Sandra
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Silver
- By: Chris Hammer
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping. He'd vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old house in the seaside town and Martin knows their chance of a new life together won't come again. Martin arrives to find his best friend from school days brutally murdered, and Mandy the chief suspect. With the police curiously reluctant to pursue other suspects, Martin goes searching for the killer. And finds the past waiting for him.
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great Australian read
- By paul on 30-10-2019
- Silver
- By: Chris Hammer
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow
Has it all
Reviewed: 01-11-2019
This book has it all: murder, intrigue, boyhood adventure, family drama, romance, humour and more. Read perfectly by the narrator. You’ll love it.
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The Monster in the Box
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 22
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk. Years earlier, when Wexford was a young police officer, a woman called Elsie Carroll had been found strangled in her bedroom. Although many still had their suspicions that her husband was guilty, no one was convicted.
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Always
- By Sandra on 13-10-2019
- The Monster in the Box
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 22
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
Always
Reviewed: 13-10-2019
Ruth Rendell always writes a good story and this narrator is spectacular. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it.
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Harm Done
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 18 (Unabridged)
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Two young girls disappear then return home unharmed some days later. Chief Inspector Wexford is concerned about a pedophile who has been recently released back into the community but cannot foresee a series of serious crimes waiting to happen.
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Fantastic Listen
- By Sandra on 27-09-2019
- Harm Done
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 18 (Unabridged)
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
Fantastic Listen
Reviewed: 27-09-2019
A great book. Well written. Riveting story lines. Really good narration. You won’t regret this one.
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Greenlight
- Audible's Thriller of 2018
- By: Benjamin Stevenson
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, David Tredinnick, Jennifer Vuletic, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Four years ago Eliza Dacey was brutally murdered. Within hours, her killer was caught. Wasn’t he? So reads the opening titles of Jack Quick’s new true-crime documentary. A skilled producer, Jack knows that the bigger the conspiracy, the higher the ratings. Curtis Wade, convicted of Eliza’s murder on circumstantial evidence and victim of a biased police force, is the perfect subject. Millions of viewers agree. Just before the finale, Jack uncovers a minor detail that may prove Curtis guilty after all. Convinced it will ruin his show, Jack disposes of the evidence and delivers the finale unedited: proposing that Curtis is innocent.
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Excellent Aussie Thriller
- By Thomas on 07-09-2018
- Greenlight
- Audible's Thriller of 2018
- By: Benjamin Stevenson
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, David Tredinnick, Jennifer Vuletic, Glenn van Oosterom, Paul English, Mariele Runacre-Temple
Murder Mystery
Reviewed: 08-12-2018
I enjoyed this book. Great Australia story, all the better for being set in my local area. This writer is talented. Recommended.
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The Relentless Tide
- A DCI Daley Thriller, Book 6
- By: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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When Professor Francombe and her team of archaeologists find the remains of three women on a remote Kintyre hillside - a site rumoured to have been the base of Viking warlord Somerled - their delight soon turns to horror when they realise the women tragically met their end little more than two decades ago. It soon becomes clear that these are the three missing victims of the ‘Midweek Murderer’, a serial killer who was at work in Glasgow in the early 1990s. DCI Jim Daley now has the chance to put things right.
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Best
- By Sandra on 17-10-2018
- The Relentless Tide
- A DCI Daley Thriller, Book 6
- By: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrated by: David Monteath
Best
Reviewed: 17-10-2018
Best in the series. I enjoyed this DCI Daley story very much. The touches of humour made me lol and made it just perfect. Hoping for more.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Beware the Past
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught. Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.
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couldn't finish because of performance 🤨
- By peter cousens on 20-07-2018
- Beware the Past
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
Interesting story but
Reviewed: 14-09-2018
The narration has ruined this audio book. The speaker does loosen up a bit as it goes along but his voice is so stiff and formal he sounds a lot like an old fashioned BBC news reader. The female characters dialogue is especially unfortunate. The story was enough to keep me listening though, so over all it’s a three from me.
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Their Lost Daughters
- Audible's breakthrough crime author of 2018
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Deep in the muddy fields of the Lincolnshire Fens, a teenage girl is found wandering, delirious, claiming to have been drugged at a party. Metres away, the drowned body of another girl is found on an isolated beach. And all this on a small stretch of land where, nearly 10 years ago, the shocking disappearance of a young girl remains an open case.
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Masterful Performance By Richard Armitage
- By Kim Davenport on 20-06-2018
- Their Lost Daughters
- Audible's breakthrough crime author of 2018
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Lacking
Reviewed: 30-08-2018
Another two star reviewer here has said it better than I could. I agree with that reviewer. This piece of writing misses the mark on every level and the narration is no help at all. By the end I was getting anxious to be done listening and no longer cared whodunnit.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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A Song for the Dying
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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A heart-stopping crime thriller from the author of three consecutive No. 1 bestsellers, including Birthdays for the Dead and the DI Logan McRae series. He's back... Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man' murdered four women and left three more in critical condition - all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. And then the killer just … disappeared. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years.
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Very good
- By Sandra on 15-06-2018
- A Song for the Dying
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
Very good
Reviewed: 15-06-2018
The thrilling sequel to Birthdays For the Dead. You must read the first book to really get the best from this one but it’s a great read anyway. Brilliantly crafted story with great characters, narrator is amazing.
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Birthdays for the Dead
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her 13th birthday. A year later the first card arrived: homemade, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front – Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last. The tabloids call him The Birthday Boy. He’s been snatching girls for 12 years, always in the run-up to their 13th birthday, sending the families his homemade cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death.
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very good.
- By Stephanie on 21-02-2019
- Birthdays for the Dead
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
Heavy going
Reviewed: 13-06-2018
But worth it. With twists and turns galore, plenty of blood, gore and depravity, these poor characters are really put through the wringer for our entertainment. Chilling to the end.
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Smoke and Whispers
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads North for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zöe Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zöe kill herself, or did one of her old cases come looking for her? And what's brought Sarah's former sparring partner Gerard Inchon to the same broken-down hotel?
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another great herron book
- By "neil999b" on 02-08-2017
- Smoke and Whispers
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
Great!
Reviewed: 31-05-2018
I enjoyed this instalment of the Zoe Boehm novels immensely. Overlooking some of the slight improbabilities, it’s an engrossing story, skilfully written and narrated. Bring on more! Mick Heron is a great writer.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful