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Gunnie Rose [Dramatized Adaptation] #2
A Longer Fall [Dramatized Adaptation]
#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second of the Gunnie Rose series, in which Lizbeth is hired onto a new crew, transporting a crate into Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States. What the crate contains is something so powerful, that forces from across three territories want to possess it. In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job, transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straight-forward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate as what's inside can spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time. Author Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and Midnight, Texas trilogy) is at her best here, building the world of this alternate history of the United States, where magic is an acknowledged but despised power. Performed by Colleen Delany; Robbie Gay; Amanda Forstrom; Yasmin Tuazon; Stephon Walker; Bradley Smith; Ken Jackson; Michael Glenn; Alejandro Ruiz; Elizabeth Jernigan; Steve Wannall; KenYatta Rogers; Karen Novack; Nora Achrati; Nanette Savard; J.W. Rone; Jefferson A. Russell; Michael John Caesy; Richard Rohan; Nick DePinto; Dawn Ursula; Christopher Walker; Eric Messner; Rose Elizabeth Supan; Carolyn Kashner; Duyen Washington; Joe Mallon; Scott McCormick; Ren Kasey; Kimberly Gilbert; Ryan Carlo Dalusung; James Lewis; Lolita Horne; Elliot Dash; Chris Davenport .
- GenresAudiobook
1 pages, Audio CD
Published August 3, 2020
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About the author
Charlaine Harris
190 books37.1k followersCharlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
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August 30, 2025
Continuing on a little while after the events of An Easy Death, Lizbeth has hired on with a new gunnie crew and their job takes them on a train ride into the country of Dixie where the Antebellum Southern culture holds sway. Before their ways get her too twitchy, a hold-up of the train, the arrival of Eli, and a conspiracy bringing betrayal and the need for a deft gun hand make A Longer Fall jump right back into the action and suspense Charlaine Harris and Graphic Audio edition regaled me with for the first installment.
A Longer Fall is book two in the Gunnie Rose alternate history series and is strongly tied to the first book so needs to be read in order.
I was very taken with Lizbeth Rose in book one and the world Charlaine Harris created. I liked the smoldering attraction and partnering of Lizbeth and the Russian wizard, Eli. I was so glad that A Longer Fall expands on the world by taking the setting to ‘Dixie’ that formed in the southeast of what was once the US and brings back Eli as Lizbeth’s working partner and lover.
The job was guarding a mysterious box and it seems everyone knows the significance of the box except Lizbeth. Her job ad her team got shot to smithereens, but she grits her teeth and determines to finish the job while wondering what Eli has to do with the box as well as other interested parties who are also hanging around the town.
White male dominance and slavery are the way of life in Dixie and Lizbeth can barely contain her reaction to it all. She cinches herself into the garb of a genteel lady and bites her tongue to get the job done. Eli’s twinkling humor at her predicament doesn’t help.
Eli respects and appreciates her for who she is without all the fancy trappings. In A Longer Fall, he shows this by backing her up when she’s doing her job and doesn’t hesitate to want her backup when he’s leading their mission.
He’s up against his own struggles because after his father’s betrayal of the Czar, Eli and her family are in a precarious position and he has to pull off his current task to help reinstate them to their place.
The Graphic Audio edition with sound effects, music, and a talented full cast made a good tale so much more. I can’t recommend listening to the Graphic Audio version enough.
The combo of historical with magic and the intrigue they’re up against came to an exciting head. Their romance has progressed to the point of attachment, but Lizbeth is disheartened because she feels like Eli is way out of her league as a Russian aristocrat. I’m eager to push into the next installment and see what happens next for Lizbeth and Eli. The series is holding strong and I recommend it to those who love a mashup of various genres and a lot of pulse-pounding excitement.
My full review will post at The Reading Frenzy 8.29.25.
A Longer Fall is book two in the Gunnie Rose alternate history series and is strongly tied to the first book so needs to be read in order.
I was very taken with Lizbeth Rose in book one and the world Charlaine Harris created. I liked the smoldering attraction and partnering of Lizbeth and the Russian wizard, Eli. I was so glad that A Longer Fall expands on the world by taking the setting to ‘Dixie’ that formed in the southeast of what was once the US and brings back Eli as Lizbeth’s working partner and lover.
The job was guarding a mysterious box and it seems everyone knows the significance of the box except Lizbeth. Her job ad her team got shot to smithereens, but she grits her teeth and determines to finish the job while wondering what Eli has to do with the box as well as other interested parties who are also hanging around the town.
White male dominance and slavery are the way of life in Dixie and Lizbeth can barely contain her reaction to it all. She cinches herself into the garb of a genteel lady and bites her tongue to get the job done. Eli’s twinkling humor at her predicament doesn’t help.
Eli respects and appreciates her for who she is without all the fancy trappings. In A Longer Fall, he shows this by backing her up when she’s doing her job and doesn’t hesitate to want her backup when he’s leading their mission.
He’s up against his own struggles because after his father’s betrayal of the Czar, Eli and her family are in a precarious position and he has to pull off his current task to help reinstate them to their place.
The Graphic Audio edition with sound effects, music, and a talented full cast made a good tale so much more. I can’t recommend listening to the Graphic Audio version enough.
The combo of historical with magic and the intrigue they’re up against came to an exciting head. Their romance has progressed to the point of attachment, but Lizbeth is disheartened because she feels like Eli is way out of her league as a Russian aristocrat. I’m eager to push into the next installment and see what happens next for Lizbeth and Eli. The series is holding strong and I recommend it to those who love a mashup of various genres and a lot of pulse-pounding excitement.
My full review will post at The Reading Frenzy 8.29.25.
June 24, 2025
A Long Fall is book two in the Gunnie Rose series by Charlaine Harris. It's strongly tied to the first book so needs to be read in order.
It starts a little while after the events in An Easy Death Dramatized Adaptation . Gunnie Rose has been hired onto a new crew and their job takes them on a train ride into the country of Dixie where the Antebellum Southern culture holds sway.
It’s not long into the story that we are back into the action and suspense with a gunfight, a conspiracy that brings betrayal, and Eli popping back up in Lizbeth Rose's life. I like the smoldering attraction and partnering of Lizbeth and the Russian wizard, Eli. They work well together and you can see their budding attraction getting deeper.
A Longer Fall expands on the world and we experience the south as it was before slavery was abolished.
All and all I really enjoyed A Longer Fall and look forward to listening to The Russian Cage in GraphicAudio.
Graphic Audio: I very much enjoyed the GA for book one and am continuing my listening of the Gunnie Rose series in GA. The full cast was top notch, the voices clear and crisp, the sound effects exciting. It all worked to immerse me deeply into the story. I had a really good time and recommend the GA.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
GraphicAudio: 4 Stars
It starts a little while after the events in An Easy Death Dramatized Adaptation . Gunnie Rose has been hired onto a new crew and their job takes them on a train ride into the country of Dixie where the Antebellum Southern culture holds sway.
It’s not long into the story that we are back into the action and suspense with a gunfight, a conspiracy that brings betrayal, and Eli popping back up in Lizbeth Rose's life. I like the smoldering attraction and partnering of Lizbeth and the Russian wizard, Eli. They work well together and you can see their budding attraction getting deeper.
A Longer Fall expands on the world and we experience the south as it was before slavery was abolished.
All and all I really enjoyed A Longer Fall and look forward to listening to The Russian Cage in GraphicAudio.
Graphic Audio: I very much enjoyed the GA for book one and am continuing my listening of the Gunnie Rose series in GA. The full cast was top notch, the voices clear and crisp, the sound effects exciting. It all worked to immerse me deeply into the story. I had a really good time and recommend the GA.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
GraphicAudio: 4 Stars
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