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A Matter of Death and Life

Gideon Sable, Book 2

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A Matter of Death and Life

By: Simon R. Green
Narrated by: Gideon Emery
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Judi Rifkin is one of the world’s most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with.

And Gideon Sable—thief, rogue, and chancer—owes her a very large favor.

Judi makes him an offer he can’t refuse: steal her the legendary Masque of Ra, kept safe in a Las Vegas casino, and she’ll wipe the slate clean.

This isn’t Gideon’s first heist by a long shot. But with old grudges threatening to cloud his judgment, an unpredictable crew who don’t entirely trust each other, and a formidable supernatural security team guarding his target, this job might be a gamble too far….

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This is an interesting book with great characters and very entertaining. I can’t wait to listen to the next book!

Interesting premise for a new series

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I really enjoyed the first book in the series and felt like the caper genre could be a lot of fun in Simon's world. However I felt like this one was just too short to really do the story justice. A lot of holes and deus ex machina. I know that happens a bit in the Nightside and Drood books, but they're more drawn out and harken back to previous books so the plot still works. This book was just too sudden in the resolution. It's more of a short story than a book.

The narration is excellent, the characters are fun, but the plot is really simple without much mystery to it and when the story is a caper novel, you need a bit more than that.

Expertly read, but not one of Simon's better works

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A marvelous escapist fantasy! I think Simon R Green has a terrific series here and I am going to continue with #3. Gideon Emery gave a flawless performance, I don't know how he manages all those perfect voices, but he does and he is now on my list of favorite narrators.

very entertaining!

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