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Riviera Gold
- A Novel
- By: Laurie R. King
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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It's summertime on the Riviera, where the Jazz Age is busily reinventing the holiday delights of warm days on golden sand and cool nights on terraces and dance floors. Just up the coast lies a more traditional pleasure ground: Monte Carlo, where fortunes are won, lost, stolen, and hidden away. So when Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes happen across the Côte d'Azur in this summer of 1925, they find themselves pulled between the young and the old, hot sun and cool jazz, new friendships and old loyalties, childlike pleasures and very grownup sins...
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Beautiful story, long and languid
- By Richard on 06-12-2020
- Riviera Gold
- A Novel
- By: Laurie R. King
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Beautiful story, long and languid
Reviewed: 06-12-2020
This story was beautiful, it really worked had to capture the languid laid back nature of the time, the first third of the book really focused on creating atmosphere and really getting you involved in the feel of the time. An absolutely beautiful piece of writing by Ms King - top notch! As the mystery unfolds, it has so many interesting elements going on that it just captivated me from start to finish. This isn't an action book, its a Mille-feuille.
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The Last Mrs. Summers
- Royal Spyness, Book 14
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Georgie's best friend, Belinda, inherits a spooky old house in Cornwall and asks Georgie to go with her to inspect the property. When they arrive, they meet Rose, a woman Belinda knew as a child when she spent her summers with her grandmother in Cornwall. Belinda never liked Rose, who has always been bossy and a bit of a bully, but when Belinda's house proves to be uninhabitable, Rose invites them to stay with her. Rose is now married to Tony Summers, Belinda's childhood crush, and lives in the lovely house on the cliffs that he has inherited.
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Okay
- By noddy on 04-12-2020
- The Last Mrs. Summers
- Royal Spyness, Book 14
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
A murderously good novel
Reviewed: 22-08-2020
Familiar faces. Darcy is still the romantic. suspenseful. Couldnt wait to solve the crime and exonerate a main character
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Her Royal Spyness
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.
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a cosy mystery
- By Karen on 26-05-2016
- Her Royal Spyness
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
Great book
Reviewed: 11-08-2020
Witty and engaging characters. you can get easily immersed in such a well written book.
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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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fantastic.
- By Amazon Customer on 11-06-2018
- The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
Masterful connecting seeds to history, politics,..
Reviewed: 13-06-2020
Brilliant and additive!! Never thought about how seeds were the defining resource that enabled homo sapiens to become agrarian and therefore evolve!
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The Castle Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 4
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Jenny Starling has her dream job cooking for Lord and Lady Avonsleigh in a genuine castle. Then one of the castle’s treasures, a fabulously jewelled dagger, is used to murder a staff member. The victim is found stabbed through the heart in the conservatory. Lady Avonsleigh insists that Jenny help the police find the murderer. But how can Jenny solve this case when the murder was committed in front of several reliable witnesses, none of whom saw a thing?
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The unsolvable conundrum
- By Richard on 22-02-2020
- The Castle Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 4
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
The unsolvable conundrum
Reviewed: 22-02-2020
The alibis of the suspects seemed Rock solid. The relationships ranged from amusing to curious. I was itching to find out "who Dunn it" from start to end!
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The Winter Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 2
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Jenny Starling is spending Christmas in a snowed-in country house cooking all the traditional food she loves. But the family she’s working for are not full of the seasonal spirit. In fact, they seem to hate each other. On Christmas Eve, someone is found dead on the kitchen table. And the head of the family is blaming Jenny! But with an incompetent detective called in, and seemingly no motive for the murder, Jenny will have to give the police a hand. She will stop at nothing to clear her name and find the real murderer.
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Inaccurate Key Info = Frustrating
- By Anonymous User on 28-08-2020
- The Winter Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 2
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
A Superb and Satisfying Story
Reviewed: 12-01-2020
The main character was likeable .Her brilliant deductive skills had me cheering for her all the way through!
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The Riverboat Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 3
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Jenny Starling has a job on a luxury paddle steamer working for a wealthy businessman. All she has to do is cook for his small number of guests. But things quickly turn sour. Then she discovers the body of one of the passengers in the store cupboard. Who wanted him dead and why? Jenny will have to ignore many red herrings and follow the clues to get to the bottom of a complex and intriguing murder mystery. This is the third of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with a great cast of characters and baffling crimes which will keep you in suspense to the final second.
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All-could-have-Who-dunnit solved by amiable cook.
- By Anonymous User on 21-01-2021
- The Riverboat Mystery
- Jenny Starling, Book 3
- By: Faith Martin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
best one yet
Reviewed: 15-12-2019
all the characters were very well fleshed out and real, great mix of humour and sadness. I didn't figure this one out at all which made it that much more enjoyable.
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Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley, we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects.
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Most addictive story yet
- By Michael Stringer on 06-12-2019
- Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
Keeps you guessing
Reviewed: 13-12-2019
A riveting mystery intertwined with the romance of the newly wed couple. A must listen to.
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The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrated by: Chris Ruen
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of the Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined.
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Narrator is very good
- By Miti on 23-05-2020
- The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrated by: Chris Ruen
great story
Reviewed: 06-10-2019
this seems to be essential reading for the devops handbook. i was wondering if Bills woes would ever end.
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Foxglove Summer
- Rivers of London, Book 5
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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In the fifth of his best-selling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can't take the London out of the copper. Travelling west with Beverley Brook, Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And what's more all the shops are closed by 4pm....
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Fabulous narration brings the book to life
- By emmoff on 15-07-2015
- Foxglove Summer
- Rivers of London, Book 5
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
A Real Page turner
Reviewed: 19-11-2018
Twisted plot, memorable characters, evocative scenery.The voices described the personalities to a T! The relationships were tantalisingly close .....