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Three Pickled Herrings
The Fairy Detective Agency (Book 2)
- Narrator
- Simon Russell Beale
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 3 October 2013
- Run Time
- 2 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Read by Simon Russell Beale. Simon Russell Beale has starred on stage, screen and TV and has been described as one of the greatest stage actors of his generation. He has been in numerous roles for The Royal Shakespeare Company and has won the Lawrence Olivier Theatre Award 3 times. In 2003 he was appointed a CBE. In 2008 Simon made his début as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers. He has read numerous audiobooks including Orion's Don't Cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon.
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Critics Review
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Absolutely charming
Angels & Urchins
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Wonderfully imaginative, full of quirky humour and delightfully illustrated
Parents In Touch
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Gardner's riotous fantasy world includes a multitude of charmingly unlikely characters
BookTrust
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A quirky and whimsical read, illustrated with suitably strange and wonderful line drawings. Its oddball protagonists are engaging and it has the feel of an otherworld screwball comedy
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Garner is a highly talented storyteller ... charmingly anarchic
School Librarian
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Very mysterious ... very funny
The Guardian Online
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Eventful, fast-paced
Teaching English (Primary Matters)
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Details
- Author
- Sally Gardner, illustrated by David Roberts
- Narrator
- Simon Russell Beale
- Duration
- 2 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 October 2013
- ISBN
- 9781409152200
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
At the Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency, Emily Vole and her friends are beginning to worry. It's five months since their official opening and they still haven't had one case. Then local landowner Sir Walter Cross dies suddenly and mysteriously. The detectives suspect fairy meddling. And when Mr Rollo the tailor mysteriously loses everything and Pan Smith's wedding plans are ruined the night before her big day, they're convinced there must be magic at play. Now they have not one, but three pickled herrings to deal with! Can they solve the mystery of who is stealing people's luck before the meddling fairy goes too far?Read by Simon Russell Beale. Simon Russell Beale has starred on stage, screen and TV and has been described as one of the greatest stage actors of his generation. He has been in numerous roles for The Royal Shakespeare Company and has won the Lawrence Olivier Theatre Award 3 times. In 2003 he was appointed a CBE. In 2008 Simon made his début as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers. He has read numerous audiobooks including Orion's Don't Cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon.(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
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