The Seventh Sinner

The Jacqueline Kirby Mysteries, Book 1

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's Summary

For vibrant, lovely Jean Suttman, the fellowship to study in Rome was the culmination of her dreams, until she undertook an innocent expedition to the ancient Temple of Mithra. From the moment she stepped into the pagan darkness and discovered the corpse of Albert, one of her fellow students, she was afraid.

Not even the comforting presence of the perceptive and practical Jacqueline Kirby could erase the fear that was nourished by one small accident after another, "accidents" that came dreadfully close to killing her. Someone was stalking Jean, someone ruthless and determined.

Before long she could see no chance of rescue from the ever-present terror, no hope of escape, nothing but death.

©1997 Elizabeth Peters (P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Love Elizabeth Peters - This book sucks

we have loved previous books by Elizabeth Peters, but we couldn't even get through the second chapter of this book

Adventure . . . and Murder in Rome

I'm a big fan of the Amelia Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters, so when I ran across this series, I had to give it a try. Its different . . . and took me a little while to get accustomed to, but its also very enjoyable, with quirky characters and a very smart librarian, who is a little set in her ways. 😉 She pretends to be put off my the college age set, in Rome on fellowships, but really its her protection mechanism, as she navigates the investigation of what she knows to be a murder. I felt like I knew Jacqueline Kirby a lot better as the book came closer to the end. The descriptions of ancient Rome and the sites that the students visited were extraordinary and a big part of the story (a sometimes frightening part). The crafty way that she comes to a resolution on the murder is first rate. I will definitely be continuing the series.

A Clever Mystery

This story is told without Jacquelyn Kirby 's POV. She is only on the sidelines.

Mispronounced

Rothenburg, where this book took place, was mispronounced!!! It amazes me that this can actually happen and no one catches the error. I couldn’t listen to the entire book.

has potential

story premise is great. loved the details of Rome. the way the plot was laid out was flat. would have benefited from better character development. did not find a primary character. discovering dead friend scene was flat without suspense.

Groovy time 4 a historical murder

enjoyed the plot and characters bringing surprises and history to life. bones crypts and saints

Very Disappointing

I'm so glad that I listened to "The Murders of Richard III" first., because if I hadn't I would not have read any more of Ms. Peters books. Obviously this is one of her early ones. The premise of the mystery was good, Actually getting there with the tedious exposition and characterization was not. It just seemed to drone on & on at times.

That being said, the main sleuth, Jacqueline Kirby was well developed and left you wanting to know more about her.

Grace Conklin, the narrator, was excellent.

interesting

Pretty good idea for a book. Sometimes a little confusing because of all the characters. The narration was very good. It was a little freaky in the catacombs. Claustrophobia don't you know.

Fun, Slightly Disturbing Mystery

Whizzed right thru the adventure. Easy to follow. I had to roll my eyes to some outdated stereotyping. Other than that, I dreamt I was on the Roman quest.

A narrator can make or break a book...

I adore Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series. One of which was narrated by a different narrator, which was awful. I realised that I enjoyed the books to an enormous part because of the original narrator. Which brings me to the point I am making, the narrator of this book has made it dreary, obtuse and lifeless. It has taken me a while to understand why I don't care about the story or the characters in it, but I think I have it now. I'm so glad I didn't waste a credit as it is included in the new bonus collection for members that Audible have instituted, a fantastic idea! I won't feel bad about returning this book!

So boring and narrator dreadful

The narrator kills this story dead. She can't say the main character's name properly Jackweline - ugh!

An AI is reading this book

Within seconds you can tell that this is not a real human being reading the story… Literally within two sentences. It is unlistenable-to. Clearly Audible can offer this title in the library included with a subscription, because they never paid a proper voice actor. Avoid.

Just read not performed.

The narrator is very monotone and this is read, not performed as audible has finally realised needs to be done.

Disappointing

Whether it was the not very good narrator or the lack of wit in the writing, this was not up to the standard of the Peabody books.