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The Truth
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Superb
- By debra on 21-11-21
By: Peter Grainger
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Cavendish & Walker: Volume 1
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- By: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....
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Awful book
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See No Evil
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- By: David J. Gatward
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DCI Harry Grimm hates getting sick. Fighting a terrible cold, the under-the-weather detective is already pushing his limits by going house hunting with his girlfriend.
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How close the team are they care about each other.
- By Mrs C Mitchell on 13-04-24
By: David J. Gatward
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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
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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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Fantastic
- By Amazon Customer on 09-09-23
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Murder on the Orient Express
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What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....
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All-star Poirot!
- By Mikey on 05-11-17
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Into Death's Arms
- The Wild Fens Murder Mystery Series, Book 12
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When DCI Freya Bloom is called to a crime scene early one Sunday morning, little does she know that the friendships she has counted on so many times will be called into question and her time in the Lincolnshire fens could be coming to an untimely end…along with her career.
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The Truth
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- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Superb
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Cavendish & Walker: Volume 1
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Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....
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Awful book
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By: Sally Rigby
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See No Evil
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- By: David J. Gatward
- Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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DCI Harry Grimm hates getting sick. Fighting a terrible cold, the under-the-weather detective is already pushing his limits by going house hunting with his girlfriend.
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How close the team are they care about each other.
- By Mrs C Mitchell on 13-04-24
By: David J. Gatward
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
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- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
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- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
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Fantastic
- By Amazon Customer on 09-09-23
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Murder on the Orient Express
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- By: Agatha Christie
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- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....
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All-star Poirot!
- By Mikey on 05-11-17
By: Agatha Christie
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Into Death's Arms
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- By: Jack Cartwright
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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When DCI Freya Bloom is called to a crime scene early one Sunday morning, little does she know that the friendships she has counted on so many times will be called into question and her time in the Lincolnshire fens could be coming to an untimely end…along with her career.
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Jack Cartwright, Wild Fens Mystery books
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On Eden Street
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The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first morning on team-building exercises and reviewing cold cases when the call comes in that the body of one of the city's rough sleepers has been found in a shop doorway.
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Every bit as good as the rest of the series
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McLevy: The Collected Series 1-6
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The first six series of the Victorian detective drama starring Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond....
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EXCELLENT
- By Lesley Goodman on 09-12-22
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A Man with One of Those Faces
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- Narrated by: Morgan C. Jones
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The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history....
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Outstanding
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One of Us Is Dead
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- By: Peter James
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Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can’t get out of his mind. But how are they linked?
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The Inspector Graham Mysteries
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- Narrated by: Matt Jamie
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Graham is a detective inspector with London’s Metropolitan police force. He’s a career police officer, an educated, reserved, thoughtful, some might say, complex man....
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Thoroughly enjoyable police detective series
- By Godiva 2000 on 23-10-23
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Inspector Alan Grant: The Full Collection
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- Length: 44 hrs and 36 mins
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The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....
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What a great writer - the female version of Conan Doyle
- By Adrian Pearson on 24-07-23
By: Josephine Tey
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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1
- Three classic full-cast dramatisations
- By: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L. Sayers' best-selling novels....
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I got totally immersed!
- By Caroline Armstrong on 04-12-17
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A Face in the Crowd
- Prime Suspect, Book 2
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for....
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An uncomfortable read.
- By Anonymous User on 31-03-21
By: Lynda La Plante
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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 as always
- By Susan Edwards on 13-04-24
By: Matthew Costello, and others
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The Landscape of Death
- DCI Tom Raven Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: M. S. Morris
- Narrated by: Dan Calley
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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A man’s body washes up on a beach on the North Yorkshire coast with a single gunshot wound to the chest. The only clue to the victim’s identity is a ring engraved with two names. DCI Tom Raven is back in his hometown of Scarborough for the first time in over 30 years....
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Disappointing
- By Sue A on 11-01-23
By: M. S. Morris
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Dark Is the Grave
- DCI Bone Scottish Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: T. G. Reid
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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When the chief suspect in the notorious "peekaboo cop killer" case blew himself up, almost taking lead investigator DCI Duncan Bone with him, the psychologically damaged detective thought his days on the force were over....
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Loved it
- By Lindsay on 02-03-22
By: T. G. Reid
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The Wintringham Mystery
- Cicely Disappears
- By: Anthony Berkeley, Tony Medawar
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country-house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn’t solve....
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Good old fashioned mystery
- By Christopher Leach on 18-12-21
By: Anthony Berkeley, and others
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The Wherryman
- British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 6
- By: David Blake
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Four missing children, three murdered men, and the helm of a boat with a blood-red sail, hiding a secret only he can tell....
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the latest book about John tanner
- By Daisy on 06-06-21
By: David Blake
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Death's Own Door
- Lydmouth, Book 6
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his summerhouse, the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover, Detective Richard Thornhill, discover there's more to it than that....
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Good yarn but ...
- By Stephen G Armstrong on 28-12-21
By: Andrew Taylor
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Prime Suspect
- Prime Suspect, Book 1
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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DCI Jane Tennison came through the ranks the hard way, opposed and resented at every step by her male colleagues....
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Inappropriate narration
- By Amazon Customer on 09-10-20
By: Lynda La Plante
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Call the Dying
- Lydmouth, Book 7
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Love and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens on Lydmouth, a dead woman calls the dying in a seance behind net curtains....
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Continues
- By GB on 12-12-22
By: Andrew Taylor
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McLevy: The Collected Series 7-12
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Drama
- By: David Ashton
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Siobhan Redmond, full cast
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
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Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond star in series 7-12 of the Victorian crime drama....
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absolutely LOVE this series
- By Loui on 22-11-22
By: David Ashton
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Pork Pie Pandemonium
- Albert Smith's Culinary Capers, Recipe 1
- By: Steve Higgs
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Baking. It can get a guy killed. When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious bakes...what he finds is a clue to a crime in the ingredients for his pork pie....
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Doggone it , it’s great!
- By K E Webb on 07-06-21
By: Steve Higgs
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The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich
- Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, Book 6
- By: PJ Fitzsimmons
- Narrated by: Tim Bruce
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich, golden-age gadabout Anty Boisjoly travels to the timeless source waters of Glen Glennegie to help decide the fate of his family’s favourite ferment....
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A fun who dunnit
- By J R WALTON on 01-04-24
By: PJ Fitzsimmons
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Rich Men, Dead Men
- Detective Inspector Simon Wise Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: Michael Dylan
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Detective Inspector Simon Wise, reeling from the death of his partner and harbouring more than a few secrets of his own, is assigned to the case. But the killer leaves no clues as to their identity, only bodies in their wake, and each new death sends Wise's team in startling new directions....
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Wow
- By Dave & Linda on 12-02-24
By: Michael Dylan
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The Inspector Graham Mysteries: Books 5-7
- Inspector Graham Collection, Book 2
- By: Alison Golden, Grace Dagnall
- Narrated by: Matt Jamie
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham's a career police officer, with a tragic past. His quiet, thoughtful exterior hides a complex mind, and a fierce determination to see justice done.
By: Alison Golden, and others
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Sherlock Holmes: The Carleton Hobbs Collection
- 55 Full-Cast BBC Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley, full cast
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
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A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary....
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Outstanding
- By D. Johnstone on 14-02-23
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Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries....
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So would chapter headings have killed them?
- By S. Kennedy on 01-05-17
By: Raymond Chandler
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Blood Runs Cold
- A Hidden Norfolk Thriller, Book 14
- By: J M Dalgliesh
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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When a man's dismembered body is discovered at an abandoned quarry on the north Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must wade through his secretive life to figure out how he met his end....
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as good as always
- By Chris on 31-07-23
By: J M Dalgliesh
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Inspector Hanaud: 3 Mysteries
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- By: A. E. W. Mason
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook contains the first three adventures of A. E. W Mason’s enigmatic and mercurial Sûreté detective, Inspector Hanaud—a key inspiration for Agatha Christie’s celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot. First, Hanaud investigates the murder of wealthy Mme Dauvray at the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains. Then, during a visit to London, Hanaud unravels a case of theft and murder following a costume party at a prestigious hotel.
By: A. E. W. Mason
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Into Death's Arms
- The Wild Fens Murder Mystery Series, Book 12
- By: Jack Cartwright
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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When DCI Freya Bloom is called to a crime scene early one Sunday morning, little does she know that the friendships she has counted on so many times will be called into question and her time in the Lincolnshire fens could be coming to an untimely end…along with her career. The victim, a retired woman named Linda Wilson, lies at the edge of a small forest atop the Lincoln edge, a steep escarpment that runs throughout Lincolnshire.
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Jack Cartwright, Wild Fens Mystery books
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Dread Exile
- By: Paul Ernst
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
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A reporter drowses off at his typewriter, to awaken to a very strange presence that has the appearance of a misshapen man. The "creature" appears not to be of this world, but when it begins to speak in a very strange voice it obviously knows George the reporter, and it has a story to tell.
By: Paul Ernst
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The Scowrers. A Sherlock Holmes Novel
- The Valley of Fear 2
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: David McCran
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty.
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The Adventure of the Empty House
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 46 mins
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The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.
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The Final Problem
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 39 mins
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The Final Problem is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's archenemy, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked The Final Problem fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories. Holmes arrives at Dr. John Watson's residence one evening in a somewhat agitated state and with grazed and bleeding knuckles.
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Inspector Hanaud: 3 Mysteries
- Inspector Hanaud 1–3: At the Villa Rose, The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel, The House of the Arrow
- By: A. E. W. Mason
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
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This audiobook contains the first three adventures of A. E. W Mason’s enigmatic and mercurial Sûreté detective, Inspector Hanaud—a key inspiration for Agatha Christie’s celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot. First, Hanaud investigates the murder of wealthy Mme Dauvray at the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains. Then, during a visit to London, Hanaud unravels a case of theft and murder following a costume party at a prestigious hotel.
By: A. E. W. Mason
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Into Death's Arms
- The Wild Fens Murder Mystery Series, Book 12
- By: Jack Cartwright
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When DCI Freya Bloom is called to a crime scene early one Sunday morning, little does she know that the friendships she has counted on so many times will be called into question and her time in the Lincolnshire fens could be coming to an untimely end…along with her career. The victim, a retired woman named Linda Wilson, lies at the edge of a small forest atop the Lincoln edge, a steep escarpment that runs throughout Lincolnshire.
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Jack Cartwright, Wild Fens Mystery books
- By S.lea on 18-04-24
By: Jack Cartwright
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Dread Exile
- By: Paul Ernst
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 48 mins
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A reporter drowses off at his typewriter, to awaken to a very strange presence that has the appearance of a misshapen man. The "creature" appears not to be of this world, but when it begins to speak in a very strange voice it obviously knows George the reporter, and it has a story to tell.
By: Paul Ernst
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The Scowrers. A Sherlock Holmes Novel
- The Valley of Fear 2
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: David McCran
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty.
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The Adventure of the Empty House
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.
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The Final Problem
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Final Problem is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's archenemy, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked The Final Problem fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories. Holmes arrives at Dr. John Watson's residence one evening in a somewhat agitated state and with grazed and bleeding knuckles.
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Death in a Lonely Place
- Jake Jackson, Book 2
- By: Stig Abell
- Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. And now, he finally seems to have his wish – spending his time swimming in his lake, tending to his chickens, and enjoying long, lazy evenings with his newfound love, Livia. But the return of an old case shatters the calm, and pulls him into the shadowy world of No Taboo – a secretive group serving the extravagant whims of the elite. As the web around Jake tightens, he must determine who he can really trust in his small community. Or else he will learn just how far No Taboo will go to protect their secrets.
By: Stig Abell
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 54 mins
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Devil's Foot ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves at Poldhu in Cornwall one spring for the former's health, but the holiday ends with a bizarre event. Mr. Mortimer Tregennis, a local gentleman, and Mr. Roundhay, the local vicar, come to Holmes to report that Tregennis's two brothers have gone insane, and his sister has died.
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The Valley of Fear
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision.
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Chris Dabbs
- Length: 48 mins
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eleventh of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in May 1892. A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves a beryl coronet—one of the most valuable public possessions in existence—as collateral. Holder feels that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewellery in his personal safe at the bank, and so he takes it home with him to lock it up there.
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Silver Blaze
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 48 mins
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The Adventure of Silver Blaze, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "Silver Blaze" 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. One of the most popular Sherlock Holmes short stories, Silver Blaze focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse (a famous winner, owned by a Colonel Ross) on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer. The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric Dartmoor setting and late-Victorian sporting milieu.
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The "Gloria Scott"
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 41 mins
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The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is "The Boscombe Valley Mystery".
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Chris Dabbs
- Length: 50 mins
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the last of the twelve collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in June 1892. Violet Hunter visits Holmes, asking whether she should accept a job as governess; a job with very strange conditions. She is enticed by the phenomenal salary which, as originally offered, is £100 a year, later increased to £120 when Miss Hunter baulks at having to cut her long hair short (her previous position paid £48 a year).
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 31 mins
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective, in some editions simply titled The Dying Detective (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as His Last Bow (published 1917). Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having heard about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.
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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 43 mins
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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the twelve Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and the second of the eight stories from His Last Bow in most American versions. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893. Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon receives a parcel in the post that contains two severed human ears packed in coarse salt. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard suspects a prank by three medical students whom Miss Cushing was forced to evict because of their unruly behaviour.
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The Crooked Man
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 36 mins
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The Adventure of the Crooked Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Crooked Man 15th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories... He met Nancy that evening, who was shocked to learn he was alive. Unknown to her, however, he followed her home and witnessed the argument, for the blinds were up and the glass door open. He climbed over the low wall and entered the room.
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The Musgrave Ritual
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 40 mins
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The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1893, and was collected later in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale. It is one of the earliest recorded cases investigated by Holmes, and establishes his problem solving skills.
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The Reigate Puzzle
- Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 37 mins
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"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire", also known as The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle or "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires", was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. The elder Cunningham's confidence is broken after his arrest and he tells all.