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Lethal Prey
- A Prey Novel, Book 35
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,034
Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death . . . but nobody knew exactly where the crime took place. Her body was found the next night, dumped among a dense thicket of trees along the edge of an urban park, eight miles east of St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite her twin sister Lara Grandfelt’s persistent calls to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the killer was never found.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Richard Ferrone is a hard act to follow
- By MPMP on 03-25-25
- Lethal Prey
- A Prey Novel, Book 35
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
1five star story, one star ending
Reviewed: 05-25-25
this was an excellent, intricate and satisfying storyline and I really enjoyed it until the ending. I hate to use the term "cop-out"for such a generally fantastic writer who I have read for a couple of decades, but that's how I have to describe the ending. I believe it's not fair to the readers who stsyed with the author through this entire book to leave things unresolved at the end. I was tempted to give this one star because of that, but I have too much respect and admiration for Sanford to do that.
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A Death in China
- By: Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano
- Narrated by: James Yaegashi
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 119
An American investigating his mentor's murder finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and treachery in China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor use of a credit.
- By Johnnie Walker on 03-23-12
- A Death in China
- By: Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano
- Narrated by: James Yaegashi
not at all funny Carl, but that's just fine!
Reviewed: 04-27-25
intricate, intriguing, murder mystery set mostly in China. Well crafted with some great surprises. As a bonus, you learned some history you probably did not know about China Recommended.
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Three-Inch Teeth
- Joe Pickett, Book 24
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,292
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,137
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of raging beasts—one animal, one human—in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, whom Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Three inch teeth
- By Lynn M. Keenan on 03-09-24
- Three-Inch Teeth
- Joe Pickett, Book 24
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
Preposterous Plot twist ruins a potentially good story.An insult to the reader.
Reviewed: 12-26-24
In chapter 7 a man gets killed in a scenario that could never EVER happen. I have been an avid reader of CJ Box but this was a bridge too far-- an insult to the reader.I did something I almost never do in my average 100 books per year -- I stopped it and will go no further. Where the hell were the editors that they let this get through?
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Tooth and Claw
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 908
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 908
Tooth and Claw follows Walt and Henry up to Alaska as they look for work after they both returned from serving in Vietnam. While working for an oil company in the bitter cold of winter, they soon encounter a ferocious polar bear who seems hell-bent on their destruction. But it's not too long until they realize the danger does not lurk outside in the frozen Alaskan tundra, but with their co-workers who are after priceless treasure and will stop at nothing to get it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just awful
- By C. on 12-16-24
- Tooth and Claw
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
A wild story, totally original, could not stop listening.
Reviewed: 12-24-24
Their narrator for the Longmire series is truly the single best representation of a character I have ever heard and I listen to at least 50 or 60 books every year. Remarkable, indeed. My only criticism is that it seemed like Walt missed several opportunities to just shoot the damn antagonist!
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The Longmire Defense
- Longmire Mysteries, Book 19
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,684
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,496
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,495
Deep in the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff of Absaroka County Walt Longmire is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen. This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt’s grandfather’s time in Wyoming, as the revelations he learns about his grandfather come back to offer clues and motives for Walt’s investigation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Longmire is back!
- By Jeanette on 09-06-23
- The Longmire Defense
- Longmire Mysteries, Book 19
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Intriguing, complex plot. Totally believable.
Reviewed: 12-11-24
This is right up there with my favorite Longmire books ever and I have read them all. A fantastic story with a lot of emotion. This narrator is probably the single best I've ever listened to in terms of capturing the affects and feelings of the main character. Just could not be better. Highly recommend recommended.
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Lords of the Sky
- Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
- By: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 689
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 622
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 624
The New York Times best-selling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation - a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great history, but ending goes off-topic
- By Lugal on 07-31-14
- Lords of the Sky
- Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
- By: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: John Pruden
Generally good with one glaring omission
Reviewed: 11-03-24
This was very well done overall, but two things kept me from giving it five stars and had me tempted to go to three. One was a little too much time spent on the politics leading up to each war, during the war, and other issues not tightest directly to actual fighters in combat. I guess a lot of people don't know all that history so it's good for them, but I think so many interested in reading a fighter book already knew it. The second was compared to the coverage of World War I, Korea and the Gull wars, World War II fighters, and their pilots are not covered in depth, with few exceptions. Both the American pilotsPacific and European theaters got short shrift, whereas German, Russian, and Japanese pilots were covered more thoroughly. I would still recommend the book.
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Viper Pilot
- The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots
- By: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,081
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,888
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,890
Sure to rank as one of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. They must skillfully evade being shot down - and then return to destroy the threats, thereby making the skies safe for everyone else to follow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY A Pilot Tells it Like it is!!
- By aaron on 10-26-12
- Viper Pilot
- The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots
- By: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: John Pruden
The closest you can get to being there
Reviewed: 10-26-24
none of us who were never fighter pilots can have a real clue what it's like. But as a private pilot for 40+years, this did give me a glimpse into that world that most all of us have at least fantasized about. The detail is incredible.
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The Horse
- A Galloping History of Humanity
- By: Timothy C. Winegard
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Timothy C. Winegard’s The Horse is an epic history unlike any other. Its story begins more than 5,500 years ago on the windswept grasslands of the Eurasian Steppe; when one human tamed one horse, an unbreakable bond was forged and the future of humanity was instantly rewritten, placing the reins of destiny firmly in human hands. Since that pivotal day, the horse has carried the history of civilizations on its powerful back.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Virtue signaling on 4 legs
- By K N on 08-25-24
- The Horse
- A Galloping History of Humanity
- By: Timothy C. Winegard
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
A remarkable thing insight
Reviewed: 08-12-24
A fascinating history. It was one surprise after another regarding the incredible impact of the horse on the evolution of multiple society and civilizations.
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Saucer: The Conquest [Macmillan Audio]
- By: Stephen Coonts
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
After discovering the secrets of a 140,000-year-old spacecraft in Saucer, Rip Cantrell and beautiful test pilot Charley Pine think their days of high-flying extraterrestrial adventure are over. But when Pine takes up flying spaceplanes to the moon for the French lunar base project, she discovers that the project director has installed a world-threatening antigravity beam.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Political Satire with a Good Sci-Fi Story
- By Don on 10-12-04
- Saucer: The Conquest [Macmillan Audio]
- By: Stephen Coonts
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
Just a great yarn in a three book series
Reviewed: 07-26-24
All three in these books of the series were great stories with a lot of imagination and a lot of things to make you think about what would happen if similar things happened in our world today. The second book, the conquest. Did start out pretty slow and took some time to get going. But once it did maybe a quarter of the way through it was nonstop for the rest of the books. All three books in the series are well written and just fun. Also an excellent performance..
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Broken Places
- By: Tracy Clark
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 177
Cops can make mistakes, even when they're not rookies. Deeply traumatized by a shooting incident, Cass Raines resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now she's the head of a one-woman private investigation agency. She also plays chess with the only father figure she's ever known, Father Ray Heaton. When Father Ray asks Cass to look into a recent spate of vandalism at his church, she readily agrees to handle the case. But only hours later she's horrified to discover his murdered body in the church confessional, a dead gangbanger sprawled out nearby.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Promise Not Yet Realised
- By Lia on 06-15-20
- Broken Places
- By: Tracy Clark
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
Almost a great story
Reviewed: 07-19-24
I almost have up a few times as the story got bogged down, especially in the tedious, overly detailed fight scenes...then king passages where nothing much
Happened. Almosy devoid of Chicago "color"and that city has SOOOOOO much color to offer.
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