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First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding� then the discovery of a corpse in a chest, but what can link these baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!

Feast yourself on these intriguing crime mysteries from the distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.

Stories include:
� The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
� The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
� Four-And-Twenty Blackbirds
� The Under Dog
� The Dream

Listening length: 6 hours, 15 minutes]]> 7 Agatha Christie 0007250061 Ed 5 3.77 1960
author: Agatha Christie
name: Ed
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1960
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/01/11
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Hearing Hugh Fraser read passages about how much Poirot misses Hastings cracked me up. As always, Hugh is the perfect narrator for a Poirot mystery and this collection of short stories did not disappoint. I'm normally so terrible at solving the mysteries myself, but a couple of these I wasn't far off the mark.
]]> 11413549 2 Richmal Crompton 1873859643 Ed 5 4.11 1995
author: Richmal Crompton
name: Ed
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/10
date added: 2025/01/10
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Having grown up listening to the cassette tapes of Martin Jarvis reading the Just William stories I always find it remarkable when I stumble upon one I have never heard before, and this collection of stories, all set around the festive period, were all new to me and most enjoyable. Martin Jarvis infuses the stories with his usual level of enthusiasm and characterisation. He is and will always be the perfect William.
]]> 56678209 Listening Length: 5 hours and 16 minutes

Time seemed to collapse.... There was a sharp stabbing sensation in my stomach.... Steve crowed, "Now I have you! Now you're gonna die!"

Dead if he loses -- damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows -- and destroy the world.

Is the future written, or can Darren trick destiny?

This is Darren's story.]]> 6 Darren Shan Ed 4 4.09 2002
author: Darren Shan
name: Ed
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
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Overall I enjoyed this series. It's not one I grew up with, but many of my friends did. I found some of the books a bit hit and miss, especially when it came to the timey-wimey aspects. Ralph Lister was a good narrator and brought the story and characters to life, Harkat being my favourite. This book provided a good conclusion to the series.
]]> 58966668 Listening time: 22 hours and 38 minutes.

This brand-new unabridged audiobook of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author Andy Serkis.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times, the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose...]]> 23 J.R.R. Tolkien Ed 5 4.62 1954
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Ed
average rating: 4.62
book published: 1954
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
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Lord of the Rings is always one of my favourite books and I enjoy experiencing it in different forms. Andy Serkis as narrator presents the book with a Tolkienesque, but refreshing quality.
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In a world of magic and adventure, Logan "the Bear" Theaker had hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard husband, Pie. But when Pie disappears, Logan is forced back into the world he thought he left behind.

The kingdom is in turmoil, and Logan must come out of retirement to save it. But first, he must save his beloved husband from whatever danger he's in. With the help of an old adversary and a ghost from his past, Logan discovers that Pie has been blackmailed into stealing a powerful artifact capable of creating an undead army.

The fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance as Logan and his team set out to stop the brewing war and put an end to the king's ban on magic. But in doing so, Logan must confront his own hero complex and come face to face with the one man who's ever made him feel worthy of love.

Legends & Lattes meets Kings of the Wyld in this thrilling, queer, light fantasy. Follow Logan and Pie's journey as they fight to save their love and the kingdom they call home.]]> 352 Rose Black 1399724681 Ed 0 currently-reading 3.50 2023
author: Rose Black
name: Ed
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/01
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]]> 59108549 Jamie and Andrew are strangers, and two of the last people on Earth. They don't know what they'll find on their perilous journey ... but they may just find each other. A queer romance about courage, hope and humanity - this is How I Live Now with the heart of Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda.

When the Superflu wipes out most of the population, Jamie finds himself completely alone in a cabin in the woods - until an injured stranger crosses his path.

Life is dangerous now and, armed with a gun, Jamie goes to pull the trigger. But there's something about Andrew ... something that stops Jamie in his tracks. Jamie takes him in, and as Andrew heals and they eventually step out into the strange new world, their relationship starts to feel like more than just friendship ...

But trouble isn't far behind. As the boys make a perilous journey south, they'll come face to face with a world torn apart and society in ruins. And who, or what, will they find waiting for them at the end of it all?]]> 368 Erik J. Brown 1444960164 Ed 0 currently-reading 4.19 2022
author: Erik J. Brown
name: Ed
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/01
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