DWD's Reviews

Published in 2007. Read by Alfred Molina. Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes. Unabridged. The Chopin Manuscript is not really a great story but an interesting premise and veteran actor Alfred Molina does a fantastic job performing this audiobook. This book was given an "Audie Award" (2008 Audiobook of the Year) and that is entirely due to the masterful ability of Molina to mimic accents and create voices for literally dozens of characters. His performance was much better than the material he was given to perform. The idea behind the story is pretty simple - Jeffery Deaver ( The Lesson of Her Death ), a well-known writer of action thrillers started out an international thriller by writing the first chapter. Then the story was handed off to another author and a chapter was added (15 authors in total) until it got back Deaver who wrote the concluding chapter. The story is a thrill-a-minute ride that has a herky-jerky nature. Every author seemed to be out to move the story alon...

Much like the last one in the series, the experiment in making the story is better than the story. 7 discs 9 hours + 1 interview disc lasting about 45 minutes. The Copper Bracelet is the second installment in the Harry Middleton story. Harry is former military officer, former music teacher, current hunter of war criminals. Along with his compatriots, the Volunteers, Harry Middleton is after war criminals from Kashmir. The story behind the book is pretty simple - Jeffery Deaver ( Garden of Beasts: A Novel of Berlin 1936 ), a well-known writer of action thrillers started out an international thriller by writing the first chapter. Then the story was handed off to another author and a chapter was added (16 authors in total) until it got back Deaver who wrote the concluding chapter. This is a slightly different group of writers than in the first novel, The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller . The Copper Bracelet is a bit smoother than the first book, but it still has its herk...