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  • By: Alan Melville
  • Narrated by: Ben Allen
  • Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)
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Quick Curtain

By: Alan Melville
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Summary

When Douglas B. Douglas - leading light of the London theatre - premiers his new musical extravaganza, Blue Music, he is sure the packed house will be dazzled by the performance. What he couldn't predict is the death of his star, Brandon Baker, onstage in the middle of act two. Soon another member of the cast is found dead, and it seems to be a straightforward case of murder followed by suicide.

Inspector Wilson of Scotland Yard - who happens to be among the audience - soon discovers otherwise. Together with Derek, his journalist son, Wilson takes charge of proceedings in his own inimitable way.

©2015 Estate of Alan Melville (P)2016 Soundings

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Disappointing

This story was so boring that I gave up listening to it. I generally like books written at this time and I very much enjoy a comedy who dunnit, but not this one. I found it hard to remember who the different characters were, as they were so shallow. I've returned it.

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Alright then, top marks for Alan Melville

A very witty book, and a perfect imperfect ending. So much better than Alan Melville's other books.

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Poor reader made the whole thing a chore

The reader really does a poor job. It's not the best story anyway, but then the reader sucks all the humour out of it by reading it badly. There's nothing specific I can say like he does accents badly (they're not awful when he does them) or gets the pronunciation wrong (does occasionally) but he just reads like he's afraid of the text. Slightly high pitched, anxious reading and it makes it hard to listen to.

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