado: 11-12-20

Kindness wins the day, and Margaret's trials give her understanding and courage. The love she shows and receives is heartwarming.

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Surprising great find

Revisado: 10-16-14

British cozy mysteries are my favorite genre, and I was happy to find the Max Tudor series.

My favorites contain the following: a clear, pleasing British reader; intelligent, likable detective and cohort (someone with whom to discuss the case), attractive setting (the village wasn't described much in this book), dislikable victim, and interesting additional characters.

I look forward to the series with great interest, and will look for all Malliet books.

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Great, but listen to sample for recording

Revisado: 04-27-14

I enjoyed the story, reader, and length. Giving it overall 4 because of the recording, which should have been set to compensate for the narrator's deep voice. The recording was apparently made with more bass than treble, and I have to turn it up louder to make out the words. I could probably adjust my car and phone speakers. Nicholas Rowe has an excellent skill at differentiating men, women, and children.

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Poor sound, can't even rate it fairly.

Revisado: 02-17-14

This looked like a great story, and I like the reader's voice. However, the sound comes across as mumbled even with a headset, and I'm going to return it if possible.

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A classic, though not for me

Revisado: 05-13-13

Davina Porter, like Patrick Tull, could "read the phone book" and I would enjoy her wonderful range as a narrator. The story is a fine, complex analysis of the times and of war on both men and women. The wife's discussion with Hannale is an subtle play of jealousy and objectivity. Of course a tale by DH Lawrence is superb and deserves 5 stars.

I'm only part way through and will return it, as the genre isn't really for me. However, those who appreciate the tale will become absorbed in the masterful reading by Porter.

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Great characters! One thing I'd like...

Revisado: 02-19-11

Wonderful characterizations! Felt like I knew everyone at the end. Monk's haunting memory loss and the method of repeating questions made me think a long time about re-starting relationships using only reactions. Excellent reader, too. The one additional thing I hope for in the remaining books is to share a character's delight in something. All mysteries contain darkness. However, in Agatha Christie and other "cozy mysteries" the cottages, gardens, and seaside are warming. In Patrick O'Brian's rich Aubrey-Maturin series, the music, the sea & nature, etc, engage repeatedly. This Monk novel does include a wonderful estate, and I hope we will roam it much more often in coming books, to smell the roses, tread the leafy paths, perhaps find a ghost in the kitchen. I look forward to the very interesting Monk-Hester relationship.

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