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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man.
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A bit short-changed, but classic Christie...
- By MumOfThree on 28-03-2020
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
classic Christie
Reviewed: 14-12-2020
slow build but through My enjoyed the twists and turns. revisiting Agatha Christie and not disappointed
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The Janus Stone
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate when builders, demolishing a large old house in Norwich to make way for a housing development, uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway - minus the skull. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? DCI Harry Nelson would like to find out - and fast.
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Elly Griffiths the Janus Stone - creepy but good
- By Kasia on 15-03-2016
- The Janus Stone
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
Another thrill ride.
Reviewed: 20-11-2020
throughly enjoyed this installment. Dare I say even better than Crossing Places. So many threads, twists and turns. Look forward to getting into book 3.
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The Darkest Evening
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope's only thought is to get there quickly. But the snow is so heavy that she becomes disorientated and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead of her. With the driver's door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter, but when she inspects the car she is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat. Afraid they will freeze, Vera takes the child and drives on, arriving at Brockburn, a run-down stately home she immediately recognises as the house her father, Hector, grew up in.
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Vintage Vera
- By Ruth on 05-10-2020
- The Darkest Evening
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
Another thrilling ride with Vera and her team.
Reviewed: 13-11-2020
Ann Cleaved never disappoints. couldn't stop listening. Thrilling with so many twists. can't wait for the next one.
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Coffin, Scarcely Used
- A Flaxborough Mystery, Book 1
- By: Colin Watson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, the equally respectable councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia. But he is scarcely cold in his coffin before Detective Inspector Purbright, affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death of Carobleat's neighbour, Marcus Gwill, former prop. of the local rag, the Citizen. This time it looks like foul play, unless a surfeit of marshmallows had led the late and rather unlamented Mr Gwill to commit suicide by electrocution. ('Power without responsibility', murmurs Purbright.)
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good old British crime novel.
- By fiona kew on 22-05-2020
- Coffin, Scarcely Used
- A Flaxborough Mystery, Book 1
- By: Colin Watson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
good old British crime novel.
Reviewed: 22-05-2020
found it a bit of a struggle to start with. all that stuff upper lip stuff but as story and characters developed throughly enjoy the story.
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No Time Like the Past
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 5
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Jodi Taylor’s best-selling series The Chronicles of St. Mary is back with a bang…St. Mary’s has been rebuilt, and it’s business as usual for the history department. But first there’s the little matter of a 17th-century ghost that only Mr. Markham can see. Not to mention the minor inconvenience of being trapped in the Great Fire of London…and an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, leaving the fate of the Western world hanging in the balance.
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fast paced rampage through history
- By fiona kew on 29-01-2020
- No Time Like the Past
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 5
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
fast paced rampage through history
Reviewed: 29-01-2020
loving this series! can't get enough of the adventure at St Mary's. laughing out loud one minute and tearing up the next. never a dull moment. have never gone through a series of books so fast. looking forward to book 6 and know I'll be lost when I get to the end of book 8!!
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Cragside
- The DCI Ryan Mysteries, Book 6
- By: LJ Ross
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the grounds of Cragside, a spectacular Bavarian-style mansion surrounded by acres of woodland. When they are invited to attend the staff summer party - a Victorian murder mystery evening - it's all a joke until the lights go out and an elderly man is found dead. It looks like an unfortunate accident but, as the dead man's life begins to unfold, Ryan and his team of detectives realise that all is not as it appears.
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Had me shedding a tear
- By Debra on 26-09-2018
- Cragside
- The DCI Ryan Mysteries, Book 6
- By: LJ Ross
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Another cracking jarn.
Reviewed: 03-10-2019
L J Ross provides us with another excellent thriller. The narrator provides atmosphere and brings the characters to life. Already looking forward to the next installment.
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The Binding
- By: Bridget Collins
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice - but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse. He will learn to handcraft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there’s something you want to forget, he can help. If there’s something you need to erase, he can assist. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible.
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Thoroughly original.
- By Amazon Customer on 24-01-2019
- The Binding
- By: Bridget Collins
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
slow moving and dragged on
Reviewed: 30-09-2019
stuck with it through part one but found myself losing focus into part 2 and gave up before I got to part 3. I hate not finishing a book but just too long winded.
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The Rosie Project
- Don Tillman, Book 1
- By: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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The art of love is never a science.: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs The Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a 16-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers. Yet, Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities and. Don easily disqualifies her as a suitable candidate (even if she is "quite intelligent for a barmaid").
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Great read
- By Steven on 21-01-2015
- The Rosie Project
- Don Tillman, Book 1
- By: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
totally awesome!!
Reviewed: 10-09-2019
Really loved this book. Listened at every opportunity. Narrator brought the characters to life. can't wait to get next two in the series.
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The Night Raven
- Crow Investigations, Book 1
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Kate Rawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London. When a professional snafu forces her home, the head of the family calls in a favour, and Lydia finds herself investigating the disappearance of her cousin, Maddie.
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Why matching a narrator to a story is so crucial
- By Leith on 13-09-2019
- The Night Raven
- Crow Investigations, Book 1
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Kate Rawson
Found the story to be a bit of a non event .
Reviewed: 29-08-2019
The story didn't really go anywhere felt like an extended introduction to the characters and the plot got a bit lost. The listening experience was saved by the great narration.
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Killer on the Fens
- DI Nikki Galena Series, Book 4
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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DI Nikki Galena faces a personal challenge which will stretch her to the limit. She must fulfill her father's dying wish and discover who the mysterious Eve is. Meanwhile, a dead drug dealer is found on an abandoned airfield that the locals say is haunted. The trail of both mysteries will lead to the most shocking discovery of Nikki's career and put her whole team in mortal danger. Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you riveted until the shocking ending.
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Voices wreck it for me
- By Michelle on 31-05-2019
- Killer on the Fens
- DI Nikki Galena Series, Book 4
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
The most exciting crime series I've ever read
Reviewed: 07-07-2019
This is a series that I have been unable to stop listening to/reading since I started just over a week ago. Totally addictive, excellent story telling fast paced with twist and turns that keep going till the very end.