Christmas Mystery Collection — The Christmas Card Crime & Other Stories (Full Audiobook)

Christmas Mystery Collection — The Christmas Card Crime & Other Stories (Full Audiobook) Since everyone, from the editors at Audible to the reviewers, coyly refuse to list the stories and authors presented here, I’ll do so: “A Christmas Tragedy” by Baroness Orczy “By the Sword” by Selwyn Jepson “The Christmas Card Crime” by Donald Stewart “The Motive” by Ronald Knox “Blind Man’s Hood” by Carter Dickson (aka John Dickson Carr) “Paul Temple’s White Christmas” by Francis Durbridge “Sister Bessie or Your Old Leach” by Cyril Hare “A Bit of Wire-Pulling” by E. C. R. Lorac “Pattern of Revenge” by John Bude “Crime at Lark Cottage” by John Bingham “Twixt the Lip and the Lip” by Julian Symons The best thing about these collections is the range of authors. You’re either finding new work by authors you know or finding new authors whose work you’ve never heard before. On the strength of the last story, I’ve made definite plans to dig deeper into Julian Symonds’ work. Two of the three stories I’ve heard before as individual recordings (“Aunt Bessie”, “Blind Man’s Hood”) I enjoyed all over again; unfortunately, the third, "Pattern of Revenge" is not up to John Bude's usual high standard of storytelling. True, the categories in which these collections are organized (Christmas, Bibliophiles, Water) can be less that strict (Julian Symonds’ contribution could just as easily fitted into Murder by the Book). But that is a mere quibble. Even the less satisfying offerings are interesting, and the best ones (“By the Sword”, “Christmas Card Crime”, “The Motive”, “Blind Man’s Hood”, “Sister Bessie”, “Crime at White Cottage”, and “Twixt the Cup and the Lip”) are terrific. As always with the British Crime Classics, the performances and production are peerless. #audiobooksfree #actionthrillerfilm #mysterynovel #audiobooksfull #mysterythriller #audiobookthriller #thrillernovel #audiobooks #audiobooksfulllength #audiobooksfull