Captain Sparkle, Pirate


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(3.1 stars; 37 reviews)

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Nick is only visited by the rich and famous, and in this swashbuckling story, it is Nick's friend Maxwell Kane who asks for help, after his yacht has been boarded by pirates while at anchor. Max and his guests are dicombobulated, but Nick will get to the bottom of the case. (5 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Captain Sparkle, the Pirate Chief 16:57 Read by Stephen R Gagin
The Mystery of the Pirate Craft 15:39 Read by Stephen R Gagin
That Fellow Who Looks Like Me 11:50 Read by Kathleen Moore
Nick’s Deductions 14:40 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Mark of the Rover’s Keel 11:37 Read by Kathleen Moore
Captain Sparkle's Second Victim 12:04 Read by Mike Manolakes
Waiting for the Pirate’s Attack 13:16 Read by lightstarx
Boarding the Pirate Cruiser 8:57 Read by MikeO
The Pirate Chieftan Unmasked 12:12 Read by MikeO
Two Counts of Cadillac 12:59 Read by Tasha Hobbs Peterson
The Capture of the Pirate Chief 10:45 Read by Mike Manolakes
The Fight in the Pirate’s Cabin 9:38 Read by John
The Rover of the Seas 15:04 Read by lightstarx
The Abduction of Bessie Harlan 13:10 Read by ToddHW
Nick Carter is the Man 10:25 Read by ToddHW
The Pirate’s Beautiful Captive 16:29 Read by Mike Manolakes
The Time and the Hour! 9:37 Read by Daniel Johnson-Carter
The Detective Sizes Up the Case 14:01 Read by Daniel Johnson-Carter
Planning the Pirate's Capture 12:05 Read by lightstarx
A Weird Voice of the Night 14:59 Read by Rebecca Brown
The Men Inside the Castle 11:44 Read by Rebecca Brown
A Combat With the Rapiers 10:34 Read by Rebecca Brown
The Summons at the Door 13:00 Read by lightstarx
The Duel in the Tower 11:33 Read by Lynne T

Reviews

DISAPPOINTING READ


(1.5 stars)

Fortunately, this was one of the simple plots, so the two chapters which were virtually impossible to understand did not radically disable it. I realize that I am fortunate in that I can listen to books, since my reading is limited by eye problems. I also understand that the readers donate their valuable time, and I thank them. Having said that, I have often had to listen very intently to understand readers for whom English is not a primary language, and I can usually understand enough to get the gist of the story. Fine. But, for the editor to allow indecipherable recordings to get on the website is incomprehensible. For example, the questionable reader on this book contributed three chapters. The second, while subject to problems concerned with accent, was quite understandable, but the other two were not. Someone did not properly oversee the compilation.

Great story, but . . .


(3 stars)

Great story, but 1 reader is so bad, it is painful to listen to. The later chapters she read had so much background noise (did I hear a vacuum?) and static, i could barely make out her voice. Especially bad quality was the last chapter wrapping it all up! I'm frankly surprised a recording of such poor technical quality was approved to be included. Hopefully the problem chapters will be rerecorded.

Great book until a woman started narrating it


(1 stars)

Great book until Kathleen Moore started narrating it...so very bad and totally annoying voice. Stephen Gagin was great. Too bad Stephen he did not narrate the whole novel.

Unable to understand reader


(1 stars)

very hard to understand one of the readers. Ruined the book.


(2.5 stars)

the last chapter was impossible to understand. I presume they all lived happily ever after.


(4 stars)

the readers whose 1st language is not English are difficult to understand


(1 stars)

the one lady reader is awful!

mediocre story


(3 stars)

Mildly entertaining, Lightstars recordings had terrible sound quality, esp. the chapter that sounded like she recorded it in the shower. Many times use of multiple readers is very distracting since the sound quality varies from reader to reader and it’s often difficult to keep adjusting to different styles. And when are readers going to learn how to pronounce “monsieur” correctly??