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A Dangerous Mourning
- A William Monk Novel #2
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
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- De 🌿🌸Susynne🌸🌿 en 04-27-18
De: Manda Collins
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A Test of Wills
- De: Charles Todd
- Narrado por: Samuel Giles
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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Ian Rutledge returns to his career at Scotland Yard after years fighting in the First World War. Unknown to his colleagues he is still suffering from shell shock, and is burdened with the guilt of having had executed a young soldier on the battlefield for refusing to fight. A jealous colleague has learned of his secret and has managed to have Rutledge assigned to a difficult case which could spell disaster for Rutledge whatever the outcome. A retired officer has been murdered, and Rutledge goes to investigate.
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- De Carol en 01-02-13
De: Charles Todd
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The Twelfth Enchantment
- De: David Liss
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. After the death of her beloved father, she is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as the unwanted boarder of her tyrannical uncle, fending off marriage to a local mill owner. But just as she is on the cusp of accepting a life of misery, events take a stunning turn when a handsome stranger - the poet and notorious rake Lord Byron - arrives at her house, stricken by what seems to be a curse, and with a cryptic message for Lucy. Suddenly her unfortunate circumstances are transformed in ways at once astonishing and seemingly impossible.
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A Little Better than Just OK
- De Cariola en 02-10-12
De: David Liss
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Death Comes to the Village
- Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series, Book 1
- De: Catherine Lloyd
- Narrado por: Susannah Tyrrell
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of Kurland St. Mary to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injured his body may be, his mind is as active as ever. Too active, perhaps. When he glimpses a shadowy figure from his bedroom window struggling with a heavy load, the tranquil façade of the village begins to loom sinister....
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- De TabithaD en 02-16-24
De: Catherine Lloyd
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Why Dukes Say I Do
- Wicked Widows, Book 1
- De: Manda Collins
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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Lady Isabella Wharton has little interest in the customs of the country. But when her godmother asks her to pay a visit to her bachelor grandson in Yorkshire, she goes to see the newly-titled - and notoriously rustic - Duke of Ormond. Trevor Carey doesn't care about what goes on behind ballroom doors. He is content with the simple life - and isn't ashamed to admit it to a society flirt like Lady Isabella. But the country air brings out a different side of Isabella - one full of longing and passion. Can her sophistication be hiding a desire for love?
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Tender Romance with suspense and mystery.
- De 🌸DARA en 08-05-13
De: Manda Collins
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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
- Mackenzies Series, Book 1
- De: Jennifer Ashley
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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It was whispered all through London Society that Ian Mackenzie was mad, that he’d spent his youth in an asylum, and was not to be trusted - especially with a lady. For the reputation of any woman caught in his presence was instantly ruined. Yet Beth found herself inexorably drawn to the Scottish lord, whose hint of a brogue wrapped around her like silk and whose touch could draw her into a world of ecstasy.
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Perfect
- De Pookie_Plans en 03-09-21
De: Jennifer Ashley
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Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure
- De: Bonnie MacBird
- Narrado por: Thomas Judd
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend - until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star, writes that her illegitimate son by an English lord has disappeared, and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre.
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Not a bad story, but too 21st century
- De M B Yorton en 11-11-19
De: Bonnie MacBird
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The Strangler Vine
- De: M. J. Carter
- Narrado por: Alex Wyndham
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
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India, 1837: William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery.
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Don't Waste Time Reading Reviews-Just Buy the Book
- De Tracey Rains en 03-09-17
De: M. J. Carter
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The Truth About Love and Dukes
- Dear Lady Truelove
- De: Laura Lee Guhrke
- Narrado por: Carolyn Morris
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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Henry, Duke of Torquil, wouldn't be caught reading the wildly popular "Dear Lady Truelove" column, but when its advice causes his mother to embark on a scandalous elopement, an outraged Henry decides the author of this tripe must be stopped before she can ruin any more lives. Though Lady Truelove's identity is a closely guarded secret, Henry has reason to suspect the publisher of the notorious column, beautiful and provoking Irene Deverill, is also its author.
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One of the very best...EVER!
- De Morgan Mc Glacken en 08-23-17
De: Laura Lee Guhrke
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Instruments of Darkness
- A Novel
- De: Imogen Robertson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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In the year 1780, Harriet Westerman, the willful mistress of a country manor in Sussex, finds a dead man on her grounds with a ring bearing the crest of Thornleigh Hall in his pocket. Not one to be bound by convention or to shy away from adventure, she recruits a reclusive local anatomist named Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer, and historical suspense's newest investigative duo is born.
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Not The Best, But Not Too Bad...
- De MJ en 01-13-13
De: Imogen Robertson
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The Rules of Seduction
- Rothwell Brothers Series, Book 1
- De: Madeline Hunter
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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He enters her home without warning or invitation - a stranger of shadowy motives and commanding sensuality. Within hours, Alexia Welbourne is penniless, without any hope of marriage. Until Hayden Rothwell takes her to bed. When one impulsive act of passion forces Alexia to marry the very man who has ruined her, Hayden's seduction of Alexia is nearly complete. What Alexia doesn't know is that her irresistible new husband is driven by a secret purpose - and a debt of honor he will risk everything to repay.
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- De Kelly Ann Foster en 08-10-21
De: Madeline Hunter
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The Face of a Stranger
- A William Monk Novel #1
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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A tragic accident leaves Inspector Monk with amnesia just moments after he solves the murder of a popular Crimean war hero. Forced to redo his entire investigation, a frustrated Monk faces a desperate murderer who will do anything to keep the inspector from discovering the truth twice.
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promising start to the series
- De connie en 01-09-10
De: Anne Perry
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The Cater Street Hangman
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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When a maid in the upper class Ellison household is strangled, Inspector Pitt is called in to investigate. He finds a world ruled by strict manners and social customs, where the inhabitants of the Ellison's neighborhood appear to be more outraged by the thought of scandal than they are by murder. Inspector Pitt finds a most unlikely ally in Charlotte, the Ellison's spirited daughter. But as the murders continue, Charlotte and Pitt find themselves drawn together by more than the investigation.
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I really like this book but it's not for everone
- De Ancient Warrior en 03-14-11
De: Anne Perry
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A Christmas Deliverance
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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Scuff has come a long way from his time as a penniless orphan scraping together a living on the banks of the Thames. Now he's studying medicine at a free clinic run by Dr. Crowe. Lately Crowe has grown distracted after witnessing an altercation between a former patient of his named Ellie—a woman he not only treated but grew to love—and her controlling fiancé. It seems someone is forcing Ellie to marry the man, and as Crowe's emotions come flooding back, he sets out to uncover the troubling connection between Ellie, her father, and her betrothed.
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The sense of justice for the poor
- De kathryn en 12-14-23
De: Anne Perry
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Slaves of Obsession
- William Monk Series, Book 11
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence.
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- De Trish en 06-10-19
De: Anne Perry
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Twenty-One Days
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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It's 1910, and Daniel Pitt is a reluctant lawyer who would prefer to follow in the footsteps of his detective father. When the biographer Russell Graves, who Daniel is helping defend, is sentenced to execution for the murder of his wife, Daniel's Pitt-family investigative instincts kick in, and he sets out to find the real killer. With only 21 days before Graves is to be executed, Daniel learns that Graves is writing a biography of Victor Narraway, the former head of Special Branch and a close friend of the Pitts. And the stories don't shed a positive light. Is it possible someone is framing Graves to keep him from writing the biography-maybe even someone Daniel knows in Special Branch? The only answer, it seems, lies in the dead woman's corpse.
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The Pitt Novels
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-18
De: Anne Perry
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A Christmas Vanishing
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 4 h y 36 m
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Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Winnie's gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Winnie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with during the holiday season, she begins investigating Winnie's disappearance.
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Another excellent Christmas Story from Perry
- De jen nuss en 01-02-24
De: Anne Perry
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The Face of a Stranger
- A William Monk Novel #1
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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A tragic accident leaves Inspector Monk with amnesia just moments after he solves the murder of a popular Crimean war hero. Forced to redo his entire investigation, a frustrated Monk faces a desperate murderer who will do anything to keep the inspector from discovering the truth twice.
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promising start to the series
- De connie en 01-09-10
De: Anne Perry
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The Cater Street Hangman
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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When a maid in the upper class Ellison household is strangled, Inspector Pitt is called in to investigate. He finds a world ruled by strict manners and social customs, where the inhabitants of the Ellison's neighborhood appear to be more outraged by the thought of scandal than they are by murder. Inspector Pitt finds a most unlikely ally in Charlotte, the Ellison's spirited daughter. But as the murders continue, Charlotte and Pitt find themselves drawn together by more than the investigation.
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I really like this book but it's not for everone
- De Ancient Warrior en 03-14-11
De: Anne Perry
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A Christmas Deliverance
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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Scuff has come a long way from his time as a penniless orphan scraping together a living on the banks of the Thames. Now he's studying medicine at a free clinic run by Dr. Crowe. Lately Crowe has grown distracted after witnessing an altercation between a former patient of his named Ellie—a woman he not only treated but grew to love—and her controlling fiancé. It seems someone is forcing Ellie to marry the man, and as Crowe's emotions come flooding back, he sets out to uncover the troubling connection between Ellie, her father, and her betrothed.
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The sense of justice for the poor
- De kathryn en 12-14-23
De: Anne Perry
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Slaves of Obsession
- William Monk Series, Book 11
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence.
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- De Trish en 06-10-19
De: Anne Perry
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Twenty-One Days
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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It's 1910, and Daniel Pitt is a reluctant lawyer who would prefer to follow in the footsteps of his detective father. When the biographer Russell Graves, who Daniel is helping defend, is sentenced to execution for the murder of his wife, Daniel's Pitt-family investigative instincts kick in, and he sets out to find the real killer. With only 21 days before Graves is to be executed, Daniel learns that Graves is writing a biography of Victor Narraway, the former head of Special Branch and a close friend of the Pitts. And the stories don't shed a positive light. Is it possible someone is framing Graves to keep him from writing the biography-maybe even someone Daniel knows in Special Branch? The only answer, it seems, lies in the dead woman's corpse.
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The Pitt Novels
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-18
De: Anne Perry
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A Christmas Vanishing
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 4 h y 36 m
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Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Winnie's gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Winnie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with during the holiday season, she begins investigating Winnie's disappearance.
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Another excellent Christmas Story from Perry
- De jen nuss en 01-02-24
De: Anne Perry
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A Christmas Journey
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Terrence Hardiman
- Duración: 3 h y 36 m
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It's Christmas and the well-born guests who have gathered at Applecross for a delicious weekend of relaxation are warmed by roaring fires, mistletoe, and gorgeously wrapped gifts. It's scarcely the setting for misfortune, and no one - not even that clever young aristocrat and budding sleuth Vespasia Cumming-Gould - anticipates the tragedy that is to darken this light-hearted holiday house party. But soon one young woman lies dead, a suicide, and Vespasia must uncover the heartbreaking truth behind the tragedy.
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Never tire of Anne Perry
- De Joan en 12-22-17
De: Anne Perry
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Death in Focus
- Elena Standish, Book 1
- De: Anne Perry
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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On vacation from London on the beautiful Italian coast, 28-year-old Elena Standish and her older sister Margot have finally been able to forget some of the lasting trauma of the Great War. Touring with her camera in hand, Elena has found new inspiration in the striking Italian landscape, and she's met an equally striking man named Ian. Not ready to part from one another, she and Ian share a train trip home to England. But a shocking murder disrupts their agenda, forcing Elena to personally deliver a message to Berlin that could change the fate of Europe.
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Wow I want to hear more!
- De Marta Richards en 09-28-19
De: Anne Perry
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- De: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrado por: Susan O'Malley
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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Amelia Peabody embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal for her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, she rescues Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been "ruined" and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her lover. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo, where strange visitations and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn.
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- De Morgan en 01-09-04
De: Elizabeth Peters
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The Best Man to Die
- An Inspector Wexford Mystery
- De: Ruth Rendell
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Now Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer....
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Classic who-dunnit
- De Kathi en 02-24-13
De: Ruth Rendell
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Anne Perry
- The Murder of the Century
- De: Peter Graham
- Narrado por: Eric Brooks
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme - better known as best-selling mystery writer Anne Perry - and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline’s mother, Honora. Half an hour later, the girls returned alone, claiming that Pauline’s mother had had an accident. But when Honora Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close at hand, Juliet and Pauline were quickly arrested, and later confessed to the killing.
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- De Helen Poe en 05-20-13
De: Peter Graham
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Fantastic Crimes
- Four Bibliomysteries by Best-Selling Authors
- De: Anne Perry, Christopher Fowler, F. Paul Wilson, y otros
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley, Nicole Poole
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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This collection includes four book-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft: The Scroll, Reconciliation Day, The Compendium of Srem, and The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy.
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Anne Perry story is the best
- De Amazon Customer en 06-04-23
De: Anne Perry, y otros
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- Mrs. Pickles
- 06-14-22
I am confused by Runcorn’s character
I am enjoying the Monk series very much. Having fallen in love with Runcorn in Perry’s the Christmas Beginning, I am finding it impossible to reconcile my beloved Runcorn with the over bearing oaf depicted in this series. The other characters seem true to form in the Christmas series and I do not understand why Runcorn is characterized so differently
Alas, I just pretend he is someone else!
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- Booklass
- 11-08-23
Kept me hooked
Excellent narrator. She is one of my favorites. The story is enthralling and gave Hester a stronger role to play. Still a lot of unanswered questions about Monk's lost memories. All around excellent.
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- Lucy
- 02-17-24
Great story and narration
The narrator does a wonderful job! The story itself is well written, not so obvious that you guess the ending and keeps your interest. Very well paced with well rounded characters and environment.
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- R. Pontiflet
- 01-24-20
An Interesting Story
This story held my interest all the way through. The publisher's summary provides a very good synopsis of the story so I won't try to add anything. You have to have an interest in victorian ways of living or your jaw will be on the ground all the way through this story. However, the central character Hester makes some redemptive comments and gestures on behalf of women (as much as she can!) when she can't hold her tongue against condescending remarks made usually by a man. I think the moral of this story is "parents should not impose their wishes and ambitions upon their children" it could prove to be deadly as it did in this story.
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- Carol
- 03-11-24
The persistence of the police as William Monk and Hester Laterley.
These books are very thought provoking. The gentry were very privileged and everyone else were held in contempt by them especially the police and servants.
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- Kaejae
- 09-11-16
Surprising finish!
Good story, but Monk seemed to lack investigation skills, so not surprising someone else had to figure it out. Hoping he improves!
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- Ethan
- 12-10-19
Enjoyable, but frustrating
I enjoyed this book but will not visit another in the series.
Let me explain...
The narration is excellent. Davina Porter is a gem.
The setting is quite good. From eel pies and onion soup, to the daily routines of servants, to the ineptitudes of doctors and their expectations of nurses, to the rituals which were involved in every kind of social interaction, Victorian London, and the lives of its inhabitants, are fleshed out in remarkable detail.
Many of the characters are good, too. Hester Latterly is a stand out: brash, intelligent, opinionated, sensitive, compassionate, proactive.
And the basic plot is engrossing: a women dead, carved up by an intruder in the night, only it wasn't an intruder but someone in the house who did it -- a very respectable house filled with both respectable people, and servants. The conflict this creates, and the ways the conflict plays out, is fascinating to observe...mostly.
The problem is that the novel plods. Not in a satisfying, slow, luxurious way. In a tedious way. Most of the action consists of repetitive conversations, leading to interrogations that are uninformative, leading back to conversations that are usually seething underneath with barely suppressed contempt or indignation, leading to more interrogations with the same people as before, with almost nothing new coming to light, and so on, and so on. This is actually fine for a while as it builds tension. But I found myself skipping a bit at the end, trying to get to some good parts.
Part of what's frustrating is that the main character (who is not Hester, sadly) is so impotent throughout. His hands are tied by the situation, and they never become untied, so that by the end of the story he has barely done anything to accomplish its resolution. This might be accurate for the time and situation, but it's usually not what you want in the protagonist of a detective novel.
What's more, there was a line of inquiry I was almost screaming for them to pursue, which was completely ignored until the last few pages. In my mind, in a murder mystery, obscuring the obvious by simply ignoring it is a cardinal sin.
In conclusion: I did enjoy the novel, but I find it difficult to recommend. It's an odd thing to admit at the end of a 4 star review, but there you have it.
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- AstoriaSis
- 03-06-22
Enjoyed every minute of it.
New to Monk and enjoyed this one so much I purchased the entire series. Davina Porter is great too.
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- Kindle Customer rph
- 07-21-22
Long but worth every minute
First the narrator was quality all the way. Story superb. I strongly recommend it even though it is quite long.
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- Francis
- 06-16-23
Hester and Monk are a good team
Hester and Monk, Evans make such a good team even if they don’t initially recognize it. Anne write a great story full of history and humanity. Changes come so slowly, but they do come.
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