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  • The Jennifer Morgue

  • Book 2 in The Laundry Files
  • By: Charles Stross
  • Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
  • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (384 ratings)

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The Jennifer Morgue

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
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Summary

Some agents have all the fun. Others save the world.

Bob Howard is an IT expert and occasional field agent for The Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's Secret Service that deals with occult threats.

Dressed (grudgingly) in a tux and sent to the Caribbean, he must infiltrate a millionaire's yacht in order to prevent him violating a treaty that will start a war with an ancient underwater race. Partnered with a gorgeous American agent who's actually a soul-sucking succubus from another dimension, Bob's mission is to stop the bad guys, avoid getting the girl, and survive - shaken, perhaps, but not stirred.

This audiobook includes the short story Pimpf, and an afterword read by the author.

©2006 Charles Stross (P)2013 Hachette Children's Books
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Great book 2

Continuing the laundry story, it's a great follow-up and had a lovely short towards the end.
I enjoyed the seductive storyline throughout.

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Good but not great. preferd the Prologue story tbh

May be because I'm not a fan of the Bond films and their tropes or ofey with the trivia. The main story line just disnt grip me too well and I found myself confused as to who some of the characters where.

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I do not give out five star reviews easily

This book gets four stars overall, that story is five stars. It’s worth wading through the atrocity archives to get to this novel. The reader is fine, good for this series but overall he’s a bit flat characters don’t have. The other downside is just how difficult to follow the narrative can be at times, the mix of metaphor with metaphysical means it can take you a few minutes to work out whether something was hyperbole or a literal description.

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Excellent book 😊

Worth a listen, definitely worth a read.

I absolutely love the Laundry Files books and audio book variations.

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Good relationship development

Spluttering... I can’t ... what? You just skip tons of books in the series and only do a few?!

I started this series recently after the Peter Grant Series and it’s going ok. The development of the relationship between the two main characters probably carries it as the story is fairly predictable.

Very disappointed to find the next book in this series isn’t available.

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wonderful fun

Why are files 3 and 4 not available ,,,soooo irritating. If u like Rivers of London then u should enjoy this. Very funny in parts and horror in others (sometimes at the same time), The combination of the phantastical and civil service protocal is a joy. The narrator's voice is just right ...dont change him,

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oh can we please have some more !

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I have already recommended this series to friends - they are in I.T. and I'm sure they wish they could raise demons in MS windows

What other book might you compare The Jennifer Morgue to, and why?

its a bit Mike Carey , a bit James Bond (well ok a lot James Bond but thats to be expected given the poor lead is forced to act like the eponymous JB by computer driven magic)

What about Jack Hawkins’s performance did you like?

he brings the ordinary man in the street who happens to have a job working for a supernatural government agency to life - with humour and whit and his characterisation doesn't falter

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Charles Stross puts the fun in fundamental physics and maths, and dont you wish you could do magic with a AAA battery, some wire and a calculator

Any additional comments?

i hope to see many more of Charles Stross novels on audible

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Another cracking read (listen)

Great story, better than book 1 in my opinion.
Good narration, the characters sound how I would expect them. Hope book 3 is available soon.

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Can’t wait to start book 3!

This was so fun and thrilling to listen to! Book one was good but book two was amazing! Another great read from Jack Hawkins and I am so excited to start book three!

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Quite superb

This series is quite the most bizarre collection of ideas ever put together on paper, shear genius.
If you enjoy Douglas Adams you should enjoy these.
Apocalyptic demons, a reluctant hero who's an I.T expert, health and safety, spies, arse kicking femme fatales, lots of computer stuff, more demons, the Gestapo ( yes you read that right ), modern day office politics, a mix of James Bond but on a budget,with expense forms filled in in triplicate of course, mega villans, the end of the world, great gadgets and all with a great sense of humour.

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