Clubfoot the Avenger


Lu par Mark Nelson

(4.5 stars; 46 reviews)

At the conclusion of The Return of Clubfoot, Dr. Grundt has been left for dead on a south sea island by former secret agent Desmond Oakwood. Oakwood and his brother Francis are now retired from the Secret Service and are living comfortably retired in England. But the body of an apparent suicide is discovered in a car park in London, and the possibility that Grundt is alive and seeking revenge in England pulls the Oakwoods out of retirement to once again face the sinister and deadly CLUBFOOT. - Summary by sjmarky (5 hr 20 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 5:17 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 1 - The Purple Cabriolet 12:43 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 2 - Enter Miss Vera Slade 22:16 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 3 - The Man with the Clubfoot 13:44 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 4 - The Strange Experience of Miss Patricia Maxwell 16:28 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 5 - The Ikon of Smolensk 15:24 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 6 - The Secret of the Ikon 17:13 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 7 - The Unseen Menace 11:28 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 8 - The Top Flat 25:02 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 9 - The Footstep in the Dark 17:05 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 10 - In Which Desmond Oakwood Finds Clubfoot in Strange Company 15:17 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 11 - The Constantinople Courier 12:44 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 12 - Xenia 13:42 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 13 - In Which Check Proves to be Checkmate 10:09 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 14 - The Girl at the Hexagon 14:50 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 15 - The Decoy 14:28 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 16 - The House in Pimlico 24:14 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 17 - The Meeting 19:20 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 18 - The Chamois Leather Packet 15:23 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 19 - A Flight and What Came of It 11:38 Lu par Mark Nelson
Chapter 20 - In Which Miss Mary Brewster Speaks Her Mind 11:38 Lu par Mark Nelson

Critiques


(3 stars)

A spy novel with twists and turns. It is dated and some descriptions could be offensive, remember when it was written. A bit confusing at the beginning getting all the characters straight but then it went right into spy mode. I could totally image the villain from the MANY descriptions of him and his accomplises. The ending was a bit unexpected.

Well Read


(2 stars)

The reader does a good job. However, in the stories it's a race to see who will be more inept in the end - the "good guys" or the "bad guys". The German villain is drawn as grotesque, repulsive and animal like. Jews an blacks - while less prominent don't fair much better.

A fine story well read


(5 stars)

The third of the Club Foot books. I wonder if this story was originally serialised. It reads like a sequence of connected short stories or episodes rather than a single novel. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep you interested. I really enjoyed this one.

different, but good


(5 stars)

Unlike the previous two Clubfoot books, this one's not one big story, but rather a collection of loosely coupled chapters. Much in the style of Sherlock Holmes stories, but with Clubfoot as arch enemy and the Oakwoods as investigators. As always, perfectly narrated by Mark.

just as good as the other two


(5 stars)

this book was well-read and a lot of fun to listen to

A fine conclusion to a great bunch of stories.


(5 stars)