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Zwischen Welten
- By: Juli Zeh, Simon Urban
- Narrated by: Max Urlacher, Julia Nachtmann, Rosario Bona
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
Zwanzig Jahre sind vergangen: Als sich Stefan und Theresa zufällig in Hamburg über den Weg laufen, endet ihr erstes Wiedersehen in einem Desaster. Zu Studienzeiten waren sie wie eine Familie füreinander, heute sind kaum noch Gemeinsamkeiten übrig. Stefan hat Karriere bei Deutschlands größter Wochenzeitung BOTE gemacht, Theresa den Bauernhof ihres Vaters in Brandenburg übernommen. Aus den unterschiedlichen Lebensentwürfen sind gegensätzliche Haltungen geworden. Stefan versucht bei seiner Zeitung, durch engagierte journalistische Projekte den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen.
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Hoch relevant für unsere Zeit
- By Amazon Kunde on 28-06-23
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Zwischen Welten
- Narrated by: Max Urlacher, Julia Nachtmann, Rosario Bona
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 24-01-23
- Language: German
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The Promise of Happiness
- By: Justin Cartwright
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
The Judds, formerly of London N1, but now scattered, are about to be thrown together again by the shockwaves of their eldest child Juliet's release from prison in New York State. The family is devastated by Juliet's conviction and imprisonment for an art theft, and the nature of this theft and the reasons for it plague all the protagonists.
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Misogynistic, racist, stereotypes
- By Arabella Kump on 11-11-24
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The Promise of Happiness
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-09-12
- Language: English
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A Kiss Before Dying
- Introduction by Chelsea Cain
- By: Ira Levin
- Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance75
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Story75
Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married and her life will be blissful; but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiancé's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth. So the...
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Superb
- By L. Black on 24-11-20
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A Kiss Before Dying
- Introduction by Chelsea Cain
- Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 30-03-17
- Language: English
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The Business
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Harriet Kershaw
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall97
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Performance94
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Story93
Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation whose origins predate the Christian Church. Financially transparent, internally democratic it wants to buy its own state in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley to the remote Himalayas.
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Yet another good read
- By Simon on 23-06-15
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The Business
- Narrated by: Harriet Kershaw
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Human Croquet
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall245
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Performance222
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Story224
Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees.The...
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Brilliant
- By DartmoorDiva on 30-07-15
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Human Croquet
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Tales of the City
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall237
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Performance213
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Story213
Introduction written and read by Rachel Maddow Narrated by Frances McDormand The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City “A consummate entertainer who has...
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
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Tales of the City
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 26-03-13
- Language: English
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And Then it Happened
- By: Linda Green
- Narrated by: Suzie Aitcheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall294
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Performance258
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Story258
Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. She has the man she adores, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's seemingly perfect life is spoilt by a dark secret and a niggling fear that her good fortune can't last for ever. Despite her husband Adam telling her to live for the present and stop worrying about the future, Mel can't shake the feeling that someone is about to call time on their happiness. And then it happens.
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And then it happened
- By Judy on 07-04-12
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And Then it Happened
- Narrated by: Suzie Aitcheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 20-03-12
- Language: English
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The Cutting Season
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: Lachele Carl
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance7
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Story7
Just after dawn Caren walks the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house in Louisiana that she has managed for the past four years. Today she sees nothing unusual, apart from some ground that has been dug by the fence bordering the sugar cane fields. Assuming an animal has been out after dark, she asks the gardener to tidy it up. Not long after, he calls her to say it's something else. Something terrible. A young woman lying face down in a shallow grave, her throat cut clean.
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Not the best buy...
- By Amazon Customer on 03-11-12
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The Cutting Season
- Narrated by: Lachele Carl
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-10-12
- Language: English
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Remember Me?
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall297
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Performance233
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Story231
Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking she's twenty-five with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually three years...
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Loads of the book is missing!!
- By Tracey on 24-05-21
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Remember Me?
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-01-08
- Language: English
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The Secrets Between Us
- The gripping and unforgettable historical fiction book from the top 10 bestseller
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance66
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Story66
A Richard and Judy recommendation for the 2012 Summer Book Club, this is a brilliant Gothic novel in the vein of Daphne du Maurier. A chance encounter: When Sarah meets dark, brooding Alex, she grasps his offer of a new life miles away from her own. They've both recently escaped broken...
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Gripping story
- By Cathryn Norris on 24-08-21
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The Secrets Between Us
- The gripping and unforgettable historical fiction book from the top 10 bestseller
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 17-11-11
- Language: English
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Poppet
- By: Mo Hayder
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall240
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Performance212
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Story213
The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Amberly Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges.
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Gripping and terrifying
- By Saffy on 12-01-14
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Poppet
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Series: Jack Caffery, Book 6
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-03-13
- Language: English
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At the Reunion Buffet
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Karlyn Stephen
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
Isabel Dalhousie - philosopher, mother and friend - is taking on the mammoth task of hosting her school reunion. In the hours before 25 former classmates descend on her home and the caterers arrive to set up a buffet, Isabel has time to reflect. She is mindful of the fact that reunions can bring up all sorts of uncomfortable feelings. Later that night, with the party in full swing, Isabel realises that the pull of the past remains as strong as ever.
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At the Reunion Buffet
- Narrated by: Karlyn Stephen
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 10.5
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 01-06-15
- Language: English
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Industrial Magic
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance52
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Story52
After Paige Winterbourne is ousted as leader of the American Coven of Witches, all she wants to do is hide under her duvet for a few months. Let the supernatural world manage without her, see if she cares… But fate, of course, has other plans. A murderer is on the loose - someone with superhuman skills. When Paige learns that the killer is targeting children, she realises she has to get involved in the covert investigation.
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a must read
- By Lady Sara Alys Taylor-Platt on 28-09-23
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Industrial Magic
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Series: Otherworld, Book 4
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-07-11
- Language: English
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Before Jamaica Lane
- By: Samantha Young
- Narrated by: Angelica Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance44
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Story44
The sensual, romantic follow-up to On Dublin Street and Down London Road. Perfect for fans of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy 'Scotland's answer to E. L. James' Sunday Post Edinburgh was going to be a fresh start for Olivia Holloway. Crippled by shyness around the opposite sex, Olivia...
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Read the series, but give this one a miss
- By Susan on 25-01-16
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Before Jamaica Lane
- Narrated by: Angelica Lee
- Series: On Dublin Street, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 16-01-14
- Language: English
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The Small Hours
- By: Susie Boyt
- Narrated by: Siân Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
Harriet Goodman, brave, wry and handsome, is determined to triumph no matter what. With a decade of therapy under her belt and a new large inheritance, it seems there is nothing she cannot achieve. When she finds herself in charge of a school full of precocious little girls, rich in everything but care, she vows to make their childhoods amongst the happiest ever spent.
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What's a great character like you...
- By Judy Corstjens on 14-02-15
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The Small Hours
- Narrated by: Siân Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-11-12
- Language: English
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Silk - The Clerks’ Room: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Based on the BBC TV Series
- By: Mick Collins
- Narrated by: Neil Stuke, John MacMillan, Amy Wren, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Inspired by Peter Moffat's popular BBC One show, Silk, this compelling courtroom drama returns to Shoe Lane Chambers, but from a different perspective. Rather than focussing on the lawyers, it centres on the people who can make or break their careers—their clerks.
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Excellent
- By Emily Aherne on 16-07-23
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Silk - The Clerks’ Room: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Based on the BBC TV Series
- Narrated by: Neil Stuke, John MacMillan, Amy Wren, Theo Barklem-Biggs, full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-06-22
- Language: English
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The Gropes
- By: Tom Sharpe
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall127
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Performance90
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Story89
The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland, separated from the rest of society and as eccentric as they come. It is a line dominated by strong-willed and oversexed women, determined to produce more female heirs regardless of whether their desired partners are willing.... At the dawn of the new millennium, timid and gormless teenager Esmond is abducted and lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes.
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not as good as he used to be.
- By HampshireHooker on 05-08-19
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The Gropes
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-12-09
- Language: English
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Harold
- Hamilton, Book 3
- By: Catherine Cookson
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance32
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Story33
Catherine Cookson's well-loved novels Hamilton and Goodbye Hamilton tell the story of Maisie, who invented an imaginary horse to keep her company through the long years of an unhappy marriage and before she became a best-selling author. In this engaging sequel, Hamilton has vanished from Maisie’s life, and in the days after the death of her second husband she takes comfort from the company of a cheerful, bright-eyed little cockney boy named Harold.
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Good story
- By Irene Rafferty on 01-04-26
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Harold
- Hamilton, Book 3
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Series: Hamilton, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 29-08-19
- Language: English
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance56
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Story56
For philosophically-minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And whilst juggling the arrival of baby Charlie, a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura.
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Beautifully read tedious story
- By mandy simpson-horn on 01-04-22
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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