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The Selected Cases of Doctor Watson
- By: Martin Daley
- Narrated by: Kevin E Green
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Watson is in the vaults of his bank Cox & Co., looking for a gift given to him by his wife Mary, shortly after they met. While he is there, his eye inevitably falls upon his old despatch box and he spends the following hours looking through the adventures he shared with Sherlock Holmes. After much consideration, he chooses a group of cases, all of which had a profound effect on him and decides to publish them in this new volume.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent stories
- By JThomas on 07-13-24
- The Selected Cases of Doctor Watson
- By: Martin Daley
- Narrated by: Kevin E Green
More cozy mystery than Holmes investigation
Reviewed: 12-09-24
Pleasant to listen to. Not very intellectually demanding and the stories are definitely not as developed as might be anticipated by Holmes aficionados.
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An Irish Country Yuletide
- An Irish Country Novella
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 167
December 1965. ‘Tis the season once again in the cozy Irish village of Ballybucklebo, which means that Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, his young colleague Barry Laverty, and their assorted friends, neighbors, and patients are enjoying all their favorite holiday traditions: caroling, trimming the tree, finding the perfects gifts for their near and dear ones, and anticipating a proper Yuletide feast complete with roast turkey and chestnut stuffing. There’s even the promise of snow in the air, raising the prospect of a white Christmas.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A real disappointment!
- By K. H. on 10-24-21
- An Irish Country Yuletide
- An Irish Country Novella
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: John Keating
Over-the-top sentimentality
Reviewed: 12-06-24
The publishers must’ve demanded ‘one last Christmas story’. I have curled up with many of the Irish Country Doctor stories and have thoroughly enjoyed them. This one was short, contrived and sickly sweet. A whole village destined for sainthood. Cottages where only true love exists … somewhere over the rainbow …
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A Christmas Message
- By: Anne Perry
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 88
When Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt's close friend and former boss, and his new wife, Lady Vespasia, travel to Jerusalem for a Christmas holiday, Vespasia cannot shake the feeling that they are being watched. Then, an old man leaves a mysterious envelope for Narraway - and is murdered soon after. But it is only when the couple is ambushed the following morning that they realize they are in grave danger.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Religious fantasy, not the usual historical fiction
- By Rebecca on 01-03-17
- A Christmas Message
- By: Anne Perry
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Disappointing departure from beloved mysteries
Reviewed: 12-04-24
The Christmas series has been uplifting and enjoyable. This one is a stark departure from previous stories. A boring lecture on religious unity. Totally lost involvement with people we look forward to sharing the holiday with. I kept hoping Victor and Vispasia would get dug into a real story. All we got was a spiritual, philosophical exposition. Yawn.
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The Bookseller of Inverness
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers, he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop, poring over his collection. But the man refuses to say what he's searching for.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pedantic? Didactic? A bleak read.
- By puplhunt on 07-06-24
- The Bookseller of Inverness
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: David Monteath
Pedantic? Didactic? A bleak read.
Reviewed: 07-06-24
Was this a history, or a story? It never really defined itself. The quest for The Book before everyone listed in it was killed is a plot that has been done before … and much more skillfully by others. At times the book actually became boring. A mixture of facts, dates, real people, characters based on real people was not blended well. Interesting but not riveting.
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Murder in an English Village
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,805
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,780
The year is 1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress Beryl Helliwell never fails to surprise and shock. The last thing her adoring public would expect is that she craves some peace and quiet. The humdrum hamlet of Walmsley Parva in the English countryside seems just the ticket. And, honestly, until America comes to its senses and repeals Prohibition, Beryl has no intention of returning stateside and subjecting herself to bathtub gin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read Historical Mystery
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 02-20-18
- Murder in an English Village
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat brings it to life!
Reviewed: 04-03-24
Barbara could read a London telephone book and make it sound fascinating! Love this little cozy series. Light, breezy stories to quilt by! Opposites attract and these two ladies’ personalities make these tales work!
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Arrowood
- An Arrowood Mystery
- By: Mick Finlay
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4 out of 5 stars 93
The year is 1895. London is scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry. Crime bosses are taking control. The police force is stretched to the breaking point. The rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, but the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer. In the dark corner of Southwark, victims turn to a man who despises Holmes, his wealthy clientele, and his showy forensic approach to crime: Arrowood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dickens Meets Dashiell Hammett
- By Kathy B on 08-22-18
- Arrowood
- An Arrowood Mystery
- By: Mick Finlay
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
Improbable storylines and unrelatable characters
Reviewed: 03-20-24
Storylines are contrived and not woven together skillfully. Arrowood never became a fully flushed-out character and was never particularly likeable.
A series? Not one I’ll be looking for any time soon. A weak nod to Will Thomas’ Barker & Llewelyn series but does not grab and hold the reader in the same ways.
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Stakeknife's Dirty War
- How Scappaticci, British Intelligence and Special Branch Ran the IRA
- By: Richard O'Rawe
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Freddie Scappaticci was born in 1946 and raised in a deeply nationalist area of Belfast. When the Troubles broke out in 1969, he joined the Provisional IRA, where he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming commander of Belfast in 1984. From the outside, Scappaticci appeared to be a dedicated volunteer, but inwardly, he had become disenchanted with the IRA and, in 1977, he started working for British intelligence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spooks and Squirrels
- By Amazon Customer on 11-19-23
- Stakeknife's Dirty War
- How Scappaticci, British Intelligence and Special Branch Ran the IRA
- By: Richard O'Rawe
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
Only losers in this ‘war’ were the Irish people
Reviewed: 03-11-24
Not an uplifting read. People trying to live normal lives, wanting their country and culture celebrated while watching two opposing gangs ripping the country and its people apart.
Informers and killers on both sides without any boundaries, consciences or consequences, making lives of families just trying to survive, a living hell.
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Poland 1939
- The Outbreak of World War II
- By: Roger Moorhouse
- Narrated by: Roger Moorhouse
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story5 out of 5 stars 122
For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's soldiers invaded, followed later that month by Stalin's Red Army. The conflict that followed saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later war-blitzkrieg, the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing, and indiscriminate aerial bombing-yet it is routinely overlooked by historians.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Always Overlooked
- By C. G. Telcontar on 05-27-21
- Poland 1939
- The Outbreak of World War II
- By: Roger Moorhouse
- Narrated by: Roger Moorhouse
Narrator’s Polish pronunciation is mumbled
Reviewed: 02-26-24
Very hard to hear Polish names etc. Narrator swallows word endings. Even his English sounds as if the narrator is trying to talk through a mouthful of marbles. Hard to follow him.
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Molten Mud Murder
- Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Sara E. Johnson
- Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua's famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have...melted away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa discovers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an island sacred to the Maori.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Steel yourself. Narration is pretty bad.
- By puplhunt on 12-01-23
- Molten Mud Murder
- Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Sara E. Johnson
- Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
Steel yourself. Narration is pretty bad.
Reviewed: 12-01-23
Alexa is obnoxious and not a likable protagonist. In fact, none of the characters are. Between the characters, the abysmal narration and the constant technical lectures, I doubt if I’ll make it through this book. If there is another ‘Scottish’ accent … I know I’ll quit!
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Slough House
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,039
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 923
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 920
At Slough House - MI5’s London depository for demoted spies - Brexit has taken a toll. The “slow horses” have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. No wonder Jackson Lamb’s crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets? With a new populist movement taking hold of London’s streets and the old order ensuring that everything’s for sale to the highest bidder, the world’s a dangerous place for those deemed surplus.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I love this series, BUT
- By wisconsinclark on 02-17-21
- Slough House
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
LeCarre?? You have to be kidding!
Reviewed: 11-20-23
F Troop gets lost in London. Did any of these people make it out of Middle School? No wonder Regents Street didn’t want them back. They should’ve all been dropped back in Seven Dials where they came from.
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