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We Solve Murders
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 830
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 830
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he likes his familiar habits and routines. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul: she doesn’t stay still long enough for a habit or routine. She’s currently on a private island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job. Then a dead body, a bag of money, and a killer with their sights on Amy mean an end to Steve’s quiet life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid Read!
- By A M Callaghan on 14-09-2024
- We Solve Murders
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker
Terrible, three tried and couldn’t get into it.
Reviewed: 09-12-2024
I had such high hopes but this book is terrible. It’s a mess of different characters without any consistent thread connecting it all together. One minute you’re in a gun shootout with two people being shot at but for some reason also talking about music, the next minute someone else is ordering a clutch cable for his car. How has this got such high reviews?!?
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The Hotel Avocado
- By: Bob Mortimer
- Narrated by: Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Paul Whitehouse, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door neighbour, Grace and her dog Lassoo, or should he move to Brighton, where his girlfriend Emily is about to open The Hotel Avocado? Either way, he’d be letting someone down. But sinister forces are gathering in a cloud of launderette scented-vape smoke, and the arrival of the mysterious Mr Sequence puts Gary in an even worse predicament: soon he might be dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Plodding along but with bright moments of genius
- By Nathan on 20-01-2025
- The Hotel Avocado
- By: Bob Mortimer
- Narrated by: Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Paul Whitehouse, Julie Maisey
A great follow up, don’t miss it!
Reviewed: 22-09-2024
I almost didn’t get this book after reading a review of it in the guardian. It said it still had the quirky bits but with not serious plot pushing it along like the first one. This is TOTALLY wrong. There is a serious plot and deadly consequences of things going wrong. Can’t wait for the next one Bob!
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The Queen of Poisons
- The Marlow Murder Club, Book 3
- By: Robert Thorogood
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a Town Council meeting. When traces of aconite – also known as the queen of poisons – are found in his coffee cup, the police realise he was murdered. But who did it? And why? The police bring Judith, Suzie and Becks in to investigate as Civilian Advisors right from the start, so they have free rein to interview suspects and follow the evidence to their heart’s content, which is perfect because Judith has no time for rules and standard procedure. But this case has the Marlow Murder Club stumped.
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2 out of 5 stars
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huge trigger warning: full of fat shaming!
- By Elucidate on 28-12-2024
- The Queen of Poisons
- The Marlow Murder Club, Book 3
- By: Robert Thorogood
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
What a total delight!
Reviewed: 31-07-2024
This was a great tight book. The murder happens in the first scene and Judith and the gang take it from there. I thought I’d solved it and was wrong. The real solution was also good and with careful reading you could work it out. Can’t wait for then next book! Also I recommend watching the tv series to get the characters in your head. Tho to me Judith is always going to be Margret Rutherford not Samantha Bond. You could start with this book if you haven’t read the other ones.
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Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,489
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,116
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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3 out of 5 stars
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B Grade
- By Patris on 21-11-2019
- Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
Couldn’t stand this book. Waaay too much sex!
Reviewed: 03-06-2024
I’m sure there is a good plot twist at the end but I couldn’t get there. I don’t know if I had stumbled into an erotic thriller but all the constant detailed talk of sex was just too much. I’m no prude but it was just yucky listening to it all when the level of detail wasn’t needed for the story.
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Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
- By: Benjamin Stevenson
- Narrated by: Megan Smart, Barton Welch
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn't pan out. The program is a who's who of crime-writing royalty. But when one of us is murdered, six authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime. Or commit one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptionally clever, enjoyable and funny
- By Michael on 21-10-2023
- Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
- By: Benjamin Stevenson
- Narrated by: Megan Smart, Barton Welch
Couldn't get thru it, too 'meta'
Reviewed: 11-05-2024
I like his last book. This one is similar but it was a very slow start. I like the idea of a train full of victims but it was too loaded with 'meta' book within a book type thing. Constantly flagging 'at 10k words you'll get the first murder, then at 20k words you'd expect the next murder' or ''i mention the name of the murder 107 times in the book' etc. I held on till the first murder but I couldn't go on. Ditch 90% of the meta stuff and just tell me a great murder mystery!
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Close to Death
- How do you solve a murder … when everyone has the same motive? (Hawthorne, 5)
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close - a quiet, gated community – seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden. His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Continues to be amazing
- By Claire on 21-12-2024
- Close to Death
- How do you solve a murder … when everyone has the same motive? (Hawthorne, 5)
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
Decent book for the series.
Reviewed: 04-05-2024
This book has a twist on the usual ones, the events are set in the past. This works better than you might think. It has some similarities to an episode of Murder in Mind that Anthoney wrote years ago (Neighbors) but it takes it much further and is more complex as you'd imagine. There were plenty of twists, I was convinced I had worked out who did it but I was wrong.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- By: Stieg Larsson
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 932
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 827
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 829
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best narrating
- By Tim on 12-07-2017
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- By: Stieg Larsson
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Just couldn't get into it
Reviewed: 25-03-2024
Having seen the movie (and enjoyed it) I knew the overall story but all the additional details the book provided were not interesting and it dragged. If you really love the slow detailed start (which I think wasn't included in the movie?) then you will likely love the book. I couldn't do 18 hours of it.
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The Christmas Appeal
- By: Janice Hallett
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 7
Christmas in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, to raise money for the church roof appeal. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking amongst the amateur dramatics enthusiasts. Sarah-Jane is fending off threats to her new position as Chair, the fibreglass beanstalk might be full of asbestos, and a someone is intent on ruining the panto even before the curtain goes up. Of course there's also the matter of the dead body
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good follow up to the first book.
- By Daniel on 04-03-2024
- The Christmas Appeal
- By: Janice Hallett
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar
Good follow up to the first book.
Reviewed: 04-03-2024
It’s great to catch up with the players again. This is a very short sorry but has the same format as the novel. Story has less characters and is less complex but still really good. BUT, unbelievably even tho they have the same great people reading the book they have changed who voices Sarah Jane McDonald!! Not replaced, the OG SJM narrator is still there but she’s reading other people. I can’t believe they did this, it really mucks everything up. SJM is such a key character. Despite this, give it a go you will get used to it.
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Zero Days
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their only suspect – her. On the run and out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the truth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hot and cold
- By 1998 on 03-08-2023
- Zero Days
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Really good, better even than woman in cabin 10
Reviewed: 07-09-2023
Really gripping story, very similar feel to The Women in Cabin 10. It’s improved on that book as the main character isn’t making dumb decision just to keep the plot going. This is a more well rounded story and the profession of the main character really adds a lot to it.
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Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet). But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it’s going to take more than a strong Longjing to fix things. Knowing she’ll do a better job than the police possibly could—because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So loved this book
- By Anne Q on 05-08-2023
- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Not for me, main character is annoying
Reviewed: 27-08-2023
Couldn't get through this book, gave up at chapter 8. The main character is just annoying to spend time with. Clearly, she will solve the case and outsmart the police, but how when she thinks a podcast is a medical condition despite the meaning being explained to her? The performance was ok, but the Chinese-English accent was a bit forced in the text and got annoying after a while. Clearly, this book has been enjoyed by many others so don't let this put you off. You can always return it for something else. I also assumed this was a UK based story due to the 'tea' in the title but that's on me.
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