The Lazarus Curse
Dr. Thomas Silkstone, Book 4
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Simon Vance
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Tessa Harris
About this listen
London, 1782. The sole survivor of an ill-fated expedition to Jamaica has gone missing upon his return home. Dr. Thomas Silkstone had been entrusted to catalog all the New World specimens and therefore feels compelled to investigate the disappearance. Meanwhile, a rumor circulates that a potion with the power to raise the dead is afoot, and the formula is thought to be in the missing botanist's journal.
As he investigates, the good doctor is drawn into a world of trafficking in corpses for profit. When a headless corpse is discovered, Silkstone uncovers the sinister motives of those who would stop at nothing to possess the Lazarus potion.
Inspired by true-life physician Dr. William Shippen Jr., this delightful series has been hailed as "CSI meets The Age of Reason" (Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author).
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It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man - Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Addictive Series
- By Bibliophile1963 on 10-17-16
By: C. S. Harris
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Art in the Blood
- A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 1
- By: Bonnie MacBird
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend - until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star, writes that her illegitimate son by an English lord has disappeared, and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a bad story, but too 21st century
- By M B Yorton on 11-11-19
By: Bonnie MacBird
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The Pale Blue Eye
- By: Louis Bayard
- Narrated by: Charles Leggett
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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When the body of a suicide victim disappears at West Point Military Academy in 1831, only to be discovered hours later missing its heart, the Academy calls on retired detective Gus Landor to investigate. Landor is something of a legend among his peers, noted for an uncanny, Holmesian ability to read people. When Edgar Allan Poe, a new cadet, comes forth with his own cryptic conclusion—that the man Landor is looking for is a poet—Landor is intrigued and enlists Poe as his assistant.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could not get through it
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-15
By: Louis Bayard
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Cover Her Face
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Penelope Dellaporta
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 808
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Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill. Cover Her Face is P. D. James' electric debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense.
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3 out of 5 stars
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OK but...
- By NoelleJ on 11-14-14
By: P. D. James
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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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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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The Irish Healer
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Herriman
- Narrated by: Amanda McKnight
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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1830s London is rich with promise ... and fraught with peril. Rachel Dunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too. Rachel Dunne has always been a healer ... until she’s accused of causing the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees Ireland in search of a new life, convinced that she’ll be fine so long as no one in London learns of her disgrace - or forces her to ever sit at another sickbed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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should have a Christian/Religion tag
- By Wendy on 07-06-12
By: Nancy Herriman
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Simply Anna
- By: Jennifer Moore
- Narrated by: Aubrey Warner
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Suffering from a cruel heartbreak, Lord Philip Hamilton has been driven to seek refuge from the painful memories haunting London, and his father's Jamaican sugar cane plantation provides just the escape he needs. Philip finds solace in his hard work and takes comfort in the fact that his distance from society ensures that his heart will be protected from future entanglements. Protected, that is, until the unexpected appearance of a mysterious woman with no memory of her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great stories to travel with...
- By Amazon Customer on 10-12-24
By: Jennifer Moore
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March
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Richard Easton
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,061
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,059
From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, greatly narrated
- By Paula on 07-30-06
By: Geraldine Brooks
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Shades of Milk and Honey
- By: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,047
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 938
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The fantasy novel you’ve always wished Jane Austen had written. When Jane realizes that one of Melody’s suitors is set on taking advantage of her sister for the sake of her dowry, she pushes her skills to the limit of what her body can withstand in order to set things right—and, in the process, accidentally wanders into a love story of her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great if you love speculative fiction and Austen
- By Womble on 05-07-12
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The Monstrumologist
- By: Rick Yancey
- Narrated by: Steven Boyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 771
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 680
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Dr. Warthrop is a scientist who tracks and studies real-life monsters. Assisted by his 12-year-old apprentice, Will Henry, Dr. Warthrop discovers a pod of Anthropophagi and launches a hunt to destroy the foul beasts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reader Be Warned
- By Eddie on 01-25-15
By: Rick Yancey
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
- A Novel
- By: Imogen Hermes Gowar
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 508
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives an unusual creature - and meets a most extraordinary woman - in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsession, and desire. One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah’s trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyage to the Far East, he sold the Jonah’s ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gave up
- By Isabella Piestrzynska on 10-27-18
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Born of Persuasion
- Price of Privilege, Book 1
- By: Jessica Dotta
- Narrated by: Amanda McKnight
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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The year is 1838, and seventeen-year-old Julia Elliston's position has never been more fragile. Orphaned and unmarried in a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, she finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julia's first choice - to marry her childhood sweetheart - is denied. Then, a titled dowager offers to introduce Julia into society, opening a realm of possibilities.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Debut Book in Series
- By Carrie Fancett Pagels on 10-31-13
By: Jessica Dotta
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Phoenix Rising
- A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel
- By: Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,464
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,312
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,314
Evil is most assuredly afoot - and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade... and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - the Crown’s clandestine organization whose bailiwick is the strange and unsettling - will not allow its agents to investigate. Fearless and exceedingly lovely Eliza D. Braun, however, with her disturbing fondness for dynamite, refuses to let the matter rest...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Steampunk - worth a listen
- By DarkFish on 05-11-12
By: Pip Ballantine, and others
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Murder Most Malicious
- A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery, Book 1
- By: Alyssa Maxwell
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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December 1918: As a difficult year draws to a close, there is much to celebrate for 19-year-old Phoebe Renshaw and her three siblings at their beloved family estate of Foxwood Hall. The dreadful war is finally over; eldest daughter Julia's engagement to their houseguest, the marquis of Allerton, appears imminent; and all have gathered to enjoy peace on Earth, goodwill toward men. But the peace of Foxwood Hall is shattered on the morning of Boxing Day, when the marquis goes missing.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible accents, dull slow story.
- By Gracy100m on 02-21-18
By: Alyssa Maxwell
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The Agency 1: A Spy in the House
- By: Y. S. Lee
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 204
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In Victorian England, orphan Mary Quinn lives on the edge. Sentenced as a thief at the age of 12, she’s rescued from the gallows by a woman posing as a prison warden. In her new home, Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, Mary acquires a singular education, fine manners, and a surprising opportunity. The school is a cover for the Agency — an elite, top secret corps of female investigators with a reputation for results — and at 17, Mary’s about to join their ranks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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yes, it's YA-but credible for genre for any age
- By connie on 02-25-11
By: Y. S. Lee
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- S. Poole
- 12-25-20
Engaging but....
The plots Ms Harris’s Dr Silkstone mysteries are engaging and edifying but his love interest never fails to disappoint me. At least there were a few women I could respect in this story but I have given up hope for any happiness for poor Thomas.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-14-22
The Best Yet of the Series
Set within the scourge of slavery and the impunity of British Lords, things are never what they seem.
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- Robert Nuzzo
- 11-30-22
Simon Vance may read a phone book and I'd love it
This story is the best of the series so far. But, for me, Simon Vance's talent (on par with Kate Reading's in my humble opinion) is more than sufficient to justify almost any listen. This novel is NOT just any listen. Win Win.
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- Catherine
- 03-18-21
Excellent Book and Excellent Series
Absolutely addicted! Fantastic story, characters, history, and I want to continue on to the next book immediately after finishing.
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- Lilydawn
- 10-04-21
Love this series!
A jump from anatomist to botanist doesn’t stop the bodies from dropping and a mystery unfolding in Thomas Silkstone’s life. Plants from Jamaica (a British seat of slave trade) may hold the power to revive the dead. Obviously more than one person would kill to obtain this Lazarus Cure/Curse. There is some excellent historical research pertaining to both the English slave trade and English Black Freedman. I like the way the author has dealt with questions of morality throughout this series. This has been especially well written.
A forced legal separation from Lydia has Thomas attempting to do the “right” thing for Lydia and her son. There is a shocking twist here.
This Narration is Superb.
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- Lori Dykes
- 08-03-23
Geez
I truly do not know how much more I can take if this series. It gets me I. Knots and it gets painful to listen to.
The history is thrown into the fiction and of course the references to the slavery. Told in truth but too many twists.
Lupton and Montague just need to be killed off. Just too much.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-26-22
Oh woe thy name is Silkstone
Firstly let me say that so far, this series is excellent, with a wonderful narrator. My only true criticism is the unrelenting woe. Dr. Silkstone makes a sympathetic, likeable and worthy protagonist. However he is afforded only the very briefest moments of triumph and the merest glimpse of future potential happiness before he is, once again, plunged into the depths of trials and suffering and the machinations of evil doers. I think I will have to intersperse more lighthearted stories between the final books of this series to rest my weary heart. There better be an unequivocally happy ending for the good doctor.
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- Kristine J
- 09-16-23
Well done, and true to historical period
This one is better for my own reading pleasure. A little less descriptive detail of the gory bits, more of the sleuth elements.
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- Phelisha's Fire
- 01-22-24
Riviting!
Great story. Gives us both the best and worst of humanity. Those who appreciate Georgian England and the age of Enlightenment will appreciate Dr. Thomas Silkstones endeavours.
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- Chris
- 03-08-21
excellent performance and gripping story
well written, unique characters and an enjoyable twist ar the end. while historically accurate, it is a bit disturbing
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