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Title: The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor

Subtitle: A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murderer.

Members Reviews:

Nicely Dramatic!

Hercule Poirot is asked to investigate the death of a heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin. The man is deemed to have committed suicide, which would negate his insurance policy. Upon investigating Poirot is certain that the case is murder, and goes about trying to prove his theory.

Another Agatha Christie short story. Oh how I enjoy them!! Poirot is his crafty, cocky self in this one as he tries to frame the murderer. In fact he is very dramatic about it all, which suits Poirot's personality to a tea.

I listened on audio, and I would highly recommend it. The high drama in this short story is certainly suited to the audio.

This is narrated by David Suchet NOT Hugh Fraser!

What does Hugh Fraser bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

David Suchet is an excellent narrator. He reads Poirot perfectly. I also like Hugh Fraser, for different reasons, but this is not Hugh Fraser.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, absolutely.

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Title: The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser, Simon Vance, Isla Blair

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-21-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 110 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.

In "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer....

In "The Actress," a great star's shady past becomes the plaything of a blackmailer....

In "The Harlequin Tea Set," Mr. Harley Quin helps a man save his loved ones from the greedy hand of murder. These and six other stories of danger and detection complete this truly stellar collection.

Members Reviews:

Three great narrators, nine classic stories

Like many story collections, this one is a bit uneven. Some of the stories are quite original and interesting, but others are a bit predictable. All are old-fashioned and charmingly nostalgic. Overall, a great short listen for Christie fans who enjoy her British way of looking at the world.

Isla Blair, Simon Vance, and Hugh Fraser are always delightful narrators, and this is no exception. I particularly liked Isla Blair, the lovely character actress whose talents are much in evidence with the female voices required in the first stories.

The stories are: The Edge, The Actress, While the Light Lasts, The House of Dreams, The Lonely God, Manx Gold, Within a Wall, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, and The Harlequin Tea Set.

Great collection of short stories

Would you listen to The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories again? Why?

Yes. I have enjoyed the mysterious character of Harley Quinn, and I enjoy Mr. Saitherwaite's fussiness.

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

The work is a set of short stories. You are able to stop after each story, so no.

Which character as performed by the narrators was your favorite?

Mr. Saitherwaite

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I listened to it while I was out walking, so I was motivated to walk each day until I finished. It gave me something to look forward to.

Mixed Bag of Agatha Christie Stories

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I did not Isla Blair. Her voice got on my nerves. The audio book would have been much more enjoyable without her.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have a different mix of short stories. I liked the Lonely God and the title story. I had just listened to the Poirot story in another collection. The Isle of Man story doesn't really make sense.

Did the narrators do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Hugh Fraser is a wonderful narrator. He made Mr. Satterthwaite and Harley Quin come alive. Simon Vance did a credible job as well.

Do you think The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I followed this book with listening to the Mysterious Mr. Quin. I think the Harley Quin stories work best if you listen to them together.

Any additional comments?

Not my favorite of the Agatha Christie short story collections. I would have preferred reading it to using a credit.

Narrator difficult to understand :-(

Barely made it through the first two short stories.

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Title: The Golden Ball and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser, Christopher Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 130 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover?

In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Mystery takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.

Members Reviews:

Surprise - Great Stories that I hadn't read

What a treat it was to listen to these stories. For one thing, I never knew Agatha Christie wrote any stories concerning the supernatural. Not all of these employ supernatural elements, but they are all enjoyable and the narrations are over-the -top. I think I feel my British roots asserting themselves!

Highly recommend, a great summer listen as they are short stories and you can finish in a car or plane ride.

I hated to see these end and will definitely listen again sometime - you know, there's always some subtle things you miss the first time. That said, in the story with the cat, I have never seen two such clueless characters trying to solve the mystery. But it was very entertaining anyway.

Alright but disappointing in places.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

no, too many holes and not the typical writing of Christie

Would you be willing to try another book from Agatha Christie? Why or why not?

Love Christies writing, this combination of stories was not up to par. Many of the stories seemed to end too soon, too quickly.

Did The Golden Ball and Other Stories inspire you to do anything?

Not to buy another combination book.

Early Christie Stories?

Would you try another book from Agatha Christie and/or Hugh Fraser and Christopher Lee ?

The stories here are short and very simple. There are none of her familiar characters and I wondered if these stories were written early in her career. The mysteries are ways to get couples together and marriage is quickly proposed after a short meeting. The supernatural stories were very different, with the Hound of Death having a bit of Lovecraft feel. Both narrators were excellent.

Great, even if it's a bit too familiar.

Any additional comments?

Great collection of Christie short stories. A couple that I read in earlier books, but still enjoyable. Some gems in here.

Agatha Christie not at her best

Any additional comments?

The first half of the audio book is read wonderfully by Hugh Fraser and consists of lighthearted mysteries with a hint of romance. The second half of the audio book is read dourly by Christopher Lee and contains tales of the supernatural. Yes, Agatha Christie goes creepy here and well, it just does not suit her style of writing and storytelling.

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Title: Black Mask 10: Death Stops Payment

Subtitle: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

Author: Otto Penzler (editor), Horace McCoy, Julius Long, John D. MacDonald, H. H. Stinson, D. L. Champion

Narrator: Bart Tinapp, Eric Conger, Jeff Woodman, Carol Monda, Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-12

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by "the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine" (Booklist).

Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest of these dark, vintage stories for the collection The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. Now that collection is available for the first time on audio.

Includes:

A Library Journal Best Audiobook Selection.

Critic Reviews:

"There is gold in every set. . . . Hitting like a Tommy gun blast, these pulse-pounding collections will leave mystery hounds panting for the next installment." (Library Journal starred review)

"Black Mask lives. . . . Read by top-notch performers." (BookPage)

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Title: The Art of Rendition

Subtitle: A Robin Monarch Short Story

Author: Mark Sullivan

Narrator: Jeff Gurner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-12

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 97 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Mark Sullivan, the co-author of James Pattersons Private Games, has, in Robin Monarch, created a compelling new hero. Monarch is a world-class thief and a highly skilled operative - a man with skills, a rigid code of honor, powerful friends, and implacable enemies.

In The Art of Rendition, Monarch is an agent for the CIA, called upon to use his unique skills to kidnap and interrogate a Russian nuclear scientist suspected of selling technology to the Iranians. But thats only part of the challenge - one that many trained agents could handle effectively. Theyve called upon Monarch because, after the interrogation, he must return the scientist without the Russians, the Iranians, or the scientist himself ever knowing he's been grabbed.

Meet Robin Monarch in The Art of Rendition, a thrilling, compelling story which showcases the author and character, each at the top of their form. As a bonus, included is a special excerpt from Rogue, the first Robin Monarch novel, coming in Fall of 2012.

Critic Reviews:

"With Robin Monarch, Mark Sullivan has created a Jason Bourne for the new millennium" (James Rollins)

Members Reviews:

Two cases of kinnapping!

The Art of Rendition, a novella, is about two kidnappings, One is in the present day (actually 2005) and is the rendition of a South African nuclear scientist who is selling his expertise to Iran and possibly others. That kidnapping is by CIA agent Robin Monarch. The other is a kidnapping of a 12 year old girl from for ransom in Latin America when Robin Monarch was a 14 year old gang member. The stories are woven together by frequent dialog movement from one to the other. The narration here is better than in Brotherhood,, but there is still room for narration caused confusion. The story is better than in the Brotherhood novella.

Good start , got weirder.

The beginning of the book. Recognizable to the extreme to creat corporatized drones. Very Humourous.

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Title: Black Mask 9: The Corpse Didn't Kick

Subtitle: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

Author: Otto Penzler (editor), Whitman Chambers, Milton K. Ozaki, Raymond Chandler, Norbert Davis, Ray Cummings, Steve Fisher, Frank Gruber

Narrator: Bart Tinapp, Scott Brick, Eric Conger, Alan Winter, Carol Monda, Jeff Woodman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-12

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine (Booklist).

Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest of these dark, vintage stories for the collection The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. Now that collection is available for the first time on audio.

Critic Reviews:

There is gold in every set.... Hitting like a Tommy gun blast, these pulse-pounding collections will leave mystery hounds panting for the next installment. (Library Journal)

Black Mask lives... Read by top-notch performers. (BookPage)

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

Good

The Corpse Didn't Kick

All the stories are great. "Try the Girl" by Raymond Chandler was very good. "T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond" by Ray Cummings is a delightful romp of Pulp action.

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Title: If I'm Dead

Subtitle: A Rachel Knight Story

Author: Marcia Clark

Narrator: January LaVoy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 140 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

It started with a haunting image: a Ford Explorer, iridiscent in the moonlight and alone on a desolate stretch of beach. Its owner, Melissa Gibbons, has gone missing. Her husband says she flew the coop. But Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight is convinced otherwise: Melissa Gibbons has been murdered.

So begins the confounding case that Rachel must present before a disbelieving jury. A dissatisfied heiress and her philandering husband - what really happened? The husband has a fiendishly convincing case that Melissa faked her own death and fled. But with the support of her trusty sidekick, Detective Bailey Keller, Rachel pieces together a much more sinister truth.

In this short, standalone Rachel Knight thriller, listeners follow our savvy and riotiously entertaining heroine through the surprising world of LA crime.

Members Reviews:

An Expert Point Of View

What I like about this series is that I feel like I am getting a behind-the-scenes look at court room drama from the point of view of an expert. It's pretty interesting!

I liked book 1 (and 1.6) enough to keep going with the series.

Short story

This story was short. The story centered on the case after the arrest which is unusual and it may explain why the story was so short. Overall the story was predictable and something to listen to while cleaning the house

Really....a rehashed story beginning to end.

What disappointed you about If I'm Dead?

Nearly everybody who has ever read a legal mystery knows this book's ending by rote memory. I will give you a hint....murder trial with no body....and the defense attorney turns to the back of the room and says...I am sure you can finish the scene. I didnt expect an award winning novel for a couple bucks but I did expect an original storyShame on the author for this one.

Marcia Clark is a better author than I expected

This is my second Marcia Clark short story, both in the Rachel Knight series. This one is a legal thriller. It is a full murder case in a short story. January LaVoy, one of the best narrators, does not disappoint.

Good Intro to the series & Previews

If you could sum up If I'm Dead in three words, what would they be?

imaginative , snark, clever describes the entire series.

Love the dynamics between Knight and Bailey. They keep the stories a bit lighter but by no means are these chick lit.

If youve listened to books by Marcia Clark before, how does this one compare?

This short story is great to introduce you to author's style and reader's ability to execute author's intent. This story explains that our heroine gets a case right at the crime scene, and why Knight seems like a detective.

Short story well written for 1 hr listen with a clever ending. Chapter 2 is an excerp of book #1

note: I do use the new 1.25x speed to get the author's intent.

What about January LaVoys performance did you like?

she has a great range and can deliver sarcastic humor very well. She performs as the author intended. Check out her Harlan Corban stories.

Any additional comments?

I like both series, Racheal Knight's character is a much lighter as the author uses lots of humor and sarcasm to lighten a dark subject.

Samantha Brinkman series has a bit stronger secondary characters and has less humor, but by no means does that take away from the series. If you start with book#1 and use new 1.25x speed just ignore the reviewers. Reader did just find.

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Title: Paris Is a Bitch

Subtitle: A Rain-Delilah Short Story

Author: Barry Eisler

Narrator: Barry Eisler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 360 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

For most couples, a quiet dinner for two at Auberge de la Reine Blanche on the Ile Saint Louis would be just the thing to smooth out the complications in a romance. But for gorgeous Mossad operative Delilah and trying-to-retire contract killer John Rain, nothing is ever easy, and when Rain sees a crew of hard-looking men setting up outside the restaurant, he realizes someone has been bringing her work home with her. Is it a hit - or something even worse? When it comes to killing, business and pleasure are the most dangerous mix of all.

Members Reviews:

Great little read

What made the experience of listening to Paris Is a Bitch the most enjoyable?

It explains a bit about John Rain's tempestuous relationship with his lover and the reason for his return to Tokyo.

Who was your favorite character and why?

John Rain he is inscrutable.

What does Barry Eisler bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Barry Eisler's interpretations and accents of the different characters are a delight to listen to, he should be on the stage, he is thorougly entertaining and brings the book and the characters to li

Too short

Would you listen to Paris Is a Bitch again? Why?

Follow Rain series and this was an important part of the series.

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

Yes it did. Typical Rain observance and deductions.

What about Barry Eislers performance did you like?

Rain character

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

Short and Deadly

Excellent Rain Bridge Story

Where does Paris Is a Bitch rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is a short story, so it doesn't rank with the other books on Audible. However, I will tell you I liked the fact that Eisler provided a background/bridge story on the Rain-Delilah story line. It is an excellent short story for those of us that are Rain fans. The setup and the action are outstanding.

What did you like best about this story?

The way that the characters turned their personal issues into problems for predators waiting for them.

Which scene was your favorite?

Of course when Rain and Delilah turn the tables on the attackers. I love when predators run into bigger predators through their folly.

If you could rename Paris Is a Bitch, what would you call it?

I wouldn't.

A really short story

This story is about the final breakup of John Rain and Israeli spy Delilah in Paris. The story is nothing special, the the narration of author Barry Eisler is.

Bitch isnt Paris, its John Rain!

Have loved this series and listened to every book up to now....but starting to get annoyed by this whiny little bitch, John Rain. I find it incongruous that a cold, calculating in-control assassin could be such an emotional childish whiner! Going to listen to one more...if this whiny baby man is still the main character, Im done! You

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Titolo: I Terremoti di Nino d'Arco [The Earthquakes Nino d'Arc]

Autore: Luigi Capuana

Narratore: Anna Paola Carrino

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 24 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 07-16-10

Editore: e-Soft s.r.l.

Categoria: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Riepilogo Editore:

Nel racconto di Luigi Capuana i "Terremoti di Nino d'Arco", l'invidia e la vogia di primeggiare tra due vecchi rivali causerà un bel po' di pasticci, fino a mettere a soqquadro un intero paese.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

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Titolo: Un Osso di Morto [A Dead Bone]

Autore: Iginio Ugo Tarchetti

Narratore: Bibo Fossa

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 16 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 07-15-10

Editore: e-Soft s.r.l.

Categoria: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Riepilogo Editore:

Al centro di questo racconto di Tarchetti vi è una visita inaspettata che terrorizzerà il protagonista e stupirà l'ascoltatore.

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