This immersive audiobook of The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie is narrated by Vera Wynn with a full cast of distinct voices for every character. It is our goal to provide the highest quality audiobooks for our listeners. Chapter timestamps below.

About this book:
The Seven Dials Mystery is a classic 1920s mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1929. It is Book 2 of 5 in the Superintendent Battle series. This is the complete and unabridged full cast audiobook.

Plot summary (no spoilers):
At Chimneys, a house party prank meant to shame a champion late sleeper turns fatal when Gerald Wade is found dead among eight alarm clocks, one of them mysteriously missing. The local verdict calls it a tragic accident, but Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent refuses to believe it, and her friend Jimmy Thesiger shares her doubts. When a second death follows, marked by a cryptic warning naming a shabby dance club called Seven Dials, Bundle leaves the comfort of her father’s country estate to chase the truth through London’s back streets. Together with Jimmy, Bill Eversleigh, and the quick-witted Loraine Wade, she stumbles onto whispers of masked meetings, coded signals, and a stolen government invention worth killing for. Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard works the case with maddening calm, content to let the amateurs blunder ahead of him. As Bundle pulls at every loose thread she can find, she begins to wonder just how close the conspiracy she is circling has already come to her own doorstep.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Chapter 1: On Early Rising
00:18:10 Chapter 2: Concerning Alarum Clocks
00:26:58 Chapter 3: The Joke That Failed
00:42:05 Chapter 4: A Letter
00:53:16 Chapter 5: The Man in the Road
01:02:22 Chapter 6: Seven Dials Again
01:11:58 Chapter 7: Bundle Pays a Call
01:19:38 Chapter 8: Visitors for Jimmy
01:30:11 Chapter 9: Plans
01:42:41 Chapter 10: Bundle Visits Scotland Yard
01:51:02 Chapter 11: Dinner with Bill
02:02:03 Chapter 12: Inquiries at Chimneys
02:17:26 Chapter 13: The Seven Dials Club
02:29:01 Chapter 14: The Meeting of the Seven Dials
02:41:11 Chapter 15: The Inquest
02:52:18 Chapter 16: The House Party at the Abbey
03:04:42 Chapter 17: After Dinner
03:14:43 Chapter 18: Jimmy’s Adventures
03:22:15 Chapter 19: Bundle’s Adventures
03:30:16 Chapter 20: Loraine’s Adventures
03:39:40 Chapter 21: The Recovery of the Formula
03:51:49 Chapter 22: The Countess Radzky’s Story
04:06:42 Chapter 23: Superintendent Battle in Charge
04:18:45 Chapter 24: Bundle Wonders
04:29:23 Chapter 25: Jimmy Lays His Plans
04:44:04 Chapter 26: Mainly About Golf
04:50:37 Chapter 27: Nocturnal Adventure
04:59:32 Chapter 28: Suspicions
05:09:56 Chapter 29: Singular Behaviour of George Lomax
05:21:55 Chapter 30: An Urgent Summons
05:34:22 Chapter 31: The Seven Dials
05:43:46 Chapter 32: Bundle Is Dumfounded
05:48:44 Chapter 33: Battle Explains
06:04:47 Chapter 34: Lord Caterham Approves

About this recording:
The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) by Agatha Christie is in the public domain; text from Project Gutenberg.
Narrated by Vera Wynn, with 34 distinct voices across the cast.
Narration in this recording is AI-generated. Vera Wynn is a voice name and does not refer to a real human narrator.
No music. Complete and unabridged.

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It cost about $46 million to build. It was once listed for $72 million. And for ten years, nobody in Texas would buy it.

Champ d’Or, the “Field of Gold,” was built by CellStar founder Alan Goldfield and his wife Shirley in Hickory Creek, north of Dallas. It was a French chateau modeled on Vaux-le-Vicomte, the palace that inspired Versailles. It had a 78-foot dome, a mirrored ballroom, a two-story closet designed after the Chanel boutique in Paris, a bowling alley, a theater and a gold-plated elevator. The Goldfields turned down an early $44 million offer. Then the offers stopped. D Magazine asked whether it was “The Biggest Little Teardown in Texas,” and in 2012 the biggest house in Texas went to auction for a fraction of what it cost to build.

This is the rise and fall of the mansion nobody wanted: how a failed minor league pitcher from Brooklyn built a billion-dollar cell phone empire, how his wife built him a palace, and how that palace ended up as a wedding venue called The Olana.

Would you have bought it? Tell us in the comments.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The Auction
2:27 The Pitcher from Brooklyn
6:12 Field of Gold
9:46 The House That Ruined Its Owner
11:53 For Sale Before It Was Finished
17:37 Going, Going
20:16 The Second Time Around
22:41 Rent the Palace
26:48 What Nobody Wanted

SOURCES
D Magazine – The Biggest Little Teardown in Texas? (2009): https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2009/may-june/the-biggest-little-teardown-in-texas/
Concierge Auctions – Amazing Grace of Champ D’Or: https://www.conciergeauctions.com/blog/amazing-grace-of-champ-d-or-luxury-home-critics-said-wouldnt-sell
Denton Record-Chronicle – Goldfield Megamansion Finally Sells at Auction: https://dentonrc.com/news/hickory_creek/goldfield-megamansion-finally-sells-at-auction/article_66a995a7-a795-5a40-948b-aea2b6c7b4ce.html
Trulia – $46 Million Texas Mansion on the Auction Block: https://www.trulia.com/blog/46-million-texas-mansion-on-the-auction-block-for-10-3-million/
Texas Monthly – How Much for the Biggest Mansion in Texas?: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/how-much-for-the-biggest-mansion-in-texas/
CandysDirt – French Country Retreat (Formerly Champ d’Or) Hits the Market (2015): https://candysdirt.com/2015/07/11/back-french-country-retreat-formerly-champ-dor-hits-market-bigger-better-17-5/
Dallas Morning News – Champ d’Or Sold at Auction Again (2017): https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/07/05/champ-d-or-reportedly-the-biggest-house-in-texas-sold-at-auction-again/
CandysDirt – Champ d’Or Sold Again, to Become Entertainment Venue (2018): https://candysdirt.com/2018/09/21/joan-eleazer-sells-champ-dor-again-hickory-creek-estate-to-become-entertainment-venue/
Dallas Morning News – Neighbors Push Back on Hotel Plan (2019): https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/06/14/neighbors-push-back-on-plan-to-add-hotel-restaurant-to-massive-denton-county-mansion/
CultureMap Dallas – Champ d’Or Expands as Wedding and Event Venue (2019): https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/06-21-19-champ-dor-estate-olana-wedding-venue-hickory-hills/
Denton Record-Chronicle – Champ d’Or Land Deal Aimed at Funding Resort (2022): https://dentonrc.com/news/hickory_creek/champ-d-or-land-deal-in-hickory-creek-aimed-at-funding-resort/article_f65e469c-5040-542b-9cfc-371003f55d31.html
PaperCity – Lavish Texas Mansion Turned Wedding Venue: https://www.papercitymag.com/fashion/weddings/french-chateau-mansion-olana-dallas-transformed-wedding-venue/
Encyclopedia.com – CellStar Corporation: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/cellstar-corporation
Champ d’Or Estate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_d’Or_Estate

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Title: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
Author: Sax Rohmer
Narrated by: Professional Solo Voice

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Welcome to an extraordinary, atmospheric, and globally celebrated classic mystery novel, written by the famous British author Sax Rohmer. First published in 1913, The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (also published as The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu) stands as a monumental masterpiece of early 20th-century Edwardian detective fiction, urban suspense, and investigative storytelling.

Set against the fog-shrouded streets of London and mysterious global settings, the narrative follows Commissioner Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie as they work tirelessly to unravel complex secrets, intricate clues, and enigmatic local puzzles. Through a series of beautifully detailed, logical, and highly captivating chapters, the text examines sharp deduction, international diplomacy, practical bravery, and steadfast resolution. Guided by observational wisdom, teamwork, and an unbreakable positive mindset, the memorable investigators demonstrate how clear thinking, patience, and unity resolve complex historical mysteries. It is a fantastic, beautifully structured volume focused on classic British fiction, retro detective suspense, and timeless 1910s storytelling.

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