The Double
Edgar Wallace
Read by Atul Sharma
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When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours science degree in the service of Scotland Yard, where he is marked for rapid promotion. Ten years later, and Detective Inspector Richard Staines is confronted by a murder from his past, involving a doppelgänger and a mysterious thumbprint.
From the golden age of detective fiction, Edgar Wallace was a prolific author with over 170 novels to his credit, including King Kong. More than 160 films have been made of his works, and a publisher once claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. - Summary by ASharma (7 hr 33 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 19:16 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter II | 12:58 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter III | 22:20 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter IV | 19:15 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter V | 26:07 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter VI | 16:53 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter VII | 20:03 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter VIII | 15:40 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter IX | 7:10 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter X | 9:09 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XI | 13:44 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XII | 12:56 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XIII | 22:18 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XIV | 10:13 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XV | 22:46 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XVI | 14:27 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XVII | 20:58 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XVIII | 25:22 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XIX | 11:28 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XX | 14:39 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXI | 15:33 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXII | 16:39 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXIII | 12:33 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXIV | 13:21 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXV | 10:18 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXVI | 22:25 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXVII | 11:15 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Chapter XXVIII | 13:29 | Read by Atul Sharma |
Reviews
Great reader, complicated story
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Linda Givler
The reader did an amazing job, thank you. I found this story a bit hard to follow with many characters. Had I listened to it in one or two sessions, it would have been better. The ending was great and nicely explained the mystery.
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A LibriVox Listener
Eliz Audio Reader. Thank you Atul Sharma, for your excellent reading of a new Edgar Wallace book for the LibriVox archives. I hope you will continue reading for this great service. Thanks again.
fun story, clear reading
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Aaron Wilson
this was a fun, clean, detective mystery. otherwise still don't know which girl was which
excellent story, good reader
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Suzie
Intriguing plot. I got so interested that it was hard to concentrate on my driving.
Well Read
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steve091134
Thanks to Mr Sharma. Enjoyable classic detective/murder mystery.
ahhh yeah
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Grace
A detective whodunit , sort meandering one