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The Scarlet Sisters
- My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames
- De: Helen Batten
- Narrado por: Annie Aldington
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 18
‘Oh my goodness - another girl, Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke, and she screamed, ‘No! That's not the bloody deal!' And that was how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world. When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family's past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna's early life. What she unearths is a tale of five feisty redheads struggling to climb out of poverty and find love through two world wars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The story of, if families, history and love
- De loriann en 12-29-23
- The Scarlet Sisters
- My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames
- De: Helen Batten
- Narrado por: Annie Aldington
Excellent Read, well worth the credit!
Revisado: 06-18-22
Well read, well said, thought provoking. Kept my attention. Great reader! Hope this author continues to write.
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A Man of Some Repute
- A Very English Mystery, Book 1
- De: Elizabeth Edmondson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,033
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,615
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,599
Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past. Or so it seems to intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth, wounded on a secret mission and now reluctantly assuming an altogether less perilous role at Selchester.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good "pseudo" golden age mystery
- De Jerri C en 10-18-15
- A Man of Some Repute
- A Very English Mystery, Book 1
- De: Elizabeth Edmondson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
a good English mystery
Revisado: 05-06-18
loved it. good story and character build. predictable outcome, interesting characters. very good narrator. loading books 2 and 3.
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If Death Ever Slept
- De: Rex Stout
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 361
With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job - right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell. What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting dead tired of murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good but not outstanding Rex Stout
- De William D Anderson en 11-15-18
- If Death Ever Slept
- De: Rex Stout
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
Slow
Revisado: 01-19-18
I usually don't rate books. I tried with deep hope to like this story, to wait for the plot to thicken with some hook to keep my interest; complete failure. Hours of my life I will never get back!
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To Be Where You Are
- De: Jan Karon
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,422
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
Millions of Karon fans will be thrilled that it's life as usual in the wildly popular Mitford series: A beloved town character lands a front-page obituary, but who was it, exactly, who died? And what about the former mayor, born the year Lindbergh landed in Paris, who's still running for office? All this, of course, is but a feather on the wind compared to Muse editor J. C. Hogan's desperate attempts to find a cure for his marital woes. Will it be high-def TV or his pork chop marinade?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wisdom
- De roberta en 01-06-20
- To Be Where You Are
- De: Jan Karon
- Narrado por: John McDonough
Excellent story
Revisado: 10-02-17
Long awaited, not disappointed. Great story. Jan Karon at her best. Always leaves you wanting more.
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Don't Let Me Go
- De: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrado por: Chris Chappell, Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,415
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,397
Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors--beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. Hinman, bigoted and angry Mr. Lafferty, kind-hearted Felipe, and nine-year-old Grace and her former addict mother, Eileen. But most of them have never seen Billy. Not until Grace begins to sit outside on the building's front stoop for hours every day, inches from Billy's patio.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational and humbling and awesome.
- De Michele en 11-08-15
- Don't Let Me Go
- De: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrado por: Chris Chappell, Cassandra Morris
great read
Revisado: 04-05-17
this was a great read. thought provoking, well written and hard to put down. the narration was outstanding.
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The Chemist
- De: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrado por: Ellen Archer
- Duración: 17 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40,864
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37,280
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37,210
She used to work for the US government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listened all night!
- De bebe en 06-04-17
- The Chemist
- De: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrado por: Ellen Archer
predictable, rambling
Revisado: 01-02-17
Alex started out well. Sharp, caustic, paranoid, clever. She quickly over came that. Kevin is too brash and loud to have lived as long as he has. Daniel should have died by chapter 10. By the time they all got to DC, I was hoping everyone world die except the dog. There were some very good moments ruined by long and tedious love scenes that only served to make you think that Alex had been inhaling her chemicals for too long. Just couldn't do it any further.
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The Girl with All the Gifts
- De: M. R. Carey
- Narrado por: Finty Williams
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39,669
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36,302
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36,299
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FLEETWOOD MAC
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 09-04-15
- The Girl with All the Gifts
- De: M. R. Carey
- Narrado por: Finty Williams
Really, really well done
Revisado: 06-26-14
If you could sum up The Girl with All the Gifts in three words, what would they be?
Can't put down.
What other book might you compare The Girl with All the Gifts to and why?
The Help, Room, the Story Teller. The story is compelling and you never know where it's going.
What about Finty Williams’s performance did you like?
She was outstanding
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The last chapter
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A Death in Summer
- A Novel
- De: John Banville, Benjamin Black
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 122
On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick—is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite. Jewell's coolly elegant French wife, Françoise, seems less than shocked by her husband's death. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is devastated, and Quirke is surprised to learn that in her grief she has turned to an unexpected friend.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Aun Aprendiendo en 07-12-11
- A Death in Summer
- A Novel
- De: John Banville, Benjamin Black
- Narrado por: John Keating
It was hard to like anyone, including Quirke
Revisado: 04-24-14
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Some one who likes characters that do more to destroy themselves than anyone else can.
Has A Death in Summer turned you off from other books in this genre?
Probably
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Narrator did everything that could be done.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
It ended.
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The Profiler's Daughter
- Sky Stone, Book 1
- De: P. M. Steffen
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Duración: 19 h y 29 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,732
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 1,564
The Profiler's Daughter is a psychologically haunting thriller that combines murder mystery, love triangle, and family intrigue in one satisfying page burner. Sky Stone was born into the wealth and privilege of Boston's oldest Brahmin family but chooses instead to follow in the footsteps of her deceased father, legendary FBI profiler Monk Stone. In the chilly morning hours before the Boston Marathon, when a beautiful university student is found strangled and mutilated, her body left at the base of Heartbreak Hill, Sky returns from self-imposed exile to investigate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great title, poor production value
- De Susan Mather en 03-06-14
- The Profiler's Daughter
- Sky Stone, Book 1
- De: P. M. Steffen
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir
Could have been better
Revisado: 04-24-14
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
At the beginning, the author infers that the profiler "hears the dead". That is pretty much the last time that theme comes up. The line is never explored. What follows is chapter after chapter of angst, stupidity and self pity on the part of the main character. Honestly, I was hoping that her stalkers would soon catch and kill her so the book would end.
What was most disappointing about P. M. Steffen’s story?
That the main character was so immensely wrapped up in herself.
What three words best describe Gabrielle de Cuir’s performance?
The best part.
What character would you cut from The Profiler's Daughter?
Almost everyone. Axlerod might stay.
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If You Find Me
- De: Emily Murdoch
- Narrado por: Tai Sammons
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13,864
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13,823
Fourteen-year-old Carey and six-year-old Jenessa have been living in the woods with their mother for as long as they can remember; the sheltering trees and a broken-down camper are all they know. But what they’ve never been told is that Carey vanished from the real world ten years ago, when their mother took her, causing an uproar in the media - and in her father’s life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartfelt and Harrowing
- De The Reading Date en 02-05-14
- If You Find Me
- De: Emily Murdoch
- Narrado por: Tai Sammons
Really good book.
Revisado: 07-03-13
What did you love best about If You Find Me?
The premise of the story was very interesting. A person often reads about a mother and children who go missing and presume they are either dead or hiding from the violent father/husband. This book makes you rethink this.
What did you like best about this story?
The way that the oldest daughter fought to keep her sister safe.
Which character – as performed by Tai Sammons – was your favorite?
The oldest daughter.
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