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The House at Riverton
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
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Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again....
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Too long
- By Manx Miss on 04-07-23
By: Kate Morton
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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Shardlake
- By Lee on 20-03-22
By: CJ Sansom
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The Royal Secret
- James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 5
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards, a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate—but the task brings unexpected dangers....
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Really enjoyable
- By Liz on 30-04-21
By: Andrew Taylor
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A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball
- A Dizzy Heights Mystery, Book 2
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When London’s finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time. But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse....
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Poor
- By Frank on 01-08-21
By: T E Kinsey
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The Ghost of Whitechapel
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, believing them to be traitors to the poor of Whitechapel, but her younger brother and sister moved PC Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned....
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Fabulous
- By rebecca chantry on 24-02-21
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The White Company
- Sir John Hawkwood, Book 3
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Poitiers was in the past, but it changed the life of Sir John Hawkwood, for he gained his spurs and that was another step on his journey....
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CHAA-RGE! A hero story with historical accuracy
- By Mr K Latham on 05-12-23
By: Griff Hosker
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The House at Riverton
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again....
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Too long
- By Manx Miss on 04-07-23
By: Kate Morton
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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Shardlake
- By Lee on 20-03-22
By: CJ Sansom
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The Royal Secret
- James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 5
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards, a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate—but the task brings unexpected dangers....
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Really enjoyable
- By Liz on 30-04-21
By: Andrew Taylor
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A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball
- A Dizzy Heights Mystery, Book 2
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When London’s finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time. But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse....
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Poor
- By Frank on 01-08-21
By: T E Kinsey
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The Ghost of Whitechapel
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, believing them to be traitors to the poor of Whitechapel, but her younger brother and sister moved PC Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned....
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Fabulous
- By rebecca chantry on 24-02-21
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The White Company
- Sir John Hawkwood, Book 3
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Poitiers was in the past, but it changed the life of Sir John Hawkwood, for he gained his spurs and that was another step on his journey....
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CHAA-RGE! A hero story with historical accuracy
- By Mr K Latham on 05-12-23
By: Griff Hosker
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An Assassination on the Agenda
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 11
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder....
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Magnificent, as always
- By Kiki on 25-05-24
By: T E Kinsey
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Murder at the Dinner Party
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 8
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The staff in high society households are expected to be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dining room tends to get noticed. Did he die of natural causes or was he poisoned?
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Excellent plot
- By Helen Metcalf on 10-06-24
By: C.J. Archer
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The Ashes of London
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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From the number-one best-selling author of The American Boy and The Silent Boy comes a brand-new historical thriller set during the time of the Great Fire of London....
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Mystery and murder in 'the dunnest smoke of hell'
- By Rachel Redford on 27-04-16
By: Andrew Taylor
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfael—a Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th century—are performed here by the ideal actor....
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Reviewer: Jane Starfield
- By Jane on 08-10-22
By: Ellis Peters
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Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Georgie, or Lady Georgiana Rannoch, is busy planning her upcoming nuptials to Darcy O'Mara. Unfortunately, what has started as a simple wedding has become quite a royal headache and grand affair....
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Narrator
- By Littlewool15 on 21-08-18
By: Rhys Bowen
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Company of Liars
- By: Karen Maitland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death's shadow. While panic and suspicion flood the land, a small band of travelers comes together to outrun the breakdown in law and order....
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A Medieval Road Movie - Well worth a listen
- By I. Jamie on 02-02-09
By: Karen Maitland
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Naughty in Nice
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The national best-selling author of Royal Blood whisks her heroine away to the French Riviera for fun - and danger....
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Naughty but nice
- By AKEMAP on 29-09-16
By: Rhys Bowen
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D Is for Death
- By: Harriet F. Townson
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Dora Wildwood is escaping a most unsuitable marriage. She's on the first train to London, having smuggled herself out of the house at dead of night, like all the best books..
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An absolute delight
- By Beemac on 09-06-24
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EMPEROR: The Field of Swords, Book 3 (Unabridged)
- By: Conn Iggulden
- Narrated by: Paul Blake
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Julius Caesar has taken his legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his friendship with Marcus Brutus....
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Extra word on previous review
- By Alex on 12-09-10
By: Conn Iggulden
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Great murder mystery
- By n j elliot on 12-02-24
By: C.J. Archer
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Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times best-selling series....
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Not the best
- By Elaine on 08-10-19
By: Rhys Bowen
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Plague Pits & River Bones
- The Detective Lavender Mysteries, Book 4
- By: Karen Charlton
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe....
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Love how
- By Kevin on 21-02-18
By: Karen Charlton
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The Bookseller of Inverness
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From twice CWA award-winning author S. G. MacLean comes a gripping historical thriller set in Inverness in the wake of the 1746 battle of Culloden....
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Fabulous book, edge of the seat suspense
- By Amazon Customer on 06-08-22
By: S.G. MacLean
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EMPEROR: The Gods of War, Book 4 (Unabridged)
- By: Conn Iggulden
- Narrated by: Paul Blake
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The fourth volume in the acclaimed Emperor series, in which Conn Iggulden interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar....
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Changed the Reader!
- By JH on 02-11-10
By: Conn Iggulden
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The Magdalene Deception
- The Magdalene Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Gary McAvoy
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Jesus’ resurrection is a cornerstone of Christian faith. But when a clue surfaces that hints at an alternate account, the ramifications stand to change Christianity forever....
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Slow start but well worth finishing
- By Stephen Ridyard on 02-05-21
By: Gary McAvoy
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Force of Evil
- Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers, Book 6
- By: Simon Michael
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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On the face of it, representing a widow in an accidental death case should be routine. Sergeant Maynard, a Royal Air Force policeman, died in a simple motorcycle accident. The problem is, Mrs Maynard insists her husband was murdered....
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Brilliant book
- By Jill on 04-10-23
By: Simon Michael
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The Final Shot
- Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers, Book 7
- By: Simon Michael
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Another high-profile case forces maverick barrister Charles Holborne into the orbit of the Kray twins, the men who refuse to stay in his past and still have the power to destroy him....
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Incredible book
- By Gavin jones on 17-10-23
By: Simon Michael
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields....
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Beautifully written, but slower than a snail
- By Avril Lamb on 02-11-13
By: Eleanor Catton
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Death on the Lusitania
- Patrick Gallagher, Book 1
- By: R. L. Graham
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England....
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Absolutely superb!
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: R. L. Graham
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The Last Protector
- James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 4
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Brother against brother. Father against son. Friends turned into enemies....
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Riveting historical fiction
- By Max on 07-04-20
By: Andrew Taylor
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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
- Unabridged
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Georgie is just back from her honeymoon with Darcy when a friend in need pulls her into a du Maurier-like murder in this all-new installment in the New York Times best-selling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen....
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The Last Mrs. Summers
- By Mrs. C. Hunt on 13-08-20
By: Rhys Bowen
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....
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Worth a Listen
- By Penny on 06-08-08
By: Kate Morton
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Glass and Steele Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Marian Hussey
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her....
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Really enjoyed this collection
- By CAGE on 15-10-23
By: C.J. Archer
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The Magician's Diary
- Glass and Steele, Book 4
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a load of trouble....
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Excellent narrator, but I am losing interest in the story
- By Freda Lowe on 15-03-24
By: C. J. Archer
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The Desk from Hoboken
- A Genealogy Mystery, Book 1
- By: ML Condike
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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In a bid to heal from the grief of a personal loss, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a straightforward case-identify human remains found on a nearby college campus, believed to be the 180-year-old remains of Mary Rogers, a woman who died mysteriously in 1841 and was believed to have been buried in the nearby cemetery that had washed away. It should be simple enough, a project to get her back in the game.
By: ML Condike
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Dig Deep for Murder
- The Manor House Mystery Series, Book 4
- By: Kate Kingsbury
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers a dead body buried there. Once more Lady Elizabeth faces a ruthless killer, putting her life in grave danger.
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The Wolf's Shadow
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- By: G J Williams
- Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young
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Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?
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Murder by Invitation Only
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- By: Colleen Cambridge
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“A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art.
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The Burial Plot
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A cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London, The Burial Plot is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth Macneal, about murder, manipulation, and a young woman wrestling power from the hands of a dangerous man.
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D Is for Death
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- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Dora Wildwood is escaping a most unsuitable marriage. She's on the first train to London, having smuggled herself out of the house at dead of night, like all the best books. She plans to go straight to her godmother Lady Dreda Uglow, the only woman she knows who seems to live life on her own terms, and ask to stay. Dora ducks into the London Library to hide, asking the quizzical but kind Ben Stark and the clever Miss Amani for help. And it is there, surrounded by books, where she should feel most safe, that Dora Wildwood most unfortunately stumbles across her first dead body.
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An absolute delight
- By Beemac on 09-06-24
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The Desk from Hoboken
- A Genealogy Mystery, Book 1
- By: ML Condike
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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In a bid to heal from the grief of a personal loss, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a straightforward case-identify human remains found on a nearby college campus, believed to be the 180-year-old remains of Mary Rogers, a woman who died mysteriously in 1841 and was believed to have been buried in the nearby cemetery that had washed away. It should be simple enough, a project to get her back in the game.
By: ML Condike
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Dig Deep for Murder
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- By: Kate Kingsbury
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers a dead body buried there. Once more Lady Elizabeth faces a ruthless killer, putting her life in grave danger.
By: Kate Kingsbury
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The Wolf's Shadow
- The Tudor Rose Murders, Book 2
- By: G J Williams
- Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young
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Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?
By: G J Williams
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Murder by Invitation Only
- A Phyllida Bright Mystery, Book 3
- By: Colleen Cambridge
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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“A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art.
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A cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London, The Burial Plot is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth Macneal, about murder, manipulation, and a young woman wrestling power from the hands of a dangerous man.
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D Is for Death
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- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
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Dora Wildwood is escaping a most unsuitable marriage. She's on the first train to London, having smuggled herself out of the house at dead of night, like all the best books. She plans to go straight to her godmother Lady Dreda Uglow, the only woman she knows who seems to live life on her own terms, and ask to stay. Dora ducks into the London Library to hide, asking the quizzical but kind Ben Stark and the clever Miss Amani for help. And it is there, surrounded by books, where she should feel most safe, that Dora Wildwood most unfortunately stumbles across her first dead body.
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An absolute delight
- By Beemac on 09-06-24
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The Little Sparrow Murders
- By: Seishi Yokomizo, Bryan Karetnyk - translator
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- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …
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Our Lady of Pain
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Lady Rose Summer prides herself on not being a jealous woman - and she knows her engagement to Captain Harry Cathcart is only a ruse to keep her parents from shipping her off to India to find a husband. But then Harry's latest client, Dolores Duval - French, curvaceous, flirtatious - starts appearing everywhere at his side. And that changes everything. In a fit of temper Rose threatens Dolores - only to be found the very next day standing over her dead body.
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Banners of Hell
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Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free. Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city.
By: Paul Doherty
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The Comfort of Ghosts
- Maisie Dobbs, Book 18
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group.
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
- Saffron Everleigh Mystery, Book 3
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned and expired in Adrian’s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren’t enough, her best friend Elizabeth’s war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick.
By: Kate Khavari
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In the Hour of Crows
- By: Dana Elmendorf
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Adam Gold
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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When called upon, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives—only once, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her backwater ways when they don’t. Weatherly’s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she’s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident, Adaire saw something unnerving, and that’s why Weatherly believes she was murdered—never thinking for a moment that it was an accident.
By: Dana Elmendorf
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Infamous
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In July 1933, a gangster staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. What started clean soon turns messy as two of “Machine Gun” Kelly's partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and his wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both sides.
By: Ace Atkins
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Murder at the Dinner Party
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 8
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the police rule the sudden death of the butler was the result of natural causes. Not convinced by the verdict, she wants Cleo to prove foul play was involved. Considering he was acting mysteriously around some of the guests, and they were equally mysterious when they saw him, murder is a possibility. When the investigation leads Cleo to another decades-old murder and the sudden disappearance of the primary suspect, she’s even more determined to uncover the truth.
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Excellent plot
- By Helen Metcalf on 10-06-24
By: C.J. Archer
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Man of Bones
- By: Ben Creed
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Winter 1953. Beneath a pitch-black Leningrad sky, two bodies lie near the towering statue of Lenin outside the Finland Station. 'Nothing sinister, here, just a simple hit and run,' an officer in the MGB secret police assures militia detective Revol Rossel. Now he knows it's murder. Only recently released from a brutal Siberian labor camp and determined to find his missing sister at last, Rossel wants nothing to do with this new case. But his alcoholic, broken superior officer, Captain Liphukin, seizes upon it as his salvation—a last chance to be a true Soviet hero.
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Dodgy doings under Stalin
- By The Curator on 04-06-24
By: Ben Creed
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Mr Lismore and the Widow
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. He pursued his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.
By: Wilkie Collins
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Lady Ambition's Dilemma
- The Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, Book Three
- By: Jane Steen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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It seemed like a straightforward request–and Helena is used to her sister Blanche making demands on her time and fortune. But the most ambitious of her sisters reveals a dilemma that may wipe out the title she holds. When tragedy strikes, Helena must reprise her role as the Investigating Lady to save a nephew she doesn’t even like.
By: Jane Steen
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Trouble on a Country Lane
- Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries, Book 4
- By: Isabella Bassett
- Narrated by: Sandra Churchill
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s summertime in England, and for Lady Caroline and her nimble roadster, life is as breezy and full of promise as a winding country road. Unfortunately, on the way to the latest party, the road ends with a body. And when a guest at the party dies next, Lady Caroline finds herself at a dead end.
By: Isabella Bassett