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Murder at Half Moon Gate

By: Andrea Penrose
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
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When Lord Wrexford discovers the body of a gifted inventor in a dark London alley, he promptly alerts the watchman and lets the authorities handle the matter. But Wrexford soon finds himself drawn into the murder investigation when the inventor's widow begs for his assistance, claiming the crime was not a random robbery. It seems her husband's designs for a revolutionary steam-powered engine went missing the night of his death. The plans could be worth a fortune...and very dangerous in the wrong hands.

Joining Wrexford in his investigation is Charlotte Sloane, who uses the pseudonym A. J. Quill to publish her scathing political cartoons. Her extensive network of informants is critical for her work, but she doesn't mind tapping that same web of spies to track down an elusive killer. Each suspect - from ambitious assistants to rich investors, and even the inventor's widow - is entwined in a maze of secrets and lies that leads Wrexford and Sloane down London's most perilous stews and darkest alleyways.

©2018 Andrea DaRif (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Amateur Sleuths Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Regency Regency Romance Romance Detective England

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I really like this series. The up and down relationship between the 2 main characters keep the story moving. The child spy’s and B. Runners element is a good addition. The only thing that becomes charring sometimes is the way the narrator sounds like a robot when he reads. It’s stunts the story

Brilliant series

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The plot and characters are actually okay, and this is the second of these books I’ve read – allbeit both freebies. However, some of the writing is repetitive and some words are constantly repeated. Possibly the most irritating thing is the narrator. He speaks too slowly, he puts the emphasis on the wrong words, he goes up at the end of sentences, and he just mispronounces some words. I won’t bother listening to anymore in this series as he’s so irritating – he seems worse in this book than the first one.

Irritating narrator

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I thought "Murder at Half Moon Gate" was a Regency murder mystery - which it is, and quite a good one. Unfortunately for me, it's also a romance, which I hadn't realised before starting the book. The story is quite enjoyable, and the characters are well written - especially Raven and Hawk are funny and adorable. But I really could have done without all the swooning, sighing, and endless descriptions of Wrexford's (apparently irresistible) features.

Too much swooning and sighing.

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Gosh, this is cringe and corny. Please don't expect anything like a rich vocabulary or fiendish plots. Yes, dear author, you my think, we know that blunt means money, get over it.

Reads like a Mills & Boon novel

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The story was unfolding quite nicely, but I couldn’t get along with it. I found the casual & so, so oft repeated references to satan jarring. I found this to be true of the first book too, but I persevered. I thought this a little better in that there wasn’t just so much repetition, other than the terms “blunt” & “famished” which occur too many times. I stopped not long after the line “praise satan” was uttered. I don’t praise him, nor want to spend time with characters who do.

Likeable Characters

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book -
Even so it is a story finished in itself -
Book II continues to connect the people from book I

Beautifully presented!

A joy to listen to and the plot was thrilling!

Another fascinating story!!!

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The narrator’s delivery was painful. All characters had same phrasing even if with different voice.
Very irritating by the end.

Interesting story but…

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As the second in the series, I really enjoyed the story and the developing characters. However, after a couple of chapters things didn't sound quite right so I googled the author's name and found she's American. Which is fine in itself of course, but I think books set in England really do need an English editor, otherwise there are too many jarring notes, which are a shame when on the whole you can get fully immersed in the story. Other little things were more apparent in this second book - overuse of some words including "snick" and "chuff/chough" spring to mind. However, it's still a million miles better than anything I could write, and really was a pretty enjoyable listen.

good, but...

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This title was admirably read by James Cameron Stewart as usual.

This Regency Mystery genre is new to me and I admire the mix of all of the classes of Regency Society, right down to the Street Urchins! Thomas Raven Sloane is a star! The unfolding relationship between Wrexford & Sloane is an understandably slow burn, but I hope that it will resolve itself within the course of the next tale.

I enjoy the story lines and I’ve begun to notice the pat endings.

However, I wonder about the Author’s over abundance of similes and metaphors of satan, the devil, hell, etc. I find it disturbing and unnecessarily ubiquitous. The “character” of London is already painted dark, dreary, dirty and dangerous. There’s little sunlight, more drizzle, mud and fog, therefore the added satanic sentences are, to my enjoyment, irksome.

I shall read the next one (Murder at Kensington Palace) in the hope that it is a less, ubiquitously dark satanic theme. If it isn’t, then that’s me - done.

Unnecessarily Dark

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Might be a reasonably good mystery, but I can’t stand another minute…. The narrator is sadly the worst I have ever heard- it was like listening to an American am-dram production of My Fair Lady- absolutely cringe making. Sorry but it’s awful and there are just too many fabulous books with wonderful performances out there to waste more time on this.

Possibly a good tale?

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