Mr Hire's Engagement
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
$0.99/mes por los primeros 3 meses
Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Mr Hire's Engagement
Compra ahora por $12.01
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrado por:
-
Andrew Wincott
-
De:
-
Georges Simenon
Acerca de esta escucha
Georges Simenon's chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal.
'One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so much so that his movements were hard to make out. Very red lips stood out from his orb-like face, as did the thin moustache that he curled with an iron and that looked as if it had been drawn on with India ink; on his cheekbones were the symmetrical pink dots of a doll's cheeks.'
People find Mr Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants he shares his building with try to avoid him. He is a Peeping Tom, a visitor of prostitutes, a dealer in unsavoury literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. Yet Mr Hire's innocence will not stand in the way of those looking for a scapegoat as tragedy unfolds in this quietly devastating and deeply unnerving audiobook.
©2016 Georges Simenon (P)2016 Audible, Ltd.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
The Mahé Circle
- De: Georges Simenon, Sian Reynolds - Translator
- Narrado por: Philip Bird
- Duración: 3 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
The first English publication of Georges Simenon's compelling novel about summer escape and elusive obsessions. 'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a bell jar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas.' During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles, Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him.
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The Snow Was Dirty
- De: Georges Simenon, Howard Curtis - Translator
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 39
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
'A brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece.' And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage...unable to cover the filth. Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
An unnecessary story poorly narrated.
- De J-me en 12-30-19
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
When I Was Old
- De: Georges Simenon
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Georges Simenon's autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and 'all the silly ideas that pass through my head', are one of the most candid self-portraits of a writer ever put to paper. Here, as the celebrated author ruthlessly examines his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the result is an unsparing, often painfully revealing insight into a man trying both to find and to escape himself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
For those who love Simenon
- De C. Roderick en 04-29-25
De: Georges Simenon
-
The Blue Room
- De: Georges Simenon, Linda Coverdale - Translator
- Narrado por: Jack Hawkins
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 38
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust. It was all real: himself, the room, Andrée still lying on the ravaged bed. For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate - and dangerous. Soon it turns into a nightmare from which there can be no escape.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simenon, a genius. The blue room is psychological space.
- De Amazon Customer en 02-06-17
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
- De: Georges Simenon, Sian Renyolds - Translator
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion...disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers.' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Exceptional existential classic
- De RDK en 12-30-24
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The English German Girl
- De: Jake Wallis Simons
- Narrado por: Julie Teal
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 608
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 561
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 561
In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler's fist, the Klein family are gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their 15-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips out of Germany on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England. Charged with the task of securing a safe passage for her family, she vows that she will not rest until they are safe. But as war breaks out and she loses contact with her parents, Rosa finds herself wondering if there are some vows that can't be kept....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
must read
- De Donna en 01-31-12
-
The Mahé Circle
- De: Georges Simenon, Sian Reynolds - Translator
- Narrado por: Philip Bird
- Duración: 3 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
The first English publication of Georges Simenon's compelling novel about summer escape and elusive obsessions. 'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a bell jar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas.' During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles, Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him.
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The Snow Was Dirty
- De: Georges Simenon, Howard Curtis - Translator
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 39
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
'A brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece.' And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage...unable to cover the filth. Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
An unnecessary story poorly narrated.
- De J-me en 12-30-19
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
When I Was Old
- De: Georges Simenon
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Georges Simenon's autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and 'all the silly ideas that pass through my head', are one of the most candid self-portraits of a writer ever put to paper. Here, as the celebrated author ruthlessly examines his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the result is an unsparing, often painfully revealing insight into a man trying both to find and to escape himself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
For those who love Simenon
- De C. Roderick en 04-29-25
De: Georges Simenon
-
The Blue Room
- De: Georges Simenon, Linda Coverdale - Translator
- Narrado por: Jack Hawkins
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 38
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust. It was all real: himself, the room, Andrée still lying on the ravaged bed. For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate - and dangerous. Soon it turns into a nightmare from which there can be no escape.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simenon, a genius. The blue room is psychological space.
- De Amazon Customer en 02-06-17
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
- De: Georges Simenon, Sian Renyolds - Translator
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion...disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers.' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Exceptional existential classic
- De RDK en 12-30-24
De: Georges Simenon, y otros
-
The English German Girl
- De: Jake Wallis Simons
- Narrado por: Julie Teal
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 608
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 561
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 561
In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler's fist, the Klein family are gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their 15-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips out of Germany on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England. Charged with the task of securing a safe passage for her family, she vows that she will not rest until they are safe. But as war breaks out and she loses contact with her parents, Rosa finds herself wondering if there are some vows that can't be kept....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
must read
- De Donna en 01-31-12
-
The Girl They Left Behind
- De: Roxanne Veletzos
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,986
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,791
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,784
On a freezing night in January 1941, a little Jewish girl is found on the steps of an apartment building in Bucharest. With Romania recently allied with the Nazis, the Jewish population is in grave danger, undergoing increasingly violent persecution. The girl is placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by a wealthy, childless couple who name her Natalia. As she assimilates into her new life, she all but forgets the parents who were forced to leave her behind. They are even further from her mind when Romania falls under Soviet occupation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I cried and cried...
- De IamLOVE en 01-23-19
De: Roxanne Veletzos
-
We the Living
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Mary Woods
- Duración: 18 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,146
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 861
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 873
We the Living portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three people who demand the right to live their own lives. At its center is a girl whose passionate love is her fortress against the cruelty and oppression of a totalitarian state. Rand said of this book: "It is as near to an autobiography as I will ever write."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Emotionally intense, historically authentic
- De Geoffrey en 08-14-08
De: Ayn Rand
-
Let Me In
- De: John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
- Duración: 16 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,242
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,909
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,911
It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day. But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door—a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd. And she only comes out at night.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Hard to put down
- De Amazon Customer en 10-24-10
-
The Hand That First Held Mine
- De: Maggie O’Farrell
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 956
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 868
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 862
Lexie Sinclair yearns for more than her parents’ genteel country life. She makes her way to the city, where she meets a magazine editor, Innes, a man unlike any she has ever imagined. He introduces her to the thrilling world of Bohemian postwar London, and Lexie learns to become a reporter, to know art and artists, to live fully, unconventionally, and with deep love. And when she finds herself pregnant by a man wholly unsuitable for marriage or fatherhood, she doesn’t hesitate a minute to have the baby on her own.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Enjoy as much as I did.
- De Anonymous User en 11-09-21
De: Maggie O’Farrell
-
The Devil of Nanking
- De: Mo Hayder
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey, Simon Vance
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 316
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 203
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 203
With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder's The Devil of Nanking, takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial apartments of yakuza kingpins to deep inside the secret history of one of the twentieth century's most brutal events: the Nanking Massacre.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
The Best of Britain's Mystery Writers
- De Alicia A. Jenson en 08-27-05
De: Mo Hayder
-
White Gardenia
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Deidre Rubenstein
- Duración: 17 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
In the tradition of Paullina Simons comes an unforgettable story of a mother and daughter from a remarkable new writer. Beginning in a small village under Japanese occupation on the Chinese-Russian border in the final days of World War II, White Gardenia tells the story of a Russian mother and daughter separated by war.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fascinating novel
- De Paddington en 08-30-11
-
King, Queen, Knave
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 55
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
This novel is the story of Dreyer, a wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a men’s clothing emporium. Ruddy, self-satisfied, and thoroughly masculine, he is perfectly repugnant to his exquisite but cold middle-class wife, Martha. Attracted to his money but repelled by his oblivious passion, she longs for their nephew instead, the thin, awkward, myopic Franz. Newly arrived in Berlin, Franz soon repays his uncle’s condescension in his aunt’s bed.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A non-Euclidean German love triangle.
- De Darwin8u en 04-01-13
De: Vladimir Nabokov
-
The Paris Package
- A Stella Bled Thriller, Book 1
- De: A.W. Hartoin
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 123
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 110
For Stella Bled Lawrence, being wealthy and stylish in 1938 is exactly what it's cracked up to be. She's blissfully unaware of the rising tensions in Europe even as she travels to Vienna on the eve of the Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. Stella and her husband, Nicky, witness the night's atrocities firsthand. Even as they watch the horror, they never imagine it will touch them personally, a pair of wealthy Americans on their honeymoon, but touch them it does.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
A great narrator
- De Jacquelynn en 05-27-23
De: A.W. Hartoin
-
The Innocent
- De: Ian McEwan
- Narrado por: John Franklyn-Robbins
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 235
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 162
War-weary Berlin has much to offer Leonard Markham, a young, naive postal engineer: first the arts of sophisticated intrigue, then the delights of sexual pleasure. But Leonard's new knowledge carries a heavy price, dragging him and the listener into a new type of story that is exhaustively suspenseful and utterly irresistible.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A little gem
- De Geoffrey en 08-19-04
De: Ian McEwan
-
Field of Blood
- De: Denise Mina
- Narrado por: Heather O'Neill
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4 out of 5 stars 208
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 113
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Little Brian Wilcox's murder is the hottest story in Scotland. Every major newspaper crowds its pages with stories examining the crime from every angle. If only Paddy Meehan could get a scoop on the case. A nationally syndicated story would surely launch her fledgling journalism career out of the free local rag she's been working at.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Wrong Accent
- De Amazon Customer en 04-01-14
De: Denise Mina
-
The Night Watch
- De: Sarah Waters
- Narrado por: Juanita McMahon
- Duración: 18 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 74
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past - whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise, and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Captivating Tale of Resilience and War
- De Anonymous User en 12-27-23
De: Sarah Waters
-
Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke
- De: Anne Blankman
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
The girl known as Gretchen Whitestone has a secret: She used to be part of Adolf Hitler's inner circle. More than a year after she made an enemy of her old family friend and fled Munich, she lives in England, posing as an ordinary German immigrant, and is preparing to graduate from high school. Her love, Daniel, is a reporter in town. For the first time in her life, Gretchen is content.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I want a follow up audio book now
- De paula wright en 07-27-22
De: Anne Blankman
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Mr Hire's Engagement
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total4 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars
- KLee
- 09-05-22
Intense and agitating
I read all of Simenon’s Maigret books, and this one had a very different style. Not easy to form a “picture” with the narratives on surrounding backgrounds.
The “flow” was not smooth as well.
Hence the overall feeling of intense and agitating.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 01-10-25
Mr.Hire's Engagement- A Tale Of Catching The Wrong Man
I very much enjoyed this particular title! Mr.Wincott's voice is, of course, always a pleasant thing to listen to. The story was captivating as it illustrated how Mr.Hire tried to lay low until the truth got out; However, the ending leaves some questions unanswered- Was Alice in on framing Mr.Hire? Did they ever catch her boyfriend? How did he manage to get the handbag in his apartment to frame him to begin with? It would have been nice to have a little more fleshing out in the conclusion, but overall a fascinating story nonetheless.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total1 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia1 out of 5 stars
- Carmela
- 02-19-17
not a mystert. not even a good story.
Very strange story. not a mystery. read like some existential angst story. at the end, it's still not clear what happend. Maigret doesn't make an appearance.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona