Service of All the Dead
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1 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit....He turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 3rd. He hadn't planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day - as the officer in charge of a suicide investigation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Way Through the Woods
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They called her the Swedish Maiden: the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford. Twelve months later, the case remained unsolved. On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman - an article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford...and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit....He turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 3rd. He hadn't planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day - as the officer in charge of a suicide investigation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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They called her the Swedish Maiden: the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford. Twelve months later, the case remained unsolved. On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman - an article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford...and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Ashok on 07-13-07
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The Daughters of Cain
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4 out of 5 stars 148
Little progress had been made by the Thames Valley Police since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. The police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive, but within days of taking over the investigation, Chief Inspector Morse and Detective Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of the victim, Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, Oxford.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A different Morse
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The murder of Yvonne Harrison at her home in the Cotswold village of Lower Swinstead has left Thames Valley CID baffled. A year after the dreadful crime, they are still no nearer to making an arrest. But one man has yet to tackle the case - and it is just the sort of puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse excels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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love morse
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The Jewel That Was Ours
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 64
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The case seems so simple that Inspector Morse deems it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford’s luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady’s handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking—and drinking—in the hotel’s bar, certain the solution is close at hand, until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wish I had found this author long ago!
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The Wench Is Dead
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859. At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989, the body of Chief Inspector Morse, though very much alive, was removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. As Morse begins his recovery, he comes across an account of the investigation and trial that followed Joanna Frank's death...and becomes convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very fun and great reading
- By BookLover on 04-28-18
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Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
Colin Dexter’s Chief Inspector Morse - the cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Police - has become one of the most beloved detectives in fiction. Now, with this collection of 11 short stories, we can savor choice examples of his dry wit, devious cunning, and psychological insight at its best. Colin Dexter tantalizes us with six Inspector Morse adventures, ranging from bite-size morsels of intrigue to longer stories for listeners to sink their teeth into.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointment!
- By Athene on 09-01-15
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories. In Last Seen Wearing, Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing person case from a dead colleague. But two years, three months and two days after teenager Valerie Taylor's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Radio drama suberp
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A Shot in the Dark
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Sussex, England, 1929. Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there, when young and handsome Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his diplomatic posting in Cairo, with his beautiful and unconventional American wife, Kat. No sooner have the two arrived, when a jewel robbery occurs at Harry's aunt's home - Mydworth Manor. The police are baffled and overwhelmed with the case. But Harry and Kat have an edge in the hunt for the dangerous culprit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good start.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 418
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June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in seven full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. The stories included are: 'The Moving Finger', 'They Do It with Mirrors', 'Nemesis', 'Sleeping Murder', 'Tape-Measure Murder', 'The Case of the Perfect Maid' and 'Sanctuary'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great BBC radio productions
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: It is the '50s, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity and wit of the young and hungry Horace Rumpole.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun to read
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More of Poirot's Finest Cases
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John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. The stories in this volume are: Evil Under the Sun, Sad Cypress, Murder in Mesopotamia, Lord Edgware Dies, Halloween Party, Murder on the Links and Five Little Pigs. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, these superb adaptations feature a cast of outstanding actors playing an array of likely suspects.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- By Mike on 11-17-17
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
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- By: P. D. James
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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words. This collection includes: Cover Her Face, A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, A Certain Justice, The Private Patient, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Desert Island drama
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Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & Other Stories
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent dramatization of Rumpole
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Say It With Poison
- By: Ann Granger
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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When Meredith Mitchell agreed to stay with her actress cousin, Eve, in the run up to Eve's daughter's wedding, she anticipated a degree of drama. But she can hardly have expected it to include murder, blackmail, and unrequited love. Or to involve a certain Chief Inspector Markby, a middle aged divorcee.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shame on you Audible!
- By Ajax on 12-05-19
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A Great Deliverance
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 274
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To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders.Now 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 axe at her side, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. I'm not sorry."Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley- and in their own lives as well.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Go With the Paper Version
- By Emily on 05-16-10
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Let It Bleed
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Detective Inspector John Rebus is not a man easily intimidated, so when political heavyweights start to lean on the dour, moralistic Edinburgh detective to stop an investigation, Rebus doggedly digs in and follows the case as it moves from embezzlement to murder and finally to conspiracy at the highest level of government.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's Samuel GiIles again
- By connie on 10-23-11
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Mind's Eye
- An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery
- By: Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (translator)
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4 out of 5 stars 231
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren knew that murder cases were never as open-and-shut as this one: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and discovered his wife of three months lying facedown in the bathtub, dead. With only the flimsiest excuse as his defense, he is found guilty of a drunken crime of passion and imprisoned in a mental institution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A GOOD MYSTERY
- By chris on 02-16-12
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Knots and Crosses
- Inspector Rebus, Book 1
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 542
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 491
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 493
Detective John Rebus' city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders…and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. As the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer - he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle…
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4 out of 5 stars
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I've Read Mixed Reviews and Can Marry Them
- By Steve Mac on 02-13-16
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The Crime at Black Dudley
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 414
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 417
When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I LIKE this narrator quite a lot!!!!
- By Meep on 11-16-13
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The Religious Body
- By: Catherine Aird
- Narrated by: Robin Bailey
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Who would want to kill a nun? That was the problem facing Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Berebury CID when the body of Sister Anne was found at the foot of the cellar steps at the Convent of St Anselm. Sloan soon found that interviewing half a hundred black-habited sisters as potential suspects for murder was no easy task - especially when he realised that, to him, one nun looked very much like the next, and every sister had an assumed name - and a past...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Introducing Inspector C.D. Sloan
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 06-11-18
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Magpie Murders
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond, Allan Corduner
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,550
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,882
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,847
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the best-selling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A British Whodunit
- By Sara on 07-24-17
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Twelve Drummers Drumming
- A Mystery
- By: C.C. Benison
- Narrated by: Steve West, Jean Gilpin
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Tom Christmas came to picturesque Thornford Regis with his young daughter to escape the terrible experience of losing his wife in the city. Her murder sent him packing to the bucolic and charming town, where violent crime isn't supposed to happen and the greatest sin is supposed to be nothing a member of the clergy can't handle. Then, at the town fair, a woman is found murdered. Tom soon learnsthat everyone in Thornford Regis has a secret to hide - infidelity, theft, even past murders. Twelve Drummers Drumming showcases a lovely place to live and/or die....
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1 out of 5 stars
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One Random Vignette After Another
- By Sara on 11-02-14
Publisher's Summary
Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide's. Most people could still remember the churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Now even the police have closed the case - until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive.
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"A brilliantly plotted detective story." (Evening Standard)
"Wily...elegant." (Observer)
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- sask170
- 12-23-17
Kevin Whatley is a joy to listen to
I love the Inspector Morse audio books by Colin Dexter and especially the ones that are narrated by Kevin Whately. I am a fan of all the different series---from Morse to Lewis to Endeavour. Kevin does an excellent job with all the different voices. I feel like I'm watching an actual episode of the show. Good job, Kevin!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Ashok
- 06-02-07
Worthwhile and intricate
Twist after twist-makes this an engrossing listen. Morse's long suffering assistant (from the TV series in Britain) does a superb job of narration. I shall definitely be getting all of the other dozen or so episodes in this series-since they remind me of home. My only gripe was the last 2 minutes which I found unnecessary but which did not detract from the actual ending to the case. Morse has never been known to be spontaneous in certain emotional areas.....enough said though. Listen to it now-you will not be disappointed!
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- James & Noreen Tichenor
- 05-13-18
Intriquing!
Colin Dexter is the man. Kevin Whatley is Morse. I could see his face i Whatley's dialogue. In depth twists and vivid characters throughout. Very exciting. I think I'll listen again tonight.
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- Garret
- 12-12-11
Excellent
Where does Service of All the Dead rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Another great Morse novel expertly read.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Once again Morse takes center stage as one the most interesting detectives in contemporary mysteries.
Which character – as performed by Kevin Whately – was your favorite?
Whately's performance of Lewis is of course definitive.
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