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The Woman in Black
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Paapa Essiedu
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Eel Marsh house stands alone, surveying the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Mrs Alice Drablow lived here as a recluse. Now Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor with a London firm, is summoned to attend her funeral, unaware of the tragic and terrible secrets which lie behind the house's shuttered windows.
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Woman in Black
- By Q Garcia on 10-18-22
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The Woman in Black
- Narrated by: Paapa Essiedu
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 10-13-22
- Language: English
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The Various Haunts of Men
- A Simon Serrailler Mystery, Book 1
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
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A woman vanishes in the fog up on "the Hill", an area locally known for its tranquility and peace. The police are not alarmed; people usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man, and even a dog disappear, no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to the case; she's new to the job, compassionate, inquisitive, and dedicated to the task of unraveling the mystery behind this gruesome sequence of events.
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Best of the best....
- By karen on 06-12-11
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The Various Haunts of Men
- A Simon Serrailler Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-15-11
- Language: English
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The Soul of Discretion
- Simon Serrailler Book 8
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place. As part of the same rapidly changing world, it shares the same hopes and fears, and the same kinds of crime, as any number of towns up and down the land.When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieron Bright, he is met by four plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the lead role in a complex, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately.
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Leaves you wanting the next episode in series
- By Brian PDX on 11-12-14
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The Soul of Discretion
- Simon Serrailler Book 8
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 8
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-02-14
- Language: English
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The Comforts of Home
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn’t last long. He is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police. A newcomer, popular with the islanders, has died in perplexing circumstances. The community's reactions are complicated and fragile. It’s good to be back on the job. And when Simon returns to Lafferton, an arsonist is on the rampage and a woman whose daughter disappeared some years before is haunting the police station seeking closure. She will not let it rest, and Simon is called in to do a cold-case review.
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Great to be back
- By Connie Berry on 06-01-19
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The Comforts of Home
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 9
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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The Pure in Heart
- Simon Serrailler 2
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, first introduced in The Various Haunts of Men, is on a painting holiday in Venice when he is summoned home by a telephone call. He has family problems to face, and the stress and grind of running a busy police station. When a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school, an ordinary community realises that terror and evil are in their very midst.
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Disappointing
- By Ina on 04-21-06
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The Pure in Heart
- Simon Serrailler 2
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-07-06
- Language: English
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A Change of Circumstance
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The enigmatic and brooding Detective Chief Police Inspector Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs operations in Lafferton as a waste of time. The small-time dealers picked up outside the local high school can’t - or won’t - turn in any valuable names, so they are merely given a fine and the trail runs cold. But when the body of a 22-year-old drug addict is found in neighboring Starley, the case pulls Serrailler into the underbelly of an elaborate drug running operation that pushes narcotics out from the cities, into the suburbs, and right down to villages.
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snooze fest
- By Christie Cummins on 06-07-22
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A Change of Circumstance
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 03-29-22
- Language: English
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The Benefit of Hindsight: A Simon Serraillier Case
- A Simon Serrailler Case
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Now recuperated after the violent incident that cost him his arm - and nearly his life - DCS Serrailler has returned to work, though he prefers to spend his spare time sketching the medieval angels being restored on the cathedral roof. With crime rates down, Lafferton has been quiet, until one night when two men open their front door to a distressing scene. Serrailler makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident, and the stress of this, combined with the ongoing trauma of losing his arm, takes its toll.
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A disappointment for this fan
- By GP on 04-19-20
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The Benefit of Hindsight: A Simon Serraillier Case
- A Simon Serrailler Case
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 10
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-07-20
- Language: English
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The Small Hand
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, and compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, ‘as if a child had taken hold of it’. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares.
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Well told tale
- By Janice on 10-26-11
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The Small Hand
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-22-11
- Language: English
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Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 51 mins
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When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with the Met, he did something reckless in the course of a night's work which caused a man's death. But his act was praised by his colleagues, and he was called a hero. Years later, now a detective chief superintendent who has been badly injured in the course of duty, he receives a medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace while recollecting that fateful night of his early career, when chance disguised itself as bravery.
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This 'story' makes no sense to me
- By Pamela Donaldson on 05-10-17
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Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 0.5
- Length: 51 mins
- Release date: 07-26-16
- Language: English
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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In the ninth book of the Urban Legends of the U.S.A. we take a look at New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota. Look into the stories and reportedly haunted locations in these states to find out where your next adventure should be. Find out where to go in New Mexico to have your own Alien experiance. Look into what haunted roads you need to travel to in New York. Take a trip to North Carolina to find a haunted plantation. Find out what creepy abandoned towns to go to in North Dakota. This book is packed full of legends, lore and myths. Read stories from locals who have had ...
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-21-24
- Language: English
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Virginia Leishman
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiance, Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both humans and critters, her new life is full of promise. That is, until a villager dies and murder is suspected. Now it's up to this amateur sleuth to find a killer roaming the English countryside.
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Fun to read
- By Richard on 11-29-10
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm
- Narrated by: Virginia Leishman
- Series: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-09-07
- Language: English
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Down the Hill
- My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
- By: Susan Hendricks
- Narrated by: Susan Hendricks, Kelsi German Siebert
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-dive into the still-unsolved double homicide of two teens in Delphi, Indiana—and its lasting impact on the community. In Down the Hill, Hendricks digs deeper in into the mystery that has captivated our nation for years, exploring the family's enduring resilience and advocacy, as well as the rippling impact the case has had on not just Delphi, but the very heart of the American heartland.
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So well done!
- By Brittney Anderson on 03-14-24
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Down the Hill
- My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
- Narrated by: Susan Hendricks, Kelsi German Siebert
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-19-23
- Language: English
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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The third book in the US urban legend series brings you more legends and interesting history. Some of these legends may be well known, but many of them are only known to the locals. Inside you will find history, legends, locations and eyewitness accounts.
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-21-24
- Language: English
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Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
- Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Handling Conflict, Confrontations and Challenging Personalities
- By: Susan Benjamin
- Narrated by: Caroline Miller
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Whether it's hiring employees or creating teams, the Perfect Phrases series has the tools for precise, effective communication in any situation. With Perfect Phrases books, you have all the phrases you need to get things done, right at your fingertips!
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meh
- By L. DeSantis on 08-28-22
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Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
- Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Handling Conflict, Confrontations and Challenging Personalities
- Narrated by: Caroline Miller
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-10-21
- Language: English
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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This is the tenth book of the urban legends series of the United States. This book is full of locations, directions, pictures, folklore, legends and personal accounts of those who have come in contact with these legends themselves. Travel to the Ohio valley and visit haunted roads, bridges and homes. Head to Oklahoma and check out portals, cryptids and cemeteries. In Oregon you will find haunted lighthouses and witches. Over in Pennsylvania you can go to Asylums, Goblins and Werewolves. This collection of legends is not just the well known legends but the lore only known by the locals. Find...
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-21-24
- Language: English
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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This is the seventh book in the series of United States urban legends. In this book you will find legends, myths, and cryptids from the sates of Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana. Some of these stories are well known and others are only known by the locals. Inside there are personal accounts and directions to some of the locations where you can go to have your own adventures.
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Urban Legends of the U.S.A.
- Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-21-24
- Language: English
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A Question of Identity
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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A particularly unpleasant murder - that of a very old woman in a housing project - rocks the town of Lafferton. The murderer has left a distinctive "sign" on the body and at the scene of crime. A couple of weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and a month or so later, so does another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious "sign" left on the body was the calling card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country, tried but acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
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Riveting
- By Chalis on 04-28-17
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A Question of Identity
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Series: Simon Serrailler, Book 7
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-01-13
- Language: English
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The Man in the Picture
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Paul Andsell, Jessica Rushton
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty....
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Fun spine tingler
- By Janice on 08-23-13
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The Man in the Picture
- Narrated by: Paul Andsell, Jessica Rushton
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-02-08
- Language: English
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The Various Haunts of Men
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A woman vanishes in the fog up on "the Hill", an area locally known for its tranquility and peace. The police are not alarmed; people usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man, and even a dog disappear, no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to the case; she's new to the job, compassionate, inquisitive, and dedicated to the task of unraveling the mystery behind this gruesome sequence of events.
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A particularly unpleasant murder - that of a very old woman in a housing project - rocks the town of Lafferton. The murderer has left a distinctive "sign" on the body and at the scene of crime. A couple of weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and a month or so later, so does another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious "sign" left on the body was the calling card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country, tried but acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
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The Vows of Silence
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Melanie shops happily for supper the day after her return from her honeymoon but when she gets back from the supermarket there is someone other than her new husband waiting for her... and she won't survive the encounter to talk about it. Tanya and Dan, who have been married that day, slip back into town to enjoy the fun of Lafferton's "Jug" Fair. Also in the throng among the roundabouts and coconut shies are middle-aged Helen and Phil who are planning their wedding.
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BEWARE! You may have already bought this book!
- By I'd rather be reading on 12-29-11
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The Comforts of Home
- By: Susan Hill
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Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn’t last long. He is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police. A newcomer, popular with the islanders, has died in perplexing circumstances. The community's reactions are complicated and fragile. It’s good to be back on the job. And when Simon returns to Lafferton, an arsonist is on the rampage and a woman whose daughter disappeared some years before is haunting the police station seeking closure. She will not let it rest, and Simon is called in to do a cold-case review.
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Great to be back
- By Connie Berry on 06-01-19
By: Susan Hill
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The Various Haunts of Men
- A Simon Serrailler Mystery, Book 1
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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A woman vanishes in the fog up on "the Hill", an area locally known for its tranquility and peace. The police are not alarmed; people usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man, and even a dog disappear, no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to the case; she's new to the job, compassionate, inquisitive, and dedicated to the task of unraveling the mystery behind this gruesome sequence of events.
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Best of the best....
- By karen on 06-12-11
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A particularly unpleasant murder - that of a very old woman in a housing project - rocks the town of Lafferton. The murderer has left a distinctive "sign" on the body and at the scene of crime. A couple of weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and a month or so later, so does another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious "sign" left on the body was the calling card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country, tried but acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
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Melanie shops happily for supper the day after her return from her honeymoon but when she gets back from the supermarket there is someone other than her new husband waiting for her... and she won't survive the encounter to talk about it. Tanya and Dan, who have been married that day, slip back into town to enjoy the fun of Lafferton's "Jug" Fair. Also in the throng among the roundabouts and coconut shies are middle-aged Helen and Phil who are planning their wedding.
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BEWARE! You may have already bought this book!
- By I'd rather be reading on 12-29-11
By: Susan Hill
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The Comforts of Home
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn’t last long. He is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police. A newcomer, popular with the islanders, has died in perplexing circumstances. The community's reactions are complicated and fragile. It’s good to be back on the job. And when Simon returns to Lafferton, an arsonist is on the rampage and a woman whose daughter disappeared some years before is haunting the police station seeking closure. She will not let it rest, and Simon is called in to do a cold-case review.
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Great to be back
- By Connie Berry on 06-01-19
By: Susan Hill
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The Betrayal of Trust
- A Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler Mystery, Book 6
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
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Simon Serrailler is faced with that most complicated of investigations - a cold case. Freak weather and flash floods have hit southern England. The small cathedral town of Lafferton is underwater, and a landslip on the moor has closed the roads. As the rain slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - is exposed; 20 years have passed, and the remains of missing teenager Joanne Lowther have finally been uncovered. Joanne, an only child, had been on her way home from a friend's house that night.
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This series has it all....
- By karen on 08-05-12
By: Susan Hill
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The Shadows in the Street
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Simon Serrailler has just wrapped up a difficult case for SIFT--Special Incident Flying Taskforce--and is on a sabbatical on a far-flung Scottish island when he is called back to Lafferton. Two local prostitutes have gone missing and are subsequently found strangled. By the time he gets back, another girl has disappeared. Is this a vendetta against prostitutes by someone with a warped mind? Or a series of killings by an angry punter?
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Not Much Mystery, but Still Listenable
- By Tracey Rains on 02-07-11
By: Susan Hill
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The Benefit of Hindsight: A Simon Serraillier Case
- A Simon Serrailler Case
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Now recuperated after the violent incident that cost him his arm - and nearly his life - DCS Serrailler has returned to work, though he prefers to spend his spare time sketching the medieval angels being restored on the cathedral roof. With crime rates down, Lafferton has been quiet, until one night when two men open their front door to a distressing scene. Serrailler makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident, and the stress of this, combined with the ongoing trauma of losing his arm, takes its toll.
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A disappointment for this fan
- By GP on 04-19-20
By: Susan Hill
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The Pure in Heart
- Simon Serrailler 2
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, first introduced in The Various Haunts of Men, is on a painting holiday in Venice when he is summoned home by a telephone call. He has family problems to face, and the stress and grind of running a busy police station. When a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school, an ordinary community realises that terror and evil are in their very midst.
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Disappointing
- By Ina on 04-21-06
By: Susan Hill
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A Change of Circumstance
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The enigmatic and brooding Detective Chief Police Inspector Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs operations in Lafferton as a waste of time. The small-time dealers picked up outside the local high school can’t - or won’t - turn in any valuable names, so they are merely given a fine and the trail runs cold. But when the body of a 22-year-old drug addict is found in neighboring Starley, the case pulls Serrailler into the underbelly of an elaborate drug running operation that pushes narcotics out from the cities, into the suburbs, and right down to villages.
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snooze fest
- By Christie Cummins on 06-07-22
By: Susan Hill
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The Soul of Discretion
- Simon Serrailler Book 8
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place. As part of the same rapidly changing world, it shares the same hopes and fears, and the same kinds of crime, as any number of towns up and down the land.When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieron Bright, he is met by four plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the lead role in a complex, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately.
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Leaves you wanting the next episode in series
- By Brian PDX on 11-12-14
By: Susan Hill
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Search the Dark
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
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Dorset is the latest setting for the talents of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the First World War still haunted, literally, by his actions. Indeed, his personal ghost only serves to complicate things as his inner doubts blend into the trauma of the case.
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Tenacity wins the day!
- By Marie on 01-31-11
By: Charles Todd
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An Unmarked Grave
- A Bess Crawford Mystery, Book 4
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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In the spring of 1918, the Spanish flu epidemic spreads, killing millions of soldiers and civilians across the globe. Overwhelmed by the constant flow of wounded soldiers coming from the French front, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford must now contend with hundreds of influenza patients as well. However, war and disease are not the only killers to strike. Bess discovers, concealed among the dead waiting for burial, the body of an officer who has been murdered.
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I give up on this series
- By connie on 06-08-12
By: Charles Todd
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A Pretty Deceit
- Verity Kent, Book 4
- By: Anna Lee Huber
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Peacetime has brought little respite for Verity Kent. Intrigue still abounds, even within her own family. As a favor to her father, Verity agrees to visit his sister in Wiltshire. Her once prosperous aunt has fallen on difficult times and is considering selling their estate. But there are strange goings-on at the manor, including missing servants, possible heirloom forgeries, and suspicious rumors - all leading to the discovery of a dead body on the grounds. While Verity and her husband, Sidney, investigate this new mystery, they are also on the trail of an old adversary.
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boring and too complicated
- By Janet Meeks on 10-31-22
By: Anna Lee Huber
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The Dive from Clausen's Pier
- By: Ann Packer
- Narrated by: Scarlett Johansson
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The Dive from Clausen's Pier reminds us how fragile our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after. It begins with a disaster that could happen in anybody's life, and leaves us asking what we know about our deepest allegiances.
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Loved it!
- By S. L. on 07-01-15
By: Ann Packer
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Penny for Your Secrets
- Verity Kent Series, Book 3
- By: Anna Lee Huber
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada's revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada's innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor.
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Good Book, Terrible Narrator
- By Ellen Seim on 11-26-19
By: Anna Lee Huber
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A Collection of Lies
- A Kate Hamilton Mystery, Book 5
- By: Connie Berry
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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As Kate Hamilton and her new husband, DI Tom Mallory, honeymoon in Devon, a local history museum asks them to trace the provenance of a bloodstained dress said to belong to a Victorian lacemaker accused of murder. If genuine, the dress and its puzzling connections to a nineteenth-century Romani family who camped on Dartmoor will be the centerpiece of a new historic-crimes exhibit—exactly Kate’s kind of mystery. But matters turn deadly when a shot is fired during a fundraising gala, injuring the man who donated the dress.
By: Connie Berry
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A Bitter Truth
- A Bess Crawford Mystery
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm sense of duty, Bess takes her in.
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Beloved Bess
- By Jen on 10-30-11
By: Charles Todd
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A Duty to the Dead
- A Bess Crawford Mystery
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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The daughter of a distinguished soldier, Bess Crawford follows in his patriotic footsteps, volunteering to serve her country as a nurse during the Great War. In 1916 she promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to a brother. When Bess arrives at the Graham house in Kent, Jonathan Graham listens to his brother's last wishes with surprising indifference.
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Terrific period mystery
- By Anne on 12-04-10
By: Charles Todd
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An Impartial Witness
- A Bess Crawford Mystery
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Tending to the soldiers in the trenches of France during the First World War, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford can't help but notice the photo of a young pilot's wife every time she tends to him. But then at the railway station, in a mob of troops leaving for the front, Bess glimpses a familiar face - the pilot's wife, with another man. Later, back in France, Bess sees a newspaper with a drawing of the woman's face on the front page. She'd been murdered - the very day Bess saw her.
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rather tedious, but series holds promise
- By connie on 01-27-11
By: Charles Todd
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Treacherous Is the Night
- Verity Kent Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Anna Lee Huber
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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In 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it will take an all-too-earthbound intrigue to draw in the discerning heroine of Anna Lee Huber's latest mystery. It's not that Verity Kent doesn't sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she's discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend's behest, Verity attends a seance.
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Excellent story! Need a new narrator!
- By Melanie on 10-04-18
By: Anna Lee Huber