The Bat

This was interesting at every point. Well read and well paced. I would recommend this. I find that it's difficult to follow the plot in some audio books with some authors because there's too much going on. However, I find that Mary Roberts Rineharts' books work very well in audio form. They are very easy to follow and keep you riveted right to the end.

Ngl it was pretty racist towards the one Japanese person. Overall it was an okay story with too many characters to keep up with towards the end. It all does come together in the end and makes sense, quite a lot of twists and turns.

I wasn’t too sure about this book when it first started but then it got interesting and ended up a good one.

There is such a thing as too many twists and turns. This one hit my limit.

Good plot. Very enjoyable

A great period piece with a twist in the tail that one might intuit but can set aside and wait. Some good characterisations but also some that could do with filling out a bit. Enjoyable read.

The actual recording speeded up towards the end which made it difficult to listen to. I dont know why this should happen but it's not the first time. Excellent clear narration and a good story

Excellent book but very similar to The Circular Staircase. The narration was excellent. The story is old fashioned but delightful. Not always pleased to hear the old racist terms but it’s good to know that we’ve moved on from such utter ignorance and stupidity. Make allowances for the past.

Story is similar to others by the same author. Holds your attention to the end. Nice to see a a senior woman go toe to toe with a detective but it’s hard to hear the slang used for the staff, which clearly reflects a dated mentality.

I was trying to be excited about another crime novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story was brilliant, but so discouraging to realise that the main plot points was exactly like The Circular Staircase. Time and time again. I won’t go into it, though, in case someone reads this book first. The actual end results about who did it, and some aspects of that, though, were different enough that my attention was held to the end. The reader was ok. I had to keep the volume right up because it was like the reader was too far from the mike making an echo.