The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Novel (Sherlock Holmes, 3)

I won't review the story per se, as I feel the Baskerville story is actually one of the most predictable Conan Doyle stories if you apply the "have to introduce the villain" rule to the plot. The middle part is an overlong paean to the wild isolation of Dartmoor and the Grimpen Mire, where Holmes isn't even around for several chapters!

So, the voice work is very good here, first time listeners seem to like it (I play it for students on a regular basis), and it doesn't drive me nuts after multiple sessions hearing the same passage. Diction, pacing, and consistency of characters are excellent overall IMO, but I don't have a lot of other audiobooks to compare to.

One gripe: I don't like the overly-affected lisp/accent for Miss Stapleton, which *is* described by Doyle prominent, but only in passing, and not so exaggerated. It comes off almost mocking the character in a xenophobic way. Plus drawing attention to it might even be called a dead giveaway. No other movie versions I've seen have ever chosen to play it up, as it is a small detail in the original, for keen readers to pick up and lesser ones to breeze right by.