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Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping)

An Arcturus Mystery

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Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping)

By: Kelli Stanley
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Nox Dormienda is the award-winning debut novel of critically-acclaimed author Kelli Stanley (City of Dragons), and the first of a series in a new genre: Roman Noir. Featuring Arcturus, a hardboiled protagonist in the best Philip Marlowe tradition, Nox is a different kind of historical mystery, a suspense thriller that combines a classic noir style with the rich texture of the ancient past.

©2011 Kelli Stanley (P)2014 Audible Inc. Historical Modern Detectives Mystery Fiction
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I was a bit confused at first as the narrator was American but the story was set in Roman Britain.
The story itself was good although the ending was a little unsatisfactory.

A good story

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As per title, hidden gem. I would happily contribute a credit towards this masterpiece

Narrator was amazing, story basic, but really well written.

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Just as another reviewer stated, I too am not just surprised but amazed at some of the negative reviews concerning the narrative. I would love to know how many accents and different voices, any of the reviewers could perform convincingly? 0 I expect. So on that note here’s my positive review. I am often amazed by the number of different voices narrators manage to find within themselves. As for those that include a variety of different accents is a rare talent. So I say to the picky picky reviewers go read a book and leave the audios alone. They are obviously not your thing. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed the story AND thought the narrator did a pretty good job, I couldn’t care less IF (?) he’s an American or not! It’s irrelevant to his ability to tell a good story well. Therefore if you are picky picky don’t go here but if like me you are happy to listen to a good story, narrated far better than so many amateur readers of books in the public domain, this is a good story worth giving a go. To those negative reviewers I say “ if you can’t say something constructive, DON’T SAY ANYTHING! Let the customer make their own mind up by listing to the short previews.

A Roman crime story.

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I really enjoyed this book. I liked the setting of roman england and the characters where lifelike and engaging. the mystery was also well structured and intriguing. I got this for free and it was really worth the listen. I must admit I love ray porter but his american accent for the protagonist may put off british snobs from enjoying the narration

good srorytelling

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I enjoyed the what turned out to be a simple plot. But the interwoven intricate interactions between the characters had me mesmerised.

I enjoyed the description of the time period, the personal experiences of all the characters and the long term effects on each individual. I found I became very fond of each as they went about their daily life. And was quite unprepared to leave them at the end. It seemed to all end too soon.
I also enjoyed the passages where Artur described his medical interventions with humans and pets alike. The gentle Americanisms that I initially found irritating seemed to disappear as I became more involved with the characters.
I shall definitely feel able to listen to this again in future.

Held my attention throughout I didn’t want it to end.

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