Death Descends on Saturn Villa

The Gower Street Detective Series, Book 3

By: M. R. C. Kasasian

Narrated by: Sarah Nichols

London, 1883. 125 Gower Street was once a house of justice, truth, and perspicacity. Now madness, murder, and scandal lurk in its empty halls. It is rumored that its owner - Sidney Grice, London's foremost personal detective - has been driven to the brink of despair. But, as with all good stories, we must begin at the beginning.

When Sidney Grice journeys to Yorkshire to solve a mysterious death, March Middleton, his ward, is left to her own devices in a London swarming with danger and vice. Curiosity, as we know, has a dark edge. So when an intriguing letter leads March to the gates of the palatial Saturn Villa and into the nightmarish world of her long-lost uncle, it could be the beginning of an end for all.

©2016 M. R. C. Kasasian (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Disappointing

I struggled to finish this. I felt like the writing was off and I definitely did not like the new narrator.

Interesting and unexpected plot so-so narration

I much preferred Lindy Nettleton’s narration. Sarah Nichols is ok but more flat. The narration doesn’t spoil the book. It just makes it less engaging.

Intense Gruesome Details, still, Riveting story

Will March never learn to listen? Excellent interweaving of past/present/ toils and trouble. Satisfying.

get on with it can't you?

loved it because it was one of a series in a genre I enjoy. But I guess Grice 's arrogance and criticisms of March got to me . Why does she internalize what everyone says about her looks? I know how that feels personally and I guess that is why her heroism is so endearing to me. Towards the end I was thinking one way but the author's plot twists were superb!

Fascinatingly convoluted

Somewhat Stokerish in style. Switch in narrator to her guardian was a little irritating, as "he" used a method of representing dialogue that I dislike, and that I had found more in 17th century authors.
Also, the coy, thinly disguised references to Holmes cases weren't necessary.
Still, despite the usual anachronisms and these other issues, an excellent read.