When a Man Marries
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read by Sharon Kilmer
A divorced playboy hosts a dinner party complete with a stand in wife to placate his aunt who financially supports him. When his chef is hospitalized with smallpox symptoms, the fun begins. Throw in an ex-wife, a mystery, and a little romance and you have a comedy of side splitting proportions. - Summary by Sharon Kilmer (5 hr 49 min)
Chapters
At Least I Meant Well | 12:31 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
The Way It Began | 17:28 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
I Might Have Known It | 21:33 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
The Door Was Closed | 14:13 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
From The Tree Of Love | 18:30 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
A Mighty Poor Joke | 17:17 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
We Make An Omelet | 24:53 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Correspondents' Department | 14:19 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Flannigan's Find | 13:47 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
On The Stairs | 15:11 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
I Make A Discovery | 10:30 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
The Roof Garden | 19:08 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
He Does Not Deny It | 18:29 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Almost, But Not Quite | 16:04 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Suspicion And Discord | 20:14 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
I Face Flannigan | 10:25 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
A Clash And A Kiss | 10:39 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
It's All My Fault | 13:02 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
The Harbison Man | 8:15 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Breaking Out In A New Place | 9:16 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
A Bar Of Soap | 20:39 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
It Was A Delirium | 10:51 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Coming | 12:45 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT! Fun story would make a great movie.
interesting plot
Cindy Barnett
Twisty plot and well and clearly narrated by Sharon Kilmer. Enjoyable.
Enjoyed until the end
Lori K
This was a fun & interesting listen until the end. Mysteries & comedies are right up my alley. The characters were a bunch of characters! I easily became interested in them, even the ones that could be annoying & dramatic. However, I'm left with many important unanswered questions which is why I can't rate this higher. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! I wasn't told how Tom got hurt. If it was by a flower pot then how? How did Mcgurkin get into the house? If he's a #2 story man I'd assume he sneaked in to get a story. There's no mention of this. So, did he decide to be a thief instead? That seems odd to me. How did the other news men & police know he was in the house in the 1st place? Why did they decide to hold everyone there? Why didn't they just go in & get the man at once? Once the cop Flannigan discovered him why didn't he tell the others about him? How could Mcgurkin complain about the food & beds? No one knew he was there to make him comfortable & they wouldn't anyway since he's a thief!
Oh what a tangled web we weave when once we start out to deceive
Loretta
Hilarious lesson in an upper class 20th century tangle! A picture of how people's true colours come out under stress... with all types of strange happenings to add to the excitement. This is what happens when everyone living in enforced close quarters deceives one another or acts underhanded, with a happier ending than most of these actions would have in real life! Well written and left glad to have spent the time listening.
I Knew Whodunit!!!
GM Jones
i was pretty excited to find i was right about whodunit! (no spoilers here) super fun book leaves you breathless running from the roof to the cellar and all floors in between to keep up with the action. Sharon is a very enthusiastic reader and her personality adds GREATLY to her narration. she is perfect in this sort of madcap comedy. she mispronounces a LOT of words, but you realize what she means by context. 5/2021
-Quirky little mystery
TLocke
This book could make a great BBC show. A bunch of rich folks stranded in quarantine without servents. When jewels begin disappearing, the fun begins. Reader is good, this was well suited to her voice. A few misprounounciations maudlin, row (as fight, rhyms with hoe), and a very few others. not enough to pull me out of the story. Typed blind, as no text showing on my android. Please forgive any typos or awkward sentences..
WOULD MAKE A GREAT FILM!!
Clearspace
I love the tensions she creates in social environments. Coincidentally interesting in these Covid times how this group of well heeled New Yorkers respond to a sudden lock down in the house at a dinner party when the cook is suspected of having small pox. Should really be made into a film!! "
You won’t regret reading this!
SaraKathryn
I don’t know how, but “When a Man Marries” gets better every time I read it. I can say this because I’ve read it four times. Kilmer’s performance fits the tone of the book perfectly. Gosh, I actually want to start listening to it all over again right now!