A Fatal Message


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(3.2 stars; 27 reviews)

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". This tale opens with Nick eavesdropping on two strangers in the next booth as he finishes his lunch. One of the men works at the telegraph office and is discussing an unusual wire he received. Nick's interest is aroused. (2 hr 8 min)

Chapters

A Suspicious Wire. 13:28 Read by Paul Hampton
The Intercepted Letter. 13:21 Read by Paul Hampton
Nick Carter’s Plans. 10:08 Read by Paul Hampton
The Real Substitute. 21:05 Read by Aabha Jog
Night Work. 16:18 Read by Aabha Jog
How Patsy Made Good. 17:56 Read by Aabha Jog
Chick Carter’s Cunning. 12:28 Read by Nancy Gorgen
A Change of Base. 12:17 Read by Nancy Gorgen
The Result of the Ruse. 11:37 Read by Nancy Gorgen

Reviews

MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOOK


(5 stars)

The first three chapters laid a fine foundation. The last three chapters cleaned up the case nicely. However, despite listening twice to each of the middle three chapters, I still have no clue as to what happened. I understand that LibriVox is a volunteer organization, but this sort of thing is quite without excuse!

What is happening?


(1 stars)

As a non English speaker, but semi-fluent in English, I can handle many accents and dialects. But the Indian woman that is reading chapter 4-6(7), is just too much. I'm all for hearing different English spoken, but when I can't even understand what she's saying, then it's pointless

issue with understanding


(1 stars)

I attempted to listen to this book first in my truck while traveling. all was good until it hit chapter 5. despite backing up and playing it over and over I could not understand the reader clearly enough to appreciate what was taking place. I then tried it in the quiet of my house using an external speaker as well as earbuds and encountered the same problem. I eventually decided to skip chapter 5 hoping my imagination would allow me to fill in the missing details. But then chapter 6 was read by the same person and after 2 minutes I gave up.

second reader is impossible to understand


(1 stars)

I appreciate her effort, but it took me several minutes to realize the reader was reading in English, and then I understood only a few of the words. I gave up listening when I saw she was reading several chapters of the story. If I skipped all those chapters I’d lose the thread of the story.

couldn't understand


(2 stars)

try as i might, I could not decifer what the woman reading chapters 4,5,& 6 was saying, so I could not follow the story. I tried to.pick it up in chapter 7, but too much was lost. it's too bad.


(0.5 stars)

it was impossible to understand one of the readers. I had to skip the chapters in which she was the reader.

I enjoy hearing different English dialects but....


(1 stars)

unfortunately I too. am unable to understand the Indian lady.