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The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel (Millennium Series, Book 7)
- By: Karin Smirnoff, Sarah Death - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Story3 out of 5 stars 474
Change is coming to Sweden’s far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala is a remarkably gifted teenager—and she’s being watched.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Stieg Larsson would be rolling in his grave!
- By Candace on 09-07-23
- The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel (Millennium Series, Book 7)
- By: Karin Smirnoff, Sarah Death - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
I still don't know what this is about?
Reviewed: 08-14-24
For or against climate change. Is he local city manager corrupt or just incompetent. Is Lisbeth her usual badass or is she a peripheral character. Mikael Blomkvist is wandering around as the grandfather of a knapped boy and has nothing to do with his rescue, he just shows up.
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Toxic Prey
- A Prey Novel
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,422
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,316
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,316
Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned expert in tropical and infectious diseases, Scott has witnessed the devastating impact of illness and turmoil at critical scale. Society as it exists is untenable, and the direct link to Earth’s death spiral; population levels are out of control and people have allowed disarray and disorder to run rampant. While most are concerned about deadly disease, Scott knows that it is truly humanity itself that will destroy Gaia.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Huge disappointment
- By Candace Russell on 04-10-24
- Toxic Prey
- A Prey Novel
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Seriously, climate change
Reviewed: 04-12-24
After listening to all the Lucas Davenport, Virgil, Flowers and Lettie Davenport books on audible I have to stop after just a few chapters the premise is so ridiculous.
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Terms of Restitution
- By: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27
Gangland boss Zander Finn is so sickened by the brutal murder of his son in a Paisley pub, he decides to change his life. Following the advice of his priest and mentor, he moves clandestinely to London and becomes an ambulance driver. But when his old second-in-command, Malky Maloney, tracks him down on a London street, Finn knows he must return. Both his real family and his crime family face an existential threat from Albanian mobsters determined to take control of the Scottish underworld.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More please!
- By Jennifer on 04-10-23
- Terms of Restitution
- By: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrated by: Angus King
Performance issues
Reviewed: 02-25-24
I can’t understand the narrator when he speaks in his accent half the time
sorry about that
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Farilane
- The Rise and Fall, Book 2
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, Michael J. Sullivan, Robin Sullivan
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,006
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,553
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,533
Being an unwanted twin in the Imperial line of succession, Farilane became a scholar, adventurer, and in a time when reading was once more forbidden—a book hunter. Her singular obsession is finding the mythical Book of Brin, a tome not just lost but intentionally buried. Respected and beloved by the Teshlor Knights, not even their legendary skills can protect her for what she finds is more dangerous than what she sought.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Character that I Fell in Love With.
- By Wendy H. on 06-08-22
- Farilane
- The Rise and Fall, Book 2
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, Michael J. Sullivan, Robin Sullivan
Almost my favorite.
Reviewed: 06-18-22
My favorite is the Age of Swords from the Legends of the First Empire. I love the strong female characters that Sullivan has created. Farilane does not disappoint.
The two Riyria series were all fantastic.
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The Border
- The Cartel Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,371
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,050
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,038
For over 40 years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: the War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world's most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin - the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adan Barrera - has left him bloody and scarred, cost him people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul. Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster, he has created 30 more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story-telling spoiled by partisanship
- By M & B on 04-25-19
- The Border
- The Cartel Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Democrats will love the political subplot.
Reviewed: 05-28-19
Drug traffickers, corrupt republicans and a corrupt real estate developer that becomes president that wants to build a wall and Make America Great Again vs the flawed but patriotic former DEA Agent are all it takes the turn what could have been this generations Godfather into predictable liberal talking points.
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Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
- The Miles Vorkosigan Adventures, Book 17
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,949
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,946
Future imperfect: Three years after her famous husband's death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed vicereine of Sergyar, stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, admiral, Sergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he'd never imagined, bringing him to an unexpected crossroads in his life. Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor's key investigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission of inquiry into a mystery he never anticipated - his own mother.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Only for Cordelia fans and, even then, be warned.
- By Susan on 07-22-16
- Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
- The Miles Vorkosigan Adventures, Book 17
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
What did this add to the Vorkosigan Saga?
Reviewed: 02-11-16
Any additional comments?
I kept waiting for a plot to develop. Instead we know that people get old and think about retirement, sex and family.
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The Secret Place
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Lara Hutchinson
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,887
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,271
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,257
A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when 16-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I know who killed him". Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case - beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. The private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well...I really liked 50% of it
- By Pamela Donaldson on 09-11-14
- The Secret Place
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Lara Hutchinson
I usually love Tana French
Reviewed: 04-02-15
I did not care for any of the characters. The story just never seemed to progress until it's predictable ending.
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The Absent One
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,878
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,869
In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. The result wasn’t what Mørck - or readers - expected, but by the opening of Adler-Olsen’s shocking, fast-paced follow-up, Mørck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads. So he’s naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his desk: A brother and sister were brutally murdered two decades earlier....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Who knew?
- By Librarian on 06-04-13
- The Absent One
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Don't give up on Department Q
Reviewed: 03-19-14
If you could sum up The Absent One in three words, what would they be?
Hang in there. If you listened to the first story and became involved with the characters, the new narrator was a shock. An English accent just did not work here. But if you stick with it for a while, the story more than makes up for it.
Who was your favorite character and why?
My favorite character was Rose. She is the latest addition to this team of cast offs that demonstrates the whole is better than the sum of the parts. She seems to be a scatter brain that finds a way to produce results. She is just fun.
What didn’t you like about Steven Pacey’s performance?
English accent is not suited for Nordic Noir
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Kimmie and her package make you realize just how disturbed a soul can be. Even under circumstances she helped create.
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,723
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5,112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,085
Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl - who didn’t draw his weapon - blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: A liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn’t dead...yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dark, Cold, and Danish
- By Ted on 11-28-12
- The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
One of the best stories I've listened to
Reviewed: 03-12-14
Where does The Keeper of Lost Causes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of my top five story lines and listens. The others are Ender, Robicheaux, Vorkosegan, Harry Hole and Lisbeth Salander.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Keeper of Lost Causes?
Carl MØrck evolves from a flawed unlikable character to one that we give a grudging respect to at the end. The supporting cast is going to build with his department Q but begins with the marvelous Assad who has a hidden past but a love for life and his work with Carl.
Have you listened to any of Erik Davies’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Erik Davies performance is amazing and it is a shame he doesn't do book 2
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