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Slow start worth the wait

Revisado: 04-20-24

Not if a slow start but worth the wait for - no spoilers — a good ending with many levels

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Published in 1989 Straight remains relevant

Revisado: 04-15-24

Published in 1989 Straight is still a “straight” compelling read It’s very much the usual DF, the man of honor put in a difficult position.
Simon Prebble narration is outstanding

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Hard to finish

Revisado: 03-15-24

The book started out very well with a favorite narrator and some unusual interesting elements. It’s an English manor house locked room mystery with an interesting protagonist/narrator but Supernatural is not my kind of thing. Without this narrator, one of my favorites I would have returned it. The voice of Sylvia is just ridiculous though. Skipped through most of the last two chapters …hard to finish

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The con is good but the religion is too much

Revisado: 09-21-23

Like another review I exited a romp in the usual style of the author. This is more of a Job and redemption and sports a fair amount of religion.
Characters and the cons on which the story is built are all interesting.
If you’re new to this author try a different title first.

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Unlikely and disappointing

Revisado: 05-29-23

Narration excellent
Story is not believable.
Too long too silly and too many sections could use a skip.

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Charming but not easy to finish

Revisado: 12-02-22

Excellent narration saves this book from being a real slog.
The story is mostly a light romance imbedded in a mystery treasure hunt that really doesn’t start until chapter 30. I hear the third book is more like the first which was an easier more straightforward read.

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Just awful

Revisado: 06-15-22

Think you know Joe Ide? This is not an IQ book, it's overacted and just terrible.

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Magnificent

Revisado: 06-14-22

A beautiful setting, a very good plot based on history, interesting characters from the main ones to supporting all wound around an ethical conundrum. Read by one of my favorite actors who brings the same sensitivity to this as he does to the Bertie series. So glad this is book 1 so many more to go.

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Con games

Revisado: 07-25-18

Stories involving the con game seem hard to come by.
This one creeps up on you and then gets nicely complex, still very upbeat with a lot of wry humor.
The narrator was excellent and the changes were flawless, the pace just right, and absent the excessive over acting of some other narrators.

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Almost

Revisado: 03-23-18

Like many serial heroes eventually it seems the pressure to produce another hit ( I’m assuming this as a reader without experience as a writer) becomes the basis for the book.
The hero is as good as always, the performance is outstanding, Ray Porter, is Logan.
The location also is interesting as is much of the ancillary fill that makes this series a good read.
Again there is a fair amount of wise guy humor that as is has throughout the series adds nicely to the read.
SPOILER ALERT—
The denouement is contrived and strained, resorting to an amateurish formula.
Very disappointing.
Though except for that contrivance the book is as good as the previous in the series and worth the read, though you will perhaps as I did, give a loud “Oh come on”.

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