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Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- David Thorpe, Penelope Freeman
- Publisher
- Soundings
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Short stories
- Rating
- 5.0 (3 reviews)
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User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
The best short story collection we've listened to.
Absolutely brilliant! Really can't fault it, the stories are all excellent, clever and amusing and the narrators are perfect.
Very disappointed to get to the end!
Now to go looking for more!Rocketman 2025-07-30
Details
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- David Thorpe, Penelope Freeman
- Duration
- 8 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781407986630
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Soundings
- Genre
- Short stories
- Rating
- 5.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
Beware of long-lost friends, sleepy cats, and Santa’s grotto. Think twice about gypsy curses, squawking parrots, and peach-coloured thermal underwear – for any one of them can confound your expectations and shatter a cosy world. In this addictive collection, master crime writer Peter Lovesey prescribes 15 fiendishly clever stories featuring the man in the street along with the ever-popular detectives Peter Diamond and the self-important Bertie, Prince of Wales. Here, the genteel mix easily with the sordid in a nasty but effective concoction of mayhem and suspense. It’s a mixture that will make your heart beat faster – and there are twists that will take your breath away…
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