great characters

ive recently ventured to go for modern writers of the crime mystery scene. and this one is fantastic , id like to meet a vicar like Max Tudor, makes me think of moving to village life :)

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Cozy in the extreme!

The increased number of anachronistic Aamericanisms in this, the fourth, in the series is beginning to jar, however.

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Too sloppy to be convincing

Would you try another book written by G.M. Malliet or narrated by Michael Page?

I have listened to all the Max Tudor series, and while it began promisingly, this book is a disappointment. Obviously these are stories set in the classic legendary village in Nevernevershire; but there are some basic conventions that need to be respected to allow the 'suspension of disbelieve' that makes fiction enjoyable. Unfortunately in this book the rampant Americanisms are really distracting: no aged English nun is going to use the word 'scads', and most English people will remember the Famous Five rather than the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. The character of Max Tudor too has become thinner and flatter and far less interesting, despite the attempts to introduce excitement by the improbable device of an Anglican priest concealing from his bishop the fact that he is going to have a pagan wedding with the local white witch.
Stock characters, sloppy writing, a plot so improbable as to be uninteresting----I was quite sad, this book marked a definite step down.

What will your next listen be?

I will go back to some of the classic mysteries that are being recorded---I've enjoyed listening to books by some of the early authors whom I didn't know.

Have you listened to any of Michael Page’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No; but while he reads with good pace, he has trouble with women's voices, which always sound whiney.

Was A Demon Summer worth the listening time?

Alas, no.

Any additional comments?

I probably won't bother with any more Max Tudor books.

And by the way, this format for reviewing books is really awful. It means there is often no opportunity to say what one would really like to say about a particular book!

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Investigation at its best

In the good old fashioned crime solving style, this series of detective books, never fails to entertain.

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Love This Series - But

I really love the Max Tudor series. fabulous characters, wonderful setting, humour, intrigue it has it all however this was my least favourite so far. I didn’t like the setting in the St Lucy of Monkbury Abbey it felt claustrophobic and the dialogue rushed and choppy. I didn’t warn to the characters in this one except of course the reoccurring ones which I love. Don’t be put off however start with the first book and continue on its worth it.

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It's Autumn not Fall

I really enoyed the story but it is set in England which has no mountains on the South Coast and where we do not use the expression Fall for Autumn and since it was used many many times it jarred badly.

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