Captain Sparkle, Pirate
Nicholas Carter
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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". Nick is only visited by the rich and famous, and in this swashbuckling story, it is Nick's friend Maxwell Kane who asks for help, after his yacht has been boarded by pirates while at anchor. Max and his guests are dicombobulated, but Nick will get to the bottom of the case. (5 hr 6 min)
Chapters
Captain Sparkle, the Pirate Chief | 16:57 | Read by Stephen R Gagin |
The Mystery of the Pirate Craft | 15:39 | Read by Stephen R Gagin |
That Fellow Who Looks Like Me | 11:50 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
Nick’s Deductions | 14:40 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
The Mark of the Rover’s Keel | 11:37 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
Captain Sparkle's Second Victim | 12:04 | Read by Mike Manolakes |
Waiting for the Pirate’s Attack | 13:16 | Read by lightstarx |
Boarding the Pirate Cruiser | 8:57 | Read by MikeO |
The Pirate Chieftan Unmasked | 12:12 | Read by MikeO |
Two Counts of Cadillac | 12:59 | Read by Tasha Hobbs Peterson |
The Capture of the Pirate Chief | 10:45 | Read by Mike Manolakes |
The Fight in the Pirate’s Cabin | 9:38 | Read by John |
The Rover of the Seas | 15:04 | Read by lightstarx |
The Abduction of Bessie Harlan | 13:10 | Read by ToddHW |
Nick Carter is the Man | 10:25 | Read by ToddHW |
The Pirate’s Beautiful Captive | 16:29 | Read by Mike Manolakes |
The Time and the Hour! | 9:37 | Read by Daniel Johnson-Carter |
The Detective Sizes Up the Case | 14:01 | Read by Daniel Johnson-Carter |
Planning the Pirate's Capture | 12:05 | Read by lightstarx |
A Weird Voice of the Night | 14:59 | Read by Rebecca Brown |
The Men Inside the Castle | 11:44 | Read by Rebecca Brown |
A Combat With the Rapiers | 10:34 | Read by Rebecca Brown |
The Summons at the Door | 13:00 | Read by lightstarx |
The Duel in the Tower | 11:33 | Read by Lynne T |
Reviews
DISAPPOINTING READ
AVID READER
Fortunately, this was one of the simple plots, so the two chapters which were virtually impossible to understand did not radically disable it. I realize that I am fortunate in that I can listen to books, since my reading is limited by eye problems. I also understand that the readers donate their valuable time, and I thank them. Having said that, I have often had to listen very intently to understand readers for whom English is not a primary language, and I can usually understand enough to get the gist of the story. Fine. But, for the editor to allow indecipherable recordings to get on the website is incomprehensible. For example, the questionable reader on this book contributed three chapters. The second, while subject to problems concerned with accent, was quite understandable, but the other two were not. Someone did not properly oversee the compilation.
Great story, but . . .
Sandyjeans
Great story, but 1 reader is so bad, it is painful to listen to. The later chapters she read had so much background noise (did I hear a vacuum?) and static, i could barely make out her voice. Especially bad quality was the last chapter wrapping it all up! I'm frankly surprised a recording of such poor technical quality was approved to be included. Hopefully the problem chapters will be rerecorded.
Great book until a woman started narrating it
Lloyd Boone
Great book until Kathleen Moore started narrating it...so very bad and totally annoying voice. Stephen Gagin was great. Too bad Stephen he did not narrate the whole novel.
Patricia Edwards
Do you review the submissions before publishing. you can do better. Episode 7 and episode 13 are almost inaudible.
Unable to understand reader
Cindy Whittington
very hard to understand one of the readers. Ruined the book.
Ridge Runner
the last chapter was impossible to understand. I presume they all lived happily ever after.
J. Harley
the readers whose 1st language is not English are difficult to understand
Nibandit
the one lady reader is awful!