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Sidetracked
- A Kurt Wallander Mystery
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's summary
Fascinating and astute, Sidetracked is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness.
Critic reviews
"Full of emotion yet cleanly written, apparently straightforward yet fraught with intriguing revelations, Mankell's latest mystery is strongly recommended." ( Library Journal)
"Mankell's meticulously detailed descriptions of the inspector's investigation, and his often lyrical portrayal of Wallander's struggle to rearrange his thought processes in order to catch the criminal, are masterful." ( Publishers Weekly)
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- By JLI on 12-14-20
By: E. B. White
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The Hungry Tide
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Firdous Bamji
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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Internationally best-selling author Amitav Ghosh, winner of the Pushcart Prize and numerous other prestigious accolades, pens a sweeping novel full of romantic adventure. Favorably compared to the masterworks of Joseph Conrad and V.S. Naipaul, The Hungry Tide is an atmospheric tale set in a world of wondrous sights...and terrible danger.
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One of the Best Audio Books I've Read
- By Elizabeth on 09-24-05
By: Amitav Ghosh
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
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Nice break from the usual-
- By Carrie on 12-18-04
By: Elizabeth Peters
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Murder on Black Swan Lane
- By: Andrea Penrose
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. He does not suffer fools gladly. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, London's most popular satirical cartoonist, A. J. Quill, skewers them both.
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Tedious
- By Kathi on 10-02-17
By: Andrea Penrose
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Remembering Emmett Till
- By: Dave Tell
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you'll find a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and injustice that became a beacon in the fight for racial equality. In Remembering Emmett Till, Dave Tell gives us five accounts of the commemoration of this infamous crime.
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Knowledge is power
- By Conscientious Iceman🧊 on 09-21-21
By: Dave Tell
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A Great Deliverance
- Inspector Lynley, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an ax in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry".
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good debut novel
- By Stevon on 11-11-19
By: Elizabeth George
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Death at La Fenice
- Commissario Brunetti Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Donna Leon
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role.
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Hercule Poirot in Venice...!!!
- By Emil Grancagnolo on 10-09-22
By: Donna Leon
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Bee People and the Bugs They Love
- By: Frank Mortimer
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Master Beekeeper Frank Mortimer invites listeners on an eye-opening journey into the secret world of bees and the singular world of his fellow beekeepers. With a swarm of offbeat characters and fascinating facts (did that bee just waggle or festoon?), Frank the Bee Man delivers an informative, funny, and galvanizing book about the symbiotic relationship between flower and bee, and bee and the beekeepers who are determined to protect the existence of one of the most beguiling and invaluable creatures on earth.
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Knowledge, Funny & Personal.
- By Debbie Vawter on 05-27-21
By: Frank Mortimer
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The Shadow Girls
- By: Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg - translator
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier, Mozhan Marno, Annie Henk, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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International best-selling author Henning Mankell' s books have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. In The Shadow Girls, author/poet Jesper Humlin struggles under the pall of a frustrating life. Everything from his personal relationships to his professional pursuits to his finances seems to be failing miserably. Then Jesper happens across a group of young immigrant girls and their stories of hardship and perseverance transform his outlook on life.
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Not his best
- By Eileen on 05-24-13
By: Henning Mankell, and others
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- CrunchySocks
- 09-18-22
Liking the series
Another good one, well paced and interesting. More “woe is me” than I prefer, but my tolerance level for that is lower than others. I’ve enjoyed all the Wallander books so far.
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- Delana Dawson
- 10-23-23
Dick Hill
The golden voice of Dick Hill makes every book I’ve listened to better than amazing.
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- Carole T.
- 04-26-14
Wallender without Kenneth Brannach
I have watched some of the BBC series based on these books, but this was my first "reading" of one. The TV version is bleak indeed, and Sweden is portrayed as a really depressing place.
I found the listening experience to be more balanced. Because the book is not so entirely focused on Wallander and his demons, it presents a wider view entirely. The detective's frequent depression isn't so much the crux of the story as an intricate part of the puzzle.
"Sidetracked" is a great thriller. We know who the perpetrator is from nearly the beginning, so this is more a police procedural than a mystery. But it's also a really good study about the psychology and humanity of a seeming monster. It has really intense violence, but it also has great suspense, an interesting and varied cast of characters, and terrific writing.
Dick Hill narrates beautifully.
I'll seek out other listens in this series.
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- Susan
- 03-03-08
Loved it.
I love this author, love his "lawman". This book is as great as all the others. Great plot, great characters. Once I start a Mankell I can't stop until done. Love them all!
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- Trudy Owens
- 08-26-22
I really liked this one
By chapter 9 I knew who had "done it" but a few chapters later I knew I was wrong. I probably figured it out right about when the author allowed me to, and then it was a matter of KW catching up. The dynamic with his father, daughter, and Baiba all progress here and are good story lines.
Dick Hill was minimally annoying, and his voices and accents were good.
This one was good all around.
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- David
- 08-03-12
I got sidetracked
I listened to this book over a period of three months. There was never any question of not finishing it, but I found it really easy to set it aside for something more compelling and come back to it only when I had a lull in my listening menu. This despite the fact that the lead detective in the case struggles with his constant dread of failing to solve the crimes before another diabolical murder is committed. Perhaps because we are clued in to the identity and agenda of the killer quite early on and allowed some measure of sympathy for him (there is never any question of its being a female), I never shared Wallander's angst about the case. As a result, it was easy to maintain some distance and simply wander along with Mankell's characteristically expert storytelling-- measured and filled with mundane but telling detail. As always, his characters were superbly drawn in a myriad of evocative and beautifully observed moments, and the crimes involved were grisly and fascinating. But there was simply nothing gripping about the progression of the storyline--at least for me.
In addition, the singsong, somewhat monotonous vocal inflection which Dick Hill uses for the narration, while not entirely inappropriate to the Swedish setting, also made it easier to walk away from the story and take a prolonged break from time to time.
If you are an admirer of Mankell's writing, you will not regret using a credit for this installment of the Wallander series, but you may find that in this one you are more involved with the detective's relationships with his family than with the apprehension of the killer.
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- Julia
- 10-30-10
Fun to listen to and pretty gripping!
This is my third Mankell mystery and I have to confess that I am pretty much addicted. Sure, some things don't make sense in the end and you have to suspend disbelief here and there, but even so, you can't stop listening and I sat in my car more that once not wanting to turn off the story and get out, I just had to find out what happened next! I love the brooding self-reflective characters and its obvious that Steig Larson is a knock off of Mankell only more gruesome. Dick Hill has a rather monotone voice and it can be a little weird in the begining, but after a bit you don't react to it. I just downloaded my next Mankell mystery, I want to hear more!
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- Jed
- 06-08-09
sidetracked
This is my third Mankell book listened to and the tremendous humanism expressed in these books is what makes them of interest. The only tiresome part is the frequency with which Wallender forgets his phone or his gun. Please!
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- STEPHEN
- 09-30-12
Great performance; gripping novel
This review could actually apply to any of the Wallander novels read by Dick Hill. First, I would say that, being a Brit, I tend to prefer a British narrator for British and non-US novels. It's not a prejudice, and it certainly doesn't always apply. It's just what I'm used to, I suppose.
Dick Hill is exceptional. I have to say that sometimes I find his pronunciation a bit odd; for example, "calm" is pronounced to rhyme with "comb." However, that's a trivial point. His performance is outstanding. He reads at exactly the right pace, capturing the mood of the story and the idiosyncrasies of the characters without flaw. I look forward to more of his performances.
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- G.
- 04-05-09
A fan of Mankell
I like the Swedish author Mankell quite a bit, although I have to take a break between books, as I always do with serials. The story plays in a "real time" sense, sharing with the reader the frustration of a complicated crime investigation. With Wallander (protagonist) you ask yourself, why would anyone want the job of the underpaid, overworked, not really appreciated outside the office guy? Then you get your answer played out in a suspenseful, provoking, well written, and lots of other good adjectives, story. I'm a pretty picky mystery book reader/listener, and the book is well-tooled enough to get five golden stars....if you like police procedurals.
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