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Exceptionally well done

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-19-23

In the first half of the book, Dr. McMillan lays out the techniques and strategies commonly used by psychological abusers, compiled from interviews with perpetrators of the same, from a woman’s point of view. Her narrative is full of useful explications of the red flags and the responses necessary to gain more information or keep yourself safe. The second half of the book, beautifully characterized by Anthony Howell of Foyle’s War, recasts the same narrative in the abuser’s perspective, with all the concomitant self-justification and entitlement, and is absolutely chilling. Well worth the time.

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Cozy mysteries with an excellent narrator

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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-24-23

These are cozy mysteries with Oscar Wilde as a kind of loosely organizing conceit, but if you don’t know Wilde, or don’t like him, the stories still make perfect sense. The plots are interesting enough, but not particularly complex; the real gem here is Nathaniel Parker’s performance. He has dozens of discrete characterizations in his toolbox, most of them are plausible, and those for recurring characters are consistent across stories. Beautifully done.

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Narrated by Hickson and Fraser

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-28-23

NB: the description is incorrect; Murder at the Vicarage, a Marple story, is narrated by Joan Hickson, not Richard Grant. Hickson’s performance is excellent, but I was expecting—and had wanted—Grant. Hugh Fraser is also excellent narrating Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first outing for Poirot and Hastings together, set in a country home during the Great War.

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Very well done; a very different world

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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-25-23

Beautifully acted, and I believe the English accents help advance characterization, implying class markers familiar to Western detective-story fans. The stories themselves seem a bit anti-climactic compared to Western plots, often resulting in a solution to the case, but limited repercussions for the criminal. A different world.

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Beautiful performances

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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-23-22

Especially those of Hugh Fraser and David Suchet, who turned in definitive performances of these characters in the tv series.

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Stephen Frye is an excellent reader

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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-28-22

He does all the voices, even the American ones and the women, so they are distinguishable without being absurd. This is a set of (slightly improbable) WW1-era short stories about the blind detective Max Carrados. Brief but engaging. My only quible is that they need a bigger pause between stories—if the mind wanders you find yourself in a whole new plot without realizing the chapters have rolled over.

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