In from the Cold by Josh Lanyon

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In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories by Josh Lanyon

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Three connected novellas about the British spy trying to get out of the game and settle down with his rightfully mistrustful ex, the American country doctor.

This audiobook narrator has an . . . interesting grasp of accents, let's just leave it at that. I mention that because this whole series is done in a fake accent, in the stylistic sense. Lanyon is playing around with some of the more obvious clichés of the spy genre: the love of classic literature, a hero with a quotation for every occasion and a complete inability to not take himself way too seriously, etc. And it all has that ring of the narrator's put-on accents – paper thin to the point where I'd just rather he . . . didn't.

Perfectly serviceable, though, if you want bite-sized chunks of angsty domesticity punctuated by brief bouts of violence.




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Comments

[cyprinella]

I usually have a hard time with audiobooks in general because I really want them to be full cast deals and that's vanishingly rare, so far as I can tell.

Oh yeah, I know that. I just don't usually listen to them in a place where a computer would make sense. If I try and listen to non-music audio at work, I can't concentrate on both unless it's something mindless like data entry. Sometimes it works at home if I'm doing something that will keep me in one room. The best spot for me is commuting and dealing with a laptop in the car would be silly. So at least podcasts are a thing.

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Wow, you're honestly the first person I've ever met who actually prefers full-cast. Huh. Which probably explains why it's rare.