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Vindication
- A Matt Royal Mystery
- By: H. Terrell Griffin
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
In this John Grisham-style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer turned beach bum is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan's Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A best-selling author has been murdered after a book signing, and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff - one which may not bode well for his client.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Matt Royal legal mysteries are always excellent!
- By Wayne on 04-28-18
- Vindication
- A Matt Royal Mystery
- By: H. Terrell Griffin
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
Decent story but dragged in places.
Reviewed: 12-10-24
it's obvious this author had a great love of place and it shows through in the story. it's also very well researched and has pace in parts. However the courtroom scenes dragged on and on, with the action better served in a different settings. Onlt lawyers might perhaps appreciate the endless testimony. Still it was a decent read and mostly entertaining.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,643
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32,043
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,967
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- By Teresa H. on 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Overrated and overblown
Reviewed: 12-22-23
Everyone raved about this book! While I enjoyed certain parts, I found other parts preachy and overblown especially towards the end. Overall disappointing given all the hoopla and hype - the ending went on and I was so glad when it was over! The author tends to repeat things a lot, which slowed the story down as well.
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Those We Thought We Knew
- By: David Joy
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Toya Gardner, a young Black artist from Atlanta, has returned to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to trace her family history and complete her graduate thesis. But when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town, she sets her sights on something bigger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best work yet.
- By Phillip and Taylor on 08-04-23
- Those We Thought We Knew
- By: David Joy
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Amazing
Reviewed: 09-12-23
This is an outstanding book. The writing is authentic and true, just like the characters. Hopefully this author will receive the recognition he deserves. A fiction writer myself I can be tough to please but for me, this book hit the sweet spot between excellent literature and chair-gripping suspense.
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She Started It
- A Novel
- By: Sian Gilbert
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens, Anne-Marie Piazza, Ione Butler, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 417
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 388
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Story4 out of 5 stars 388
Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected—but not entirely unwelcome—invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just wrong!
- By Dan C. on 07-31-23
- She Started It
- A Novel
- By: Sian Gilbert
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens, Anne-Marie Piazza, Ione Butler, Billie Fulford-Brown, Sarah Cullum, Ella Lynch
Death by Predictability
Reviewed: 07-05-23
While well written and performed this book got worse and more predictable as the story went on. The clearly delineated characters morphed into a blob of over dramatic shrews and one could see plot developments coming from a mile away. So I did myself a favor and bailed about 3/4 of the way through. Hopefully taking one for my fellow readers...buyer beware!
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Someone Else's Shoes
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,876
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,278
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,267
Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope--she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That’s because Sam Kemp—in the bleakest point of her life—has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag—she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bad language
- By Kerbear on 02-25-23
- Someone Else's Shoes
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
It was fantastic... Until the end
Reviewed: 06-08-23
This book was excellently plotted, suspenseful and full of unexpected twists until the end which piled on so many saccharine and predictable resolutions that it almost sank like the Titanic. When will authors realize that less can be more and the subtle art of implication is 100 times more powerful than a screaming over the top end? Nevertheless I enjoyed it... Until the last couple of chapters and three count em three epilogues. What a disappointment when an author assumes the reader's intelligence... Until the last few pages when she WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE PICTURE . Give us readers a little credit please, We can figure things out for ourselves and what is wrong with leaving a little to the imagination?
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The Golden Couple
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27,808
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24,669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24,582
If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in 10 sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal—she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault—and almost absorbs the emptiness she sometimes feels since her husband’s death. Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple—until Marissa cheats. She wants to repair things, both because she loves her husband and for the sake of their eight-year-old son. After a friend forwards an article about Avery, Marissa takes a chance on this maverick therapist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, ..needs to be a series!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
- The Golden Couple
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
Lots of potential but ssssooo many twistssss
Reviewed: 03-22-22
Enjoyed perspective of therapist but Marissa not much. Lacked relatability, narrator was ssssooo ssssibilant!
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One by One
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,021
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,174
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,150
Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decide for yourself
- By Breezybealle on 09-10-20
- One by One
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Uneven
Reviewed: 12-01-20
The plot was interesting enough to to keep me engagef... Much of the time. Other times it seemed overwrought. The book could have used some serious tightening and shortening but it was OK and mostly entertaining. Narrator was great.
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Objects of My Affection
- By: Jill Smolinski
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,642
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,070
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,063
In the humorous, heartfelt new novel by the author of The Next Thing on My List, a personal organizer must somehow convince a reclusive artist to give up her hoarding ways and let go of the stuff she’s hung onto for decades.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance distracted from the story.
- By A. Adinolfi on 07-20-12
- Objects of My Affection
- By: Jill Smolinski
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
Great beginning, middle, but the end...
Reviewed: 10-27-20
This book was fun, witty with realistic characters. But the ending was drawn out& clichéd.
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You Are Not Alone
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,664
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,034
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,027
Shay Miller wants to find love, but it eludes her. She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end. She wants to belong, but her life is increasingly lonely. Until Shay meets the Moore sisters. Cassandra and Jane live a life of glamorous perfection, and always get what they desire. When they invite Shay into their circle, everything seems to get better. Shay would die for them to like her. She may have to.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I have listened to in months!
- By Renee on 03-04-20
- You Are Not Alone
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore
Ending was overblown and predictable
Reviewed: 08-14-20
Really enjoyed the story except the very end. Seemed contrived and forced. Wish the author had spent as much time and effort on the end as on the initial plot.
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The Salt Path
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Anne Reid
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall. They have almost no money for food or shelter and must carry only the essentials for survival on their backs as they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea and sky.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a beautiful book about the essence of our humanity and who we are when we dig deep
- By Sebii on 08-21-18
- The Salt Path
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Anne Reid
Not always pleasant but an important story
Reviewed: 05-07-19
This book made many strong and valid points. When the author wasn't digressing into excessive facts and figures, it was compelling and real. However the narrator's voice was far too old for someone who is supposed to be 50 and because of that it diluted the effectiveness the story and made it seem almost whiny in parts. Yet it is a gripping chronicle of hope and spirituality.
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