The Mahogany Murders - 6.5/10

This story is undoubtedly a great reintroduction to the duo of Jago and Litefoot, it's also wonderful to hear that they both enjoyed this so much after both being away for over 30 years!

The plot is straightforward yet very effectively conveyed, I haven't listened to much big finish yet but I do have to say this is one of the clearest stories I've listened to and in general I found it ver easy to follow. The idea of wooden (Mahogany) dolls not only coming to life but containing the spirits of dead criminals is wonderfully grim. The tales told by the pair also intertwine quite wonderfully with the interruptions of comedy being very welcome throughout. There is an absolutely terrifyingly gruesome moment when one of the criminals describes being back in his dead decaying body scratching at the lid of his coffin, describing his fingers to be splitting from the decay and his hands full of splinters paired with the smell of his own corpse - truly stomach turning description. I don't have any glaring issues per say about this story I just don't believe its of a quality above the rating I've given (that sounds really pretentious but I don't know how else to phrase that I just didn't think it was better).

The characters of Jago and Litefoot work as brilliantly as ever during the story and honestly I don't think I could fathom a complaint about either performance, I loved Jago doing the voices of the characters in the story (especially when he told Litefoot off for his attempt to do the same). As this is a companion chronicle I don't believe there really are any other characters if note as the villains are all performed wonderfully by the pair themselves. The barmaid is the only other 'Character' I suppose and she works fine here.

Again I haven't actually listened to much big finish yet but I'm really quite enjoying the experience so far.

Overall 'The Mahogany Murders' gets a 6.5/10 because I did enjoy this story it just wasn't anything mind blowing to me, the best part easily being Jago & Litefoot themselves!