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The Veiled One
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 14
- De: Ruth Rendell
- Narrado por: Robin Bailey
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 92
Concealed by a shroud of dirty brown velvet was what looked like a heap of rags. In a desolate subterranean car park of a Shopping Centre, Dorothy Sanders pulled back the velvet curtain revealing the grim discovery of a woman’s body. Inspector Michael Burden, for a while conducting the investigation without the help of Wexford’s intuitive genius, blunders down a number of blind alleys before uncovering the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5/5*
- De Mark Miller en 05-29-15
- The Veiled One
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 14
- De: Ruth Rendell
- Narrado por: Robin Bailey
Not very good at all!
Revisado: 10-31-24
Did not get into it … I shall y love her books but not this time
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Long Island
- De: Colm Tóibín
- Narrado por: Jessie Buckley
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In Colm Tóibín's masterful new novel, we are reunited with Eilis Lacey, the heroine of Brooklyn, twenty years on, in the 1970s, living with her husband, Tony Fiorello, and her children in a house in Long Island, rather too close to her Fiorello in-laws. A shocking piece of news propels Eilis back to Ireland, to a world she thought she had long left behind and to ways of living, and loving, she thought she had lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such observation!
- De MelissaF en 07-10-24
- Long Island
- De: Colm Tóibín
- Narrado por: Jessie Buckley
Such observation!
Revisado: 07-10-24
Absolutely wonderful and subtle understanding of human nature - heart squeezingly beautiful writing - as always - colm toibin has an incredible insight and sensitivity - and humour - in creating these people who could be you or me or someone we know …
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Trespasses
- De: Louise Kennedy
- Narrado por: Brid Brennan
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street. If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt. There is nothing special about the day Cushla meets Michael, a married man from Belfast, in the pub owned by her family. But here, love is never far from violence, and this encounter will change both of their lives forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I listened to it twice. Highly entertaining and educational.
- De Amazon Customer en 06-13-23
- Trespasses
- De: Louise Kennedy
- Narrado por: Brid Brennan
Could not finish
Revisado: 05-29-23
Sorry for a sort of non-review, but the narrators voice just kept lulling me to sleep- so I never kept track of the story…
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The Echo Chamber
- De: John Boyne
- Narrado por: Richard E. Grant
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 262
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words); his wife, Beverley, a celebrated novelist; and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen. Together they will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delicious, Witty, Hysterical!!
- De Wendi en 09-04-21
- The Echo Chamber
- De: John Boyne
- Narrado por: Richard E. Grant
A brilliantly funny and wonderfully observed book!
Revisado: 02-22-23
What a great book! I laughed out loud so many times and what was so interesting was that what was often funny was the absolute truth of the crazy situation we are in! Really brilliant - and fantastically read by the wonderful REG. it is also pretty funny to see all the negative reviews here as they are EXACTLY the type of bigoted people being portrayed in the book! Loved it! He is a wonderful author - both profoundly touching and insightful and also incredibly humorous.
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The Silent Patient
- De: Alex Michaelides
- Narrado por: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82,171
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72,208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72,052
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Librarian vs. Reader: Silent Patient
- De Alicia Herrington en 02-06-19
- The Silent Patient
- De: Alex Michaelides
- Narrado por: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
Disappointing
Revisado: 11-20-22
A lot of rather dull build up that even the unexpected twist at the end doesn’t make up for. Highly overrated. A lazy work.
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The Keys to the Street
- De: Ruth Rendell
- Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
Mary Jago had donated her own bone marrow to save the life of someone she didn’t know. And this generous act led directly to the bitter break-up of her affair with Alistair. For him, it was as though her beauty had been plundered. But the man whose life she had saved would change Mary’s life in a way she could never have imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mystery with humor and insight
- De Ida Hagman en 10-02-12
- The Keys to the Street
- De: Ruth Rendell
- Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale
Brilliant
Revisado: 06-18-21
My first ruth rendell and i think im set now to go through all of her books. Beautifully written , evocative language, fascinating characters - and a wonderful story - to say nothing of the amazing Simon RusselBeale- perfection!!!
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Sixth Lamentation: Father Anselm Series, Book 1
- De: William Brodrick
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:1 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia2 out of 5 stars 1
What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man at Larkwood Priory, his response is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the church. His name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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May have to return this...
- De MelissaF en 06-10-21
May have to return this...
Revisado: 06-10-21
I love William Brodricks writing (and as pen name John Fairfax) so I was so excited to start this series having listened to all the Benson /de Vere series ....BUT- The narration of this book, and I see regrettably ALL the Brother Anselm series - is just unbearable. I have really tried, and will try a little longer - but it is SO bad, overacted, dated, and I think may prove impossible to listen to. Please Audible! It is worth getting another reader for this - maybe Daniel Weyman?!
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Beware of Pity
- De: Stefan Zweig
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 254
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 224
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 221
In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a young cavalry officer is invited to a dance at the home of a rich landowner. There - with a small act of attempted charity - he commits a simple faux pas. But from this seemingly insignificant blunder comes a tale of catastrophe arising from kindness and of honour poisoned by self-regard. Beware of Pity has all the intensity and the formidable sense of torment and of character of the very best of Zweig's work. Definitive translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite authors
- De Adeliese Baumann en 03-21-18
- Beware of Pity
- De: Stefan Zweig
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
Wonderful book and narration
Revisado: 02-07-21
I am late to discover this amazing writer- and also, the best narration i have had in any book. Altogether terrific.
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Silent Child
- Silent Child, Book 1
- De: Sarah A. Denzil
- Narrado por: Joanne Froggatt
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,602
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,342
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,283
In the summer of 2006, Emma Price watched helplessly as her six-year-old son's red coat was fished out of the River Ouse. It was the tragic story of the year - a little boy, Aiden, wandered away from school during a terrible flood, fell into the river, and drowned. His body was never recovered. Ten years later Emma has finally rediscovered the joy in life...until Aiden returns.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Joanne Froggatt 💕
- De Anonymous User en 09-06-17
- Silent Child
- Silent Child, Book 1
- De: Sarah A. Denzil
- Narrado por: Joanne Froggatt
VERY overrated - not good.
Revisado: 09-10-17
i got this as it had such rave reviews (at the top of the review list...not so, if you scroll further) As the other people who gave 1,2, or 3 stars noted - it is pretty badly written. Begins OK but then is obvious and descends quickly into utter nonsense I admit i finished it because i wanted to be sure who the culprit was - but i resented every 10 minutes more that i listened and was glad when it ended. The writing was about equal to that of a 15 years old - totally silly fight scene with 9 month pregnant woman - and then ridiculous narration by a boy who had been captive since he was 6 using a fully adult vocabulary. In spite of it being a pretty silly book it has left a sort of 'bad taste' ...an unpleasant book.
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Six Four
- A Novel
- De: Hideo Yokoyama
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
- Duración: 24 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 189
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 174
For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again. For the 14 years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as Six Four. They would never forgive the authorities for their failure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Almost impossible....
- De MelissaF en 02-19-17
- Six Four
- A Novel
- De: Hideo Yokoyama
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
Almost impossible....
Revisado: 02-19-17
Like a previous reviewer, I had so looked forward to this book and had preordered it by a couple of months. However...first of all, the narrator was SO s-l-o-w that it made it practically impossible to listen to. He left huge self-indulgent gaps between sentences, so it was just about acceptable when sped up to 1.25 time, and actually even OK at 1.50.
Also, his characterisations of various characters were impossible to tell one from another.
I have given it four hours of my best attention - a fair trial I think. It may be better to read it - in fact it MUST be as it has such great reviews in book form. Some of the difficulty was certainly mine, in that unfamiliar Japanese names are not so memorable as more familiar European/American names - so it was hard to follow who was who.
But the story was laborious, did not grab me at all - so I am returning it.
I may well see if its different in print - as the narrator is such an integral part of audio books - and this man was pretty horrific.
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