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Full Bodied
- A Francine Witt Mystery
- De: Steve Exeter
- Narrado por: Ella Whitehead
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4
Meet Francine Witt: successful blogger, influencer, and wine expert. Not quite the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism she envisioned, but successful nonetheless. When an auction for a long-lost bottle of 1943 Margaux—a rumoured key to Queen Nefertiti’s hidden treasure—takes place, Francine covers the event. But things take a thrilling turn when she witnesses two men steal the precious bottle from renowned Egyptologist Hermione Radcliffe, the auction winner. As prominent Egyptologists are murdered one by one, Francine finds herself thrust into the story of a lifetime.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not for me
- De Beatrice en 02-07-25
- Full Bodied
- A Francine Witt Mystery
- De: Steve Exeter
- Narrado por: Ella Whitehead
Fun mystery
Revisado: 10-22-24
This is a light-hearted mystery featuring a wine, food and theatre blogger who stumbles on a pair of young wine thieves and makes her blog more popular by documenting their escapades.
She inadvertently gets drawn into mystery around a historical bottle of wine that came back from Egypt engraved with mysterious patterns. A series of murders of the team creating a historical exhibition about Nefertiti occurs, are these connected to the bottle? Francine investigates and nearly becomes another victim.
The writing is well done and the characters are well described, the pacing is also very good. I liked the narration although I thought that occasionally the wrong voice was used for the character. Overall an enjoyable listen.
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Small Island
- A Charley Ridgway Novel
- De: Anthony Pignataro
- Narrado por: Jeffrey S. Robinson
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2
Charlie Ridgway is a former US Army officer turned resort bartender on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Ridgway is bored by the seeming lack of intellectual and creative pursuits in the dream vacation community. One night at the bar, he and fellow bartender Bill Hersey meet Clarissa Daniels. As Ridgway flirts with the former B-movie actress, a young thief attempts to rob the bar's cash register. Ridgway chases him across the resort and fights him, holding his own because of his army training, but the hoodlum is similarly skilled and escapes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable tale set on Maui
- De Godiva 2000 en 01-30-24
- Small Island
- A Charley Ridgway Novel
- De: Anthony Pignataro
- Narrado por: Jeffrey S. Robinson
Enjoyable tale set on Maui
Revisado: 01-30-24
An interesting story, I am not quite sure what category I would put it into, but it was quite interesting. However for me it was rather spoiled by the narration, Mr Robinson read virtually the whole book as though he was commentating on a sporting event. There was very little emotion portrayed by the narration, I felt that another narrator would have elevated this book to a much higher level and made it more engrossing.
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The Fixer-Upper
- A Ghost Story
- De: James McNally
- Narrado por: Kelby Losack
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3
A ghost inhabits Monroe's new house. With the help of some friends, he might be able to find out what this ghost wants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW!
- De MelissaMartinez en 01-24-25
- The Fixer-Upper
- A Ghost Story
- De: James McNally
- Narrado por: Kelby Losack
Genuinely spooky
Revisado: 01-21-24
I don't normally go for ghost stories, I don't believe in ghosts and find that the few ghost storis that I do go for are usually quite disappointing. This book was different in that it blended a ghost story with a thriller, particularly towards the end.
I found the plot to be enjoyable and the characters to be well written, it was also quite exciting, especially the last hour.
The narration was well performed, although the Scottish au-pair's accent did rather come and go which was a bit distracting.
Overall, this was a mor enjoyable read than I was expecting, and just goes to show that it can pay off to listen or read books in genres you aren't normally interested in.
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A Mystery on Tyneside
- Agnes Lockwood Mysteries, Book 4
- De: Eileen Thornton
- Narrado por: Deborah Balm
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Agnes Lockwood is no stranger to crime scenes, but even she is shocked when she finds the body of a man lying on the floor of the ladies' room. With her partner Alan - the local DCI - they set about tracking the murderer. This time, they are joined by her friend Sandra. But is one of them holding back something that could further their inquiry?
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3 out of 5 stars
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didn't grab me
- De scooternurse en 04-21-21
- A Mystery on Tyneside
- Agnes Lockwood Mysteries, Book 4
- De: Eileen Thornton
- Narrado por: Deborah Balm
A bit disappointing
Revisado: 11-30-23
The premise of this story is quite interesting, A wealthy lady, Agnes, in a relationship with a senior detective in the police in the Tyneside area. A dead body in the ladies room in of a restaurant is the catalyst for everything that follows, again interesting and quite promising.
Unfortunately the whole story was spoiled by the way that Agnes withheld important information from the police, namely her partner Alan. No normal upright citizen would keep things from the police, and especially someone who lives with a senior police officer, it is an offence that she could be jailed for.
There were other silly mistakes, for example it refers to 'detectives' being sent to the crime scene, the correct term is that police officers were sent.
On the other hand I thought that the characters were well written and interesting, and the way that the area around the river Tyne was described was well done.
I realise that this is a light mystery, but there has to be some degree of realism, and I just couldn't believe in this story, which is a shame because some parts of it are very good. I also felt that it could do with some editing, I think that it was at least 30 minutes too long and some parts could be pared back to make it more focussed.
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