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The Medici Murders

By: David Hewson
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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When a well-known British TV historian, Marmaduke Godolphin, is found murdered in the canals of Venice during carnival, stabbed by a stiletto blade, the Venetian police are eager to have the case solved and cleared up within a day—murder is bad for tourism!

The police recruit the help of retired archivist, Arnold Clover. Godolphin had hired his services on arriving in Venice to help sort through some historical papers of note. These dusty documents may contain previously unknown information about the assassination of the murderer, Lorenzino de' Medici, 500 years previously.

How coincidental that Godolphin meets his death in the same place as the Medici murderer, Lorenzino, on a cold, dark, bloody night. Can Arnold use his powers of perception to establish a link and solve the murder of Godolphin?

©2022 David Hewson (P)2022 W F Howes Amateur Sleuths Crime International Mystery & Crime Murder Mystery Fiction Detective Italy

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Enjoyed the food and the imagery of Venice. But utterly terrible sound editing. You could hear each time a recording session ended and started. Destroyed the flow and enjoyment of the book. No idea how any publisher signed off on this. Real shame.

Terrible editing marred a good tale

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I listened to this story in several long chunks and enjoyed every minute of it. Great historical details, an interesting plot and very skilled narration. The murder happens fairly early on in the story and the author does well to keep the investigative narrative going for so long. The final denouement took me by surprise and I certainly didn't see it coming!

A Death in Venice. Excellent

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This was a super story, well plotted, complex and gripping. I suspected the final reveal from fairly early on but that didn’t spoil the pace or tension. The narrator would have earned 5 stars if he had pronounced campanile with 4 syllables and not used 3 to make it rhyme with stile

Brings Venice to life!

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, well written and very well read, can’t wait to hear the next one.

Loved it

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A different kind of book from Hewson, written with gentle pace and intrigue (dotted with some fabulous foodie moments!) David please can we have a second Clover novel.

Unique

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This book and performance are peerless.

David Hewson's books are always fantastic, but Richard Armitage's performance takes this book to a whole new level. Best I have heard on Audible... and that's after listening to nearly 400 books over the years. Bravissimo!!

I Never Write A Review... but...

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Very much enjoyed this. Great characters, plot, and lots of interesting facts about Venice and Italian history. Armitage also does a brilliant narration. Only thing that struck me as odd is he occasionally says chapter numbers as if with disdain. What did a 9 or 12 ever do to him?

Fantastic on many levels

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Armitage does a great job with all the Italian pronunciations. Good story, and evokes a misty Venice brilliantly.

Very good, amazing narrator of course

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Good sense of location (Venice) but too much detail - began to read like a guide book. Characters not convincing. Didn’t find them likeable or interesting. Clover very dull. Plot unlikely, convoluted. Finished the book - but almost didn’t! Might try one more by this writer.

Atmospheric but dull

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This was a slow burner for me. After 10 hrs of listening, there was no real crime committed in the story which was a disappointment and there was more of a history lesson in art and Venice and some of it was relevant. other times the author went on too long regarding places, the past and even the food !! I couldn't fault Richard Armitage's performance, he did an excellent job as always. Story could have finished a few chapters earlier. but i still enjoyed the book .

unusual crime story.

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