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Death in Cyprus

A Novel

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Twenty-year-old Amanda Derrington is on an extended cruise with her uncle when she decides to make a short trip to the sun-washed island of Cyprus. But even before the ship arrives in the port, there is a suspicious death. Once the passengers reach the island, it soon becomes clear that the death was in fact an act of murder. What Amanda had meant to be a pleasant excursion quickly takes a turn for the worse in this classic novel of suspense and romance by one of our most celebrated writers.

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This was a great book, totally ruined by a flat and very poor narration. can Audible please employ some proper readers! I am amazed that you expect people to pay for this!
I only finished it because the story is good.

Great story terrible narration!

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I have always loved this story and read it several times. I was delighted when I found it on Audible and immediately purchased it but what a disappointment.

In an audio version the voice of the narrator is crucial to setting the scene and characters.
I searched all the libraries to find old versions of M M Kaye's Death in… stories read by Virginia McKenna who has the classic British BBC voice this wonderful classic story needs. Julia Farhal is definitely the wrong choice. She talks too slowly and emphasises nearly all the words and sounds American trying to do a Brit accent and is so irritating it is spoiling the story. I'm not sure I can even finish listening to it.

How could the performance have been better?

Re issue the Virginia McKenna narrated versions or at least choose another real English actress like Jan Francis with a light BBC accent.

Was Death in Cyprus worth the listening time?

I found the narrators accent too grating to finish listening to one of my favourite stories.

Any additional comments?

Find and reissue the McKenna narrations. It would be well worth while. I will not buy any of the others in this series by other voices.

Great story spoilt by poor choice of narrator

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The storyline was average and did not hang together in places. As it’s set in the 1950s you have to forgive the rather sexist tone. The narration was poor and did not add anything. I persisted to the end but it did not redeem itself.

Average

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Where does Death in Cyprus rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very high. If you have lived in Cyprus and know Kyrania

What did you like best about this story?

Shows typical ex pat life style

Have you listened to any of Julia Farhat’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Spread over 4 sittings

Any additional comments?

Would have liked the story to continue even in a follow up book,I would have bought if posible.

Cyprus as remembered

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Terrible, packed full of sexism which was made even worse by the narrator's awful flimsy voices for the female parts. Annoying to listen to. The story did give a reasonable amount off suspense which is why I finished it.

Extremely sexist and old fashioned

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