Daniel P. Fradl

Excellent beyond the murder mystery story

Revisado: 06-14-23

Saw review of this in NYTimes, decided to give it a try. Good, solid murder mystery w some good ol' corruption thrown in. But what I really liked was seeing the story through the eyes of the young muslim woman detective. An affluent, mega-MAGA town w an influx of syrian and other muslim refugees. The cultural tensions, the exploitation through fear by various charlatans. Can't wait for the next one. Well written & well narrated.

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Brilliant on so many levels

Revisado: 11-24-22

The story & script are clever and original, hilarious dry humor w biting social commentary. The performers were perfect. Great great fun!

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returned title, will read instead, Narrator awful

Revisado: 11-15-22

Narrator has excellent voice, excellent accents, etc, but HE CONTINUALLY DROPS VOLUME TO INAUDIBILITY. So I turn up to hear then my ears get blasted when he comes back to normal.

I love John Gwynne but will do this series on kindle instead. Very disappointing.

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Great idea for a story, well executed

Revisado: 10-31-22

Fun book from Cameron, can't wait for next installment. He leaves the ancient historical fiction world for something more magical, but it has the same edginess one finds in his Killer of Men series. It takes a little time to get the ball rolling which is not a knock on the book, just a note to folks to be patient. We have to meet the disparate players and follow then as fate and scheming bring them together to get the real story gets going.

Cameron can be a fast writer so I am hoping he pumps the next one soon!

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Brilliant, top to bottom

Revisado: 08-20-22

very clever story concept, excellent script & voice acting. Loved it and sad that it had to end. I'll look forward to more from Kindinger & audible.

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poor tortured souls -- I mean the readers

Revisado: 02-12-22

I love this genre, and i gave it a good go. but it was interminable. I quit w 5 hours left. Maybe the last 5 hours were great, but I had had enough hand-wringing characters w no agency.

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brilliant and entertaining

Revisado: 12-25-21

You may see some reviews where readers gave up on this book -- big mistake! The book is seen through the eyes of a person that is somewhere strange and so, yes, it will seem strange for the first 10% or so. Then the bigger picture starts to be revealed, piece by curious piece. And I found myself completely captivated. Definitely one of the top books for me over the last few years. And by the end the story does pay off, completely. It does not leave the reader hanging.

Kudos to the author for the bold storytelling!

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Not my usual thing, but so glad I did it!

Revisado: 12-11-21

My neighbors probably think I am crazy, walking my dog around the neighborhood, bursting out laughing for no discernible reason. Loved this story, just so much fun. So glad I started doing some of this type of listen -- like Guilty, which was also excellent.

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41 hours of pure audiobook joy

Revisado: 03-21-21

I loved Cameron's Killer of Men series, set in ~500BC and had read a few others by him. I pre-ordered this and when it was released I saw it was 41 hours. My reaction was simply "thank the gods!". I knew I had a long period of happy book times ahead. Cameron uses the same formula as in Killer of Men series: an old man, telling a youngster about his life and the great events and people he witnessed. This time it's Ptolemy, old now and king Egypt, telling about growing up and campaigning with Alexander of Macedon (A. the Great) and his epic conquests. This is up there w Cameron's best, maybe is the best? Hard to say but it's great.

I really like doing ancients in historical fiction because the fiction writer can fill in so much that is left out of our limited source material. I listened to the excellent Phillip and Alexander by Goldsworthy but always wished I could fill in the blanks, even if imagined. This does that.

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Hilarious, insightful (and informative)

Revisado: 02-05-21

One of the best things I've listened to on Audible. The concept, writing, and delivery were just brilliant. Turns out there's some 'science' behind sketch comedy. But who cares, it's really really funny. As in "why is that crazy man laughing while walking his dog around the block?"

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