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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Stellar Echoes: A Call Across Fourteen Light-Years On a rainy night in Vancouver, quantum physicist Lena Kavan intercepts a mysterious signal from the TRAPPIST-1 system. The waveform resonates strangely with her body, awakening hidden secrets within the...

Det er en usædvanligt varm sommer i North Devon, og turisterne strømmer til kysten. Vicekriminalkommissær Matthew Venn bliver kaldt ud til et gerningssted på en landlig ejendom beboet af en gruppe kunstnere. Her finder han et nøje iscenesat mord: En lokal læge, Dr. Yeo, er blevet dræbt...

A second collection of twelve cases for M. McDonnell Bodkin’s insightful but self-deprecating detective Paul Beck, a man who claims no more genius than “a little common sense,” and says of himself that “I just go by the rule of thumb, and muddle and puzzle out my cases as best I can.” Including the disappearance of a millionaire; murders on a golf links and on a train; a fabulous diamond necklace lost in the sea, and the theft of an actress’ rubies; a lucky discovery in a Hansom cab; and a doctor found standing over the dead body of his fiancée’s brother.

England, 1914. Die Welt ist von Konflikten gezeichnet. Der verletzte Captain Hastings wird ins Anwesen Styles Court eingeladen, um sich von seinen körperlichen und seelischen Wunden zu erholen. Styles ist ein prachtvolles Landhaus und Heimat seines Kindheitsfreundes. Für Hastings ein Ort der Ruhe … glaubt er. Doch an den heißen Sommertagen braut sich etwas Finsteres zusammen.

The first twelve cases for M. McDonnell Bodkin’s insightful but self-deprecating detective Paul Beck, a man who claims no more genius than “a little common sense,” and says of himself that “I just go by the rule of thumb, and muddle and puzzle out my cases as best I can.” Including tales of card-sharping, deception, and theft; of treachery in the British Cabinet, and a plot to undermine the nation’s silver currency; and of ingenious and cold-blooded murder. 

Vance uses a torn stocking to run in a gang of three vicious ladies. The case they’re working on concerns a series of robberies in wealthy homes done they believe by a group of women. Philo Vance is working on the case, but his only result so far is a description he has of one of the members of the gang, a description he obtained from a ripped nylon stocking. 

As the killer whistles, "Comin' Through The Rye", a husband and wife are shot after being blackmailed. Evidence points to the neer-do-well son of a banker. The Stuarts’ Butler told Philo Vance and DA Markham that he heard someone whistle and then shots. He was on the third floor and by the time he came down to the library, Mr. Stuart was dead and Mrs. Stuart lived only long enough to say that the killer wanted $100,000. 

Lou talks about Aunt May and Uncle Mike. Lou and Susan had a date last night. Susan's father does not approve of Lou. They talk about June weddings. Abott and Costello get a report on their ratings. They say 12 million people listen to their show. They decide to take their own radio poll. They say there are 400 listeners in the audience. 

John Green is murdered while on the telephone to the district attorney. The obvious killer has a good alibi; the DA is then shot. As Philo Vance and District Attorney Markam were looking through the apartment of John Green, who had been murdered the day before, Markham was shot. Both of their suspects, Mrs Green and a man named Edward Lee, have alibis for around eleven o’clock, the time they believe the murder of John Green was committed. 

A scientist named Edgar Wilson has been shot and is dying. But first, he stops for a manicure! The Miller brothers, who killed Professor Wilson, are blown to pieces when they try to get Experiment X. The Manicure Murder Case opened when professor Edgar Wilson, scientist, died in a barber shop after insisting the girl manicure his nails, even though he was dying. 

The Muddy Murder Case began with the shooting of Johnny Williams, racketeer. Although his house was completely surrounded by mud and Williams was killed at close range, there were no footprints in the mud and nobody but Williams' housekeeper was in his home. Philo Vance and DA Markham suspect a racketeer named Foster, especially since they think he killed another former ally. 

A dead man found in the Alamo Motel was killed by ranch owner Bolan, but he's also the corpse! 

Exceptionally entertaining, soft-boiled Detective Philo Vance solves murders with his wits. His brain is a match for the Great Sherlock Holmes, and so is his superior attitude. This radio series pays homage to the original detective novels of Van Dine first published in the mid-1920s...

England, 1866: Die 18-jährige Felicia kann es kaum erwarten, nach zwei ereignislosen Jahren endlich ihre Mädchenschule zu verlassen und die Reise zur Hochzeit ihres Bruders anzutreten. Statt gemütlich im Zug nach Gloucester zu reisen, findet sie sich jedoch plötzlich in einer Kutsche eingepfercht durch einen verlassenen Wald polternd. Ein unerwarteter Zwischenstopp endet in einer Katastrophe: Ein Mitreisender wird tot aufgefunden. Schnell wird klar, dass es sich nicht um einen harmlosen Unfall handelt. Ein Mord ist geschehen und nur einer von Felicias Mitreisenden kann der Täter gewesen sein.

The Argyle Murder Case opened with the finding of the body of a man dressed in brand new clothing with the exception of a pair of argyle socks. Vance, with only this meagre clue to work on, identifies the body and manages to interview three people - Roger Star owner and feature performer in a theater company; Lila Martin, an actress; and Milton Talbot, publisher of a theatrical newspaper. 

The Full Dress Murder Case opened with the finding of the knifed body of Boxcar Charlie, derelict. When discovered, Charlie’s body was clothed in full evening dress, which led Philo Vance to announce that he knew where to start looking for the killer. 

A gang of conmen is selling machines that they say can manufacture genuine $1 bills. It's a neat scam, but it leads to murder! How did the traveling monogram illusion work? Frank Kent, an inmate of the state hospital, has been broken out. The hospital is actually a mental institution. Frank was there because his mind is permanently in another world. But the reason somebody wants him is because he is a mathematical genius.

England, 1865: Celine verlässt das aufregende London, um in dem beschaulichen Dorf Roscave mit ihrem Vater eine Schneiderei zu eröffnen. Sie rechnet mit geschwätzigen Nachbarn, langweiligen Nähaufträgen und matschigem Wetter.

Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed "The Great Impersonator," Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown.

In this best-selling mystery series, FBI Special Agent Ilse Beck, victim of a traumatic childhood in Germany, moved to the US to become a renowned psychologist specializing in PTSD, and the world’s leading expert in the unique trauma of serial-killer survivors. By studying the psychology of their survivors, Ilse has a unique and unparalleled expertise in the true psychology of serial killers. Ilse never expected, though, to become an FBI agent herself.