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Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints: A Brothers Grimm Mystery Audiobook, by P. J. Brackston Play Audiobook Sample

Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints: A Brothers Grimm Mystery Audiobook

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Read By: Kate Reading Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Brothers Grimm Mysteries Release Date: January 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481513753

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

58:39 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

20:37 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

35:17 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

10

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Publisher Description

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter comes the story of Gretel, all grown up and investigating the disappearance of Albrecht Dürer's treasured frog prints.

Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Dürer the Much Much Younger's frog prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now thirty-five and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city's annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that point toward the elusive thief.

Even with the aid of the chatty mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the truth.

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“In crisp upper-crust tones, Kate Reading narrates this charming mystery, set in a land filled with Grimm’s characters…Talking mice, hobgoblins, princesses, officers, and military men are just a few of the amazing characters listeners meet, all expertly performed by Reading. Every character—from Hans to Wolfie, from Ferdinand von Ferdinand to Police Inspector Strudel and Gottfried the mouse—has its own accent and tones, depending upon his or her personality. Reading shifts personas flawlessly while Gretel follows clues small and large, just a few steps ahead of the law. This cleverly crafted mystery is full of wry humor, which Reading reads without a snicker.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “Bestseller Brackston melds folktale whimsy with a sardonic adult voice in the rollicking first of a new series set in 1776 Bavaria. Gretel, now grown up and living with witless older brother Hans in provincial Gesternstadt, funds her love of fine things by working as a private detective…Along the way, talking mice and hobgoblins share clues, the world’s largest sausage explodes, and famous fairy-tale characters make amusing cameo appearances.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “Brackston’s deft mystery (and series launch) set in eighteenth-century Germany dances a fine line between spoof and satire, with a hearty mix of fairy-tale lore thrown in. Larger-than-life characters are balanced with a smart plot that is sure to appeal to fans of Jasper Fforde’s Nursery Crime series.”

    — Library Journal

Awards

  • An AudioFile Best Voice of 2015
  • An Audible.com Bestseller

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About P. J. Brackston

P. J. Brackston is the author of several books, including The Witch’s Daughter, The Winter Witch, Nutters, Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints, Once upon a Crime, and The Case of the Fickle Mermaid.

About Kate Reading

Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty–year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher’s Weekly’s Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.