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Now You See It
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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At the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Blackstone is billed as the World's Greatest Living Magician. Of course, should the giant buzz saw in the climax to Blackstone's act cut the beautiful young woman in fact in half, his sterling reputation would be ruined. And someone among the Los Angeles Friends of Magic is decidedly intent upon ruining it - whatever the price, including the life of Toby's prime suspect.
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Mildred Pierced
- The Toby Peters Mysteries, Book 23
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
His longtime friend and office mate, the mad dentist Sheldon Minck, has been jailed for murder - the victim, his estranged wife, Mildred; the motive, a $200,000 inheritance; the weapon, a crossbow. Only Miss Crawford, the single witness to the crime, can attest to hapless Minck’s innocence. But the former MGM movie queen has just been offered her first film in two years, as the title character in Mildred Pierce, so she is anxious to avoid unpleasant publicity that could cost her the role.
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A Fatal Glass of Beer
- By: Stuart M Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
W. C. Fields hires private eye Toby Peters to nab the culprit who is robbing him one bank account at a time, but while on the thief's trail, the two find out there is another bad guy who does not want the money, but rather wants both of them dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book! Had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
- By William L. Shephard on 11-11-18
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A Few Minutes Past Midnight
- Toby Peters, Book 21
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
This time out, in a raucous, new Hollywood thriller, private investigator Toby Peters - who has cracked cases involving such classic movie luminaries as Humphrey Bogart, the Marx Brothers, John Wayne, and Mae West - is gumshoeing for the legendary Charlie Chaplin. Rudely awakened one midnight by a sinister visitor wielding a very large knife, Chaplin has been threatened with death unless he stops production on his latest project, a film in which a series of wealthy old women are married and then murdered for their money. Toby's discovery that six rich elderly women have recently died in the movie capital strikes him as no mere coincidence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Toby works for the Tramp
- By Mark S. Traub on 07-16-15
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The Fala Factor
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
If he is surprised to find Eleanor Roosevelt waiting for him in his dingy little office, Toby Peters does not show it. Although this is his first time working for the First Lady of the United States, years of private investigations for the Hollywood elite have left him unfazed by a famous face. The First Lady comes straight to the point. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the only thing that keeps her husband from buckling under the pressures of the presidency is his dog, a sprightly black terrier named Fala.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great new voice for classic series
- By Scott on 04-14-13
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Catch a Falling Clown
- A Toby Peters Mystery, Book 7
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
The gorilla doesn’t like clowns. Normally that wouldn’t bother Toby Peters, since detective work tends to keep him far away from animal cages, but tonight he’s dressed as a clown and locked in with the ape. The animal’s handler told him not to worry - gorillas don’t eat people. They just like to tear their arms and legs off. What the ape doesn’t understand is that Peters is here for his protection. Earlier that week, someone electrocuted an elephant, and the gorilla, as one of the star attractions in this second-rate circus, is next on the hit list.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved It
- By dwhith on 11-19-14
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Now You See It
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
At the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Blackstone is billed as the World's Greatest Living Magician. Of course, should the giant buzz saw in the climax to Blackstone's act cut the beautiful young woman in fact in half, his sterling reputation would be ruined. And someone among the Los Angeles Friends of Magic is decidedly intent upon ruining it - whatever the price, including the life of Toby's prime suspect.
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Mildred Pierced
- The Toby Peters Mysteries, Book 23
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
His longtime friend and office mate, the mad dentist Sheldon Minck, has been jailed for murder - the victim, his estranged wife, Mildred; the motive, a $200,000 inheritance; the weapon, a crossbow. Only Miss Crawford, the single witness to the crime, can attest to hapless Minck’s innocence. But the former MGM movie queen has just been offered her first film in two years, as the title character in Mildred Pierce, so she is anxious to avoid unpleasant publicity that could cost her the role.
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A Fatal Glass of Beer
- By: Stuart M Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
W. C. Fields hires private eye Toby Peters to nab the culprit who is robbing him one bank account at a time, but while on the thief's trail, the two find out there is another bad guy who does not want the money, but rather wants both of them dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book! Had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
- By William L. Shephard on 11-11-18
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A Few Minutes Past Midnight
- Toby Peters, Book 21
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
This time out, in a raucous, new Hollywood thriller, private investigator Toby Peters - who has cracked cases involving such classic movie luminaries as Humphrey Bogart, the Marx Brothers, John Wayne, and Mae West - is gumshoeing for the legendary Charlie Chaplin. Rudely awakened one midnight by a sinister visitor wielding a very large knife, Chaplin has been threatened with death unless he stops production on his latest project, a film in which a series of wealthy old women are married and then murdered for their money. Toby's discovery that six rich elderly women have recently died in the movie capital strikes him as no mere coincidence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Toby works for the Tramp
- By Mark S. Traub on 07-16-15
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The Fala Factor
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
If he is surprised to find Eleanor Roosevelt waiting for him in his dingy little office, Toby Peters does not show it. Although this is his first time working for the First Lady of the United States, years of private investigations for the Hollywood elite have left him unfazed by a famous face. The First Lady comes straight to the point. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the only thing that keeps her husband from buckling under the pressures of the presidency is his dog, a sprightly black terrier named Fala.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great new voice for classic series
- By Scott on 04-14-13
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Catch a Falling Clown
- A Toby Peters Mystery, Book 7
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
The gorilla doesn’t like clowns. Normally that wouldn’t bother Toby Peters, since detective work tends to keep him far away from animal cages, but tonight he’s dressed as a clown and locked in with the ape. The animal’s handler told him not to worry - gorillas don’t eat people. They just like to tear their arms and legs off. What the ape doesn’t understand is that Peters is here for his protection. Earlier that week, someone electrocuted an elephant, and the gorilla, as one of the star attractions in this second-rate circus, is next on the hit list.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved It
- By dwhith on 11-19-14
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Dancing in the Dark
- The Toby Peters Mysteries, Book 18
- By: Kaminsky Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14
In this installment of a 1940s Hollywood detective series, Fred Astaire hires Toby Peters to help him get rid of an incredibly untalented dance student, whose tutelage he has been forced to undertake by her threatening mafioso boyfriend. Luna has demanded dance lessons from Hollywood’s finest hoofer, and whatever Luna wants, Luna gets. Toby may not be a dancer, but he has no choice but to stay nimble and keep his feet moving.
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2 out of 5 stars
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- By Chelle on 10-06-19
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Tomorrow Is Another Day
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
On December 10, 1938, Atlanta burned again. In the back lot at David O. Selznick’s studio, sets from a dozen old pictures were pushed together and set alight to provide a backdrop for the climax of what Selznick promised to be the movie of the century: Gone with the Wind. Toby Peters, then just a studio security guard, was on hand to help keep the dozens of Confederate extras in line. When the fire was over, he found one of them dead, impaled on his own sword.
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Never Cross a Vampire
- The Toby Peters Mysteries, Book 5
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Coffins fill the basement of a crumbling Los Angeles movie theater. Five vampires crowd around fading horror idol Bela Lugosi, peppering him with questions. A malfunctioning plastic fang causes one of the undead-wannabes to lisp. The effect is less than fearsome, but Lugosi is terrified, for one of these oddballs has been making threats on his life. He hires Toby Peters to provide security against his unbalanced fans. The detective is not concerned, but he should be. Even fake vampires can kill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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L.A. Detective Toby Peters is on the Case!
- By dwhith on 11-12-14
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Poor Butterfly
- A Toby Peters Mystery, Book 15
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15
The year 1942 is a bad time to stage Madame Butterfly. Although Puccini's masterpiece is a perennial favorite of the San Francisco opera crowd, its sympathetic depiction of a Japanese girl causes tension in the dark months following Pearl Harbor. Newspaper editorialists rage against the production, opera buffs picket the theater, and a note appears nailed to the house door, threatening violence against the cast and crew. When the first workman dies, the maestro calls Toby Peters, a Los Angeles detective who works discreetly for Hollywood's rich and famous.
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The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance
- A Toby Peters Mystery, Book 11
- By: Stuart Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Toby Peters wakes up with a headache, a gun in his face, and a body on the hotel-room bed. He is less surprised by the gun than by the man holding it: Marion Morrison, a.k.a John Wayne. Both of them were lured here by the dead man. The next arrival is a prostitute named Olivia, and hot on her heels is the house detective, who's come to check on the commotion in Room 303.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Johnny Heller Made the Difference
- By M. Miles on 05-23-14
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You Bet Your Life
- By: Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
There's nothing funny about the package that comes for Chico Marx. It's a severed ear, a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000 from the world-renown Marx brother. The strange thing is that, though Chico likes to gamble, he hasn't been making bets in Chicago. Terrified, he goes to the studio for help. Louis B. Mayer, king of Hollywood, places a call to Toby Peters.
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He Done Her Wrong
- Toby Peters, Book 8
- By: Stuart Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
You can't trust a man who's dressed as Mae West, especially not in Mae West's house. One of Hollywood's earliest sex symbols, the whip-smart blonde's star has fallen since the Hays Code cracked down on the racy repartee that made her famous. Her latest project is a thinly veiled autobiographical novel, whose only copy is stolen just after she finishes her first draft. Tonight she's having a Mae West party, with every guest a man dressed as her. The thief is among those in drag, and P.I. Toby Peters has come to tear off his wig. He's there as a favor to his brother, a brutal cop who had a fling with West when she first moved to Hollywood.
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Think Fast, Mr. Peters
- Toby Peters, Book 13
- By: Stuart Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Hollywood detective Toby Peters is asleep on his floor when the dentist who shares his office calls, wailing that his wife has left him. While on the one hand, Toby is shocked that a woman as unpleasant as Mildred could ever attract a suitor, he's even more surprised by the name of the alleged Lothario: Peter Lorre, the scaly-voiced, bug-eyed Hollywood character actor. Though he can't imagine why the dentist would want her back, Toby agrees to track down his missing wife. He finds Lorre in a greasy spoon near the Warner Brothers' lot, but the actor doesn't know a thing about the missing Mildred....
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Catch-22
- By: Joseph Heller
- Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,872
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,714
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,720
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he's assigned, he'll be in violation of Catch-22.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stop randomly adding music
- By Kenneth S. Clark on 08-31-18
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Murder at the Mousetrap
- Bunburry - A Cosy Mystery Series 1
- By: Helena Marchmont
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,509
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,354
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,345
Alfie McAlister has retreated from London to the peace and quiet of the country to recover from a personal tragedy. But an accidental death - which may have been no accident - reveals that the heart of England is far from the tranquil backwater he imagined. After arriving in Bunburry, he is co-opted as an amateur detective by Liz and Marge, two elderly ladies who were best friends with Alfie's late Aunt Augusta. And it is not long before their investigations take an even more dramatic turn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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if you love the Cheeringham Series....
- By Mckai on 03-07-19
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Buried Caesars
- Toby Peters, Book 14
- By: Stuart Kaminsky
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
The uniformed man standing before Toby Peters is General Douglas MacArthur, a soldier who considers himself the only man who can defeat the Japanese. But though he may be all-powerful in the South Pacific, today he is in Los Angeles with a problem only a detective can solve. The general has an eye on a postwar promotion to the White House, and an aide has stolen his war chest, his donor list, and a handful of embarrassing private letters. To get them back, Toby may need some help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By Ms Peach on 06-19-16
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Parker Pyne Investigates
- A Parker Pyne Collection
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 268
Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless, and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne." Equally adept at putting together the fragments of a murder mystery or the pieces of a broken marriage, Mr. Parker Pyne is possibly the world's most unconventional private investigator. Armed with just his intuitive knowledge of human nature, he is an Englishman abroad, traveling the globe to solve and undo crime and misdemeanor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a detective in sight
- By ktkat1949 on 11-09-14
Publisher's Summary
A simple job turns treacherous when Toby Peters stumbles upon a corpse
It's a lucky thing that Cary Grant once trained as an acrobat, because Toby Peters's life is in the actor's hands. As the two men sprint through the pitch-dark woods, trying to elude a man with a gun, they come to a canyon ledge. With nowhere to go but down, they scramble over the side. Peters slips, and Grant grabs hold of his wrist. As the killer closes in, Cary's grip begins to falter.
The job began simply. Grant hired the Hollywood detective as a bagman in a blackmailing hand-off. He gives Toby a satchel full of cash, to be exchanged for an envelope of the leading man's secrets - not sexual or financial, but details of his work for the British crown. When the envelope bearer winds up dead, Toby and Cary dive into a complex plot of murder, money, and Nazi spies, which ends with them trapped in an all-too-literal cliffhanger.
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- Bob M.
- 10-19-14
total rubbish
what appalling nonsense this book is and a complete wast of time; thanks for the refund