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The Unfinished Clue

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Polly Edsell
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Sparkling characterisation and inventive plot from one of the best-known and beloved detective novelists of all time.

The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all during the fateful weekend. He had disinherited his son, humiliated his wife, refused to help his financially stricken nephew and made no secret of his loathing for his son's fiancée, a cabaret dancer. Inspector Harding picks his way through a mass of familial discontent to find the culprit - and find much more besides.

©1934 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Crime Fiction Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Suspense
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Great story, lively (if sometimes intensely irritating!) characters. Reading slightly marred by the voices of the characters, bar one or two. But no hideous mispronunciations as so often happens in the Regency audio books

Excellent whodunnit in the best Heyer tradition

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After a few moments I sank into the story, easily believing in each character who appeared. Polly has done Georgette Heyer's writing proud.

Brilliant acting by Polly Edsel,

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A great classic detective story spoilt by a stilted narrator and some awful male voices.

poor narrator

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Quite why this story has not been given to Matt Addis I cannot imagine. Some female narrators can manage male voices but this narrator is not one. Truly grating voices, ponderous tones, over-use of sniffs which were particularly repellant. The local sergeant is actually quite perceptive but this narrator gives him a "bumpkin" voice.

This is all such a shame because the story has a lot of light and shade with some loathsome characters, good comic scenes and a tragic theme and all of it killed by the narration.

Such a shame.

Bad narration of a promising story

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I'm afraid I kept having to remind myself this was a Georgette Heyer story as the narration distracted me from the plot.
Maybe this programme should herald the addition of nil or minus stars for performance. I have noticed that female narrators seem to portray all male characters with a similar voice. This narrator takes the biscuit as this comprises of lowering the voice, slowing down the speed to mono syllables & croaking the lines. This contrasts with the lesser female characters who are portrayed speaking high pitched & squeaky. As for the "Mexican" character in this story it borders on the possibly racist. It seems to slip into Indian at times & is so embarrassingly amateur. There is a character who has a stammer & this veers from stammering on every word to not at all.
The ONLY saving grace is the "none" character narration which you find yourself embracing as a rest from the "acting"
In future I will be taking more notice of WHO is doing the narration as this makes or breaks a good listen.

Decent story, murdered by narration.

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