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The Mark of a Murderer

By: Susanna Gregory
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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Publisher's summary

February 1355: Oxford explodes in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee the city, and some choose the University at Cambridge as their temporary refuge. But they don't remain safe for long. Within hours of their arrival, the first of their number dies, followed quickly by a second. When Matthew Bartholomew begins to investigate the deaths, he uncovers evidence that the Oxford riot was not a case of random violence, but part of a carefully orchestrated plot.
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Melodrama

This book reads like young adult fiction. The tone is melodramatic, not helped by rather overwrought narration. Most of the characters are one dimensional and eventually tiresome. Read Mistress of the Art of Death, instead. Slightly earlier period, far better writing.

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WHY change the narrator????

As the previous 10 editions of this series used David Thorpe - why did he not narrate book 11? Changing narrators for a book or two is sadly common in books series and the substitute is NEVER as good. Wincott changes the entire tone of the book from fairly light-hearted is a victorian melodrama due to his interpretation. I will not be be purchasing book 13 since Wincott is again narrating. Publishers seem not to realize how central the performer is to the communication of the material. As usual in these cases, Wincott clearly had never listened to a previous performance in the series as he changes the pronunciations of names and the overall interpretation of how each character sounds. The most extreme change here is Brother Michael who Thorpe vocally portrays with a higher pitch and Wincott does in a bass - it is a jarring change. I will not make the mistake of purchasing a book done with a substitute as it is a waste of money.

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Sorry...

But I Could not stand the reader, the first audible books I did not finish because of the reader.

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DREADFUL narrator

Absolutely awful attempt to dramatize the story. Bring back Thorpe. Will be returning this one.

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Great Historical Mystery

This is a great historical mystery and is part of the Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles. I love these chronicles and was delighted to find one on audible. I hope they do more. The setting is Medieval Cambridge and as always the solution of the murder will come as a surprise. I adored the reader and all the Matthew Bartholomew CHronicales will be recorded.

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Narrator is difficult to follow

Would you try another book from Susanna Gregory and/or Andrew Wincott?

Yes. I like the story, but I found the narrator difficult to follow after listening to David Thorpe’s narration of the othe books.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The voice was too theatrical and characters were indistinguishable.

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The Mark of a Murderer

I had high hopes for this book, as I read a lot of historical mysteries, but I found it extremely slow and boring and the narration was ridiculously melodramatic. It was a struggle to get through it.

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As expected

I am familiar with these characters from reading the books. This was an enjoyable excursion into "long ago and far away". As a mystery, well, maybe it didn't play fair. The solution came outta left field. Not that the solution was bad, just a bit sneaky. It is a bit wordy but the characters are well developed and the historical back drop is sound. I enjoyed it.

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Loved the story

Not a fan of the narrator. I’m sure it’s because I’m used to the previous one, but I’m glad this gentleman only narrated this one and the next in series. My brain isn’t up to new voices. Lol

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The Mark of a Murderer

I was introduced to Susanna Gregory's 14th century detectives through the sequel to this book "The Tarnished Chalice". I was immediately intrigued by the two main characters, Brother Michael, the waddling senior proctor of Cambridge University, and his corpse examiner and physician Matthew Bartholomew.

These two detectives guided me through the church-driven world of Cambridge in 1355 AD and its interesting crimes. The brilliant narration of Andrew Wilcott helped tremendously to bring all characters and the surroundings to life.

All in all I can only recommend this book. If you are willing to follow the author and her narrator into this unknown and mysterious milieu, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

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