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The Dark Farewell
- Narrated by: Max Miller
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Don't talk to strangers, young man - especially the dead ones.
It's the Roaring '20s. Skirts are short, crime is rampant, and booze is in short supply. Prohibition has hit Little Egypt, where newspaperman David Flynn has come to do a follow-up story on the Herren Massacre. The massacre isn't the only news in town, though.
Spiritualist medium Julian Devereux claims to speak to the dead - and he charges a pretty penny for it.
Flynn knows a phoney when he sees one, and he's convinced Devereux is as fake as a cigar store Indian. But the reluctant attraction he feels for the deceptively soft, not-his-type Julian is as real as it gets.
Suddenly Julian begins to have authentic, bloodstained visions of a serial killer, and the cynical Mr. Flynn finds himself willing to defend Julian with not only his life, but his body.
Warning: This novella contains phony spiritualists, cynical newspapermen, labor disputes, illicit love affairs, high-calorie southern cooking, and more than 50 percent humidity!
Contains scenes of mild gay erotic content.
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- Hi Ho Silver
- 22-10-20
In like Flynn
Strange, atmospheric tale. Well written, well crafted in true JL style, but sadly the flat tone of the narrator sent me to sleep more than once, thus the tension and passion within the story did not find it's true mark, so I class this book as a miss.
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- JBo
- 07-07-16
Great story, narration a bit quiet in places
Another excellent audio version of one of Josh Lanyon's books, a mystery set in the 1920s. Setting and characterisation were beautifully realised and the relationship building between the principles was very well done.
The narration was very good. Each character was distinguishable from the other by speech patterns, tone and pitch and I had no problem working out who was talking. BUT, sometimes the narrator's voice dipped too low and I missed what was said. Using Bluetooth headphones I don't want to have the sound on maximum just to hear the quiet bits. Apart from that, I'm very happy overall.
If you like mysteries set with attention to historical detail and with engaging characters (whether you like them or not) then I recommend giving The Dark Farewell a go.
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