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All Things Slip Away
- Spookie Town Mysteries
- Narrated by: Abby Elvidge
- Series: Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Scraps of Paper, Revised Author's Edition
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Abigail Sutton's beloved husband walks out one night, doesn't return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It's made her sympathetic to the missing and their families. Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna's younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
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Great Mystery
- By Kindle Customer on 24-04-2020
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Ghosts Beneath Us
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Jan Kennedy
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Someone is terrorizing the elderly and vandalizing their homes in a certain neighborhood in Spookie. As usual, Abigail Sutton, a freelance artist, and her boyfriend, Frank Lester, a retired homicide detective, are called in to help find out who's doing these awful acts. The two seem to have an uncanny knack for unraveling mysteries and getting to the bottom of such strange happenings. Some of the old people think it's ghosts in their basements, in their homes, doing these destructive deeds, but Frank doesn't believe in ghosts while Abigail isn't so sure.
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When the Fireflies Returned
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 7
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila B. Hagood
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two mysteries, one from her far distant past of over 70 years ago and one for the future and a dire prediction from her grandniece Glinda, a psychic, that will affect not only Spookie and its inhabitants, but the whole world. Mysterious bones are unearthed in the ground behind Luke’s Hardware Store, and Frank and the sheriff are determined to find out whose bones they are, and how the victim died - even though whatever happened occurred over 70 years ago.
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Witches Among Us
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 4
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Rebecca Burns
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The usual eccentric characters are here for their fourth murder mystery and the case is one which really hits close to home this time for Myrtle, the town's Perry Como singing and wagon-pulling bag lady. Her sister Evelyn, the local animal hoarder, is missing. Strange miniature figures fashioned of twigs are found hanging from one of Evelyn's trees as warnings. Because of them, Myrtle fears a coven of wanted-to-be witches she once knew, and escaped from, could be behind the kidnapping because she stole their ancient black grimoire - and they want it back.
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All Those Who Came Before: The Sixth Spookie Town Murder Mystery
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila B. Hagood
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This sixth Spookie Town Murder Mystery belongs primarily to Abigail and Frank Lester, my two main characters in the six book series. It’s their turn. First off, it at long last solves the enigma of Abigail’s first husband Joel Sutton’s disappearance, and death, a decade before…the tragic event that sent Abigail to Spookie in the first place to begin a new life. The new life that would grow so big as to include a new love, a new family, quirky, but well-meaning friends, and the strange murder mysteries her new friends would drag her into over the years.
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What Lies Beneath the Graves: The 5th Spookie Town Murder Mystery
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila Brereton Hagood
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Fifth Spookie Town Murder Mystery is finally out. Who wouldn’t want to find a chest of buried treasure, ancient gold coins, and exquisitely priceless jewelry on their land? A treasure a sailor dead for over 70 years once found in the shallow waters of a distant island and later buried, hid, the remnants of at the end of his tragic life. The townspeople of Spookie have been searching, fighting, and killing each other over it for decades, and no one has ever unearthed it.
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Scraps of Paper, Revised Author's Edition
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Abigail Sutton's beloved husband walks out one night, doesn't return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It's made her sympathetic to the missing and their families. Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna's younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
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Great Mystery
- By Kindle Customer on 24-04-2020
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Ghosts Beneath Us
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Jan Kennedy
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Someone is terrorizing the elderly and vandalizing their homes in a certain neighborhood in Spookie. As usual, Abigail Sutton, a freelance artist, and her boyfriend, Frank Lester, a retired homicide detective, are called in to help find out who's doing these awful acts. The two seem to have an uncanny knack for unraveling mysteries and getting to the bottom of such strange happenings. Some of the old people think it's ghosts in their basements, in their homes, doing these destructive deeds, but Frank doesn't believe in ghosts while Abigail isn't so sure.
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When the Fireflies Returned
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 7
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila B. Hagood
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two mysteries, one from her far distant past of over 70 years ago and one for the future and a dire prediction from her grandniece Glinda, a psychic, that will affect not only Spookie and its inhabitants, but the whole world. Mysterious bones are unearthed in the ground behind Luke’s Hardware Store, and Frank and the sheriff are determined to find out whose bones they are, and how the victim died - even though whatever happened occurred over 70 years ago.
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Witches Among Us
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries, Book 4
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Rebecca Burns
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The usual eccentric characters are here for their fourth murder mystery and the case is one which really hits close to home this time for Myrtle, the town's Perry Como singing and wagon-pulling bag lady. Her sister Evelyn, the local animal hoarder, is missing. Strange miniature figures fashioned of twigs are found hanging from one of Evelyn's trees as warnings. Because of them, Myrtle fears a coven of wanted-to-be witches she once knew, and escaped from, could be behind the kidnapping because she stole their ancient black grimoire - and they want it back.
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All Those Who Came Before: The Sixth Spookie Town Murder Mystery
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila B. Hagood
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This sixth Spookie Town Murder Mystery belongs primarily to Abigail and Frank Lester, my two main characters in the six book series. It’s their turn. First off, it at long last solves the enigma of Abigail’s first husband Joel Sutton’s disappearance, and death, a decade before…the tragic event that sent Abigail to Spookie in the first place to begin a new life. The new life that would grow so big as to include a new love, a new family, quirky, but well-meaning friends, and the strange murder mysteries her new friends would drag her into over the years.
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What Lies Beneath the Graves: The 5th Spookie Town Murder Mystery
- Spookie Town Murder Mysteries
- By: Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Narrated by: Nila Brereton Hagood
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Fifth Spookie Town Murder Mystery is finally out. Who wouldn’t want to find a chest of buried treasure, ancient gold coins, and exquisitely priceless jewelry on their land? A treasure a sailor dead for over 70 years once found in the shallow waters of a distant island and later buried, hid, the remnants of at the end of his tragic life. The townspeople of Spookie have been searching, fighting, and killing each other over it for decades, and no one has ever unearthed it.
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Mystery at the Church
- A Totally Unputdownable Cozy Mystery Novel (An Eve Mallow Mystery, Book 6)
- By: Clare Chase
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Eve Mallow is looking forward to her 15 minutes of fame when Saxford St. Peter is chosen as the location for a new drama series. A devoted people-watcher, Eve is thrilled to learn that TV stars are just as glamorous - and tempestuous - as she’s always imagined. But then someone delivers a bouquet of poisonous flowers to the director Rufus Beaumont, making Eve worry that some of the rivalries she’s noticed are deadly serious. And when Rufus’ body is found in the church where the funeral scene took place, it’s clear that someone’s out for the kill in real life.
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Mystery at Apple Tree Cottage
- An Eve Mallow Mystery, Book 2
- By: Clare Chase
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s spring in Saxford St. Peter - time to get back in the garden, listen to the birds, and take gentle strolls in the woods. But for some, it’s the season for murder. Eve Mallow is relishing the gentle pace of the village until a new arrival stirs everyone up. Ashton Foley is back: a teenage tearaway turned interior designer to the stars. So when he’s found murdered in the woods near his mother’s home, Apple Tree Cottage, there’s no shortage of suspects. A jealous husband? A spurned lover? Or has someone from his past life caught up with him?
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Intriguing
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Mystery at the Abbey Hotel
- An Eve Mallow Mystery, Book 5
- By: Clare Chase
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Saxford St Peter is Eve Mallow’s beloved home, but she can’t resist the chance to spend a weekend in the nearby Abbey Hotel, famed for its glamorous owner, Debra Moran, and an array of celebrity guests. For a confirmed people-watcher like Eve, it’s perfect: She can observe the rich and famous while sipping tea in the gardens, her faithful dachshund, Gus, by her side. But her relaxing break takes a shocking turn when Debra is found lying dead in the shadowy woods around the hotel.
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Mystery at the Old Mill
- A Completely Gripping Cozy Mystery Novel (An Eve Mallow Mystery, Book 4)
- By: Clare Chase
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Everyone in Saxford St Peter is desperate to know more about Harry Tennant, the newcomer who owns the Old Mill. He usually keeps himself to himself, but he’s finally invited the villagers round for drinks, and Eve Mallow isn’t the only one looking forward to having some questions answered. But two days before the party, a terrible fire sweeps through the mill, and Harry is found dead. When Eve passes the burned remains of his beautiful house, she can’t resist the call to investigate.
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Ashes and Bone (A Southern Mystery)
- Delta Crossroads, Book 3
- By: Stacy Green
- Narrated by: Johanna Fairview
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Just when Jaymee Ballard's life seems to be on track, a massive derecho attacks the Delta Crossroads, sowing destruction in its path. Her boyfriend, investigative journalist Nick Samuels, comes up missing, and she fears the worst.
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The Girls in the Snow
- Nikki Hunt, Book 1
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- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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In the remote forests of Stillwater, Minnesota, you can scream for days and no one will hear you. So when the bodies of two 15-year-old girls are discovered frozen in the snow, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local: Someone knew where to hide the girls and thought they would never be found. Though Nikki hasn’t been home in 20 years, she knows she must take over the case.
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A good book
- By Anonymous User on 14-12-2020
Publisher's Summary
Ten years ago Frank Lester, a Chicago homicide detective, thought he had rid himself forever of the Mud People Killer who'd kidnapped and murdered six people. Frank had shot him as he'd fled through a snowy night; had killed him, he believed, though a body was never found.
But the killer wasn't dead. He'd only been waiting to take his revenge on Frank and those he cares about now...10 years later. Frank retired early and is living back in his hometown of Spookie when the killer resurfaces to take up where he left off. Kidnapping more innocents and tormenting Frank and the people he cares about.
Unless Frank and his artist girlfriend, Abigail Sutton, can find and stop him before he kills more people and perhaps both of them.
What listeners say about All Things Slip Away
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- Rabid Reader
- 24-04-2016
Another great small town mystery
The second Spooky Town Mystery audiobook, once again featuring Abby and Frank as the main protagonists, brings a serial killer to terrorize the inhabitants of small town Spooky. Ten years earlier Frank, as a Chicago cop, had shot a murder, but the guy escaped and no more was heard from him until disappearances, following the same modus operandi, began in Spooky. This old adversary of Frank's puts Abby and all the inhabitants of Spooky in danger. This is an enjoyable and entertaining mystery story that has depth, suspense and really appealing characters. The main storyline moved forward at a good pace and kept you wondering what would happen next. The authors choice of victims and the effects their disappearance had on their families was realistic and created sympathy in the readers. The secondary and back storylines added interest and depth to the book, making you even more invested in the characters. It is nice to see Abby moving forward emotionally and I look forward to seeing her and Franks relationship develop. I found the narration a little old fashioned and slow, with Abby's voice sounding more like an old lady as opposed to the middle aged woman she is supposed to be. I did however find that her voice fit Myrtle very well, bringing her quirkiness and character to life. Even though I did not find the narration fit some of the characters, her voices did grow on me and I did not find it distracted me from the storyline. This is an enjoyable, warm and entertaining mystery that keeps your attention and leaves you wanting to continued to follow the lives of the compelling characters of Spooky. I received this audiobook from the author in exchange for an honest review
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- KLD
- 04-02-2019
Definitely not like book 1
After listening to book 1 of the series thought I might have found a new cozy series. By chapter 6 I wondered if the author remembered writting the first book. Character back stories not matching up. No less than a half dozen errors. Had to stop listening and ask for my money back. Dissappointing after the first one.
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- Natalie @ ABookLoversLife
- 03-12-2014
Another Spooky Mystery.
If you could sum up All Things Slip Away in three words, what would they be?
Great Murder Mystery.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I don't have a favourite one because I enjoyed them all. Abigail is a competent heroine, she is a normal woman and has her insecurities but will do what she can when needed. Frank was even better. He is so kind and nice and a great match for Abigail. Both are equally good and both bring something special to the book.
What about Abby Elvidge’s performance did you like?
Abby was a good narrator. It was easy to listen to her and she made a great Abigail, though I do think she could of added a little more to the other characters.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes. Like book 1, I wanted to keep reading to see what happens.
Any additional comments?
All Things Slip Away was a great second book. It can be read as a standalone but I recommend reading book 1 so you can get a feel for the characters. Kathryn Meyers Griffith is such a good story teller and invests so much into her characters. She does the same here and creates a really good murder/ mystery that will keep you reading.
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- Fascinatingbooks
- 04-03-2016
Loved it!
I liked this book so much that I found myself dragging my feet towards the conclusion because I didn't want it to end. This book was just about perfect and the narrator was wonderful. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants a clean, heart felt but exciting mystery. I was given a copy by the author for an honest review.
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- Susan S
- 07-11-2015
Norman Rockwell meets Norman Bates
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
People who enjoy Hallmark movies -- wholesome stories with no sex or swearing, fairy tale endings, with the odd serial killer thrown in for good measure. This book didn't seem to know whether it wanted to be a wholesome cozy mystery or a John Sandford thriller, and it did neither well.
What do you think your next listen will be?
I'm not sure.
What does Abby Elvidge bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She was much better than the book's first narrator, who seemed either bored or depressed. Elvidge was good at varying the characters' voices so I could tell who was speaking. Sometimes she sounded as if she were reading a children's book, but for the most part I thought she did a good job.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. I find it hard to believe nobody owned a cell phone or bothered to install an alarm system in this crime-ridden little town. Apparently, nobody has sex, either. And the premise of a serial killer disappearing for 10 years and tracking down the cop who injured him is quite implausible. Also, it was really strange that this quaint, Hallmark-like cozy mystery centered on a serial killer. This book wasn't sure what genre it wanted to be.
Any additional comments?
Overall, the chapters in which the serial killer was the narrator were pretty much like every other thriller you've read with a serial killer. I don't like smut, gore, or really graphic sex scenes, but this series is much too wholesome to be credible. And the writing is cliched. I won't be buying any more books in this series.
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- Chocalicious
- 31-07-2015
Spookie and engaging
All Things Slip Away is another great small town mystery. This story began ten years before when Chicago Homicide Detective Frank Lester and his partner Sam Cato pursued a serial kidnapper and murderer – The Mud People Killer -- who claimed six victims. The killer seemed to have had a personal vendetta against Frank who finally shot him one night during a foot chase. Problem was the body was never found, so there was no proof that the killer was dead.
Guess what? He wasn’t!
He was just waiting. Waiting for the right time to strike again. Waiting for Frank. And strike he did!! Yup. He waited for Frank to retire in his hometown, Spookie, and BAM! He picked up where he had left off ten years ago.
Wow. You have to read this nail-biting story filled with great characters that you will simply love.
An excellent read!
*I received this free audiobook in exchange for an unbiased review.*
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- Darla McCollim
- 13-09-2021
Meh narration
While the narration of the book was adequate, her voice did not appeal to me and had to increase the speed so it didn't drag.
The side characters are lovely. Evidently in Spooky, none of the normal social service requirements to foster don't apply.
I found the villain eventually annoying. So the book was a meh for me.
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- LAS CHRIST
- 03-08-2021
A fun Listen
I found this book an entertaining listening experience. Narration was excellent. I look forward to more stories from the author.
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- Ida
- 31-03-2021
All things slip away such as...
Interesting storyline and good narrator are missing. This Abby sounds like a 70 year old woman! Really bad and a distraction from the story. Ruined the story for me. Frank also sounded like an woman talking out of the side of her mouth. I listened to the end of the story because I wanted to know what the characters were up to.
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- Elizabeth O.
- 25-04-2020
Good, But Not as Good as Book 1
This is book 2 of the Spooky Town series. The characters are not as lifelike as they were in book 1. The story sort of plods along, not really going anywhere. You could cat nap and probably not miss anything.
I thought the villain’s inner thoughts were not only a waste of time, but also, a tad annoying.
Chapter 18 has glaring inconsistency issues.
The narrator was loud & clear. She had various voices and didn’t seem to over act. She was a different narrator than in book 1, and from the sample she seemed fine. However, for some reason, I just did not enjoy this narrator.
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- Deedra
- 26-07-2015
All Things Slip Away
Any additional comments?
This book starts in the past.A kidnapper is leaving 'mud people' sculptures in mailboxes or on windowsills of victims houses after he kidnaps them.Frank,a detective at the time,finally shoots the man but they never fins his or any other bodies.10 years later,it starts again.I liked this story.Abby Elvidge did a wonderful job narrating.
"I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com"
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