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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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- By Anonymous User on 19-04-2024
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The Dead Letter Delivery
- The Glass Library, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.
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Another intriguing mystery with characters I love
- By Anonymous User on 20-03-2024
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A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Move over Miss Marple, there’s a new sleuth in town! Meet Eleanor Swift: distinguished adventurer, dog lover, dignified lady...daring detective? Listen to find out more....
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A fantastic book with characters that pop
- By A. Jecks on 16-09-2022
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
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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
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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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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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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
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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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nothing
- By Anonymous User on 19-04-2024
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The Dead Letter Delivery
- The Glass Library, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.
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Another intriguing mystery with characters I love
- By Anonymous User on 20-03-2024
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A Very English Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Move over Miss Marple, there’s a new sleuth in town! Meet Eleanor Swift: distinguished adventurer, dog lover, dignified lady...daring detective? Listen to find out more....
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A fantastic book with characters that pop
- By A. Jecks on 16-09-2022
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
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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
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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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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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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
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A Royal Murder
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 9
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Onetime adventurer and now amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is attending the annual royal regatta with her new pal Tipsy Fitzroy. But the sparkling prize-giving ceremony is interrupted when the devilishly handsome host gulps his glass of champagne on stage and collapses to the floor....
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OK
- By Mari on 09-07-2023
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The Goldsmith's Conspiracy
- Glass and Steele, Book 13
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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The Goldsmith’s Conspiracy is the final book in the best-selling Glass and Steele series. Tensions between the artless and magicians are flaring, but India and Matt discover someone is deliberately fuelling the flames....
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Oh the end is always uplifting.
- By Lorri on 09-03-2023
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A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality
- Saffron Everleigh Mystery, Book 2
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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1920s London isn’t the ideal place for a brilliant woman with lofty ambitions, but research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to beat the odds in a male-dominated field at the University College of London....
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Easy and enjoyable
- By Anonymous User on 23-11-2023
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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
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The Magician's Diary
- Glass and Steele, Book 4
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a load of trouble....
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Wow
- By Catherine on 02-05-2023
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Murder in First Class
- A Miss Underhay Mystery, Book 8
- By: Helena Dixon
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Kitty Underhay is looking forward to a week of long lunches and wedding planning with her husband-to-be, Captain Matthew Bryant. But the plan is derailed when a former comrade-in-arms is murdered, and Kitty must find the cross-country killer....
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Now you’re talking
- By Beaver on 26-09-2023
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The Medici Manuscript
- The Glass Library, Book 2
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family....
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Another great read by CJ Archet
- By Anonymous User on 17-02-2024
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Summer of Blood
- By: Dave Warner
- Narrated by: Andrew Johnston
- Length: 10 hrs
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Two Australian police officers travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 in search of a missing young man, only to find themselves fully immersed in the world of music, free love, drugs and hippie counterculture....
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Another Warner thriller.
- By Jeff P on 21-11-2023
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Murder at the Polo Club
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 7
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins busy. Between balls, dinners, concerts and picnics, they attend the final match between two proud polo clubs....
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Enjoyable listen
- By Anonymous User on 13-01-2024
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Murder on the Cornish Cliffs
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 16
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog. But wait, is that a body on the beach....
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I needed more knowledge on the individual characters as to who was who.
- By Anonymous User on 27-12-2023
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Murder in the Snow
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 4
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Winter, 1920. Amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is feeling festive. She is playing host to the entire village at Henley Hall for gifts, games, and gingerbread. She’s also purchased perfect presents for each of her household....
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Listening to Lady Eleanor Swift books is like receiving a warm hug
- By Ceedeethree on 03-05-2024
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Murder at the Crown and Anchor
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 6
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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A wealthy businessman with a reputation for taking risks rose from the slums to the height of success. But success comes at a price, especially when it’s achieved at the expense of others....
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Love Cleo and Co
- By Jennifer Mankelow on 21-06-2023
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The Holy Thief
- By: William Ryan, W.C. Ryan
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Moscow, 1936. In a deconsecrated church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev is asked to investigate....
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Outstanding reading 5 stars
- By Infragelis on 23-01-2023
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A Fatal Affair
- Mydworth Mysteries 15
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM. When Harry takes Kat to Venice for their wedding anniversary, he promises parties on the Lido...
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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
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Murder in Old Bombay
- A Mystery
- By: Nev March
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
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In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lays in Poona military hospital recovering from a skirmish on the wild Northern frontier, with little to read but newspapers. The case that catches Jim's attention is being called the crime of the century....
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Great
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2024
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The Picture House Murders
- Miss Clara Vale, Book 1
- By: Fiona Veitch Smith
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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1929: Miss Clara Vale is a woman ahead of her time. Rather than attending Oxford to bag an eligible Duke (as her mother, Lady Vale, so desperately hoped), she threw herself into a degree in chemistry, with aspirations to become a scientist in her own right....
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A Great 1st Book
- By Moira on 19-12-2023
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The Milliner of Bendigo
- By: Darry Fraser
- Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Trouble with the law, a missing sister, and a growing attachment to the wrong man—Evie Emerson has a dangerous path ahead of her... From a bestselling Australian author comes an exciting and twisty historical mystery and adventure....
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great narration and story
- By M. Garvey on 26-01-2024
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
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It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields....
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Great tale, but...
- By Rob Webb on 20-06-2019
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The Toymaker's Curse
- Glass and Steele, Book Eleven
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Are curses real? After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector’s club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled....
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Murder at the Debutante Ball
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 5
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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When a notorious cad is bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in the library at the most important ball of the London social season, Cleo finds herself in the prime position to solve the crime....
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Character review
- By DEB on 22-05-2023
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Crowned and Dangerous
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Nothing is simple when you're 35th in line for the British crown, least of all marriage....
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Brilliant Narration
- By Kalista on 01-04-2022
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Last Man Off
- By: Matthew Lewis
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hamilton
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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Antarctica, June 6th 1998. 23-year-old Matt Lewis has just started his dream job: an observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat....
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Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders and other stories
- Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations
- By: John Mortimer
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Timothy West, full cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole....
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Lovely to revisit these stories
- By LW on 17-02-2023
New Releases
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A Nest of Vipers
- The Bangalore Detectives Club Series, Book 3
- By: Harini Nagendra
- Narrated by: Radhika Aggarwal
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1922, and the Bangalore constabulary is on high alert. Edward, Prince of Wales, is scheduled to visit the city, seeking to redeem his reputation after disastrous visits to Bombay and Calcutta which were marked by violent anti-British riots. Kaveri has none of these concerns on her mind; she's excited as she and her husband Ramu have been given VIP tickets to the famous Bangalore circus. But when a celebrity magician disappears into thin air and his son pleads with Kaveri to find his vanished father, she is stunned to discover Inspector Ismail telling her to leave the case well alone.
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Blond Hair, Blue Eyes
- An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel
- By: Chris Kelsey
- Narrated by: Bruce Sloan
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Burr, Oklahoma, summer, 1976: On the eve of America’s Bicentennial celebration, a notorious local politician is assassinated at a campaign rally. The case seems open and shut; the killer—a young, anonymous homeless woman—is shot by police at the scene. With the death of the assassin, the lead investigator is content to write off the crime as a random act. Burr’s Chief of Police, Emmett Hardy, isn’t so sure.
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Grace Designs Mysteries Collection
- By: Tilly Wallace
- Narrated by: Erin O'Flaherty
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Grace Devine is a seamstress turned sleuth, trying to look after her family in 1920s New Zealand. This collection of heartwarming historical mysteries will send you on a unique Kiwi adventure.
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In Gold We Trust
- Father Hardy Alaska Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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An Alaskan mission priest gets involved in a tale of revenge and the search for a shipment of gold bars stolen off a historic paddlewheel steamboat, the Nenana. Fr. Hardy and his friends, Evie, Andy and William, board the Nenana on her last voyage down the Tanana and Yukon rivers. There's already been one unsolved murder, death by paddlewheel. Can they get to the bottom of it all before there's another?
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Under the Black Mountain
- By: K.T. Fitzpatrick
- Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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1919, far northern Queensland. Fleeing from England and a violent marriage, Eva Willoughby arrives at her childhood friend’s home, a cattle station near the eerie and mysterious Black Mountain, the site of several unexplained disappearances. Although the war is over there is unease, and tensions are rising … Not long after Eva finds employment as an assistant to Detective Sergeant Jack Shaw at the Ross Constabulary, her friend Sylvia disappears. Shaken, Eva suspects that Sylvia’s disappearance is connected to the mysterious death of a troubled young soldier.
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The Bootlegger's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Nadine Nettmann
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Allyson Ryan, Keong Sim
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s 1927. Letty Hart’s father is long gone, but his old winery provides a meager wage and a legal livelihood for selling sacramental wine. But when that contract goes bust, Letty stumbles upon a desperate option: her father’s hidden cellar—and enough liquor to tempt Letty to bootleg the secret stash. In an underworld dominated by merciless men, Letty is building an empire.
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A Nest of Vipers
- The Bangalore Detectives Club Series, Book 3
- By: Harini Nagendra
- Narrated by: Radhika Aggarwal
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1922, and the Bangalore constabulary is on high alert. Edward, Prince of Wales, is scheduled to visit the city, seeking to redeem his reputation after disastrous visits to Bombay and Calcutta which were marked by violent anti-British riots. Kaveri has none of these concerns on her mind; she's excited as she and her husband Ramu have been given VIP tickets to the famous Bangalore circus. But when a celebrity magician disappears into thin air and his son pleads with Kaveri to find his vanished father, she is stunned to discover Inspector Ismail telling her to leave the case well alone.
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Blond Hair, Blue Eyes
- An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel
- By: Chris Kelsey
- Narrated by: Bruce Sloan
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Burr, Oklahoma, summer, 1976: On the eve of America’s Bicentennial celebration, a notorious local politician is assassinated at a campaign rally. The case seems open and shut; the killer—a young, anonymous homeless woman—is shot by police at the scene. With the death of the assassin, the lead investigator is content to write off the crime as a random act. Burr’s Chief of Police, Emmett Hardy, isn’t so sure.
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Grace Designs Mysteries Collection
- By: Tilly Wallace
- Narrated by: Erin O'Flaherty
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Grace Devine is a seamstress turned sleuth, trying to look after her family in 1920s New Zealand. This collection of heartwarming historical mysteries will send you on a unique Kiwi adventure.
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In Gold We Trust
- Father Hardy Alaska Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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An Alaskan mission priest gets involved in a tale of revenge and the search for a shipment of gold bars stolen off a historic paddlewheel steamboat, the Nenana. Fr. Hardy and his friends, Evie, Andy and William, board the Nenana on her last voyage down the Tanana and Yukon rivers. There's already been one unsolved murder, death by paddlewheel. Can they get to the bottom of it all before there's another?
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Under the Black Mountain
- By: K.T. Fitzpatrick
- Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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1919, far northern Queensland. Fleeing from England and a violent marriage, Eva Willoughby arrives at her childhood friend’s home, a cattle station near the eerie and mysterious Black Mountain, the site of several unexplained disappearances. Although the war is over there is unease, and tensions are rising … Not long after Eva finds employment as an assistant to Detective Sergeant Jack Shaw at the Ross Constabulary, her friend Sylvia disappears. Shaken, Eva suspects that Sylvia’s disappearance is connected to the mysterious death of a troubled young soldier.
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The Bootlegger's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Nadine Nettmann
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Allyson Ryan, Keong Sim
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s 1927. Letty Hart’s father is long gone, but his old winery provides a meager wage and a legal livelihood for selling sacramental wine. But when that contract goes bust, Letty stumbles upon a desperate option: her father’s hidden cellar—and enough liquor to tempt Letty to bootleg the secret stash. In an underworld dominated by merciless men, Letty is building an empire.
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The Double Vice
- The 1st Hidden Gotham Novel
- By: Chris Holcombe
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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When one of Dash’s club patrons is murdered, Dash and his friends must discover the killer while also outwitting a devious blackmailer. Together, they navigate the shadowy world of drag queens, cabaret performers, gangsters, mob molls, lesbian lawyers, and a mysterious but dangerous “Baroness of Business.” Men and women who have everything to lose—and some of whom will do anything to keep their secrets hidden.
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The Dead Hand
- Harriet & Matthew Rowsley, Book 5
- By: Judith Cutler
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A house full of academics should imply calm and quiet, but much to housekeeper Harriet Rowsley's dismay some of the guests seem to have problems with the estate's unconventional practices and aren't afraid of voicing their concerns. Having Harriet and her husband and interim estate manager Matthew as the hosts of Thorncroft House, while his lordship is ill, is obviously not to everyone's taste! But Harriet won't let their opinions get in the way of running the household. She and her husband seem to have things under control until a series of unusual accidents occur around them.
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The Serpent on the Crown
- Amelia Peabody Mysteries, Book 17
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1922, and The Great War is over. With the world at peace, Amelia and her family return to the Valley of the Kings to explore its storied sands. But they are quickly troubled by treacherous secrets and murder. A woman presents them with a priceless but dangerous artifact—a golden king said to bring death to all who possess it. The woman's husband has already fallen, and now she needs help to return the relic to its tomb.
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Murder at Buxley Manor
- British Cozy Mystery, Book 1
- By: Leena Clover
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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England 1921. Lady Elizabeth Gaskins is throwing a big party to celebrate her birthday. But when an odious guest gets killed and steals her thunder, her father, the Earl of Buxley, becomes a suspect. After all, he came to blows with the dead man in front of several witnesses. Determined to find out who murdered his childhood friend, Lord Buxley summons a detective from Scotland Yard. Not to be outdone, Lady Bess and her spunky cohorts, the oldest Dowager Countess and great aunts, embark on a hunt for the killer.
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Tomb of the Golden Bird
- Amelia Peabody Mysteries, Book 18
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Amelia Peabody and her family of archaeologists are back in a new mystery in which Emerson and Ramses are close to unearthing the legendary site they've been searching for—the tomb of King Tut.
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Murder in Black Tie
- 1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery, Book 4
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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November, 1923. An invitation to a house party at the estate of Parkview Hall is a welcome respite for Olive Belgrave, a newly minted working girl who’s become the solver of high society’s trickiest problems. But when the sumptuous black-tie event turns deadly, Olive’s cousin Peter becomes the main suspect. Olive must unmask a sophisticated killer before an innocent man takes the blame . . . because murder doesn’t RSVP.
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An Old Money Murder in Mayfair
- 1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery, Book 5
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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November, 1923. Olive’s school chum, Gigi, invites Olive to London because Gigi’s dotty grandmother fears for her life—or so she’s said to Gigi. However Olive is surprised to find that the dowager is far from muddled. The sharp and imperious matriarch refuses to admit to her worries and sends Olive on her way. Without a client or case, Olive is swept into the glittering lifestyle of the “fast set,” and their decadent excess. But then among the cocktails and champagne, a murderer strikes during a frivolous party game, and Olive realizes the dowager’s fears were well-founded.
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Murder on a Midnight Clear
- 1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery, Book 6
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Olive and Jasper have never been closer—except for one thing. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when he’s unexpectedly called away. Her search brings her to Holly Hill Lodge where an eclectic group has gathered to celebrate an old-fashioned English Christmas. When the butler goes missing, Olive and Jasper must work together to solve the Christmas crime—as well as the secret Jasper hides.
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The Sicilian Inheritance
- By: Jo Piazza
- Narrated by: Rachel Hirsch, Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When Sara Marsala’s beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, she leaves Sara a valuable piece of land in Sicily, but there’s a catch: the locals refuse to acknowledge the rightful owner of the deed, and if Sara wants the land she must first uncover the truth about what happened to her great-great grandmother, Serafina Marsala. Because Rosie didn’t think Serafina died of illness as family lore states... Rosie believed Serafina was murdered, and she wants Sara to prove it.
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Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall
- By: David Hewson
- Narrated by: Tcheky Karyo
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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France, 1977. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with corruption. A girl goes missing, presumed dead after bloody clothes are found close to an illicit party near an abandoned chateau. Baptiste believes he's nailed the culprit, the eccentric Gilles Mailloux. When he appears in court, the public call for the guillotine - and that's the sentence Mailloux gets. But as Mailloux awaits an appeal for clemency, he asks to see Baptiste, who's still haunted by the fact the girl's body remains missing.
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A Plague of Serpents
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 4
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution. But other conspirators are circling, men who would blackmail Daniel for their own dark ends. In the Serpents' den, nothing is quite as it seems. And when Daniel spies a familiar face among their number, the game takes a dangerous turn.
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The Darkest Night
- By: Victoria Hawthorne
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton, Helen McAlpine, Samara MacLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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When Ailsa Reid becomes the subject of a trial by media after an incident at the school where she works, she escapes to the comfort of her grandparents' house in Fife. But she arrives to find her grandmother, Moira - recently diagnosed with dementia - has gone missing, and her grandfather, Rupert, gravely injured. Desperate to ensure Moira's safe return, Ailsa must rely on the help of her estranged mother, Rowan, who abandoned her at birth. Tensions simmer between the two women as they attempt to piece together the lead-up to Moira's disappearance.