Long Knives

Robert Tarza, Book 2

De: Charles Rosenberg

Narrado por: Kate Rudd, Christopher Lane

Jenna James’ life has been smooth-sailing since she left the high-powered law firm of Marbury Marfan. She’s happily ensconced as a professor at a prestigious law school, where she’s well liked by her students, coupled up with a handsome colleague, and on track for tenure. But things take a shocking turn one morning when a student, Primo, comes to Jenna’s office seeking her advice about a treasure map he recently inherited. When Primo turns up dead and Jenna is suddenly the prime suspect in a murder investigation, everyone turns on her. Desperate for help, she calls on two old friends: Robert Tarza, her old law partner from Marbury Marfan, and Oscar Quesana, an odd-duck solo practitioner. The three race to save Jenna’s career - and perhaps her life - in this whip-smart thriller of treasure maps, murder, and law school politics.

©2014 Charles Rosenberg (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Best of summer reading ....

Jenna James is a charming and brilliant law professor with believable quirks that make this legal thriller captivating.

Jenna, What Happened To Ya?

Listen to Charles Rosenberg's delightful "Death On A High Floor" before this one. That's VERY important. Set five years after that adventure, Jenna James, has lost a lot of her perk. To some degree it's the fault of casting Kate Rudd, only because I was used to Christopher Lee's brilliant creation of Jenna's character in book 1 of this series. Oddly, Lane did that Jenna better than the excellent actress… Rudd.. does in this book.

BTW, for some inexplicable reason I wrote Lane's name as Lee in my review of "High Floor" and wish that we could edit our reviews. I feel awful… grumble….

But maybe this book lets me down just a bit because Jenna James lost her perkiness. Her impetuosity, her sexual, um, spontaneity.Rosenberg's earlier work jumped the shark, but Lane's wonderful read made it work. Here, he only carries half of the water, so maybe that makes it more difficult to accept the improbabilities of this interpretation of academic politics. Dumno.. but while I enjoyed Long Knives… It wasn't "Death On A High Floor".

Still, if a third in this series arrives, I'll listen… especially if Christopher Lane's reading. AUDIBLE: GIVE CHRISTOPHER LANE MORE WORK… K?

Did not disappoint

I downloaded this novel as the last words faded from Rosenberg's first novel, Death From a High Floor. How's that for a recommendation. The quality reading from Christopher Lane is complemented by co-reader, Kate Rudd. And, so engaged was I with the characters I had just met, I wanted to know more about them.

Bring on book three!

Coffee Anyone

OK, OK, We get it. She likes coffee. The first fifty times it was mentioned it was cute but it did get a little old after a while. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and kept going back and forth as to who did it. That is what makes a good whodunit.

Very Good

Good dialogue, good narration. I've enjoyed all four books by this author. Give this a try

Kate Rudd ruins another one!

What didn’t you like about Kate Rudd and Christopher Lane ’s performance?

Kate Rudd has a crisp clear voice but interprets ALL her female leads the same way. RUDE, CAUSTIC, HORRIBLE women with no redeeming qualities, they are mean and unlikeable every time. It's impossible to believe anyone would want to do anything but slap them. Christopher Lane did Jenna so well in book one. I cringed as soon as I heard Ms Attitudes voice as Knives started.

Was Long Knives worth the listening time?

Barely

A good listen

Not brilliant but entertaining and enough involvement w/characters to keep me listening. Voices were very good.

Outstanding Read

What did you love best about Long Knives?

I love the performance and this is the second Charles Rosenberg novel I have listened to on Audible. I look forward to the next novel Mr. Rosenberg writes and have recommended his writing to friends

Who was your favorite character and why?

I can't choose my favorite I have liked each 1 of the three for all different reasons and hope that they continue to be friend and sleuths in the Rosenberg's next novel, hope, hope.

What about Kate Rudd and Christopher Lane ’s performance did you like?

Clear, nice to listen to voices and I listen to a number of books monthly and come to know that it the readers can lead me to go back to the same author and same reader and then there are others that the story was great but the reading was hard on the ears and I won't go back no matter what......................

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Can't pick one moment it was definitely a page turner, or sitting in my driveway just wanting to hear to the end of a chapter so it was all good, a wonderful read.

Any additional comments?

Looking forward to the next Rosenberg Novel....................Thanks for putting them on Audible.

Narrator not bad at all! Really enjoyed it!

I purchased this book despite the reviews because opinions are subjective. I found nothing wrong with the narration and neither did my sister. The male narrator was the same in both books and Kate Rudd wasn't bad at all.

It was great listening to old friends and hearing Jenna's story. I can't wait for the next one.

Terrible narration--ruins it

I can't imagine how TWO narrators, male and female, can both be so misguidedly awful! For some reason, they eggageratedly enunciate as though English was their second--or third--language. And I don't mean when they are characterizing a foreigner--everyone sounds stilted with way too many consonants pronounced in a heavy handed manner. I liked the author from the other novel, but this is a disaster. I would never listen to these narrators again, particularly the male.