M. Faulkner
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Marble Hall Murders
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Tim McMullen
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 813
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 776
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Story5 out of 5 stars 776
Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England. Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered—by poison.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wanted to Like
- By Mavis Lee on 05-19-25
- Marble Hall Murders
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Tim McMullen
The best yet
Reviewed: 05-20-25
I’ve enjoyed this trilogy and its brilliant adaptations. This is the best of the books and I’m looking forward to seeing it come to the screen soon.
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The Amen Effect
- Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
- By: Sharon Brous
- Narrated by: Sharon Brous
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story5 out of 5 stars 131
In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading American rabbi—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one other in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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addressing aloneness
- By cherry on 06-07-25
- The Amen Effect
- Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
- By: Sharon Brous
- Narrated by: Sharon Brous
Some needed wisdom
Reviewed: 04-18-25
A powerful testimony of a virtue that is disappearing in this virtual world, that of “showing up. “ taking the time and trouble to attend an event, pay a call, and support others in tough times.
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The Usual Desire to Kill
- A Novel
- By: Camilla Barnes
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Miranda’s parents live in a dilapidated house in rural France that they share with two llamas, eight ducks, five chickens, two cats, and a freezer full of food dating back to 1983. This wry, propulsive story about a singularly eccentric family and the sibling rivalry, generational divides, and long-buried secrets that shape them, is a glorious debut novel from a seasoned playwright with immense empathy and a flair for dialogue.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The acceptance of sadness
- By Bob Whitely on 06-01-25
- The Usual Desire to Kill
- A Novel
- By: Camilla Barnes
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
Brilliant
Reviewed: 04-17-25
Crackling dry wit and yet beautifully heartfelt. I loved these flawed, funny people. Lovely reading as well.
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
- Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
- By: Nicholas Meyer
- Narrated by: David Case
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 170
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 171
This "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Did I Get the Same Book Everyone Else Got?
- By Troy on 08-28-13
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
- Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
- By: Nicholas Meyer
- Narrated by: David Case
Brilliant author and narrator
Reviewed: 12-14-24
Both were brilliant
I was surprised at Meyer’s skill as a writer - surpassing Doyle himself at times - completely engrossing
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Close to Death
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Anthony Horowitz, Rory Kinnear
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,432
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,299
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,299
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate. It is the perfect idyll, until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and quickly offend every last one of the neighbors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The book personified: “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”
- By Jane M. on 04-19-24
- Close to Death
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Anthony Horowitz, Rory Kinnear
Best yet!
Reviewed: 10-24-24
It took awhile for me to warm up to this series but each book keeps getting better . Loved this one!
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The Mystery Guest
- A Maid Novel
- By: Nita Prose
- Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,728
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,587
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,587
Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J. D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead—very dead—on the hotel’s tearoom floor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Molly is an interesting character.
- By M. Faulkner on 12-17-23
- The Mystery Guest
- A Maid Novel
- By: Nita Prose
- Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
Molly is an interesting character.
Reviewed: 12-17-23
The writing is just too simple and predictable. The narrator is weak, not even an accent for the Hispanic boyfriend. Just average though well meaning.
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The Only Way Out is Through
- By: Greenlawn Drive Productions, Audiation, Oliver Sacks Foundation
- Narrated by: Indre Viskontas
- Length: 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story5 out of 5 stars 280
The weird specificity of traumatic memory and how one woman found her way out. *Contains sensitive content*
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oliver's incredible sense of wonder and curiosity.
- By MJL on 01-10-24
Loved it
Reviewed: 05-24-23
I read all of his books when a young mom - now an older lady and approaching his life and work through this podcast was illuminating and moving. What a life to be celebrated!
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72,324
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,706
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66,498
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
- Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
Honesty is refreshing
Reviewed: 01-21-23
He’s a spoiled royal but he gets that and somehow finds a way to our hearts and respect - a tragic tale in a way but also a tale of redemption. Well read and moving .
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Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,772
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,476
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,477
After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences' imaginations for more than 150 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing narration!
- By Karen on 12-11-08
- Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
It’s the Dickens!
Reviewed: 12-29-22
There is nobody like him; grinding out thousands of words and in total over two thousand characters in his books, and changing our inner landscapes as he goes. Simon Vance and Dickens are a match made in heaven: enjoy words, words and more words.
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Moonflower Murders
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Allan Corduner
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,296
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,808
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,789
Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is living the good life. She is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend Andreas. It should be everything she's always wanted. But is it? She's exhausted with the responsibilities of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, and truth be told, she's beginning to miss London. And then the Trehearnes come to stay. The strange story they tell about an unfortunate murder that took place on the same day and in the same hotel in which their daughter was married fascinates Susan and piques her editor's instincts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Keep a note pad handy
- By Winsome on 11-18-20
- Moonflower Murders
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Allan Corduner
Horowitz at his best
Reviewed: 11-28-22
I’ve listened to all of Horowitz’s novels, as I’ve always enjoyed his writing for television. I love this character, Susan Ryeland, and the two novels with her as protagonist have been my favorites. The writing is sharp, the mysteries are engaging and the narration is perfect. I prefer these to the novels where Horowitz puts himself in the novel as a character; those are just a bit like watching reality television - neither real nor fiction - and neither Horowitz nor his police detective are as endearing as Susan and Andreas. Enjoy these two and definitely watch the adaptation of Magpie Murders - it’s outstanding!
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