VENOM HOUSE

Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte's crime-solving reputation is undisputed. He always gets his "man." But when Bonaparte finds himself at the Answerth's remote and foreboding family manor in the Australian outback, his search for a murderer becomes an ominous mission. Australian narrator Peter Hosking is a remarkably stalwart and capable reader; he has an indulgent interpretation of these peculiar characters--a stranger bunch you've yet to meet. The Answerth sisters, one prim and diabolical, the other fierce-tempered and aggressive, are vividly depicted as possible murder suspects. However, the idiot brother, kept under lock and key, displays glimpses of potential for the deed, as well. Hosking, as the detective-inspector, brilliantly guides the listener through a web of deceit, bizarre behaviors, and a side of Australia you may never have known. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 00]