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The Last Moriarty

By: Charles Veley
Narrated by: Edward Petherbridge
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Summary

Narrated by acclaimed British actor Edward Petherbridge, The Last Moriarty is set in London, 1895. On a cold November morning, a young American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to protect her from the threats of a mysterious, menacing man who has recently appeared in her life. Holmes agrees to help, even though he has just promised the Prime Minister to solve the murder of John D. Rockefeller's security agent before the incident can derail an upcoming British-American summit. To find the agent's killer - and help the young actress - Holmes will need all his talents for both deduction and deception. But when another lovely woman, this one from Holmes's past, reappears and clues to the murder point to the late Professor Moriarty, the famously analytical detective must also look inward. Can Holmes prevent chaos on both sides of the Atlantic and unmask his newest client's shadowy antagonist? For Holmes and Watson, this is the case that will change everything. Revised edition: This edition of The Last Moriarty includes editorial revisions.

©2015 Charles Veley (P)2016 Charles Veley

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Good story but unclear performance

What I mean with 'unclear' is that the actor is often slurring words with consonants and vowels running together, which makes listening a little annoying and sometimes even tricky to make out what he is actually saying. The timbre of the voice is lovely, but alas, a clearer diction would have been much appreciated.
The story is very good, though, and this I did enjoy.

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Seems like a good story but...

I was looking forward to this audiobook but after an hour I found that the narrator defeated me. Although he does provide a fairly recognizable voice for each of the characters the overall impression is soporific and lacking in variation, expression, clarity and precision. One example, 'Moreover' pronounced without the 'v' as 'mororer'. I think a Holmes reading needs a bit of melodrama and this was notably absent, definitely more of a reading and not a performance. I'm returning this audiobook and will probably read it instead. Maybe I'll try later books in the series, I notice there are other narrators.

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great story, solid performance, recommend

Really glad I gave this a try, enjoyed the story and thought the performances very good. Felt very much In the spirit and tone of the original holmes stories. Would strongly recommend

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Generally very good, however too many Americanisms. The UK does not have "sidewalks," it has "pavements". The edge of a pavement is a "kerb", not a "curb", and John Watson would never measure distance in "blocks".

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Very Good

A gripping new Sherlock Holmes series, I could not stop listening. Newly released files from Dr Watson continues the adventures of Sherlock. Good characterization and well plotted and atmosphere of the original novels. The narrator is spot on with his delivery.
I received this book from the author for a review.

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Enjoyable story but spoiled by details

I have listened to a few audio books in this series, but hadn't got round to the this one, which i actually the first, until now. I have noticed considerable variety in both the quality of the story and of the narration.
This story starts with Watson saying that Holmes had asked that the details of this adventure not be published until the 21st century, which is a very clever tactic, and made me smile. The rest of the story has to do some quite heavy lifting, in that it has to introduce Lucy James and also set the scene for the rest of the series, generally it does this well, and manages to include some quite exciting passages as well.
Unfortunately though this story was spoilt by some details, namely a lot of 'Americanisms', the most noticeable of these is the use of 'gurney' for a hospital trolley, this word isn't in common use in the UK even now, let alone when these stories are set, but there are others, such as describing something as '4 blocks away', 'blocks' is not and never has been used in the UK to describe distance, also there is mention of 'broiled fish', again in the UK this would be described as 'grilled fish', then there is the description of a 'deserted railway station', at that time all UK railway stations were manned 24 hours a day as trains were not allowed to move off without the station master's signal. There was also a 'continuity error' where the scene of an explosion in London was described as being lit by the electric lights, at that time the street lights were all gas. All these little errors detracted from my enjoyment.
The narration was acceptable, although at times the diction was a little slurred meaning that I had to rewind to make sure that I had heard the right word, I also found it rather monotone, the exciting passages were read without any feeling of tension, not really interpreting the author's words, I notice that on the cover it says that it was 'read by' rather than 'performed by' or 'narrated by' and think that this is appropriate, personally I prefer more of a performance.
So a good story, let down by research and narration, but still very much worth listening to.

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like the addition

I enjoy hearing/ reading good additions to the Sherlock Holmes series and this is an excellent start to a good subseries

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Nicely done and more so !

Right from the beginning the author Charles veley have got me when he wrote that Watson have asked the publisher not to publish this story till the twenty first century, a genius move.
After that a real good story with excellent twists always perfectly done and always just at the right time.

Edward Petherbridge narration was also done beautifully creating a beautiful audiobook.

Absolutely recommended !!!

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A great audiobook for Holmes fans

An excellent Sherlock Holmes adventure, which you can tell was written by a fan of ACD’s original stories. I felt the narrator did a good job of conveying the drama and atmosphere of the story. I’m looking forward to listening to the next audiobook in this series.

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Absolutely loved this, recommend

Was quite surprised by this. One of the best adventures I've read. It's bathed in historical research, so you really feel you're there and even learn a bit, but this doesn't impinge on the plot which is well paced with a great mystery and interesting characters. It's not the deepest story, but neither is it lightweight - I would certainly read it again. It definitely makes me want to listen to more of the series.

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