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The Clock Struck One by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 28, 2022

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The Clock Struck One by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In the sun-baked lanes outside Canterbury, Dora Carew rides her bicycle with the confidence of a modern young woman, but the home she returns to - the lonely Red House - is steeped in old fears. Her guardian, Julian Edermont, has lived in strict seclusion for years, yet a single church service rattles him to the core: at the prayer for deliverance from murder and sudden death, he nearly collapses, and the name of a newly arrived society guest, Lady Burville, begins to haunt his mutterings. Dora turns to her fiance, Dr. Allen Scott, for help, only to find his own behavior growing strained and secretive as the household tensions sharpen. Then, after a night of uneasy silence and the hall clock chiming one, Edermont is found violently slain in his study. With the village hungry for scandal and suspicion shifting from friend to stranger, Dora is forced to sift gossip, grudges, and half-buried history for the truth. Fergus Hume blends country-house unease, Victorian intrigue, and a determined heroine into a whodunit where the past refuses to stay locked behind closed gates.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:26) Chapter 02

(00:51:57) Chapter 03

(01:18:06) Chapter 04

(01:45:13) Chapter 05

(02:14:50) Chapter 06

(02:43:37) Chapter 07

(03:14:03) Chapter 08

(03:41:25) Chapter 09

(04:09:33) Chapter 10

(04:39:09) Chapter 11

(05:08:07) Chapter 12

(05:37:13) Chapter 13

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The Bishop’s Secret by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 28, 2022

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The Bishop’s Secret by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so upset the good churchman? And then there is the murder. Fergus Hume was one of the most prolific and most popular of 19th century novelists. 'Mr. Hume won a reputation second to none for plot of the stirring, ingenious, misleading, and finally surprising kind, and for working out his plot in vigorous and picturesque English. In 'The Bishop's Secret,' while there is no falling off in plot and style, there is a welcome and marvelous broadening out as to the cast of characters, representing an unusually wide range of typical men and women. These are not laboriously described by the author, but are made to reveal themselves in action and speech in a way that has, for the reader, all the charm of personal intercourse with living people....'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:55) Chapter 01

(00:22:30) Chapter 02

(00:43:39) Chapter 03

(01:04:06) Chapter 04

(01:24:42) Chapter 05

(01:42:24) Chapter 06

(01:58:54) Chapter 07

(02:18:31) Chapter 08

(02:36:21) Chapter 09

(02:54:21) Chapter 10

(03:12:23) Chapter 11

(03:30:56) Chapter 12

(03:47:31) Chapter 13

(04:06:40) Chapter 14

(04:24:22) Chapter 15

(04:43:55) Chapter 16

(05:02:05) Chapter 17

(05:22:21) Chapter 18

(05:39:55) Chapter 19

(05:58:19) Chapter 20

(06:18:12) Chapter 21

(06:40:02) Chapter 22

(06:57:33) Chapter 23

(07:19:12) Chapter 24

(07:37:56) Chapter 25

(07:56:44) Chapter 26

(08:16:03) Chapter 27

(08:34:25) Chapter 28

(08:53:54) Chapter 29

(09:12:26) Chapter 30

(09:29:54) Chapter 31

(09:48:44) Chapter 32

(10:06:53) Chapter 33

(10:29:13) Chapter 34

(10:50:09) Chapter 35

(11:13:13) Chapter 36

(11:33:25) Chapter 37

(11:55:05) Chapter 38

(12:18:14) Chapter 39

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Red Money by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 28, 2022

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Red Money by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

At Lord Garvington's country estate, a languid shooting-season house party goes looking for novelty in Abbot's Wood: a traveling Romany camp offering fortunes, music, and a brush with the forbidden. The excursion would be harmless gossip, if the neighborhood were not already nervous about a string of burglaries - and if Garvington were not so eager to boast that any midnight intruder will be met with a bullet. When gunfire shatters the quiet and a wounded stranger is seen fleeing across the moonlit grounds, the Manor's polished social games turn instantly lethal. As the authorities close in, suspicion spreads through the guests and the servants alike, and the old tensions beneath the dinner-table chatter boil over: Lady Agnes Pine's uneasy marriage to a powerful millionaire, the return of her impoverished cousin Noel Lambert, and the sharp-eyed interference of Clara Greeby, an heiress with a talent for asking the questions polite society avoids. What begins as a country-house mystery leads into blackmail, hidden identities, and an inheritance whose origin is whispered about as 'red money' - wealth bought at too high a price.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:19) Chapter 02

(00:54:36) Chapter 03

(01:22:42) Chapter 04

(01:48:43) Chapter 05

(02:17:57) Chapter 06

(02:48:41) Chapter 07

(03:14:33) Chapter 08

(03:40:57) Chapter 09

(04:06:35) Chapter 10

(04:34:20) Chapter 11

(05:03:40) Chapter 12

(05:33:02) Chapter 13

(05:59:40) Chapter 14

(06:26:55) Chapter 15

(06:53:35) Chapter 16

(07:20:56) Chapter 17

(07:50:23) Chapter 18

(08:17:08) Chapter 19

(08:46:38) Chapter 20

(09:22:07) Chapter 21

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Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 28, 2022

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Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18--

“Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery. …

“On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a hansom cab drove up to the police station in Grey Street, St. Kilda, and the driver made the startling statement that his cab contained the body of a man who he had reason to believe had been murdered….” (Excerpt from the first chapter.)

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:06:28) Chapter 01

(00:16:02) Chapter 02

(00:26:05) Chapter 03

(00:27:17) Chapter 04

(00:35:13) Chapter 05

(00:49:05) Chapter 06

(01:03:55) Chapter 07

(01:19:59) Chapter 08

(01:37:35) Chapter 09

(01:58:22) Chapter 10

(02:12:52) Chapter 11

(02:28:30) Chapter 12

(02:44:39) Chapter 13

(03:01:44) Chapter 14

(03:14:38) Chapter 15

(03:30:59) Chapter 16

(03:41:41) Chapter 17

(03:59:20) Chapter 18

(04:11:23) Chapter 19

(04:28:35) Chapter 20

(04:36:05) Chapter 21

(04:50:43) Chapter 22

(05:00:40) Chapter 23

(05:14:10) Chapter 24

(05:29:12) Chapter 25

(05:42:58) Chapter 26

(05:51:39) Chapter 27

(06:05:33) Chapter 28

(06:21:16) Chapter 29

(06:33:07) Chapter 30

(06:48:15) Chapter 31

(06:59:18) Chapter 32

(07:08:08) Chapter 33

(07:23:43) Chapter 34

(07:35:41) Chapter 35

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Hagar of the Pawn-Shop by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 28, 2022

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Hagar of the Pawn-Shop by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the legitimate heir can be traced. In the odd assortment of objects that pass across her counter, Hagar uncovers one mystery after another. Some items are linked to actual crimes, others to iniquitous acts of human deceit and betrayal. Whether investigating independently or alongside the police, Hagar combines her native shrewdness with woman's intuition to help untangle the webs of wickedness she encounters, that justice might prevail in the end. Though the individual mysteries in Hagar of the Pawn-shop may be read separately, they are so arranged by Fergus Hume as to form a linked set, with characters from earlier stories popping up again later on, one as Hagar's love interest and another as her nemesis.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:50:58) Chapter 2

(01:35:55) Chapter 3

(02:22:55) Chapter 4

(03:00:44) Chapter 5

(03:42:01) Chapter 6

(04:22:41) Chapter 7

(05:10:05) Chapter 8

(05:47:32) Chapter 9

(06:28:28) Chapter 10

(07:05:15) Chapter 11

(07:42:40) Chapter 12

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The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Dec 28, 2022

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The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: romance

Set in the glittering early 20th century, The Offshore Pirate follows Ardita Farnam, a sharp-tongued, wealthy young woman who is tired of being treated like an ornament and determined to steer her own life. Escaping watchful chaperones aboard her uncle's yacht, Ardita insists on adventure - and finds it in the most unexpected way when a sleek motorboat cuts across the waves and a self-styled pirate stages a daring takeover. The intruder, Toby Moreland, is charming, clever, and infuriatingly confident, and he claims to be an outlaw with a crew and a code of his own. As the yacht is forced to play along, Ardita is drawn into a fast-moving game of bluff, negotiation, and flirtation, where the line between performance and sincerity keeps shifting. Fitzgerald mixes sparkling dialogue with sunlit suspense, using the high seas as a stage for questions of freedom, identity, and what it means to choose your own story. Light on its feet and rich in wit, this tale turns a fantasy of danger into a test of courage and desire.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:18) Chapter 02

(00:20:55) Chapter 03

(00:34:54) Chapter 04

(00:47:57) Chapter 05

(00:56:41) Chapter 06

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The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Dec 28, 2022

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The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

In The Ice Palace, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Sally Carrol Happer, a spirited young woman from a small Southern town who feels both cherished and confined by the languid rhythms of Georgia life. When she becomes engaged to Harry Bellamy, a promising man from the North, Sally Carrol sees a chance to step into a larger world - and to test whether her restlessness is real or just a romantic daydream. Traveling to Harry's Midwestern hometown in the heart of winter, she encounters a landscape of snow, ice, and brisk social codes that seems to demand a different version of herself. As parties and polite introductions give way to quieter moments of doubt, Sally Carrol must weigh the security of commitment against the pull of home, climate, and culture. Fitzgerald crafts a tense, intimate portrait of a woman caught between regions and expectations, where love is complicated by identity, pride, and the fear of losing one's sense of belonging. The story's central conflict turns on what it truly means to grow up, to choose, and to live with the consequences of choosing.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:57) Chapter 02

(00:20:26) Chapter 03

(00:37:44) Chapter 04

(00:46:07) Chapter 05

(01:00:37) Chapter 06

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy] Dec 28, 2022

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

In a quietly uncanny Baltimore, a child is born under extraordinary circumstances: Benjamin Button arrives with the appearance and manner of an old man, setting his family on a collision course with confusion, embarrassment, and reluctant wonder. As the years pass, Benjamin moves through school, work, love, and social life in the most unexpected direction, forcing everyone around him - and especially Benjamin himself - to confront what it means to belong in a world governed by ordinary time. His father, Roger Button, struggles to protect the family name while navigating a son who upends every expectation. Benjamin's own desires are simple enough: to be taken seriously, to find companionship, and to claim a place where his body and his age make sense together. But society is not built for someone whose life runs against the clock. With Fitzgerald's sharp wit and bittersweet insight, the story uses its fantastical premise to explore identity, ambition, romance, and the fragile rules by which people measure a life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:40:41) Chapter 02

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Dec 28, 2022

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in the glittering, uneasy years just before and after World War I, The Beautiful and Damned follows Anthony Patch, a charming Harvard graduate who believes his real life will begin once he inherits his wealthy grandfather's fortune. In New York City he meets Gloria Gilbert, a magnetic young woman whose beauty and appetite for pleasure match his own. They marry and plunge into a social world of parties, cocktails, and fashionable friends, convinced that talent and good looks will carry them through. But as the inheritance remains out of reach, their days of effortless indulgence collide with the realities of work, money, and responsibility. Anthony's drifting ambition turns combative, Gloria's dreams of admiration meet the limits of time and circumstance, and the couple's love becomes entangled with jealousy, pride, and dependence. With sharp wit and a clear-eyed view of American privilege, Fitzgerald traces how desire, idleness, and expectation can erode character - and how two people can both adore and damage each other while chasing a life that never quite arrives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:47:10) Chapter 2

(01:21:19) Chapter 3

(01:58:41) Chapter 4

(02:49:59) Chapter 5

(03:35:13) Chapter 6

(04:12:11) Chapter 7

(04:45:16) Chapter 8

(05:20:05) Chapter 9

(06:08:39) Chapter 10

(06:41:50) Chapter 11

(07:25:59) Chapter 12

(08:06:51) Chapter 13

(08:53:20) Chapter 14

(09:38:41) Chapter 15

(10:18:11) Chapter 16

(11:01:18) Chapter 17

(11:43:38) Chapter 18

(12:14:26) Chapter 19

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Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Dec 27, 2022

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Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Tales of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald gathers a vivid set of stories that capture the glitter and unease of post-World War I America, when prosperity, parties, and reinvention seemed to promise a new kind of freedom. Moving from Manhattan drawing rooms to small town streets and into dreamlike, even fable-like landscapes, Fitzgerald follows ambitious young men and women chasing status, romance, and a sense of self in a world that rewards charm but punishes sincerity. Across these sharply observed tales, characters gamble on love, money, and reputation, only to find that desire can be both a ladder and a trap. With his signature blend of wit and melancholy, Fitzgerald explores the costs of social climbing, the seductions of wealth, the fragility of youth, and the quiet heartbreak behind bright lights. By turns satirical, tender, and haunting, this collection offers a portrait of an era at its most exhilarating and most precarious, and asks what remains when the music slows and the illusions start to fade.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:08:52) Chapter 01

(00:48:46) Chapter 02

(01:43:45) Chapter 03

(02:37:44) Chapter 04

(03:28:35) Chapter 05

(03:49:14) Chapter 06

(04:40:42) Chapter 07

(05:16:18) Chapter 08

(06:11:18) Chapter 09