Good read

A good book. Well written murder mystery by the writer. Kendall is back to solving another murder. Good narrating.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Killing the review

The plot was good if a slow. Holt really needs to find a few British narrators for his books, good story , just to slow and corny for me

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Book 4

Kendall has just completed another case and had promised his secretary / assistant a long holiday in England sight seeing, but he does need to be constantly pushed into actually going.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

A well written story

Another great story from John Holt. Kendall travels to London on vacation only to be dragged into a murder investigation.
Well written, as usual, I could only give four stars for the narrators performance as he mispronounced “ask” as aks, that is a pet hate of mine. Apart from that one small problem Christopher Hunter does a very good job of bringing the characters to life.
Well worth a listen, especially if you have listened to the previous 3 Kendall mysteries in the series.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

recommend

A story, with twists and turns. A absorbing, humorous, detective plot. I enjoyed listening to this book.

Highly recommend.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Good storyline and characters. Terrible narration.

I enjoyed the story. The plot was good if a slow. If you like a murder mystery without romance and well explained, then you will enjoy this. Not entirely thrilled by the idea that British police make tea and eat cake everyday. The narrator has never been to England and this is clear. His voice is pretty monotone and he mispronounced a lot of words. With better narration this would be 4 stars. The characters and their relationship are great. The plot is good but the evidence is a little flawed.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

☺

As all ways John audio books are 1000% I hope there's a lot more to come

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Like a dog with a bone.

John Holt's doggedly determined detective, Tom Kendall, has promised his long suffering secretary and business partner, Molly, an holiday, an extravaganza of sight seeing and shopping: four weeks in London. It will be his first holiday in years and his first time out of the country, apart from a day trip to Niagara Falls. As Molly packs and grows ever more excited, Kendall desperately searches for their passports and tickets which he knows he put somewhere safe.
Of course, once in Eng!and, Molly's dreams of serious shopping and shows are elbowed aside in favour of Kendall's camera as he determinedly drags her to, seemingly, every building and monument in his guide book, taking pictures at each one. Until, that is, an acquaintance is found dead in an hotel room and the detective within him simply won't accept the verdict of suicide.

The characters of Molly and Kendall are a delight. He has the assurance of being right, even when he's not, despite what the Scotland Yard detective and others might say as he humbles his way, Columbo -like, through interviews, determined to find the proof for his theories, constantly mentally rehearsing his ideas in his head. And bored Molly endures it all, none too stoically, muttering to herse!f, 'Here we go agakn.'
The relationship between the two, more long married couple than detective and secretary, is sheer delight. She pushes and reprimands, he argues, ignores and feels guilty. The solution to the story might be obvious but it is the getting there which brings such ennoyment.
Unfortunately, the narration was less than excellent. Although Christopher Hunter read well with reasonable inflection and a speed which felt perfect to reflect the character of Kendall, at least initially he sounded as if he were fighting off a cold and his constant pronunciation of 'asked' as 'axed' was both disconcerting as well as distracting. His reading of Molly's conversations brought a slight softening of his voice but there was no apparent attempt to bring different voices for any of the other characters Not that this latter really mattered - it was always obvious who was speaking. Not a bad reading overall but it could have better.

I have become a big fan of these slow paced but absorbing and humorous detective stories, full of character and realistic dialogue, of stubborn nosing around as well as vague memory lapses. My thanks to the author for freely gifting me with a complimentary copy of A Killing in the City, the fourth in the Kendall series and, like it's predecessors, fully standalone.
For all who enjoy detective stories or well developed real-feel quirky characters, highly recommended.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Good Story Terrible Narrator

The interesting story is ruined by lackluster narration and the repeated use of the word 'axed' instead of 'asked'' or 'axes' in place of asks. I had to abandon the book half way through as it became tedious.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Brilliant book

Absolutely loved the next book for PD Kendall lots of twists and turns again brilliant

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!