Classic stories that feature the world's greatest sleuths: Sherlock Holmes, Hugh Drummond, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and J.G. Reeder. 2 cassettes.
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From Publishers Weekly
Edward Hardwicke (who played Dr. Watson from 1986 to 1994 on various British Sherlock Holmes TV series) has the perfect voice and accent for this outstanding sampling of short, very British detective tales. Naturally, his Watson is pitch-perfect in Doyle's The Dying Detective, but his Holmes is just as skillful. For Edgar Wallace's J.G. Reeder (The Green Mamba and The Poetical Policeman), his delivery is unassuming but wry; as Sax Rohmer's psychic antique dealer Morris Klaw (The Case of the Tragedies of the Greek Room), Hardwicke adopts a sharply arrogant style, and his version of C. Day Lewis's Nigel Strangeways (The Assassin's Club) is unadorned old-school stiff upper lip. His Inspector Morse and assistant Lewis (in Colin Dexter's The Burglar) are satisfactory approximations of the characters' TV portrayals, though that story and Muriel Spark's Chimes fall a bit short of the classic standard set by the others. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
From AudioFile
In Classic Detective Stories amateur sleuths solve perplexing crimes in stories by G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and others, Edward Hardwick reads at a moderate, relaxed pace in a fine British lilt, and his variations of tone are very good. However, from time to time fading phrases make many characters sound feeble and make listening in a car frustrating. Nonetheless, for lovers of classic tales, this audiobook is a fine selection. J.A.H. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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