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The Burley Cross Post Box Theft Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Nicola Barker (Author), Helen Lacey (Narrator), Gareth Cassidy (Narrator),

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Reading other people’s letters is always a guilty pleasure. But for two West Yorkshire policemen - contemplating a cache of 27 undelivered missives, retrieved from a back alley behind the hairdresser's in Skipton - it's also a job of work. The quaint moorside village of Burley Cross has been plunged into turmoil by the theft of the contents of its postbox, and when PC Roger Topping takes over the case, which his higher-ranking schoolmate Sergeant Laurence Everill has so far failed to crack, his expectations of success are not high.

Yet Topping's investigation into the curtain-twitching lives of Jeremy Baverstock, Baxter Thorndyke, the Jonty Weiss-Quinns, Mrs Tirza Parry (widow), and a splendid array of other weird and wonderful characters, will not only uncover the dark underbelly of his scenic beat, but also the fundamental strengths of his own character.

The denizens of Burley Cross inhabit a world where everyone’s secrets are worn on their sleeves, pettiness becomes epic, little is writ large. From complaints about dog shit to passive-aggressive fanmail, from biblical amateur dramatics to an Auction of Promises that goes staggeringly, horribly wrong, Nicola Barker’s epistolary novel is a work of immense comic range. It is also unlike anything she has written before. Brazenly mischievous and irresistibly readable, Burley Cross Postbox Theft is a Cranford for today, albeit with a decent dose of Tamiflu, some dodgy sex-therapy and a whiff of cheap-smelling vodka.

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Listening Length	12 hours and 13 minutes
Author	Nicola Barker
Narrator	Helen Lacey, Gareth Cassidy
Audible.com.au Release Date	04 May 2010
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NWMY0KO
Best Sellers Rank	131,977 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 5,238 in Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 24,369 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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sandra j

Like many of the other reviewers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2015

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I had this book for a while before I read it, building my anticipation, only to have it dashed. Like many of the other reviewers, I too like episodic novels and that was the main reason I bought the book. But alas, also like many other reviewers, I also found it tedious with most letters far too long - I realised I'd started to skim-read it to "get through it" but surely that defeats the whole point of reading a book for pleasure! I also found the reasons why many of the letters were written to be contrived and the letters themselves going into more details than they naturally would have in order for the reader to follow the "story". Having said that, the book was cleverly written but really not to my liking. Once I've read a book, if I really enjoyed it / it moved me etc, I'll keep it; if it's good, I pass to a friend; if I wouldn't want to waste my friend's time, it goes to the charity shop. At least I can console myself knowing that my favourite charity got the benefit of this purchase ...

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The letters are ridiculously too long!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2020

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i saw this book recommended in a newspaper review section and it sounded like my kind of thing. On the amazon reviews there were lots of low reviews saying that the letters were too long and the book was hard to get in to. I decided to still buy this book, but how i wish I had listened to those reviewers! The letters are so long, repetitive and boring that it is hard to pay attention and keep concentration. I tried several times, but this book will be going to the charity shop.

Tigger suki

A mediocre read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2020

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Much hyped book but not well written

Jane

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2014

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Good read

J. Fell

Burley Cross Postbox Theft

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2012

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An amusing glimpse as to what can occur in a small village, wittily written I enjoyed it so much I bought this as a gift.

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