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Servant of Death
- Bradecote and Catchpoll
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Series: Bradecote and Catchpoll, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Jennifer Chennell
- 11-10-17
Possibly the new Ellis Peters
Great book a perfect blend of PD James and Ellis Peters. There is real promise with these novels i can only hope they live up to it.
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- isla
- 19-03-21
Pretty good
I can to this because I like the reader and was hoping for a cadfael replacement. I found that having this book read the names were not memorable either in the pace they came in or the descriptions. Do I spent quite a bit of time trying to work out who people were and what was happening.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-03-21
Good storyline
I struggled with the start...confused by the introduction of so many characters...but I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and the characters. I look forward to the next book. 😊
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- Helen
- 01-07-20
brilliant
really enjoyed this book, the reader was excellent. looking forward to the next book i
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- ThePuss
- 15-11-19
I found it difficult to get into...
I picked this because of some excellent reviews and an obvious similarity to Ellis Peters/Cadfael. Having got to the end, I think that, overall, it was a good story, but it took me a very long time to get into it. I must have restarted the book at least three times, giving up each time because of the slow start to this story, although I did like the voice characterisations of the Narrator a lot.
I'm glad that I persisted as turns out to be a good yarn, but it definitely took effort and commitment to get to the end. I listen almost exclusively in the car, whilst driving, and I like stuff that has a little bit of pace and keeps me interested. I think this needed too much effort in the listening to get into, and I don't have that while driving.
I'd like to say I'd try this author again, but I'll definitely leave it a while before I do...
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- Kimmsie
- 11-02-22
Really enjoyable
I really enjoyed the story and the narration. Matt Addis does a first rate job and I look forward to the next book.
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- Devon Girl
- 04-07-21
tedious
The medieval murder mystery genre is becoming overcrowded and this boring book is an example of the weaker attempts on offer. It reads like the product of a second rate creative writing course. Not recommended.
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- Marie
- 12-08-17
Medieval armchair mystery
Not a lot happens even though four people are killed. We don't see any of the murders and much of the book is taken up by interviews of a long list of suspects. each of the suspects is in turn determined to be the killer, only to have our two law enforcement officers spend more time discussing why their conclusions are wrong, and then move on to the next suspect. i almost stopped after the first chapter which felt like a stream of consciousness introduction to the cast of characters. the author moves from one to the next so rapidly, they began to run together.
The narrator improved as he went along. His individual voices were fine but his narration lacked was flat in the beginning.
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-04-19
loved it
I thought the same as Bradecote. LOVED the way the possible suspects were dealt with. Good narrator, story well told. Enough history to be well set in the period, no obvious errors that I found on the historical accuracy -- but you aren't hit over the head about "THIS IS IN THE PAST" as some historical mysteries do. And I liked the two main characters --believable. Good people with flaws without any mystifying powers, magic, etc. As soon as I finished this one, I bought the next one. Hope that there are more after that.
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- Jennifer Olson
- 06-11-17
it was just ok.
Second half was better, but just didn't connect with any of the characters. I like Sgt. Catchpoll. Matt Addis was so soothing in his narration at the beginning that I was getting drowsy listening. not sure I will listen to second book or not.
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- Tammy
- 25-01-22
Good Narration
I recently became addicted to Brother Cadfael. Listened to all the unabridged titles in the series and am gradually reading the remaining titles. Have been trying other mysteries in the general time period. I love Fridgyth the Herb-Wife and Dame Frevisse. I really wanted to like this book, too...
But I just can't. I don't like any of the characters - and I especially don't like the main characters. They bumble their way through the investigation, fix om one suspect after another, keep being wrong, and don't have the sense to realize they're incompetent.
Full disclosure: I have just over an hour and a half to go before I finish this mess, and if I didn't think the narrator would be brilliant reading the phone book, I'd have given up on it by the end of chapter 2.
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- Patricia
- 29-06-21
what a wonderful read
My first exposure to this author and I am so looking forward to reading more. The beginning of chapter 9 describing the sights and sounds of daybreak was pure poetry, Thhe writing style and language used is magnificent. the narrator 's voice was perfect and lent an extra dimension to the novel.