The Cat's Paw
Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
(3,955 Sterne; 33 Bewertungen)
Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will is found her niece Kitty inherits a fortune. Grave suspicion shifts from one person to another and the two suitors for Kitty's hand whom Washington society had watched with interest seem closely connected with the many clues which again and again prove worthless. Until the closing chapters unravel the mystery you suspect the most innocent people and the real murderer and his fiendish devices come as a shock. - Summary from "The Book Review Digest" 1923 (6 hr 47 min)
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GildedDrifter
(2 Sterne)
The book is pretty bad, the characters are so obtuse you don’t even want them to succeed. But mostly the narrator’s use of offensive ethnic accents is INSANE. Who told this guy to read the Black characters already absurd dialogue as if he had a mouth full of marbles and learned English yesterday?! Offensive and totally uncalled for.
Tiresome and overwritten
Niki Daly
(2 Sterne)
I listened up to chapter 11, then stopped the punishment. Convoluted crime story that just never seemed to show any sign of ending . Pity to waste such h a spirited reader on pure pap.
A surprising end
Linda in PNW
(4 Sterne)
This book is ok, not great. it's hard to keep all the characters straight with their interconnected backgrounds. The reader did a very nice job.