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The Last Mrs. Summers
- Royal Spyness, Book 14
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,813
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,523
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,510
Georgie's best friend, Belinda, inherits a spooky old house in Cornwall and asks Georgie to go with her to inspect the property. When they arrive, they meet Rose, a woman Belinda knew as a child when she spent her summers with her grandmother in Cornwall. Belinda never liked Rose, who has always been bossy and a bit of a bully, but when Belinda's house proves to be uninhabitable, Rose invites them to stay with her. Rose is now married to Tony Summers, Belinda's childhood crush, and lives in the lovely house on the cliffs that he has inherited.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is what I like
- By Maine Knitter on 08-05-20
- The Last Mrs. Summers
- Royal Spyness, Book 14
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
Compelling Story
Reviewed: 10-16-24
I really enjoyed this installment in the series with its play on de Maurier's "Rebecca" . Based on the author's note, I was expecting something truly dark and horrid...but I found the foundational assault was fairly run-of-the mill and I don't think the warning was necessary.
This book ranks in my top 5 of the series for sheer entertainment.
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Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
- A Royal Spyness Novella
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,896
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,891
At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fun, light prequel
- By CMMV on 01-01-15
- Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
- A Royal Spyness Novella
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
Fun story, great narration, inconsistencies
Reviewed: 10-15-24
I have recently gone deep into this series and found it to be largly entertaining with some minor irritations. So, I thought I would check out this prequel novella and the author has yet again delivered on the entertainment and the irritation.
How in the world can she write an origin story that is not consistent with the developed charactes established in books written prior to the prequel?
The characters are quite lovable and fun, although the narrative is repetitive throughout the series: e.g. "slash of red" for lip stick application on lips, the constant reference to Queen Victoria when Georgie gets on her high horse, etc.. And then you also have the inconsistencies in the characters' behaviors and descriptions from book to book and no one ever seems to recall or reminisce about truly hair-raising adventures they had in the past. It defies belief.
And here we are to believe that Georgie meets Wallis, I'd nearly killed, has an amazing meeting with a mystery man she later discovers has the initials of DOM and she forgets it all?
C'mon! Pull my other one.
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A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
- Countess of Harleigh Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Dianne Freeman
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
In Dianne Freeman's charming Victorian-era mystery series, Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, finds her sister's wedding threatened by a vow of vengeance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narration change
- By MalloreeH on 09-08-20
- A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
- Countess of Harleigh Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Dianne Freeman
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
Narrator is awful!
Reviewed: 03-12-21
Just began listening and I am growing irritated.
The narrator struggles with R sounds...Elmer Fudd would feel sorry for her. Her American accent is all over the place. "Calendar" is pronounced "Calen-da". "Arrive "is pronounced "a-wive"; "rose" is "wose". "Sister" is pronounced as "sista" and Mr Durant is pronounced as "Mista Du-waant".
I hope the story line is good enough to keep me listening. I'm doubtful.
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The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth
- A Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Book 3
- By: Leonard Goldberg
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 770
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 699
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 696
Joanna and the Watsons receive an unexpected visitor to 221B Baker Street during a nocturnal storm. A rain-drenched Dr. Alexander Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes Verner's patient is a high-ranking Englishman who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England’s military strategies for the Great War. The police are frantic to find him before the Germans can use him to decode all of England’s undeciphered messages.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining if not surprising
- By connie on 01-19-20
- The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth
- A Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Book 3
- By: Leonard Goldberg
- Narrated by: Steve West
Entertaining if not surprising
Reviewed: 01-19-20
The story line is a fun mixture of different Sherlockian tropes and machinations.
The author wants so much to convince us that Johanna is Holmes's daughter and thus,
inherited his abilities that she can be a bit heavy-handed in the description and the dialogue.
For those reviewers who call out the killer in their review...you really lack courtesy for others. Shame on you!
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