Not as enjoyable as the others in the series

I was excited to see this book come out as I am a big fan of the museum murder series and the hotel murders but it was a bit disappointing. No problems with the performance, it was just the story that didn't quite come up to the usual standard.

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Not as good

Not as good as previous story got to feeling I didn't care who did it

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Twist

The series is fantastic m I cannot wait till the next book is out to Carry on reading the story of the war time characters and twist

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listening while cooking

I rather agree with a previous review - the reader is excellent and is very good at representing the various characters, although to my mind Sgt Lampson's London accent is a tad overdone. He is clearly a thoughtful and intelligent man who is attractive to his sons teacher who recognises his qualities and will no doubt encourage his advancement in the post war period. I will probably listen to this again shortly as I was concentrating on other matters, mid story, I do enjoy listening to a series in sequence to follow the development of the characters, although inevitably one does compare one book to a previous one, All in all, quite an enjoyable listen.

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A Really Good listen

Well up to his standard roll on more of the Coburg/Lapson stories very soon.

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Exciting - a lot of twists and turns.

I'd been reading mystery series from much further back in history so wasn't sure about a wartime series. I wasn't disappointed. I love the characters interspersed with real people. I remember hearing Henry Hall as a child just after the war. He spoke more softly and slowly than David Thorpe portrayed him ( although I think he is an excellent narrator and wouldn't fault him in anything else) Henry Hall had this unusual way of pausing first then emphasising the "is" before saying his name. " Ladies and gentlemen this - IS Henry Hall speaking...." Sorry about going down memory lane there.
Despite what some listeners thought I found it a good story well read with many twists and turns and the characters lives mixing in and I'm looking forward to the next one.

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Not a great addition to the series

I have enjoyed Jim Eldridge's stories of DCI Coburg in London during World War 2, and looked forward to listening to this one. Unlike the previous "Hotel" and "Station" tales I've listened to in this series, this one seemed quite laboured. The story begins with the murder of a young Russian, who is working as a fortune teller. This is the cue for a lot of predigested history, of Stalin's assassination squads, unconvincingly recounted by the victim's brother to Coburg. This is repeated throughout: characters give each other lectures on the 1917 revolution and the murder of the Romanovs, the Irish civil war, the career of Churchill, the consequences of the Versailles treaty, and so on. It did feel too much like padding. The author is amazingly prolific, producing several novels a year, but this one seemed very much in need of an editor's hand. As for the mystery: well, there are several murders, resolved not so much by detection but by luck. The narration is very good, with the voices clearly distinguished. The story, however, seemed unfocused and not up to the standard of the other Coburg tales.

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I might have missed something, but I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the previous

I’m a fan of these books, both the “museums murders” and the “hotels murders”, and I had preordered this one but I was a disappointed: it is not as engaging as the others.
The subplot with Rosa’s rival singer was too far fetched for me.
I might have to wait a few months and that listen again, and see if make more sense.

The reader is great, I really enjoy his performance.

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