The Great Detective Collection
24 of the Best Classic Detective Stories
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Narrated by:
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Cathy Dobson
About this listen
An engrossing collection of detective stories featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, J. G. Reeder, and C. Auguste Dupin.
- 1. "The Tea-Leaf" by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace
- 2. "The Queer Feet" by G. K. Chesterton
- 3. "The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes" by Ernest Bramah
- 4. "The Club of One-Eyed Men" by Arthur Somers Roche
- 5. "Diamond Cut Diamond" by F. Britten Austin
- 6. "The Game Played in the Dark" by Ernest Bramah
- 7. "Murder Under the Microscope" by William Russell
- 8. "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe
- 9. "The Hammer of God" by G. K. Chesterton
- 10. "Who Killed Zebedee" by Wilkie Collins
- 11. "The Treasure Hunt" by Edgar Wallace
- 12. "The Shadow of the Shark" by G. K. Chesterton
- 13. "The Red Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 14. "The Story of Baelbrow" by E. and H. Heron
- 15. "The Invisible Man" by G. K. Chesterton
- 16. "The Perfect Crime" by Seamark
- 17. "The Wedding Guest" by Guy Boothby
- 18. "The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens
- 19. "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 20. "The Magic Casket" by R. Austin Freeman
- 21. "The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor" by Ernest Bramah
- 22. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
- 23. "The Mystery of Marie Roget" by Edgar Allan Poe
- 24. "To Be Taken in Water" by George Walter Thornbury
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Lizzie
- 25-11-18
The great Detective Collection
This the only book I cannot listen to at all in my library. I find the narrator very poor indeed
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- Marsh
- 26-01-16
great stories, appalling narration.
these stories are classics, I have read and loved nearly all of them and really wanted something easy to listen to, that I loved.
however, I wish that I had listened to the narration. sorry but Cathy Dobson is awful in narrating these stories. I didn't even finish the first story and wished I had listened to a sample.
it makes theses un listenable
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- Mr. D. Nesbitt
- 10-01-16
Terrible Narration
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A different narrator
What didn’t you like about Cathy Dobson’s performance?
The strange emphasis on parts of words, the sounding of the letter T e.g. it or honest, the way her voice strangely tails off, the stress put on words completely out of context.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Great Detective Collection?
None but I would have listened to the reader then employed someone who would do justice to the stories.
Any additional comments?
I have only got as far as the fourth story and I am losing patience with the awful narration. I will continue but I am not at all sure I will finish this audio book.
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- Nick J. Kitching
- 15-07-18
Dreadful dreadful narration
I was REALLY looking forward to a good long listen to some of my favourite detective tales on a long drive, but couldn't get through the 1st story. Through desperation I tried again. No chance. Whoever employed this woman to narrate books must hate books. Many good tales ruined.
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- Revmama
- 13-06-18
Dreadful narration/Very disappointed
The stories were quirky and varied. Some ended suddenly. The narration was dreadful. I've never heard such a peculiar way of speaking. Creepy stupid intonation.. How does someone like that get the job? Is that how they usually speak? Or is that strange affect just for narrating. Either way please choose narrators more wisely. I've never had to speak so strongly about narration. Very disappointing.
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- Tony
- 29-02-16
Good stories, narrate a little distracting.
Great stories but i'm not sure the narration works. There is a strange emphasis and intonation which detracts from the stories.
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- P. Williams
- 09-09-19
Shocking Narration
I thought the narration spoiled the book. Monotonous, and failed to keep the reader's attention
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- Anonymous
- 05-10-19
Impossible to listen to
I was really looking forward to listening to this collection but within a few minutes had to turn it off. The intonation and punctuation make it incredibly difficult to follow and unbearable to listen to.
Huge disappointment
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- Sarah R
- 14-02-18
Awful narrator
The stories are first class; they deserve a narrator to match. A very lacklustre reader who manages to make wonderful fiction simply dull and unengaging.
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- Bibliomaniac
- 27-05-24
Outstanding stories treated badly
This is a collection of some of the finest detective stories ever written, and should have been a delight, but it's badly let down by the narration. The reader's monotonous, sing-song delivery makes it impossible to follow or enjoy the tales. I couldn't take it.
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