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Summer's Lease

By: John Mortimer
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
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 It’s high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their three-week getaway, but soon she becomes fascinated by the lives of the absent owners and things start to go horribly wrong.©1988 Advenpress Ltd (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Funny

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Funny, witty, perceptive. A complete joy. Martin Jarvis was suberb as the narrator.

We laughed all the way through.

Just brilliant

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The narrator of this story was superb. He was so good and the dialogue so funny, the story itself was secondary although entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

Brilliant Narration

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Really enjoyed this book, so descriptive , humorous & entertaining. Transports you to Italy for a virtual holiday and adventure with Molly & her family.

Excellent

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I enjoyed this tale of a family holiday in Tuscany that didn't go according to plan not least owing to a scam to extract cash from them. A humorous mix of family tensions with a bit of amateur detection by the wife as she searches for the truth about a missing landlord and an unexpected death. A light-hearted romp of a book greatly enhanced by the narration by Martin Jarvis who enlivens the text with his vocal abilities.

Enjoyable antidote to gritty crime stories

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Lots if fun! An amusing tale set in Tuscany… wonderfully read by MJ who is undoubtedly one of the best narrators there is.

Entertaining listen

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