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The Crumpled Letter
- Belle Epoque Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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- Shoeshopper2
- 12-10-18
a wonderful narration of a captivating story.
I couldn't stop listening, to this audiobook. I'm not sure what I enjoyed more, the story or the narration.
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- Diane
- 05-22-19
Surprised
I found it slow in the beginning but found I couldn’t stop listening. I ended up liking the characters
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- Gigi
- 12-26-22
Difficult to follow
The foreign names and accent of reader made this story difficult to follow. Overall, it was a very good story line with just the right amount of intrigue. However, I’m still a bit confused.
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- Connie West
- 01-22-22
Engaging!
Part murder mystery, part romance, part history lesson, all fun listening. Am engaging novel that starts the series. More to come.
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- sz
- 02-06-21
Yawn
Hard to follow, kept waiting for it to get better but never did. Narrator did not help. Anticlimactic even the ending was boring. I would advise you to skip this one. There are better books out there!
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- ADoWendy
- 07-11-19
Good premise, disjointed delivery
I liked the basic premise of the book, but felt it was delivered in a rather disjointed unfocused way. At times I wasn’t even sure what the main plot was, and none of the characters were relatable. I ended up skipping ahead quite a bit just to see how it ended before giving up.
I did like the narrator, just wish she’d had better material to work with.
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