Miss the old narrator

I couldn’t even focus on the story because the narrator aged Shapiro into a 60 year old man. I’d just fallen in love with Shapiro and binged the rest of the series with the other narrator so this was a jarring change and totally threw off the image I had crafted in my mind of Shapiro, who was late 30s/early 40s with complexities and skills to bed the odd female character. This new Shapiro is much older with absolutely no edge. He’s a mild mannered yet irritated grandpa. Super disappointed in this one.

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A departure in style from other Nils Shapiro

My issue was with the narration. Apparently Bronson Pinchot is used a lot by Audible. He has a talent for voices but he overdid it here. Granted, Goldman treats the Los Angeles characters in a fairly two dimensional way, but Bronson brings some of them to a cartoonish extreme. The narrator should be the facilitator, not the focus. I found myself sometimes listening to him instead of listening to the story.

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Well.....

I've really enjoyed the Nils books BUT I have to agree with other commentors. Meadows was great for the story, brought life to the characters with a real Minnesota flavor. Changing the narrator for this book was questionable. Maybe Meadows wasn't available, whatever, should've done whatever it took to get him back. Everything about the characters was different so it detracted from the story. Maybe this book was as good as the others, but sure didn't seem like it. I hope there are more of these detective stories with Mark Meadows back as the narrator. If not, will likely move on, unfortunately. We need that Minnesota charm back. Okay? Soo, let's gooo.

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Very good book in the series of detective Shapiro

Excellent narrator for this book , could imagine exactly what the characters should look like, enjoyed it very much!

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Loved it!

I love this narrator he really brings the story to life. The story is full of mystery, humor, mayhem and murder, with a few laugh out loud moments thrown in for good measure.
The only issues I had were some of the voices were too low to hear without adjusting the volume.
Overall I would recommend this book to readers as a cozy mystery that moved to the shadier, sexier side of town.

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Least favorite of the series

They shouldn't have changed narrators for the 4th book. This narrator sounded much older. The story also just wasn't as great.

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Terrible Narration

Why oh why did they change the narrator.

I really struggled to get through this book due to the awful narration.

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Missed it by that much.

I'm sure most people find it annoying when there is a narrator change in the middle of a series.
Mr. Pinchot took Nils to another level of an aloof attitude that was over done. Also I could not hear or understand a word that Jamieson said. Very frustrating.

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it was quite different from the previous 3 books

I found the story still worth following but the narrator was stiff and too fast. I missed the Shap from before - like a whole new character. it got better as the story progressed.

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Read all the books in the series.

I prefer the other narrator. This narrator was ok but the original narrator is better. A bit hard to distinguish the voices or they sounded the same. Especially the woman’s voice.

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