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Narrated by:
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Phil Dunster
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By:
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Belinda Bauer
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From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years.
How do you find something that doesn’t exist?
1926. On the cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there. The most beautiful are sold for large sums. A small girl—penniless and neglected by her family—retrieves one such treasure. Its discovery will forever alter the course of her life.
A century later. In a remote cottage in Wales, Patrick Fort finds his friend, Nick, and his mother tied up and robbed. The only thing missing: a carved case containing an incredible scarlet egg. Doggedly attempting to retrieve it, Patrick and Nick discover the cruel world of egg trafficking, and soon find themselves on the trail of a priceless collection of eggs lost to history. Until now.
A taut, wonderfully imagined novel brimming with skullduggery at every turn, The Impossible Thing is a blazing testament to Belinda Bauer’s status as one of our greatest living crime writers.
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Felix Pink is retired. Widowed for more than a decade and a painfully literal thinker, he has led a life of routine. He occupies himself volunteering as an Exiteer - someone who sits with terminally ill people as they die by suicide, assisting with logistics and lending moral support. When Felix lets himself into Number 3 Black Lane, he’s there to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath. But just 15 minutes later, Felix is on the run from the police. Now he must discover whether what went wrong was a simple mistake - or deliberate, a murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny and engaging
- By J. Belinda Yandell on 03-08-21
By: Belinda Bauer
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The Shut Eye
- By: Belinda Bauer
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 933
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 849
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Story4 out of 5 stars 845
A woman gets involved with a psychic who may be able to find her missing son. Five footprints are the only sign that four-year-old Daniel Buck was ever here. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiraling toward insanity. Anna is desperate for hope, which she's not getting from the police or her husband, James. So when a woman tells her she's found a true psychic, a "shut eye", she grasps at it. Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Lynne F on 01-31-16
By: Belinda Bauer
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Blacklands
- By: Belinda Bauer
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Debut author Belinda Bauer crafts an incredibly moving first novel in Blacklands. Twelve-year-old Steven is determined to put an end to his family’s misery and find the remains of his uncle, who was believed to be murdered as a child by a local pedophile. Steven spends his days digging for clues around his grandmother’s home, but when his search fails to unearth anything new, he reaches out to the only person with answers—the accused murderer now serving life in prison.
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3 out of 5 stars
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just okay
- By Rebecca on 02-06-11
By: Belinda Bauer
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The Beautiful Dead
- By: Belinda Bauer
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
Crime reporter Eve Singer's career is on the downward slope when a spate of bizarre murders - each carefully orchestrated and advertised like performance art - begin in her territory. Covering these very public crimes revives her byline, and when the killer contacts Eve to discuss her coverage of his crimes, she is suddenly on the inside of the biggest murder investigation of the decade. But as the killer becomes increasingly obsessed with her, Eve realizes there's a thin line between inside information and becoming an accomplice to murder.
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2 out of 5 stars
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What is this
- By J.Hamp on 02-09-21
By: Belinda Bauer
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The Facts of Life and Death
- By: Belinda Bauer
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
On the beaches and cliffs of North Devon, lone women have become victims in a terrifying game where only one player knows the rules - and, when those rules change, the new game is murder. But that madman on the loose feels very far from the crumbling, seaside home of 10-year-old Ruby Trick. Instead of living in fear of him, she lives in fear of school bullies, the dark forest crowding her house into the sea, and the threat of her parents' divorce. So when she decides to help her father catch the killer, it seems like a good way to keep her father close.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A disappointment from an outstanding author
- By Georgia Burns on 05-05-25
By: Belinda Bauer
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What Remains of Teague House
- A Mystery
- By: Stacy Johns
- Narrated by: Helen Laser, Gary Tiedemann, Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
For fans of Megan Collins with the taut character study of Angie Kim comes a searing mystery that follows three siblings as they reckon with the darkness hidden within their family after multiple graves are discovered behind their childhood home.
By: Stacy Johns
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Murder at Gulls Nest
- A Novel
- By: Jess Kidd
- Narrated by: Siobhan McSweeney
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
1954: When her former novice’s dependable letters stop, Nora Breen asks to be released from her vows. Haunted by a line in Frieda’s letter, Nora arrives at Gulls Nest, a charming hotel in Gore-on-Sea in Kent. A seaside town, a place of fresh air and relaxed constraints, is the perfect place for a new start. Nora hides her identity and pries into the lives of her fellow guests. But when a series of bizarre murders rattles the occupants of Gulls Nest it’s time to ask if a dark past can ever really be left behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEST COZY MYSTERY
- By Siri S. Kaur on 05-10-25
By: Jess Kidd
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Hush, My Darling
- By: Leigh Kenny
- Narrated by: EJ Lavery
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
In pursuit of peace and family ties, American tourist Megan goes on a road trip around Ireland. When she becomes stranded deep in the mountains, the Brogan family come to her rescue. But is it luck, or is Megan's nightmare just beginning? The Wicklow Mountains offer breathtaking beauty to all who venture in. Where nature abounds. Where solitude beckons. Where no one can hear you scream.
By: Leigh Kenny
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Perspective(s)
- Suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur
- By: Laurent Binet
- Narrated by: Françoise Cadol, Nicolas Djermag, Emmanuel Lemire, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Florence, 1557. Le peintre Pontormo est retrouvé assassiné au pied des fresques auxquelles il travaillait depuis onze ans. Un tableau a été maquillé. Un crime de lèse-majesté a été commis. Vasari, l’homme à tout faire du duc de Florence, est chargé de l’enquête. Pour l’assister à distance, il se tourne vers le vieux Michel-Ange exilé à Rome.
By: Laurent Binet
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She's a Lamb!
- By: Meredith Hambrock
- Narrated by: Stephanie Willing
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouver’s smallest regional theaters. No, she is bound for greatness, and that’s why the part of Maria in the theater’s upcoming production of The Sound of Music is hers. Or it’s going to be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like a decent into madness in the best way possible
- By Lindsey on 04-11-25
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These Impossible Things
- A Novel
- By: Salma El-Wardany
- Narrated by: Shazia Nicholls
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 312
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 311
It’s always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they’ve learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women. Staying over at a boyfriend's place is disguised as a best friend’s sleepover, and tiredness can be blamed on studying instead of partying. With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By lauren bolin on 04-27-25
By: Salma El-Wardany
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Bad Nature
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Courage
- Narrated by: Cia Court
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 5
When Hester is diagnosed with terminal cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged father. With no friends or family tying her to the life she’s built in New York City, she quits her wildly lucrative job in corporate law and starts driving west. She hasn’t made it far when she runs into John, an environmental activist in need of a ride to different superfund sites across the United States.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sad life, sad ending
- By C. R. Choate on 05-17-25
By: Ariel Courage
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Past Perfect
- A Novel
- By: Susan Isaacs
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
Katie seems to have the perfect life—a great husband, a precocious and winning ten-year-old son; and a glamorous job as writer for the long-running TV series, Spy Guys, based on her own surprisingly successful novel. But for Katie, writing about the spy business isn’t as satisfying as working in it.
By: Susan Isaacs
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Fair Play
- A Novel
- By: Louise Hegarty
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Aoife McMahon
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story3 out of 5 stars 13
A group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year’s Eve. It is Benjamin’s birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d’oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else’s heart is broken. In the morning, all of them wake up—except Benjamin. As Abigail attempts to wrap her mind around her brother’s death, an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can’t believe I spent my credit on this
- By Tess on 05-15-25
By: Louise Hegarty
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10 Marchfield Square
- By: Nicola Whyte
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
When a minor criminal is murdered in the smallest residential square in London, elderly heiress and landlady Celeste van Duren recruits two of her tenants to investigate. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed writer Lewis is known by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he’s not that fond of Audrey either—but Celeste is persuasive. As they hunt for clues in and around the Square, they discover everyone has something to hide, including their fellow residents. Audrey and Lewis must find a way to work together if they’re to find the killer in their midst.
By: Nicola Whyte
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The Edinburgh Murders
- By: Catriona McPherson
- Narrated by: Kirsty Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
Edinburgh, 1948. Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a troublemaker. Last year's scandal did nothing to help with the disapproval she already gets as a woman in her line of work. All she wants now is to focus on doing what she loves: helping the poor of the Fountainbridge ward in the city of Edinburgh. The last thing she needs is another string of murders to distract her . . .
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3 out of 5 stars
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Confusing
- By Kaye on 04-22-25
Highly recommendable
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Brilliant writing and performance
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A perfect mix of an excellent narrator, a fascinating mystery, and immediately engaging characters
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