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The Vault
- Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 6
- De: Peter Lovesey
- Narrado por: Michael Healy
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under the Pump Room in Bath, England, near the site where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Then a skull is excavated. The bones came from different corpses, and one is modern. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must solve a series of crimes including murder and forgery, requiring a knowledge of history, 19th-century art, literature...and human nature.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love lovesey, not healy
- De Mark A. Levenson en 06-29-17
- The Vault
- Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 6
- De: Peter Lovesey
- Narrado por: Michael Healy
Hayrefd
Revisado: 02-03-25
This is one of my favorites because of the way the story weaves from one find to another leading to a very unique ending. Much fun!
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A Most Contagious Game
- The Calleshire Chronicles, Book 2
- De: Catherine Aird
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
When a London businessman retires early and buys a Tudor mansion, he’s quite surprised - and perhaps even a little pleased (retirement being pretty boring) - to find a skeleton hidden in a secret room in the house. The skeleton appears to be more than 150 years old, so the local police leave it to the homeowner to solve the mystery. The police are much more interested in solving a local, modern murder. Somehow the two deaths are connected. First published in 1967, this is Aird’s only non-Inspector Sloan mystery, and a complete triumph.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Perfect Mystery!
- De birdwatchers rule en 12-20-20
- A Most Contagious Game
- The Calleshire Chronicles, Book 2
- De: Catherine Aird
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Hatred
Revisado: 01-29-22
This has been a wonderful book to read. Catherine Aird writs the best mysteries with the least amount of terror. I engage my mind throughout. Lots of fun and so interesting
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Venetia
- De: Georgette Heyer
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
- Duración: 4 h y 48 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 968
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 834
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 836
Venetia Lanyon, beautiful, intelligent and independent woman, lives in comfortable seclusion in rural Yorkshire with her precocious brother Aubrey. Her future seems safe and predictable: Either marriage to the respectable but dull Edward Yardley, or a life of peaceful spinsterhood. But when she meets the dashing, dangerous rake Lord Damerel, her well-ordered life is turned upside down, and she embarks upon a relationship with him that scandalizes and horrifies the whole community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, but too bad it is abridged
- De Judy en 05-18-10
- Venetia
- De: Georgette Heyer
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
Why Abridged
Revisado: 02-08-12
What did you like best about Venetia? What did you like least?
This is a great read as it has lively conversations and the Nurse's comments are very funny. It's not as good abridged. You've left out the good stuff! That's the best part of the book and it was chopped into pieces. You need to do it again as an unabridged! The story is a 5 star in its original form.
Would you ever listen to anything by Georgette Heyer again?
Yes. She is my favorite author next to Jane Austen. I've purchased many including 'An Infamous Army', The Nonsuch', 'Frederica','The Unknown Ajax','Cotillion','Convenient Marriage', etc I also enjoy ''The Grand Sophy' was also ruined because they abridged the book. Much of the pleasure in the Heyer books is the language and her attempt to recreate the period through slang expressions and creation of the setting with her characters. If you take away the language, you take away a whole lot!
Have you listened to any of Richard Armitage’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes. He does a nice job with Regency works and helps set the scene.
Did Venetia inspire you to do anything?
Re-read the book. The book is MUCH better!!!
Any additional comments?
Arabella is another fun Heyer Regency. There are more Regency period reads like 'Regency Buck' which precedes 'An Infamous Army' with characters. You might try a few more of her mysteries, too, as they are similar to Agatha Christie in the English who-done-it style many love.
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