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The Birthday Girl

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Martyn Read
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Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl - and the past is another country. Or so it seems. But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman’s company is subject to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help. Whatever the risks. The consequences of her actions are lethal - for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions.…

©1995 Stephen Leather (P)2007 Isis Publishing Ltd Espionage Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Exciting Fiction
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Slow to get going but made me want to see it to the end, but the narrator is cringeworthy and I’ve had to grit my teeth for the comical voices and accents. Spoils it

Story spoiled by narrator

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An unusual story line. Fairly fast paced and quite exciting. The ending I found a little implausible

Unusual story line

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This story is ruined by the awful narration. Comical accents destroyed the book for me and they come through thick and fast from the first chapter. The plot would be OK, as always, with a Stephen Leather book... this may have been one of his earlier books but I only just made it to the end.

A good story but!!

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This is another great book by stephen leather its a bit of a slow starter but when you get into it you cant put it down until its finished

Good listen

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What made the experience of listening to The Birthday Girl the most enjoyable?

Good story line, pace kept moving along, believable characters.

What did you like best about this story?

The building up to Mersia ( the main character in the story) telling about her past.

How could the performance have been better?

The Narrator tried to put on voices for the characters and failed miserably. He clearly has no idea what a 15 year old girls sounds like and the italian and russian accents he attempts are just awful and seem to fade out within the same sentence.

Any additional comments?

If you can put up with the Narrator, this is a good story.

Good Story, Poor Narration

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