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The Secret Adversary
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall357
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Performance309
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Story310
Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them...
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Another time, another way of life
- By Maggie on 14-09-15
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The Secret Adversary
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 25-08-06
- Language: English
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The Black Book
- The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall570
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Performance491
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Story490
When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleague's notebook, Rebus must piece...
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Not his best
- By Charlie T. on 06-12-17
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The Black Book
- The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Series: Inspector Rebus, Book 5
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 14-04-11
- Language: English
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Lies to Tell
- Detective Clare Mackay, Book 3
- By: Marion Todd
- Narrated by: Marion Todd
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall168
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Performance163
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Story163
DI Clare Mackay receives a message from her boss, DCI Alastair Gibson, telling her to meet him in secret. She does as he asks and is taken to a secure location in the remote Scottish hills. There, she is introduced to ethical hacker Gayle Crichton and told about a critical security breach coming from inside Police Scotland. Clare already has her hands full keeping a key witness under protection and investigating the murder of a university student. When a friend of the victim is found preparing to jump off the Tay Road Bridge, it is clear he is terrified of someone.
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Absorbing story and refreshingly plausible events
- By botanics on 24-09-21
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Lies to Tell
- Detective Clare Mackay, Book 3
- Narrated by: Marion Todd
- Series: Detective Clare Mackay, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-05-21
- Language: English
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Towards Zero
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall427
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Performance373
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Story372
An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All drawn inexorably … Towards Zero. Now Anjelica Huston and a star-studded cast feature in a brand new BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's tense, ingenious novel. Read it before you see it! What is the connection...
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Hugh Fraser + Agatha Christie = Fantastic
- By AmySharpe2003 on 06-06-15
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Towards Zero
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Series: Superintendent Battle, Book 5
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 27-12-06
- Language: English
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All the Rage
- The ‘impossible to put down’ thriller from the Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller
- By: Cara Hunter
- Narrated by: Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall536
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Performance488
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Story486
Brought to you by Penguin. The first girl came back. The next might not be so lucky. 'A real gripper of a read' Peter James 'Masterful, engrossing, twisty' Rosamund Lupton 'All the Rage cements Cara Hunter's place as one of our most exciting crime writers' John Marrs...
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Distracted
- By Ms. F. M. Quint on 12-01-20
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All the Rage
- The ‘impossible to put down’ thriller from the Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller
- Narrated by: Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe
- Series: DI Fawley, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 19-12-19
- Language: English
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance22
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Story22
A classic collection of Agatha Christie short stories, taken from Poirot’s Early Cases and read by David Suchet. David Suchet, Poirot to perfection, returns with five further short stories taken from the collection entitled Poirot’s Early Cases. The short stories included in this audiobook...
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Same as another book
- By David on 14-11-18
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-10-16
- Language: English
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Inspector French and the Box Office Murders
- By: Freeman Wills Crofts
- Narrated by: Phil Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall72
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Performance66
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Story64
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life...
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Excellent
- By Ginger on 06-03-18
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Inspector French and the Box Office Murders
- Narrated by: Phil Fox
- Series: Inspector French, Book 5
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-03-17
- Language: English
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Dread Murder
- By: Gwendoline Butler
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance23
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Story23
In the court of King George IV, Major Mearns - an old dog of war and veteran of Willington's army - is the guardian of Windsor Castle. Some would call him a spy; he calls himself a "watcher." Working with his close friend, the resourceful Sergeant Denny, the pair maintain a cool facade behind which they go about their duties quietly and unnoticed. Unnoticed, that is, until the day Mearns receives a parcel containing a gruesome surprise: a pair of severed human legs.
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Cheerful little tale.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-25
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Dread Murder
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Series: Major Mearns Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-10-13
- Language: English
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Inspector Resnick
- Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: John Harvey
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Keith Barron, full cast, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance63
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Story64
Jazz-loving Policeman Charlie Resnick is one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction. This thrilling collection brings together three dramatisations and two original radio stories starring the Nottingham-based detective, all scripted by his creator, award-winning author John Harvey.
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missing parts
- By Otterqueen on 20-07-21
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Inspector Resnick
- Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Keith Barron, full cast, Tom Georgeson, Tom Wilkinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 22-10-20
- Language: English
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Murder in Chianti
- Armstrong and Oscar, Book 2
- By: T A Williams
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall457
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Performance425
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Story425
When millionaire magnate, Rex Hunter is found with his head bashed in on the eighth hole of his prestigious golf and country club in beautiful Chianti, it’s a clear case of murder. Hunter was rich and successful and the envy of many, so retired DCI Dan Armstrong thinks the case will be a hole in one to solve.But as Dan and his trusty sidekick Oscar begin to dig deeper into Hunter’s lifestyle, they discover a man despised by many. A renowned womaniser, ruthless boss and heartless family man, it seems no one is particularly sorry to see Hunter dead.
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Relaxing jont through the Chianti region
- By Amazon Customer on 23-07-23
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Murder in Chianti
- Armstrong and Oscar, Book 2
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Series: Armstrong and Oscar, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-01-23
- Language: English
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The Crown Jewel Mystery
- A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery, Book 4
- By: Anna Elliott, Charles Veley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance40
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Story40
A young American actress arrives in London hoping to learn her identity, just as Sherlock Holmes is closing in on a master criminal. Their worlds collide, and not even Holmes could have foreseen the impact!
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It was okay
- By Binky on 20-01-26
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The Crown Jewel Mystery
- A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery, Book 4
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Wendy Tremont King
- Series: A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery, Book 4
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 16-08-17
- Language: English
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Evan Can Wait
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance55
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Story55
Constable Evan Evans, sole police officer in the charming Welsh village of Llanfair, is assigned to assist an expedition to raise a World War II German bomber plane from a lake. The whole venture is being filmed for a documentary on World War II and Evans tries to assist the film crew by finding them local people with stories to tell. Little does he realize that resurrecting the past can sometimes mean opening old wounds.
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Pleasant listen
- By Glyn Williams on 03-02-25
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Evan Can Wait
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Series: Constable Evans, Book 5
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 30-07-20
- Language: English
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Murder at Dead Crags
- Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates Series, Book 10
- By: Bruce Beckham
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
If the curse blighted Old Man Crow, could it now be visited upon his descendants? Granddaughter Antonia is found dead beneath the crags. Her twin Vivienne survives a life-threatening ordeal. Murder? Attempted murder? Or coincidence? Skelgill is torn - until a long-serving zoo hand falls victim to a rifle bullet. Unearthly baying hound there may be, it takes a finger to pull a trigger - and human predators circle the ailing zoo and its land. Skelgill is drawn inexorably to Dead Crags. But will his legendary intuition read the signs before the curse makes its final destructive strike?
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Great story, spoilt by poor narrator
- By Careful Shopper on 26-03-26
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Murder at Dead Crags
- Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates Series, Book 10
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Series: Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 25-05-18
- Language: English
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The Seven Dials Mystery
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall320
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Performance259
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Story261
Agatha Christie’s classic novel featuring Superintendent Battle and ‘Bundle’ Brent. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m...
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Enid Blyton for Adults!
- By Maria2702 on 26-08-16
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The Seven Dials Mystery
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Series: Superintendent Battle, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 13-06-07
- Language: English
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The Railway Detective
- The Railway Detective, Book 1
- By: Edward Marston
- Narrated by: Peter Walters
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall187
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Performance173
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Story174
London, 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at hand, interest in mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating. In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights to untangle a web of murder, blackmail and destruction.
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Oh dear
- By Nicola on 25-01-22
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The Railway Detective
- The Railway Detective, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter Walters
- Series: Railway Detective, Book 1, Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-08-21
- Language: English
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Death at Fakenham Races
- The Norfolk Murders, Book 5
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall194
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Performance182
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Story182
A brutal attack at Fakenham Racecourse plunges DI Ashley Knight into the competitive world of horse racing, where fortunes are won and lost in the blink of an eye. As the investigation unfolds, a chilling discovery reveals a darker side to this glamorous sport. In these high-stakes arenas, where winning is everything and everyone has something to hide, a few are willing to cross the ultimate line.
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The kick of a local setting
- By mrs ccl payne on 01-04-26
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Death at Fakenham Races
- The Norfolk Murders, Book 5
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Norfolk Murders, Book 5
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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Kiss of Death
- By: Paul Finch
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall335
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Performance302
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Story301
Could this be the end for Heck? The Sunday Times bestseller returns with an unforgettable crime thriller. Fans of MJ Arlidge and Stuart MacBride won’t be able to put this down. Don’t let them catch you… A Deadly Hunt DS ‘Heck’ Heckenburg has been tasked with retrieving one of the...
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Awesom again!
- By mike duxbury on 11-08-18
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Kiss of Death
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Series: Detective Mark Heckenburg, Book 7
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-08-18
- Language: English
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By the Pricking of my Thumbs
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall233
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Performance200
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Story196
The third Tommy & Tuppence novel. When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about...
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Rather creepy
- By Melissa on 10-02-17
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By the Pricking of my Thumbs
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-01-07
- Language: English
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Photo-Finish
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance77
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Story77
The luxury mansion on New Zealand's Lake Waihoe was the ideal place for the world-famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife were among the houseguests - but theirs was not a social visit. When tragedy struck, the peace of the island was shattered. With a houseful of suspects now isolated by one of the lake's sudden storms, Alleyn was to face one of his trickiest cases....
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A Kiwi Christie
- By Linda S. on 15-02-16
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Photo-Finish
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Series: Roderick Alleyn, Book 31
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-01-16
- Language: English
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In the Market for Murder
- Lady Hardcastle, Book 2
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall773
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Performance676
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Story675
Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case. Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?
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Good old fashioned detective story
- By Helen on 17-06-17
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In the Market for Murder
- Lady Hardcastle, Book 2
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Series: A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 20-12-16
- Language: English
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