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Narrated by:
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James Saxon
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By:
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Ngaio Marsh
About this listen
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences.
At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the taproom. They are in the habit of playing darts, but on this occasion an experiment takes the place of the usual game - a fatal experiment which calls for investigation.
A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare, and a Devonshire farmer all play their parts in the unravelling of the problem....
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The first of the classic mysteries featuring governess-turned-detective Miss Silver, who investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring. Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The shaky first of a long, strong series
- By Phebe on 07-21-15
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Alison Larkin Presents: The Secret Adversary, Murder on the Links, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin, James Warwick
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Three critically acclaimed recordings are joined together in this dazzling Agatha Christie Triple Bill, read by award-winning narrators Alison Larkin and James Warwick, star of the Partners in Crime TV series on Masterpiece Theater.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pitch perfect narration of Agatha Christie!
- By Mary Katherine Worth on 10-18-19
By: Agatha Christie
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The Secret Adversary & N or M?
- Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story5 out of 5 stars 106
From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes two novels featuring the beloved sleuthing duo: In the The Secret Adversary, Tommy and Tuppence decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd. But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy. Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hugh Fraser is great!
- By Cheryl McInerney on 09-06-22
By: Agatha Christie
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Raffles
- The Amateur Cracksman
- By: E.M. Hornung
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 5
Raffles is Sherlock Holmes' polar opposite, a foil for great detectives and a man with all the immoral charms of a hero-thief, plus a remarkable ability at cricket. Raffles is the godson of Robin Hood, the model for Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief," and the inspiration of Leslie Charteris' "The Saint." As the great reinvention of the trickster for the 20th century, Raffles convinces readers to throw away their scruples and follow along for wit, bold adventures, and thrilling suspense.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fairly good
- By Paul on 01-31-08
By: E.M. Hornung
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Bulldog Drummond
- By: Sapper
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Demobilised officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate if possible; excitement essential. When Captain Hugh Drummond, DSO, MC placed that advertisement, he was looking for adventure. What he finds is an international plot headed by the greatest criminal mastermind in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Narration
- By nooch85 on 07-21-18
By: Sapper
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A Gentleman's Murder
- By: Christopher Huang
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 891
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 743
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The year is 1924. Only a few years removed from the trenches of Flanders, Lieutenant Eric Peterkin has just been granted membership in the most prestigious soldiers-only club in London: the Britannia. But when a gentleman's wager ends with a member stabbed to death, the victim's last words echo in the lieutenant's head: that he would "Soon right a great wrong from the past". Eric is certain one of his fellow members is the murderer. But who?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ignore the indiscriminate ire. It’s great!
- By Denise Dalrymple on 05-15-20
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The P.G. Wodehouse Collection
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 838
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 837
This title includes not only the entire audiobook of Right Ho, Jeeves, but also all of the P.G. Wodehouse titles in the current Classic Tales library. It also includes a Jeeves short story only available in the collection: "Extricating Young Gussie". The complete running time is over 15 hours. All titles have been remastered, and have never sounded better!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't buy this version of the wonderful Wodehouse stories
- By K Bell on 11-05-16
By: P. G. Wodehouse
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Fallen Into the Pit
- An Inspector Felse Mystery
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Helmut Schauffler, a young Nazi working in the small English village of Comerford, sets out to play upon the post-war sensibilities and fears by terrorizing his new neighbors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A peek into an earlier time.
- By ShySusan on 11-28-11
By: Ellis Peters
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The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,062
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,080
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
- By David on 03-30-10
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Except the Dying
- A Murdoch Mystery, Book 1
- By: Maureen Jennings
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 259
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Story4 out of 5 stars 260
In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the naked body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. The young victim was pregnant when she died. Detective William Murdoch soon discovers that many of those connected with the girl's life have secrets to hide. Was her death on attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city's influential families?
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you like the show - don't buy
- By Sarah on 06-09-16
By: Maureen Jennings
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Death in Kenya
- By: M. M. Kaye
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
When Victoria Caryll is offered a position at Flamingo, her aunt's family estate in Kenya's Rift Valley, she accepts - knowing full well that the move will give her a chance to see Eden DeBrett once again, the man she was previously engaged to. But she doesn't realize that coming to her aunt's home will introduce her to an unstable region still recovering from the bloody Mau Mau revolt, and to a household thrown into grief by a recent murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly written suspense novel !
- By Kathi on 03-17-13
By: M. M. Kaye
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The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy
- By: James Anderson
- Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Welcome to Alderley, a magnificent mansion in the heart of the West Country where a grand house party is taking place. The preparations have been made, the guests have been invited, and the staff are on hand. What could possibly go wrong? Let the entertainment begin. The theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols might all be explained, but the body in the lake - that really was a puzzle. 'Don't expect me to solve anything,' Inspector Wilkens announced modestly when he arrived to sort out the unpleasantness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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the title says it all
- By connie on 05-03-13
By: James Anderson
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Death in the Andamans
- By: M. M. Kaye
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Death in the Andamans is a masterpiece of mystery and romance from one of our most beloved authors. When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Copper Randal barely manages a safe return to Government House. She does get back in one piece with her hostess, Valerie Masson, Val's fiancé, and handsome naval officer Nick Tarrent, but one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book. Less than stellar reader
- By Kindle Customer on 02-27-13
By: M. M. Kaye
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Dust and Shadow
- An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- By: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,530
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,004
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,990
Breathless and painstakingly researched, this is a stunning debut mystery in which Sherlock Holmes unmasks Jack the Ripper. Lyndsay Faye perfectly captures all the color and syntax of Conan Doyle’s distinctive nineteenth-century London.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Wadie on 01-07-11
By: Lyndsay Faye
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The Best of Jeeves and Wooster
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Kevin Theis
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30
Collected here are eleven of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster short stories (comprising all of the Jeeves tales from "Carry On, Jeeves" and "My Man Jeeves") as well as the complete novels Right Ho, Jeeves and The Inimitable Jeeves. Along with Jeeves and Bertie, we are introduced to an entire cast of beloved Wodehouse characters: Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Bingo Little, James "Corky" Corcoran, Tuppy and Honoria Glossop, Rockmetteller Todd, and the terrifying and bombastic Aunt Agatha.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Icky, Icky, Icky Pooh
- By Cenobite on 06-20-22
By: P. G. Wodehouse
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- Gale C Georgalas
- 06-22-24
Characters
I love the vivid character descriptions which are detailed and the dialogue adds additional character nuance.
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- ltufromberkeley
- 08-01-21
murder or accident by the sea
famous barrister dies in seaside village. is it accident or murder. marsh provides lots of red herrings and a bit of humor followed by suspense. brilliantly read by Paxon. recommended
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- Mystery Maven
- 11-30-23
Mystery Maven
Good story, great narration. The mystery was clearly, and concisely, laid out and the few options to the solution could have worked but the answer was good! Enjoy.
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- peter
- 04-13-22
Another good story.
NM like all of us had some bad days but this wasn’t one of them. The denouement was a little complex and a bit of a letdown because I was hoping for another character to hit the dust but that just shows I was was quite engaged. Recommended.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-24-18
One of Marsh’s Best
I loved this book. Marsh wrote a deceptively simple yet compelling and intricate story. To sum up:
1. Plot - excellent. A bit disappointed in the abrupt ending but that’s only worth a half-star demerit
2. Characters - well developed and compelling
3. Intrigue - first class
4. Narrator - superb job job of reading and bringing the characters to life.
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- Deborah Navedo
- 06-20-22
Loved it
This was a good book and I loved the narrator! Can’t wait to start the next one!
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- Debbie Deb
- 12-24-23
methodical story
I always have the hardest time with this narrator mainly because they switch narrators so much with this series that it's hard for me to get into his voices. It interferes with the story and it takes me longer to get engaged. I finished it but that's the only drawback it has.
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