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Holmes, Margaret and Poe
- Holmes, Margaret and Poe, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ms Charlotte Ritchie, Jared Zeus, Laurence Bouvard, Rashan Stone
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
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Holmes, Margaret and Poe was a No.10 Sunday Times bestseller
A compulsive and entertaining contemporary mystery featuring a team of unique private investigators - perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Knives Out.
Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation agency in New York City.
The three detectives make a formidable team, solving a series of seemingly impossible crimes which expose the dark underbelly of the city - from a priceless art theft, high-stakes kidnapping and a decades-old unsolved murder, to a gruesome subterranean prison and corruption and bribery at the highest levels of power.
But it's not long before their headline-grabbing breakthroughs, unconventional methods - and untraceable pasts - attract the attention of the NYPD and the FBI.
After all, it's no surprise that there's a mystery or two to unravel in the city that never sleeps . . . not least, who really are Holmes, Margaret and Poe?
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'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' Lee Child
'A classic, witty and wonderful mystery from the king of crime. Fast-paced and fun, clever and exciting. I loved it.' Chris Whitaker
'I loved every criminally delicious moment of Holmes, Margaret and Poe. What a wild ride! Hooked from the first page - and not just by the edge of my seat crime stories but also the depth and complexity of the characters. Rock on Book 2!' Dreda Say Mitchell
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- Our kid
- 23-08-24
An odd one
The idea is good. The story lines are predictable so don’t read this if you like a whodunnit. The female narrator is not good in my opinion - inconsistent and sometimes questionable accents. If she continues with the series I probably won’t listen to more.
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- Nicola J
- 11-09-24
Different
Very much enjoyed it. A little corny perhaps but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this take on old characters
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- Fiona Cole
- 02-09-24
Fun but not a classic
Positive - lots of action and inventive plots
Negative - overly cliched and under developed characters
Feels like a draft outline for a tv mini series
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- Martin
- 01-10-24
Superb story and characters
Was sceptical as to whether I would enjoy this book but I really shouldn’t have been.
The characters bring their own quirks and are superb as individuals and as the team they are also in the book.
So much going on in the book yet all of it flows and is brought to a conclusion beautifully.
Hope there is more to come
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- Pippa Mant
- 04-09-24
Great fun
A crime story with a difference. It was so fast paced one was able to ignore the discrepancies. The characters were a breath of fresh air and I long to meet them again.
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- Runabout 66
- 28-08-24
A good story
Moves along nicely. the plot is constantly evolving with a few surprises thrown in. The narration is first class
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- Graham G Grant
- 28-01-24
You should’ve seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe …
This is a novel that must’ve sounded fairly barmy in the planning stages, like a pitch at a brainstorm meeting which was initially regarded as a bit of a joke - then, against the odds, got the green light for publication. Then again, it’s by James Patterson, who has sold 230million books. He knows what he’s doing, and in this case what he’s doing is bringing in a collaborator - the TV writer Brian Sitts. The premise is simple. It’s set in the present day. Three hotshot private eyes launch an agency in New York City. They’re called Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe. Which may sound familiar… not only that, they share some of the attributes of their namesakes - the legendary fictional sleuths created by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. In the case of Poe, his name is an echo of C. Auguste Dupin, a creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin was a kind of amateur detective who blazed a trail for Holmes, first appearing in a short story in 1841. There are uncanny similarities between these modern-day investigators and their fictional counterparts. Unlike the originals, though, their style of crime-fighting is a little edgier. There are guns and fast cars, and some racy scenes. The mysteries they unravel are interesting enough, sometimes gory. They’re not a patch on the kind of crimes Holmes et al came up against in terms of their novelty - some of the plot strands owe more to Thomas Harris than Conan Doyle. The methods of detection are a little different, too. Modern police techniques are sometimes used. It’s a kind of brazen, heretical exercise, doubtless with one eye on a Netflix adaptation. Which might work… The strangest thing is that this is actually an entertaining listen. For the most part, it all makes sense, though I wasn’t 100 per cent sure at all times what was going on - there are many parallel investigations. There are multiple narrators. That’s not ideal … it’s told in the third person, so you’ll find a female narrator attempting Poe’s voice, for example, or a male narrator attempting a female voice. Fair enough, but I would’ve preferred one narrator. Purists will rightly give this a wide berth. But if you’re looking for something a little different, this is diverting enough. Doubtless other titles will follow. Maybe in the next one a modernised Poirot will team up with the existing trio… oh, and that sound you hear in the background is Conan Doyle and the others spinning in their graves.
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- Ronald Betts
- 21-08-24
Exciting story all the way through
Murder and mayhem and police who didn't like being helped its exciting all the way through enjoy.
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- Rob
- 25-08-24
Way better than normal Patterson drivel
Great characters, punchy story, always something happening.
Would love to read more from the person who actually wrote this book before Patterson put his name to it
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-01-24
Multiple narrators which is odd
The first thing is the book as many narrators. They don’t take characters. They take chapters. Very odd. They all have different accents and pronounce characters names differently. Takes a bit of getting used to.
If you do manage to get through it. Alright book. Pretty flimsy but alright.
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