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The Jennifer Morgue

Book 2 in The Laundry Files

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The Jennifer Morgue

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
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Some agents have all the fun. Others save the world.

Bob Howard is an IT expert and occasional field agent for The Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's Secret Service that deals with occult threats.

Dressed (grudgingly) in a tux and sent to the Caribbean, he must infiltrate a millionaire's yacht in order to prevent him violating a treaty that will start a war with an ancient underwater race. Partnered with a gorgeous American agent who's actually a soul-sucking succubus from another dimension, Bob's mission is to stop the bad guys, avoid getting the girl, and survive - shaken, perhaps, but not stirred.

This audiobook includes the short story Pimpf, and an afterword read by the author.

©2006 Charles Stross (P)2013 Hachette Children's Books Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Suspense

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Continuing the laundry story, it's a great follow-up and had a lovely short towards the end.
I enjoyed the seductive storyline throughout.

Great book 2

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May be because I'm not a fan of the Bond films and their tropes or ofey with the trivia. The main story line just disnt grip me too well and I found myself confused as to who some of the characters where.

Good but not great. preferd the Prologue story tbh

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This book gets four stars overall, that story is five stars. It’s worth wading through the atrocity archives to get to this novel. The reader is fine, good for this series but overall he’s a bit flat characters don’t have. The other downside is just how difficult to follow the narrative can be at times, the mix of metaphor with metaphysical means it can take you a few minutes to work out whether something was hyperbole or a literal description.

I do not give out five star reviews easily

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Worth a listen, definitely worth a read.

I absolutely love the Laundry Files books and audio book variations.

Excellent book 😊

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Spluttering... I can’t ... what? You just skip tons of books in the series and only do a few?!

I started this series recently after the Peter Grant Series and it’s going ok. The development of the relationship between the two main characters probably carries it as the story is fairly predictable.

Very disappointed to find the next book in this series isn’t available.

Good relationship development

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Why are files 3 and 4 not available ,,,soooo irritating. If u like Rivers of London then u should enjoy this. Very funny in parts and horror in others (sometimes at the same time), The combination of the phantastical and civil service protocal is a joy. The narrator's voice is just right ...dont change him,

wonderful fun

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This series is quite the most bizarre collection of ideas ever put together on paper, shear genius.
If you enjoy Douglas Adams you should enjoy these.
Apocalyptic demons, a reluctant hero who's an I.T expert, health and safety, spies, arse kicking femme fatales, lots of computer stuff, more demons, the Gestapo ( yes you read that right ), modern day office politics, a mix of James Bond but on a budget,with expense forms filled in in triplicate of course, mega villans, the end of the world, great gadgets and all with a great sense of humour.

Quite superb

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This is a HUGELY entertaining book on many levels.

Firstly it is a cracking adventure story.
Secondly it is the best pastiche of a Bond story ever.
Thirdly it is a masterful disection – with the cleverest self-conscious reason – to pull apart every aspect of that form.
I won't spoil how it does that, but it is very satisfying.

Bravo!

Note to Audible and the publishers: WHERE ARE THE OTHER LAUNDRY FILES BOOKS?
They are available on Audible.com, but not, for some reason here in the UK. Clarles Stross is a British writer, please, please sort this out.

Outstanding (But where's the rest?)

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Bob Howard is just an ordinary guy doing extraordinary things in an extraordinary world and the blend of fantastic with common sense is refreshing. Jennifer Morgue is better than the first book. It concentrates more on the characters and how they think and react as opposed to the other world that dominated the first. Each of the key players is much more believable and they react in a very human manners.

What does Jack Hawkins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Jack Hawkins captures the emotion of the characters and it feels as though the characters are actually living the experience of the book.

Any additional comments?

Please record more of the Laundry file books

Normal guy in James Bond type plot (with monsters)

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lots of fun, love the dreary ministerial background versus the Earth shattering war on horror- all being ran on a very tight budget.

Yet another fantastic book & performance!

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