Dark Matter: A Novel Audiobook

" Isaac Newton...Detective! A historical mystery, accurate in just about every researchable detail, and according to the author's postscript, even more accurate than I had imagined. It has everything going for it that should have prejudiced me in its favor--set in 17th century London, much of it in the Tower of London, involving codes, cyphers, buried treasure, secrets of the Knights Templar, Arianism versus Trinitarianism and Huguenots versus Catholics, the new scientific outlook versus superstition, bizarre murders, possible ghosts, violence, drugs, explicit sex. What's not to like? And yet I didn't. The characters never came alive. In spite of the technical accuracy, the feel was wrong. There's more historical imagination in two pages of Hilary Mantel. I never really believed the plot. The suspense didn't work. By the time all the bad guys were being rounded up, even the narrator, who has been (metaphorically) kicked in the groin by his beloved, admitted that he no longer cared what happened, and neither did I. And justice was only partially done. Realistic? I guess. Satisfying? No. "

" This book is about Sir Isaac Newton and his work as head of the Mint located in the Tower of London. While the book touches on his many contributions to mathematics and science, it is more correct to call it a murder mystery. "

" Great historical detail and good plotting. A good mystery. "

" A Victorian murder mystery with Isaac Newton and his assistant as the Detectives. The book is written very much in the style of The Name Of The Rose but not as long winded. The story revolves around a string of murders taking place in the Royal Mint. I enjoyed the book and found it to be easy reading. "

" A clever Crichton-esque period piece that blurs history and fiction, but it gets somewhat crude at times and veers in a few random directions "

" Sir Issac Newton must solve the murders, but his reasoning reminds me of Sherlock Holmes. The mystery was good, didn't like the rest of the story or the characters. "

" I did not like this book as much as I liked Kerr's books based in WWII Berlin. I struggled to finish it. I think it's because I didn't really care for the narrator, "

" Sir Isaac Newton is a sleuth with a man-of-action sidekick. Fun! "

" I really enjoy Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels. This one, not so much. "

" I'm beginning to dislike mystery novels that feature real people but this one sucked less than most. Got me to read more books by Philip Kerr. "

" Newton as head of the treasury and investigating a murder. Fascinating if only for the history of alchemy, and why it was punishable by death. "

" This book really kept my attention. There were a lot of people to try and keep straight the relationship between them all but it was a very entertaining read. "

" This book was quite dry. Sherlock Holmes is a bit too obviously the model for Isaac Newton in this book. I found the similarities in style distracting. "

" Sir Issac Newton must solve the murders, but his reasoning reminds me of Sherlock Holmes. The mystery was good, didn't like the rest of the story or the characters. "

" Kerr is one of the best authors around. Another winner. "

" This book was quite dry. Sherlock Holmes is a bit too obviously the model for Isaac Newton in this book. I found the similarities in style distracting. "

" A clever Crichton-esque period piece that blurs history and fiction, but it gets somewhat crude at times and veers in a few random directions "

" I really loved this author's trilogy, "Berlin Noir." But this book, a fictional story involving Sir Isaac Newton, though well-written, dragged. "