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The Bomb Maker
- De: Thomas Perry
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,281
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,151
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,143
A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad, a team dispatched to a house whose owner is away, and a bomb disguised inside photography equipment exploded in the kitchen. But it is a second bomb hidden in the basement that has devastating consequences - half of the entire Bomb Squad is obliterated within seconds. The fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb Squad commander who now operates his own private security company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I hope there's a sequel coming!!!!
- De shelley en 01-06-18
- The Bomb Maker
- De: Thomas Perry
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Great story, but the narration put me to sleep
Revisado: 10-14-18
This was an excellent story by Mr Perry. The amount of research into bomb making and the inner workings of the bomb squads was incredible, and the story itself caused me to drive around the block a few times. However, I could not give the story the five stars it deserved because of the narration. Everything was in a flat monotone, no inflections, no differentiation in the characters voices. It was just being READ. Too bad.
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Murder on Fifth Avenue
- A Gaslight Mystery, Book 14
- De: Victoria Thompson
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
Victoria Thompson is the Edgar Award-nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries and numerous historical romance novels. Set in 19th-century New York, Murder on Fifth Avenue follows midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy as they investigate the murder of a Knickerbocker club member.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but narration grates
- De Kathi en 06-28-17
- Murder on Fifth Avenue
- A Gaslight Mystery, Book 14
- De: Victoria Thompson
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
Great story, terrible narration
Revisado: 09-14-18
I’ve read the previous books in this series on Kindle and loved them all, but I decided to try this one in Audible. Very disappointing. The story itself is, as usual, a great snapshot of New York life in the early 1900s, with all its class distinctions, attitudes toward women, poverty and social mores. The Gaslight series always makes me realize how much easier our lives are with modern transportation and, certainly, cell phones. This story focuses more on Detective Malloy. He is a man trying to do his job within a corrupt system without support from his superiors, and his investigations involving the elite must always be treaded upon lightly, making things more difficult than they have to be. Wouldn’t he have loved to have a CSI team to call on!
While the story is definitely one of Thompson’s best - it does keep the reader guessing - I could not give it five stars because of the very annoying narrator. As stated in other reviews, she did the straight narration well - and a few of the female voices -but the male voices were horrid. She particularly did not do well on accents - the Italian accents in particular made me cringe, they sounded like Neanderthals. Her interpretation of the mistress was laughable. She sounds like she just inhaled a helium balloon. Given that this story dwells more with Malloy than some of Thompson’s other books, I think perhaps a male/female narration team would have worked much better.
If the rest of this series on Audible is done by this narrator, I’ll stick with Kindle.
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