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Title: The Hampstead Ponies

Subtitle: The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Book 2

Author: John A. Little

Narrator: Steve White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-17

Publisher: MX Publishing

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of Scotland Yard, the ambitious, respectful son of the late George Lestrade.

Thanks to Royal Jelly, Holmes is a fit 71-year-old, who has lost his interest in bees and returned to detecting, joining forces again with his colleague and friend, Dr. John Hamish Watson, a 73-year-old unfit twice-widower, who hankers after the good old days of derring-do.

Together they explore the case of the Hampstead Ponies, where a murdered baby is found upon the Heath; the Chelsea Necrophile and the mysterious organ that plays itself; the Holland Park Cannibal with a taste for home-made sausages; the truly nightmarish Richmond Werewolf; and the dangers of contagion in the search for the Hammersmith Hound.

Members Reviews:

Top Of The Line

This is a marvelous read. The reader is kept spellbound by the nonstop action, involved plots and descriptive elements that transports one back to those days of horrifying violence, criminality and squalor of unbelievable magnitudes. At least one of the stories pointed out something that is often overlooked in mystery writing. Many mysteries involve acts of mayhem, extortion and other horrific events needing to be solved by the hero. Often overlooked are the parts played in criminality by so-called 'Upstanding' citizens. It's the old supply and demand thing. Have an example. Any who watch the news is familiar with the appalling violence that takes place in border towns along the Mexico/US border. Places like Juarez, Tijuana and others are war zones. This violence originates in contests to control the lucrative drug trade. If the demand suddenly evaporated, drug kingpins couldn't give that stuff away.

So the violence in these towns results because of the highly-paid professionals who think it cool to do a few lines after a hard day at the office. Many blame the drug demand upon inner cities. Not so; inner cities don't have the economic bases to support cocaine use measured in tons. How this digression applies to the Holmes/Watson accounts under review is they point out that horrific crimes are committed because of demands that come from many individuals who are considered respectable in every way. After you read the book you'll know exactly what I'm tailing about.

Save this book for a Friday evening with nothing scheduled the next day. You are in for a roller-coaster ride provided by a Holmes/Watson writer at the very top of his game. It doesn't get better than this.

The good and the bad

This book was several adventures, some of them quite good but some of them disappointing (example/spoiler: It's just a dream). An okay book.

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The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes II featuring âThe Case of the Hampstead Poniesâ by John A Little

My thanks to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my review copy of this book. You are the custodians of all things Sherlock Holmes!

This is the second volume in a series that began with The Musical Murders. As I said in that review, the secret of how these stories were found is a solid one. They were written by Doctor Watson, submitted to the Strand and rejected.

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Title: The House in the Mist

Author: Anna Katharine Green

Narrator: Carolin Kaiser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-17

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In "The House in the Mist", weary traveler Hugh Austin arrives, seeking food and lodging for the night. "Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive, but the others cannot be far behind", he is told. "What others?" he wonders, gazing at a stern portrait hanging on the wall. He finds he has chanced upon the gathering of friends and relatives of the man in the portrait. An inheritance is to be divided, all concerned must be present by the appointed hour. And this inheritance is so substantial that violence, murder, and vengeance from beyond the grave all await among the heirs.

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. She is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective.

©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont

Members Reviews:

the most annoying reader i have ever heard.

I did not get past the first sentence this woman ruines any book she reads

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Title: Enamored

Subtitle: Lucien Caye Private Eye, Book 2

Author: O'Neil De Noux

Narrator: Scott Galloway Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-17

Publisher: O'NEIL DE NOUX

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

This is New Orleans - 1950. She crossed Canal Street from the neutral ground, walked right past Private Eye Lucien Caye, and he watched her come and go, both views unforgettable. A woman can do that on occasion, sear an indelible image in a man's mind. She remained a snapshot until a week later when she stepped from the darkness beneath the balcony of Lucien's building shortly after midnight, on a sultry Thursday night.

Thus begins a most elusive case, a case of obsession and murder, a case that will baffle Lucien, intrigue him, make him fall in love - three times. The case of a desirable woman enamored of an undesirable man defies understanding, yet the human heart rarely listens to the human brain. A smart guy like Lucien should know better, but his mind has trouble controlling his libido, much less his heart.

Born in New Orleans, O'Neil De Noux is a prolific American writer of novels and short stories. Much of his fiction falls under the mystery genre described by critics as hyper-realistic, character-driven crime fiction. He has 30 books in print and over 300 short story sales in multiple genres.

Mr. De Noux's writing has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Shamus Award for Best Short Story (Shamus Awards are given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction) and the Derringer Award for Best Novelette (Derringer Awards are given annually by the Short Mystery Fiction Society to recognize excellence in the short mystery fiction form). De Noux's novel John Raven Beau was named 2011 Police Book of the Year. Two of his stories have appeared in the Best American Mystery Stories anthology (2013 and 2007).

O'Neil De Noux was the 2012-2013 Vice-President of the Private Eye Writers of America.

Members Reviews:

You can't go wrong with a Lucien Caye novel

If you could sum up Enamored in three words, what would they be?

Steamy, fun, lagniappe (if you don't know or aren't from New Orleans... look it up).

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

As a matter of fact it did, just one thing after another, the way a good book should be.

Which scene was your favorite?

I like it all but did think any scene in which Lucien's neighbor John showed up in was fun.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A New Orleans in the 1950's like you never imagined

Any additional comments?

Give this one a try, I certainly like it.

Not your classic PI

Would you listen to Enamored again? Why?

Yes, I really like Lucien Caye and I love New Orleans. This book take you back to the way it was in the 1950's.

What did you like best about this story?

There were so many parts I liked it is hard to choose one.

What about Scott Galloway Smiths performance did you like?

Mr. Galloway helps bring the story alive. Although I thoroughly enjoy De Noux's writing, it is alway fun to have hear the character's and not just imagine it in my head.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

This New Orleans PI makes you wish you could walk in his shoes.

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Titel: Das blaue Kreuz - nach Motiven von Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Pater Brown)

Autor:: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Erzähler: Matthias Ernst Holzmann

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 43 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-13-17

Herausgeber: ZYX Music

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Flambeau, der meistgesuchte Verbrecher Frankreichs, soll auf den Weg nach London sein; angelockt von dem blauen Karfunkel, den der Chef der Pariser Polizei, Valentine, mit Absicht schlecht gesichert ausstellen lassen will. Schon bei der Überfahrt von Paris nach London ereignen sich merkwürdige Ereignisse. Nicht nur, dass ein immer plappernder und seine Vorhaben laut ausplappernder Pater mit an Bord ist, auch scheint es, als würde Valentine beobachtet.

Die Merkwürdigkeiten gehen noch weiter, als er London erreicht. Von Flambeau ist keine Spur zu finden. Nur der Pater, nun in Begleitung eines Freundes, stiftet unentwegt Unruhe, und bringt die Polizei zur schieren Verzweiflung.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Kirsten Ferreri

Format: Unabridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-17

Publisher: Paperless

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth of the 12 stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It is one of four Sherlock Holmes stories that can be classified as a locked room mystery. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in February 1892, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. It was published under the different title "The Spotted Band" in New York World in August 1905. Doyle later revealed that he thought this was his best Holmes story.

Doyle wrote and produced a play based on the story. It premiered at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 4 June 1910, with H. A. Saintsbury as Sherlock Holmes and Lyn Harding as Dr. Grimesby Roylott. The play, originally called The Stonor Case, differs from the story in several details, such as the names of some of the characters.

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

An essential late-Victorian thriller in that it combines the English countryside with the mystery of the Colonial Empire.

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Title: The Expressman and the Detective

Author: Allan Pinkerton

Narrator: Pete Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Allan Pinkerton, a Scotsman by birth and a barrel maker by trade, settled in Chicago in its infancy and founded the Pinkertons, the world's first detective agency. Though events associated with the agency after his death have tarnished the name, Pinkerton himself was one of the original human rights advocates. He was a dear friend to John Brown, an advisor to Abraham Lincoln, and 80 years ahead of his time in hiring female detectives.

"The Expressman and the Detective" (1874) is Pinkerton's first attempt at putting his real life experiences into novel form. Though many later works attributed to Pinkerton are understood to have been ghostwritten, this is the work of the man the London Times calls "a man at once deeply admirable and quite obnoxious".

©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont

Members Reviews:

Interesting on several levels

This book is essentially a very early police procedural. We know from the beginning who did it, and the book is all about how they were brought to justice. The story concerns Nathan Maroney, a station agent for Adams Express, who is suspected of stealing $50,000 cash from his employer in two separate thefts, in 1859. Maroney is a very clever criminal, and it takes a team of detectives several months to corner him.

The cat and mouse game between Maroney and his wife, on the one hand, and Pinkerton's detectives and spies on the other, is interesting enough in itself. The book is also provides a fascinating look into daily life in the US in the mid-nineteenth century, including the cultural divisions between north and south, the way the genders interacted, social mores, what rail travel was like, etc. Although the author had no intention of creating a cultural document, he couldn't help but do so in telling a story that spans several months, so many locations, and such a large number of characters.

The book is also interesting for its description of Kate Warne, probably America's first female detective, and how she gained the confidence of Maroney's wife, who was hiding the money.

As some other reviewers have noted, the plot, by the standards of today's commercial thrillers, doesn't exactly race along. But it moves well enough, and the characters are interesting enough to make you want to linger a while without just racing blindly to the next plot point. The book is well written, in what is, by 19th century standards, fairly straighforward prose.

This is an excellent book to study how our justice system worked in the mid 19th century.

This is an obviously an embellished story of one of Pinkertonâs first cases. I found it to be interesting in how he unwittingly portrays justice at that time. The reader will find he had no qualms about setting up a person to fulfill his mission. He obviously considered this poetic justice. I think in the context of those times, I would agree with him. While this is a self serving story I did find the way he accomplished his work amazing. The vernacular he uses is also amusing and rather âcornyâ to the modern reader, although this usage was used at that time. I am glad this âdocumentaryâ was not edited for the benefit of todayâs reader.

A period piece

Fun to read - definitely a period piece, being actually written by Allan Pinkerton. Got a little tedious with descriptions and details in the middle of the book, which I believe was common for writers of the day.

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Title: The Shrieking Pits

Subtitle: The Astonishing Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1

Author: Nikki Nelson-Hicks

Narrator: George Kuch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-17

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation that literally changed the face of fiction and popular culture lives on in a daring new imprint from Pro Se Productions. Author Nikki Nelson-Hicks takes Holmes and Dr. Watson on a mystifying, shocking journey into mystery and intrigue in the line's debut volume - The Astonishing Tales of Sherlock Holmes: The Shrieking Pits!

Dr. John Watson discovers that his friend, Sherlock Holmes, has gone missing while hunting fairies in Norfolk with Ulysses K. Todd and his secretary, Mrs. Bernardine Dowell. Concerned that his friend is on a drug induced bender, Watson goes with the pair to Almertune to help his friend, only to discover something more sinister is afoot.

What appears a frivolous excursion into myth hunting takes on a different tone when Watson discovers encrypted notes from the Diogenes Club to Holmes. The World's Greatest Detective is not hunting fairies, but on the trail of Viking silver and a daring heist. Holmes must use every skill at his disposal to discover the secret of the Shrieking Pits while deftly maneuvering around ghost hunters and fairy enthusiasts.... and not add to the body count.

Nikki Nelson-Hicks brings her adoration for Doyle's character as well as her own fervent imagination to brilliant life in The Astonishing Tales of Sherlock Holmes: The Shrieking Pits from Pro Se Productions.

Members Reviews:

Not great but good

Would you listen to The Shrieking Pits again? Why?

Probably . Watson is definitely long winded to the point you will just want him to get on with the story which ends up being interesting.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Japanese lady warrior. A very different character for a Sherlock Holmes story.

Which scene was your favorite?

The final face off with the villains.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The young man's history.

Any additional comments?

Don't be fooled by the title. This is not about fairy folk.

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Titre: Écorchures (Rizzoli et Isles 11)

Auteur: Tess Gerritsen

Narrateur: Pierre-François Garel

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 02-09-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Résumé de l'éditeur:

L'enquête sur l'assassinat particulièrement atroce d'un chasseur de gros gibier à Boston conduit Rizzoli et Isles à faire le lien avec les meurtres non résolus dans un petit groupe d'étrangers participant à un safari africain six ans auparavant. Une seule survivante, qui se cache du monde, peut les aider. Mais il faut qu'elle coopère et, surtout, qu'elle reste en vie.

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©2017 Presses de la Cité (P)2017 Audible Studios

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Titre: Copier n'est pas jouer

Auteur: Frédérique Molay

Narrateur: Mathieu Buscatto

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-20-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Lorsque Nico Sirsky, chef de la brigade criminelle du 36 quai des Orfèvres, est chargé de lenquête sur le corps congelé d'une fillette retrouvé dans un square parisien, il sait qu'il ne s'agira pas d'une enquête ordinaire. Quand d'autres cadavres apparaissent, et qu'il s'avère que ces meurtres sont les copies conformes d'homicides commis par de célèbres tueurs en série, il comprend qu'il lui faut aller vite pour arrêter un tueur extrêmement organisé et dangereux, qui le provoque en semant des indices sur les scènes de ses crimes. Et si tous ces meurtres étaient le résultat d'un jeu de rôle grandeur nature... qui est alors le maître du jeu ?

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Title: Inspector French and the Sea Mystery

Subtitle: Inspector French Mystery, Book 4

Author: Freeman Wills Crofts

Narrator: Phil Fox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fourth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'.

The Body That Came from Nowhere

Off the coast of Burry Port in South Wales, two fishermen discover a shipping crate and manage to haul it ashore. Inside is the decomposing body of a brutally murdered man. With nothing to indicate who he is or where it came from, the local police decide to call in Scotland Yard. Fortunately Inspector Joseph French does not believe in insoluble cases - there are always clues to be found if you know what to look for. Testing his theories with his accustomed thoroughness, French's ingenuity sets him off on another investigation.

Critic Reviews:

"Inspector French is as near the real thing as any sleuth in fiction." (Sunday Times)

"A detective novel by Mr. Wills Crofts is always an event to those who know.... Mr. Crofts is among the few muscular writers of detective fiction. He has never let me down." (Harold Nicolson, Daily Express)

Members Reviews:

Great detective puzzles

I love these stories with their meticulous focus on the details of the mystery and the actions of Inspector French to try and puzzle them out. If you're looking for in depth development of the characters and their relationships then these stories aren't for you, but I find the step by step unravelling of the mystery, in a time when landline telephones and telegrams were the most rapid forms of communication, great fun. Phil Fox is a very good narrator, pacing his delivery well and voicing the different characters sufficiently to tell them apart, but without going over the top. I'm looking forward to more in this series.

Freeman Wills Croft at his best

This the 4 book following the Starvel Hollow case, finds the author and his inspectors skill growing. The detail in caricatures, places and narrative are superbly crafted. inspector French goes about his work with such realistic detail, with clear human undertaking and limitations, making him so believable. You can see late creations of Morse etc being infected by Wills Crofts art form.

Excellent of its type

Wills Crofts is very good at impossible situations which he resolves with breathtaking timings.

The narrator was very good. The ending was most satisfying.

Absolutely brilliant

Third of these I have listened to. Take the series in order but they do stand alone. Well read, easy to follow and gripping stories. I am looking forward to the others.