-
The Best Man to Die
- An Inspector Wexford Mystery
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $20.99
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Some Lie and Some Die
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 8
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 79
For a while the music Festival in Kingsmarkham was going well. The sun shone, the groups played and everyone - except a few angry neighbours - seemed to enjoy themselves. Then the weather changed, and a young couple made a gruesome discovery.In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, that is, until a hideously disfigured body is discovered in the nearby quarry.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Complex and compelling
- By Sarah on 05-11-15
By: Ruth Rendell
-
A Demon in My View
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In a gloomy cellar, the figure of a beautiful, pale woman makes no move when the man advances on her from the shadows, puts his hands around her neck and strangles her. Arthur Johnson is a mild-mannered, shy man who has never known how to talk to women. His resulting loneliness has twisted his yearning for love and respect into a carefully constructed predilection for violence and control.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Totally a Ruth Rendell read
- By Dottie B. on 08-08-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
The Rottweiler
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 153
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 132
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.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Lots of atmosphere, and a Freudian mystery.
- By Sparkly on 11-03-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 428
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 386
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 386
Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses. Major Heathcliff Lennox, and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, death, and love await.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
-
The Keys to the Street
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Mary Jago had donated her own bone marrow to save the life of someone she didn’t know. And this generous act led directly to the bitter break-up of her affair with Alistair. For him, it was as though her beauty had been plundered. But the man whose life she had saved would change Mary’s life in a way she could never have imagined.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Mystery with humor and insight
- By Ida Hagman on 10-02-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
A Sight for Sore Eyes
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
one of Rendell's best
- By Celia on 07-08-16
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Some Lie and Some Die
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 8
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 79
For a while the music Festival in Kingsmarkham was going well. The sun shone, the groups played and everyone - except a few angry neighbours - seemed to enjoy themselves. Then the weather changed, and a young couple made a gruesome discovery.In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, that is, until a hideously disfigured body is discovered in the nearby quarry.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Complex and compelling
- By Sarah on 05-11-15
By: Ruth Rendell
-
A Demon in My View
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In a gloomy cellar, the figure of a beautiful, pale woman makes no move when the man advances on her from the shadows, puts his hands around her neck and strangles her. Arthur Johnson is a mild-mannered, shy man who has never known how to talk to women. His resulting loneliness has twisted his yearning for love and respect into a carefully constructed predilection for violence and control.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Totally a Ruth Rendell read
- By Dottie B. on 08-08-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
The Rottweiler
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 153
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 132
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.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Lots of atmosphere, and a Freudian mystery.
- By Sparkly on 11-03-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 428
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 386
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 386
Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses. Major Heathcliff Lennox, and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, death, and love await.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
-
The Keys to the Street
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Mary Jago had donated her own bone marrow to save the life of someone she didn’t know. And this generous act led directly to the bitter break-up of her affair with Alistair. For him, it was as though her beauty had been plundered. But the man whose life she had saved would change Mary’s life in a way she could never have imagined.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Mystery with humor and insight
- By Ida Hagman on 10-02-12
By: Ruth Rendell
-
A Sight for Sore Eyes
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
one of Rendell's best
- By Celia on 07-08-16
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Portobello
- A Novel
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 149
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 103
Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen. In Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill. 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 money’s rightful owner.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Portobello's Lovely Mean Streets
- By Lynn on 09-16-10
By: Ruth Rendell
-
The Girl Next Door
- A Novel
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 181
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 158
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 159
In the waning months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood outside London. Throughout the summer of 1944 - until one father forbids it - the subterranean space becomes their "secret garden," where the friends play games and tell stories. Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal hands, one male and one female.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Kept unfolding more twists and turns
- By Happy Helena on 02-08-15
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Live Flesh
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Ian Holm
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 45
All his life, for almost as far back as he could remember, Victor had had a phobia. In prison, inevitably, he reflected on the grotesque way it had begun, about the panics and violent anger. He asked himself, too, why the child of happily married, middle-class parents should have needed to make motiveless and unreasoning attacks on women. Holed up in that house with the girl, he had not meant to pull the trigger. It was panic.
By: Ruth Rendell
-
Cover Her Face
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Penelope Dellaporta
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 733
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 627
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 620
Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill. Cover Her Face is P. D. James' electric debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A Bit slow
- By ListenLoud on 05-24-12
By: P. D. James
-
Payment in Blood
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 482
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 434
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 429
The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask the villain.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Fair for Elizabeth George
- By Jennifer Pineiro on 05-09-16
By: Elizabeth George
-
One Across, Two Down
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Nicky Henson
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 48
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.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic!
- By Suzanne fox on 03-09-18
By: Ruth Rendell
-
No Place to Hide
- Cherringham. A Cosy Crime Series - Mystery Shorts 41
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 346
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 321
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 318
When Ed Finnlay - computer programmer and devoted father of two - goes missing, there's not a lot the local police can do. After all, Ed himself told them he would be gone... for quite some time. As the weeks go by with no news, his wife reaches out to Jack and Sarah for help. But they soon learn that there are odd secrets about this missing husband and that he might not only be gone, but also in serious danger. Can Jack and Sarah do what seems impossible.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
always a treat
- By Kathryn Scarborough on 05-30-22
By: Matthew Costello, and others
-
Songbird
- Kings Lake Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,129
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,772
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,749
Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you'll be first there, it's all yours, you're the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enmities reappear in the incident room. Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved it...
- By Kelly on 09-20-19
By: Peter Grainger
-
The Long Call
- The Two Rivers Series, Book 1
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Ben Aldridge
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 736
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 663
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 656
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family, too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent story and narration
- By jeanne on 07-10-21
By: Ann Cleeves
-
The Madness of Crowds
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,893
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,404
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,385
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
BORING!!!
- By Wayne on 08-25-21
By: Louise Penny
-
Lost and Found
- Bunburry - A Cosy Mystery Series 13
- By: Helena Marchmont
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 360
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 327
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 324
Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Life is looking up for amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister. He has found relatives he never knew he had, and at long last, he has replaced the avocado suite in his bathroom. But he is shocked to get a plea for help from his niece Ruby, a young law graduate in Oxford. There is no support from his fellow amateur sleuths: Liz and Marge are having problems of their own, and Constable Emma Hollis isn't answering her phone.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the better ones.
- By SMacfie on 08-04-22
By: Helena Marchmont
-
What Angels Fear
- Sebastian St. Cyr, Book 1
- By: C. S. Harris
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,633
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,401
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,392
It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man - Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An Addictive Series
- By Bibliophile1963 on 10-17-16
By: C. S. Harris
Publisher's Summary
Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Now Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer....
More from the same
What listeners say about The Best Man to Die
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kathi
- 02-24-13
Classic who-dunnit
What did you love best about The Best Man to Die?
Ruth Rendell writes in the classic mystery style, where the clues get revealed progressively with solid good work by the police. inspector Wexford is an old-fashioned inspector who solves the mystery through getting to understand the suspects' lives and motives. In this one, there are two cases which don't initially seem to have anything in common, though of course, they do.
I would also like to say that Davina Porter was great as narrator. I've listened to a couple that I felt she didn't do as well, so was not sure if I would enjoy this one. But she was perfect! Great job bringing life and interest to the reading and also differentiating the voices. This could have been a dull book read by someone less talented. I'm really happy that I can sing her praises here. The ones I heard and didn't care for so much must (I'm delighted to say) have just been flukes.
Highly recommend both book and reader!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- DEBRA
- 11-29-11
Wexford is back again and in fine form!
Inspector Wexford is back again and in fine form! Along with his ever present, righteously repressed, dour partner Burden, they plod along to solve yet another puzzling murder. For Wexford fans its a must "listen."
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 06-10-15
Formulaic British Murder Mystery
Would you try another book from Ruth Rendell and/or Davina Porter?
No
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Make the main characters more interesting
Do you think The Best Man to Die needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No. This is a crime formula book, a modern day Hercule Poirot without the panache and flair
