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Title: Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

Subtitle: B1: Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Roger May, Gabrielle Glaister

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.

When a rich lady is murdered, there is one obvious suspect. Even his wife says he is guilty - but then his lawyer discovers evidence that brings everything into question. Is anyone telling the truth?

Accompanied by three other short stories: 'The Rajah's Emerald', 'Philomel Cottage' and 'The Actress'.

Witness for the Prosecution is soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck.

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Title: The Incredible Crime

Author: Lois Austen-Leigh

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-17

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter.

Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard who is pursuing a quarry of his own.

Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers who may be forced to kill to protect their secret.

Members Reviews:

beautifully written and a compelling read

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it reflects the mores of its period, holds your attention to the end and is worthy of an Austen writing between the wars, several generations on.

I hope her other novels will soon be available on audible.

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Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Alan Munro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-17

Publisher: Trout Lake Media

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Eight adventures in this classic British mystery series featuring Horne Fisher and his trusted friend Harold March. Horne is a natural sleuth, but his inquiries develop moral consequences. Notable for their wit and sense of wonder, these tales offer an evocative portrait of upper crust English society before World War One. Contains eight stories: "The Face in the Target", "The Vanishing Prince", "The Soul of the Schoolboy", "The Bottomless Well", "The Fad of the Fisherman", "The Hole in the Wall", "The Temple of Silence", and "The Vengeance of the Statue."

Members Reviews:

Regrettably, it sounds like a midi reader

The reader appears very accomplished, so I hesitate to write this negative review. His pronunciation is clear and articulate, but the reading is choppy and awkward. It actually sounds like a computer is reading the book. I'm afraid I couldn't finish.

Dreadful Narration!

I was determined to finish the book, but this narrator made it such hard work. He has a rhythm he sticks to regardless of sense or sentence. I will avoid him at all costs in the future.

Great stories ruined by the reader

These are great stories by a well loved author totally ruined by an dreadful reading. I was unable to complete the book due to the incomprehensible reading. The stresses are constantly wrong on each sentence, he ignores punctuation so stops in the wrong place making the whole meaning of what was written confused and messy. Accents and voices all over the place. Do not waste your money on this book.

Let down by the naration

I had never come across these stories before and was intrigued. However as they progress the narration gets more annoying.

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Título: El perro de los Baskerville

Autor: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrador: Edson Matus

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 08-21-17

Editor: Audible Studios

Categorías: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Resumen del editor:

Holmes y Watson son llamados a investigar los extraños crímenes aparentemente relacionados con la antigua maldición que pesa sobre la familia Baskerville. El "asesino" parece ser un "animal enorme y negro con forma de perro, aunque mayor que ningún otro visto jamás por criatura humana."

Atraídos por el misterio del caso, nuestros protagonistas se ven pronto envueltos en un laberinto de antiguas supersticiones y oscuras venganzas, en el escenario amenazador y siniestro de los páramos de Dartmoor, Inglaterra.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Five Stars

Gracias

Un clasico imperecedero

Quien disfrute con el estilo clasico de los casos del gran Skerlock no puede dejar de leer una de sus mas famosas novelas.

Five Stars

I received the book. All perfect

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Title: The Crown Jewel Mystery

Subtitle: A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery, Book 4

Author: Anna Elliott, Charles Veley

Narrator: Simon Prebble, Wendy Tremont King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-17

Publisher: Charles Veley

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A young American actress arrives in London hoping to learn her identity, just as Sherlock Holmes is closing in on a master criminal. Their worlds collide, and not even Holmes could have foreseen the impact!

This audiobook is the prequel to The Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery series. It takes place three days before the opening of The Last Moriarty.

Members Reviews:

Can't wait for the rest of the Lucy James series!

Wendy Tremont King was wonderful. She has capture the spirit of Lucy James magnificently. Loved her co-narrator Simon Prebble's authentic British voice. They make a great team. More, Please!

The beginning of the story..How
they first met.

It came after I read two books. I had been feeling like I had missed something. If it had been possible, this was to be read first! A good teaser to the first book and clarified a few things!

Pretty Good

Mr. P can get 5 stars from me anytime, for anything. Ms. King is good, doing accents and voices well. I was not enchanted by her intonation and expression but she did all right. The story itself seemed somewhat simplistic. Perhaps the full length novels in the series will appeal to me more.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes: Familiar Crimes

Subtitle: New Tales of the Great Detective

Author: Lyn McConchie

Narrator: John Kuzminski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Master storyteller Lyn McConchie returns with two tantalizing tales for Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This time our heroes must dig deep to unearth long-buried family secrets in Familiar Crimes.

When Bradon Riggston decides to write his family history, he is shocked to find that many of his relatives and their friends have died by unfortunate accidents. Are Riggston family members and their close associates just unlucky, or is there some sinister power working behind the scenes? Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate, only to uncover a deadly saga of revenge for long-hidden crimes.

A terrible fire burns Miss Darna Rosewarne's home for elderly ladies to the ground, leaving six residents dead. Local opinion blames her for negligence, but as Holmes and Watson sift through the charred ruins and scrutinize the residents and staff, they discover hidden secrets of both the living and the dead - but which one is the motive for murder?

Members Reviews:

Not outstanding.

The narrator was the best part of this book. The story was obvious and bogged down in too many names and family relationships to be interesting. All in all if not for John Kuzminski I wouldn't have finished this book.

Good stories odd narrator

Two well written stories, but narrator sounded robotic

On balance still worth getting

Good atmosphere

Could have been good

Not so much a performance, just a rather stilted, disjointed reading of the text. The reader attempts different accents for the voices but the overall effect is expressionless and hard work to follow. More like an amateur Librivox reading than the professional one I'd expect from Audible. The two stories are pretty complex with many characters and involved links between them which I found hard to follow. Needs a better reader and an easier to follow plot. Disappointing.

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Titre: Le temple noir (Antoine Marcas 8)

Auteur: Éric Giacometti, Jacques Ravenne

Narrateur: Julien Chatelet

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 16 hrs and 6 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 06-29-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Résumé de l'éditeur:

1313. En Terre Sainte, une compagnie de brigands attaque une cité isolée. Leur chef, Roncelin de Fos, parvient à s'emparer de la ville, sans se douter qu'elle intéresse fortement deux personnages clés : le Grand maître des Templiers et le légat du Pape. Roncelin prend la fuite avant d'être récupéré par le Temple. Pour payer sa dette, il devra retrouver le seul rabbin capable de décrypter le message que les Templiers ont découvert dans les souterrains du Temple de Salomon. Dans le but de partir en quête du secret le mieux gardé de tous les temps : celui de la Pierre de la Puissance, que revendiquent toutes les religions et que recherchent tous les pouvoirs...

2012, Londres. Un homme est assassiné après avoir volé des informations explosives sur le Saint Suaire de Turin. Au même moment à Paris, le curé de la basilique du Sacré-Cœur est exécuté alors qu'il découvre des fouilles suspectes dans la crypte. De son côté, Antoine Marcas, flic et franc-maçon, a découvert le trésor des Templiers mais refuse de recevoir la légion d'honneur et préfère goûter à sa nouvelle vie avec Gabrielle, une initiée rencontrée lors de cette dernière enquête.

Mais son bonheur est de courte durée, puisque Gabrielle est enlevée par des inconnus. Bien vite une réalité s'impose. L'affaire du Septième Templier, que Marcas croyait derrière lui, n'est pas terminée. L'histoire ne fait que commencer et l'ordre du Temple n'a pas encore livré son véritable secret - celui qui pourrait bien faire basculer les peuples dans une Troisième Guerre mondiale...

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Avis des membres:

Dark and confusing

I was disappointed in this book; the plot shifts back and forth between today and the 13th century and deals with the dark dealings of Knights Templar.

Three Stars

Great product.

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Title: Return to Reichenbach

Author: Geri Schear

Narrator: Dominic Lopez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-17

Publisher: MX Publishing

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a half-naked man is found gibbering on the moor, Sherlock Holmes uncovers a series of bizarre murders. At their heart lies a shadowy figure known only as The Sorcerer. He can talk to the dead, they say. He can bend any will to his own. Even a will as formidable as the detective's. The investigation leads from Dartmoor to Ireland and, ultimately, back to one of the most terrifying scenes of his career. Can Holmes survive the Reichenbach Falls a second time?

Members Reviews:

Completely loved this third book in Geri Schear' elegantl series about Holmes, Watson, and their friend, Lady Beatrice!!

Excellent, riveting adventure! I loved this third book of the Sherlock, Watson, and Lady Beatrice series from Geri Schear and resented having to take time for sleep. It was either that or - doze off while reading the Kindle edition on my PC - fall face first into my keyboard.

Drivingly intense, relentlessly energetic, and exhausting thrilling Return to Reichenbach is far more than I had expected. It moves up to #2 as my favorite in the series as the complete embodiment of ACD's consulting detective is captured in his effort to capture the fiend and haunting menace called the Scorcher. Tension abounds and all characters are captured beautifully. No matter which chapter or person, whether friend or foe, all were extremely well-done.

I loved the reality and detail of Geri's description and characters; plus I look forward to Holmes monograph on surface streets London and its boroughs. As yet I haven't gotten an image of Lady Beatrice; however, it is easy to envision younger versions of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwick for her leading men, with Christopher Lee as Mycroft via "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes".

Only once was I taken out of the story, which was when Holmes met Bradstreet and they stood in front of 221B Baker Street to decide upon a destination, then Holmes entered the officer's "car" to go there with the policeman.

As a person who understands the language of many generations and centuries in London, it took a couple minutes to recapture 'RfR's' words because my mind had wandered to the police of that era driving Mini-Coopers or Vauxhalls. Possibly, Sherlock, John, and Beatrice would have chosen black models, if colors were available. Sorry for the nonsense, but an accidental misnomer can take a person far out of the story. : )

Holmes in Danger . . . .

This is the third of three (so far) books featuring Sherlock Holmes and the woman identified as his âwifeâ, Lady Beatrice. This adventure finds Holmes moving from Dartmoor to Ireland to Reichenbach, as the title indicates. Once again, Ms. Schear shows that sheâs a wonderful storyteller.

As I mentioned in my review of the first Lady Beatrice volume, âA Biased Judgementâ, I disagree with the notion that Holmes and Lady Beatrice are actually married. He respects her, and he may even have feelings for her, but the actual marriage is a construct of Ms. Schear, and those parts related and referring to the marriage have been added to the original text by Editor Schear.

There is a long history of constructing romantic relationships for Holmes â see my review of âA Biased Judgement for more extensive information about this, as well as how I rationalize acceptance of the accurate parts of the narratives, while explaining away the parts that have been added by later editors.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow

Subtitle: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules

Narrator: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-17

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Clive Merrison stars as the enduringly popular sleuth with Michael Williams as Watson in this collection of stories from the unique, fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon.

In these eight intriguing tales, Holmes and Watson solve cases that range from the suspicious to the downright strange. They encounter mysteries as diverse as vanishing staff, secret plans and eccentric lodgers as Holmes is struck down by a rare tropical disease and, later, lured away from retirement to help his country on the eve of war.

The dramatised stories are 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Cardboard Box', 'The Red Circle', 'The Bruce Partington Plans', 'The Dying Detective', 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax', 'The Devil's Foot' and 'His Last Bow'. Gripping, suspenseful and hugely entertaining, these acclaimed dramatisations bring the world of Holmes and Watson to life and are guaranteed to appeal to any fan of the great detective.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant- this brings Holmes and Watson to life

This dramatisation captures the essence of Sherlock Holmes. Fantastic acting and characterisation. I'm a great Holmes fan and this is definitely up there against the TV drama.

excellent

excellent excellent excellent, if writing this review is optional why have you set a minimum word limit Audible, you morons.

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Title: The Case of the Irate Witness

Subtitle: Perry Mason, Book 85

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

"The Case of the Irate Witness," the mystery which is the star of this collection of 4 novelettes, is the only one that the incomparable Erle Stanley Gardner ever wrote featuring Perry Mason in short story form. Each of the stories revolves around the subject of stolen jewels and each story is a gem in itself.

In "The Case of the Irate Witness" (1953), Perry Mason sets off for a peaceful weekend's fishing in the mountains but even here the master lawyer is unable to leave detection behind. After being stopped at a police roadblock checking on a big robbery in Jebson City, Perry Mason gets involved in defending the accused, culminating in a stunning example of Mason's famous courtroom dexterity.

In "The Jeweled Butterfly" (1952), Peggy Castle writes a gossip column in the company paper. She gets a note that the curvy Stella is going to meet the studly Don at a local nightclub. Peggy grabs a table and waits. She ends up getting involved in a jewelry robbery case involving the company and Stella's murder.

In "Something Like a Pelican" (1942), Leith has a knack for putting together threads of different incidents and coming up with solutions to crimes. In this story he figures out what a woman throwing a fur cape out a window has to do with missing top secret blueprints.

In "A Man Is Missing" (1946), in rural Idaho a man with amnesia is missing. He had a picture taken of himself in front of a cabin he built and sent it to his wife. He said he had bouts of amnesia following a car accident. A detective from the big city is on his way out to solve the case. Local sheriff Bill Catlin shows him country sheriffs know a thing or two.

Members Reviews:

"A Man is Missing" is worth the price of the book.

Uneven collection of four stories. The title story, a Perry Mason mystery, is the weakest of the four. The "Jeweled Butterfly" introduces two new "detectives" - Peggy Castle and her Uncle Benedict. They solve the mystery is somewhat leisurely fashion. "Something Like a Pelican" is from the Lester Leith series. These are all fun. This one features Leith trying to become a writer, struggling over how to begin his article. No doubt Gardner himself experienced this challenge at some point during his writing career. The fourth story, "A Man is Missing", is a gem. What makes this story so appealing is Gardner's enthusiastic description of a pack trip into rural Idaho. It's clear he once went on such a trip and loved it.