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Sleep No More
- Six Murderous Tales
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Mrs
- 16-05-18
Sleep No More
I love P.D. James, as a fantastic writer who is sorely missed; but the publication of her short story collections now is a very welcome treat! I loved The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories, as read by Daniel Weyman and Jennie Aggiter, and Sleep No More is another welcome treat of murder and intrigue, though not detective stories, as was P.D. James’ calling as a novelist. She wrote beautifully wonderful sentences and she mastered the short story just as much as she mastered the detective novel and brought it to the forefront of the literary world, shined its shoes and gave it a new suit for it to become now perhaps the most popular form of literature ever. She did so much for the crime genre that there is no way to repay that debt. These stories, short, tense, and wonderfully narrated, give us the full burst of flavour that James could create with her prose and her skilful plotting. I can’t wait for a third volume if it ever appears - I hope so, for it will be very very welcome and anticipated hugely.
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- The Editor - New London Writers
- 14-01-21
Good but not PD James great
So used to PD James' wonderful meandering and intricate plots -I don't think that the short story form suits her style so well - these are good but not as intensely absorbing as her longer works of fiction
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- Kat Mac
- 07-12-19
Reassuringly, with no incongruity; PD James! ;)
Despite always enjoying the work of PD James; I preferred this collection of short stories, to many of her novels. The only downside, was that it took much longer to complete my "PD Games"! If you've never noticed; you *will* now! 😂 There are some words she, seems incapable of omitting. I hope, they're literary "Easter Eggs", or inside joke, because they're used SO often, but we'll probably never know! In your next PD James books listen for these words: Level 1. Present in EVERY book* • Incongruous/incongruity • Exothalmic • Detritus Level 2. Not as common, but still too recurrent for coincidence. • Automaton • Leavings (usually of the victim) This collection was void of any level 2 words. In short stories; where the emphasis isn't on the police work, or pathology, I can forgive this. In fact using them may have been "incongruous" 😂🤭 *Although not mentioned in each story, it has two mentions in the book.