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Narrated by:
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Graeme Malcolm
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M. C. Beaton
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Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills - until well-known TV reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And Constable Hamish Macbeth, dourly wed to duty instead of the fiancée who dumped him, promptly gives her a summons for reckless driving. Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeth's life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands. When she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. Then someone does - with stealth and violence. Finding out who did it will lead the laconic Macbeth down roads he never envisioned, into a dark story of passion and vengeance - and perhaps a crisis of the heart all his own.
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She
- By: Pete Brassett
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
Detective Inspector Munro is a burly Scottish policeman who doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Detective Sergeant West is an intelligent young woman, new to the force, with a lot to prove. When a missing person case lands on their desks, Munro is skeptical there is much to it. But their investigation soon comes to some strange findings, and before long a body is found. With a serial killer on their hands, they must act fast to trace a woman placed at the scene of the crime. Yet discovering her true identity, let alone finding her, proves difficult. And as the plot thickens they realise the crime is far graver than either of them could have imagined.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too sick and twisted
- By Marta on 11-04-20
By: Pete Brassett
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A Vow of Silence
- Sister Joan Murder Mystery, Book 1
- By: Veronica Black
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ness
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
The sisters at a lonely Cornish convent share a chilling secret they cannot confess...Sister Sophia is dead. Another disappears. And a mysterious last letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress. Sister Joan has faced her own demons. Now she is sent to the convent to investigate, as well as teach the local children. There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very good mild mannered cozy
- By wisconsinclark on 01-15-22
By: Veronica Black
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I Predict a Riot
- Murder, Extortion & Carrot Cake
- By: Colin Bateman
- Narrated by: Adam Moore
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
Walter has a rubbish job, so has Margaret. But when they meet through a dating agency, neither is who they seem. Margaret's married for a start, and Walter's encounter with her husband, Billy, leaves him black and blue. Billy's a dodgy accountant for politician and racketeer Pink Harrison, who is about to come unstuck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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PICK ME PLEASE PICK ME WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF FUN
- By Louise on 10-19-08
By: Colin Bateman
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The Circle
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 821
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Story4 out of 5 stars 819
Widowed van driver Bob Naylor is prodded into joining the Chichester Writers' Circle by his teenage daughter. Bob writes limericks and jingles, and fears he will be out of his class amongst the literati. But the members of the circle come from all walks of life and practice many forms of writing, from fantasy to household hints. There seems to be nothing about any of them to incite a serial killer. However, there is an arsonist in their midst, burning his victims to death, and Bob becomes a suspect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever and very amusing.
- By Megan on 05-07-14
By: Peter Lovesey
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The Best Man to Die
- An Inspector Wexford Mystery
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 189
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4 out of 5 stars 159
Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Now Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic who-dunnit
- By Kathi on 02-24-13
By: Ruth Rendell
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Death in Provence: A Novel
- Penelope Kite, Book 1
- By: Serena Kent
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 140
It’s love at first sight when Penelope Kite sees Le Chant d’Eau - The Song of Water - the stone farmhouse tucked high in the hills above the Luberon valley. For years, Penelope put her unfaithful ex-husband and her ungrateful stepchildren first. Now, she’s going to start living for herself. Though her dream house needs major renovations, Penelope impulsively buys the property and moves to St. Merlot. But Penelope’s daydreams of an adventurous life in Provence didn’t include finding a corpse floating face down in her swimming pool.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too Laconic
- By AB on 04-13-19
By: Serena Kent
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A Share in Death
- By: Deborah Crombie
- Narrated by: Michael Deehy
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,911
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,547
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,537
A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath. Despite a suspicious lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised significantly when a second murder occurs....
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3 out of 5 stars
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series readers, start here
- By connie on 02-09-13
By: Deborah Crombie
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A Pleasure and a Calling
- A Novel
- By: Phil Hogan
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4 out of 5 stars 114
You won't remember Mr. Heming. He was the estate agent who showed you around your comfortable home, suggested a financial package, negotiated a price with the owner, and called you with the good news. The less good news is that, all these years later, he still has the key. That's absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine? The answer is; he has the keys to them all. William Heming's most at home in a stranger's private things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Invisible Man
- By Janice on 02-05-15
By: Phil Hogan
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See Them Run
- Detective Clare Mackay, Book 1
- By: Marion Todd
- Narrated by: Marion Todd
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
Don’t miss the first novel in a gripping series featuring DI Clare Mackay, perfect for fans of Alex Gray, D. S. Butler and Rachel Amphlett. On the night of a wedding celebration, one guest meets a grisly end when he’s killed in a hit-and-run. A card bearing the number ‘five’ has been placed on the victim’s chest. DI Clare Mackay, who recently moved to join the St Andrews force, leads the investigation. The following night another victim is struck down and a number ‘four’ card is at the scene.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly good narration by the author
- By Bella Rosa on 08-17-20
By: Marion Todd
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Babylon Berlin
- Gereon Rath, Book 1
- By: Volker Kutscher
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Berlin, 1929. Detective Inspector Rath was a successful career officer in the Cologne Homicide Division before a shooting incident in which he inadvertently killed a man. He has been transferred to the vice squad in Berlin, a job he detests even though he finds a new friend in his boss, Chief Inspector Wolter. There is seething unrest in the city, and the Commissioner of Police has ordered the vice squad to ruthlessly enforce the ban on May Day demonstrations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It's no Bernie Gunther Mystery ...
- By Brian English on 01-28-18
By: Volker Kutscher
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Season of Darkness
- By: Maureen Jennings
- Narrated by: Tom Craig
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector. Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. Then one turns up dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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much better than average historical detective
- By connie on 09-30-12
By: Maureen Jennings
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Pietr the Latvian
- Inspector Maigret, Book 1
- By: Georges Simenon, David Bellos - translator
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 894
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 789
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 788
The first audiobook which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.Inevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could not assimilate. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Long live Maigret
- By Adeliese Baumann on 11-19-14
By: Georges Simenon, and others
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Elementary, She Read
- By: Vicki Delany
- Narrated by: Kelly Clare
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 258
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body. The highly perceptive Gemma is the police's first suspect, so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name, investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on their inheritance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great read, but only for some
- By TK on 12-05-19
By: Vicki Delany
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No Name Lane
- By: Howard Linskey
- Narrated by: David Leon
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 168
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The hunt for a serial killer unearths an unsolved cold case from over 60 years ago. Young girls are being abducted and murdered in the Northeast. Out of favour detective constable Ian Bradshaw struggles to find any leads - and fears that the only thing this investigation will unravel is himself. Journalist Tom Carney is suspended by his London tabloid and returns to his home village in County Durham. Helen Norton is the reporter who replaced Tom on the local newspaper. Together they are drawn into a case that will change their lives forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Lot to Like, but Weak Narration
- By Carole T. on 07-18-16
By: Howard Linskey
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Falling Off Air
- By: Catherine Sampson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
Robin Ballantyne's life is finally coming together. After learning she was pregnant with twins and being abandoned by her irresponsible boyfriend, Adam, she's settling into life as a single mother. But one night, after putting the children to bed, she hears an argument and suddenly, a body falls past her window. Running outside, she finds the body of Paula Carmichael, a renowned activist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rich, developed and unusual
- By Hannah Coale on 02-02-05
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A Great Deliverance
- Inspector Lynley, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 822
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 735
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 728
Into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an ax in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry".
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4 out of 5 stars
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good debut novel
- By Stevon on 11-11-19
By: Elizabeth George
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- happyjo
- 08-29-22
Death of a celebrity
I enjoyed this audio book! I quite like these Scottish murder mysteries set in an old village.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Sandra R. Merrill
- 09-02-21
Perennial village copper.
Hamish has it tough with women and his superiors, but he’s always a good policeman.
Really like the Macbeth series.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Macsuzy
- 02-26-23
Classic Beaton
Another home run for Beaton. Love the depth of character created and the complete mystery of who done it. The performance was as always perfect for the story, lovely voice.
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- r.drew
- 11-25-22
Great audio book
Good story and great narration. Really enjoyed it. Have a lot of the MC Beaton audio books… all very good
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- Karla Milton
- 12-29-22
Most enjoyable so far
Great storyline. I like it when the story stays in Hamish’s town. The characters are great
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-29-21
great....one of my favorite macbeth mysteries
one of my favorite macbeth mysteries.
short sweet and to the point.
almost finished with hamish.
finished with agatha raisen
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Sherry Kirby
- 01-20-21
My favorite books
Loved it. I've listened to it 3 times. Hamish is always hiding or or misunderstood by women. Lovable big kid at heart.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- BeBeBailey
- 06-30-22
Really Good Story
Well-written for this series. Lots of different characters so I suggest keeping a mental (
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- Felene P.
- 01-22-24
Love Loch-dough
While I always enjoy these installments in the Hamish McBeth series the last few have had too many battered wives offing their husbands & s*icides. I get that these are murder mysteries just wish for a bit more mystery a little less death.
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- Ace
- 06-26-21
Fantastic narration that gives life to the characters
I picked up this book for exactly one reason: Graeme Malcolm. I thoroughly enjoyed his part in Agatha Christie’s The Man in the Brown Suit, and immediately after finishing it searched his name for more of his work. I knew nothing about the story just the name of the book and the narrator, and that worked out fine for me. The book is set in the highlands in Scotland. There are many characters with distinct personalities and Graeme portrays them all wonderfully. They all have their own accents and ways of speaking and you really get a sense of the person even if they only appear briefly in a short conversation. It’s amazing. The story itself is decent. It’s entertaining and unfolds steadily with no great complexity or shocking revelations. The telling of the story though, that’s where it’s at. Give it a listen.
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