Mischief

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Harriet Walter

Imogen Waterstone has always prided herself on being a thoroughly independent young woman, but now she needs a man of implacable will and nerves of iron. That's why she invited Matthias Marshall, infamous Earl of Colchester, to her home in Upper Strickland. Who better than the legendary explorer to help her lay the perfect trap?



Her scheme is simple, really: She plans to let it be known that when she inherited her uncle's collection of antiquities, she also inherited a map to a fabulous ancient treasure. She's sure that her enemy would risk financial ruin in pursuit of the mythical artifact. And to make doubly sure the scoundrel took the bait, she wants Colchester to pretend that he's out to seduce Imogene so that he, too, could get his hands on her map.



Yet in all of her plotting, Imogene never anticipates Colchester's violent reaction to her request or her own electrifying reaction to him. Neither does she expect that a malevolent threat would emerge from the labyrinth of London--sinister enough to endanger her and Colchester's lives.©1996 Jayne Ann Krentz; (P)1996 Bantam Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

Too short

It was too simple. The thriller part is almost inexistent. The unabridged book was very good but this version...

A light listen!

This is a great book when you are in a need of a quick and fun read!

Loved the music.

Although it is a short read. It was perfect. The sound of the audio needs work. But I enjoyed the listen.

narrative killed the story line

the narrative was not the greatest and then the music that they placed in was horrible. i have read the book and the narrative did not give the story line justice. my opinion, read the book and not the audio version

The Real Mystery Here Is ….

How in the world did Harriet Walter agree to narrate this book? She either came out in the losing side of an extravagant bet or made a tactical error playing Truth or Dare. This book is derivative, adolescent and filled with trite cliches. I finished it only to marvel how awful it was on every level.

I had always maintained I would listen to Harriet Walter read knitting instructions or Portuguese train schedules and be entertained. Having said that, sadly, this book failed to even meet those standards.