Talking to Strange Men
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Talking to Strange Men
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Narrated by:
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Christian Rodska
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By:
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Ruth Rendell
About this listen
Safe houses and secret message drops, double crosses and defections - it sounds like the stuff of sophisticated espionage, but these agents are only schoolboys engaged in harmless play. Not that John Creevey knows this. To him, the messages he decodes with painstaking care are the communications of dangerous and evil men, and as he comes face to face with the fact of his beloved wife Jennifer's defection, he begins to see a way to get back at the man she left him for. Safe houses and secret message drops, double crosses and defections - it sounds like the stuff of sophisticated espionage, but these agents are only schoolboys engaged in harmless play. Not that John Creevey knows this. To him, the messages he decodes with painstaking care are the communications of dangerous and evil men, and as he comes face to face with the fact of his beloved wife Jennifer's defection, he begins to see a way to get back at the man she left him for. Soon the schoolboys are playing more than just a game.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- oceanjasper
- 22-01-2017
Unexpected and suspenseful.
What I like about Ruth Rendell books is that I never know what will happen. She creates a cast of varied characters and the interactions between them, plus some chance events, creates an intriguing journey.
This book has two different worlds: that of John Creevey, a lonely man with a simple, mundane life and the group of public school boys who play an elaborate spy game. Those worlds overlap by accident, sparking an unpredictable chain of events.
I liked the way that Rendell takes her time in letting us get to know the characters. Not every story thread leads somewhere, which adds to the unpredictability of it all.
Christian Rodska's narration is excellent, very crisp and conversational. The voices of the different characters are well differentiated, although it was a bit tricky to keep track of all the schoolboys' names in the beginning. Listening to the story now brought back nostalgia for the Cold War spy thrillers I used to read, back during the actual Cold War.
This was a really enjoyable listening experience.
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