Lady of Ashes
Lady of Ashes Series, Book 1
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Christine Trent
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A female undertaker in Victorian London suspects death by unnatural causes in a mystery "rich with historical incidents and details" (Publishers Weekly).
Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian England, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. She is empathetic, well-versed in funeral fashions, and comfortable with death's role in life - until its chilling rattle comes knocking on her own front door.
Violet's peculiar but happy life soon begins to unravel as Graham becomes obsessed with his own demons and all but abandons her as he plans a vengeful scheme. And the solace she's always found in her work evaporates like a departing soul when she suspects that some of the deceased she's dressed have been murdered. When Graham disappears, Violet takes full control of the business and is commissioned for an undertaking of royal proportions. But she's certain there's a killer lurking in the London fog, and the next funeral may be her own.
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Too many unresolved details.
- By Alison on 05-20-25
By: Cassandra Parkin
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These Vicious Masks
- By: Tarun Shanker, Kelly Zekas
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
England, 1882. Evelyn is bored with society and its expectations. So when her beloved sister, Rose, mysteriously vanishes, she ignores her parents and travels to London to find her, accompanied by the dashing Mr. Kent. But they're not the only ones looking for Rose. The reclusive young gentleman Sebastian Braddock is also searching for her, claiming that both sisters have special healing powers. Evelyn is convinced that Sebastian must be mad, until she discovers that his strange tales of extraordinary people are true.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this!
- By Chantel on 08-26-24
By: Tarun Shanker, and others
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The Malvern Murders
- Inspector Ravenscroft Detective Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Kerry Tombs
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Story4 out of 5 stars 168
Before Jack the Ripper terrorised London, Police Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft patrolled the streets of Whitechapel. Clever and hard-working, Ravenscroft nonetheless has the worst record in the force. He lets a murderer escape during a chase and is banished to the spa town of Malvern for a water treatment to cure his asthma. Ravenscroft accepts a dinner invitation from a new acquaintance, Jabez Pitzer. Before dinner, the maid finds Pitzer slumped over his desk - dead. Ravenscroft immediately recognises the signs - Pitzer has been poisoned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Engaging Mystery
- By Nancy on 11-13-24
By: Kerry Tombs
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The Fairy's Tale
- The Pathways Tree, Book 1
- By: F. D. Lee
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Bea is a lowly cabbage fairy, but she dreams of being an official Fairy Godmother. So when she is finally given a chance to prove her worth, Bea is determined to make a success of it. Besides, how hard can a Happy Ever After story be? Every girl wants to be rescued by a handsome man, don’t they? Apparently not. Bea's heroine doesn't want to be in her story, and her hero is much more interested in the ugly sister. The same ugly sister who is trying to overthrow the Kingdom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really good book!!
- By Chasity on 01-14-21
By: F. D. Lee
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Black Rainbow
- By: Barbara Michaels
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
A troubled Byronic hero, a young governess blinded by her romantic obsession, a beautiful but forbidding manor, and a secret as ominous as the black rainbow that frames the huddled towers of the manor in the moonlight are the romantic elements of this Gothic mystery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not usual Barbara Michaels, still worth a credit
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 06-14-14
By: Barbara Michaels
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What the Dead Leave Behind
- Gilded Age Mystery, Book 1
- By: Rosemary Simpson
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 205
As the Great Blizzard of 1888 cripples the vast machinery that is New York City, heiress Prudence MacKenzie sits anxiously within her palatial Fifth Avenue home waiting for her fiance's safe return. But the fearsome storm rages through the night. With daylight, more than 200 people are found to have perished in the icy winds and treacherous snowdrifts. Among them is Prudence's fiancé - his body frozen, his head crushed by a heavy branch, his fingers clutching a single playing card, the ace of spades.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So frustrating!
- By kathleen Johnson on 02-13-18
By: Rosemary Simpson
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Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark
- Lady Anne Addison Mysteries Series, Book 1
- By: Victoria Hamilton
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4 out of 5 stars 118
After receiving a distressing letter from a friend, Lady Anne Addison wastes no time in traveling to Yorkshire to offer whatever help she can. She has no idea what she'll find there, but she certainly wasn't expecting to be met by tales of a werewolf terrorizing the area - nor the dead body she discovers upon arriving. Driven by curiosity and a keen intelligence, Lady Anne dismisses the notion of such a beast, but she's nonetheless drawn into the mysteries by the secrecy surrounding her friend and the infuriating yet enticing Lord Darkefell.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lord Darkfell is NOT ROMANTIC
- By Mel Huggins on 08-21-21
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No Stone Unturned
- The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Pam Lecky
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
London, October 1886: Trapped in a troubled marriage, Lucy Lawrence is ripe for an adventure. But when she meets the enigmatic Phineas Stone, over the body of her husband in the mortuary, her world begins to fall apart. When her late husband's secrets spill from the grave and her life is threatened by the leader of London's most notorious gang, Lucy must find the strength to rise to the challenge. But who can she trust, and how is she to stay out of the murderous clutches of London's most dangerous criminal?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just needs to be set to 1.5...
- By DP on 11-09-20
By: Pam Lecky
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The Toll
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Story4 out of 5 stars 371
State Road 177 runs along the Suwannee River, between Fargo, Georgia, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Drive that route from east to west, and you'll cross six bridges. Take it from west to east, and you might find seven. But you'd better hope not. Titus and Melanie Bell leave their hotel in Fargo for a second honeymoon canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp. But shortly before they reach their destination, they draw up to a halt at the edge of a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car....
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3 out of 5 stars
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An Enjoyable Listen
- By Tanya Twombly on 11-06-19
By: Cherie Priest
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Bohemian Gospel
- Bohemian Gospel Series, Book 1
- By: Dana Chamblee Carpenter
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Thirteenth-century Bohemia is a dangerous place for a girl, especially one as odd as Mouse, born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect. Some call her a witch. Others call her an angel. Even Mouse doesn't know who - or what - she is. But she means to find out. When young King Ottakar shows up at the Abbey wounded by a traitor's arrow, Mouse breaks church law to save him and then agrees to accompany him back to Prague as his personal healer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Story!
- By JUDEE on 06-28-17
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The Archived
- Archived, Book 1
- By: Victoria Schwab
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
The Archive, an otherworldly library, contains the bodies of everyone who has ever died. But when the Archive is compromised from within, 16-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must use her skills as a Keeper to identify the traitor and prevent violent Histories from escaping into our world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story
- By Dray on 09-30-19
By: Victoria Schwab
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A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder
- Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder Series, Book 1
- By: Victoria Hamilton
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
The shocking murder of Sir Henry Claybourne leaves Regency London shaken and horror-struck. But for genteel spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, the crime slices far too close to home. Just hours before the knight's death she held a dagger to him, threatening him to stay silent as she rescued a scullery maid he had procured for his pleasure. Did the man - or woman - who murdered the knight know of her visit? Her secret identity at risk, her reputation and life in jeopardy, Emmeline must solve the crime or face scandalous exposure and ruination for a crime she did not commit.
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3 out of 5 stars
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To prejudice
- By Olivia Street on 05-14-19
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The Fressingfield Witch
- A Lawrence Harpham Murder Mystery, Book 1
- By: Jacqueline Beard
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Scores of innocent women died during the Suffolk witch trials. Fear and uncertainty swept the land. Years later and two unexplained deaths in the village of Fressingfield stir up rumours of witchcraft again. Private Detective Lawrence Harpham agrees to investigate. But Lawrence is still tormented by the loss of his family in a house fire. Can he overcome his own demons and discover who is behind the flurry of deaths? The sins of the fathers return to haunt in this intricately plotted Victorian murder mystery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can't wait to begin next book!
- By Lilydawn on 01-11-23
By: Jacqueline Beard
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The Girl from Rawblood
- A Novel
- By: Catriona Ward
- Narrated by: Liz Pearce, Steven Crossley, John Keating, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
In 1910, 11-year-old Iris Villarca lives with her father at Rawblood, a lonely house on Dartmoor. Iris and her father are the last of their name. The Villarcas always die young, bloodily. Iris knows it's because of a congenital disease that means she must be strictly isolated. Papa told her so. Forbidden to speak to other children or the servants, denied her one friend, Iris grows up in solitude. But she reads books. And one sunlit autumn day, beside her mother's grave, she forces the truth from her father. The disease is biologically impossible. A lie to cover a darker secret.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I have no idea what this was about
- By Rachel on 11-11-21
By: Catriona Ward
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The Business of Blood
- Fiona Mahoney Mystery, Book 1
- By: Kerrigan Byrne
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 239
Dying is the only thing people do with any regularity, and Fiona makes her indecorous living cleaning up after the corpses are carted away. Her childhood best friend, Mary, was the last known victim of Jack the Ripper. It's been two years since Fiona scrubbed Mary's blood from the floorboards, and London is no longer buzzing about the Ripper, but Fiona hasn't forgotten. When she's called to a murder in the middle of the night, Fiona finds a victim mutilated in an eerily similar fashion to those of the Ripper, and only a few doors down from Mary's old home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Mystery!
- By Sandra L. Agus on 06-16-20
By: Kerrigan Byrne
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All the Murmuring Bones
- By: A.G. Slatter
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 308
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 307
Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain and their fortunes have suffered as a result. When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother puts in train a plan to restore their glory - but at the price of Mirin's freedom.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Drags on and on.
- By Amanda Turner on 04-10-21
By: A.G. Slatter
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Blessop's Wife
- Historical Mysteries Collection, Book 1
- By: Barbara Gaskell Denvil
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing and well written
- By Cate F. on 12-20-23
Didn’t want to put it down.
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history lovers delight
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A lot of information!
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10/10 to the author!
my ONLY complaint has to be that the performance was lacking somewhat. Every American sounded monotonous and odd.
A New Favorite
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woman of courage
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A wonderful experience
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Awful Reader
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