Radio Detectives
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R.D Wingfield: Nightmare and Other Thrillers
- 13 Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
- By: R.D Wingfield
- Narrated by: Nigel Havers, Andrew Sachs, Frances Jeater, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of vintage thrillers from popular crime writer RD Wingfield Well known as the creator of Inspector Jack Frost, RD Wingfield scripted numerous twisty, suspenseful dramas for BBC Radio between 1968 and 1995. Many of the thirteen tales in this collection were originally thought to be...
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Thoroughly enjoyable…
- By Charisma on 01-17-26
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R.D Wingfield: Nightmare and Other Thrillers
- 13 Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
- Narrated by: Nigel Havers, Andrew Sachs, Frances Jeater, Richard Caldicot, Hugh Burden, Michael Kilgarriff, Douglas Blackwell, Sheila Grant, John Pullen, Siôn Probert, John Graham, Hugh Dickson, Jonathan Scott, William Eedle, Full Cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-15-26
- Language: English
- A collection of vintage thrillers from popular crime writer RD Wingfield Well known as the creator of Inspector Jack Frost, RD Wingfield scripted numerous twisty, suspenseful dramas for BBC Radio between 1968 and 1995. Many of the thirteen tales in this collection were originally thought to be...
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The Housewife’s Secret
- Detective Dan Riley, Book 7
- By: Anna-Lou Weatherley
- Narrated by: James Lailey
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,229
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Performance4,118
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Story4,117
Ever since I met my handsome husband Dr Gabe Bonneville, I started playing the role of the perfect housewife. He works hard as a surgeon, so I look after our home, and throw elaborate dinner parties with champagne cocktails for his best friends Hugh and Anita. He’s my safe place and my chance to have the family I’ve always wanted. I’ve managed to hide the mornings when I wake up and see a face in the shadows. I haven’t told Gabe the truth about the woman who raised me, or told him about the therapy I’ve been getting so my secrets stay hidden in the dark.
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Overall pretty good
- By Jana S. on 04-04-24
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The Housewife’s Secret
- Detective Dan Riley, Book 7
- Narrated by: James Lailey
- Series: Detective Dan Riley, Book 7
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-07-24
- Language: English
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Ever since I met my handsome husband Dr Gabe Bonneville, I started playing the role of the perfect housewife. He works hard as a surgeon, so I look after our home, and throw elaborate dinner parties with champagne cocktails for his best friends Hugh and Anita.
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Inspector Specter
- By: E.J. Copperman
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,054
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Performance2,790
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Story2,775
Just when she thought she'd seen everything... Detective Lieutenant Anita McElone is one of Harbor Haven's finest. She's also a hard-boiled ghost skeptic. So when she shows up on the doorstep of Alison Kerby's Haunted Guesthouse to ask for supernatural help in solving the murder of her former partner, it's hard to tell which woman is more flabbergasted. But McElone is dead serious, so Alison promises to help in any way she can - even asking her resident ghosts, Paul and Maxie, for help with the case.
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Wish there were more in the series!
- By Paige Matthews on 12-27-14
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Inspector Specter
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Series: Haunted Guesthouse, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-02-14
- Language: English
- Just when she thought she'd seen everything... Detective Lieutenant Anita McElone is one of Harbor Haven's finest. She's also a hard-boiled ghost skeptic....
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Dirk Gently: Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramas
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Harry Enfield, Olivia Colman, Jan Ravens, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall259
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Performance225
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Story224
The complete BBC Radio collection bringing together two full-cast dramatisations of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently novels. In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Dirk Gently has an unshakable belief in the interconnectedness of all things, but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in tracking down missing cats for old ladies. Then Dirk stumbles upon an old friend behaving bizarrely - and he's drawn into a four-billion-year-old mystery that must be solved if the human race is to avoid immediate extinction....
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Brilliantly Executed!
- By Lani on 12-20-19
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Dirk Gently: Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramas
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
- Narrated by: Harry Enfield, Olivia Colman, Jan Ravens, Peter Davison, Billy Boyd, Full Cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-19-19
- Language: English
- The complete BBC Radio collection bringing together two full-cast dramatisations of Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently novels. In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in the interconnectedness of all things, but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in...
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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume Four
- Paul Temple Returns (2006-2013)
- By: Francis Durbridge
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan, Gerda Stevenson, Full Cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance47
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Story47
Paul Temple lives again in five BBC Radio 4 remakes of classic adventures, starring Crawford Logan as Paul and Gerda Stephenson as Steve. Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery (2006): A pair of spectacles spells danger for the suave sleuth and his wife as they embark on a trip to Egypt. Paul...
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Great performances, good mysteries, very enjoyable
- By Debbie on 10-28-18
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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume Four
- Paul Temple Returns (2006-2013)
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan, Gerda Stevenson, Full Cast
- Series: Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection, Book 4
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-05-17
- Language: English
- Paul Temple lives again in five BBC Radio 4 remakes of classic adventures, starring Crawford Logan as Paul and Gerda Stephenson as Steve. Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery (2006): A pair of spectacles spells danger for the suave sleuth and his wife as they embark on a trip to Egypt. Paul...
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The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1
- By: Black Eye Entertainment
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance31
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Story31
The Golden Age of Radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade searching for the Black Bird in The Maltese Falcon in a radio adaptation that co-starred the original film cast of Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
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Great detective stories
- By Amazon Customer on 02-12-22
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The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-02-18
- Language: English
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The Golden Age of Radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes....
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The Golden Age: Mystery and Murder
- Seven BBC Radio Adaptations of Classic Crime Mysteries
- By: G.K. Chesterton, A. E. W. Mason, Victor Whitechurch, and others
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Richard Pasco, Olivier Pierre, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict Cumberbatch In the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and...
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The Golden Age: Mystery and Murder
- Seven BBC Radio Adaptations of Classic Crime Mysteries
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Richard Pasco, Olivier Pierre, Crawford Logan, Moir Leslie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alexander John, David Davis, Brenda Bruce, Mary O'Farrell, Teresa Gallagher, Julia Foster, Joan Sims
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-19-26
- Language: English
- A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict Cumberbatch In the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and...
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- By: Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie, Mark Gatiss - introduction
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance30
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Story30
From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his...
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Agatha Junkie
- By Janey Todd on 05-10-22
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-12-20
- Language: English
- From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his...
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Cully & more
- A BBC Radio Collection
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Alexander Morton, James Bryce, Crawford Logan, and others
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Ian Rankin introduces a gripping collection of his radio writing, featuring Alexander Morton as the roguish detective Mr Cullender in two original radio dramas, and as Inspector Rebus in Let it Bleed Best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, Sir Ian Rankin is one of Britain’s most successful...
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Cully & more
- A BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Alexander Morton, James Bryce, Crawford Logan, Jimmy Chisholm, Steven McNicoll, Alec Heggie, Dominic Cooper, James MacPherson, Billy Riddoch, Sarah Collier, Full Cast
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 04-02-26
- Language: English
- Ian Rankin introduces a gripping collection of his radio writing, featuring Alexander Morton as the roguish detective Mr Cullender in two original radio dramas, and as Inspector Rebus in Let it Bleed Best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, Sir Ian Rankin is one of Britain’s most successful...
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What Janie Found
- Sequel to The Voice on the Radio
- By: Caroline B. Cooney
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance48
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Story48
Janie Johnson has been on an emotional roller-coaster ride ever since she saw her face on the side of a milk carton. At first she thought the people she called Mom and Dad had kidnapped her. Then she learned they were only trying to protect her. Finally, she had to get acquainted with another whole new family. Now Janie's two families have made peace. But just as her life returns to normal, her Connecticut father suffers a stroke. With her mother reeling from the tragedy, Janie steps in to help manage the family finances.
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Unintentionally campy
- By Pink Amy on 06-01-22
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What Janie Found
- Sequel to The Voice on the Radio
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Series: Janie Johnson, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 10-29-13
- Language: English
- Janie Johnson has been on an emotional roller-coaster ride ever since she saw her face on the side of a milk carton....
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Turn the Dial for Death Book 2
- By: Jeremy Vine
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An impossible death. A seaside town on the brink. Stay tuned for murder… Sidmouth is gearing up for summer – but murder is all year round… When a doctor is found dead in the woods, shot through the heart with a crossbow, his wife is the prime suspect, despite an ironclad alibi. Desperate...
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Turn the Dial for Death Book 2
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-23-26
- Language: English
- An impossible death. A seaside town on the brink. Stay tuned for murder… Sidmouth is gearing up for summer – but murder is all year round… When a doctor is found dead in the woods, shot through the heart with a crossbow, his wife is the prime suspect, despite an ironclad alibi. Desperate...
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Detective Inspector John Appleby: Lament for a Maker & Appleby’s End
- Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Classic Crime Dramatisations
- By: Michael Innes
- Narrated by: John Hurt, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Benjamin, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Gripping crime dramas featuring Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector John Appleby A double bill of Scottish crime writer Michael Innes’ DI John Appleby novels adapted with a full cast. Written during the golden age of detective fiction, these two gems from the archive are a thrilling listen...
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Detective Inspector John Appleby: Lament for a Maker & Appleby’s End
- Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Classic Crime Dramatisations
- Narrated by: John Hurt, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Benjamin, Joyce Redman, Pippa Guard, John Shedden, Anne Lacey, Michael MacKenzie, David McKail
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 06-04-26
- Language: English
- Gripping crime dramas featuring Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector John Appleby A double bill of Scottish crime writer Michael Innes’ DI John Appleby novels adapted with a full cast. Written during the golden age of detective fiction, these two gems from the archive are a thrilling listen...
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The Dick Francis BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six full-cast dramatisations
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Nigel Havers, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance18
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Story18
Fast-paced radio dramatisations of six of Dick Francis' classic racing thrillers, plus bonus documentary Enquiry After riding the favourite into second place, jockey Kelly Hughes loses his licence. But he didn't throw the race, and is determined to find out who framed him... Rat Race A cushy job...
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I love Dick Francis....but this..
- By T.W. on 04-29-22
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The Dick Francis BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six full-cast dramatisations
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Nigel Havers, Full Cast, Siân Phillips, Francis Matthews, Tony Osoba, Mick Ford, Hywel Bennett, Eric Allan
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-16-21
- Language: English
- Fast-paced radio dramatisations of six of Dick Francis' classic racing thrillers, plus bonus documentary Enquiry After riding the favourite into second place, jockey Kelly Hughes loses his licence. But he didn't throw the race, and is determined to find out who framed him... Rat Race A cushy job...
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The New Radio Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1
- By: Black Eye Entertainment
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance26
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Story26
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio from 1930 through 1955 with various actors taking over the roles of Holmes and Doctor Watson through the years. You’ll hear Basil Rathbone, Tom Conway, John Stanley, and Sir Ralph Richardson (Holmes); and Nigel Bruce, Alfred Shirley, and Sir John Gielgud (Watson) in these 16 episodes.
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Amazing Listen
- By Monica on 12-23-23
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The New Radio Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- Language: English
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio from 1930 through 1955 with various actors taking over the roles of Holmes and Doctor Watson through the years. Enjoy 16 thrilling crime stories....
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Imogen Quy Detective Mysteries
- Two BBC Radio Crime Thrillers
- By: Jill Paton Walsh
- Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles, Barbara Flynn, Tracy Wiles, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4
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Two delightful detective dramas adapted from Jill Paton Walsh's bestselling books Award-winning author Jill Paton Walsh was well known for her four Lord Peter Wimsey novels that continued and completed Dorothy L. Sayers's much-loved series. These two cosy crime dramas introduce her own sparkling...
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I wish there were more!
- By Jodi Eisenberg on 11-27-23
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Imogen Quy Detective Mysteries
- Two BBC Radio Crime Thrillers
- Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles, Barbara Flynn, Tracy Wiles, Richard Derrington, Geoffrey Whitehead, Clare Corbett, Jasmine Hyde, Rosemary Leach, Peter Howell, Colin Starkey, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-19-23
- Language: English
- Two delightful detective dramas adapted from Jill Paton Walsh's bestselling books Award-winning author Jill Paton Walsh was well known for her four Lord Peter Wimsey novels that continued and completed Dorothy L. Sayers's much-loved series. These two cosy crime dramas introduce her own sparkling...
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Collection 1
- By: Black Eye Entertainment
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Story15
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo was simultaneously starring in a popular series of Sherlock Holmes features for Fox, and later for Universal.
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Quality recording
- By A. Booker on 08-21-23
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Collection 1
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon....
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Maigret: Collected Cases
- Classic Radio Crime
- By: Georges Simenon
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Maurice Denham, Michael Gough
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Overall25
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Performance22
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Maurice Denham is the famous French detective Maigret and Michael Gough is his creator Georges Simenon in these five classic radio dramatisations. Parisian detective Jules Maigret first appeared in print in 1931, and went on to feature in 76 novels and 28 short stories. An enduringly popular...
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Excellent short plays
- By SM on 02-22-23
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Maigret: Collected Cases
- Classic Radio Crime
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Maurice Denham, Michael Gough
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-02-17
- Language: English
- Maurice Denham is the famous French detective Maigret and Michael Gough is his creator Georges Simenon in these five classic radio dramatisations. Parisian detective Jules Maigret first appeared in print in 1931, and went on to feature in 76 novels and 28 short stories. An enduringly popular...
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The Adventures of Harry Nile: Harry's Game
- By: Jim French, Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Lawrence Albert, Pat French, Jay Green, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance81
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Story80
From out of the rain-swept postwar night comes Harry Nile - a man who's seen it all, because he just can't look away. Here are 19 state-of-the-art radio noir dramas, produced by West Coast legend Jim French, and starring Larry Albert as the hard-boiled, straight-shooting Harry! This collection includes four more installments of the "War Comes To Harry Nile" storyline, a Christmas episode, two two-part adventures, and more. You'll hear Pat French, Jay Green, John Patrick Lowrie...and a whole bunch of killer cases.
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Harry Nile
- By Carter on 03-16-22
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The Adventures of Harry Nile: Harry's Game
- Narrated by: Lawrence Albert, Pat French, Jay Green, John Patrick Lowrie, Old Time Radio
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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From out of the rain-swept postwar night comes Harry Nile - a man who's seen it all, because he just can't look away. Here are 19 state-of-the-art radio noir dramas, produced by West Coast legend Jim French, and starring Larry Albert as the hard-boiled, straight-shooting Harry....
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Shadow of Doubt
- By: Nancy Cole Silverman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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When a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home, suspicion quickly turns to one of her two nieces. But Carol Childs, a reporter for a local talk radio station, doesn’t believe it. The suspect is her neighbor and friend, and also her primary source for insider industry news. After a media frenzy pits one niece against the other—and the body count starts to rise—Carol knows she must save her friend from being tried in the court of public opinion. Even the most seasoned reporter can be surprised, and when a Hollywood psychic shows up in Carol’s studio one night ...
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Shadow of Doubt
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-17-24
- Language: English
- When a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home, suspicion quickly turns to one of her two nieces. But Carol Childs, a ...
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And now, the Mourning News
- A 1950s crime story
- By: Kevin McElhinney
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A young radio reporter solves a murder in his New England hometown while the world is focused on Sputnik and the 1957 World Series
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And now, the Mourning News
- A 1950s crime story
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 04-03-25
- Language: English
- A young radio reporter solves a murder in his New England hometown while the world is focused on Sputnik and the 1957 World Series
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