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  • The Jennifer Morgue

  • Book 2 in The Laundry Files
  • By: Charles Stross
  • Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
  • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (79 ratings)

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The Jennifer Morgue

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
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Publisher's summary

Some agents have all the fun. Others save the world.

Bob Howard is an IT expert and occasional field agent for The Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's Secret Service that deals with occult threats.

Dressed (grudgingly) in a tux and sent to the Caribbean, he must infiltrate a millionaire's yacht in order to prevent him violating a treaty that will start a war with an ancient underwater race. Partnered with a gorgeous American agent who's actually a soul-sucking succubus from another dimension, Bob's mission is to stop the bad guys, avoid getting the girl, and survive - shaken, perhaps, but not stirred.

This audiobook includes the short story Pimpf, and an afterword read by the author.

©2006 Charles Stross (P)2013 Hachette Children's Books
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Way better than the first one

Listening to book one I liked the setting, the idea, but it really annoyed me how self absorbed, Pseudo funny and arrogant the protagonist came across. All those issues are fixed in this book, and the second, female protagonist really gave the story an interesting angle. Can recommend!

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I had so much fun

Great take on an a spy agent.

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Not a great second book - narrator tries too hard

I find this book hard to listen to. To make the reading dramatic, the narrator spends long stretches of the story sounding nervous and rattled. It’s not relaxing to listen to, and is more than a little overdone and annoying.

The story is OK, but not great. The innovations of the first book have somewhat worn off, and feel a bit trite. The pacing of the storytelling is not conducive for immersion or for sympathy with the characters, which feel a bit shallow, and much like the supporting cast of a dorm room table top roleplaying game.

I wouldn’t say “avoid at all costs” but this is not as good a listen, as I would like it to be.

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