British Mystery Classics
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The Incredible Crime
- By: Lois Austen-Leigh
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance26
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Story28
Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence Pinsent is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard who is pursuing a quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge.
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beautifully written and a compelling read
- By Christopher Leach on 07-11-17
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The Incredible Crime
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-09-17
- Language: English
- Prince's College, Cambridge: Prudence Pinsent, a remarkable young woman, must unravel the identity of drug smugglers who may be forced to kill to protect their secret....
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The Sittaford Mystery
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall488
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Performance426
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Story426
Mystery and suspense surround a seance in a snowbound house on the edge of Dartmoor, where the prediction of a grisly murder is only the precursor to an ingenious deadly crime and one of Agatha Christie’s most gripping thrillers… In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy...
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Perfect for winter evenings in front of the fire
- By Sue on 21-08-08
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The Sittaford Mystery
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 13-11-06
- Language: English
- Mystery and suspense surround a seance in a snowbound house on the edge of Dartmoor, where the prediction of a grisly murder is only the precursor to an ingenious deadly crime and one of Agatha Christie’s most gripping thrillers… In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy...
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Murder for Christmas
- Discover the perfect classic mystery for Christmas
- By: Francis Duncan
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall355
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Performance308
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Story310
Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions...
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Fantastic narrator
- By Ms. Jenny M. Stone on 14-11-16
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Murder for Christmas
- Discover the perfect classic mystery for Christmas
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
- Series: Mordecai Tremaine, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 27-10-16
- Language: English
- Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions...
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Murder in the Mill-Race
- British Library Crime Classic
- By: E.C.R. Lorac
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance52
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Story51
When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in north Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first they see only its charm, but soon they begin to uncover its secrets - envy, hatred and malice. Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children's home, is a saint - but is she? A few months after the Ferens' arrival her body is found drowned in the mill-race. Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one of his most difficult cases in a village determined not to betray its dark secrets to a stranger.
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A classic crime novel, with some modern themes
- By Hugh T on 07-02-20
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Murder in the Mill-Race
- British Library Crime Classic
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-02-20
- Language: English
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When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in north Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first they see only its charm, but soon they begin to uncover its secrets....
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Death Has Deep Roots
- British Library Crime Classic
- By: Michael Gilbert
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance21
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Story21
At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during the war. She is now employed at the Family Hotel in Soho, where Major Eric Thoseby has been found murdered. Thoseby is believed to have fathered Lamartine's child, and the prosecution insist that his death is revenge for his abandonment of Lamartine and her arrest by the Gestapo. A last-minute change in Lamartine's defence counsel grants solicitor Nap Rumbold just eight days to prove her innocence.
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Slow
- By martin on 02-03-20
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Death Has Deep Roots
- British Library Crime Classic
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-01-20
- Language: English
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Solicitor Nap Rumbold has just eight days to prove Victoria Lamartine's innocence....
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Classic Detective Stories
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Colin Dexter, more
- Narrated by: Edward Hardwicke
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
This collection features some of the greatest fictional detectives ever, including: Sherlock Holmes, Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, Father Brown, Morris Klaw, and Inspector Morse amongst others. Reader Edward Hardwicke, who played Watson to Jeremy Brett's Holmes in the early 1990s, makes an ideal reader for the genre.
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Pause between the stories, please!
- By L on 16-03-17
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Classic Detective Stories
- Narrated by: Edward Hardwicke
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-06-05
- Language: English
- This collection features some of the greatest fictional detectives ever....
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The Moonstone
- Penguin Classics
- By: Wilkie Collins, Sandra Kemp - introduction
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley, Richard Cordery, Julian Wadham, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance19
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Story19
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Jessie Buckley, Richard Cordery, Julian Wadham, David Sturzaker, Hugh Fraser, Bruce Alexander, Oscar Batterham, Matthew Spencer, James MacCallum, Stewart Clarke and Jot Davies. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by...
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Do not listen to the introduction
- By Mr. NJ Spearing on 04-12-19
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The Moonstone
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley, Richard Cordery, Julian Wadham, Hugh Fraser, Bruce Alexander, Oscar Batterham, Matthew Spencer, James MacCallum, Stewart Clarke, Jot Davies
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 26-09-19
- Language: English
- Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Jessie Buckley, Richard Cordery, Julian Wadham, David Sturzaker, Hugh Fraser, Bruce Alexander, Oscar Batterham, Matthew Spencer, James MacCallum, Stewart Clarke and Jot Davies. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by...
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Murder in Advance
- By: Marjorie Bremner
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
A playwright is murdered, seemingly in connection with the suspected blackmail of his friend—a rising young MP who, without explanation, disappeared from public view before his untimely death. With a number of high-profile suspects to investigate, the key to solving the case rests on a written clue left behind by the killer....
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Murder in Advance
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 07-04-22
- Language: English
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A playwright is murdered, seemingly in connection with the suspected blackmail of his friend—a rising young MP who, without explanation, disappeared from public view before his untimely death....
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The Silk Stocking Murders
- By: Anthony Berkeley
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance37
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Story37
A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer. Investigating the disappearance of a vicar’s daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by...
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Not a very exciting novel.
- By Enrique Bonifacino on 01-08-17
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The Silk Stocking Murders
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Series: Roger Sheringham, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-02-17
- Language: English
- A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer. Investigating the disappearance of a vicar’s daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by...
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery, Original Classic Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up, as she is dead, having been killed by a heavy blow to her head, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious ruby, known as the 'Heart of Fire', is missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, but detective Hercule Poirot, who also just happens to be a passenger on the train, is not convinced.
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery, Original Classic Edition
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Hercule Poirot solves the murder of a wealthy American socialite by staging an eerie reenactment of the journey with the killer along for the ride....
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Murder at the Theatre Royale
- The perfect murder mystery
- By: Ada Moncrieff
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story12
Brought to you by Penguin. It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery... December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions...
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Irritating voice.
- By Pollywollydoodle on 23-01-24
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Murder at the Theatre Royale
- The perfect murder mystery
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Series: Christmas Mystery, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
- Brought to you by Penguin. It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery... December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions...
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