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The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Series: Flavia de Luce Mysteries, Book 6
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The villagers of Bishop’s Lacey are holding their collective breath as St Tancred’s tomb in the local church is about to be opened after five hundred years. Inveterate eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce is first at the scene, but the body she finds lying there is not that of a desiccated saint; it is Mr Collicutt, St Tancred's celebrated organist.
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- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
“You frighten me,” the Gypsy said. “Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.” For Flavia de Luce, the old gypsy's words open up old wounds and new possibilities. Is she a faker, or is there some truth to her powers? And when the village is rocked by another ghastly murder, how will a growing fascination with gypsy lore help Flavia to solve it?
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- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When Flavia de Luce is banished to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada, she’s soon on familiar ground when, on her first night, a mummified body is dislodged from a chimney, and she is presented with a gruesome puzzle to solve. Girls have been disappearing with alarming regularity, leading Flavia to wonder not only how and why but what exactly is the academy's true purpose? Flavia must enter a shadowy world where truth and lies seem interchangeable and no one can be trusted.
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Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
- Flavia de Luce, Book 8
- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is back at Buckshaw at last, but her homecoming is overshadowed by news of her father's illness. Forbidden from visiting him in hospital, Flavia busies herself in the village, but she soon makes a macabre discovery: the corpse of a reclusive woodcarver in an empty house, except for a curiously uncurious cat. Curiosity may not kill this cat, but Flavia is energized at the prospect of a new investigation. However, what awaits Flavia will shake her to the core.
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- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When a mysterious puppet show arrives in Bishop's Lacey, death is not far behind... a grisly murder during a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk in the village hall reaches back to an earlier crime that has cast a shadow over the village for years. Flavia's investigations test her powers of deduction to the limit - and provide a shocking insight into the darker corners of the adult world.
Publisher's Summary
The absence of Flavia DeLuce’s mother, Harriet, has always cast a shadow, since her presumed death in a mountaineering accident in Tibet. Now, astonishingly, a specially commissioned train is bringing Harriet back to Buckshaw. But rather than putting the past finally to rest, Harriet's return is set to trigger a further series of bizarre and deadly events, as a most curious group of individuals converge on Buckshaw to pay their respects…
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- emmoff
- 22-05-2015
jumped the shark
I have very much enjoyed this series and characters within but this storyline was odd, jarring and quite unbelievable. A stepping stone for a new direction, it was badly conceived and most unlike the other books in tone and humour and its conclusion was most unsatisfactory. Flavia as detective no more. A very awkward transition.
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- Eric-Leo Kane
- 15-07-2021
love it
so addictive. such a fun listen and read. recommend this series from start to finish
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- Bard Groupie
- 24-08-2016
Wonderful idiosyncratic, funny,unique heroine
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I love these books. Flavia is a unique amateur detective. She is frighteningly intelligent, unstoppable, funny and yet vulnerable. Why can't I find all the books in the series on audible? Even some I have don't seem available now. There is a new one due out in September 2016. Why can't I find it to pre order on audible? Is it because there is a film coming out?
What did you like best about this story?
The main character , the setting, the humour and unusual plot. Enjoyed all the books in the series so far.
What about Sophie Aldred’s performance did you like?
She captured the character beautifully.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
More Flavia de Luce please! Bravo Alan Bradley. These books are both funny and dark with a wonderful heroine. I love Flavia.
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- Lindsey
- 31-01-2015
Not my cup of tea
As this book had many good reviews I continued to listen rather than giving up after a couple of chapters. I did manage to put my initial dislike of the narrator's style behind me as I realised she sounds prissy because she is telling the story on behalf of a prissy girl. The unveiling of the murderer all happens very quickly and with little explanation as to how the police find out. Not great and I shan't be downloading any more.
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