Unbound

A Booklover's Mystery

By: Julie Kaewert

Narrated by: William Neenan

England's prestigious Plumtree Press is about to release a shocking book that exposes coded messages in a famous novel - codes alleged to be printer's errors. The messages are so treacherous, that if discovered at the original time of publication, the author would have been hung for treason. Now, with someone ruthlessly trying to keep this revealing exposé out of stores, Alex Plumtree must protect his star author and family's legacy before the phrase "publish or perish" becomes all too real!

©1997 Julie Wallin Kaewert (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Engaging characters, great flow. Engaging.

Love this series. I enjoyed the unique plot. The characters wonderful. Each book is an engaging, satisfying read. the performance an excellent listen. I wish Audible had the whole series.

Not exactly bad; Just not good, either

Alex Plumtree is being warned that his publishing house should not print a book about an author named Stonecypher which will reveal printer's errors that, if read in a certain way, would show the author had deliberately woven in (at the time of the great Bloomsbury group) politically treasonous messages. He is also concerned about his brother, who apparently in a former book betrayed him, and a sort of unavailable woman whom he loves. Though evidently a man smart enough to run a publishing house, he can't seem to avoid mis-interpreting or ignoring every dangerous hint/action coming his way. That becomes exasperating after a while.

I did intend to listen to it all, but confess I gave up about two thirds of the way through. Had to keep yanking my attention back to the story time and again. What did hold my attention was the information about publishing. Finally learned the origin of the "dingbats" found in our current computer font lists. But when the trivia is more interesting than the story, I think it's just time to cut my losses. Not a really bad book, but I would not put it high on my recommended book list. Tried to decide about the narrator. Was the perfect voice for a book destined to put me to sleep anyway. He was neither bad nor good. That, to me, pretty much sums up how I felt about his book. Might be someone else's cup of tea. Was not mine.

Neither fish nor fowl.

Author needed a good editor - This novel seemed as a first draft while writer decided to write an intrigue or a farce.

Protagonist is an idiot. I don’t believe that was the author’s intent . Well written enough that I kept reading to find out if the protagonist was a twentieth century martyr, intentionally, or a voodoo doll created for the author to torture.

How about a more reasonable story?

Overwrought. Unbelievable situations. End result is exhaustingly silly. But still very good characters and characterizations.Try again, Ms. Kaewert. I'm still your fan.