Weakest of the series

Weakest of the series so far. Dull story but narration excellent as usual. Struggled to finish the listen.

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Brilliant

Another well paced story . Following the career of Joe Gunther. The narrator is one of the best I’ve listened to and keeps me listening to the next book as the last one finishes . Reading inbox order .

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A good, fast-paced story

A very detailed and realistic story. However, for me, I feel that this is the type of book that needs to be read rather than listened to on Audible. Don't get me wrong, the narration was excellent, but the multitude of characters, many of them Asian, were very difficult to remember when not seeing them in print. This was exacerbated by the fact that many of them were known by different names, and I was very confused as to who was who. Added to that was the flitting between the USA and Canada, and, being British and lacking familiarity with the various places and organisations, I became a little lost at times. Maybe if I had made a who's who list as I went along, it may have helped, but I only realised I needed to do that part way through the book.

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Not the best

I have enjoyed all the Joe Gunther books and I am listening in order as they were written. This appears very drawn out with little to keep the momentum of the action. I think you could take two hrs out and not miss anything important.

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Good story

these stories always have a touch of realism about them, this one probably the most so far in the series, great stuff.

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Another good story

Main character still a disappointment. Arrogant, bad communicator. Selfish, always loses his gun,his flashlight, his radio. Always clumsy falling over, never catches his suspects no matter how many of his team are there to support him. He is morose, depressed, self absorbed.
Good stories, good plot, spoilt by him. In each book he loses witnesses and puts others in danger with his reckless attitude and thoughtless comments. Get a new hero please.

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fast paced

While fast paced, strong characters and descriptive mis en scéne throughout, I found the book overly laborious in parts. Overall 4*.

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not as engaging as others in the series

I love these characters Jo and Gail, the townsfolk and selectmen... this book is minutely researched as they all are but this story line although deeply important to society just did not catch my attention. Nonetheless I listened to the end and there were some beautiful scenes and observations of people.

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Not his best

I found the story to widespread and the characters not as 3D as his previous works. Still won’t halt my progress through the library

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Great performance but…

I do like the Archer Mayor Jo Gunther series however this one just wasn’t anywhere near his best. It started well but went on much too long. I had to rewind the last third so many times as I was having trouble keeping up with all the characters and the plot wasn’t going anywhere. So unfortunately I won’t be tempted to read this one again.

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