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The Fall
Written by May Archer
Narrated by Alexander Cendese and Iggy Toma
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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"I was in free fall the moment we met, and I just keep falling."
Small-town police officer Silas Sloane knows every resident of O'Leary, New York. He's earned the love and respect of its citizens, though living under the small-town microscope grates on him. But though he's good at his job, there's one thing he's not good at: commitments . . . Until Everett.
Widower Everett Maior, O'Leary's newest citizen, came to the small town kicking and screaming. He never wanted to become primary caretaker for his grandfather and has no interest in living the provincial life. Snarky and superstitious, he's proficient at keeping people at a distance . . . Until he lays eyes on Silas.
Strange disappearances are plaguing O'Leary, though, even as Silas and Everett find their growing attraction undeniable. Can they find their way to a future together, even as ghosts from the past threaten to tear them apart?
Small-town police officer Silas Sloane knows every resident of O'Leary, New York. He's earned the love and respect of its citizens, though living under the small-town microscope grates on him. But though he's good at his job, there's one thing he's not good at: commitments . . . Until Everett.
Widower Everett Maior, O'Leary's newest citizen, came to the small town kicking and screaming. He never wanted to become primary caretaker for his grandfather and has no interest in living the provincial life. Snarky and superstitious, he's proficient at keeping people at a distance . . . Until he lays eyes on Silas.
Strange disappearances are plaguing O'Leary, though, even as Silas and Everett find their growing attraction undeniable. Can they find their way to a future together, even as ghosts from the past threaten to tear them apart?
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My first rating when I read this a year ago was 4 stars, but upon re-listening I have to bump it up to 5.
Great performances by two awesome narrators: Alexander Cendese and Iggy Toma (one of my favorite pairings).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dr. Anna Kronberg, believes she is safe until she is kidnapped and threatened to develop a germ warfare by Professor Moriarty.
As the days pass can she, in conscience, continue her work and what of Holmes.
Who now can stop the Professor - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This series continues very nicely as Anna assumes new roles to ensnare Moriarity but fails to save her father. Herself, the murder weapon, as she frees herself from her very strange marriage. Unfortunately Colonel Moranis still alive and on the chase.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In Devils' Grin, the first book of this series, we meet famous epidemiologist, Dr. Anton Kronberg, who turns out to be Anna Kronberg. Anna disguises herself as a man in order to be able to practice medicine in a world in which women are prohibited from doing so. Her specialty is cholera and tetanus. She meets Sherlock Holmes, who despite his fame, is someone she's never heard of before. They work together to solve the case.In The Fall we pick up three days later when Anna is kidnapped by Holmes' nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. Moriarty needs Anna to help develop biological weapons. She refuses until Moriarty tells her he is holding her father and will kill him unless she complies. The rest of the story shows them developing a relationship where neither of them trusts the other. The relationship takes a strange twist halfway through the book. We don't see much of Holmes in this book but when we do he's still observant, logical and a master of disguise.I didn't like this book as well as the first one. The story proceeds in a mostly repetitive way. I liked finding out more about bacteriology and the “invention” of biological weapons. I thought the author did a great job of transporting the reader back to England's Victorian era. I also thought Anna lost focus toward toward the last third of the book in a way that was very out of character. The series has a lot of potential and I will probably check out the third book, The Journey, to see if it gets back on track.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An intriguing novel with Anna (Anton) at first baffled by her capture, and then, against her will, having to try to develop biological weapons. How she employs her intelligence, quick thinking and even her womanly charms to overcome the problems with which she is faced, forms the substance of a well told and quite enthralling novel that is a credit to the author. Anna is very likeable, very determined, and utterly devoted to overcome the problems that life throws at her. There is only one person who tries to help her, and sometimes the wiles of Sherlock Holmes seem not to be helping.The development of a form of Stockholm Syndrome (though that term was not known at the time) adds to the complexity of the novel. Looking forward to the next one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What fun. A female bacteriologist who hangs out with Sherlock Holmes. Smart and witty. These books should be getting more attention, they're that entertaining! I suggest reading them in order and there are cliff hangers.Provided by author
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5THE FALLAnnelie WendeburgThe Fall provides the tantalizing tale of Anna Kronberg, a female bacteriologist at work with the famed Sherlock Holmes, as she is forced to develop germ warfare for the ignoble Dr. James Moriarity, Holmes' evil nemesis. Throughout the story Dr. Kronberg is a prisoner in Moriarity's mansion and at his command in the implementation of his fiendish plot, and worse, he begins to desire her.This book is the second of what so far is a series of three. The reader must be prepared to go on to Book Three, as central problems that evolve in Book Two are not resolved and leave us hanging. Note that these books are called “thrillers” rather than “mysteries” and revolve around the danger to Kronberg personally and humanity in general more than any cleverness on the part of Holmes or anyone else in solving a puzzle.Readers will like Dr. Kronberg, as she is a gutsy little thing, surprising everyone around her with her audacity and her capabilities. Holmes may be developed more in the first book, The Devil's Grin. In The Fall he plays mainly the facilitator of Kronberg's attempted escapes and other efforts to foil Dr. Moriarity's plan. The author depends upon the readers' knowledge of Holmes and does not round out his character as much as might be desirable.Wendeburg's series reminds me of Laurie R. King's mystery series about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. I feel that King was able to ground her characters more firmly in the time period (early 1900s) and the character of Holmes over time was more complex than in Wendeburg's series at this point. I find I prefer a mystery to a thriller as mysteries are more stimulating to the mind.At the same time, Wendeburg's books are enticing and fun to read. The author has taken care to research the methodology for preparing the bacteria and other related information, so that we understand the science involved. For Sherlock Holmes buffs, here we have yet another series of stories about the man who fascinates so many of us, but more importantly about a woman physician who is brilliant and resourceful. I recommend that you read The Fall.