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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
- Saffron Everleigh Mystery, Book 3
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton’s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder.
By: Kate Khavari
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....
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Poor narration
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2018
By: Kate Morton
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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is the first woman to hold the position at University College of London. When she attends a dinner party for the school, she doesn’t expect Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin....
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A solid frist in a series
- By Anonymous User on 06-03-2023
By: Kate Khavari
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Murder at the Seven Dials
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Cara Devlin
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself....
By: Cara Devlin
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The Cryptic Clue
- A Tea Ladies Mystery
- By: Amanda Hampson
- Narrated by: Zoe Carides
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Welcome back to Zig Zag Lane in the heart of Sydney's rag-trade district, where our intrepid tea ladies, Hazel, Betty and Irene, have their work cut out....
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Love these ladies
- By Anonymous User on 09-06-2024
By: Amanda Hampson
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Glass and Steele Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Marian Hussey
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her....
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Brilliantly Written
- By Monica Stanley on 08-03-2024
By: C.J. Archer
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
- Saffron Everleigh Mystery, Book 3
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton’s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder.
By: Kate Khavari
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....
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Poor narration
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2018
By: Kate Morton
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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is the first woman to hold the position at University College of London. When she attends a dinner party for the school, she doesn’t expect Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin....
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A solid frist in a series
- By Anonymous User on 06-03-2023
By: Kate Khavari
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Murder at the Seven Dials
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Cara Devlin
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself....
By: Cara Devlin
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The Cryptic Clue
- A Tea Ladies Mystery
- By: Amanda Hampson
- Narrated by: Zoe Carides
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome back to Zig Zag Lane in the heart of Sydney's rag-trade district, where our intrepid tea ladies, Hazel, Betty and Irene, have their work cut out....
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Love these ladies
- By Anonymous User on 09-06-2024
By: Amanda Hampson
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Glass and Steele Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Marian Hussey
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her....
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Brilliantly Written
- By Monica Stanley on 08-03-2024
By: C.J. Archer
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The Echo of Old Books
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Davis
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Steve West, Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls....
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I loved the story that unfolded in this book
- By Angela Payne on 16-04-2024
By: Barbara Davis
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Murder at the Dinner Party
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 8
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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The staff in high society households are expected to be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dining room tends to get noticed. Did he die of natural causes or was he poisoned?
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I’m so addicted
- By Catherine on 06-06-2024
By: C.J. Archer
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Manners and Monsters Collection
- By: Tilly Wallace
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 46 mins
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Hannah Miles navigates the etiquette of monster hunting through the parlours of a magical Regency England....
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Bloody loved it!!!
- By Anonymous User on 01-06-2024
By: Tilly Wallace
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The Watchmaker's Daughter
- Glass and Steele, Book 1
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father....
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Couldn’t stop listening.
- By Jennifer on 14-01-2018
By: C. J. Archer
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Suspense, the twists and turns
- By Catherine on 24-05-2024
By: C.J. Archer
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A Quiet Life in the Country
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 1
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved....
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Absolutely Brilliant
- By Lesley Mac on 25-06-2018
By: T E Kinsey
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EMPEROR: The Field of Swords, Book 3 (Unabridged)
- By: Conn Iggulden
- Narrated by: Paul Blake
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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Julius Caesar has taken his legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his friendship with Marcus Brutus....
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Change of Narrator Mid Series Not a Good Idea...
- By Won on 05-11-2015
By: Conn Iggulden
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfael—a Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th century—are performed here by the ideal actor....
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A well chosen selection of Brother Cadfael tales
- By ROBYN PETCH on 10-02-2023
By: Ellis Peters
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The Invisible Library
- The Invisible Library, Book 1
- By: Genevieve Cogman
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission - to retrieve a dangerous book....
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Loved this whole series
- By Sandy on 14-02-2024
By: Genevieve Cogman
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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Entertaining Whodunnit
- By Carol Anne Harvey on 15-11-2022
By: CJ Sansom
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Corrupted
- Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers, Book 4
- By: Simon Michael
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Charles Holborne has cemented his reputation as a respected murder trial lawyer, who is near unbeatable in the courtroom. But he is still on the radar of the notorious Kray Twins and before long he finds himself drawn into one of their darker scandals....
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Gritty Is an understatement
- By Peter on 03-02-2024
By: Simon Michael
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The Last Hope
- A Maggie Hope Mystery, Book 12
- By: Susan Elia MacNeal
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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All will be revealed in this no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designer—and possible double agent—Coco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germany’s nuclear program....
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Death of a Lake
- An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery
- By: Arthur Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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One night Raymond Gillen, shortly after winning over £12,000 in a lottery, went for a late-night swim in the waters of Lake Otway and never came back....
By: Arthur Upfield
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The Pantomime Murders
- Miss Clara Vale, Book 2
- By: Fiona Veitch Smith
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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1929, December: Snow is falling, and Miss Clara Vale is wrapped up against the cold as she braves the icy streets of Newcastle in her latest investigation. When a young actress from the touring pantomime of Cinderella arrives at her door, Clara isn't sure what to make of her request....
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Another Great Yarn
- By Moira on 29-12-2023
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The Portrait of Molly Dean
- By: Katherine Kovacic
- Narrated by: Casey Withoos
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1999, art dealer Alex Clayton stumbles across a lost portrait of Molly Dean, an artist’s muse brutally slain in Melbourne in 1930. Alex buys the painting and sets out to uncover more details, but finds there are strange inconsistencies....
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A Classic - with an intelligent, arty twist.
- By Amazon Customer on 18-01-2024
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Call of Empire
- Colonial Series, Book 5
- By: Peter Watt
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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It is 1885. After a decade spent fighting for Queen and Country across the globe, Colonel Ian Steele is enjoying the quiet life in the colony of New South Wales, reunited with his friend Conan Curry and watching over his children and numerous business enterprises....
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- By matt on 18-04-2024
By: Peter Watt
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The Tudor Conspiracy
- Spymaster Chronicles, Book 2
- By: C.W. Gortner
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Hunted by a foe in Bloody Mary’s court, Brendan Prescott plunges into London’s underworld to unravel a dark conspiracy that could make Elizabeth queen - or send her to her death....
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really enjoyable listening
- By Anonymous User on 30-12-2022
By: C.W. Gortner
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The Admirals' Game
- John Pearce, Book 5
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Lieutenant John Pearce is caught between a feuding trio of admirals. One puts him in a position of danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission in order to protect his friends....
By: David Donachie
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A Royal Pain
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy prince's path....
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Another fun cosy mystery with the penniless Lady G
- By Rozanne on 09-11-2017
By: Rhys Bowen
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Death at Glamis Castle
- Victorian Mystery, Book 9
- By: Robin Paige
- Narrated by: Helen Johns
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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While Kate winds her way through the elaborate manor, gaining inspiration for her next Gothic novel, Lord Charles discovers the reason behind their journey....
By: Robin Paige
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Murder at an English Séance
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt.
By: Jessica Ellicott
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The Cairo Brief
- Poppy Denby Investigates, Book 4
- By: Fiona Veitch Smith
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Poppy Denby is intrigued when she is invited to attend the auction for the death mask of Nefertiti....
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In the Market for Murder
- Lady Hardcastle, Book 2
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie....
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Such a brilliant way to consume the story.
- By Ellie on 14-04-2023
By: T E Kinsey
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Lady Violet Holds a Baby
- The Lady Violet Mysteries, Book 5
- By: Grace Burrowes
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Summer heat builds to an unbearable crescendo as clandestine affairs, marital troubles, and family tensions escalate. Then somebody starts kidnapping little girls, and Lady Violet must figure out who, why, and how the kidnapper can be foiled....
By: Grace Burrowes
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The Pyramid Murders
- Miss Clara Vale, Book 3
- By: Fiona Veitch Smith
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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1930: Miss Clara Vale, chemistry major turned detective, is taking a night off from sleuthing to attend the launch party of a new exhibition at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. But when the piece de resistance, a rare ornate sarcophagus, is finally opened and it turns out the mummy inside it is a fake it looks like there is no rest for Clara after all... Later that night, she is summoned back to the museum and asked to investigate a series of stolen Egyptian artefacts.
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The Desk from Hoboken
- A Genealogy Mystery, Book 1
- By: ML Condike
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In a bid to heal from the grief of a personal loss, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a straightforward case-identify human remains found on a nearby college campus, believed to be the 180-year-old remains of Mary Rogers, a woman who died mysteriously in 1841 and was believed to have been buried in the nearby cemetery that had washed away. It should be simple enough, a project to get her back in the game.
By: ML Condike
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Dig Deep for Murder
- The Manor House Mystery Series, Book 4
- By: Kate Kingsbury
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers a dead body buried there. Once more Lady Elizabeth faces a ruthless killer, putting her life in grave danger.
By: Kate Kingsbury
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The Wolf's Shadow
- The Tudor Rose Murders, Book 2
- By: G J Williams
- Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?
By: G J Williams
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Murder by Invitation Only
- A Phyllida Bright Mystery, Book 3
- By: Colleen Cambridge
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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“A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art.
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The Burial Plot
- By: Elizabeth Macneal
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London, The Burial Plot is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth Macneal, about murder, manipulation, and a young woman wrestling power from the hands of a dangerous man.
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The Pyramid Murders
- Miss Clara Vale, Book 3
- By: Fiona Veitch Smith
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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1930: Miss Clara Vale, chemistry major turned detective, is taking a night off from sleuthing to attend the launch party of a new exhibition at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. But when the piece de resistance, a rare ornate sarcophagus, is finally opened and it turns out the mummy inside it is a fake it looks like there is no rest for Clara after all... Later that night, she is summoned back to the museum and asked to investigate a series of stolen Egyptian artefacts.
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The Desk from Hoboken
- A Genealogy Mystery, Book 1
- By: ML Condike
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In a bid to heal from the grief of a personal loss, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a straightforward case-identify human remains found on a nearby college campus, believed to be the 180-year-old remains of Mary Rogers, a woman who died mysteriously in 1841 and was believed to have been buried in the nearby cemetery that had washed away. It should be simple enough, a project to get her back in the game.
By: ML Condike
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Dig Deep for Murder
- The Manor House Mystery Series, Book 4
- By: Kate Kingsbury
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers a dead body buried there. Once more Lady Elizabeth faces a ruthless killer, putting her life in grave danger.
By: Kate Kingsbury
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The Wolf's Shadow
- The Tudor Rose Murders, Book 2
- By: G J Williams
- Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?
By: G J Williams
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Murder by Invitation Only
- A Phyllida Bright Mystery, Book 3
- By: Colleen Cambridge
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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“A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art.
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The Burial Plot
- By: Elizabeth Macneal
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London, The Burial Plot is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth Macneal, about murder, manipulation, and a young woman wrestling power from the hands of a dangerous man.
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D Is for Death
- By: Harriet F. Townson
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Dora Wildwood is escaping a most unsuitable marriage. She's on the first train to London, having smuggled herself out of the house at dead of night, like all the best books. She plans to go straight to her godmother Lady Dreda Uglow, the only woman she knows who seems to live life on her own terms, and ask to stay. Dora ducks into the London Library to hide, asking the quizzical but kind Ben Stark and the clever Miss Amani for help. And it is there, surrounded by books, where she should feel most safe, that Dora Wildwood most unfortunately stumbles across her first dead body.
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Banners of Hell
- Hugh Corbett, Book 24
- By: Paul Doherty
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free. Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city.
By: Paul Doherty
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The Little Sparrow Murders
- By: Seishi Yokomizo, Bryan Karetnyk - translator
- Narrated by: Akira Matsumoto
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …
By: Seishi Yokomizo, and others
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Our Lady of Pain
- Edwardian Murder Mysteries, Book 4
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Lady Rose Summer prides herself on not being a jealous woman - and she knows her engagement to Captain Harry Cathcart is only a ruse to keep her parents from shipping her off to India to find a husband. But then Harry's latest client, Dolores Duval - French, curvaceous, flirtatious - starts appearing everywhere at his side. And that changes everything. In a fit of temper Rose threatens Dolores - only to be found the very next day standing over her dead body.
By: M.C. Beaton
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
- Saffron Everleigh Mystery, Book 3
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned and expired in Adrian’s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren’t enough, her best friend Elizabeth’s war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick.
By: Kate Khavari
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In the Hour of Crows
- By: Dana Elmendorf
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Adam Gold
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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When called upon, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives—only once, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her backwater ways when they don’t. Weatherly’s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she’s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident, Adaire saw something unnerving, and that’s why Weatherly believes she was murdered—never thinking for a moment that it was an accident.
By: Dana Elmendorf
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Infamous
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In July 1933, a gangster staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. What started clean soon turns messy as two of “Machine Gun” Kelly's partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and his wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both sides.
By: Ace Atkins
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Murder at the Dinner Party
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 8
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the police rule the sudden death of the butler was the result of natural causes. Not convinced by the verdict, she wants Cleo to prove foul play was involved. Considering he was acting mysteriously around some of the guests, and they were equally mysterious when they saw him, murder is a possibility. When the investigation leads Cleo to another decades-old murder and the sudden disappearance of the primary suspect, she’s even more determined to uncover the truth.
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I’m so addicted
- By Catherine on 06-06-2024
By: C.J. Archer
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Mr Lismore and the Widow
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. He pursued his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.
By: Wilkie Collins
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Man of Bones
- By: Ben Creed
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Winter 1953. Beneath a pitch-black Leningrad sky, two bodies lie near the towering statue of Lenin outside the Finland Station. 'Nothing sinister, here, just a simple hit and run,' an officer in the MGB secret police assures militia detective Revol Rossel. Now he knows it's murder. Only recently released from a brutal Siberian labor camp and determined to find his missing sister at last, Rossel wants nothing to do with this new case. But his alcoholic, broken superior officer, Captain Liphukin, seizes upon it as his salvation—a last chance to be a true Soviet hero.
By: Ben Creed
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Trouble on a Country Lane
- Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries, Book 4
- By: Isabella Bassett
- Narrated by: Sandra Churchill
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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It’s summertime in England, and for Lady Caroline and her nimble roadster, life is as breezy and full of promise as a winding country road. Unfortunately, on the way to the latest party, the road ends with a body. And when a guest at the party dies next, Lady Caroline finds herself at a dead end.
By: Isabella Bassett
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Lady Ambition's Dilemma
- The Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, Book Three
- By: Jane Steen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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It seemed like a straightforward request–and Helena is used to her sister Blanche making demands on her time and fortune. But the most ambitious of her sisters reveals a dilemma that may wipe out the title she holds. When tragedy strikes, Helena must reprise her role as the Investigating Lady to save a nephew she doesn’t even like.
By: Jane Steen