Great narration

Michael Robbins did an excellent job of narrating this book. He has a lovely voice, with clear diction, a pleasure to listen to. The story wasn't for me.

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The spirits are looking for answers

Adam Garwood is a private investigator based in Montreal. He is engaged by an obviously eccentric but wealthy woman to find her twin sister, Devon, who disappeared twenty years before. His reluctance to take the case is further increased by the warning given to him by an old police friend that the case was investigated and closed and that Jillian, the client, is unstable. But work is slim for the flamboyantly dressed P.I. and there is something intriguing about the woman. Meanwhile, Adam's life partner, Richard, Adam's one true love, is urging that they buy the home of their dreams, a beautiful apartment overlooking the harbour.

The deeper Adam investigates, the more convoluted the case becomes, and his and Richard's relationship is tested. Told mostly in the first person present, with flashbacks of memory to fill in character background, the book starts well, the protagonists are given life beyond the written page and the mystery and madness of both case and client become increasingly engaging. But later it all starts to spiral out of control as the storyline becomes too confusingly unrealistic and the personal romance overly maudlin.

Narrator Michael Robbins does an excellent job, portraying the investigator caught in this increasingly complex and frightening web and as the hapless lover who just wants to go home. He reads beautifully, pace perfect, with just the right intonation to convey the emotion felt by Adam. The listener really is with him, inside his head. Voicings of the other protagonists are also good, distinctive and giving added depth.

Overall, an unusual mystery detective story interwoven with an ongoing gay romance. Sadly, what starts well later disintegrates into confusing contrived chaos. My thanks to the rights holder who freely gifted me my copy .of Yolk, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. Had the book maintained the promise of the earlier chapters, it would definitely have been a book to recommend. Unfortunately, it did not and, without Mr.Robbins' excellent narration, I would have found it hard to finish.

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Poor narration and/or editing

This is a nice, well written detective story, unfortunately let down by the narration and editing.
The book was ruined by a dull monotone voice with little change for characters and exacerbated by the lack of pause between sentences and characters.
I hate to criticise, but I struggled to listen to the poor reading.
After listening to many books through audible. This is by far the worst narration I have heard.
Next time try pausing between sentences, and especially paragraphs, it felt like a rush.
The ‘Telephone Conversations’ were also hard to hear, there was no need to make it sound like that!
If the fault lies with the editing, then I apologise to the narrator, however something is not right here!
If you want good narration try Kobna Holdbrook-Smith or Stephen Fry, who are both excellent.

I suspect the previous (good narrator) reviewer to be a friend or relation of the narrator, which is fine and understandable but is very misleading for people.
Prove me wrong!

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