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Alison Weir writes a splendid historical fiction with this story of Lady Jane Grey, who becomes the XX of Henry VIII's eight wives. Multiple talented narrators are well chosen for voices and viewpoints that collaborate to tell the story. Davina Porter's cold tones portray Jane's shrewish mother, Frances Brandon, who can't forgive her daughter for being born female. The... Read More
A trio of narrators views Henry VIII's mid-life, measuring the results of Ann Boleyn's recklessness. Davina Porter employs tight, bitter tones for her recounting of dissatisfied courtier Jane Boleyn, 30-year-old widow of the beheaded brother of Ann. Bianca Amato is Queen Anne of Cleves, Henry's newest wife. Her controlled, steady voice reflects her stringent upbringing and the... Read More
This entertaining mystery set on Martha’s Vineyard is the fifth in a series featuring the tough, charming 92-year-old sleuth, Victoria Trumbull. The arrogant editor of the local paper fires Trumbull as a writer but then grudgingly hires her to find out who’s sending him obituaries following the murders of people close to him. Davina Porter has a smooth voice and expressive... Read More
Davina Porter, Alexander McCall Smith, and Isabel Dalhousie are a perfect trio in this third Dalhousie story. Isabel has guests who introduce her to a newly engaged Dallas couple. Narrator Davina Porter skillfully conveys many characters and even more personality types. Her Dallas and Scots accents are exceptional, along with her tone for conversational debates, befitting... Read More
In The Keepers series final episode, Nell and Owen must learn all they can from the wizard and learn to work together. Davina Porter aptly portrays Nell's youth and intense caring, as well as her and impetuousness. She must think things through if she is to rule wisely. In lower tones and staccato speech, Porter becomes Owen, Nell's twin--solid, practical, and a survivor, but... Read More
This should have been a terrific production. Clarke's first novel, JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL, was wonderfully written and deservedly popular. Narrator Simon Prebble, who did such a great job narrating that book, is an AUDIOFILE Golden Voice, as is Davina Porter. So why is this collection of short stories of limited appeal? One reason is that even though the stories are... Read More
When a moneylender/blackmailer is brutally murdered, Thomas Pitt is called in because the case could bring scandal to half of London's aristocratic families. Davina Porter, who specializes in the Pitt mysteries, does her usual fine job as she gives the upper crust, police, servants, and many other characters distinction and believability. Pitt's wife, Charlotte, and her sister,... Read More
Thirteen-year-old Elsbeth has been confronted and warned by the Patriots, and now she is anxiously watching everyone. Who has betrayed her family? And what will happen next? Davina Porter brings Elsbeth vividly to life with her spot-on Scottish brogue, and she moves smoothly between the various Scots--male and female--giving each his or her own specific accent. We see Elsbeth’s... Read More
This enjoyable, if unconvincing, mystery is overstuffed with background details about its Martha’s Vineyard setting. It’s like trying to watch a movie while someone nearby talks excitedly about having visited the places where the film was shot. This puts all the more pressure on Davina Porter to rivet our attention on the characters she is bringing to life: Victoria, a... Read More
This fluffy page-turner, set among the Edwardian upper crust, introduces a new detective destined for sequels. She is young, high-spirited Lady Rose Summer, too intelligent, independent, and educated to snag a suitable husband, especially after a public faux pas that brands her as damaged goods. As Watson she has Daisy, a sharp-witted lady’s maid and confidante, and as... Read More
McCullough taps the mother lode with a romance as big as Australia itself, whose every dialect reader Davina Porter seems to have mastered. Setting out to conquer the world, young Scot Alexander Kinross amasses a mining empire. Still, he can't win the heart of his beautiful Scots Presbyterian bride, Elizabeth, as he has his mistress's. Woven into this family tangle are... Read More
Inspector Thomas Pitt is looking for a killer and once again turns to his wife, Charlotte, to see what she can learn behind the scenes. Twin arsons result in the death of a doctor and his feminist wife, leaving the question of who was the true target and why. Davinia Porter delivers the highly skilled narration that is her trademark. Her main characters easily become... Read More
Davina Porter is always fun, but she made me laugh out loud doing the sepulchral voice of the Earl's butler whenever he answers the door to Captain Cathcart or Detective Kerridge, who are, after all, only trying to keep Lady Rose, the daughter of the house, from being arrested for murder. M.C. Beaton writing as Marion Chesney has created an Edwardian froth about headstrong Lady... Read More
Can the recipient of a heart transplant see the memories of the person it came from? Isabel Dalhousie thinks so, seeing a mystery in the visions of a new friend while covering for her niece who runs an Edinburgh delicatessen. In this follow-up to THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB, Davina Porter gives Isabel a voice, complete with brogue, that's well in character for a 40-something... Read More
The intensely loyal fans of the Outlander series will devour this sixth installment. Diana Gabaldon delivers both an exciting plot and lovely fine detail; reader Davina Porter provides sensational narration. It's a relief to hear Jamie Fraser's Scottish and Gaelic dialogue, rather than struggle with mental pronunciation. Porter shines in Claire Fraser's chapters of first-person... Read More
The inextricably entwined loves, scandals, and political machinations of the young Elizabeth I, called the "Virgin Queen," are fictionalized with protracted conversations and elaborate (and, at times, dreary) tapestries of historical detail. The title lover, Robert Dudley, his steadfastly loyal wife, and the willful Bess form a triangle, adding tension to already tense times.... Read More
The plotting of this ingenious Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery, set in Victorian London, is intricate and interesting as Anne Perry plays fair with her readers while staying three jumps ahead of them. The wonder is that Davina Porter, who must surely have been registered as a national treasure by now, actually seems to get better, though there was no room for improvement.... Read More
Beaton's quirky, charming Hamish Macbeth is even more appealing as expressed in Davina Porter's good-natured narration. The unique and sometimes eccentric residents of Lochdub, Scotland, take on lives and personalities of their own as Porter bestows idiosyncrasies on each. Of course, the very best is Macbeth; listeners are privy as he labors in his meandering way to solve yet... Read More
Davina Porter has a ball with the burr of the Scottish tongue; she enlivens the large cast of this amusing mystery with her ability to create deft verbal character sketches with inflection and judicious timing. Old man Andrew Trent has been torturing his family for years with cruel jokes. So when he summons his family to his deathbed, they assemble at Arrat House in the... Read More
While the plot in this Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery deals with espionage and murder, its theme pointedly addresses inequalities prevalent in Victorian society. Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, and her sister, Emily, find themselves in a life-and-death situation as they go undercover to identify a traitor. Davina Porter outdoes herself with her stellar... Read More
Alexander McCall Smith, author of the hugely successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, brought more than Mma Ramotswe back from Botswana. He returned to his native Scotland with an affection for African folktales, which he retells in this volume. McCall Smith is ably served by the five narrators who give this book voice. All accurately reproduce the singsong... Read More
Agetta Lamian is a housemaid in eighteenth-century London, where magic and science mix with horrifying results. As a comet, named Wormwood by Agetta's scientist master, plummets toward the city, she becomes a pawn in deadly games of intrigue over a magical book. But angels, gargoyles, and resurrections cannot keep this burdensome novel moving. Even Davina Porter's skills are no... Read More
Agetta Lamian is a housemaid in eighteenth-century London, where magic and science mix with horrifying results. As a comet, named Wormwood by Agetta's scientist master, plummets toward the city, she becomes a pawn in deadly games of intrigue over a magical book. But angels, gargoyles, and resurrections cannot keep this burdensome novel moving. Even Davina Porter's skills are no... Read More
Charlotte and her husband, Inspector Thomas Pitt, return in this sequel to DEATH IN THE DEVIL’S ACRE. Charlotte’s sister is suspected of murdering her unfaithful husband, and Charlotte and Thomas must clear her name--and just as important--save her reputation. Davina Porter brings every character vividly to life, transporting us to Victorian London, where the well-bred spend... Read More
Davina Porter uses her lilting, very British accent to generate excitement and drama in her reading of this Victorian mystery featuring the charming Charlotte Pitt and her husband, Thomas. Charlotte's mother, Caroline, has lost a gold locket, and the Pitts become involved when one of her friends is poisoned. Are the petty thefts and murder related? Porter's sensitive and... Read More
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