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Anne Perry returns listeners to the lives of Londoners Charlotte and Thomas Pitt. After the 16-year-old daughter of the Portuguese ambassador leaps to her death, the Pitts grieve for her, particularly when they think of something like that happening to their own teenaged daughter. Narrator Davina Porter is sublime as she creates multiple accents for characters of varied classes... Read More
Davina Porter is a standout here. If you know almost nothing about Montaigne, the great sixteenth-century French “father of the essay,” that’s only one reason to listen to this superb match of narrator, biographer, and subject. Author Sarah Bakewell focuses on the question she considers central to Montaigne’s writing: How to live? Her “one question and twenty attempts at an... Read More
This is a classic story of murder at a country house—but with the twist that most of the suspects are crime writers. It’s full of clichés but deliberately self-mocking. This enjoyable cozy is set in Scotland, making Davina Porter the perfect choice to portray the British characters. It’s a pity, however, that some of her American voices sound surprisingly English. In one... Read More
This mystery is even more entertaining with the infusion of performer Davina Porter's witty interpretation, becoming delightfully hilarious with her myriad accents, expressive rejoinders, wide-ranging pitch, inebriated drawls, and spot-on portrayals of key characters. This is no small feat, given the number of people gathered at the eighteenth-century manor of millionaire Sir... Read More
The ninth book featuring Scottish philosopher and inadvertent detective Isabel Dalhousie is a delight for fans of the series. The leisurely paced plot combined with well-loved characters is like a retreat for the mind. Narrator Davina Porter adds even more charm to Isabel’s philosophical meanderings as she edits “The Review of Applied Ethics,” raises her 3-year-old son with her... Read More
Listeners are sure to be familiar with Sherlock Holmes and could well know G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown. How many, though, know Anna Katharine Green's Miss Violet Strange? Angela Brazil brings a light touch to the woman who conducts her investigations with little notice until the final revelations. Elsewhere, Simon Vance brings a caper from Maurice LeBlanc's Arsene Lupin to... Read More
In a spellbinding drama that sweeps across Victorian England from London to the wintry mansion at Strachan’s Ghyll, Laura Amy Schlitz brings the despair, joy, and rich plotlines of a Dickensian novel to young listeners. Her cast interweaves the lives of standout characters: a witch with a powerful orb, a magician with a penchant for puppetry and pickpocketing, two plucky... Read More
Any performance by Davina Porter is a treat, but she’s especially wonderful in her second outing as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison of Scotland Yard (played by Helen Mirren in the BBC TV series). A strong woman in a man’s world, Tennison must constantly fight sexism among her colleagues. What’s more, here she finds her private life on lurid display in London’s tabloids.... Read More
In the seventh installment in this Regency mystery series, Sebastian St. Cyr and his new bride, Hero Jarvis, are drawn into a murder investigation that involves politics, King Arthur, the legend of Camelot, and the disappearance of two young children. Davina Porter portrays Sebastian with an upper-class British accent that fits his aristocratic status and highlights the stark... Read More
Both fans of JANE EYRE and those who have never read Brontë's original will find much to like about this retelling of the classic tale of an orphaned girl's quest to find love, respect, and a home. Author Margot Livesey has set her version in the 1950s and ‘60s, molding twentieth-century details and situations to Brontë's general plot. It's difficult to imagine a better... Read More
Davina Porter sets out with a strong pace that matches the pace at which Sergeant Gunnhildur (Gunna) Gísladóttir takes on her new responsibilities as head of the Serious Crimes Unit in Reykjavík, Iceland. Porter is undaunted by the names of local people and places and smoothly transitions between the many characters. The complex mystery is centered on what appears to be... Read More
Scotland Yard Detective Thomas Lynley, still grieving for his recently murdered wife, is sent to the Lake District to investigate a mysterious death. Narrator Davina Porter's wide range enables her to flawlessly handle international characters, including the curses of a bitter old man and the occasional snippets of subtle humor. In his search, Lynley encounters a dysfunctional... Read More
Upson’s somewhat complex, literary mystery features a fictionalized version of writer Josephine Tey. She’s involved in a murder mystery surrounding her successful play, RICHARD OF BORDEAUX. Davina Porter narrates in an extra-crisp English accent and supplies other accents as needed. She lowers, gruffens, or hardens her voice for males, a tactic that works if you don’t think... Read More
The latest in Alexander McCall Smith's charming Isabel Dalhousie series gives us Isabel and friends, beautifully narrated by Davina Porter, attempting to resolve the philosophies of familial relations. Isabel, full-time philosopher and part-time sleuth, is introduced to Jane, a fellow philosopher who is visiting Edinburgh from Australia. Jane is attempting to discover the... Read More
This surprisingly thin and windy story featuring the philosopher Isabel Dalhousie is wonderfully well served by the completely charming performance of Davina Porter. Otherwise, the title seems unrelated to the story. Isabel is asked to discover an anonymously reported skeleton in the closet of one of three candidates for a job. One candidate turns out to be her niece’s new... Read More
Davina Porter’s crisp British accent brings turbulent 1528 England to life through the lives of bookseller and printer Kate Gough and her husband, John Frith. He translates classical languages into English, a dangerous occupation. These forbidden translations bring the couple into the conflict between Catholicism and Reformation England, which is brewing as King Henry VIII... Read More
Another delightful entry in the Isabel Dalhousie series is narrated delightfully by Davina Porter. While the story revolves ostensibly around the mysterious life of Isabel's acquaintance, Minty Auchterlonie, the heart of the novel lies in Isabel's philosophical musings on almost any topic under the sun. With her leisurely delivery, Porter captures Isabel's meandering train of... Read More
The seventh volume in Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga, this lengthy novel finds twentieth-century time trekker Claire Fraser in the American Colonies during the revolution with her eighteenth-century Scots husband, Jamie. Davina Porter's virtuoso narration clarifies the leaps between the three major story lines: the Frasers in the Colonies, their daughter and her husband... Read More
Narrator Davina Porter creates just the right atmosphere for this Regency story. She deftly matches voice with personality and gives distinct British accents to the various rural and urban characters. Lillie Haswell, the apothecary's daughter, dreams of leaving her quaint English village to travel the world in search of her missing mother. Instead she works with her father in... Read More
This fifth Isabel Dalhousie mystery continues to charm, and Davina Porter continues to develop the lovable heroine—equally sweet and tart, shrewd and loving, fallible and yet entirely reliable. This time around, the mystery doesn't even arise until a quarter of the way through. No matter. Listeners are entirely diverted by Isabel as she ponders the issues that cross her desk as... Read More
The faerie Magpie recaptures devils unknowingly released by humans. In this thrilling fantasy, she encounters the greatest devil yet, the Blackbringer. She will need all her courage, strength, and magical powers on a quest that will involve unraveling secrets, battling evil, and convincing an ancient to save the land he created. A first-rate performance by Davina Porter... Read More
Isabel Dalhousie, editor of a philosophy review, has a new baby, fathered by her niece's ex-boyfriend, Jamie. Naturally, Cat, her prickly niece, isn't too happy. Then Isabel gets fired. In the meantime, she suspects that some paintings thought to have been done by a now deceased artist are forged. Isabel is kind, intelligent, determined, and a bit meddlesome. All this comes... Read More
Davina Porter's performance of this Cinderella story from the Russian Revolution is done to perfection. The listener is transported to the world of the aristocracy, with its whims and hypocrisy, and into servants' quarters, where colorful characters are running the show. Characterizations are well done, and the transitions from Russian to British accents, both Cockney and... Read More
Beautiful, wealthy, bored Lady Rose Summer takes on the cause of poor Dolly Tremaine, who seeks a society marriage. Things take a tragic turn when Dolly is murdered. The "Golden Voice" of Davina Porter does its usual splendid job enlivening an array of eccentric characters. Chesney makes some poignant remarks about the rich and poor of the Edwardian era (and today). As Rose and... Read More
Lady Rose is bored with her life of privilege and decides to join the working class. She and her maid, Daisy, work as bank typists and live in a dreary hostel for women. Narrator Davina Porter gives each of Chesney's characters his or her own snobbish or down-to-earth personality. Her delivery of background material possesses all the emotion, indignity, or delight warranted.... Read More
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