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A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Gamache) by Louise Penny (view source)
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''A World of Curiosities'' is darker than most of the books in the series, but not gratuitously so. The bodies pile up and the tension is relentless. I was desperate to find out who was behind it all - and shocked when I found out. I missed all the clues. I was going to say that this was a particularly satisfying read but I realised before I started the book that I'd never listened to one of the Armand Gamache books as as audio download - so I treated myself.
The narrator is Adam Sims and he's superb. The voices were all exactly as I'd 'heard' them in my head as I read and it was rather like listening to a play with an added narrative. I was never in any doubt as to who was speaking. When someone is this good it's easy for the narrator to add a layer between the author and his audience but Sims achieved avoided this superbly. He's a narrator I'll return to.
[[Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Novels in Chronological Order]]