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Author: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator Philip Franks
Duration 7h 19m
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene. Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience.
View BookAuthor: Ann Widdecombe
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Author Ann Widdecombe
Narrator Ann Widdecombe
Duration 26m
Life-long Father Brown fan Ann Widdecombe explores the enduring impact of the shambolic priest, and looks into the life of his creator G.K. Chesterton. 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of 'The Innocence of Father Brown'. Ann Widdecombe goes on the trail of G.K. Chesterton's crime-solving cleric, whose unlikely methods make him on...
View BookThe County Guides: The Norfolk Mystery
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 8h 20m
It is 1937 and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where 'intelligence is essential', he applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England, with a guide t...
View BookAuthor: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator Philip Franks
Duration 8h 37m
The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Rode...
View BookAuthor: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator Jeremy Clyde
Duration 1h 53m
Two full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh short stories. In 'Opening Night', a leading actor is found gassed in his dressing room. It looks like suicide, until it transpires that he was widely detested. Inspector Alleyn quickly realises that almost everyone in the theatre had a motive for his murder. 'When In Rome' finds Inspector All...
View BookThe County Guides: Death In Devon
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 50m
Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley's daughter, Miriam, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera. Morley has been invited to give the Founder's Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive, they...
View BookAuthor: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator Philip Franks
Duration 8h 11m
Called in to help with security arrangements for a presidential reception at a London embassy, Chief Superintendent Alleyn ensures the house and grounds are stiff with police. Nevertheless, an assassin strikes, and Alleyn finds no shortage of help, from Special Branch to a tribal court - and a small black cat named Lucy Lockett.
View BookAuthor: Georges Simenon
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Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 44m
Nicholas Le Prevost stars as the French detective in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation. In 'The Bar on the Seine' a condemned man tells Maigret about a riverside drinking hole where a murderer lurks undetected. Pursuing the clue, Maigret witnesses a death and discovers a much older crime...
View BookThe County Guides: Westmorland Alone
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 57m
Welcome to Westmorland. Perhaps the most scenic county in England! Home of the poets! Land of the great artists! District of the Great lakes! And the scene of a mysterious crime.... Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, once again sets off in his Lagonda to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Stranded in the market town of Appleby...
View BookThe Witness For the Prosecution
Author: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Mathew Prichard
Duration 1h 3m
Agatha Christie's shocking courtroom drama, read on audio by her grandson, Mathew Prichard. When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls to Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. Howeve...
View BookAuthor: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator Philip Franks
Duration 5h 18m
To amuse his house guests, Sir Hubert Handelsley devises a new form of murder game. But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back. Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to try and find the murderer.
View BookThe County Guides: Essex Poison
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 40m
October 1937. Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, sets off to Essex to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley's daughter, Miriam, continues to cause chaos, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, continues to slide deeper into depression and despair. Morley is an honorary guest at the Colchester Oyster Festival. But when the mayo...
View BookAuthor: Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 2
Duration 5h 50m
A second collection of eight BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations based on the popular books by Alexander McCall Smith. 'this full- cast production will charm listeners whether they already know and love these stories or are hearing them for the first time' - Audiofile Magazine 'How to Handle Men through the Application of Psychology': Precious Ram...
View BookMaisie Dobbs: A Journey To Munich
Author: Jacqueline Winspear
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Author Jacqueline Winspear
Narrator Julie Teal
SeriesMaisie Dobbs Mystery, Book 12
Duration 9h 1m
It's 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie - who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter - to retr...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Paul Shelley
Duration 7h 26m
An unpopular games mistress is found, shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the murderer strikes again and schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim.
View BookAgatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
Author: M. C. Beaton
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Author M. C. Beaton
Narrator Penelope Keith
Duration 6h
Agatha's away with the fairies... And the little folk are causing big trouble for her! Angry at being jilted by new husband James, Agatha follows a fortune-teller's advice and rents a cottage in pretty Fryfam. There, she hopes, true love will come chasing after her. But her romantic notions are dispelled by a series of odd goings-on in the village:...
View BookAuthor: Ngaio Marsh
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Author Ngaio Marsh
Narrator James Saxon
Duration 9h 4m
When Peregrine Jay realises his ambition to become the owner of the Dolphin Theatre, he heralds the dawn of a new era in its history. All goes well until a murder shatters the dignified atmosphere. Superintendent Alleyn and Inspector Fox are called in to investigate.
View BookAuthor: Georges Simenon
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Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 2h 56m
The highly popular pipe-smoking Inspector Maigret embarks on more detective adventures which involve the darker impulses of the human heart and violent betrayals.
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 1: The Absence of Mr Glass
Author: G K Chesterton
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Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 1
Duration 29m
Andrew Sachs stars as the famous clerical sleuth in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, h...
View BookAuthor: Georges Simenon
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Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 2h 57m
Maigret Goes to School / Maigret and the Old Lady / Maigret Hesitates / The Patience of Maigret. Maurice Denham stars as Maigret with Michael Gough as Georges Simenon in four more of the French detective's most intriguing cases.
View BookDeath By Drowning and Other Stories
Author: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Joan Hickson
Duration 2h 6m
Here are four stories by the most popular mystery writer of all time; stories told by Miss Marple and her friends and solved by that elderly white-haired lady with the faded blue eyes and quiet nature. They are read by Joan Hickson, who played Miss Marple in the television series based on the works of Agatha Christie. In The Thumbmark of St Peter M...
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