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Death Comes to Marlow
- Marlow Murder Club, Book 2
- By: Robert Thorogood
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 638
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 560
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 560
It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne. But during the soiree, there’s a crash from inside the house, and when the Marlow Murder Club rush to investigate, they are shocked to find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming
- By Caro on 06-22-23
- Death Comes to Marlow
- Marlow Murder Club, Book 2
- By: Robert Thorogood
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
A bit disappointing
Reviewed: 08-14-24
In this second book of the Marlowe series, I found that the protagonists had become caricatures instead of multifaceted humans. The mystery was interesting with a lot of red herrings along the way, but I had a tough time getting past the stereotypes of the three main women characters.
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Murder at an English Séance
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 309
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 309
Hidden beneath her British reserve, Edwina has a secret: she’s finished her novel and is bravely mailing the manuscript to a publisher. Beryl also has a secret: as thanks for solving a case, the American adventuress has been gifted an airplane. After swooping over the fields and hedgerows of Walmsley Parva, livestock scattering beneath her, she flamboyantly lands the plane on the village green, prompting a startled Edwina to consider a stiff gin fizz. Beryl’s aircraft is not the only disruption of village peace. Miss Dinsdale, a psychic medium, has started holding séances.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best of the series
- By BHazy on 06-28-24
- Murder at an English Séance
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
Best of the series
Reviewed: 06-28-24
I thought this book was the best one in the Beryl and Edwina series. I couldn’t stop listening.
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A Wreath of Red Roses
- Heathcliff Lennox Investigates
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 553
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 510
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Story5 out of 5 stars 510
Barton-Regis is without an heir, the last Lord died, leaving 6 illegitimate off-spring. Only one can inherit, and they must vie for it according to the task of the Talents. But there is more than just sibling rivalry, there's a monster among them, a killer who is as clever as he is insane. Which of them is the imposter, and can Lennox and Swift uncover the culprit before more die at his hands?
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEST Narrator EVER!!!
- By Bren on 12-21-23
- A Wreath of Red Roses
- Heathcliff Lennox Investigates
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
Great narrator again!
Reviewed: 12-13-23
I wait impatiently for each new Heathcliff Lennox book to be released and this one did not disappoint. Sam Dewhurst-Phillips does excellent work narrating the books and I appreciate Foggy’s barks interspersed throughout the book.
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Excellent Women
- By: Barbara Pym
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,263
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,261
Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those excellent women - the smart, supportive, repressed women whom men take for granted. As Mildred gets embroiled in the lives of her new neighbors - anthropologist Helena Napier; Helen's handsome, dashing husband, Rocky; and Julian Malory, the vicar next door - the novel presents a series of snapshots of human life as actually, and pluckily, lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still Waters Run Deep
- By Sara on 04-13-16
- Excellent Women
- By: Barbara Pym
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
Great characters
Reviewed: 11-19-23
I hadn’t read anything by Barbara Pam before, and was delighted that this came as an audible recommendation.
I can see why critics have called her the Jane Austen of her time. Very well-drawn characters that I felt like I knew by the end of the book.
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The Other Bennet Sister
- A Novel
- By: Janice Hadlow
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,061
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 950
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 950
What if Mary Bennet’s life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized middle daughter, the plain girl who takes refuge in her books, eventually found the fulfillment enjoyed by her prettier, more confident sisters? This is the plot of The Other Bennet Sister, a debut novel with exactly the affection and authority to satisfy Austen fans.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Exhausting
- By LAH on 07-10-20
- The Other Bennet Sister
- A Novel
- By: Janice Hadlow
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
Enjoyable yet too long
Reviewed: 11-01-23
I enjoyed this story if Mary Bennett, the middle of the 5 sisters and thought the author did a very nice job of capturing the Austen feel.
However, the first half of the book is, at times, distinctly too long and needed to be cut in half.
The narrator is easy to listen to, and was a good choice for this piece.
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The Gabriel Hounds
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
Legend has it that when the Gabriel Hounds run howling over the crumbling palace of Dar Ibrahim, high in the Adonis Valley of Lebanon, death will follow on their heels. When rich, spoilt Christie Mansel arrives at the decaying palace to look after her eccentric Aunt Harriet, she arrives to the sound of howling dogs. The palace is riddled with hidden passages and the servants are unwilling to let anyone see Harriet during the day. It seems the palace hides an extraordinary secret...one that somebody is willing to kill to keep.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great suspense, strong heroine
- By N.Sum on 01-05-20
- The Gabriel Hounds
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
Slow start, but plenty happens
Reviewed: 06-24-23
It took a while for this Stewart story to get started, but once it did it was a fun mystery in an unusual setting.
I truly enjoyed Ellie Heydon’s narration. She masters the art of keeping the story interesting and moving without trying to act all the characters. I will be looking for more books narrated by her.
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Rose Cottage
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
Summer, 1947. Kate Herrick, a war widow, returns to her childhood home for a final visit before the house is sold. But Rose Cottage is not the idyllic paradise she remembers from her youth and someone has been there before her. As Kate uncovers an old secret that haunts the home she thought she knew, she is forced to confront a dark truth from her own past.... Beyond the weedy garden with its riot of rose bushes, nothing had changed. And someone was crossing the bridge to approach the garden gate. Someone I knew well....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story; painful narration
- By BBP on 04-18-20
- Rose Cottage
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
Good story, so-so narrator
Reviewed: 06-11-23
The story: another good story by Mary Stewart. A quick listen and I really enjoy her descriptions.
The narrator: there is a fine line between bringing characters to life yet still narrating the story so it can be understood. While much of Ms. Bond’s narration is fine, I found some of her characters’ accents very difficult to understand. That gets in the way of truly enjoying the story. I will need to get a copy of the book to read what the narrator mucked up.
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Nine Coaches Waiting
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 686
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 611
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 607
Linda Martin understands what is to be lonely: her parents died when she was young, and she was raised in an orphanage. When she is hired as a governess to the orphaned young Philippe, Comte de Valmy, Linda finds a kindred spirit in the lonely little boy. But Philippe is the heir to a vast estate in Savoy, and his dangerously handsome uncle may be willing to kill to ensure that Philippe never inherits it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite book for decades!
- By Mary E. Haley on 05-13-19
- Nine Coaches Waiting
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
Favorite Stewart book
Reviewed: 04-29-23
I read many of Mary Stewart’s books years ago and am happy to now be able to listen to them. I thought the narration was very well done. Stewart’s descriptions of scenery and places is wonderful; I appreciate it now much more than when I first read her books. Definitely worth listening to again and again.
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
- My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
- By: Alan Alda
- Narrated by: Alan Alda
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,630
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,438
The beloved actor shares fascinating and powerful lessons from the science of communication and teaches listeners to improve the way they relate to others using improv games, storytelling, and their own innate mind-reading abilities. With his trademark humor and frankness, Alan Alda explains what makes the out-of-the-box techniques he developed after his years as the host of Scientific American Frontiers so effective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tha last three chapters
- By tokind on 07-16-17
- If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
- My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
- By: Alan Alda
- Narrated by: Alan Alda
Great tool kit for communication
Reviewed: 04-05-23
Alda does a very nice job explaining the need for scientists to communicate their work effectively and provides engaging stories and suggestions. I recommend this book to friends and clients in science fields to sharpen their abilities to connect with others.
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A Shilling for Candles
- Inspector Alan Grant, Book 2
- By: Josephine Tey
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress is found lying dead on the beach one morning. However, it soon becomes clear that darker motives were afoot, and potential suspects in the death of Christine Clay stack up at a rapid pace. As the case grows murkier, the man who spent the last week of Clay’s life living with her in a remote cottage goes on the run, and Inspector Alan Grant must race to uncover the truth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed from start to finish
- By BHazy on 02-26-23
- A Shilling for Candles
- Inspector Alan Grant, Book 2
- By: Josephine Tey
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
Enjoyed from start to finish
Reviewed: 02-26-23
I’ve only read Tey’s “The Daughter of Time” prior to this book, which was recommended by a friend. Happy to find the the book was as good as advertised. Looking forward to more Inspector Grant novels.
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