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Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle
- Becoming Sherlock, Book 1
- By: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Alfred Enoch
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
We are 40 years into the future, and London is a city in decay. John Watson has returned from medical service in the war in Afghanistan and lives by himself in a run-down part of town. On his way home from work, he stumbles upon a beaten man in the street – unconscious and completely naked. His chances of survival are minimal. The same evening, a passenger plane crashes in Richmond Park. There are several hundred victims, and Watson and the mysterious man are left to their own devices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So creative!
- By Joshua B. Wager on 03-11-25
- Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle
- Becoming Sherlock, Book 1
- By: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Alfred Enoch
Didn’t see a lot of that coming!
Reviewed: 03-28-25
Loved it all. A unique take on the Holmes canon for sure, beautifully written and narrated. Answers questions I’ve always had. Scary setting especially in today’s times.
Ready for the next one!
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The Price
- What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos
- By: Armen Keteyian, John Talty
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
We are living in the Wild West of college sports. Name, Image and Likeness endorsements, the transfer portal, collectives, conference realignment, the powerful influence of media companies have all rendered the notion of amateur athletics a quaint relic of the past, replaced by a Brave New World where money and self-interest rule. The Price is a sweeping, in-depth, thought-provoking look at an inflection point in big-time college football.
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4 out of 5 stars
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In-Depth And Off The Rails
- By BrettSBaker on 10-06-24
- The Price
- What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos
- By: Armen Keteyian, John Talty
- Narrated by: Will Damron
The Sad Truth
Reviewed: 02-15-25
I play fantasy football but never deeply followed the college sport and wanted to broaden my knowledge. This book did that- I began to understand (after the fact the) the ESPN stories about the possible end of college football based on things that were going on at the time and written about here. I think the research is credible and deep; the presentation is that of a good story but woven through our true though unfortunate history and present day circumstances. As the rapper says “ It’s all about the Benjamins 🤑”
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An Accidental Death
- A DC Smith Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,901
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,284
The story opens with the apparently accidental drowning of a sixth form student in the Norfolk countryside. As a matter of routine, or so it seems, the case passes across the desk of Detective Sergeant Smith, recently returned to work after an internal investigation into another case that has led to tensions between officers at Kings Lake police headquarters. As an ex-DCI, Smith could have retired by now, and it is clear that some of his superiors wish that he would do so.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent British Mystery
- By Customer on 09-07-16
- An Accidental Death
- A DC Smith Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Old school excellence
Reviewed: 01-16-25
Gildart Jackson’s voice could get me through anything. Lots of surprises, great attention to detail in the character’s speech patterns and how they think and behave. Mysteries to be solved as the series progresses- can’t wait!
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Daughter of the Merciful Deep
- By: Leslye Penelope
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Jane Edwards hasn’t spoken since she was eleven years old, when armed riders expelled her family from their hometown along with every other Black resident. Now, twelve years later, she’s found a haven in the all-Black town of Awenasa. But the construction of a dam promises to wash her home under the waters of the new lake. Jane will do anything to save the community that sheltered her. So, when a man with uncanny abilities arrives in town asking strange questions, she wonders if he might be the key.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderfully written story
- By Kielia on 10-20-24
- Daughter of the Merciful Deep
- By: Leslye Penelope
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
Tour de force performance!
Reviewed: 11-02-24
Narrator Shayna Small took fantastical plotting merged with raw American history and turned it into 10+ magical hours. Her range of voices and emotions , including her singing voice , brought this complex story to life. I’m reading the author’s previous book next for more of this great collaboration. Beautifully done!
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Gryphon in Light
- Kelvren's Saga, Book 1
- By: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops, but caused a diplomatic crisis. Frustrated by his lack of a hero's welcome, Kelvren is talked into helping with an expedition by his old friend, Firesong. Firesong struggles with his own age and mortality, and he intends to solve a vast mystery at the center of legendary Lake Evendim as his crowning achievement.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It’s as if the author hadn’t read the previous books
- By ChocolateChipCookie330 on 11-22-23
- Gryphon in Light
- Kelvren's Saga, Book 1
- By: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
Can’t wait for part two
Reviewed: 10-29-24
I always look forward to dipping myself in true but lighthearted fantasy. The prolific Mercedes Lackey never disappoints as she delivers story, great characters , action and emotion in a package I can handle in challenging times.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
- By: Gene Andrew Jarrett
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. In this definitive biography, the first full-scale life of Dunbar in half a century, Gene Andrew Jarrett offers a revelatory account of a writer whose Gilded Age celebrity as the "poet laureate of his race" hid the private struggles of a man who, in the words of his famous poem, felt like a "caged bird" that sings.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Left me wanting more depth .
- By PW on 10-22-24
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
- By: Gene Andrew Jarrett
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Left me wanting more depth .
Reviewed: 10-22-24
I did not do previous research into Mr. Dunbar’s life and was unfamiliar with his work , other than what our teachers gave us for Black History Month. I’m left feeling I still don’t have great insight into the man or the poet.
A tragic figure who I continue to believe has even more ‘meat on the bone’ to discover. From his wife, to his personal demons, the contributions and highlights of whatever actually and ultimately constituted his life - I don’t have the bottom of the stories that were introduced.
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The Once and Future Witches
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,426
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,406
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters - James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna - join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Almost. Not quite there.
- By LovelyD on 11-29-20
- The Once and Future Witches
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
The music was so moving- pure magic!
Reviewed: 10-05-24
I alternated in the first several chapters between wanting the book to be over and wanting to know what would happen next. These characters as voiced by the narrator were not instantly likable to me, except for Miss Quinn, but the sheer creativity and imagination and lovely writing got me hooked. I will likely listen again, my highest praise and not something I often make time to do in the vast array of available distractions and new offerings.
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The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,235
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,912
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,912
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship. Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best writing and narrator!!
- By KareBear on 08-07-24
- The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Did not want to leave these people!
Reviewed: 08-16-24
I enjoyed going in depth with each character and the particulars of how she used the feature for each one in advancing the story. And while I got tired of the recipes, I didn’t skip through them but used the time to process what I’d just read, and anticipate what might come.
Will read more of her work! GREAT narration- really helped the story soar.
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The Black Bird Oracle
- A Novel
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,676
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,548
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,548
Deborah Harkness first introduced the world to Diana Bishop, an Oxford scholar and witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew de Clermont in A Discovery of Witches. Drawn to each other despite long-standing taboos, these two otherworldly beings found themselves at the center of a battle for a lost, enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782. Since then, they have fallen in love, traveled to Elizabethan England, dissolved the Covenant between the three species, and awoken the dark powers within Diana’s family line.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jennifer Ikeda does it again!
- By Amelia Hoffert on 07-25-24
- The Black Bird Oracle
- A Novel
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
My favorite since Discovery of Witches
Reviewed: 07-25-24
Jennifer Ikeda’s aptitude with foreign languages and accents in general adds a welcome layer to the story. Sometimes I felt the writing went on a bit much but I never wanted to give up. Such fraught lives but centered in love and comfort - I look forward to the next one!
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Murder by Lamplight
- By: Patrice McDonough
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
November 1866: The grisly murder site in London's East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to disguise his skepticism. But Dr. Julia Lewis is accustomed to such condescension . . .
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5 out of 5 stars
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well done
- By Kindle Customer on 03-31-24
- Murder by Lamplight
- By: Patrice McDonough
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
A great series opener !
Reviewed: 07-15-24
While this is a typical example of the category, the narration brought it up a level and the story had enough complexity and different points of view to really excite my interest. Waiting for Book 2!
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