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Unquiet Spirits: Whisky, Ghosts, Murder
- A Sherlock Holmes Adventure
- Narrated by: Simon Darwen
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
The new audiobook from the author of Art in the Blood.
December 1889. Fresh from debunking a 'ghostly' hound in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, only to find himself the target of a deadly vendetta.
A beautiful client arrives with a tale of ghosts, kidnapping and dynamite on a whisky estate in Scotland, but brother Mycroft trumps all with an urgent assignment in the South of France.
On the fabled Riviera, Holmes and Watson encounter treachery, explosions, rival French detective Jean Vidocq...and a terrible discovery. This propels the duo northward to the snowy highlands. There, in a 'haunted' castle and among the copper dinosaurs of a great whisky distillery, they and their young client face mortal danger, and Holmes realizes all three cases have blended into a single deadly conundrum.
In order to solve the mystery, the ultimate rational thinker must confront a ghost from his own past. But Sherlock Holmes does not believe in ghosts...or does he?
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- jacqueline neal
- 07-11-17
Rather a waste of time
Poor narration of a poor imitation of Conan Doyle ‘s work . I finished only because it helped to pass the time while I redecorated and it required no attention. I had solved the crime a very long time before Sherlock.
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- lucy-lou
- 06-10-17
A good plot
After listening to this book, I must say I found the story as a whole very good. However I struggled with the narration. Although the narrator delivered the story clearly and with passion when needed. His voice sounded too modern.
It didn’t match with the era. An older more well spoken gentleman would have allowed me to picture Holmes in the way that I’m use to.
This is however my own opinion and I am, by now means suggesting that the narration wasn’t any good. It just made it very difficult for me to connect with the characters. Leading me not to enjoy the book as much.
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- Shawn J. Skinner
- 07-04-20
another great book by MacBird ..But
as a Scottish person who lives in Aberdeen I find the voice performance lacking and at points offensive. Mr Darwen also has a Holmes voice that is underwhelming at times and somewhat indistinguishable from Watson. The story is great I do question the speed in which they travel around Victorian Scotland by steam train in the winter but that is nit picking.
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- J.G. O'Brien
- 15-12-19
Fair Story
The storyline is fair although the solution was obvious from some way out. The too-frequent use of American idiom was jarring and the chronic lack of variation evident in the the reader made this an occasionally painful experience; the lurch from Scottish-to some brand of Northern Irish accent...and back in a single sentence was a little disconcerting on a few occasions. The previous Bonnie MacBird offering, 'Art in the Blood' had similar problems with the book's use of language (and other issues- er...Sherlock Holmes being the originator of 'mindfulness'?) but was salvaged for me, at least in part, by the reader. This was not the case this time. Any aficionado of the original Conan Doyle oeuvre could assist MacBird to authenticate the idiom to remove any obvious lapses... and the reader problem could be addressed by choosing one better suited to the material and cast of characters.
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- PJD
- 26-08-20
Brilliant story......
This book was so well written and so well told. The reader was exceptional and I am so looking forward to hearing the next book.
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- Mr. Ross Dunbar
- 27-05-20
Poor story, awful narration
Really quite poor and such a disappointment following on from her previous Holmes book. Anachronistic prose, that does not follow the Conan Doyle style.
Worst of all is the narrator with only two voices: his own and a “Scottish” accent. Completely impossible to tell who is talking. His style in no way captures the feeling of Sherlock Holmes tale.
As he is the narrator for the third book, I will not be buying it.
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- 23-09-19
TERRIBLE BLAND NARRATION
No atmosphere, no feeling of Victorian era, & certainly no feeling of the Great Sherlock Holmes. He may as well have been reading his shopping list.
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- Paul
- 17-05-18
Great Listen hope there will be more
Great listen hope there will be more , if you like Sherlock books this is for you
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- MR M C CHANDLER
- 15-01-18
On the edge of my seat
This story kept me captivated throughout. A great narrator knows how to grasp the essence of the story as well as what the author wants to say and how it should be said.
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- Lawrence D.
- 11-01-18
Awesome combination
Awesome combination - wonderful story and wonderful reading... being a Sherlock Holmes fan.. just loved it...
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