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Exit Stage Left
- Kempston Hardwick Mysteries, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mr Tim Dalgleish
- Series: Kempston Hardwick Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Exit Stage Left is a novella, the first in the Kempston Hardwick Mysteries series.
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- hazel talbot
- 23-04-19
If I could give minus I would
My heart goes out to the poor chap who had to read this trash. A pub performer dies, mysterious bystander takes up with a complete stranger and they investigate the accident. Occasionally bumping into the police. Utter unbelievable tosh.
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- Susi Moffat
- 07-11-18
Exit Stage Left
This is the story of two amateur detectives, one more experienced than the other, solving a crime that the police do not consider a crime. It was an interesting story and I enjoyed it. However, the volume and quality of the recording varies near the beginning. Also, the narrator takes random pauses at times and does not emphasis words as expected to begin with. The narration improves as the story continues.
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