Trips up on itself in the middle once it abandons the book within a book for a bit, but finds its way again by the end. But overall good fun, and Alex Kingston’s narration is great.
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Hugo rated Playing the Palace: 3 stars
Hugo rated Fire from heaven: 4 stars
Fire from heaven by Mary Renault
Fire from Heaven is a 1969 historical novel by Mary Renault about the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. …
Hugo rated Doctor Who: 4 stars
Hugo reviewed Doctor Who by Alex Kingston
Hugo rated The Persian boy: 5 stars
The Persian boy by Mary Renault
Historical novel set in the time of Alexander the Great.
This novel tells the story of the climactic last seven …
Hugo rated The Time Traveler's Wife: 5 stars
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an …
Hugo rated Lost Man of Bombay: 3 stars
Hugo rated Boyfriend Material: 5 stars
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Luc O'Donnell is tangentially--and reluctantly--famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met …
Hugo rated Death on the Nile: 4 stars
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot -- 15)
During a luxurious pleasure cruise down the Nile aboard a lavish vessel populated with wealthy passengers, widely despised heiress and …
Hugo rated Dumb Witness (Poirot): 4 stars
Dumb Witness (Poirot) by Agatha Christie
Emily Arundel changed her will only days before her death, and Hercule Poirot must "determine which of the victim's disgruntled …
Hugo rated Case of the Reincarnated Client, The: 4 stars
Hugo rated Cards on the Table (A Hercule Poirot Mystery): 4 stars
Cards on the Table (A Hercule Poirot Mystery) by Agatha Christie
It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths--Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective …
Hugo rated A Promised Land: 5 stars
Hugo rated ABC Murders: 4 stars
ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of …