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Silent in the Grave
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives from his killer. Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, Sir Edward collapses and dies at his London home, in the presence of his wife, Julia, and a roomful of dinner guests.
Prepared to accept that Edward's death was due to a long-standing physical infirmity, Julia is outraged when Brisbane visits and suggests that Sir Edward has been murdered. It is a reaction she comes to regret when she discovers the damning paper for herself, and realizes the truth.
Determined to bring her husband's murderer to justice, Julia engages the enigmatic Brisbane to help her investigate Edward's demise. Dismissing his warnings that the investigation will be difficult, if not impossible, Julia presses forward, following a trail of clues that lead her to even more unpleasant truths, and ever closer to a killer who waits expectantly for her arrival.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
What the critics say
"Riveting." (Bookreporter.com)
"Fans of British historical thrillers will welcome Raybourn's perfectly executed debut." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-06-14
Amazing intriguing story
My first book by Deanna Raybourn, enjoyed the story and characters immensely. The narration was great just downloading the second in the series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-05-27
Enjoyed it!
Almost didn't jump into this series based on other commentary but glad I did!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-11-28
Worst narrator ever
The story is quite good but the narrator is literally the worst I have ever heard. Her attempts at different accents made me cringe every time and her pronunciation of words is extremely irritating. Her interpretation of Lady Julia made me hate the character and overall she really ruined my immersion into the story. I would recommend reading the books instead of listening to this version.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- bevnoddle
- 2022-10-23
Dragged out story
Story line meandered unnecessarily. Instead of capturing and holding reader’s interest for the next salient clue, it dragged. Felt the story needed to edited more precisely to clear away some rambling passages.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Ashley Nikole
- 2022-06-07
Blithely Twisted Tale
For a regency mystery, I was a little off-put by how twisty this tale turned out to be. The narrator (who sounds remarkably like Kate Beckinsale) was wonderful, but this book was frightfully slow, & when details DID pan out, it was just a little on the gross side for mr taste in fiction.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-07-01
Good story; poor narration
Good, fast-paced story. The narrator’s terrible accents detracted from the experience. I’m not sure I would recommend this audio book as a consequence.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-01-26
Good story poorly performed
I really like this author and love audiobooks...I've listened to hundreds of them. My question with this one is why oh why use a narrator putting on an obviously fake and cringe-worthy British accent when there are so many excellent British narrators talented in performing the range of dialects called for??? The poorly executed accents are so distracting I'm not sure I can finish listening to the book. Unless there is a change in future narrations of this series I will move to reading the books instead.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- 9S
- 2009-07-04
Happily surprised
In the 12 years I have been an Audible member I have only purchased two or three romance novels. I can't recall what prompted me to use a credit for SILENT IN THE GRAVE, but I am glad I did. The great period detail shows Raybourne did her research. Be sure to listen closely because the author sprinkles quite a few clues throught this clever story. The narration by Ellen Archer is spot on, not sure why some reviewers disliked her.
If you want to listen to a riveting mystery laced with humor, romance and cleverness then SILENT IN THE GRAVE is a great choice.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Nancy J
- 2013-05-14
Adequate story, but hard to listen to.
I bought this book as a mystery, not as a romance, so I was happy to have the story pretty light on the romance side -- more a tantalizingly slow build up of romantic tension. The period detail was good, and the plot was interesting, although the author did sometimes telegraph what was going to happen next. I liked the characters, minor ones as well as major. I had a little trouble getting into it at the beginning, but I think that was because it started out sounding a lot like many a Victorian or Regency romance. Thank god it never developed into the bodice-ripper I was dreading. All in all, it turned out to be a satisfying story with an interesting ending.
My problem with this book was the narrator. At first, the voice itself bothered me because of a rather saccharine tone, but I got used to that and it fitted the story fairly well. This narrator did a fairly good job with different voices, but different accents did not come out well. One of the servants was supposed to be Scottish, but the accent used sounded so artificial, with words really stretched out of shape, that it was hard to listen to. Another character, said to be Italian, sounded more like a Scotsman. Also, in the course of delivering lines of dialogue being spoken by the upperclass British characters, every once in a while something slipped and a word or two came out not in the right accent because the pronunciation of the vowels had shifted.
But finally, the part of the performance that drove me wild and greatly detracted from my enjoyment of the story was the mispronunciations. It seems obvious to me that when a reader prepares to record an audio book, one of the obligations on that reader is to make sure that he or she knows how to pronounce every word in the text. This reader does not seem to have done that at all. I will grant you that I am not British, but I have listened to and watched a large number of performances of British books, movies and plays, and I believe that I have an ear for the pronunciation of most words, even when spoken by the English. For instance, I know that they do not pronounce "Viscount" as "Viss-count". And I suspect they do not pronounce "bibelot" as "bible-ott." There were many other similar examples in the recording of this book. The fact that the reader did not know how to pronounce the words was her failing. And the fact that the editor, assuming there was one, did not catch the mispronunciations was the failing of the company producing the book.
I would listen to another Lady Julia book, but not if it is read by the same narrator.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- A
- 2007-02-14
Mystery-heavy, Romance-lite, Narrator ok
If you buy this book looking for a romance you will be disappointed, as the *intimation* of a romance is there, but in the end, the actual romance is holding out for the sequel. (So don't be mislead of the Harlequin title -- this isn't sugary-sweet over-the-top romance book, which in my case was a concern, although ever since Poison Study, I stopped judging a Harlequin book by its publisher :-)
The mystery/plot is fine, although there is a little too much deus ex machina towards the end, but not enough to ruin the book for me. The characters don't always play to societal norms, but it isn't as if this book is trying to pass as accurate historical fiction, so it is forgivable. There are a number of interesting side characters, including pets. Overall fairly well-written gothic/Victorian mystery mix -- good, but not perfect.
As for the narrator, I don't think she is British. It wasn't that the accents were off completely, just occasionally, which to my ear was slightly grating, and at times the "class" of the accent didn't match the "class" of the character. I expect most North American listeners won't be bothered, but British listeners might cringe at times.
From me, the romance gets a 2/5 (although the potential for a really steamy 5/5 exists for the next book). The narrator ranges from 2.5/5 to 5/5. The story gets a 3.5/5.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Jackie
- 2016-10-25
Narration Ruins It
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
No. The book itself, yes, but not the audiobook. I don't write reviews often, but the accents were so god-awful to listen to in this one, that I wanted to warn others. I try to keep an open mind about narrators, and I often read really cruel condemnations of narration that I find to be just fine. This narrator has a pleasant enough voice and even does a pretty good job at creating different-sounding voices for different characters, but her accents are SOOOO terrible. I had to finish the book in short installments because I kept getting so frustrated with it. I will never understand *WHY* they hire people with American accents to do books where the vast majority of the characters are British. But it would have been better if she had just stuck with her own natural accent. It almost makes my teeth hurt to listen to, there are so many mistakes:
-- "viscount" should be pronounced "VY count" not "VIZZ count"
-- words like "pale" should still have something close to an "ay" sound, not be pronounced like "pell"
-- "park" does not have an American "r" in the middle
-- she can't get the "a" vowels right at all in words like "past"; it should be more like "ah"
-- way overdoing the pseudo-upper class vowel in "hear" so that it's fully two syllables like "hee yah" or "appear" like "uh PEE yah." ugh!
-- "privacy" should be "PRIV uh cee" not "PRY vah cee"; "progress" should be "PRO gress" not "PRAW gress"And on and on and on.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Ellen Archer?
Barbara Rosenblat. Always and forever. Here's a test for publishers:
Publisher asks: We're thinking about hiring a narrator with a natural American accent to narrate a story with entirely British characters. Should we do it?
Test: Is that person Barbara Rosenblat?
If so, proceed.
If not, HELL NO!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Sara
- 2008-02-12
Decent Story, Annoying Narration
I almost gave up a few times during the course of listening to this book. Although the plot moves along nicely and the charater development is good, Ellen Archer's narration is weird and irritating. She inserts pauses between words for no apparent reason, giving the story...an...odd...halting...quality. I will read the second in the series myself rather than listen to her again.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Charlene
- 2010-02-21
Not a bad historical mystery
I'm not a big romance reader, but I love a good mystery. I like historical fiction well enough, too. This was a good combination of mystery, historical fiction and chick lit. It was not full of ooshy-gooshy romance (a relief), nor was it full of bodice ripping passion. It was, however, a pretty good mystery and the author did her research for the historical component. The narrator does some pretty terrible accents, though. Everyone who isn't English sounds like an English person doing a caricature. Also, she makes some pretty glaring mispronunciations.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- S. Lev-Ami
- 2009-03-14
Neither Your Standard Mystery or Romance
Deanna Raybourn has created memorable characters here in Lady Julia Grey, and Nicholas Brisbane. The former is an aristocratic lady with a charmingly eccentric family, and the latter is handsome, dark, exotic -- but Raybourn avoids the traps that could turn him into a Sherlock Holmes clone. Grand fun.
I gave only 4 stars because the reader is only moderately adequate to the task. At times she sounds a bit strangled, which I put down to RP being not her native English accent; and many of the characters sound rather alike, the men particularly. This definitely reduces the listening pleasure, but not so badly that I don't recommend the book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Elaine
- 2007-01-26
Great....
This book was excellent. I have ecclectic taste in romance novels and this fit right in with my taste. I like romance novels from Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick, Elizabeth Peters, J.D. Robb, and Lisa Kleypas; very different writing and genre styles. This book was a cross between Elizabeth Peters (historical, suspense) and Amanda Quick (Historical Romance). The romance is just starting in this book though and I cannot wait until her next book to see what happens...
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2007-03-25
Pretty good book, bad narrator
This is a pretty good historical suspese/romance with apparently fairly accurate depiction of life in the Victorian age. Unfortunately, the brightness of the story is dimmed by the narrator. Clearly not British, it's hard not to notice the lapses into American and/or the stilted supposed British accent - sometimes, it works, sometimes, it definitely doesn't. Also, the narrator has a tendency to read. In a very. Staccato. Way. which is infuriating and just about murdered my enjoyment of the book.
Good enough that I'll keep an eye out for the sequeal, but only if it's read by someone else.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Liz
- 2007-04-18
Definitely Harlequin
The heroine is a vapid, bored, not very bright rich girl. The reader uses the same cadence in every sentence. I don't know how the book ends because I didn't care enough about the characters to find out.
I found the book because it was linked to "books like this" when I read "The Thirteenth Tale" and "Mistress of the Art of Death" Both those books and narrators are EXCELLENT and I'm sure they are embarrassed to be linked to this one.
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