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Title: A Death in Summer
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Benjamin Black
Narrator: John Keating
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-05-11
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 121 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent endand an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet.
On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewellknown to his many enemies as Diamond Dickis discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite.
Jewell's coolly elegant French wife, Françoise, seems less than shocked by her husband's death. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is devastated, and Quirke is surprised to learn that in her grief she has turned to an unexpected friend: David Sinclair, Quirke's ambitious assistant in the pathology lab at the Hospital of the Holy Family. Further, Sinclair has been seeing Quirke's fractious daughter, Phoebe, and an unlikely romance is blossoming between the two.
As a record heat wave envelops the city and the secret deals underpinning Diamond Dick's empire begin to be revealed, Quirke and Hackett find themselves caught up in a dark web of intrigue and violence that threatens to end in disaster.
In this tightly plotted and gorgeously written novel, the brilliant but sometimes reckless Quirke learns that, in a city where old money and the right bloodlines rule, he is by no means safe from mortal danger.
Members Reviews:
Disappointing
Bought and enjoyed the previous Dr. Quirk books, esp. Christine Falls, but having a hard time with this due to the change in narrator. The cadence gets very tiresome, and the "acting", if you can call it that, isn't good. The character of Dr. Quirk is entirely different. Too bad.
agree with "disappointing" based on narrator
here is one of those unfortunate situations where the book may be wonderful but the narrator doesn't work with the book. i've listened to john keating's narrations before and don't recall him getting in the way of the story. i could only listen for 5 or 6 minutes. will try again. but this pairing doesn't work. have no idea why not. wish it could be redone with Timothy Dalton. perhaps its a case of changing narrators in the middle of a series.
Narration poor.
I have enjoyed previous Benjamin Black novels with Timmothy Dalton as narrator but was not able to finish this one. The narrator completely changed my perception of the Dr. Quirke character, and not to the positive.
Terrible narrator
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
After listening to the superb narration of Timothy Dalton in three previous Benjamin Black novels, John Keating's reading was intolerable.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I could not get beyond the first few chapters.
How could the performance have been better?
The performance was dismal, sing-song. I was unable to detect when a character was speaking.
Any additional comments?
PLEASE bring Timothy Dalton back. I was looking forward to the remainder of Banjamin Black's novels.
This narrator stinks
If you could sum up A Death in Summer in three words, what would they be?
So the darkness of Timothy Dalton is gone and instead the narrator sounds about eleven years old.
