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Narrado por:
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Simon Darwen
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Anne Meredith
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Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.
Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer.
Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, King's Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.
This fascinating and unusual audiobook tells the story of what happened that dark Christmas night - and what the murderer did next.
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Written before she began her experiments in the writing of fiction, Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day, is a story about a group of young people trying to discover what it means to fall in love. It asks all the big questions: What does it mean to fall in love? Does marriage grant happiness? What is happiness? Night and Day is a conventional novel; however, it maps out for us the world of Virginia Woolf in its wondrous prose: For her it was the beginning, leading on to a prolonged engagement with her search for the means to express the "inner life".
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4 out of 5 stars
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"After all, what is love?"
- De Eman Abd Allah en 12-13-16
De: Virginia Woolf
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The Bostonians
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women." She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, a veteran of the Civil War who holds rigid views concerning society and women's place therein. Is the lovely, lighthearted Verena made for public movements or private passions?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic reading!
- De FranceyO en 07-15-11
De: Henry James
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The Idiot
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
- Duración: 23 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Young Prince Mishkin is that rare thing - a "completely beautiful human being". He is honest, humble, generous, and selfless, but unfortunately these traits mean he is often mistaken for an idiot. Upon his return to St. Petersburg, after being away at a Swiss sanatorium for the treatment of epilepsy, Prince Mishkin is taken under the wing of the wife of General Yepanchin, who arranges for him to live with the family of her money-obsessed friend Ganya.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow.
- De Michal Krawczyk en 04-25-17
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The Custom of the Country
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 344
Edith Wharton stands among the finest writers of early 20th-century America. In The Custom of the Country, Wharton’s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg. When Undine convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn’t enough for Undine, whose overwhelming lust for wealth proves to be her undoing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- De Esther en 07-29-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
- De: William Dean Howells
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
Howells’ best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners. After garnering a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position. The consequences of this endeavor are both humorous and tragic as the greedy Silas brings his company to the brink of bankruptcy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important for the Era
- De Brent en 03-19-23
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 36 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect pair
- De Philip en 03-25-08
De: Charles Dickens
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Le Pere Goriot
- De: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was, at first, afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household.
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5 out of 5 stars
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balzac rocks
- De beatrice en 03-12-10
De: Honoré de Balzac
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The Crime at Black Dudley
- De: Margery Allingham
- Narrado por: Paul Panting
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General0 out of 5 stars 0
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Narración:0 out of 5 stars 0
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Historia0 out of 5 stars 0
Albert Campion, an eccentric but intelligent and resourceful man, becomes involved in a mysterious crime in Black Dudley, an isolated country estate owned by the wealthy and secretive Dudley family. A grand gathering is taking place at the house, but not all will leave.
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The Cater Street Hangman
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,783
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,534
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
When a maid in the upper class Ellison household is strangled, Inspector Pitt is called in to investigate. He finds a world ruled by strict manners and social customs, where the inhabitants of the Ellison's neighborhood appear to be more outraged by the thought of scandal than they are by murder. Inspector Pitt finds a most unlikely ally in Charlotte, the Ellison's spirited daughter. But as the murders continue, Charlotte and Pitt find themselves drawn together by more than the investigation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I really like this book but it's not for everone
- De Ancient Warrior en 03-14-11
De: Anne Perry
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Man and Wife
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Nicolas Boulton
- Duración: 23 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Published 10 years after Collins’s most popular novel The Woman in White, Man and Wife centres on the confused and inequitable marriage laws of 19th-century Britain, reflecting the author’s own antipathy toward the institution. The plot follows the fortunes of a woman who, committed to marriage with one man, comes to believe that she may have inadvertently married his friend, according to the archaic laws of Scotland and Ireland.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intricate plot, good dialogue, desperately needed an editor
- De Seth en 07-25-21
De: Wilkie Collins
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The Gilded Age
- De: Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
The Gilded Age is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War. This period is often referred to as the “Gilded Age” because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the time is exemplified through two fictional narratives: one, of the Hawkins, a poor family from Tennessee that tries to persuade the government to purchase their seventy-five thousand acres of unimproved land.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An American classic, beautifully narrated
- De TX lilbit en 03-31-12
De: Mark Twain, y otros
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Armadale
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton, Rachel Atkins, David Rintoul, y otros
- Duración: 30 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Wilkie Collins' follow-up to The Woman in White and No Name is an innovative take on mistaken identity, the nature of evil, and the dark underbelly of Victorian England. The story concerns two distant cousins, both named Allan Armadale, and the impact of a family tragedy, which makes one of them a target of the murderous Lydia Gwilt, a vicious and malevolent charmer determined to get her hands on the Armadale fortune. Will the real Allan Armadale be revealed, and will he survive the plot against his life?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen again & again to unravel layers of mystery
- De Proud Parents of Furry Kids en 10-28-20
De: Wilkie Collins
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Crime and Punishment
- Penguin Classics
- De: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oliver Ready
- Narrado por: Don Warrington
- Duración: 25 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best translation on audible – mediocre narrator
- De Fantod en 04-29-20
De: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, y otros
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Murder of a Lady
- De: Anthony Wynne
- Narrado por: James Bryce
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 226
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 191
Duchlan Castle is a gloomy place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her locked bedroom. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Inspector Dundas is dispatched to investigate. The Gregor family and their servants are quick to explain that Mary was a kind and charitable woman, but Dundas uncovers a more complex truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid "Golden Age" Mystery
- De Carl P. Beetz en 06-09-16
De: Anthony Wynne
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Maurice
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Peter Firth
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,171
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,003
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
'Ah for darkness...not the darkness of a house which coops up a man among furniture, but the darkness where he can be free!' Maurice Hall knows he must choose between living life in the shadows or denying himself a chance at love and fulfilment. Aware of his attraction to the same sex, in a time where it was considered unlawful and immoral to have homosexual desires, Maurice must decide whether to battle or submit to a prejudiced 20th-century English society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally!!! It's past time!
- De Christopher P. en 11-18-10
De: E. M. Forster
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The Mill on the Floss
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Laura Paton
- Duración: 20 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 357
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 325
Maggie Tulliver has two lovers: Philip Wakem, son of her father’s enemy, and Stephen Guest, already promised to her cousin. But the love she wants most in the world is that of her brother Tom. Maggie’s struggle against her passionate and sensual nature leads her to a deeper understanding and to eventual tragedy
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great compassion
- De nina lalumia en 12-26-16
De: George Eliot
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Swann's Way
- De: Marcel Proust
- Narrado por: Neville Jason
- Duración: 21 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 685
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 599
Swann’s Way is the first of seven volumes in Remembrance of Things Past. It sets the scene with the narrator’s memories being famously provoked by the taste of that little cake, the madeleine, accompanied by a cup of lime-flowered tea. It is an unmatched portrait of fin-de-siècle France.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a book one reads but inhabits & floats through
- De Darwin8u en 02-24-13
De: Marcel Proust
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
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The Incredible Crime
- De: Lois Austen-Leigh
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow and distant characters
- De Mrs Harvey, teacher en 03-13-23
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Murder After Christmas
- De: Rupert Latimer
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
Uncle Willie has come to stay with the Redpaths for the holidays. It is just their luck for him to be found dead the morning after Christmas day, dressed in his Santa Claus costume, seemingly poisoned by his favourite chocolates. Or was there something sinister in the mince pies? If so, was it the ones stashed in his room or those sent to him mysteriously by post? More importantly, since his will was recently redrafted, who stands to gain by this unseasonable crime?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever and Twisty
- De Carissa B en 01-25-22
De: Rupert Latimer
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The White Priory Murders
- De: Carter Dickson
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
James Bennett, nephew of Sir Henry Merrivale (the cantankerous yet genius sleuth), has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas, among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, her playwright and her agent are all here along with the haughty master of the estate, Canifes and his daughter. So many suspects they become when Marcia Tait is found dead on Christmas morning in the lakeside pavilion, having been left there alone the night before and with a distinct lack of footprints in the snow to reveal any possible killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More, please.
- De Mildred Witte en 02-27-23
De: Carter Dickson
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Twice Round the Clock
- De: Billie Houston
- Narrado por: Nick Rawlinson
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends, is found dead in his study at 4a.m., following a dinner in honour of his daughter's engagement. An ivory-handled carving knife rests between his shoulder blades as the houseguests gather round to witness the awful crime. The telephone line has been sabotaged - a calculated murder has been committed. Rewinding twelve hours, the events of the afternoon and evening unfold, revealing a multitude of clues and motives from a closed cast of suspects.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Vile, predictable, trigger warnings. Great reader.
- De Meep en 03-10-24
De: Billie Houston
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Death of Mr. Dodsley
- De: John Ferguson
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road, has been found murdered in the cold hours of the morning. Shot in his own office, few clues remain besides three cigarette ends, two spent matches and a few books on the shelves which have been rearranged. In an investigation spanning the second-hand bookshops of London and the Houses of Parliament - since an MP's new crime novel Death at the Desk appears to have some bearing on the case - John Ferguson's series sleuth MacNab is at hand to assist Scotland Yard in an atmospheric fair-play bibliomystery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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By the book
- De S. Langlais en 09-28-23
De: John Ferguson
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Crossed Skis
- De: Carol Carnac
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In Bloomsbury, London, Inspector Brook of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene. The victim of a ruthless murder lies burnt beyond recognition, his possessions and papers destroyed by fire. But there is one strange, yet promising, lead - a lead which suggests the involvement of a skier. Meanwhile, piercing sunshine beams down on the sparkling snow of the Austrian Alps, where a merry group of holidaymakers are heading towards Lech am Arlberg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cozy mystery
- De CassyLynn en 10-17-21
De: Carol Carnac
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The Incredible Crime
- De: Lois Austen-Leigh
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow and distant characters
- De Mrs Harvey, teacher en 03-13-23
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Murder After Christmas
- De: Rupert Latimer
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
Uncle Willie has come to stay with the Redpaths for the holidays. It is just their luck for him to be found dead the morning after Christmas day, dressed in his Santa Claus costume, seemingly poisoned by his favourite chocolates. Or was there something sinister in the mince pies? If so, was it the ones stashed in his room or those sent to him mysteriously by post? More importantly, since his will was recently redrafted, who stands to gain by this unseasonable crime?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever and Twisty
- De Carissa B en 01-25-22
De: Rupert Latimer
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The White Priory Murders
- De: Carter Dickson
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
James Bennett, nephew of Sir Henry Merrivale (the cantankerous yet genius sleuth), has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas, among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, her playwright and her agent are all here along with the haughty master of the estate, Canifes and his daughter. So many suspects they become when Marcia Tait is found dead on Christmas morning in the lakeside pavilion, having been left there alone the night before and with a distinct lack of footprints in the snow to reveal any possible killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More, please.
- De Mildred Witte en 02-27-23
De: Carter Dickson
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Twice Round the Clock
- De: Billie Houston
- Narrado por: Nick Rawlinson
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends, is found dead in his study at 4a.m., following a dinner in honour of his daughter's engagement. An ivory-handled carving knife rests between his shoulder blades as the houseguests gather round to witness the awful crime. The telephone line has been sabotaged - a calculated murder has been committed. Rewinding twelve hours, the events of the afternoon and evening unfold, revealing a multitude of clues and motives from a closed cast of suspects.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Vile, predictable, trigger warnings. Great reader.
- De Meep en 03-10-24
De: Billie Houston
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Death of Mr. Dodsley
- De: John Ferguson
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road, has been found murdered in the cold hours of the morning. Shot in his own office, few clues remain besides three cigarette ends, two spent matches and a few books on the shelves which have been rearranged. In an investigation spanning the second-hand bookshops of London and the Houses of Parliament - since an MP's new crime novel Death at the Desk appears to have some bearing on the case - John Ferguson's series sleuth MacNab is at hand to assist Scotland Yard in an atmospheric fair-play bibliomystery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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By the book
- De S. Langlais en 09-28-23
De: John Ferguson
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Crossed Skis
- De: Carol Carnac
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In Bloomsbury, London, Inspector Brook of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene. The victim of a ruthless murder lies burnt beyond recognition, his possessions and papers destroyed by fire. But there is one strange, yet promising, lead - a lead which suggests the involvement of a skier. Meanwhile, piercing sunshine beams down on the sparkling snow of the Austrian Alps, where a merry group of holidaymakers are heading towards Lech am Arlberg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cozy mystery
- De CassyLynn en 10-17-21
De: Carol Carnac
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The Secret of High Eldersham
- De: Miles Burton
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Samuel Whitehead, landlord of the Rose and Crown, is a stranger in the lonely East Anglian village of High Eldersham. And when the newcomer is stabbed to death in his pub, it seems that the veil dividing High Eldersham from the outside world is about to be lifted. Detective Inspector Young forms a theory about the case so utterly impossible that merely entertaining the suspicion makes him doubt his own sanity. Surrounded by sinister forces beyond his understanding, he calls on a brilliant amateur and 'living encyclopedia', Desmond Merrion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen
- De Ms Peach en 01-08-19
De: Miles Burton
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Murder of a Lady
- De: Anthony Wynne
- Narrado por: James Bryce
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 226
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 191
Duchlan Castle is a gloomy place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her locked bedroom. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Inspector Dundas is dispatched to investigate. The Gregor family and their servants are quick to explain that Mary was a kind and charitable woman, but Dundas uncovers a more complex truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid "Golden Age" Mystery
- De Carl P. Beetz en 06-09-16
De: Anthony Wynne
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The Mysterious Mr Badman
- De: W. F. Harvey
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 14
Taking a break from his holiday visiting his nephew, Jim, Athelstan Digby agrees to look after the old bookshop of Keldstone so that his hosts, the Lavenders, can attend their cousin's funeral. On the first day of his tenure, three suspicious characters enquire after a copy of The Life and Times of Mr Badman by John Bunyan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good yarn
- De CassyLynn en 05-23-23
De: W. F. Harvey
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The Christmas Card Crime
- And Other Stories
- De: Martin Edwards
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin, Anne Dover
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.... This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season, from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Aahhh... Just The Right Blend Of Mystery, Murder And Christmas.!!
- De John en 12-04-18
De: Martin Edwards
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He Who Whispers
- De: John Dickson Carr
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
When Miles Hammond is invited to a meeting of the Murder Club in London, he is met instead with just two other guests and is treated to a strange tale of an impossible crime in France years before; the murder of a man on a tower with only one staircase, under watch at the time at which the murder took place. With theories of levitating vampires abounding, the story comes home to Miles when he realises that the librarian he has just hired for his home is none other than Fay Seton, a woman at the heart of this bizarre and unsolved past murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!
- De lh en 11-04-23
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The Christmas Egg
- De: Mary Kelly
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
In a gloomy flat off Islington High Street, Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes find an old woman dead. The Princess Olga Karukhin, who fled from Russia at the time of the Revolution, has lived in terror of being discovered ever since. Olga's grandson, Ivan, appears to have run from the scene but is later seen returning to the flat as though oblivious to the terrible crime. Taking place between 22nd and 24th December, Nightingale's enquiry takes him across London, culminating in the wrapping up of the mystery on Christmas Eve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story
- De Ms Peach en 12-09-19
De: Mary Kelly
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Fear Stalks the Village
- De: Ethel Lina White
- Narrado por: Oona Beeson
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
A novelist ambles down the lanes of a cosy country village, replete with Tudor houses and quaint cottages. In her writer's mind she pictures the sordid truth beyond the veneer, a seemingly laughable proposition - until the coming of the letters. Anonymous letters from a poisoned pen, sowing discord and defaming everybody from the Rector to the 'queen of the village' Miss Decima Asprey. Naturally, where there is venom in the air and dark secrets are threatening to come to light, the shadow of death is not far behind.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Classic
- De wisconsinclark en 08-21-24
De: Ethel Lina White
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The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
- De: Martin Edwards
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4
The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour and display both literary ambition and accomplishment. Even unpretentious detective stories, written for unashamedly commercial reasons, can give us clues to the past and give us insight into a long-vanished world that, for all its imperfections, continues to fascinate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Survey of Classic Crime
- De Michael White en 02-10-21
De: Martin Edwards
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Death Makes a Prophet
- De: John Bude
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Welworth Garden City in the 1940s is a forward-thinking town where free spirits find a home - vegetarians, socialists, and an array of exotic religious groups. Chief among these are the Children of Osiris, led by the eccentric High Prophet, Eustace K. Mildmann. The cult is a seething hotbed of petty resentment, jealousy and dark secrets - which eventually lead to murder. The stage is set for one of Inspector Meredith's most bizarre and exacting cases.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stereotypes
- De Katherine en 05-11-19
De: John Bude
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Big Ben Strikes Eleven
- De: David Magarshack
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10
The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidentally on a sultry Friday evening towards the end of June. The industrial and financial tycoon, and former stalwart of the British Cabinet, was shot in the head and left in the quiet Vale of Health. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now missing artist Matt Caldwell.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring, meandering, story filled with unnecessary sentimental tosh
- De Raminak en 08-14-24
De: David Magarshack
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A Scream in Soho
- De: John G. Brandon
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
Soho during the blackouts of the Second World War. When a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodied knife is found, Detective Inspector MacCarthy is soon on the scene. He must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld - peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies and glamorous Austrian aristocrats - as he attempts to unravel the connection between the mysterious Madame Rohner and the theft of secret antiaircraft defence plans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story but not a whodunnit
- De Elizabeth A. Tierney en 07-15-16
De: John G. Brandon
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Murder in Piccadilly
- De: Charles Kingston
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 11 h
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 16
When Bobbie Cheldon falls in love with a pretty young dancer at the Frozen Fang night club, he has every hope of an idyllic marriage. But Nancy has more worldly ideas about her future: She is attracted not so much to Bobbie as to the fortune he expects to inherit. Bobbie's miserly uncle Massy stands between him and happiness: Massy will not relinquish the $10,000 a year on which Nancy's hopes rest.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Murder in Piccadilly
- De Amazon Customer en 02-02-20
De: Charles Kingston