The Blue Cross
A Father Brown Mystery
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Narrado por:
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James Arthur
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De:
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G. K. Chesterton
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Aristide Valentin, head of the Paris Police, is on the trail of the ingenious criminal and master of disguise Flambeau. Valentin suspects that the Flambeau is going to London to attend a conference of clergymen to steal the precious religious articles on display there. While traveling to London, Valentin encounters a Catholic priest, and he overhears Father Brown tell a lady that he is carrying the "Blue Cross", a sterling silver cross covered in precious blue stones. Valentin warns Father Brown that it is dangerous to tell anyone that he is carrying an object of immense value. Valentin decides to tail Father Brown but loses him and there begins a desperate chase to avert a terrible crime.
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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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The Crime at Black Dudley
- De: Margery Allingham
- Narrado por: Paul Panting
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
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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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What Maisie Knew
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Maureen O' Brien
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great reader reads a great writer
- De Seth en 08-27-12
De: Henry James
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
- De: Sax Rohmer
- Narrado por: Gary Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
The first of the popular mystery series introduces a pair of English detectives to their archnemesis, the diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu. Flavorful atmosphere, fast-paced action, and colorful characters enliven this classic of the genre.
De: Sax Rohmer
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The Man Who Was Thursday: Centennial Edition
- De: G. K. Chesterton, Chesterton Books
- Narrado por: Nigel Peever
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
This audiobook is wonderfully narrated by British actor Nigel Peever, who brings the story to life. Published by Chesterton Books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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marvelous
- De Sam Torode en 10-02-18
De: G. K. Chesterton, y otros
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The Darwin Affair
- A Novel
- De: Tim Mason
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 425
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 376
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 375
London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments later - and only a block away - Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that these crimes are connected to an even more sinister plot. Was Victoria really the assassin's target? Are those closest to the Crown hiding something? Soon, Field's investigation exposes a shocking conspiracy in which the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species sets off a string of murders, arson, kidnapping, and the pursuit of a diabolical madman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dickensian “Jack the Ripper”
- De Kate en 07-14-19
De: Tim Mason
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The Phantom Coach
- A Connoisseur's Collection of the Best Victorian Ghost Stories
- De: Michael Sims
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula’s Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity’s oldest supernatural obsession. The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising and often legendary cast, including Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and W. F. Harvey. Amelia B. Edwards’s chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce ("The Moonlit Road"), Elizabeth Gaskell ("The Old Nurse’s Story"), and W. W. Jacobs ("The Monkey’s Paw") will turn you white as a sheet. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story by Sims, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration and Great Selection of Stories
- De Robert en 05-03-15
De: Michael Sims
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
- 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
- De: Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, y otros
- Narrado por: Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not all the stories are complete
- De SteffiT en 10-21-13
De: Henry James, y otros
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These Names Make Clues
- De: E. C.R. Lorac
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 106
Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of the Graham Coombe, the celebrated publisher of Murder by Mesmerism. The clues of the hunt have been devised by Coombe's thriller-writer friends, disguised on the night under literary pseudonyms. The fun comes to an abrupt end, however, when 'Samuel Pepys' is found murdered in the telephone room in bizarre circumstances.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun story.
- De peter en 03-12-22
De: E. C.R. Lorac
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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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Something Fresh
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
As Wodehouse himself once noted, "Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice." On this particular occasion, there are two imposters, both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth's secretary, the Efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot - despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood's hapless affair of the heart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not terrible - but not a must-have, either
- De SGW555 en 10-18-07
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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The Cornish Coast Murder
- De: John Bude
- Narrado por: Ben Allen
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 224
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 195
The reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. But the vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, an ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head. The local police inspector is baffled by the lack of clues.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Old Fashioned Who Done It
- De C. Rosser en 05-12-16
De: John Bude
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The Third Policeman
- De: Flann O'Brien
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 602
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 417
Flann O'Brien's most popular and surrealistic novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder.
Weird, satirical, and very funny, its popularity has suddenly increased with the mention of the novel in the TV series Lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hell is other people's bicycles.
- De Darwin8u en 03-01-15
De: Flann O'Brien
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H.G. Wells Fiction Collection
- The Invisible Man, The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds
- De: H. G. Wells
- Narrado por: Roberto Scarlato, Charles King - Introduction
- Duración: 16 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In what many refer to as one of the first and greatest science fiction thrillers, a mysterious stranger wanders into an inn, wrapped head-to-toe in bandages. What lies beneath the bandages is something even more mysterious. As Wells tackles issues of identity, deception, and the deterioration of the human mind, listeners will be drawn into the story of the mysterious man, whose own mistakes end up whisking him into a whirlwind of deceit, terror, and even murder. In the end, the question will be asked: when your sense of self and identity vanish, who will you become?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Super organized, captivating narrator
- De Jackie Harwood en 04-28-20
De: H. G. Wells
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The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 20 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,063
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,081
First appearing in print in 1890, the character of Sherlock Holmes has now become synonymous worldwide with the concept of a super sleuth. His creator, Conan Doyle, imbued his detective hero with intellectual power, acute observational abilities, a penchant for deductive reasoning and a highly educated use of forensic skills. Indeed, Doyle created the first fictional private detective who used what we now recognize as modern scientific investigative techniques.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mouth watering
- De David en 03-30-10