The Last Moriarty
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The Last Moriarty
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Seslendiren:
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Edward Petherbridge
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Charles Veley
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.
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Very Good
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Surprisingly enjoyable
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Story detailed and held my interest, although I had pretty much worked out the ending.
Pretty good
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This story starts with Watson saying that Holmes had asked that the details of this adventure not be published until the 21st century, which is a very clever tactic, and made me smile.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.
Enjoyable story but spoiled by details
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like the addition
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