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The Daughters of Cain
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
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
- By A P on 03-16-10
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The Jewel That Was Ours
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 63
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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!
- By Lillian T. on 04-10-18
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The Remorseful Day
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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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Morse is sick
- By James Tichenor on 02-10-19
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The Secret of Annexe Three
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year Celebrations. So a murder inquiry in a festive hotel had a certain appeal. It was a crime worthy of the season. The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name.
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Service of All the Dead
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Kevin Whatley is a joy to listen to
- By sask170 on 12-23-17
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Riddle of the Third Mile
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like jigsaws?
- By S. Harvester on 03-30-17
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The Daughters of Cain
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
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
- By A P on 03-16-10
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The Jewel That Was Ours
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
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!
- By Lillian T. on 04-10-18
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The Remorseful Day
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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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Morse is sick
- By James Tichenor on 02-10-19
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The Secret of Annexe Three
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year Celebrations. So a murder inquiry in a festive hotel had a certain appeal. It was a crime worthy of the season. The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name.
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Service of All the Dead
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Kevin Whatley is a joy to listen to
- By sask170 on 12-23-17
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Riddle of the Third Mile
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like jigsaws?
- By S. Harvester on 03-30-17
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The Wench Is Dead
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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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Last Bus to Woodstock
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault, and rape. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why was it abridged?
- By CW on 05-07-12
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Morse's Greatest Mysteries
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: Kevin Whately
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph Hotel? Why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look upon the festive season with uncharacteristic goodwill? And what happens when Morse himself falls victim to a brilliantly executed crime?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well done but time listed is wrong
- By Kelly on 11-24-12
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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: full cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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
- By James Tichenor on 12-25-18
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Story4 out of 5 stars 158
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
- By Zaubermond on 02-13-18
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The Long Call
- The Two Rivers Series, Book 1
- By: Ann Cleeves
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- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 210
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his 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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Guaranteed to cure insomnia
- By puplhunt on 09-08-19
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Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders and other stories
- Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations
- By: John Mortimer
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Timothy West, full cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 235
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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. 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
- By Kindle Customer on 07-17-18
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The Stolen Boys
- Jackman & Evans, Book 5
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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A crime wave has hit town. The target is a highly sought-after brand of streetwear called Hybird X, clothing that costs a fortune and resells for unbelievable prices. Houses are burgled, kids mugged on the streets...and finally a young man dies, all for the sake of his shoes. Then another boy’s body is found in a pile of rubbish. Meanwhile illegal steroids are flooding the streets. And there are dark movements on the marshes.
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The Body in the Dales
- A Yorkshire Murder Mystery
- By: J. R. Ellis
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 548
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 479
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Story4 out of 5 stars 467
A body is discovered deep in a cave beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Leading the investigation into the mysterious death are experienced DCI Jim Oldroyd and his partner DS Carter, a newcomer from London. The deceased is Dave Atkins, well known throughout the village but not well liked. While there is no shortage of suspects, the details of the crime leave Oldroyd and Carter stumped. How did Atkins’s body end up in such a remote section of the cave? Then someone with vital information turns up dead....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fresh approach; great narration
- By Panache on 08-12-18
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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1
- Three classic full-cast dramatisations
- By: Dorothy L Sayers
- Narrated by: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 308
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 308
Whose Body? first introduced Lord Peter to the world and begins with a corpse in the bath of a London flat. Clouds of Witness finds Wimsey investigating murder close to home, and in Unnatural Death he investigates the suspicious demise of an elderly woman. First broadcast on BBC radio in the 1970s and presented here in their entirety, these full-cast adaptations are admired by fans of the genre worldwide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great to have the LPW stories on Audible.
- By Beau-Geste Washington on 09-26-17
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Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series Compilation
- Cherringham 1-3
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,902
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,893
Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 1 - 3: MURDER ON THAMES, MYSTERY AT THE MANOR and MURDER BY MOONLIGHT.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Find
- By Marie on 10-29-16
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The Body in the Mist
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 3
- By: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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A body is found on a quiet lane in Exmoor, victim of a hit and run. He has no ID, no wallet, no phone, and - after being dragged along the road - no recognisable face. Meanwhile, fresh from his last case, DCI Craig Gillard is unexpectedly called away to Devon on family business. Gillard is soon embroiled when the car in question is traced to his aunt. As he delves deeper, a dark mystery reveals itself, haunted by family secrets, with repercussions Gillard could never have imagined. The past has never been deadlier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You sure can't pick your family!
- By Lynn on 07-15-19
Publisher's Summary
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.
Critic Reviews
"Honest detection, illicit sex, puns and anagrams galore, Morse's trademark drinking and dour byplay with colleagues and suspects, plus a plot as agile as Dexter's best - in short, everything you could possibly want in an English detective story. Bolt the door and enjoy." (Kirkus Reviews)
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- Ashok
- lake in the hills, IL, USA
- 07-13-07
Disappointing
After reading a prior Morse story that was superb-this was too convoluted and didn't hold my interest as much. Though overall it was worthwhile-mainly due to the brilliant Kevin Whatley narrating. There were too many threads for a 3 hour audiobook. I hope the others in the series-another 11 or so-will not be the same. Audible-if you are listening(good pun eh?) I think you should make these stories unabridged like the Maisie Dobbs mysteries which are also exceptional.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Randy Garrett
- 09-12-18
Typical Morse
A good tale with Dexter’s customary twists and turns. Morse is a certainly an unconventional detective.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- peregrina
- Portland, OR USA
- 01-24-17
Kevin Whately could read the dictionary and I would still listen
It's a wonderful story, but "abridged" means there's quite a bit left out. After reading the book, and seeing all the things that were omitted , I can kind of understand why those decisions were made . However those omissions really detract from the enjoyment of the story . The narration is lovely of course . But if you really want to understand what happens in this book you have to read it in its original form . That's why only give it four stars .
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- sask170
- 07-02-16
Enjoyed the excellent narration
I enjoyed the narration by Kevin Whately. It was as entertaining as watching an episode of Morse or Inspector Lewis. Well done!
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- Kristoffer Lowrie
- 07-21-15
Editing is hopeless
The story is excellent. Abridged well so it still makes perfect sense. The performance by a cast member from the TV series is an excellent touch. I would recommend it based on these things. However one thing let's it all down... as with all these Morse recordings (I bought them all) the editing is hopeless, regularly cutting off scenes in mid sentence. Unbelievably in this one the last sentence of the recording cuts off just before it is finished. Did no one listen to this before they put it out for sale? Or did they listen, but just didn't care?
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