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Marshlight
- Detective Matt Ballard, Book 4
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An old friend's sister disappears without a trace. There's no sign of foul play, but she'd been acting very peculiarly. Meanwhile, Liz's cousin, Christie, comes to stay. She takes an immediate - and uncharacteristic - dislike to the local bookshop owner, Gina....
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Another great Ellis novel
- By Janet Congues on 14-12-2021
By: Joy Ellis
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Question of Guilt
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Book 7
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt.
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great books!
- By Cindi on 30-06-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 1-3
- A Midlands Crime Thriller Series
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
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The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....
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Good listen
- By Anonymous User on 22-10-2023
By: Sally Rigby
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Detective Sebastian Clifford: Volume 2: A Midlands Crime Thriller Series
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 4-6
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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Contains books 4-6 of the bestselling, fast-paced Detective Sebastian Clifford series.
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The amount that each person has to carry, and the final outcome of their decisions.
- By Lorraine on 19-06-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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Hidden from Sight
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Book 4
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....
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Brilliant!
- By Dawn Rae on 21-02-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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The Devil's Cut
- Detective Corstorphine, Book 2
- By: Andrew James Greig
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The summit was just a few more minutes’ climb as the bottle slipped from his weakening grip. He was aware that he was dying. Not here. Not now. Not alone. Through the pain, his mind screamed a silent final eulogy.
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Great concepts, great weekend read
- By Ree Penny on 08-06-2025
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Marshlight
- Detective Matt Ballard, Book 4
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An old friend's sister disappears without a trace. There's no sign of foul play, but she'd been acting very peculiarly. Meanwhile, Liz's cousin, Christie, comes to stay. She takes an immediate - and uncharacteristic - dislike to the local bookshop owner, Gina....
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Another great Ellis novel
- By Janet Congues on 14-12-2021
By: Joy Ellis
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Question of Guilt
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Book 7
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt.
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great books!
- By Cindi on 30-06-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 1-3
- A Midlands Crime Thriller Series
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....
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Good listen
- By Anonymous User on 22-10-2023
By: Sally Rigby
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Detective Sebastian Clifford: Volume 2: A Midlands Crime Thriller Series
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 4-6
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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Contains books 4-6 of the bestselling, fast-paced Detective Sebastian Clifford series.
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The amount that each person has to carry, and the final outcome of their decisions.
- By Lorraine on 19-06-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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Hidden from Sight
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Book 4
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....
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Brilliant!
- By Dawn Rae on 21-02-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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The Devil's Cut
- Detective Corstorphine, Book 2
- By: Andrew James Greig
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The summit was just a few more minutes’ climb as the bottle slipped from his weakening grip. He was aware that he was dying. Not here. Not now. Not alone. Through the pain, his mind screamed a silent final eulogy.
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Great concepts, great weekend read
- By Ree Penny on 08-06-2025
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VANISH
- #1 bestselling author of WAKE and RIPPER (Lane Holland 3)
- By: Shelley Burr
- Narrated by: Jacquie Brennan
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Lane Holland's crime-solving career ended the day he went to prison. Yet one unsolved case continues to haunt him: the disappearance of Matilda Carver two decades ago...
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Intriguing story
- By Anonymous User on 02-06-2025
By: Shelley Burr
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Northwind
- Robert Hoon Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland detective superintendent Bob Hoon’s life is a mess....
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Excellent spin off
- By Virginia Walsh on 27-10-2021
By: JD Kirk
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The Bone Clock
- Detective Corstorphine, Book 1
- By: Andrew James Greig
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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In the Scottish Highlands where secrets settle like mist in the glens, Detective Inspector James Corstorphine is summoned to a macabre scene–a gamekeeper hanging from an ancient oak, ensnared by an intricate trap of wire and bone.
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The bone clock
- By Marcia Jolly on 19-06-2025
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The Wrong Woman
- By: J.P. Pomare
- Narrated by: Anthea Greco, Nick Ravenswood
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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It was a tragic accident. Wasn't it? A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller....
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Great story, leaves you baited till very end !
- By Anonymous User on 02-09-2022
By: J.P. Pomare
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All the Devils Are Here
- Atticus Priest, Book 4
- By: Mark Dawson
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Private investigator Atticus Priest is employed by a disgruntled ex-husband to dig up dirt on his estranged wife. But when she goes missing after swimming in the River Avon, Atticus uncovers a conspiracy between five lifelong friends that goes back years.
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Weakest of the series so far.
- By Lynda Henderson on 30-04-2025
By: Mark Dawson
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Westward
- Robert Hoon Thrillers, Book 3
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time. Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead....
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Pure Hoon Gold!
- By Luisa on 04-08-2022
By: JD Kirk
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The Teacher
- DS Cross Mysteries, Book 6
- By: Tim Sullivan
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes finding his killer difficult.
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Enjoyed the story.
- By Sharon in Oz on 29-03-2025
By: Tim Sullivan
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The Dying Light
- Detective Matt Ballard Series, Book 3
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Detective Matt Ballard may have retired but there's still plenty going on in the fens to keep him busy. Someone trashes an old lady's garden and daubs her isolated cottage with hateful graffiti. Emilia Swain seems to be totally harmless, so why is she being targeted? Find out....
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Strange happenings
- By Aussie Jenny on 15-01-2022
By: Joy Ellis
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Summer Knight
- The Dresden Files, Book 4
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet....
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Jim's writing of women gets tiresome after a while
- By Anonymous User on 01-01-2022
By: Jim Butcher
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Blood Rites
- The Dresden Files, Book 6
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, takes on a case as a favor to his friend Thomas, only to become the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders.....
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These books get better and better!
- By chelsea on 05-02-2016
By: Jim Butcher
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Kill Promise
- Jack Widow, Book 18
- By: Scott Blade
- Narrated by: Alan Philip Ormond
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Promises are meant to be kept. Especially a promise like this. Jack Widow is submarine-watching near Kitsap Naval Base, outside Seattle, when he runs into an old friend.
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A rollicking tale that keeps delivering right to the end.
- By Anonymous User on 01-11-2024
By: Scott Blade
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- The Complete BBC Radio Series
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: full cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe....
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The Shadow Club
- Jack Widow, Book 19
- By: Scott Blade
- Narrated by: Alan Philip Ormond
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Annapolis. The U.S. Naval Academy. Here begins Widow's journey—a path from a promising naval career to a crossroads of life and death. Rewind to Widow's final days as a twenty-two-year-old midshipman, where a dying woman's request catapults him into a whirlwind of lies and buried truths.
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Origin story
- By David Clanchy on 28-02-2025
By: Scott Blade
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The Ghost Line
- Jack Widow, Book 20
- By: Scott Blade
- Narrated by: Alan Philip Ormond
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
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Jack Widow lives by simple rules: keep moving, live and let live. But there’s one more rule—don’t cross him, and he won’t cross you. Deep in the Ozarks, the forgotten town of Iron Crossing harbors deadly secrets.
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Great book
- By julie on 06-07-2025
By: Scott Blade
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The Double Man
- Jack Widow, Book 15
- By: Scott Blade
- Narrated by: Alan Phillip Ormond
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Tired of people, Jack Widow takes a break. He camps out in the Alaskan wilderness on Kodiak Island, relying on nothing but his survival skills. It’s everything he wanted....
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Always good
- By Anonymous User on 17-11-2024
By: Scott Blade
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Death and Boules
- A Follet Valley Mystery, Book 5
- By: Ian Moore
- Narrated by: Ian Moore
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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From the best-selling author of Death and Croissants, a new murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Julia Chapman, or MC Beaton
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Another thrilling thriller
- By Amanda Thomas on 24-06-2025
By: Ian Moore
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Southpaw
- Robert Hoon Thrillers, Book 2
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Ex-Police Scotland detective Bob Hoon has made himself some powerful enemies. Following his brutal search for the missing daughter of an old army colleague, Hoon is being hunted by the Loop....
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Furk Me Bob
- By NeilB on 20-06-2022
By: JD Kirk
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Silent Ritual
- Private Investigator Teàrlach Paterson, Book 2
- By: Andrew James Greig
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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As Logan Martin begins his prison sentence for the brutal murder of his father, the eighteen-year-old’s aunt hires private investigator Teàrlach Paterson. She believes Logan is innocent and wants Teàrlach to uncover the truth.
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When is the next book available?
- By Woofess on 10-10-2024
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Proven Guilty
- The Dresden Files, Book 8
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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The White Council of Wizards has drafted Harry Dresden as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in Chicago....
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phwoar
- By Brody on 05-04-2015
By: Jim Butcher
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The Burning Issue of the Day
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 5
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent....
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Rather a silly story - disappointing!
- By Jennifer on 12-03-2021
By: T E Kinsey
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Murder in Chianti
- Armstrong and Oscar, Book 2
- By: T A Williams
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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A cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany. It's murder in paradise....
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Research
- By Emmelle88 on 15-04-2024
By: T A Williams
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The Secret Detective Agency
- By: Helena Dixon
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1941: Miss Jane Treen is at her desk, strong black coffee in hand and fluffy ginger cat by her side, when her top-secret government work is interrupted by an urgent call to Devon
By: Helena Dixon
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Wake the Past
- Detective Sebastian Clifford, Book 6
- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.
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Stif upper lip
- By mary on 03-03-2025
By: Sally Rigby
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Fog and Fury
- Haven Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Inger Tudor
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business. What crimes could possibly happen in a town nicknamed “Mayberry by the Sea”? Sonny’s first case: find Figgy, a missing goldendoodle last seen sporting a Versace collar. At least scouting out a dognapper gives Sonny a chance to get to know her new neighbors.
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Daughter, Missing
- By: Jill Childs
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When Kate Grosvenor’s daughter embarks on a gap year, Kate’s worst nightmare becomes a reality. A frantic call from an American woman reveals that their daughters, traveling together, have gone missing. Desperate and determined, Kate’s search takes her from London to Europe, and finally to America. What she doesn’t know is that her daughter’s disappearance is linked to a stepson she hasn’t seen in years – a man who was disinherited after his father’s death and now harbours a dark desire for revenge.
By: Jill Childs
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Private (Dutch Edition)
- By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Auke Leistra - translator
- Narrated by: Roel Fooij
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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De integriteit van het bureau wordt op het spel gezet als Jack Morgan moet kiezen tussen vergelding en gerechtigheid. Private is het meest exclusieve detectivebureau ter wereld. Hier wordt betaald voor maximaal resultaat en maximale discretie, en zijn de geheimen van de rijken der aarde in handen van een team eigenzinnige, vastberaden rechercheurs.
By: James Patterson, and others
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.
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The Adventure of the Three Gables
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Three Gables is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1926 as a serial. The story begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street from Steve Dixie, a black man and a cowardly ruffian who warns Sherlock Holmes to keep away from Harrow. Although Dixie has come to intimidate Holmes, Holmes secures Dixie's future cooperation by threatening to tell what he knows about the suspicious Perkins death involving Dixie.
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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife's disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down.
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Fog and Fury
- Haven Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Inger Tudor
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business. What crimes could possibly happen in a town nicknamed “Mayberry by the Sea”? Sonny’s first case: find Figgy, a missing goldendoodle last seen sporting a Versace collar. At least scouting out a dognapper gives Sonny a chance to get to know her new neighbors.
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Daughter, Missing
- By: Jill Childs
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When Kate Grosvenor’s daughter embarks on a gap year, Kate’s worst nightmare becomes a reality. A frantic call from an American woman reveals that their daughters, traveling together, have gone missing. Desperate and determined, Kate’s search takes her from London to Europe, and finally to America. What she doesn’t know is that her daughter’s disappearance is linked to a stepson she hasn’t seen in years – a man who was disinherited after his father’s death and now harbours a dark desire for revenge.
By: Jill Childs
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Private (Dutch Edition)
- By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Auke Leistra - translator
- Narrated by: Roel Fooij
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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De integriteit van het bureau wordt op het spel gezet als Jack Morgan moet kiezen tussen vergelding en gerechtigheid. Private is het meest exclusieve detectivebureau ter wereld. Hier wordt betaald voor maximaal resultaat en maximale discretie, en zijn de geheimen van de rijken der aarde in handen van een team eigenzinnige, vastberaden rechercheurs.
By: James Patterson, and others
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.
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The Adventure of the Three Gables
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Three Gables is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1926 as a serial. The story begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street from Steve Dixie, a black man and a cowardly ruffian who warns Sherlock Holmes to keep away from Harrow. Although Dixie has come to intimidate Holmes, Holmes secures Dixie's future cooperation by threatening to tell what he knows about the suspicious Perkins death involving Dixie.
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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife's disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down.
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The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It is notable for being narrated by Holmes himself, instead of by Dr. Watson (who does not appear in the story). Holmes is enjoying his retirement in Sussex when one day at the beach, he meets his friend Harold Stackhurst, the headmaster of a nearby preparatory school called The Gables.
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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926) is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published Strand Magazine October 1921 - April 1927. This story is one of only two narrated by Holmes rather than Doctor Watson - the other one being The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. Not surprisingly, Dr. Watson does not appear in either story.
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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921–April 1927. The original title The Adventure of the Black Spaniel was changed before publication. Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad.
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The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 23 mins
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The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken to cursing in the night, shouting "Murder, murder!" and "You cruel beast! You monster!" Also, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and she is wasting away.
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The Sign of the Broken Sword
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 37 mins
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The Sign of the Broken Sword is a short story by G. K. Chesterton featuring his famous characters Father Brown and former criminal Flambeau. At the centre of the story is the mysterious death of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who was hanged on a tree with his broken sword hung round his neck. It is a detective story and throughout it Father Brown reveals the mystery of General St. Clare.
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine October 1921. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street where the page boy Billy shows him a wax effigy of Holmes placed near a curtained window in the sitting room. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes.
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The Problem of Thor Bridge
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The Problem of Thor Bridge is a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1922 in The Strand Magazine. Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime. It soon emerges that Mr. Gibson's marriage had been unhappy and he treated his wife very badly.
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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the January 1924 issues of The Strand Magazine in London and Hearst's International Magazine in New York. Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires.
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The Adventure of the Creeping Man
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 44 mins
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The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923) is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in Strand Magazine October 1921 - April 1927. A man named Trevor Bennett comes to Holmes with a most unusual problem. He is Professor Presbury's personal secretary, and Mr. Bennett is also engaged to the professor's only daughter, Edith. Professor Presbury is himself engaged to a young lady, Alice Morphy, a colleague's daughter, although he himself is already 61 years of age.
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The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 34 mins
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The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1924), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. According to Dr. Watson's opening narration, this story is set at "the latter end of June, 1902 ... the same month that Holmes refused a knighthood for services which may perhaps some day be described." This is a parallel to the knighthood of Arthur Conan Doyle around the same time.
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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 58 mins
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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924) is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of the 12 stories collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Sir James Damery comes to see Holmes and Watson about his illustrious client's problem (the client's identity is never revealed to the reader, although Watson finds out at the end of the story; it is heavily implied to be King Edward VII).
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Sherlock Holmes und die ägyptische Mumie
- Sherlock Holmes - Die neuen Abenteuer, Folge 1
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, William K. Stewart
- Narrated by: Karlheinz Gabor
- Length: 50 mins
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Kurz vor Eröffnung einer neuen altägyptischen Ausstellung im Britischen Museum verschwindet die Hauptattraktion: Der Pharaonensarkophag, in dem sich eine antike Mumie befinden sollte, ist leer. Auf Ersuchen des verzweifelten Museumsdirektors übernehmen Sherlock Holmes und Watson den Fall.
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Sherlock Holmes, Die alten Fälle (Reloaded) - Ultimative Sammlung Volume 1
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Christian Rode, Peter Groeger, Kerstin Draeger, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Die junge Gouvernante Violet Hunter bittet Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr. Watson um Hilfe. Ihr neuer Arbeitgeber, Mr. Charles Rucastle, legt ein so mysteriöses Verhalten an den Tag, dass sie dahinter ein Verbrechen vermutet. Holmes und Watson begeben sich daher zur düsteren Villa Blutbuchen und entdecken unter Lebensgefahr Geschehnisse, die Miss Violets fürchterliche Vermutung unterstützen.
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Epilog - Ein Himmlischer Meisterdetektiv
- Die mysteriösen Fälle von Sherlock Holmes und Pater Brown, Folge 13
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Alice White
- Narrated by: Gerry Hungbauer
- Length: 46 mins
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Heiligabend, 24. Dezember 1889: In der Baker Street 221B ist es ruhig und festlich. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson und Mrs. Hudson sitzen beisammen, genießen den Apfelstrudel der Haushälterin und lassen das vergangene Abenteuer Revue passieren. Doch die besinnliche Stimmung währt nicht lange: Plötzlich steht Inspektor Lestrade in der Tür – mit einer letzten Bitte an Sherlock Holmes. Ein verschlüsselter Hinweis und eine noch immer verschwundene Schlüsselfigur bereiten Scotland Yard Kopfzerbrechen. Holmes wirft einen Blick auf den Hinweis – und erkennt sofort, worauf er hinausläuft.
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque".
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The Adventure of the Red Circle
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 42 mins
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The Adventure of the Red Circle is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow. Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed.
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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 43 mins
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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex.
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 34 mins
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective, in some editions simply titled "The Dying Detective" (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as His Last Bow (published 1917). Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having heard about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.
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His Last Bow - The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 34 mins
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His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes, later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 58 mins
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Devil's Foot ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves at Poldhu in Cornwall one spring for the former's health, but the holiday ends with a bizarre event. Mr. Mortimer Tregennis, a local gentleman, and Mr. Roundhay, the local vicar, come to Holmes to report that Tregennis's two brothers have gone insane, and his sister has died.
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans.
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The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Jono Pearce
- Length: 46 mins
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Lord Robert St. Simon's new American bride, Hatty Doran, has disappeared almost immediately after the wedding. The servants had prevented an old love interest of his from forcing her way into the wedding breakfast, Hatty had been seen in whispered conversation with her maid, and Inspector Lestrade arrives with the news that Hatty's wedding dress and ring have been found floating in the Serpentine. Holmes quickly solves the mystery, locating Hatty at a hotel with a mysterious, "common-looking" man who had picked up her dropped bouquet after the ceremony.
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Jono Pearce
- Length: 56 mins
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Violet Hunter consults Holmes after being offered a governess job subject to a number of unusual conditions, including cutting her hair short. The wage is extremely high, £120, and she decides to accept the job, though Holmes tells her to contact him if she needs to. After a number of strange occurrences, including the discovery of a sealed-off wing of the house, she does so. Holmes discovers that someone had been kept prisoner in the wing, but when Holmes, Watson and Hunter enter, it is empty.
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Jono Pearce
- Length: 53 mins
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A banker asks Holmes to investigate after a "Beryl Coronet" entrusted to him is damaged at his home. Awakened by noise, he had found his son, Arthur, holding the damaged coronet. Arthur refuses to speak, neither admitting guilt nor explaining himself. Footprints in the snow outside the house tell Holmes that the banker's niece had conspired with a blackguard to steal the coronet; Arthur had discovered the crime in progress and the coronet had been damaged during his struggle to prevent it being stolen. He had refused to tell his father the truth of the crime because of his love for his cousin.