Fran Turner
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The Book of Lost Things
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Nick Rawlinson
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 268
Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother.... As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves, and monsters, and begins his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I wish I had written this.........
- By Mark on 12-02-14
- The Book of Lost Things
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Nick Rawlinson
A fantastic tale. Couldn't put it down.
Reviewed: 28-11-23
What a wonderful story which encapsulates fairytales, but not in the Disney sense, The book draws you and stirs the imagination. The feelings of grief and jealousy felt by a young boy and his anger is used to drag him into another world where his adventures cause him to grow up and deal with his emotions and realise his mistakes.The ending is wonderful.
Brilliantly narrated, great character definitions and very emotive.
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The Bullet That Missed
- Thursday Murder Club, Book 3
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,028
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,406
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,386
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IGNORE THEM
- By olivia eveleigh on 15-09-22
- The Bullet That Missed
- Thursday Murder Club, Book 3
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
Another excellent novel
Reviewed: 02-10-22
I love these books. A real mixture of intrigue, love, tenderness and humour. can't wait for the next one. Finally Shaw marathon it brilliantly. It's her I imagine as playing Elizabeth.
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Dark Murder
- DCI Greco, Book 1
- By: Helen H. Durrant
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Story4 out of 5 stars 456
A woman is found dead by a canal. Her eyes have been poked out. Detective Stephen Greco has just started his job at Oldston CID and is faced with several murders with no obvious connection except for the murderer's penchant for disfigurement. His team are crumbling under the pressure; he doesn't know whom he can trust. Can Greco regain composure and control in order to stop the murders?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unfair on listener and story writer.
- By Tonka on 20-03-19
- Dark Murder
- DCI Greco, Book 1
- By: Helen H. Durrant
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
Fairly obvious plot
Reviewed: 05-07-22
Iit was an OK story.The plot was fairly easy to understand what was happening. Was not impressed with narrators attempt at a Norfolk (Noorfok) accent. It was more West Country. The accents are very different.
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A Catalogue of Catastrophe
- Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 13
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 948
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 863
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Story5 out of 5 stars 860
Punching well above their weight, Max and Markham set out to bring down a sinister organisation founded in the future—with a suspicious focus on the past. Max's focus is staying alive long enough to reunite with Leon and Matthew, alternately helped and hindered by St Mary's—who aren't always the blessing they like to think they are. But non-stop leaping around the timeline—from witnessing Magna Carta to disturbing a certain young man with a penchant for gunpowder—is beginning to take its toll. Is Max going mad? Or are the ghosts of the past finally catching up with her?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great - as always from this author and this performer
- By MR on 07-04-23
- A Catalogue of Catastrophe
- Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 13
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Never dissapointed
Reviewed: 23-05-22
What can I say. Yet another brilliant story from the Chronicles of Saint Mary's. Jodi Taylor is an enthralling author, drawing you into all the adventures. Great humour, determination, disasters, loyalty and family. Their adversaries are deviant but Max! Leon, Markham and Peterson, to name just a few, are always up to the task.
Zara Ramm's performance, as ever, is outstanding.
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The Essex Serpent
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, in the hope that fresh air and open space will provide refuge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful! (With just one niggling complaint.)
- By S K NOWLER on 21-05-22
- The Essex Serpent
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
Romance and drama
Reviewed: 17-05-22
Not my general genre but I thought I'd have a listen. Very well written with distinctive characters. The narrator read it well portraying the characters.
As for the story it was slow going and I felt I was wading through the mud of the Blackwater shoreline. I did think Stella just a bit too trusting though ramblings through her deteriorating did make her sound like she tripping on hallucinogens.
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The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
- By: Laura Imai Messina, Lucy Rand - translator
- Narrated by: Yuriri Naka
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story4 out of 5 stars 505
When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continue. Then one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As news of the phone box spreads, people will travel to it from miles around. Soon, Yui will make her own pilgrimage to the phone box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poignant
- By J W on 26-05-21
The healing of grief
Reviewed: 26-04-22
A wonderful place to talk to your loved ones in a very spiritual place. The main story line is based around a mother's grief after her, mother and daughter, died in that huge tsunami. It then brings in the stories of others visitors to the , Beautifully written. though not my usual genre I will listen again.
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Magelord
- The Spellmonger Series, Book 3
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 31 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,415
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,311
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,301
Minalan gets medieval! When you defeat the invading goblin army, get knighted on the field of battle, gifted with lands and gold, usually your happily-ever-after is...happy. But now that Minalan the Spellmonger has been ennobled and enfiefed, Sire Minalan has a task cut out for him that makes defeating goblins seem like child’s play: Moving his very pregnant bride and a few thousand refugees from Boval Vale into the remote, sparsely peopled Domain of Sevendor. But when he arrives, he finds the land withered from neglect, filled with superstition and suspicion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review?
- By Richard McFerran on 07-11-18
- Magelord
- The Spellmonger Series, Book 3
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
compulsive listening
Reviewed: 22-04-22
Another full and enigmatic book in this saga. The various trials and tribulations of being a Magelord. Creating a wonderful place to live, building villages and defences;meeting neighbouring Vales for good or bad, housing the refugees and partaking in another epic goblin war. Minilan had to learn fast about the politics, with the help of Penny and Sir Kay. The new king is coronated. There are fairs, love and children and a whole lot more. Generally a superb listen.
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The Widow
- By: K. L. Slater
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,548
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,029
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,010
My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say.... The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dull style of writing, ok plot
- By Tess D on 21-12-21
- The Widow
- By: K. L. Slater
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
A good read
Reviewed: 31-03-22
Well written leading the reader on lots of twists and turns. The clues are there but very subtle. The way the way she was ostracised by those who she'd known for years purely based on rumour and innuendo. The description of her grief and her anger as the truth was uncovered. All in all an excellent read.
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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Ben Miles, Jonathan Bailey, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,314
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,197
Time travel meets history in this new drama adaptation by Marty Ross. When Max, a recent ancient history graduate, is offered a mysterious job at St Mary's Historical Research Institute, she quickly comes to realise this isn't any old stuffy research library. At St Mary's the historians don't just study the past - they revisit it. What begins as an academic exploration of events, such as the Peterloo Massacre, takes a dark and dangerous turn, and the historians of St Mary's soon learn that it's not just history they're fighting....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One damned thong after another:Audio drama
- By Prudence on 21-05-17
- Just One Damned Thing After Another
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Ben Miles, Jonathan Bailey, Zara Ramm
Book is better
Reviewed: 22-01-22
The play was well done but didn't come close to the book in enjoyment. The chap who played Leon was not right for me. If you haven't read the book then the play would probably be great entertainment.
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Saving Time
- The Time Police, Book 3
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,164
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,071
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,064
Life is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut. But Time waits for no one, and neither do criminal masterminds. A major threat to the Timeline is looming, one far deadlier than mere idiots who want to change history. And when a familiar face becomes a Very Important Lead, will conflicting family loyalties spell trouble for Team Weird?
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant story
- By rutoap on 17-10-21
- Saving Time
- The Time Police, Book 3
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Bloody bollocking brilliant.
Reviewed: 23-10-21
The time police stories are just as good as St Mary's. New and old characters, a lot of which were introduced via St Mary's. Intrigue, crazy antics and inevitably getting in trouble. Love it.
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