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Lucifer's Shadow

By: David Hewson
Narrated by: Christopher Kay
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Summary

 In an ancient burial ground on an island off Venice, a young woman's casket is pried open, an object is wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary adventure begins.

From the moment he arrives in Venice, Daniel Forster is seduced by the city's mystery. An earnest young academic, Daniel has come for a summer job cataloguing a private collector's library.

But when Daniel's employer sends him to buy a stolen violin from a petty thief, a chain reaction of violence and deception ignites. Suddenly Daniel is drawn into a police investigation - and a tempest swirling around a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo, and a lost musical masterpiece dating back centuries.

With each step he takes, Daniel unwittingly retraces a journey that began in 1733, when another young man came to Venice. And when, in this realm of intrigue and beauty, two lovers came face-to-face with a killer: and a mystery was born.

©2001 David Hewson; (P)2001 W F Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime Italy
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So many twists and turns brilliantly executed.
All underpinned with a deep insight into Venice and Venetians (I’m half Venetian).
Really excellent

Brilliant

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Whilst I enjoyed this book, the narrator's accent for one of the characters drove me mad. A sort of "shadda-uppa-your-face " accent? I understand from other readers reviews but I'm not the only one irritated by this. It did spoil my enjoyment of the book somewhat.

the accent detracted from the storyline will

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This was my first audio book and I can honestly say it won't be my last, the characters in this book came alive, my heart was in my mouth at times, the narrator was brilliant he added depth to the characters, I really enoyed how history was woven into the present, just wonderful...

splendid

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Normally I love David Hewson's works but I struggled with this one. The idea of two inter - related stories set a couple of hundred years apart was a good one, good enough to make me listen to the end, but soooo long. Every time I thought that the end was in sight (or hearing), I was thwarted by another twenty chapters! OK, I admit that I exaggerate but not much.

The narration was skilled but there are only so many heavy Italisn accents a woman can cope with, after a while they divide into one male and one female and that makes differentiating between the centuries more difficult. It is also hard on the ear!

Frankly David Hewson should have edited his book more skillfully and remembered that sometimes less is more. Had the book been less longwinded I feel that the narration would have been less wearing.

Longwinded Lucifer

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I have just finished listening to this marvellous book. The characters hsve invaded my psyche as has Juanita Macmahon's wonderful reading. I reccomend it to all who enjoy a rich often confronting plot read with wonderful consistency and great insight into this bleak time in English History.

Night Watch

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