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Winter at Death's Hotel

By: Kenneth Cameron
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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 New York, January 1896. Arthur Conan Doyle, the renowned creator of Sherlock Holmes, arrives at the Britannic Hotel with his wife, Louisa, ready to begin his first American tour. While he prepares his lectures, Louisa becomes mesmerised by this brash, vibrant, dangerous city, especially when a woman's brutally butchered corpse is found in a Bowery alley and Louisa is convinced from the artist's sketch in the paper that she'd seen the victim at the hotel.

Arthur is patronisingly sceptical about her womanly 'fantasies' but when she sprains her ankle and is forced to remain at the hotel while Arthur goes on tour, Louisa cannot resist pursuing her intuitions. And when more bodies start appearing, she's convinced that she holds the key to the killings. With the help of the hotel's hard-bitten detective and an ambitious female news reporter, Louisa starts to piece together a story of madness, murder and depravity - a story that leads inexorably back to the hotel itself, the strange story of its unique construction and a madman who is watching her every move.

Read by Jane McDowell. Jane McDowell's work spans theatre, film, television and radio.Screen work includes a leading role in the award winning British feature film Twelve In A Box, major roles in several Bollywood films, numerous short films and the BBC dramas Dustbin Baby and Daughters.She has recorded plays and poetry readings for BBC radio, works regularly for BBC Audio Books and Calibre Audio Library and for Interact, a company of actors who read to stroke patients in London hospital. Jane holds an MA in Performance Studies from Central School of Speech and Drama.She lives in London with her daughter Antonia.

(p) 2012 Isis Publishing Ltd©2012 Kenneth Cameron Amateur Sleuths Detective Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime Sherlock Holmes

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This book had a good setting with, surprisingly, strangely familiar characters. It had a strong storyline with a strong female main character. The descriptions of the setting and life of new York in that decade is how I always imagined. The story's twists and turns is exciting and has you gripped until the exciting action packed ending. An enjoyable 'read'!

Good twists

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I tried to persevere with this book - but I have to admit defeat. I'm pretty sure that there is a very good story in here somewhere but I felt it just plodded along running down side alleys rather than getting to the point. I thought narration was good but I did notice big gaps between sections - couple of times I thought the playback had stopped!

Slow going

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very interesting to hear how Arthur Conan Doyle despised his famous character! The narration of Louisa is a bit slow but if one perseveres it is not a bad read

good spin off about ACD

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I read the previous review and I now know what the reviewer meant. The narration is good, nothing annoying about the voice, good character delineation, etc. For some reason though there are quite long gaps in the recording and this is why I presume, the previous review said it was a bit slow. I really liked this story it was well paced despite the recording faults. A perfect Victorian murder mystery.

really good book

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The plot and concept of the story are great, and if it wasn't for the language I would have really enjoyed this book. I have nothing against swearing, but in the end I turned it off two hours before the finish because of the gratuitous use of very foul language that did nothing to enhance the story. I wonder if the author was going for a prize as to how often she could use the 'f' and 'cu' word in a sentence.

Horrible language!

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