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- Narrated by: Simon Brett
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Very little disturbs the ordered calm of Fethering, a pleasingly self-contained retirement town on England's southern coast. Which is precisely why Carole Seddon, who has outlived both her husband and her career at the Home Office, has chosen to reside there. So the last thing Carole expects to encounter in Fethering is a new neighbour with but one name and an obviously colourful past.
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A great read
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- By: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
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- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation - especially in the form of women and alcohol. He’s been out of work so long now he feels he may never get a job and he’s driving Frances, his semi-ex-wife, mad. So when he’s offered a small role in a play, she nearly pushes him out of the door. But it seems that ‘The Message is Murder’ is such a terrible production that someone wants to kill off the cast.
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- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Alfie McAlister has retreated from London to the peace and quiet of the country to recover from a personal tragedy. But an accidental death - which may have been no accident - reveals that the heart of England is far from the tranquil backwater he imagined. After arriving in Bunburry, he is co-opted as an amateur detective by Liz and Marge, two elderly ladies who were best friends with Alfie's late Aunt Augusta. And it is not long before their investigations take an even more dramatic turn.
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I cannot rate this high enough.
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Mrs Pargeter's Principle
- By: Simon Brett
- Narrated by: Simon Brett
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
For Mrs Pargeter, it is a matter of principle that she should complete any of her late husband's unfinished business. Amongst his many bequests, perhaps the most valuable is his little black book, in which he listed all the people who ever worked for him, with details of their particular skill sets. This means that whenever Mrs P has a crime to solve, she can readily contact someone with the relevant expertise.
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Please make more available!
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Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series Compilation
- Cherringham 1-3
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 1 - 3: MURDER ON THAMES, MYSTERY AT THE MANOR and MURDER BY MOONLIGHT.
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Editor reviews
Actor Simon Jones performs Simon Brett’s Corporate Bodies, the 14th in his Charles Paris series of mystery novels, which follow the exploits of an alcoholic and perpetually out-of-work actor as he finds himself embroiled again and again in dangerous - and sometimes even deadly - mysteries, which seem to follow wherever he goes.
Jones is a skillful performer whose light narration draws out the deft humor of this engrossing whodunit, and his blunt, lively delivery is brisk and engaging, trapping listeners in the rapidly escalating tensions of this gripping audiobook.
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