The Secret of the Night
Gelesen von Don W. Jenkins
Gaston Leroux
(4,067 Sterne; 30 Bewertungen)
Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera in its novel form, was also the author of a popular series of mystery novels featuring a young journalist cum detective named Joseph Rouletabille. It is most likely that Leroux styled his hero after himself. Rouletabille was in the tradition of other great detectives who solved their cases by pure deductive reasoning. Much as Sherlock Holmes, who eliminated the impossible and concluded that whatever remained, however improbable must be the truth, Rouletabille included the known facts about the case and eliminated everything that was not a known fact, no matter how much it appeared to relate to the case. In The Secret of the Night, the names of the characters are often challengingly Russian and the plot involves, appropriately, both the Czar and the Nihilists. Introduction by Don W. Jenkins) (9 hr 7 min)
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The Secret of the Night
eli g
(4,5 Sterne)
Interesting mystery story, four stars. As usual, this reader enlivens and keeps the interest going all the way through (and he can sing too !). Five stars for him. Thank you. : )
(4 Sterne)
Somewhat confusing to follow at times but worth sticking it through (except for not knowing what those marsh monsters really were...). Interesting bio on the author on Wikipedia.
Mixed
dorcas70
(3 Sterne)
The first half of the book was enjoyable but I found the second half hard to follow and I was easily distracted.
long, interesting read
Cindy Barnett
(3,5 Sterne)
Convoluted plot. Well worth the time to read. Evenly paced narration performed by Don W. Jenkins. Recommended.
Louis Hungerford
(4,5 Sterne)
Another fine reading by Mr. Jenkins.