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It's worth starting here
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There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law’s money. For 20 years, the puzzles have been his only pleasure, the money his only dream. It has never occurred to Stanley that his mother-in-law would try to outsmart him and the money would never be his. Until now. It is only now that Stanley, so clever at misleading double meanings and devious clues, decides to construct a puzzle of his own - and so give death a helping hand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
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Kept unfolding more twists and turns
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's worth starting here
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law’s money. For 20 years, the puzzles have been his only pleasure, the money his only dream. It has never occurred to Stanley that his mother-in-law would try to outsmart him and the money would never be his. Until now. It is only now that Stanley, so clever at misleading double meanings and devious clues, decides to construct a puzzle of his own - and so give death a helping hand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
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A Demon in My View
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- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 38
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 108
Having published 45 books, Ruth Rendell is an internationally popular mystery writer. She has won four Gold Dagger and three Edgar awards. She has been presented with the Commander of the British Empire honor, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. In A Sight For Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell’s exceptional literary talent shines from each word. Teddy Brex is a handsome young man. Raised by parents who never loved him, he has grown to put his trust in objects.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of Rendell's best
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The Rottweiler
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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The first girl had a bite mark on her neck, but they traced the DNA to her boyfriend. But the tabloids got hold of the story and called the killer 'The Rottweiler' and the name stuck. The latest murder takes place very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. When the Rottweiler’s trinkets start showing up in the shop, suddenly, everyone Inez knows is a suspect, and the killer feels all too close.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of atmosphere, and a Freudian mystery.
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The Crocodile Bird
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza’s mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Crocodile Bird-not Rendell's best, still good
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A Fatal Inversion
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
In the long, hot summer of 1976, a group of young people is camping in Wyvis Hall. Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie hardly ask why they are there or how they are to live; they scavenge, steal and sell the family heirlooms. Ten years later, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered in the Hall’s animal cemetery. Which woman? And whose child?
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Oh my!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 219
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught. Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author Joy Ellis knows how to build suspense!
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- A Novel
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,501
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,401
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,388
In 1940, 18-year-old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very satisfying two days!
- By Frances on 09-30-18
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Portobello
- A Novel
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- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 83
Walking to the shops one day, 50-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction - and his own good intentions - Wren hatches a plan to find the moneys rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners - people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Portobello's Lovely Mean Streets
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The Copper Peacock and Other Stories
- By: Ruth Rendell
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- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
With deceptive economy in these nine short stories, Ruth Rendell indicates hidden depths in ordinary events and creates a sense of profound unease. The stories are: 'A Pair of Yellow Lilies', 'Paperwork', 'Mother’s Hel'p, 'Long Live the Queen', 'Dying Happy', 'The Copper Peacock', 'Weeds', 'The Fish-Sitter', and 'An Unwanted Woman'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nine tales of the unexpected
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The House of Stairs
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Annie Wauters
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17
When Elizabeth Vetch spots Bell for the first time in 17 years, she chases her down in order to learn why her old friend committed a terrible murder all those years ago. Bell has been in prison ever since the mysterious events that took place at the House of Stairs, a London mansion full of over-privileged, overstuffed, and somewhat sinister boarders, landed her there. Now it’s up to Lizzie to put together the pieces of her friend’s - and her own - fateful past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Would rather have read it.
- By Laura on 04-30-13
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The Murderer's Son
- A Jackman and Evans Thriller
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,286
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,105
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,093
Crimebusting duo DI Jackman and DS Evans are back, solving another crime that will make your skin crawl. Twenty years ago: a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer. Now: a woman is viciously stabbed to death in the upmarket kitchen of her beautiful house on the edge of the marshes. Then a man called Daniel Kinder walks into Saltern police station and confesses to the murder. But DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans of the Fenland Constabulary soon discover that there is a lot more to Daniel than meets the eye.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Series
- By Lia on 02-14-19
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The Face of Trespass
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27
Two years ago, he had been a promising young novelist. Now he barely survives in a near derelict cottage with only his own obsessive thoughts for company. Two years of loving Drusilla - the rich, unstable girl with everything she needed, and a husband she wanted dead. The affair was over. But the long slide into violence had just begun....
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The Bridesmaid
- A Novella
- By: Julia London
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Getting her to the wedding on time is the least of his worries...Kate Preston just moved to New York, but she has to get back to Seattle in time for her best friend's wedding. Joe Firretti is moving to Seattle, and has to get there in time or risk losing his new job. But fate's got a sense of humor.
Publisher's Summary
A spectacularly compelling story of blackmail, accidental murders, and of one life's fateful unraveling from Ruth Rendell - "one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation" (People) - writing at her absolute best.
When his father dies, Carl Martin, a philosophy graduate and struggling novelist, inherits a house in a trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his father's bizarre collection of homeopathic "cures" that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling 50 of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead. Now Dermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, followed by his refusal to pay rent and a truly creepy invasion of Carl's space.
Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one man's spiral into darkness - and murder - as he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape.
This is masterful storytelling that gets under your skin, brilliant psychological suspense from Ruth Rendell.
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- Delah
- 12-16-15
Great book! Love Ruth Rendell
This is another great book by Ruth Rendell. A psychologically interesing listen (not scary) with lots of quirky characters (the best kind!). Ruth Rendell does it again. Check out some of her other books if you haven't already.
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- K. S. Bergin
- Seabrook, TX USA
- 09-17-17
Rendell's Usual Mastery Absent
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
After finishing the book, I got the impression that the usually crafty and perceptive Rendell was "off her game"—especially in multiple plot integration, something that she usually handles brilliantly.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
The plot begins with two focal characters, each with a storyline that emphasizes certain similarities, especially weaknesses of ethical fortitude. Each is faced with ethical choices that will determine their futures. I expected these storylines to develop in contrast throughout the novel, or that these two characters' stories would become intertwined. In fact, neither of these things happened. The author seems to lose interest in one of the characters and drops her for most of the last half of the novel; as structured, this initially important character fades away.
What does Ric Jerrom bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narrator does a fine job of keeping the book moving at an enjoyable pace, but isn't given much chance to underscore changes in mood or tone, or to emphasize a climax because there isn't one.
Do you think Dark Corners needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
I can't think of a good reason for a follow-up book. The central character is not interesting enough to merit another eight hours of listening time.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Marilyn Z.
- Medford MA U.S.A
- 12-13-16
Save your credit
The characters are not likable and the plot was slow. There are so many great books to listen to, don't waste time/credit on this one.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Happy Helena
- 05-21-16
Love Rendell's psychopaths!
What did you like best about this story?
This is another great Rendell, and actually got a bit surprising, as I did not think there would be more than one crazed person, but there were actually a handful. The character of Lizzie got lost somehow towards the end, and that's the flaw in the book for me; the one who was so amoral and weird in the beginning seems to have faded from sight at the end. That loose end needed some tying up--how did she deserve a decent boyfriend when even her FATHER knew she was a sneak and a liar? Oh well, still an interesting read! And wish there were going to be more Rendells--just ONE more Wexford?
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- Love Good Mysteries
- 05-20-16
Boring
Would you try another book from Ruth Rendell and/or Ric Jerrom?
Not soon
What was most disappointing about Ruth Rendell’s story?
It was boring, main characters were people who did nothing and when they did, it wasn't believable. Went on way too long.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Narration was fine. What could the narrator do with such a dull and unrealistic plot?
What character would you cut from Dark Corners?
Everyone but Nicola.
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- rebecca
- 04-04-16
Ruth Rendell never fails
This was not Ruth Rendell's best novel for me - I prefer the Wexford series - but it was a thoroughly enjoyable "listen" and the narrator did a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life.
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- Ellen
- Petersham, MA, United States
- 12-11-15
Ave et Vale
I think that means 'hail and farewell.'
How wonderful that Ms Rendell was still at the height of her powers at the end of her life!
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