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Bestsellers
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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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In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt.
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Best of the series
- By BHazy on 06-28-24
By: Jessica Ellicott
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The Shadow of the Gods
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....
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Not for me
- By John on 05-31-21
By: John Gwynne
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Very Enjoyable / Great Listen
- By Mary on 03-07-24
By: C.J. Archer
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A Grave Robbery
- A Veronica Speedwell Mystery, Book 9
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Angèle Masters
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn....
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vertical quaint English who done it
- By lp285 on 10-30-24
By: Deanna Raybourn
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The Rose Arbor
- A Novel
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.
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Liked the ending
- By Ellipooh on 08-30-24
By: Rhys Bowen
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The Devil Aspect
- A Novel
- By: Craig Russell
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down....
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ACTUALLY KEPT MY INTEREST THROUGHOUT!
- By Summer G on 12-15-20
By: Craig Russell
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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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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt.
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Best of the series
- By BHazy on 06-28-24
By: Jessica Ellicott
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The Shadow of the Gods
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....
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Not for me
- By John on 05-31-21
By: John Gwynne
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Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....
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Very Enjoyable / Great Listen
- By Mary on 03-07-24
By: C.J. Archer
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A Grave Robbery
- A Veronica Speedwell Mystery, Book 9
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Angèle Masters
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn....
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vertical quaint English who done it
- By lp285 on 10-30-24
By: Deanna Raybourn
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The Rose Arbor
- A Novel
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.
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Liked the ending
- By Ellipooh on 08-30-24
By: Rhys Bowen
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The Devil Aspect
- A Novel
- By: Craig Russell
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down....
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ACTUALLY KEPT MY INTEREST THROUGHOUT!
- By Summer G on 12-15-20
By: Craig Russell
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Mexican Gothic
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
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Lacking, Disappointing, Not Developed
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 07-10-20
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The Murder Stone
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great War is still raging when Francesca Hatton’s adored grandfather dies on his estate in England’s isolated Exe Valley. She is his sole heir, for her five cousins are dead now on the battlefields of France....
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Unfaithful Narrator?
- By Chris McDonald on 02-14-20
By: Charles Todd
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Murder at the Seven Dials
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Cara Devlin
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself....
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Great
- By Lori Dykes on 10-14-24
By: Cara Devlin
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Fiona Davis
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett, Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life - her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children....
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Exhilarating
- By Joanna Butler on 08-20-20
By: Fiona Davis
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Homecoming
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Claire Foy
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia....
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Loved the compelling audiobook version!
- By Melissas Bookshelf on 04-07-23
By: Kate Morton
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We Three Queens
- A Royal Spyness Mystery, Book 18
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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New mother Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch finds herself trying to separate fact from fiction when a murder occurs while a film is being made on the grounds of her estate in a new Royal Spyness Mystery from beloved best-selling author Rhys Bowen.
By: Rhys Bowen
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A Study in Scarlet Women
- The Lady Sherlock Series, Book 1
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down in the first novel in this Victorian mystery series....
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Creative and fun
- By San Rafael, CA on 04-13-24
By: Sherry Thomas
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The Echo of Old Books
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Davis
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Steve West, Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls....
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Couldn’t finish it
- By Lady Chaps on 03-31-23
By: Barbara Davis
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An Assassination on the Agenda
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 11
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder....
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Love this series but this book wasnt his best...
- By Samuel Warren on 05-22-24
By: T E Kinsey
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What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
- A Flavia de Luce Novel
- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.
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Flavia and Dogger lovers will enjoy
- By Michigan Senior Citizen on 10-04-24
By: Alan Bradley
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The Da Vinci Code
- A Novel
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call...
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Extraordinary!
- By Mark on 09-03-03
By: Dan Brown
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What the Vicar Saw
- A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates..., Book 9)
- By: Benedict Brown
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A dead vicar in the vestry, the wrong man condemned, and a village with secrets to bury.
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Unbearably long.
- By Jan H. Wolfe on 10-27-24
By: Benedict Brown
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Secrets of the Lost Ledgers
- The Glass Library, Book 5
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician.
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Another great installment
- By C. Woods on 10-22-24
By: C.J. Archer
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The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....
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Fun to be Back
- By Meg on 10-12-22
By: C.J. Archer
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A Column of Fire
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1558 the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict....
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WONDERFUL--As Good as Pillars of the Earth!
- By 070316 on 09-13-17
By: Ken Follett
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The Lord of Cold Compton
- Miss Busby Investigates, Book 3
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, Zoe Markham
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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A woman lies dead, shot and bleeding. Behind her body stands a large old manor house, her house, and now her son's. She ran the rural estate as a minor fiefdom, all had to subjugate themselves to her will, or they were put out of their homes and ejected from the community.
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Boring
- By D. Turner on 10-27-24
By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, and others
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The Terror
- A Novel
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage....
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Very good then, NOT
- By Randall on 07-24-18
By: Dan Simmons
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What Cannot Be Said
- Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, Book 19
- By: C.S. Harris
- Narrated by: Amy Scanlon
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.
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The terrible narrator
- By Geri Hildreth on 04-29-24
By: C.S. Harris
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Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon
- Cleopatra Fox Mysteries, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo’s family are having new outfits made by the most sought-after designer in the city. Madame Poitiers is bold, self-absorbed, and not French, despite her claims....
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Can’t wait for book five!
- By Kate Weatherwax on 08-19-22
By: C.J. Archer
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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
- Flavia de Luce, Book 7
- By: Alan Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Flavia de Luce takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools....
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A little disappointing
- By SuzyGotro on 01-10-15
By: Alan Bradley
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Murder at the Foundling Hospital
- A Tate and Bell Mystery, Book 3
- By: Irina Shapiro
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed. She knows that police inspector Sebastian Bell will work tirelessly to uncover the truth, but he’ll need her help navigating the cloistered world of the orphanage.
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Nice story
- By YTS on 10-29-24
By: Irina Shapiro
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The Medici Manuscript
- The Glass Library, Book 2
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family....
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An enjoyable listen!
- By Kim Meseck on 04-17-23
By: C.J. Archer
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Glass and Steele Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Marian Hussey
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her....
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Should be an anglophile to fully enjoy the series
- By J.B. on 07-22-23
By: C.J. Archer
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Murder at a London Finishing School
- Beryl and Edwina Mysteries, Book 7
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport team up once again as enquiry agents to solve a mystery at their alma mater in this historical English village mystery set just after World War I....
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Love the series. Not up to par
- By Ava's mom on 11-16-23
By: Jessica Ellicott
New releases
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Murder Among the Pyramids
- 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt, Book 1
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.
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Wonderful New Series
- By Debbie Lacey on 10-04-24
By: Sara Rosett
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Wicked City
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City, Alabama, alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause for just a moment—and when it starts up again, there is something different about it. A small group of men meet and decide they have had enough, but what that means and where it will take them is something they could not have foreseen.
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Wish he’d write more of this.
- By linusnc on 10-16-24
By: Ace Atkins
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The Sheen on the Silk
- By: Anne Perry
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 23 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother’s fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship’s captain conflicted by his growing feelings for Anastasius.
By: Anne Perry
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One Kiss to Desire
- A Grumpy Sunshine Hot Historical Romance (Blackwood Legacy, Book 1)
- By: Grace Callaway
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After a tragic accident, former piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington takes refuge at a tumbledown country manor that is supposedly haunted. He hires Xenia Loveday to be his housekeeper, unaware that her mousy appearance is a disguise, and she’s a naughty storyteller on the run. As Ethan and Xenia are drawn together by a sizzling attraction, they must contend with dangerous enemies…and unravel the mystery of a century-old curse.
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Desire, deception and danger.
- By Sandy on 10-15-24
By: Grace Callaway
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Murder in Highbury
- An Emma Knightley Mystery, Book 1
- By: Vanessa Kelly
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father's health . . . But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley's tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church.
By: Vanessa Kelly
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The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
- By: Naomi Stephens
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set the residents’ tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of the crime of arson. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his plucky twin sister, Louisa, certain of his innocence. Fueling her conviction is an inexplicable connection—she felt her twin’s death an hour before the abbey went up in flames.
By: Naomi Stephens
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Murder Among the Pyramids
- 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt, Book 1
- By: Sara Rosett
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.
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Wonderful New Series
- By Debbie Lacey on 10-04-24
By: Sara Rosett
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Wicked City
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City, Alabama, alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause for just a moment—and when it starts up again, there is something different about it. A small group of men meet and decide they have had enough, but what that means and where it will take them is something they could not have foreseen.
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Wish he’d write more of this.
- By linusnc on 10-16-24
By: Ace Atkins
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The Sheen on the Silk
- By: Anne Perry
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 23 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother’s fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship’s captain conflicted by his growing feelings for Anastasius.
By: Anne Perry
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One Kiss to Desire
- A Grumpy Sunshine Hot Historical Romance (Blackwood Legacy, Book 1)
- By: Grace Callaway
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
After a tragic accident, former piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington takes refuge at a tumbledown country manor that is supposedly haunted. He hires Xenia Loveday to be his housekeeper, unaware that her mousy appearance is a disguise, and she’s a naughty storyteller on the run. As Ethan and Xenia are drawn together by a sizzling attraction, they must contend with dangerous enemies…and unravel the mystery of a century-old curse.
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Desire, deception and danger.
- By Sandy on 10-15-24
By: Grace Callaway
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Murder in Highbury
- An Emma Knightley Mystery, Book 1
- By: Vanessa Kelly
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father's health . . . But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley's tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church.
By: Vanessa Kelly
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The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
- By: Naomi Stephens
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set the residents’ tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of the crime of arson. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his plucky twin sister, Louisa, certain of his innocence. Fueling her conviction is an inexplicable connection—she felt her twin’s death an hour before the abbey went up in flames.
By: Naomi Stephens
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The Devil's Glove
- Salem, Book 1
- By: Lucretia Grindle
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Northern New England, summer, 1688. Perched on the brink of disaster, Resolve Hammond and her mother, Deliverance, struggle to survive in their isolated coastal village. They're known as healers taught by the local tribes—and suspected of witchcraft by the local villagers. Their precarious existence becomes even more chaotic when summoned to tend to a poisoned woman. As they uncover a web of dark secrets, rumors of war engulf the village, forcing the Hammonds to choose between loyalty to their native friends or the increasingly terrified settler community.
By: Lucretia Grindle
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Foreign Seed
- By: Allison Alsup
- Narrated by: Kyle Snyder
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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China, June 1918. When the explorer Frank Meyer suddenly disappears from a ferry on the Yangtze River, American Vice-Consul Samuel Sokobin is tasked with finding the missing man. By the time Sokobin receives the case, four days have passed since Meyer was last seen on the vast river. With no clues to guide his search and fearing failure in his new post as a man of rank, Sokobin heads upriver with Mr. Lin, a Chinese interpreter he's never met. The investigation soon turns deeply personal for Sokobin, who can't help but conflate Meyer's fate with that of his own daring younger brother.
By: Allison Alsup
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Anna Delaney
- By: Jean Adams
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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This is book two in the trilogy Mystery: Murder or Accident? Anna Delaney is the daughter of Dorothy and Arthur in book one What Happened in the Root Cellar? After Dorothy's bones were found in the root cellar, the baby was taken to a church in a neighboring state and left on the doorsteps. Pastor Jude and Bonnie take in the baby and name her Anna Delaney. This is Anna's story. Book Three will be available soon. It is a 3 part trilogy of murder or accident in 3 generations.
By: Jean Adams
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An Ambush of Widows
- By: R. W.R. McDonald
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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An odd group gathers for an English country house weekend party: a sickly host, a disgraced socialite, an amateur detective and her nephew, a murderous couple, an ex-army captain, and a former militant suffragist countess. The table is set for eight. By Sunday, only half the cutlery will be required, and Saturday's tablecloth will be used as a shroud. Cut off by a storm, their host is found dead in circumstances mirroring the death of Lady Alice's husband. There is no way out, while a killer walks amongst them.
By: R. W.R. McDonald
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Das Geheimnis der Nebelfrau
- By: Kerry Barrett, Uta Hege - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Lea Roser, Juliane Hempel
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Ein kleines Hotel am Ufer des Loch Ness. Eine verschwundene Frau. Die fieberhafte Suche nach ihrem Geheimnis. Loch Ness, 1933: Nach einem schrecklichen Unglück will die junge Hannah ihrer lieblosen Ehe entfliehen. Sie findet Zuflucht in einem kleinen Hotel mitten in den schottischen Highlands. Dort begegnet sie dem Reporter Angus und fasst Vertrauen zu ihm. Er hilft ihr dabei, sich ihren Traum von einem Leben als Journalistin zu erfüllen. Doch als kurz darauf ein seltsames Ungeheuer im See gesichtet wird, strömen Reporter in den kleinen Ort, und Hannah fürchtet um ihre Sicherheit.
By: Kerry Barrett, and others
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Improbable: Improbable, Book 1
- By: Rysa Walker
- Narrated by: Emily M. Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Nine heiresses are missing in Gilded Age New York with no ransom demand. Journalist Miriam Cole's sister was the first to vanish twelve years ago. The only connection? They all attended the exclusive Pembroke School. Now, a bizarre murder has Miriam on the run, questioning the very nature of reality as she joins forces with a handsome ex-Pinkerton agent, a reluctant psychic, Mark Twain, and the NY League of Skeptics. Can Miriam save the girls or will New York City be destroyed in the crossfire?
By: Rysa Walker
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Helden
- Jacop der Fuchs 2
- By: Frank Schätzing
- Narrated by: Simon Jäger
- Length: 32 hrs and 27 mins
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Frank Schätzings neuer großer Mittelalter-Roman. In seinem neuen epochalen Roman Helden, der den Weltbestseller Tod und Teufel kongenial fortsetzt, zeichnet Frank Schätzing das Bild einer abendländischen Gesellschaft im Umbruch. Vor dem Hintergrund gewaltiger Umwälzungen, in denen bereits die Renaissance und die Neuzeit aufscheinen, im ewigen Spannungsfeld von Macht und Moral, schickt Schätzing seinen Helden Jacop auf einen Höllenritt durch die Geschichte.
By: Frank Schätzing
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Der Herzschlag der Toten
- Historischer Kriminalroman
- By: Ralf H. Dorweiler
- Narrated by: Oliver Brod
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Hamburg 1887. In einem Kontor wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt, die mit zahllosen Messerstichen getötet wurde. Der Fall wird zur Bewährungsprobe für den frisch zum Criminalcommissar beförderten Hermann Rieker. Bei seinen Ermittlungen trifft er auf Johanna Ahrens, Tochter eines Richters, die heimlich arme Frauen im Gängeviertel unterrichtet.
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Death of a Foreign Gentleman
- Stephen Minter, Book 1
- By: Steven Carroll
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question: who did it?
By: Steven Carroll
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The Moonlit Road
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 26 mins
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24th June 1842 at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio. His parents were poor but they introduced him to literature at an early age, instilling in him a deep appreciation of books, the written word and the elegance of language. He began his first foray as a fabulist, publishing ‘Fantastic Fables’ in 1899. But tragedy struck two years later when his second son Leigh died of pneumonia relating to his alcoholism. He continued to write short stories and poetry and also published ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’.
By: Ambrose Bierce
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Die vergessenen Kinder
- By: Emily Gunnis
- Narrated by: Michaela Gaertner
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Ein tragischer Cold Case, eine alte Schuld und ein düsteres Geheimnis! Sussex 1985: Holly Moore führt ein trostloses Leben im düsteren Waisenhaus Morgate. Für ein wenig Zuneigung würde die einsame Teenagerin alles tun. Als sie einem jungen Mann begegnet, der sich aufrichtig um sie zu sorgen scheint, keimt Hoffnung in ihr auf. 2015: Jo Hamilton blickt auf eine lange Karriere bei der Polizei zurück. Als die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens entdeckt wird, holt sie ein 30 Jahre alter Cold Case wieder ein.
By: Emily Gunnis
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All the Bees in the Hollows
- By: Lauren Keegan
- Narrated by: Candida Gubbins, Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Marytè is a devoted beekeeper. She lives by the old rules: work with fellow beekeepers, be a good Christian and a good harvest will follow. These rules help her cope with her grief when she inherits her husband's tree hollows. But as harsh conditions and tax increases threaten the harvest, Marytè begins to question her faith, her community and her own sanity.
By: Lauren Keegan
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Die vergessene Familie
- By: Silvia Muster
- Narrated by: Christiane von Bennigsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Oberhalb des Brienzersees thront das Grandhotel Schwandenbach. Seine Eröffnung feierte das Hotel im Jahre 1875 eine ganze Woche lang mit illustren und zahlungskräftigen Gästen. Darunter ist die Familie von Bonstetten aus Bern. Wilhelm von Bonstetten rennt jedem Rock nach und vernachlässigt seine Frau Charlotte, wie auch seine drei Kinder. Sie machen einmal im Jahr für eine Woche Ferien im Grandhotel. 147 Jahre später entdecken Bauarbeiter bei der Renovation eingemauerte Leichen. Wer waren sie? Was geschah damals? Und warum wurden die Menschen nie als vermisst gemeldet?
By: Silvia Muster
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El misterioso caso del impostor del Titanic
- By: Carmen Posadas
- Narrated by: Elena Silva
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Carmen Posadas se embarca con Doña Emilia Pardo Bazán en una aventura detectivesca. En abril de 1912, la adinerada viuda de Peñasco tuvo un mal presentimiento mientras almorzaba en su palacete de Madrid. Algo les había pasado a su único hijo y su nuera, a quienes en ese momento creía en París, disfrutando de su luna de miel. La dama no se equivocaba: a pesar de las advertencias que les había hecho, los recién casados se habían embarcado en el que se creía el barco más seguro del mundo y sin duda era el más lujoso: El Titanic.
By: Carmen Posadas
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Dune House
- A Vintage Mystery, Book 1
- By: Eunice Mays Boyd
- Narrated by: Andrea Bates
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In post-WWII San Francisco, Dune House is an oddity—A sprawling, heavily-gated mansion with no telephone, no radio, and no electricity. The city is abuzz when it learns that Julia Paget, the rich, reclusive mistress of Dune House, is conducting a search for her long-lost heir. When newly-engaged Lark Williams visits Dune House to find the truth, Julia Paget forbids her from leaving.
By: Eunice Mays Boyd
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Buck Baxter, Love Detective
- The Buck Baxter Detective Agency, Book 1
- By: Robin Knight
- Narrated by: Art Brown
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Welcome to Wilde City, 1924—a crane on top of every skyscraper, a party in every club, a romance on every dance floor, a shooting every night, a broken heart on every street corner and a dirty secret behind every window with the curtain drawn. It’s the kinda town that keeps Buck Baxter, private detective, in business. For despite his fondness for a cold gin and a pipe stuffed with cannabis, Buck is the best gumshoe in Wilde City. Why? Because he has rules: never make friends, never make enemies, and never ever fall in love.
By: Robin Knight
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I guardiani della laguna
- Venezia 1753. La prima indagine di Marco Leon, agente dell'Inquisizione di Stato
- By: Paolo Lanzotti
- Narrated by: William Angiuli
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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Venezia, 1753. Durante il carnevale Marco Leon, agente segreto dell’Inquisizione di Stato, indaga su un duplice delitto avvenuto nel teatro Sant’Angelo durante la rappresentazione della Locandiera di Goldoni. Le due vittime, un giovane patrizio e un attore della compagnia, sono apparentemente prive di legami. Ma il doppio omicidio è solo una coincidenza? O si tratta di due pedine che fanno parte dello stesso gioco? E quale può essere il ruolo di una delle famiglie più importanti di Venezia in questa vicenda?
By: Paolo Lanzotti
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Le notti della Morte Blu
- L’ufficio degli affari occulti 3
- By: Éric Fouassier, Maddalena Togliani - Traduttore
- Narrated by: Rocco Tedeschi
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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È la primavera del 1832 e un'epidemia di colera terrorizza i parigini. La "morte blu", come viene chiamata, provoca centinaia di morti e scatena dicerie incontrollate. Per una sinistra coincidenza, nello stesso periodo una serie di atroci omicidi decima il povero quartiere di Saint-Merri. Le vittime sono state accoltellate e poi hanno subito la mutilazione degli organi. Chi può uccidere in questo modo barbaro, disumano? L’ispettore Valentin Verne esplora ogni possibile pista. Assistito da Aglaé e da due nuove reclute, va a caccia della verità negli angoli più bui di Parigi.
By: Éric Fouassier, and others
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Murder of Convenience
- By: Pat Herbert
- Narrated by: Tom Fria
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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It is London in the early 1960s and Teddy Bean is making a name for himself as a private detective. However, his personal problems are taking over, with his brother, John, only slowly recovering from a heart attack and his wife, Pearl, dying in a car accident. Added to this, he takes on a difficult case involving a woman presumably drowned at sea by her husband. Teddy needs help while his brother is incapacitated and finds it in his friend, ex-Detective Inspector Tony Halliday. With the added support of their secretary Muriel, the Bean Detective Agency is open for business once more!
By: Pat Herbert
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The Secret of Monument Valley (Trail of the Anasazi)
- Florea and Holland Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Mark Stephen Taylor
- Narrated by: Co-Pilot Audio Solutions
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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In about 1450 AD, an exceedingly prosperous generation of Native Americans, known then as the Anasazi, vanished from their strongholds in the American Southwest--disappeared without so much as a trace. However, the Native Americans of the present day Navajo Nation dispute the theoretical findings of modern day archeologists and anthropologists.
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The Deacon's Daughter
- By: Kevin Hairston
- Narrated by: Gretchen Weber
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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It was a sweltering summer night in 1952 when Mary, an 18-year-old African American girl, was bludgeoned to death. Her body was found by the riverbank that separated the small town in Arkansas. The news of her death spread quickly, and the town was rocked by the brutality of the crime.
By: Kevin Hairston
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Morirás lejos
- By: José Emilio Pacheco
- Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando Desde la ventana de una casa un parque resalta por su pozo y su torre de mampostería. eme observa al mismo individuo de ayer que está sentado en la misma banca leyendo el mismo periódico.
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The Ninety-Three
- A Suffragette Mystery
- By: Hannah Howe
- Narrated by: Daisy Plant
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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Accused of murder, socialite, suffragette and sociologist Professor Anna Richards goes on the run. While in hiding, she meets Great War hero, Captain Aubrey Howell, who is also on the run. Although he fought with distinction, Captain Howell is wanted for desertion - he refused to send his men on a suicide mission, was court-martialled and sentenced to death.
By: Hannah Howe
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Los Vientos De Amsterdam [The Winds of Amsterdam]
- El espía maduro [The Mature Spy]
- By: Oscar Ortiz
- Narrated by: Lorenzo Armas
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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Reclutado por un legendario agente de la CIA, Callejas, hombre mundano y ya maduro, es lanzado al teatro europeo en medio de La guerra fría. Son tiempos en que La crisis de octubre y La invasión de Bahía Cochinos tienen alborotado al avispero humano que es la Miami de la década del ’60. Los líderes del exilio anticastrista se piden la cabeza unos a otros y todos se unen para hacer lo mismo con el presidente Kennedy por haber dejado a la Brigada de Asalto 2506 sin apoyo aéreo en los manglares de Playa Girón.
By: Oscar Ortiz