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The Scarlet Papers
- By: Matthew Richardson
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Lucy Scott
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Only she knows the truth. Only he can tell the world....
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Over complicated and convoluted plot
- By Silvine on 22-08-23
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The Bookseller of Inverness
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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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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War Lord
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 13
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria. With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side, his household is secure – yet Uhtred is far from safe....
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Fantastic story interweaved with history.
- By Paul on 17-10-20
By: Bernard Cornwell
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War of the Wolf
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 11
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home, but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn’t have long to enjoy the victory....
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Audible got this very wrong
- By Amazon Customer on 26-10-18
By: Bernard Cornwell
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The Shadows of London
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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London 1671. The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work....
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Great story, read well
- By Anonymous User on 23-11-23
By: Andrew Taylor
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The Black Friar
- Damian Seeker 2
- By: S. G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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London, 1655, and Cromwell's regime is under threat from all sides. Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's Guard, is all too aware of the danger facing Cromwell....
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A brilliant sequel to Seeker
- By Louisa on 17-01-18
By: S. G. MacLean
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The Scarlet Papers
- By: Matthew Richardson
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Lucy Scott
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Only she knows the truth. Only he can tell the world....
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Over complicated and convoluted plot
- By Silvine on 22-08-23
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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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War Lord
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 13
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria. With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side, his household is secure – yet Uhtred is far from safe....
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Fantastic story interweaved with history.
- By Paul on 17-10-20
By: Bernard Cornwell
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War of the Wolf
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 11
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home, but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn’t have long to enjoy the victory....
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Audible got this very wrong
- By Amazon Customer on 26-10-18
By: Bernard Cornwell
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The Shadows of London
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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London 1671. The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work....
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Great story, read well
- By Anonymous User on 23-11-23
By: Andrew Taylor
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The Black Friar
- Damian Seeker 2
- By: S. G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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London, 1655, and Cromwell's regime is under threat from all sides. Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's Guard, is all too aware of the danger facing Cromwell....
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A brilliant sequel to Seeker
- By Louisa on 17-01-18
By: S. G. MacLean
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The Seeker
- Damian Seeker 1
- By: S. G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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London, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies at home and abroad....
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A Dark-Cloaked Figure
- By Simon on 10-12-16
By: S. G. MacLean
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The Little House
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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It was easy for Elizabeth. She married the man she loved, bore him two children and made a home for him which was the envy of their friends. It was harder for Ruth. She married Elizabeth’s son and then found that, somehow, she could never quite measure up....
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Narration
- By Kindle Customer on 08-01-24
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Winter List
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Multi-award-winning historical thriller writer S. G. MacLean returns to her 17th-century heartland. Charles II has been restored to the throne. A list of men who supported Cromwell must be hunted down to face a terrible traitor's death. On that list is the name of Damian Seeker....
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Seeking Seeker
- By Lewis Family on 10-09-23
By: S.G. MacLean
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Warrior: The Epic Story of Caratacus, Warrior Briton and Enemy of the Roman Empire
- By: Simon Scarrow, T. J. Andrews
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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From the bestselling author of the Eagles of the Empire novels comes the epic story of Caratacus: a barbarian who united tribes to raise an army against mighty Rome....
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Scarrow at his best,
- By T G R Thomson on 12-08-23
By: Simon Scarrow, and others
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Traitor's Gate
- By: Michael Ridpath
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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Conrad de Lancey has seen enough of evil: the shadow of fear on the faces of innocents; the sudden lull before the slaughter begins. Franco's bloody insurrection taught this Englishman all about hell....
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Good listen
- By Fittpar on 14-12-22
By: Michael Ridpath
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The Ill-Made Knight
- Chivalry, Book 1
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
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September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the king and his son, the dauphin. With 12,000 knights....
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Brilliant
- By Mike on 09-11-22
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Hunters of the Holy Grail
- Guardians of the Past
- By: Gabriel Drake
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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In the shadows of forgotten ruins and hidden temples, Mark Lockheed, a government archaeologist, is about to embark on an adventure that will defy the boundaries of history and myth. Tired of his life among the sea of suits, Mark's world is turned upside down when a lifelong obsession with the Holy Grail throws him into the heart of a mystery that has confounded scholars and adventurers for centuries.
By: Gabriel Drake
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The Whispering River
- Foley Family Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Suzanne Winterly
- Narrated by: Ruth Redman
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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Ireland, 1895. Polly Brady hopes to escape her oppressive past by accepting the position of governess at Colgrannagh, an old house in the Wicklow mountains. But when she learns her employer’s botanist husband died in unusual circumstances, she is drawn into a poisonous deception that threatens her future.
By: Suzanne Winterly
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
- A Novel
- By: Paulette Kennedy
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
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Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquility—until a local girl is murdered and Loretta begins receiving messages from beyond. Pete dismisses them as delusions of a fevered female imagination. Loretta knows they’re real—and frightening.
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The Berlin Letters
- A Cold War Novel
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Ann Marie Gideon, P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she’s expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to thrilling Cold War assignments—especially in the exhilarating era of the late 1980s—Luisa’s work remains stuck in the past decoding messages from World War II.
By: Katherine Reay
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Enigma of the Shadows
- By: Jerzy Krokowski
- Narrated by: Wendy Merritt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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"Enigma of the Shadows" unfolds on a remote island in 1902, where a series of perplexing serial murders plunge the community into fear. Summoned to investigate, a renowned detective Alex, untangles a web of cryptic symbols and dark secrets. As the narrative twists through suspenseful clues, listeners are led on a journey through duplicity and unexpected revelations, culminating in a spine-tingling resolution.
By: Jerzy Krokowski
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The Butterfly Circle
- By: Mary Carroll Leoson
- Narrated by: Mary Carroll Leoson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1948, and Eliza Kendall’s father has just dropped her off at Prescott House, a home for unwed mothers. Pregnant and alone, Eliza finds comfort in her three roommates, whose friendship gives her hope despite abuse from a bitter headmistress.
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Hunters of the Holy Grail
- Guardians of the Past
- By: Gabriel Drake
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In the shadows of forgotten ruins and hidden temples, Mark Lockheed, a government archaeologist, is about to embark on an adventure that will defy the boundaries of history and myth. Tired of his life among the sea of suits, Mark's world is turned upside down when a lifelong obsession with the Holy Grail throws him into the heart of a mystery that has confounded scholars and adventurers for centuries.
By: Gabriel Drake
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The Whispering River
- Foley Family Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Suzanne Winterly
- Narrated by: Ruth Redman
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Ireland, 1895. Polly Brady hopes to escape her oppressive past by accepting the position of governess at Colgrannagh, an old house in the Wicklow mountains. But when she learns her employer’s botanist husband died in unusual circumstances, she is drawn into a poisonous deception that threatens her future.
By: Suzanne Winterly
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
- A Novel
- By: Paulette Kennedy
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquility—until a local girl is murdered and Loretta begins receiving messages from beyond. Pete dismisses them as delusions of a fevered female imagination. Loretta knows they’re real—and frightening.
By: Paulette Kennedy
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The Berlin Letters
- A Cold War Novel
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Ann Marie Gideon, P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she’s expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to thrilling Cold War assignments—especially in the exhilarating era of the late 1980s—Luisa’s work remains stuck in the past decoding messages from World War II.
By: Katherine Reay
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Enigma of the Shadows
- By: Jerzy Krokowski
- Narrated by: Wendy Merritt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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"Enigma of the Shadows" unfolds on a remote island in 1902, where a series of perplexing serial murders plunge the community into fear. Summoned to investigate, a renowned detective Alex, untangles a web of cryptic symbols and dark secrets. As the narrative twists through suspenseful clues, listeners are led on a journey through duplicity and unexpected revelations, culminating in a spine-tingling resolution.
By: Jerzy Krokowski
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The Butterfly Circle
- By: Mary Carroll Leoson
- Narrated by: Mary Carroll Leoson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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It’s 1948, and Eliza Kendall’s father has just dropped her off at Prescott House, a home for unwed mothers. Pregnant and alone, Eliza finds comfort in her three roommates, whose friendship gives her hope despite abuse from a bitter headmistress.
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The Gimlet Slip
- A Novella
- By: Fiona Davis, Greg Wands
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- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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New York, 1933: America is in its second decade of Prohibition, and its citizens have never been thirstier. Lydia Gardiner is the infamous queenpin of a criminal empire. From her penthouse in New York City’s ritzy Plaza Hotel, Lydia deals in all the city’s favorite vices—illegal liquor, drugs, women—ruling with an iron fist, a cold heart, and a knack for beating her coarse male counterparts at their own game.
By: Fiona Davis, and others
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Kemp: Passage at Arms
- Arrows of Albion, Book 2
- By: Daniel Hall, Jonathan Lunn
- Narrated by: Jack Michael Stacey
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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It is 1347 and the French, after a crushing defeat at Crécy, are licking their wounds while their king raises a new army. Locked into a fruitless siege, the English are camped in the marshes around Calais. Among them is foot soldier and archer Martin Kemp, whose dreams of serving his king and reliving the chivalrous adventures of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table are tempered by the gory and brutal reality of siege warfare. Having narrowly escaped death in a surprise attack from the French, Kemp sees a chance for a reprieve when a shaky truce is signed.
By: Daniel Hall, and others
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Bear Island
- By: Alistair MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter. En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be.
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Very good
- By Liam Wilcox on 11-03-24
By: Alistair MacLean
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The Hidden Storyteller
- By: Mandy Robotham
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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The war is over, and Germany in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns to the country she fled seven years prior – at the onset of the conflict – to find it unrecognisable. Amidst the stark horrors of a bombed-out city crumbling under the weight of millions of displaced souls, she discovers pockets of warmth: a violinist playing amidst the wreckage, couples dancing in the streets, and a nation trying to make amends.
By: Mandy Robotham
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Kite's Creek
- By: L R Bowman
- Narrated by: David Avera
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
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Zelda Lacy finds her parents murdered and her older brother missing in Missouri. Befriending an old confederate soldier, Slim Dugger, they head to Hays in search of her twin brothers, who are notoriously evil, to seek help finding their missing brother. Once in Hays, a stranger enters their lives with an English background and secrets of his own. Will the twins help their sister or continue their destructive ways? Can evil be redeemed? Just when you think you know the answers with family, there are always surprises that unfold.
By: L R Bowman
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Decanus
- Quintus Roman Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Neil Denby
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Julius Quintus Quirinius and his cohort sail to the mysterious land of Britannia. They have been sent on a mission to scout out the savage country and battle the local tribesman to pave the way for their emperor.
But before they can land, a violent storm scatters their ships, separating Quintus, newly promoted to Decanus, from some of his comrades. In seeking them, he encounters Britons who may be friend or foe.
By: Neil Denby
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Mystery at Mesa Blanca
- A Crime That Time Has Forgotten (Anh Santos, The Forgotten Crimes Trilogy, Book 1)
- By: Angus Curran
- Narrated by: Jennifer Kellams
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The pandemic killed her husband and turned her idyllic life upside down. The discovery of an old crime and the need for some cash propel Anh Santos to solve a mystery. Mask up, grab some hand sanitizer, and get ready for an adventure to solve a crime that time has forgotten.
By: Angus Curran
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A Graveyard in Algiers
- Muhammad Amalfi Mystery Series, Book Four
- By: AJ Lewis
- Narrated by: AJ Lewis
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
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Following an exorcism gone wrong, Chief Commissioner Muhammad finds evidence of alchemy, debauchery, religious excess, and murder at a lonely hillside villa outside the city of Algiers leased to a British baron and his naturalist wife in the year 1794. On his first case since his appointment to high office by the mercurial Dey of Algiers, Muhammad’s investigation is thwarted by his inexperience, crafty Arab tribesmen, scheming European women and greedy sea captains.
By: AJ Lewis
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Voyage to Blackbeard’s Island
- Rick and Rose Sinclair Adventure #2 (Rick and Rose Sinclair Adventures)
- By: Russell James
- Narrated by: Khai Lannor
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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In 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was captured and killed. But he left no trace of the immense riches he’d plundered during his years pillaging the high seas. In 1938, antique dealers Rick and Rose Sinclair discover what appears to be a map of an uncharted island sketched in Blackbeard’s hand. With the help of Virginia, a pirate expert, they deem the map authentic, and the most likely place for Blackbeard to have hidden his treasure.
By: Russell James
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A Grave for a Thief
- A Company of Rogues, Book 3
- By: Douglas Skelton
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Christopher Templeton is a lawyer whose conscience troubles him. He knows many of the secrets of The Fellowship, the shadowy group profiting from the civil unrest in the nation, and has intimated to the Company of Rogues that he is willing to share them. The problem is, he has vanished. Jonas Flynt – thief, gambler, killer – still recovering from a duel with death upon the frozen Thames, is tasked with finding him. The trail takes him from the dark slums of London to a quiet village in the north of England, where all is not as it seems.
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Superb!
- By Michelle :) on 19-03-24
By: Douglas Skelton
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Mary Celeste
- A Ghost Ship Short Story
- By: K. Bartholomew
- Narrated by: Russell E. Welch III
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Step right up and come aboard the Mary Celeste, the most famous ghost ship in history, during our famous voyage across the Atlantic. When the captain appears to be losing his mind, First Mate Richardson must risk insubordination to safely deliver the ship to the distant port of Genoa. However, his problems don’t end there because he must also overcome storms, disease, a dangerous cargo and a mutinous crew who’re disappearing one by one.
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Gripping from start to finish.
- By Intertwining Vines on 22-02-24
By: K. Bartholomew
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Sinners of Starlight City
- By: Anika Scott
- Narrated by: Carlotta Bretan
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Madame Mystique is a performer extraordinaire, come to work her scandalous magic at the glittering 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Of African American and Sicilian heritage, Mystique – aka Rosa Mancuso – and her fellow performers move on the margins. Her ambiguous status serves a hidden vendetta: she awaits the arrival of Paolo Amanta, the dashing pilot sent by Mussolini to dazzle spectators with a phenomenal air show.
By: Anika Scott