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The Veiled One
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Inspector Wexford, Book 14
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Terry Clairmont
- 03-09-21
Ambient background
The ambient noise was a bit annoying. Story ending not really unexpected.
Reader as always very good.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Shirley Y. Thomas
- 03-08-21
Pretty convoluted
Ruth Rendell (Barbara Vine) writes her best in the Wexford series, in my opinion. Davina Porter is a good choice to narrate these books . Somehow, the story and the performance don’t quite score that fifth star. But I’m sure I’ll read or listen to any others I find. I just wish the story line was less cluttered with minor events and characters. Nothing is perfect. And as police procedurals go, these are pretty good.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Linda Paetz
- 05-17-19
The Veiled One
I liked it very much, but the characters were hard to keep straight sometimes, and it came together too fast at the end to really understand and savor. The reason for the title was gone over too quickly.