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Bestsellers
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Very Enjoyable / Great Listen
- By Mary on 03-07-24
By: C.J. Archer
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The Shadow of the Gods
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....
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Not for me
- By John on 05-31-21
By: John Gwynne
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Murder at the Seven Dials
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Cara Devlin
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself....
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Great
- By Lori Dykes on 10-14-24
By: Cara Devlin
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What the Vicar Saw
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates..., Book 9)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A dead vicar in the vestry, the wrong man condemned, and a village with secrets to bury.
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You'll Never Figure Out This One
- By Mystery Maven on 05-19-24
By: Benedict Brown
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Mexican Gothic
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
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Lacking, Disappointing, Not Developed
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 07-10-20
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Homecoming
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Claire Foy
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia....
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Loved the compelling audiobook version!
- By Melissas Bookshelf on 04-07-23
By: Kate Morton
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Very Enjoyable / Great Listen
- By Mary on 03-07-24
By: C.J. Archer
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The Shadow of the Gods
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....
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Not for me
- By John on 05-31-21
By: John Gwynne
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Murder at the Seven Dials
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Cara Devlin
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself....
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Great
- By Lori Dykes on 10-14-24
By: Cara Devlin
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What the Vicar Saw
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates..., Book 9)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A dead vicar in the vestry, the wrong man condemned, and a village with secrets to bury.
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You'll Never Figure Out This One
- By Mystery Maven on 05-19-24
By: Benedict Brown
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Mexican Gothic
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
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Lacking, Disappointing, Not Developed
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 07-10-20
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Homecoming
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Claire Foy
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia....
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Loved the compelling audiobook version!
- By Melissas Bookshelf on 04-07-23
By: Kate Morton
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Secrets of the Lost Ledgers
- The Glass Library, Book 5
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician.
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Intricate plot.
- By Carol Johnson on 10-19-24
By: C.J. Archer
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The Echo of Old Books
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Davis
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Steve West, Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls....
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Couldn’t finish it
- By Lady Chaps on 03-31-23
By: Barbara Davis
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What Cannot Be Said
- Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, Book 19
- By: C.S. Harris
- Narrated by: Amy Scanlon
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.
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The terrible narrator
- By Geri Hildreth on 04-29-24
By: C.S. Harris
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The Da Vinci Code
- A Novel
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call...
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Extraordinary!
- By Mark on 09-03-03
By: Dan Brown
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Precipice
- A Novel
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age.
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Superb!
- By Christine Silvestri on 10-08-24
By: Robert Harris
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In Sunshine or in Shadow
- Molly Murphy Mysteries, Book 20
- By: Rhys Bowen, Clare Broyles
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County....
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Not as gripping
- By Jennifer on 09-20-24
By: Rhys Bowen, and others
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The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....
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Fun to be Back
- By Meg on 10-12-22
By: C.J. Archer
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Dead Beside the Thames
- The Casebook of Barnaby Adair Series, Book 9
- By: Stephanie Laurens
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a confounding case that sees her favorite sleuths acting to save a friend wrongly accused of murder.
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Good solid story, but....
- By Joanne on 10-19-24
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The Terror
- A Novel
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage....
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Very good then, NOT
- By Randall on 07-24-18
By: Dan Simmons
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An Assassination on the Agenda
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 11
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder....
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Love this series but this book wasnt his best...
- By Samuel Warren on 05-22-24
By: T E Kinsey
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The Rose Arbor
- A Novel
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.
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Liked the ending
- By Ellipooh on 08-30-24
By: Rhys Bowen
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The Highgate Cemetery Murder
- A Tate and Bell Mystery, Book 1
- By: Irina Shapiro
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth....
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Not for the squeamish
- By Kristyn Rose on 06-29-24
By: Irina Shapiro
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A Column of Fire
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1558 the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict....
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WONDERFUL--As Good as Pillars of the Earth!
- By 070316 on 09-13-17
By: Ken Follett
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What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
- A Flavia de Luce Novel
- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.
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Flavia’s growing up
- By Christine Rabauliman on 09-10-24
By: Alan Bradley
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Glass and Steele Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Marian Hussey
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her....
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Should be an anglophile to fully enjoy the series
- By J.B. on 07-22-23
By: C.J. Archer
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The Dead Letter Delivery
- The Glass Library, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.
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Impeccable Narration to a Wonderful Series
- By Tracey on 09-19-24
By: C.J. Archer
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Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook
- A Novel
- By: Celia Rees
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation, and prosecute war crimes....
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Well written but sad
- By Jacque Crabtree on 06-02-22
By: Celia Rees
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Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo’s family are having new outfits made by the most sought-after designer in the city. Madame Poitiers is bold, self-absorbed, and not French, despite her claims....
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Can’t wait for book five!
- By Kate Weatherwax on 08-19-22
By: C.J. Archer
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Murder on the Nile
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 19
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A cruise down the Nile, a camel ride around the pyramids, lunch in the shadow of the Sphinx… And a very dead body!
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The plot!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-05-24
By: Verity Bright
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Maisie Dobbs
- Maisie Dobbs, Book 1
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household at thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the bright youngster under her wing. Ten years after the Armistice, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator....
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All ‘round tip top
- By nancy M on 01-10-23
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Eaters of the Dead
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North....
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FEAR HAS A WHITE MOUTH
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-15-17
By: Michael Crichton
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A Ruse of Shadows
- The Lady Sherlock Series, Book 8
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues....
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SO GOOD!
- By Ctd on 06-29-24
By: Sherry Thomas
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The Magician's Diary
- Glass and Steele, Book 4
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a load of trouble....
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Family reunions - This is a great one!
- By BikeVON on 11-05-17
By: C. J. Archer
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The Comfort of Ghosts
- Maisie Dobbs, Book 18
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future....
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Thank you, JW!!
- By à la Silhouette on 06-04-24
New releases
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Precipice
- A Novel
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
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Superb!
- By Christine Silvestri on 10-08-24
By: Robert Harris
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Murder Among the Pyramids
- 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt, Book 1
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.
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Wonderful New Series
- By Debbie Lacey on 10-04-24
By: Sara Rosett
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A Thieving at Carlton House
- Of Cloaks & Daggers
- By: Erica Vetsch
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step out of his brother's long shadow. His superior, The Duke of Haverly, has a plan that makes him balk: in order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love, ready to reform his rakish ways. The duke is willing to let Bertie name his own investigative team, but his recommendation that the team include Philippa Cashel has Bertie on his guard. Does the duke-known for his behind-the-scenes machinations-have an ulterior motive?
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Excellent Mystery without Unnecessary Drama
- By Becky on 09-25-24
By: Erica Vetsch
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Holmes and Moriarty
- The new official Sherlock Holmes novel
- By: Gareth Rubin
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Michael Fenner
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes’ archenemy, Professor James Moriarty, is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up.
By: Gareth Rubin
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Wicked City
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City, Alabama, alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause for just a moment—and when it starts up again, there is something different about it. A small group of men meet and decide they have had enough, but what that means and where it will take them is something they could not have foreseen.
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Wish he’d write more of this.
- By linusnc on 10-16-24
By: Ace Atkins
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The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
- By: Naomi Stephens
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set the residents’ tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of the crime of arson. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his plucky twin sister, Louisa, certain of his innocence. Fueling her conviction is an inexplicable connection—she felt her twin’s death an hour before the abbey went up in flames.
By: Naomi Stephens
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Precipice
- A Novel
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
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Superb!
- By Christine Silvestri on 10-08-24
By: Robert Harris
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Murder Among the Pyramids
- 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt, Book 1
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.
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Wonderful New Series
- By Debbie Lacey on 10-04-24
By: Sara Rosett
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A Thieving at Carlton House
- Of Cloaks & Daggers
- By: Erica Vetsch
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step out of his brother's long shadow. His superior, The Duke of Haverly, has a plan that makes him balk: in order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love, ready to reform his rakish ways. The duke is willing to let Bertie name his own investigative team, but his recommendation that the team include Philippa Cashel has Bertie on his guard. Does the duke-known for his behind-the-scenes machinations-have an ulterior motive?
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Excellent Mystery without Unnecessary Drama
- By Becky on 09-25-24
By: Erica Vetsch
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Holmes and Moriarty
- The new official Sherlock Holmes novel
- By: Gareth Rubin
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Michael Fenner
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes’ archenemy, Professor James Moriarty, is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up.
By: Gareth Rubin
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Wicked City
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City, Alabama, alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause for just a moment—and when it starts up again, there is something different about it. A small group of men meet and decide they have had enough, but what that means and where it will take them is something they could not have foreseen.
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Wish he’d write more of this.
- By linusnc on 10-16-24
By: Ace Atkins
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The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
- By: Naomi Stephens
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set the residents’ tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of the crime of arson. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his plucky twin sister, Louisa, certain of his innocence. Fueling her conviction is an inexplicable connection—she felt her twin’s death an hour before the abbey went up in flames.
By: Naomi Stephens
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Helden
- Jacop der Fuchs 2
- By: Frank Schätzing
- Narrated by: Simon Jäger
- Length: 32 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Frank Schätzings neuer großer Mittelalter-Roman. In seinem neuen epochalen Roman Helden, der den Weltbestseller Tod und Teufel kongenial fortsetzt, zeichnet Frank Schätzing das Bild einer abendländischen Gesellschaft im Umbruch. Vor dem Hintergrund gewaltiger Umwälzungen, in denen bereits die Renaissance und die Neuzeit aufscheinen, im ewigen Spannungsfeld von Macht und Moral, schickt Schätzing seinen Helden Jacop auf einen Höllenritt durch die Geschichte.
By: Frank Schätzing
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A Deadly Discovery
- The Woolf & Bell Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Ciar Byrne
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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In the shadow of Lewes castle lies buried an ancient tablet. Hours after discovering it, dashing local archaeologist Gideon Rivers is dead. Writer Virginia Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa, both know firsthand that it doesn't take much to cause a stir in town. And when Gideon returned home from a dig in Syria with a glamourous Parisian heiress on his arm, all eyes were on him. But who would have conspired to murder such a charming young man? There are more suspects in his circle than it first seems: an ambitious fiancée, a jealous best friend, and a string of scorned former lovers.
By: Ciar Byrne
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An Ambush of Widows
- By: R. W.R. McDonald
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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An odd group gathers for an English country house weekend party: a sickly host, a disgraced socialite, an amateur detective and her nephew, a murderous couple, an ex-army captain, and a former militant suffragist countess. The table is set for eight. By Sunday, only half the cutlery will be required, and Saturday's tablecloth will be used as a shroud. Cut off by a storm, their host is found dead in circumstances mirroring the death of Lady Alice's husband. There is no way out, while a killer walks amongst them.
By: R. W.R. McDonald
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Die vergessenen Kinder
- By: Emily Gunnis
- Narrated by: Michaela Gaertner
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Ein tragischer Cold Case, eine alte Schuld und ein düsteres Geheimnis! Sussex 1985: Holly Moore führt ein trostloses Leben im düsteren Waisenhaus Morgate. Für ein wenig Zuneigung würde die einsame Teenagerin alles tun. Als sie einem jungen Mann begegnet, der sich aufrichtig um sie zu sorgen scheint, keimt Hoffnung in ihr auf. 2015: Jo Hamilton blickt auf eine lange Karriere bei der Polizei zurück. Als die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens entdeckt wird, holt sie ein 30 Jahre alter Cold Case wieder ein.
By: Emily Gunnis
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Death of a Foreign Gentleman
- Stephen Minter, Book 1
- By: Steven Carroll
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question: who did it?
By: Steven Carroll
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Secrets of the Watch House
- By: Jenny Ashcroft
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Violet Ellis is living in the shadows of her father’s ruined reputation. So, when wealthy widower James Atherton offers her employment, she immediately begins the treacherous journey to his home on the remote Cornish island of Aoife’s Bay – despite the bone-chilling allegations surrounding his late wife Elizabeth’s death. In James’s company, Violet begins to feel the love that has been missing all her life. But when anonymous letters start to plague the bay’s residents, threatening to expose what really happened to Elizabeth, Violet feels the hostility towards her grow.
By: Jenny Ashcroft
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Murder at Thornton Park
- Thornton Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Ellen Read
- Narrated by: Sarah Kennedy
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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It’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them. At a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her. Guests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father. Benedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited.
By: Ellen Read
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Les Enchanteurs
- By: James Ellroy, Sophie Aslanides - Traduction, Séverine Weiss - Traduction
- Narrated by: Thierry Blanc
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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Los Angeles, 4 août 1962. La ville subit une vague de chaleur au milieu de l'été. Marilyn Monroe fait une overdose. Une starlette de série B est kidnappée. La police de Los Angeles, surmédiatisée, réagit de façon excessive. Le chef Bill Parker cherche à se venger. L'affaire Monroe a l'air de rapporter gros. Il fait appel à Freddy Otash.
By: James Ellroy, and others
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NAZO
- By: Brandon Fredrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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On March 8, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing China. The location of the aircraft its 239 passengers and crew a mystery. Ten years later a woman spots one of the passengers, her husband, on a video. The search for answers leads to more questions and a puzzle two millenniums old.
By: Brandon Fredrick
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La congiura dei veleni
- La compagnia di Benedetto 1
- By: Maria Luisa Minarelli
- Narrated by: Alberto Onofrietti
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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La prima indagine della nuova squadra investigativa al servizio del papa. Una serie di omicidi per avvelenamento dilaga ormai da troppo tempo tra tutte le classi sociali di Roma. Come se non bastasse, diversi neonati spariscono misteriosamente e i casi di aborto procurato si moltiplicano. Papa Benedetto non può accettare questa nuova piaga che si è abbattuta sulla città.
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Acqua che porta morte. Genova, 1953. Due cadaveri per il Becchino
- By: Maria Teresa Valle
- Narrated by: Alberto Onofrietti
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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La mattina del 21 settembre 1953 Genova si sveglia sommersa da acqua e fango... Il torrente Bisagno è uscito dagli argini, e, impigliati tra i detriti, due cadaveri stanno per essere recuperati dai vigili del fuoco. Le operazioni di recupero vengono sospese e viene chiamato sul posto il commissario Marino De Luca, che chiede l’aiuto del collega e amico Damiano Flexi Gerardi (meglio conosciuto con il soprannome di "Becchino"). Si apre così l’indagine più delicata e difficile della loro carriera.
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Hotel Silber – neue Zeit, alte Schuld
- By: Kai Bliesener
- Narrated by: Sebastian Walch
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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Ein vielschichtiger Kriminalroman über ein bisher nicht erzähltes Kapitel Nachkriegsgeschichte. Stuttgart 1945. Der Polizeibeamte Paul Kramer muss mithelfen, im berüchtigten Hotel Silber die neue Kriminalpolizei aufzubauen – genau an jenem Ort, an dem er wenige Tage vor Kriegsende noch von der Gestapo gefoltert wurde. Doch Hass und Ideologie sind mit der Kapitulation nicht verschwunden. Als die ersten Verbrechen aufgeklärt werden müssen, zeigt sich schnell, wer auf welcher Seite steht – und Pauls Ermittlungen werden für ihn selbst zur Gefahr.
By: Kai Bliesener