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The Miss Fortune series never disappoints

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Reviewed: 10-05-24

Author Jana DeLeon has another winner with Baskets and Beignets which is Book 27 in her Miss Fortune Mysteries series. Cassandra Campbell does a superb narration job as she did in the first 26 series novels. The series novels are a delightful mix of genuine mystery/thrillers mixed with laugh-out-loud comedy. Highly recommended.

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Another excellent Robin James legal thriller

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Reviewed: 10-04-24

Deadly Defense is Book 13 in the outstanding Cass Leary legal thriller series. She also authors the Mara Brant series which I recommend. If you like legal thrillers give Robin James a try.

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Outstanding legal thriller

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Reviewed: 05-30-24

Rich Justice is Robert Bailey's third legal thriller in in his Jason Rich series, his ninth legal thriller overall, and his tenth novel. In hs legal novels Bailey deals very effectively with shades of gray as he weaves his tales showing the character flaws in his protagonists, While doing that he does a terrific job of storytelling as he builds suspense. Rich Justice is a wonderful novel as are Bailey's other books.

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The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a
  • The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game
  • By: Rizwan Virk
  • Narrated by: Kory Getman

Disappointing

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Reviewed: 05-20-24

This book has received a lot of positive attention in the press and blogs. The narration sound quality is poor. Redundancy is a bigger problem than the sound.

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Fun mystery/suspense series

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Reviewed: 05-20-24

Jana DeLeon's Swamp Spies remains true to the Miss Fortune series norm of fun suspense while adding a bit of intense suspense as Fortune rescues her boyfriend Carter LeBlance from an Iranian prison. This is the 26th novel in the series and all 26 are 5-star winners. Highly recommended!!

5 years ago Jana DeLeon last produced a novel in her Shaye Archer series of very dark psychological thrillers. I'd love to see more novels in that series.

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Wonderful legal thriller

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Reviewed: 05-20-24

The Client List is Book 12 in the Cass Leary series by Robin James. In both the Cass Leary and Mara Brent legal series, one about a criminal defense attorney and the other about a prosecutor, Robin James consistently authors fascinating legal thrillers with lots of twists and turns. Both of her protagonists are family oriented but Cass Leary's large family is more interesting. I highly recommend this book and the entire Cass Leary series as well as the Mara Brent series.

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A very special novel

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Reviewed: 04-17-24

I see that Shelley of Raleigh NC has already written a superb review of the newly released A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci. Shelley has been my favorite Audible reviewer of novels of the mystery/thriller genre for well over a decade. Please read her review.

With 52 David Baldacci novels in my Audible library it's safe to say I'm a fan. A Calamity of Souls is one of my favorites. I recommend it without reservation.

This novel is set in rural Virginia in 1968. The theme is whether a innocent poor black man who is accused of murdering a wealthy white couple can receive a fair trial in very rural southern Virginia. I grew up in the rural south during the Jim Crow era and I celebrated my 25th birthday during 1968. I was 11 years old inn 1954 when the Supreme Court in the Brown v Board of Education decision said that schools must be desegregated. When my oldest child entered kindergarten in 1974, 20 years after Brown, our local schools were not desegregated.

Sadly, the plot of this novel is entirely credible in the 1968 rural south.

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Get the printed or ebook version!

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Reviewed: 03-10-24

This book which includes many, many references data charts and graphs that are in the print and e-book versions but are not available to the audiobook purchaser. There is a tried and true way to handle the issue (make available a downloadable PDF file of the charts and graphs), but the publisher does not do that. The result is the audiobook is useless.

The Two-Parent Privilege is an important book written by a very capable economist. I'm saddened to have to return it.

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Timely book by 93 year old Thomas Sowell

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Reviewed: 09-27-23

I have greater admiration for Thomas Sowell than for any other human. At age 93 Dr. Sowlll (PhD Economics) tackles the social justice canard with the same thoughtful logic, facts and sound argument that he is so well known for. I'm happy to add Social Justice Fallacies to my collection of Thomas Sowell books. I've had success at getting one of my six grandchildren to read Sowell's books and I'm still working on convincing the other five. This book would be a excellent place for them to start.

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The perfect short story

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Reviewed: 08-10-23

Written by Herman Melville in 1853 Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a wonderful story. The publisher's summary is excellent so I will not add to it. The Bartalby character is one that you will never forget. The story is a true American classic. Narration by Stefan Rudnicki is outstanding.

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