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A River in the Sky

An Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery

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A River in the Sky

By: Elizabeth Peters
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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About this listen

It's 1910, and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palenstine hoping to prevent an English adventurer called Morely from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem.

The War Office fears increasing German influence in Palenstine and insists Morley is working for German intelligence.

In the meantime, her son Ramses is working on a dig at Samaria where he encounters a female German archaeologist, and a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past.

Ramses' curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair.

He must pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem but can he get there alive?

©2011 Elizabeth Peters (P)2011 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Middle East Crime

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"The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra." ( Philadelphia Enquirer)
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I love the Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody Series. Why oh why did they have this book narrated by Karen Cass? All the other books are narrated by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat who’s skills as a narrator are insurmountable - she make the characters come to life. Karen Cass’s narration is flat and tone less - she made what was potentially a good story seem boring. Don’t buy it.

Great Story - Awful Narration

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I love the adventures of the Emerson family...

Beautifully written and well thought out stories...

Not too keen on the narrator on this audio book, prefer the original one...

Other than that a thoroughly good read for anyone to enjoy, not just the loyal Peabody fans.

Another great Peabody adventure !

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not up to Elizabeth Peters usual high standard and the narrator's voice was too young. prefer Barbara Rosenblat

not the best of Elizabeth Peters

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The story was good, but narrator spoiled this book for me and I was disappointed.

A River in the Sky

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How did the narrator detract from the book?

I hadn't realised just how much part of the enjoyment of Amelia Peabody came from Barbara Rosenblat's narration; it just wasn't the same.

What a disappointment

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Whilst I agree with many of the other reviewers about this not being one of Elizabeth Peters' best efforts for her Peabody character, it is a pleasant enough story. What makes it seem worse, though, is the very poor narration style of Karen Cass (sorry, Ms Cass). One cannot lay the blame on her, though, as it is not her fault that she has an unsuitable style as a storyteller for this medium - one must lay the blame firmly at the door of the publisher and, if there even was one, the director!



It is true that Barbara Rosenblat brings an extraordinary dimension to the novels she narrates, particularly the Peabody adventures, but there are many, many narrators who "play" the characters extremely well too. For example, a notable male voice who is surprisingly good with female voices is Richard Armitage and he would have done a far better job than this flat and lifeless attempt.



Shame on you Oakhill Publishing Ltd - you have upset a very loyal following of an endearing series.



Incidentally, if it is true that there is another version around with, hopefully, a better narrator, I would happily remove this one from my library and buy it.

A reasonable story, but shame about the narration

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The most appalling narration I have encountered. The reader shows no understanding of timing, her accents are awful, she has zero grasp of the personality of the characters or the context in which the dialogue takes place. All this compounded by the knowledge that Audible USA customers have a different version read by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat. Sort it out Audible - get us the US version!

Dreadful narration

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For any fan of Elizabeth Peters audio books, this one is guaranteed to disappoint due to the ill-advised and ill-matching selection of narrator. Ms Cass completely fails to understand the characters and her odd selection of accent and stumbling delivery of foreign words meant that for the first time I wasn't transported into the world of the Emersons. Knowing this isn't Elizabeth Peters' fault, I switched off and went to read the book instead!



Please Audible - bring back Barbara Rosenblat!

Guaranteed to disappoint

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Quite appalling choice of narrator - definitely not Barbara Rosenblat - why the publishers should chose a young voice for an ageing Peabody with grown children is quite beyond comprehension. Probably not the best story of the series either but totally spoilt by the narrator

Oh dear even if a Peabody fan avoid this one

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I really enjoy the Amelia Peabody series and have become quite attached to the characters. Unfortunately, this narrator, although clear, does not capture the essence nearly as well as the usual Ms. Rosenblat. I have noticed that on the American site they have this book read by Barbara Rosenblat, and more of the series that are not available to us in the UK - please Audible, see if you can sort this out!

A shame it's not Barbara Rosenblat

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