Shalini Aggarwal
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The Thursday Murder Club
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Richard Osman, Marian Keyes
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings. But when a local property developer shows up dead, 'The Thursday Murder Club' finds themselves in the middle of their first live case. The four friends, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron, might be octogenarians, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
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lazy writing
- By Kumar on 12-03-21
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Richard Osman, Marian Keyes
Do not miss this one!
Reviewed: 23-01-21
This book held me in thrall. The storytelling and narration both were excellent.
You won't regret investing time and money in this one.
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My Indian Odyssey
- Written by: Vincent Ebrahim
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Vincent Ebrahim, star of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning The Kumars At No. 42, explores his ancestral home visiting Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi, Agra, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Kolkata and the Himalayas in this varied and vivid audio diary. Stepping off the tourist trail as he travels across India, Vincent explores mountain roads by motorbike, visits the world’s largest outdoor laundry, meets the monks of the Dalai Lama’s monastery and searches for answers about his heritage at his grandfather’s birthplace.
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Absolutely wonderful Travel story
- By santoshkb on 02-02-21
- My Indian Odyssey
- Written by: Vincent Ebrahim
Shallow and Superficial
Reviewed: 14-01-21
My title says it all. It was a tedious listen from start to finish. Why even attempt a travelogue if you do not intend to provide information.
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From Sand and Ash
- Written by: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion. As the years go by, the two find themselves falling in love. But the church calls to Angelo and, despite his deep feelings for Eva, he chooses the priesthood. Now, more than a decade later, Angelo is a Catholic priest and Eva is a woman with nowhere to turn. With the Gestapo closing in, Angelo hides Eva within the walls of a convent.
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Not too impressive
- By Shalini Aggarwal on 23-08-20
- From Sand and Ash
- Written by: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Not too impressive
Reviewed: 23-08-20
The angst of the period is entirely missing.
I didn't enjoy the story at all. The narrator has put on an Italian accent which isn't convincing at all.
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The Rosie Result
- Written by: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Until 12 years ago, geneticist Don Tillman had never had a second date. Then he developed The Wife Project and met Rosie, 'the world's most incompatible woman'. Now, having survived 4,380 days of marriage, Don's life-contentment graph, recently at its highest point, is curving downwards. Rosie has just returned to work and is struggling with an obnoxious co-worker. Don, meanwhile, is in hot water after his latest lecture goes viral. But their real worry is their son, Hudson, who is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn't fitting in with the other kids.
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Perfect Round Up
- By Shalini Aggarwal on 03-08-20
- The Rosie Result
- Written by: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
Perfect Round Up
Reviewed: 03-08-20
This is the final book of the Rosie Trilogy and I enjoyed it immensely. It was good to see how neatly everything got rounded off without feeling contrived .
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Simply Magic
- Simply Quartet, Book 3
- Written by: Mary Balogh
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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On a splendid August afternoon, Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen...and instantly feels the icy chill of recognition. Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming - and seemingly unaware that they have met before. With his knowing smile and seductive gaze, Peter acts the rake; but he stirs something in Susanna she has never felt before, a yearning that both frightens and dazzles her.
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Disappointing
- By Shalini Aggarwal on 18-07-20
- Simply Magic
- Simply Quartet, Book 3
- Written by: Mary Balogh
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Disappointing
Reviewed: 18-07-20
I have never been disappointed ever by a Mary Balogh book. This was the first and it wasn't a good experience.
The narration was fabulous as usual.
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No Comebacks
- Written by: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, gun-smuggling or the cruel confidence trick Forsyth is never less than compulsive.Here are eight stories with the Forsyth touch - a brilliant and original collection by an incomparable craftsman of suspense.
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One story is missing.
- By Shalini Aggarwal on 02-06-20
- No Comebacks
- Written by: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
One story is missing.
Reviewed: 02-06-20
Why hasn't the story " There are no snakes in Ireland" been included here?
it was a good one.
It should have been told.
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The Bride Test
- Written by: Helen Hoang
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs
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Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny‚ but not important emotions, like love. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.
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So cute love story
- By Kavita on 31-05-19
- The Bride Test
- Written by: Helen Hoang
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Disappointing
Reviewed: 26-05-20
I honestly struggled to finish this one. very disappointing. Her previous book was much better constructed.

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Agatha Christie 4 Short Story Collection Set 1: The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Chocolate Box, The Western Star, The Accident
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Simply Media presents Agatha Christie 4 Short Story Poirot Collection Set 1: The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Chocolate Box, The Western Star, The Accident.
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Very Poor Reading
- By Shalini Aggarwal on 03-03-20
- Agatha Christie 4 Short Story Collection Set 1: The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Chocolate Box, The Western Star, The Accident
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
Very Poor Reading
Reviewed: 03-03-20
Although Hercule Poirot is my favorite character, this reading left me weary. It is very poorly read and there is an extremely annoying music in the background which is ceaseless.
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.
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True to it's word
- By Raggi Chakraborty on 27-10-19
- Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Talking to Strangers
Reviewed: 22-12-19
His previous books were better. although the narration is good, the construction is poor and I kept thinking back to his earlier work.