Sight Unseen
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read by Zach Hoyt
A medium is brought to a neighborhood social club gathering as the evening's entertainment and describes someone who had been shot, and some of the surrounding circumstances. Later in the evening two of the attendees are called away to a nearby house where there has been a violent death which oddly mirrors what the medium described. They and later the Club as a whole decide to try to find out what really happened. This novella is both a mystery and a social comedy, like many of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s writings. (Summary by Zach Hoyt) (3 hr 0 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 11:31 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter II | 18:17 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter III | 18:02 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter IV | 12:16 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter V | 10:48 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter VI | 14:31 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter VII | 26:45 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter VIII | 15:40 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter IX | 19:04 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter X | 10:42 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Chapter XI | 23:22 | Read by Zach Hoyt |
Reviews
"New Thought" Intrudes
Phxjennifer
I don't like the paranormal intruding on a murder mystery, so that may be why the ending didn't satisfy me. It felt like the wrong things were left out earlier in the story, and were jammed in on the last page. But it's a harmless way to pass a few hours. Regarding the narration, I had no problem understanding Mr Hoyt, but he has a low pitched voice which dips into 'vocal fry', especially when he is trying to differentiate between characters. Hearing the tension in his throat caused my throat to tighten up, too. Otherwise, he did a good job.
not a good reader
Suzie
I wasn’t able to listen to more than a few minutes of the story. The reader’s style distracted from the story so much that I gave up.
Erin RM
I found the story a bit long. The reader was difficult to hear at times and read very fast sometimes.