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Seven Years
- The Bibliomysteries Series, Book 6
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Summary
A gripping novella from the New York Times best-selling author of the Inspector Banks Mysteries and a "master of the art" (Boston Globe)
Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures - as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning's poetry, he's less irritated than disturbed. This wasn't a gift to an unwitting woman. It was a threat - insidious, suggestively sick, and terribly intriguing.
Now Aitcheson's imagination is running wild. Was it a sordid teacher-pupil affair that ended in betrayal? A scorned lover's first salvo in a campaign of terror? The taunt of an obsessive psychopath? Then again, it could be nothing more than a tasteless joke between friends.
As his curiosity gets the better of him, Aitcheson can't resist playing detective. But when his investigation leads to a remote girls' boarding school in the Lincolnshire flatlands, and into the confidence of its headmistress, he soon discovers the consequences of reading between the lines.
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- Tracy Stammers
- 23-10-21
Great little short story
Enjoyed listening to this whilst recovering from flu in bed, easy to listen to and a nice little twist at the end. 👍
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- KSW
- 02-07-23
Superb
Really enjoyed this short story, had me gripped from the start. Wonderful narration and story. Loved it.
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- Mrs LINDA J VRANCH
- 19-10-21
Great short story, well read
Perfect short read and well read by Greg Pattemore in usual easy listening gentle voice
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- Mrs. Amanda Hann
- 28-10-21
7 years
Thought it was slow and boring but, well, how wrong was I. Glad to see there are more by this author
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- col2910
- 17-11-21
Enjoyable short mystery
Peter Robinson is one of a long list of authors whose work I want to give some proper attention to, but never actually consider when choosing what to read next, or even next week/month. I'm pretty sure I read either his first Inspector Banks book, or an early standalone years ago, but then moved on. My memory fails me and the recording of my reading was only instigated in 2010. I guess I'll never know unless I happen to re-read it and I recognise elements.
An opportunity to get stuck into something from him not overly long and on Audible (with the flexibility that format affords me) was worth a punt. The fact that it was a mystery from the Bibliomystery oeuvre and centred around books was a bonus.
We have a somewhat crusty retired academic, doing some sleuthing after reading a sinister dedication in a recently acquired book. Professor Aitcheson, nosey old git that he is might wish he hadn't bothered by the end of it. Conversely he may be glad he did.
It was an enjoyable couple of hours nearly, with some book shop browsing, some white lies told, some amateur sleuthing, the odd pub lunch, a girl's boarding school, an unlikely alliance with the possibility of something more in the future, a quarry located, an interview, a confession, and several unexpected consequences.
I quite liked the story, though it was maybe a bit of a stretch initially buying into the creepy inscription triggering everything that followed. I've read names, dates, dedications in books before and they never induce more than a fleeting thought. I think my favourite find at the start of a book is a library stamp and its borrowing history - that gets me thinking. But hey that's just me.
The pace was fairly pedestrian, but I was happy getting where we were going in the author's own sweet time. I liked the style of writing, even if the main character was a bit of an odd-ball. That element probably added to the sense of enjoyment as opposed to detracting from it.
Overall 3.5 from 5
I'll have to keep Robinson in the forefront of my mind when figuring out 2022's reading plans.
Read - (listened to) November, 2021
Published - 2018
Page count - 50 at a guess (1 hr 46 mins)
Source - Audible
Fomrat - Audible
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- Reluctant Reviewer
- 29-10-21
Worth a listen - short story
Good story - the protagonist is a bit vanilla and is supported by excellent characters who are electric in their own right and totally evaporate the typical boredom which comes with a plain and common main character.
The female characters totally make this story! Well done. Really enjoyed it.
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- Jan Stone
- 13-10-21
A gentle listen
The story won’t rock your world or probably be very memorable. It won’t give you nightmares or, sadly leave you searching for other novels by the author. The narrator was very well matched to the content. A pleasant accomplishment to the ironing 🤗
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- Penny Cutter
- 17-03-22
Really enjoyable short story
Very enjoyable and quirky, totally different to the author’s DCI Banks novels, with a twist ending, and the narrator is perfect 🙂
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- dee
- 23-07-22
Not bad
I found the narrator’s voice really grating, but the short story itself was quite interesting.
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- Pengwen
- 29-10-21
No wonder it’s free
Imagine the worst of fan fiction and you’d be getting close to this turgid offering.
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