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Debra

Tampa, FL, United States | Member Since 2005

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  • 30 purchased in 2013
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  • Birds of a Feather: Maisie Dobbs Mysteries | [Jacqueline Winspear]
    Birds of a Feather: Maisie Dobbs Mysteries
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    Birds of a Feather: Maisie Dobbs Mysteries

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By Jacqueline Winspear
    • Narrated By Kim Hicks
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (534)
    Performance
    (270)
    Story
    (268)

    Maisie Dobbs is back, and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery magnate's daughter who has fled from home. What seems a simple case at first becomes complicated when Maisie learns of the recent violent deaths of three of the heiress's old friends. Is there a connection between her mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would kill such charming young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers to all her questions lie in the unforgettable agony of The Great War.

    Linda Phipps-chirrup says: "Yikes! This is a problem."
    "Nails-down-the-chalkboard"
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    This is the first time I've listened to a book in this series. I enjoyed the story very much, but I have to say that the narrator is the MOST irritating I've ever heard. The main character's voice is fine, at least until the final scene, but several of the others speak with a horrible whining screech. In the early chapters, it is only the women who speak so annoyingly, but as the book progresses, the men too start speaking this way. EEEeergh!

    10 of 10 people found this review helpful
  • The House at Riverton | [Kate Morton]
    The House at Riverton
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    The House at Riverton

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Kate Morton
    • Narrated By Caroline Lee
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1830)
    Performance
    (989)
    Story
    (980)

    Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again....Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken, and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks.

    Cathy says: "superbly written mystery"
    "Voice like fingers down a chalkboard"
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    What would have made The House at Riverton better?

    I'm sure I'd have liked this book with a different narrator. This one's unbearable, though; I couldn't get through the first third of the audio. Half of the female characters start out screeching and the others develop a screech within a few moments of speaking.


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