The Cat of the Baskervilles

De: Vicki Delany

Narrado por: Kim Hicks

Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He's long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast is not happy, but the show must go on.

Before the play opens, Jayne's mother arranges a fundraising afternoon tea to be catered by Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room. The tea is a huge success, but, when it's time to leave, Sir Nigel has gone missing - only to be found at the bottom of the rocky cliff, dead. When the police focus their attention on Jayne's mother despite numerous other suspects, the game is once again afoot, and it's up to Gemma and Jayne to clear Jayne's mother's name.

©2018 Vicki Delany (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Best thing about the book was its title

I was so disappointed. Not much of a mystery. Too bad: characters and setting are charming. Unless I am hopelessly gaga and missed something huge, the cat in the title had nothing to do with solving the mystery and nothing to do with the saga of the Baskervilles. Is that a plot spoiler? Anyhow...I expected something both spooky and clever based on the title.The story was neither. Kim Hicks, one of my favorite British narrators, seemed lost with New England and California accents, which also surprised me. I might try another book in the series, because I did like the setting and characters, however, it won't be soon.

Why did they change narrators?

This series is an easy listen. The previous narrator was 1000% better than this one. The main character is British but the book is set in USA. This narrator is British and cannot do a good American accent. The male characters sound like nasally, constipated mop character and I don’t even know how to describe the American female characters. I enjoyed the first 2 books and purchased the rest of the series during Audibles holiday sale on all titles. I wish I realized they changed narrators. I would not have purchased, I could barely make it through this one. She totally misses the lighthearted, jovial nature of the previous narrator. And I typically like my British narrators. I’m British procedural fan, so I do not have an aversion to the accent!

I don't like the new narrator

In this book, Gemma says that she's 32. the narrator makes her sound twice that (my age). Also as a new England native, several of the characters (Leslie, Jane - to be specific) have a bit of a Southern drawl. Estrada -- I can't even guess what she's area of the country she should have come from, but it's not the northeast. We disregard the letter "R" but we complete our words. I guessd, while Jane is often a little slow on the uptake, this book makes her seem oblivious. I actually liked the story a lot. I haven't figure d out who the killer is yet (almost done) and I usually like that in a book.

Bring back the other narrator

I need to at least like the main character

This woman, Ms Doyle-who calls herself ‘observant’ and claims some sort of Sherlockian ability to assimilate observations into crime solutions- is actually an insufferable know it all! I could not see it through to the end, but I am sure she solved the murder, and of course taught the police a lesson or 3 about crime solving.
Also, the narrator here often exchanges Alabama for Cape Cod, when attempting accent

Great story, wrong narrator.

I’ve been reading/listening to these books one after the next. I didn’t notice it or even look at narrator, but the change is too much to adjust to. The writer is amazing, but trying to picture the lead girl as a young modern woman is impossible. She sounds 65 and ou for a time capsule. It’s a big bummer all the way around.