The Red Necklace

I listened to the version read by actor Tom Hiddleston. I think the book itself would have been very boring for me had Hiddleston not read it so brilliantly with different voices and perfect inflection.
If you're not interested in gypsy culture or familiar with events of The French Revolution, it can get a little confusing or uninteresting, but is well written and it seems that Gardner did a fair amount of research while writing. However, because I am both uninterested in gypsy culture and the French Revolution, it dragged a bit for me. Some of the characters seemed out of place or immature as well and no one really gripped me other than Count Kalliovski (but I've always been partial to villains).