
Anatomy of Evil
Barker & Llewelyn Series, Book 7
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Narrated by:
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Antony Ferguson
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By:
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Will Thomas
About this listen
Cyrus Barker is undoubtedly England's premiere private enquiry agent. With the help of his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, he's developed an enviable reputation for discreetly solving some of the toughest, most consequential cases in recent history. But one evening in 1888, Robert Anderson, the head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appears at Barker's office with an offer. A series of murders in the Whitechapel area of London are turning the city upside down, with tremendous pressure being brought to bear on Scotland Yard and the government itself. Barker is to be named temporary envoy to the Royal Family with regard to the case while surreptitiously bringing his investigative skill to the case. With various elements of society, high and low, bringing their own agendas to increasingly shocking murders, Barker and Llewellyn must find and hunt down the century's most notorious killer.
Though the Whitechapel Killer has managed to elude the finest minds of Scotland Yard - and beyond - he's never faced a mind as nimble and a man as skilled as Cyrus Barker. But even Barker's prodigious skills may not be enough to track down a killer in time.
©2015 Will Thomas (P)2017 TantorCritic reviews
Interesting story of Jack the Ripper
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Another good book in the Barker and LLewelyn serie
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I would normally give 4 stars across the board for these books (5 stars to me should be reserved for books which are truly exceptional rather than just very enjoyable) but had to knock the performance down to three this time,
To hear Anderson 15 minutes from the end speaking in an aristocratic English accent, when he started the book with an Irish one really annoyed me. Maybe it shouldn’t have done, it didn’t ruin the book, but it felt like a very careless lack of attention to detail. This wasn’t the first book in which the character of Anderson appeared, so consistency is the very least I’d expect.
It won’t put me off of the series however, I’m just deciding whether to go straight to book 8 or alternate with the next Frey and McGrey book by Oscar De Muriel. Decisions decisions.
One criticism
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Fantastic listening, as are all of his books and his reader.
I could not stop listening
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Generally a good story well read but it would have been all the better for a little more research to rid it of the occasional jarring note.
A good story spoiled by modern terms!
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