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Fever of the Bone
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- CherryPie62
- 03-09-17
Much better version
I'd listened to the unabridged version before listening to this. It took a while before I realised I was listening to the same book. Michael Maloney read it so well. I know I keep harping on about it, but he didn't do silly 'man' and 'woman' voices and it was so much more entertaining and easier to listen to. It's a shame he didn't read the unabridged version.
Do the narrators do an audio test before they're recorded because some are unlistenable.
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