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Two for Sorrow: Josephine Tey Series, Book 3

By: Nicola Upson
Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
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When Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the notorious Finchley baby farmers, her research helps to solve the recent sadistic murder of a young seamstress. The girl's death seems to be the result of a domestic feud, but when a second young woman is involved in an horrific accident, the search begins for a vicious killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past hidden.

©2010 Nicola Upson (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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Beautifully narrated, yet again, by Sandra Duncan. Would recommend. Was a little surprised by the explicit sexual references, however.

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I have enjoyed the books in this series although there’s a nagging ‘something’ that bothers me. I’ve finally come to the realisation that the best and most enjoyable characters in the book do not include Josephine Tey. Perhaps she could take a holiday and leave Archie and the cousins to to have a book of their own.

A solid series

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Whilst I enjoy a crime novel that twists and turns and delivers the odd surprise I found this had one too many and began to lack credibility and for me got in the way of the main story.

Convoluted

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Beautiful weaving of the real and fiction. Such a good reading voice. Brings the characters to life

Entertaining throughout

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When Josephine Try takes her annual pilgrimage to London to research a thirty years old real case which resulted in the last judicial double hanging of two women in Holloway prison, she stays at her club only to be embroiled in another murder. The plot line of the killings, both past and present (to Josephine) was excellent, the historic detail very visually compelling and, if left at that, this well written book would have rated at least four, if not five, stars. However, the author also included a tedious and long drawn out romantic subplot which not not only lengthened the audio by several hours but made the main protagonist seem dull, dithering and ineffectual. Thank goodness for Inspector Archie Penrose.

Narration was again by Sandra Duncan with an excellent performance in which the numerous protagonists were each given individual voices and the reading was well modulated and paced. She even managed to inject character into the rather flat characters.

I had enjoyed the developing tales one and two with real life Josephine Tey as the fictional sleuth but could not recommend this, book three. The tedium of the overlong and intrusive romantic relationship distracted too much from the otherwise intriguing plot.

"Where the real person went."

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