The Hand Over the Candle
Widdowshins Volume 1
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This is the first of the tales, but not the last. When bookdealer Malcolm finds himself hungover in the privy of the church, he realizes he has more to be forgiven than his trespasses, due to the mayhem his nocturnal acts have put in motion. Based on the village he lives in and the history he found there, Richard Ainsworth has created Widdowshins. A village where all possible universes collide and where real verifiable history may just make you think twice about how fantastic the claims in the stories actually are. The witchcraft is based on real practices, the history is based on fact (a lot of the time) and the jokes are bad. Widdowshins is where a cast of unlikely characters are the guardians of all our fates. The unlikely guardians are: an elderly female Celtic magic practitioner; a lazy young student; her seedy book-dealer boyfriend; an ascorbic monkey skull; a wise goldfish; and a very stupid tabby cat. Throw in an Art-Deco obsessed Police Inspector, relocated from the Met, a nervous country Vicar, his improbably exotic French wife, a venal, self-serving Mayor and the stage is set for a uniquely British battle between Good and Evil.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
The body that turns up in Bron's garden has been there for decades, and he died of natural causes. Just rebury him and carry on as normal, right? But it's kinda hard to be normal when the ghost of the dead man has been disturbed, and now he want...well, just what does he want? It's down to Bron, a traditional hedge witch, to find out. If she doesn't, that ghost is going to be lingering in corners and upsetting kitchen chairs for the rest of her life. Creepy, tedious, and noisy, all at the same time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh, thank the Goddess
- By Laura Pond on 11-14-24
By: Molly Milligan
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House of Furies
- By: Madeleine Roux
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, 17-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment as a maid at a boardinghouse. But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins to realize that the house's mysterious owner, Mr. Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgment, and Mr. Morningside and his unusual staff are meant to execute their own justice on those who are past being saved.
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2 out of 5 stars
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One of the characters is Satan..lots of the occult
- By Angela Briggs on 07-25-19
By: Madeleine Roux
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Detective Gretel
- By: P.J. Brackston
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
In the sleepy Bavarian town of Gesternstadt, gossip was viewed by many as a local sport, a popular hobby, a harmless pastime that showed only the depth and enduring nature of the interest of one neighbour for another. In Gretel’s opinion, however, tittle-tattle sowed the seeds of malice among the fertile soil of jealousy, often watered by the tears of its victims. So it was that upon hearing from brother Hans of the whispers concerning a young woman, a married man and a thwarted lover, Gretel is compelled to rise from her beloved day bed to set things to rights.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great! Looking forward to more
- By Monica P. on 12-07-20
By: P.J. Brackston
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Once Upon a Haunted Moor
- The Tyack & Frayne Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Harper Fox
- Narrated by: Tim Gilbert
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,973
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,776
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,779
Gideon Frayne has spent his whole working life as a policeman in the village of Dark on Bodmin Moor. His first missing-child case is eating him alive. When his own boss sends in a psychic to help with the case, he's gutted - he's a level-headed copper who doesn't believe in such things, and he can't help but think that the arrival of clairvoyant Lee Tyack is a comment on his failure to find the little girl. But Lee is hard to hate, no matter how Gideon tries. At first Lee's insights into the case make no sense, but he seems to have a window straight into Gideon's heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent start, terrific narration
- By Annika on 01-26-18
By: Harper Fox
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Fear
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
Professor James Lowry didn’t believe in spirits, or witches, or demons. Not until a gentle spring evening when his hat disappeared, and suddenly he couldn’t remember the last four hours of his life. Now, the quiet university town of Atworthy is changing - slightly at first, then faster and more frighteningly each time he tries to remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Best of Hubbard
- By JJ on 01-31-15
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Frostbite
- An Ivy Granger Psychic Detective Prequel Short Story
- By: E.J. Stevens
- Narrated by: Melanie A. Mason
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
When a client claims her house is being haunted, Ivy tries to keep her mind open and her weapons handy. If her psychic gifts and recent cases have taught her anything, it's that you're better off arming yourself for the unexpected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A haunting release
- By MelHay on 06-21-18
By: E.J. Stevens
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Spirit Legacy
- The Gateway Trilogy, Book 1
- By: E. E. Holmes
- Narrated by: Lyssa Browne
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 178
Some cryptic words wake college student Jess Ballard from a terrifying dream into an even more terrifying reality. Jess’ life has never been what anyone would call easy; doing damage control in the wake of your nomadic, alcoholic mother doesn't exactly make for a storybook childhood. But now, her world has fallen apart just when it should be coming together: her mother gone—dead under mysterious circumstances; her life uprooted to stay with estranged relatives she’s never met; and there’s something odd about some of the people she’s been meeting at school: They’re dead.
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3 out of 5 stars
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My mistake
- By KayTee on 06-26-22
By: E. E. Holmes
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Hex on the Beach
- The Magic & Mixology Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Gina LaManna
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 644
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 583
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Story4 out of 5 stars 581
Lily Locke has never believed in witches and wizards, ghosts and magic, shifters and vampires - especially cute blonde vamps with blood-intolerance issues. A rising star at a hotshot marketing agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, all Lily knows is that she's a PowerPoint guru, an Excel ninja, and a coffee-maker extraordinaire. Not to mention she's next in line for a huge promotion.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Watered Down Stephanie Plum Plot
- By Teethnclaws on 11-14-16
By: Gina LaManna
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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
- By: Walter Moers
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Playful enough for young adult readers, yet as intricate and engaging as any work of literary fiction, The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear has the plot of a novel and the spontaneity and humor of a vintage comic book, making it already an instant cult classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hillarious and fantastic book and great listen
- By Paul on 03-25-11
By: Walter Moers
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Dear Amy
- By: Helen Callaghan
- Narrated by: Michelle Ford
- Length: 10 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 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
Margot Lewis is a teacher at an exclusive high school in the English university town of Cambridge. In her spare time, she writes an advice column, "Dear Amy", for the local newspaper. When one of Margot's students, 15-year-old Katie, disappears, the school and the town fear the worst. And then Margot gets a "Dear Amy" letter unlike any of the ones she's received before. It's a desperate plea for rescue from a girl who says she is being held captive and in terrible danger - a girl called Bethan Avery, who was abducted from the local area 20 years ago and never found.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning debut
- By Mystery Maven on 11-18-16
By: Helen Callaghan
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Haunted
- David Ash Series, Book 1
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 139
A ghostly twist. Three nights of terror at the house called Edbrook. Three nights in which David Ash, there to investigate a haunting, will be victim of horrifying games. Three nights in which he will face the blood-chilling enigma of his own past. Three hideous nights before Edbrook's dreadful secret will be revealed...And the true nightmare will begin.to the surface, tormenting him, refusing to let him rest. The memory of what he once had been.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wait For It-----Wait For It
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-09-13
By: James Herbert
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The Damnation Game
- By: Clive Barker
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 731
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 644
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Story4 out of 5 stars 641
Marty Strauss, a gambling addict recently released from prison, is hired to be the personal bodyguard of Joseph Whitehead, one of the wealthiest men in the world. The job proves more complicated and dangerous than he thought, however, as Marty soon gets caught up in a series of supernatural events involving Whitehead, his daughter (who is a heroin addict), and a devilish man named Mamoulian, with whom Whitehead made a Faustian bargain many years earlier, during World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Damned If You Do
- By Wag The Fox on 04-05-14
By: Clive Barker
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 196,522
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 172,495
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Story5 out of 5 stars 171,982
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great reading of the wrong book
- By P on 11-24-15
By: J.K. Rowling
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Stolen Soul
- By: Alex Rivers
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
There’s an underground magical vault, protected by sorcery, security cameras, guards, and whatnot. Think of the most impenetrable place in the world. Now triple it. It belongs to a dragon, and I was hired to break into it and steal his hoard. I might be an alchemist extraordinaire and the best burglar on the East Coast, but this is not a solo job. I’ll need a team for this one. Accompanied by a powerful sorcerer, a fortune teller, a scam artist, and a hacker, I embark on the heist of the century. If we succeed, we’ll be legends. If not - crispy dragon snacks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start to a great series!
- By Mother Of Cats on 08-29-18
By: Alex Rivers
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Rag and Bone
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 334
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Crispin Tredarloe never meant to become a warlock. Freed from his treacherous master, he's learning how to use his magical powers the right way. But it's brutally hard work. Not everyone believes he's a reformed character, and the strain is putting unbearable pressure on his secret relationship with waste-man Ned Hall. Ned's sick of magic. Sick of the trouble it brings, sick of its dangerous grip on Crispin and the miserable look it puts in his eyes, and sick of being afraid that a gentleman magician won't want a street paper-seller forever....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Going against type works well
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 07-01-22
By: KJ Charles
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The Watchers
- By: A.M. Shine
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,824
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,686
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,686
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprising and original
- By Leia Schoeck on 10-08-22
By: A.M. Shine