NK Turoff

One of the good ones!

Revisado: 04-26-25

If, like me, you're still here after 48 installments, I don't need to tell you how good the characters, plots, writing and narration are, but you also know there have been some weak links in the chain. 'A Fatal Illusion, though, is excellent--fast-paced, taut, and surprising.

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Another excellent installment in the series

Revisado: 04-21-25

I was among those listeners who loved Lesley Manville and was so disappointed to see a new narrator for this book. I waited six months and gave Fiona Shaw a chance--without Manville's voice so fresh in my memory--and she is splendid. Osman's characters and story are superb, and Shaw is different than Manville but wonderful nevertheless. Give her a chance!

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Extraordinary

Revisado: 12-09-23

Beautifully written. Fierce and smart and deeply moving
one of the best books I've listened to all year.

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Charming

Revisado: 02-12-23

Enjoyable story, well-read by the narrator. More compelling and far less conventional than the summary might lead one to expect. charming, funny, and occasionally touching. Recommended.

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Fundamentally flawed narration

Revisado: 08-31-22

The narrator for this book does not know how to speak German, Hebrew or Yiddish. This leads to some amusing mis-pronunciations--a character spends time on a "Kibbitz" rather than a "kih-BUTZ"--but the amusement fades and it becomes distracting and offensive. Are there no editors at Audible??

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A deserved classuc give a wonderful performance.

Revisado: 02-21-22

sad to come to the end of this warm, wise, sweeping story, brought so perfectly to life by Carole Boyd. Highly recommended.

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Excellent

Revisado: 06-26-21

A well-written book, beautifully performed I am looking forward to the next in the series.

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Lyrical language and a subtly-woven story

Revisado: 11-26-20

Be patient--the reader is thrown in the deep end with little in the way of a raft. Just enjoy the language and the ideas and let the story come into focus--which it absolutely and very satisfyingly does.

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Excellent, but by *no* means is this a Brit-Com.

Revisado: 12-28-19

Excellent performances and compelling plot-lines, but how this got classified as a "BBC Comedy" is a mystery. The description--'Kooky dad and his zany family contend with colorful guests and eccentric employees'--seems designed to entice fans of 'Fawlty Towers', which is inaccurate and does a great disservice.

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Very pleasant series

Revisado: 06-29-18

"Pleasant" may be a bit mild, but these *are* mild. A Cotswold village in the tradition of Miss Marple's St. Mary Mead--all bucolic peace but with bodies turning up--or going missing--at a regular clip.

The characters are engaging and one of the pleasures of the long series of stories is we get to know an increasingly large circle of the villagers and their back-stories. A minor character in one chapter becomes the central figure in another and then when we meet them again later, we know all about them. Just like living in a small town.

The narration is excellent, the writing is crisp and, while you do begin to recognize the rhythm of the way the stories are put together--they are not formulaic.

The Audible Algorithm has been recommending the Cherringham series to me for years, and I resisted--the word "cosy" just put me off. They are only "cosy" in that they are comfortable and low-intensity, but they are not precious or twee. I recommend them highly.

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