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The Absent One
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. The result wasn’t what Mørck - or readers - expected, but by the opening of Adler-Olsen’s shocking, fast-paced follow-up, Mørck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads. So he’s naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his desk: A brother and sister were brutally murdered two decades earlier....
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Who knew?
- By Librarian on 06-04-13
- The Absent One
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Power and wealth corupts
Reviewed: 04-23-23
Victim or perpetrator - this is the story behind bullying, objectification in extreme - how wealthy people and those with a belief they are above the law meet their end not through clever police work but by their own cruelty - no one wi a in this novel - it is a study of a woman’s revenge not for the wrong she has done but for the wrong that was done to her - it’s an interesting read of self loathing and pity just appear with the reality of those that are above the law - a really interesting line is how the perpetrators regard why they can not be arrested is because their companies bring in so much wealth and job creation! Enjoyable read - thought provoking and a realistic detective with issues of his own - the subject matter may not be for everyone - but it makes the reader question what really goes on and to what cruelty can man gravitate too
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The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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Loved the book but needed better audio production
- By Anne Rivers on 10-29-20
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Comfort food
Reviewed: 10-09-22
Like a favorite t-shirt, the book kept drawing me back, overall very enjoyable. I would say this was character over plot or story. Allow yourself, as a reader to be drawn into the book, to become the characters (too many points of view for my own preference, but allows for us, the reader, to get the personalities of the main cast). Carefully crafted and curated characters with well created personal arcs (this would make for good tv) - the story was ok and as I mentioned more like a favorite sweater, something you keep coming back to - its a miss marple, a midsummer murder mystery. An idyllic POV where the murders are secondary to the characters - the thing is, I feel comfortable with them, ensconced in their circle of friendship. I feel that I know them, and want to know them. It makes for a pleasant change. I Would definitely read more ( and have purchased the rest of the series, for those days I want to step from the harsh realities of modern life and lose myself)
Ps, I hear theirs a vacancy coming up for a flat in coopers hill - I just may purchase it and move in….(you’ll need to read the book to understand)
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Adventures Of The Thin Man
- By: Entertainment Radio
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The Thin Man episodes from the 1941-50 series based on the popular book and movie, starring Claudia Morgan as Nora Charles and Les Damon, David Gothard, Les Tremayne, and Joseph Curtain as Nick Charles. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyListen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradioListen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do ...
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could not listen
- By Netty on 03-13-23
An essential part of the PI kit - cocktails
Reviewed: 07-06-22
If you liked the movie versions, then these are a great supplement. They are written in the vein dashiel intended, ie hard boiled with overly humorous banter - it’s a peek back into yesteryear and harmless fun
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Dr. No
- By: Ian Fleming
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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M calls this case a "soft option". He sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the head of the Kingston station. Jamaica is luxurious, and the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing, but they are both part of the empire of Dr. No.
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Oh, Yes.
- By John on 06-15-17
- Dr. No
- By: Ian Fleming
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Underneath the Mango tree.
Reviewed: 01-31-12
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
It's Bond, the first film, the sixth book. Flemming has found Bond's voice and character - Simon Vance does a great job in recreating the mood of the book, and has the laconic sixties radio voice that this book deserves.
I'm a great Bond fan, but you don't need to be an aficionado to enjoy it. Flemming lets us become voyeurs to a far different time period, a time of blatant heterosexuality. The book was heavily criticized upon it's release, but this is Bond, pure and Simple.
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