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After London police detective William Monk wakes up in the hospital with total amnesia, he must simultaneously solve the murder of a war hero and the mystery of his own identity. Davina Porter reads with great compassion for the terrible tragedies and injustices committed in this book. She's developed the perfect voice for Monk, who must rediscover himself based on the... Read More
The Scottish Highlands are the setting for Beaton’s cozy mysteries. Lone police officer Hamish Macbeth keeps order while gardening, tending animals, and pursuing his elusive ladylove. Newcomer Trixie Thomas (a perfect wife) charms everyone as she bilks her neighbors out of their valuable heirlooms. When she is murdered, suspects are myriad. Davina Porter is perfect as an... Read More
The bodies of two newborns are discovered buried in a garden in the posh Callander Square region of London. Inspector Pitt and his precocious young wife, Charlotte, begin solving the crime from two different perspectives--one from within the walls of the peculiar residents' homes, and the other from the outside. Davina Porter accompanies the listener into the fashionable, yet... Read More
Containing two lucky dolls and two happy owners, this book highlights the sweet simplicity of little girls. As an added bonus, this tape contains a private note from the author describing her experience with dolls. Each Christmas, the dolls host a special dinner party, inviting friends (and, of course, their owners). After the opening of lavish presents, a marionette show tops... Read More
Davina Porter narrates this story of the transformation of young Rose, daughter of an established but impoverished family in Martinique, into Josephine, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Porter seems to savor the French place and people's names that are richly sprinkled throughout. She presents Josephine in sympathetic tones, first as a young innocent badly neglected and... Read More
Set in Victorian England, this 1979 novel introduced Inspector Thomas Pitt and the socially privileged Charlotte Ellison (later Pitt), who would appear together in 18 subsequent novels. Davina Porter, who has performed several other works of Anne Perry, gives an accomplished reading of this story about the search for a serial strangler on the gas-lit streets. Porter's... Read More
This Inspector Wexford mystery is a bit of a disappointment in both the writing and the reading. Though the Wexford stories are usually tautly crafted, this one meanders into social issues (pedophilia and spousal abuse); indeed, the murders don't occur until the last fourth of the novel. As usual, reader Davina Porter is superb, except for her somewhat grating characterization... Read More
Constable Hamish Macbeth, a one-man police force in Scotland's Highlands, has a suspicious death on his hands. The victim is a cad staying at a local estate. The trouble is that everyone but Macbeth thinks it's an accident. Can he find out whodunit and woo the comely daughter of the estate? It takes Davina Porter a little time to settle into the Scottish accent of the main... Read More
Even for those unfamiliar with the first three books of this series, the characters of DRUMS OF AUTUMN will soon feel familiar. Davina Porter presents vivid and full-bodied portrayals of this splendid lineup of warriors, scoundrels, Indians and strong women, who include the best (and worst) of their time and the time to which they travel. The accents and manner of speech of... Read More
Davina Porter presents this hybrid of historical fiction and mystery set in last days of Bloody Mary, when her half-sister and heir, Elizabeth, uncovers a plot to kill her and other descendants of Anne Boleyn. Porter is a master at capturing the nuances of her characters' personalities, as well as their class and social status. She reads crisply at a pace that keeps the plot... Read More
Put together several remarried couples and their children and what do you get? The cast of characters in this British novel about stepchildren and parents. Davina Porter reads it as if she would cry at the fall of a sparrow, making her version too unctuous for this reviewer. However, those listeners for whom the British accent can do no wrong will enjoy Porter's attractive... Read More
Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, authorized this biography to be published after her death. She carried on her lifework dedicated to serving lepers, the poor, the dying, and the orphaned throughout the world for fifty years. In 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her labors. Davina Porter has aptly undertaken the role of narrator, employing a... Read More
In the second book of the Outlander series, Claire and Jamie desperately try to prevent the Battle of Culloden and foil the plans of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Davina Porter is perfect as narrator and performer, bringing laughter and a multitude of emotions to her characters and to her listeners. As Claire and Jamie experience French society, the good, bad and ugly, Porter brings... Read More
A neglected child and wife, Catherine seized the throne of Russia from her abusive, alcoholic husband and went on to rule her eighteenth-century empire with skills that would do credit to a twentieth-century CEO. Porter's strong voice leaves no doubt of Catherine's mettle and intelligence; it also powers a long narrative, little of which is broken by dialogue. Strong diction... Read More
Gabaldon's genre-crossing classic of romance, fantasy, and historical fiction tells the story of Jamie and Claire, lovers from different centuries caught in the bloodshed of the Scots' struggle to be free of the English. It achieves a new dimension in the audio format. Davina Porter maintains the distinct voices she creates for each character throughout the lengthy narration.... Read More
Davina Porter is an outstanding narrator who brings a relaxed but articulate style to every story she reads. This masterful presentation of this enchanting tale, which foreshadows the birth of King Arthur, is read with drama and precision. Characters are easily and quickly recognizable through different accents and dialects. The abridgment has smooth transitions and does an... Read More
Contemporary tolerance for adultery is a good deal higher than it was when Flaubert wrote his shocking novel, but Madame Bovary remains an unsettling work even for contemporary readers. Its heroine is in many ways a most unappealing character. She's avaricious, self-centered, a terrible mother. Yet, somehow, Emma Bovary never completely loses our sympathies. She clings to a... Read More
Anne Perry's mysteries, set in Victorian England and featuring William Monk and Hester Latterly, are engrossing. In this one Monk is hired to discover the murderer of a nurse in a hospital, and the investigation involves all members of the staff, from the lowest skivvy to the most prominent surgeon. Anne Perry and Davina Porter seem made for each other. Porter reads in a manner... Read More
Generational family dysfunction, brought on by unfaithful husbands, provides the substance of this quietly terrorizing novel. A backdrop of the hottest English summer in history adds to the misery of Pauline, the protagonist, as she watches in escalating horror as daughter Teresa's marriage crumbles, just as her own did earlier. An elegant reader, Davina Porter is an excellent... Read More
Engaging and scholarly, Thurman's biography is a rich portrait of the famed author's life and works. Thurman cites personal letters, family documents and unpublished manuscripts in an effort to give an inside view of Isak Dinesen's family, friends and lifestyle. Davina Porter skillfully navigates the text, carrying listeners from turn-of- the-century Denmark to pre-WWII Africa.... Read More
This ironic quasi-detective story of disquieting revelation reminds one of early Tom Stoppard, though the implications are even darker. The "veddy dry" British wit is as neat as a good martini. But not as dry as narrator Porter makes it. In measured cadences she proceeds with general comprehension of the characters and situations, suffers a few lapses in line readings and... Read More
Perry's third entry in her Inspector Monk/Hester Latterly series (set in 1850's London) finds the pair investigating the murder of a military hero. His wife has freely confessed, but there's more to this tragedy than surface appearances indicate. Davina Porter's narration employs a variety of accents (of geography, as well as social class) and is as richly textured and complex... Read More
Nurse Hester Latterly takes a job as a traveling companion for aging Mary Farraline. When Mary dies of a fatal dose of heart medication on their first night together, Hester is charged with murder. Inspector William Monk is on the case. Anne Perry fans rejoice! Davina Porter does a superb job reading this. The emotions of the characters could very easily be overdone. Porter... Read More
She decreed that her nobles desist from calling her the Great Most Wise Mother of the Fatherland. Catherine II, otherwise known as Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, seems almost modern in her independence, her voracious reading, her humanity, her desire to codify the laws of the realm and her apparent sexual freedoms. Davina Porter's reading enhances this biography, which... Read More
Sex, of course, provides nothing less than a cornucopia of depression, despair and ungovernable rage. Fay Weldon's THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE-DEVIL translates the whole wicked mess into wicked comdy. At its darkly comic heart is clunky, ill-favored Ruth, whose bounder of a husband, Bobbo, has taken up with Mary Fisher, a rich, famous and predatory writer of romances. Ruth,... Read More
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