Sydney Rye Mystery Box Set, Books 1-3
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Sydney Rye Mystery Box Set, Books 1-3
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Narrated by:
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Sonja Field
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By:
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Emily Kimelman
About this listen
My dog once took a bullet that was intended for me. A bullet that ripped through his chest, narrowly missing his heart, and exited through his shoulder blade. This left him unconscious on the floor of my home. Amazingly, this bullet did not kill him.
Ten years ago, I adopted Blue after I broke up with my boyfriend one hot, early summer night with the windows open and the neighborhood listening. The next morning I went straight to the pound in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Articles on buying your first dog tell you never to buy a dog on impulse. Going to the pound because you need something in your life that's worth holding onto is rarely, if ever, mentioned. I asked the man at the pound to show me the biggest dogs they had. He showed me some Rottweiler-German Shepherd puppies that he said would grow to be quite large. Then he showed me a six-month-old Shepherd that would get pretty big. Then he showed me Blue, the largest dog they had. He was as tall as a Great Dane, with the snout of a Collie, the markings of a Siberian husky, the ears and tail of a shepherd and the body of a wolf, with one blue eye and one brown.
Crouched in a sitting position, unable to lie down, unable to sit all the way up, he looked at me from between the bars, and I fell in love. "I'll tell you, lady, he's pretty but he's skittish. He sheds, and I mean sheds. I don't think you want this dog," the man told me. But, I knew I had to have him. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I brought Blue home, and we lived together for years. He was, for most of our relationship, my only companion. But, when I first met Blue, a lifetime ago now, I had family and friends. I worked at a crappy coffeehouse. I was young and lost; I was normal.
Back then, at the beginning of this story, before I'd ever seen a corpse, before Blue saved my life, before I felt what it was like to kill someone in cold blood, I was still Joy Humbolt. I'd never even heard the name Sydney Rye.
P.S. The dog doesn't die.
©2016 Emily Kimelman (P)2016 Emily KimelmanWhat listeners say about Sydney Rye Mystery Box Set, Books 1-3
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-2024
Not for me
The narrator switched accents well and spoke clearly, but I just couldn't feel any connection to any of the characters, especially the men (who all came across as hesitant, weak or unintelligent, despite being in professions that indicated they should be profficient). I couldn't work out if that was the narrator or the authors fault. in fairness, these books are written with a first person perspective which means we see the other characters from the protagonists (Joy-Sydney) viewpoint. The books started out with an angry young women, who had apparently had at least one bad relationship experience, so I naively thought alter-ego Sydney would emerge as a strong feminist. Nope. Joy transitions from coffee barista to dog walker to private decective without any real effort and this quite frankly lacks credibility. She is far too easily influenced by handsome and rich men, and social media fans who appear to wait for her to 'save the day' which of course, she does! Sadly all her relationships felt shallow and contrived (especially in the 3rd book). I am still not sure why the dog (Blue) is even promoted as a main character. The dog does very little and doesn't even behave like a real dog. Throughout the storylines he does get shot at, but most often he just watches the action passively. We learn of the human characters having showers or using the bathroom facilities, but seldom is this dog taken outside for a walk or a pee. Somehow because of Sydney's new found (stolen) wealth, this dog gets to travel all over the world, but to be honest, Sydney comes across as quite a neglectful dog owner. It would have strengthened the plot if he'd been trained to protect her or if he'd emerged as a dog who could sniff out the 'bad guys'. I listened to the first 3 books because I really wanted to give the characters a chance. I won't be following up with the rest of the series.
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- Alexandra Harman
- 13-10-2018
Fantastic Series
I really enjoyed this series...Fast moving, plenty of action...great characters... loved it...It was light and not dark and too evil...
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- Amanda Marks
- 02-05-2024
Great Characters
I loved Sydney Rye and the voice of narrator. Really enjoyed a 3 books. Looking forward to listening to more.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-07-2024
Average
plot is poorly thought out and clearly is inconsistent. frankly could be a lot better.
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- Rosemary Hughes
- 05-08-2018
Everywhere she goes there are killers
A woman, a dog worker, is caught up in the biggest crime in New York City, and no one would believe her!!
So, she takes it on herself to avenge her dead brother. She now becomes a folk hero to some. Her only friend, it seems, rescues her from her drunken existence and has her trained. She starts to use her talents, although others want to use her for their own evil purposes. However, friends she makes and help, want let her go down without a fight.
GOOD SERIES!!
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-2024
fabulous
addictive to listen to. love the author and narrator. worth a credit! buy8ng the next in the series
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- Kindle Customer
- 26-04-2024
Non stop action
A well written edge of your seat thriller with non stop action. The main protagonist a twenty something female heroine , her wolf Dog Blue and with the help of her allies, kick ass against all those bad guys that wrong her and have her killed, simply for doing the right thing, against crime and corruption.. This is definitely not a kids novel and very aimed for an adult audience, it's well narrated and I loved every minute of it.
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- Mary
- 04-09-2024
Not a literary masterpiece
But I really enjoy entertaining books and this series hits the spot. Not my favorite genre, but easy and enjoyable. If you area true crime lover like me, you may pick holes in the story, I just enjoyed it as fiction.
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- .lesley.
- 29-04-2018
Same as so many other trashy books.
totally spoiled by unecessary swearing and sexually explicit visuals. I tried to scroll to the end to write this as I only listen to a little of it, but could not Pity, the story might have been interesting and I have wasted my money on the audiotrack. I really would not even give it a 1 since I didnt even get to the story. I dont understand why talented writers need to resort to such low grade writing strategies.
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