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Bestsellers
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And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret....
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Dan Stevens is genius
- By Markie Ross on 09-17-15
By: Agatha Christie
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
- The Heirloom Collection
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 58 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction.
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A Table of Contents & Audible Part/Chapter Notes
- By SantaFePainter on 11-18-13
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Secret Remains
- The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been 12 years since Sandi Parkman went missing after being dropped off at home by her schoolmate, Nick Larson, now the Sheriff of Freeport, Michigan....
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Loved the first book 2nd disappointing
- By MJ on 03-13-20
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Dog Day Afternoon
- An Andy Carpenter Mystery
- By: David Rosenfelt
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation—the dog rescue organization named after his beloved golden retriever—for years. It's always been his calling, even as Andy's pulled into representing clients in court. His investigator, Marcus Clark, has been at Andy's side for a long time.
By: David Rosenfelt
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The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors
- The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 4
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s 1929 and an aging Dr. John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events behind his published accounts of Sherlock Holmes’s exploits....
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Not as good as the previous books
- By Patience Rosales on 10-23-23
By: James Lovegrove
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Bad Neighbours
- Cherringham 45
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When Brian Foley is charged with the murder of his next-door neighbour, the fastidious Arthur Cranham, it seems the case against the blustering showman...
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Great narration
- By R. Smith on 12-27-23
By: Matthew Costello, and others
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And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret....
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Dan Stevens is genius
- By Markie Ross on 09-17-15
By: Agatha Christie
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
- The Heirloom Collection
- By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 58 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction.
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A Table of Contents & Audible Part/Chapter Notes
- By SantaFePainter on 11-18-13
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Secret Remains
- The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been 12 years since Sandi Parkman went missing after being dropped off at home by her schoolmate, Nick Larson, now the Sheriff of Freeport, Michigan....
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Loved the first book 2nd disappointing
- By MJ on 03-13-20
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Dog Day Afternoon
- An Andy Carpenter Mystery
- By: David Rosenfelt
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation—the dog rescue organization named after his beloved golden retriever—for years. It's always been his calling, even as Andy's pulled into representing clients in court. His investigator, Marcus Clark, has been at Andy's side for a long time.
By: David Rosenfelt
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The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors
- The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 4
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s 1929 and an aging Dr. John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events behind his published accounts of Sherlock Holmes’s exploits....
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Not as good as the previous books
- By Patience Rosales on 10-23-23
By: James Lovegrove
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Bad Neighbours
- Cherringham 45
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When Brian Foley is charged with the murder of his next-door neighbour, the fastidious Arthur Cranham, it seems the case against the blustering showman...
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Great narration
- By R. Smith on 12-27-23
By: Matthew Costello, and others
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Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, and others
- Length: 35 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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At last, a single volume that gathers together all of the short stories featuring Agatha Christie's most famous creation, Hercule Poirot....
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Excellent! (List of Narrators)
- By Margaret C. on 02-25-22
By: Agatha Christie
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Slow Horses
- Slough House, Book 1
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up cases in any number of ways....
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Fun premise, Slow start, excellent entertaiinment.
- By Dustmouse5 on 07-07-17
By: Mick Herron
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
- A Miss Marple Collection
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple....
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Classic Miss Marple - uneven narration
- By Lyric G. Eads on 11-09-22
By: Agatha Christie
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
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A nice collection
- By Meaghan Bynum on 09-19-23
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 70 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....
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More collections like this, please!
- By Myusollo on 07-22-14
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Murder on the Orient Express
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times....
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Masterful Performance!
- By Kindle Customer on 01-26-14
By: Agatha Christie
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A Fatal Grace
- Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 2
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is preparing for murder....
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Time to get lost and find yourself in Three Pines.
- By Chip Atkinson on 12-09-14
By: Louise Penny
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A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth audiobook in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.
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She’s jumped the shark
- By Icie in Vermont on 12-03-22
By: Louise Penny
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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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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....
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Clever intertwining of three fun mysteries
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 02-09-17
By: T E Kinsey
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Naughty in Nice
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The national best-selling author of Royal Blood whisks her heroine away to the French Riviera for fun - and danger....
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My Fav in The Series
- By Dylan on 03-03-19
By: Rhys Bowen
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Bury Your Dead
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Bury Your Dead is a novel about life and death—and all the mystery that remains—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny....
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The Great Gamache in Old Quebec
- By Chip Atkinson on 12-21-14
By: Louise Penny
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The Lions of Lucerne
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: Armand Schultz
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action....
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Great Scott Harvath
- By Carol on 11-18-12
By: Brad Thor
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The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures is compiled from short stories written by Agatha Christie for The Sketch magazine in 1923 from March to December....
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1923 Was a Very Good Year
- By John on 02-04-19
By: Agatha Christie
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The Beautiful Mystery
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups....
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Something Rather Different from Louise Penny
- By Carole T. on 08-29-12
By: Louise Penny
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A Trick of the Light
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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With A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny takes us back to the deceptively peaceful village of Three Pines in this brilliant novel in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache....
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Welcome back to the Village of 3 Pines
- By B. Picard on 09-01-11
By: Louise Penny
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The Word Is Murder
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This inventive mystery stars a fictional version of the author himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes, investigating a case involving buried secrets, murder, and a trail of bloody clues....
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Something New
- By Alice on 06-26-18
By: Anthony Horowitz
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The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation...
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Scalon's narration is superior to Fry's
- By Sau Cheung on 09-06-19
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The Brutal Telling
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's Bistro - including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor....
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Compelling fifth trip with Inspector Gamache
- By Venetia on 08-07-18
By: Louise Penny
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Pitch Dark
- Mike Bowditch Mysteries, Book 15
- By: Paul Doiron
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods in this nail-biter of a thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron....
By: Paul Doiron
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The Big Sleep
- Philip Marlowe, Book 1
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in....
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I miss Ray Porter
- By Kindle Customer on 03-22-22
By: Raymond Chandler
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The Cruelest Month
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, Book 3
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Three Pines, where the cruelest month is about to deliver on its threat. It's spring in the tiny, forgotten village; buds are on the trees. But not everything is meant to return to life....
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Gentle, Thoughtful, Thorough Inspector Gamache
- By Debbie on 09-24-15
By: Louise Penny
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A Conspiracy in Belgravia
- The Lady Sherlock Series, Book 2
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes returns in the Victorian-set Lady Sherlock series. Lady Ingram wants Sherlock Holmes to find her first love, who failed to show up at their annual rendezvous....
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Be the change you want to see in the world!
- By bluestatereader on 01-24-18
By: Sherry Thomas
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Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series Compilation
- Cherringham 1-3
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself...
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CLEAN AND FUN
- By Janice Faught on 03-24-17
By: Matthew Costello, and others
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The Burning Issue of the Day
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 5
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent....
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Love
- By Levi on 05-02-19
By: T E Kinsey
New releases
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The Buxton Family
- Murder mystery novel set in Washington, D.C. during the 1920s. Stephanie Buxton’s tranquil evening by the fire is shattered when she discovers a bloodied body in her home.
- By: Maxwell Hastings
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Buxton Family is a thrilling murder mystery book set in Washington, D.C. during the 1920s. Stephanie Buxton’s tranquil evening by the fire is shattered when she discovers a bloodied body in her home. The murdered man, Andrew Heston, was not just any intruder but a beloved member of Washington’s elite Heston family. As Detective Jackson delves into the case, the seemingly serene lives of the Heston and Buxton families unravel, revealing a web of secrets, lies, and hidden motives. Follow the methodical and unrelenting Detective Jackson as he navigates through the complex relationships...
By: Maxwell Hastings
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Rain
- Murder mystery novel set in 1930s New York City. James McNally, a disgraced ex-Police Officer, finds himself drawn back into his old world after a suspicious death during a torrential rainstorm.
- By: Maxwell Hastings
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Rain is a murder mystery novel set in an upper class New York City neighborhood during the 1930s. This captivating story follows ex-cop James McNally as he navigates a labyrinth of deceit and danger in his quest for justice. James McNally, struggling to adapt to civilian life, finds himself drawn back into his old world when a suspicious death occurs during a torrential downpour. The victim, a valet named Greene, collapses and dies in McNally's arms, muttering incoherently. Dressed in a mix of high-end and cheap clothing, Greene's mysterious appearance and sudden death spark McNally's ...
By: Maxwell Hastings
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem".
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Death of a Bore
- Hamish Macbeth, Book 20
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of the locals in his creative writing class. So when he's found dead, his mouth oozing ink, it seems a fitting fate. But for PC Hamish Macbeth the murder is more than a disruption to idyllic village life - especially when the media arrive, trailing in their wake DCI Heather Meikle, a maneater with a taste for bachelor police constables. Hamish must rekindle an old flame to escape her clutches and pull out all the stops to find the killer . . .
By: M.C. Beaton
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The Poirot Collection: Books 1-6
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles; The Murder on the Links; Poirot Investigates; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Big Four; The Mystery of the Blue Train
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 40 hrs and 36 mins
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Agatha Christie's first 5 Hercule Poirot novels, and the first collection of short stories featuring the famous detective, all read by the award-winning David Rintoul.
By: Agatha Christie
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The Little Sparrow Murders
- By: Seishi Yokomizo, Bryan Karetnyk - translator
- Narrated by: Akira Matsumoto
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …
By: Seishi Yokomizo, and others
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The Buxton Family
- Murder mystery novel set in Washington, D.C. during the 1920s. Stephanie Buxton’s tranquil evening by the fire is shattered when she discovers a bloodied body in her home.
- By: Maxwell Hastings
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Buxton Family is a thrilling murder mystery book set in Washington, D.C. during the 1920s. Stephanie Buxton’s tranquil evening by the fire is shattered when she discovers a bloodied body in her home. The murdered man, Andrew Heston, was not just any intruder but a beloved member of Washington’s elite Heston family. As Detective Jackson delves into the case, the seemingly serene lives of the Heston and Buxton families unravel, revealing a web of secrets, lies, and hidden motives. Follow the methodical and unrelenting Detective Jackson as he navigates through the complex relationships...
By: Maxwell Hastings
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Rain
- Murder mystery novel set in 1930s New York City. James McNally, a disgraced ex-Police Officer, finds himself drawn back into his old world after a suspicious death during a torrential rainstorm.
- By: Maxwell Hastings
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Rain is a murder mystery novel set in an upper class New York City neighborhood during the 1930s. This captivating story follows ex-cop James McNally as he navigates a labyrinth of deceit and danger in his quest for justice. James McNally, struggling to adapt to civilian life, finds himself drawn back into his old world when a suspicious death occurs during a torrential downpour. The victim, a valet named Greene, collapses and dies in McNally's arms, muttering incoherently. Dressed in a mix of high-end and cheap clothing, Greene's mysterious appearance and sudden death spark McNally's ...
By: Maxwell Hastings
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem".
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Death of a Bore
- Hamish Macbeth, Book 20
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of the locals in his creative writing class. So when he's found dead, his mouth oozing ink, it seems a fitting fate. But for PC Hamish Macbeth the murder is more than a disruption to idyllic village life - especially when the media arrive, trailing in their wake DCI Heather Meikle, a maneater with a taste for bachelor police constables. Hamish must rekindle an old flame to escape her clutches and pull out all the stops to find the killer . . .
By: M.C. Beaton
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The Poirot Collection: Books 1-6
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles; The Murder on the Links; Poirot Investigates; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Big Four; The Mystery of the Blue Train
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 40 hrs and 36 mins
- Highlights
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Agatha Christie's first 5 Hercule Poirot novels, and the first collection of short stories featuring the famous detective, all read by the award-winning David Rintoul.
By: Agatha Christie
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The Little Sparrow Murders
- By: Seishi Yokomizo, Bryan Karetnyk - translator
- Narrated by: Akira Matsumoto
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …
By: Seishi Yokomizo, and others
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A Study in Scarlet
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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When Dr John Watson takes rooms in Baker Street with amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, he has no idea that he is about to enter a shadowy world of criminality and violence. Accompanying Holmes to an ill-omened house in south London, Watson is startled to find a dead man whose face is contorted in a rictus of horror.
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Poirot Investigates
- Hercule Poirot, Book 3
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond; then came the “suicide” that was murder; the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat; a suspicious death in a locked gun room; a million dollar bond robbery; the curse of a pharaoh’s tomb; a jewel robbery by the sea; the abduction of a prime minister; the disappearance of a banker; a phone call from a dying man; and, finally, the mystery of the missing will.
By: Agatha Christie
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The Big Four
- Hercule Poirot, Book 5
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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An unexpected visitor comes into Hercule Poirot's bedroom and collapses on the floor. The only clue as to what he wants is his repeating Poirot's name and address and writing the number 4, many times. When Poirot's friend Hastings jokingly calls it "The Mystery of the Big Four," the visitor begins speaking about an international crime cartel of that name.
By: Agatha Christie
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
- Hercule Poirot, Book 6
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board.
By: Agatha Christie
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Hillmyre
- By: J J Kennard
- Narrated by: David Gurney
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The tiny Scottish fishing town of Hillmyre is isolated and dying. It’s the perfect hideaway for the jaded and cynical academic Dr John Watson. All Watson wants is to write his novel but when the bodies appear and his help is sought all hopes of a quiet life start to unravel. Will it be the making or breaking of him?
By: J J Kennard
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A shameful act of drunken impetuousness results in Michael Henchard losing his wife and daughter in an auction. This evil deed remains secret for years, during which time Henchard climbs the social ladder from working as a roving hay-trusser to becoming the upstanding Mayor of Casterbridge.
By: Thomas Hardy
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Hound of Baskervilles holds the listener in suspense as few murder stories do. Its combination of horror, homicidal villainy, the fogs of remote Dartmoor, the Baskerville Curse ‘a great black beast shaped like a hound’, are as unforgettable as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
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Dead Ahead
- DCI Paul Cullen Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Paul Pilkington
- Narrated by: Matt Jamie
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Detective Chief Inspector Paul Cullen of the British Transport Police is back in a brand new mystery and the final part of the Archangel Trilogy. When a body is discovered on tracks in West London, the hunt for a killer begins. But who is the victim? And how does the crime relate to DCI Paul Cullen? The race to uncover the truth commences.
By: Paul Pilkington
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The Case of the Missing Lady
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt's International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence—married couple and detective aficionados—are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic adventure, but he's lost his fiancée Hermione too. What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. But this information leads the duo into dangerous situations, investigating secluded country houses in the dead of night, and that's only the start of it.
By: Agatha Christie
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The Sunningdale Mystery
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Captain Sessle is found stabbed through the heart with a hatpin, and the only clue is a bit of red wool in his hand. A pretty blonde is charged because she was wearing a bright red wool coat, but the Beresfords aren't so sure.
By: Agatha Christie
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Appointment with Yesterday
- By: Celia Fremlin
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Milly Barnes has just arrived in the seaside town of Seacliffe. Between windswept walks on the beach, she settles into lodgings and finds work as a Daily Help. Except this isn't her real name - 'Milly' is on the run from her past life, escaping a nightmare marriage. Abandoned by her first husband for another woman, she took revenge by marrying Gilbert: but this proved a terrible mistake. Trapped in a London basement flat, she became a victim of his increasingly paranoid delusions.
By: Celia Fremlin
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The Draycott Murder Mystery
- By: Molly Thynne
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A stormy night. A seemingly deserted farmhouse in the north of England. A young farmer returns to find a well-dressed woman seated at his desk, dead from a gunshot wound. John Leslie is completely mystified. Who is she? The police identify her as Mrs. Draycott, a visitor to the area. And since John cannot provide a plausible alibi, he is charged with her murder.
By: Molly Thynne