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Murder at Holly House
- A Frank Grasby Mystery, Book 1
- De: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrado por: Tom Turner
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15
It's Christmas 1952. Blizzards come to Elderby, a remote village high on the North York Moors. Is the dead stranger found lodged up the chimney at Holly House a simple thief or something much more sinister? Inspector Frank Grasby finds himself heading up the investigation. But who is friend or foe? The victim of some most unfortunate misunderstandings, Grasby needs to clear his name. But as is often the way with the unlucky detective, things most certainly don't go according to plan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny find…
- De Charisma en 11-17-23
- Murder at Holly House
- A Frank Grasby Mystery, Book 1
- De: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrado por: Tom Turner
Two stars is probably generous
Revisado: 01-25-24
It was boring to begin with and the humor wasn't very humorous. It got interesting as the plot finally started to pick up speed but it didn't last long. It went from interesting to silly to downright ridiculous by the end. I won't be reading any sequels.
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Two-Way Murder
- De: E.C.R. Lorac
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
It is a dark and misty night, and bachelors Nicholas and Ian are driving to the ball at Fordings, a beautiful concert hall in the countryside. There waits the charming Dilys Maine, and a party buzzing with rumours of one Rosemary Reeve who disappeared on the eve of this event the previous year. With thoughts of this mysterious case ringing in their ears, Dilys and Nicholas strike a stranger on the drive back home, launching a new investigation and unwittingly reviving the search for what really became of Rosemary Reeve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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some repetition but a good story
- De ltufromberkeley en 10-05-21
- Two-Way Murder
- De: E.C.R. Lorac
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
I think I know why this was never published.
Revisado: 01-02-24
It's not very good. Certainly not up to her standard. So much was repetitive and too much time was spent trying to set the red herring up as the murderer. Points, however, for how the murder was done.
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The Satsuma Complex
- De: Bob Mortimer
- Narrado por: Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 186
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 184
Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers. And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Mortimer, mediocre story
- De Tim en 11-06-23
- The Satsuma Complex
- De: Bob Mortimer
- Narrado por: Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer
It got better as it went along.
Revisado: 10-28-22
I wound up liking this better than I thought when I first started listening. Bob Mortimer is a terrible narrator. His voice was mostly flat and sometimes didn't change from character to character, making it confusing as to who was talking. And while I love absurd humor, some of his fell flat. Sally Phillips came to the recuse with her great narration and the story, which started slowly, picked up speed during her part. Three stars is a compromise between the better and worse parts.
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The Three Dahlias
- Three Dahlias, Book 1
- De: Katy Watson
- Narrado por: Jilly Bond
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of Lettice Davenport, the author whose sleuthing creation of the 1930s, Dahlia Lively, had made each of them famous to a new generation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Kept me guessing
- De Bella Rosa en 02-05-24
- The Three Dahlias
- Three Dahlias, Book 1
- De: Katy Watson
- Narrado por: Jilly Bond
Cozy-Lite
Revisado: 09-13-22
I grew up reading the real cozies - Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, et al - so it's disappointing to read what passes for cozies now. That said, The Three Dahlias plot is good and the ending is a bit of a bonus. The narrator, Jilly Bond, is great and puts more life in the characters than Katy Watson did. I'll skip the sequel.
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The Murder of Mr. Wickham
- De: Claudia Gray
- Narrado por: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 552
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 487
The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet they’re all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered—except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-24-22
- The Murder of Mr. Wickham
- De: Claudia Gray
- Narrado por: Billie Fulford-Brown
Basically Just Jane Austen Fan Fiction
Revisado: 08-02-22
I don't read fan fiction of any sort so I can't judge The Murder of Mr. Wickham on that basis. I do read crime fiction and on that basis the mystery here is boring and mostly serves as a reason to bring many Austen characters together in one place. The ending is a disappointing cop-out. One bright spot is the narrator. Her voice is suited to a period piece like this.
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The Eighth Detective
- A Novel
- De: Alex Pavesi
- Narrado por: Emilia Fox
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 408
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 350
Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out – and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was 30 years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days. Until Julia Hart, a brilliant, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and together they must revisit those old stories: An author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GOING IN MY TOP 10!!
- De Shaelyn en 08-07-20
- The Eighth Detective
- A Novel
- De: Alex Pavesi
- Narrado por: Emilia Fox
A disappointment
Revisado: 12-02-21
I had to listen to seven mediocre to bad, unrelated stories hoping that the ending would somehow justify spending my time with the audiobook. It didn't. When you keep checking your phone to see how much time was left until the end, you know it's not going well. Emilia Fox is a great actor but not a great narrator although she did a better job with this book than she did with several Agatha Christie audiobooks.
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Come Again
- De: Robert Webb
- Narrado por: Olivia Colman
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
Kate's husband Luke - the man she loved from the moment she met him 28 years ago - died suddenly. Since then she has pushed away her friend and lost her job, and everything is starting to fall apart. One day, she wakes up in the wrong room and in the wrong body. She is 18 again but remembers everything. This is her college room in 1992 on the first day of orientation. And this is the day she meets Luke.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Started out Well; Lost its Way a Bit
- De Melissa R. H. en 07-19-20
- Come Again
- De: Robert Webb
- Narrado por: Olivia Colman
A thoroughly delightful audiobook
Revisado: 07-31-21
This is just the sort of listen you need when what's happening around the world or in your life is starting to wear on you. Olivia Colman's narration is word perfect. I look forward to any more fiction that Robert Webb writes.
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A Dangerous Fortune
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,239
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,313
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,314
In 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident. His death and its aftermath initiate a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives. From the exclusive men’s clubs and brothels that cater to every dark desire of London’s upper class to the dazzling ballrooms and mahogany-paneled suites of the manipulators of the world’s wealth, one family is splintered by a shared legacy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Predictable Fun
- De Rebecarol en 05-24-08
- A Dangerous Fortune
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Michael Page
It's like a bad Jeffrey Archer novel.
Revisado: 04-22-20
I expected better from Follett and was disappointed. More like a soap opera than a family saga.
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Chameleon Sunset: A Comedy Play
- De: Rob Groves, Simon Godziek
- Narrado por: Rob Groves, Eva Gray
- Duración: 1 h y 47 m
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General1 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:1 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia1 out of 5 stars 1
Chameleon Sunset is a period comedy stage play, set in a Sussex manor house and a London art gallery in 1934. It is the Annual Public Open Day at Donnington Hall, Sussex. Advanced in years, adventuress Leonora Bradshaw has just returned from her latest expedition in South America to help her sister Isobel, Lady Donnington, to run the Donnington estate. The sisters are both recently widowed. Isobel is finding estate management a heavy burden, due in part to the lassitude of her son, Dorian, a would-be modern artist of the Mondrian school. At the beginning of the play, we join confidence trickster to the gentry, Percy Burrows, and his daughter, Florence, as they break away from the public tour of the manor. Although set in the 1930s world of modern art, this play deals with topics that are equally relevant to today's Britain.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I didn't think it could be that bad. It is.
- De William Courtney en 06-06-19
- Chameleon Sunset: A Comedy Play
- De: Rob Groves, Simon Godziek
- Narrado por: Rob Groves, Eva Gray
I didn't think it could be that bad. It is.
Revisado: 06-06-19
When I got this there was a single rating and it was 1-star. No review. I thought surely it can't be that bad. I was wrong. Horrible jokes, horrible narrators, no redeeming qualities.
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This Is What Happened
- De: Mick Herron
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 149
Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in the huge city of London, with no family but an estranged sister, no boyfriend or partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to infiltrate the establishment and thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero - if she can think quickly enough to stay alive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written, but disappointing
- De Meg en 02-04-18
- This Is What Happened
- De: Mick Herron
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
A disappoitment
Revisado: 04-24-18
The publisher's summary misled me. I've read all of Mick Herron's books and enjoyed them and while I knew this wasn't one of the Sough House books the summary led me to believe that it might be somewhat like them. A few more plot details and I doubt if I would have bought This is What Happened. This isn't the sort of plot I enjoy. The narrator is good, but read a bit slowly for me. Not a problem. He sounded better when I played it at 1.25 speed. And the book ended quicker. If you are interested in this book, find and read a review somewhere first. Meanwhile I'm looking forward to his next, London Rules, in June.
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