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Murder Book
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the US Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop known for his unorthodox methods, Duncan is reluctant to go up against a widespread criminal organization—but the attorney in question is Ellen Leicester, the wife who left him fifteen years earlier, and to her, he can't say no.
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Not primo Perry
- By Old Squid on 01-23-23
- Murder Book
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Love this author
Reviewed: 06-09-24
This is one of my favorite authors, and I’ve have read many of his other works. The story line as the book progresses became murky and harder to follow. I restarted chapters several times, which is odd in itself, because his books have me so engrossed usually, my attention is all in. Not so with this one.
The narrator was unsatisfactory. His voice and usage of inflections was smarmy, and I found it difficult to get past this. His voice renditions to change characters was ok, but his voice for the protagonist, did not give me any confidence this was the good guy, as he sounded slimy.
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One Day She'll Darken
- The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel
- By: Fauna Hodel, J R Briamonte
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The Black Dahlia Murder is near legend in the annals of true crime. But behind the shocking case of a young actress’s gruesome slaying lies the story of another woman. Was Fauna Hodel the child of incest and the catalyst for a sensational trial that left her well-to-do family scarred by scandal, even as the accused sexual predator walked free? Taken as an infant from her teenage mother, Fauna was placed in the care of a working-class black woman who raised the white child as her own.
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excellent book, exceptional reader voice
- By Gigi on 02-08-19
- One Day She'll Darken
- The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel
- By: Fauna Hodel, J R Briamonte
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Life of secrets and lies
Reviewed: 06-21-23
TNT’s
“ I AM THE NIGHT” is based on story told by this book.
Fauna is related to the man, suspected of murdering the
Black Dahlia.
The Black Dahlia, as she was named by the press covering the gruesome tale, was found dead in LA, in surgically precise halves.
The story of The Black Dahlia transfixed the public for over a half a century.
This is an engaging book, so far, about how Fauna came to be raised by an black woman in Reno, as a biracial child. The parents to be, were told the mother was a very young white girl, and that the father was black. Only part of that tale regarding her heritage was true.
This filled in some of the gaps, left in the story of the Hodel family, and left others gaping. However it does stand in its own, and compels the reader to continue the dive into one messed up family’s story.
Well told, by the narrator, as her reading did not get in the way of my ability to see the characters.
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The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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The year was 1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses.
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A simple way to improve the robotic narration
- By B. C. French on 06-07-17
- The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Necessary Reading
Reviewed: 06-16-23
This book, really brings home the necessity of an institution to protect workers, and the public, from industries and businesses, which put profits over safety. Kate Moore, has completed her mission to bring life back to the women who were so mistreated by the companies which employed them.
In recent years there have been calls to do away with the EPA, and to discount unions, as bad for business.
Truly, do we want businesses, which have no misgivings over harming their employees and the communities in which they operate?
Lives and the well-being of human beings must be put above corporate profits.
Moore effectively communicates, with compassion, how good people, had their lives destroyed, in service to the company which employed them.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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The number-one New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center - a women’s reproductive health services clinic. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter. Then he finds out that his 15-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 10-05-18
- A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
Deep Dive into Abortion issues
Reviewed: 05-21-23
Deep dive into various viewpoints surrounding the topic of abortion, with no one the winner.
The storytelling device of working backwards into time, is not my preferred way to absorb a book, but this is the author’s chosen method.
Still, the topic, told from each character’s experiences, is incredibly powerful. No matter your view, you may be more sympathetic to the dilemma others face when in the event of an unviable or unwanted pregnancy. Or maybe not.
It is, in fact, a choice, no one wants to face.
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Crossing the Borders of Time
- A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed
- By: Leslie Maitland
- Narrated by: Leslie Maitland
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
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Leslie Maitland is an award-winning former New York Times investigative reporter whose mother and grandparents fled Germany in 1938 for France, where, as Jews, they spent four years as refugees—the last two under risk of Nazi deportation. In 1942 they made it onto the last boat to escape France before the Germans sealed the harbors. Then, barred from entering the United States, they lived in Cuba for almost two years before immigrating to New York.
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I didn't want it to end..absolutely wonderful!
- By Ellen on 05-07-12
- Crossing the Borders of Time
- A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed
- By: Leslie Maitland
- Narrated by: Leslie Maitland
An important story
Reviewed: 05-12-23
It took me a while to truly get hooked into the experience of this story, because the author/narrator, initially, did not engage me. After I became used to her cadence, it was easier to be captivated by all fate, threw into the path of the young woman, who became the authors mother.
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother.
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Not my favorite Patchett
- By Regina on 12-07-19
- The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
Beautiful written and told
Reviewed: 04-27-23
Tom Hanks was perfect as the narrator for this book. Told from Daniel’s point of view, The Dutch House draws one into its charming rooms, as it examines the relationships by blood, marriage, or employment, which make a family.
My fondness for the characters, developed, as they did, and I hoped the story would go on.
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Dark Angel
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Letty Davenport’s days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas—and her incredible skills with firearms—draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group’s California headquarters.
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It’s okay
- By Michael Andrews on 04-12-23
- Dark Angel
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
RIP Richard Ferrone
Reviewed: 04-22-23
Huge fan of Stanford’s characters, Lucas Davenport, Virgil Flowers, and Letty Davenport.
I almost gave up in the 1st chapter, as the narration was just so wrong.
A female with some wisecrack/smoke to her voice, would have been a better fit.
Once I got over the narration, I got enjoy the story, although teaming up Letty, with “Baxter” was somewhat implausible. I saw her chewing him up and dropping him like a hot potato, especially when he left crumbs behind, on their stakeout. Not the strongest of characters to enter a Stanford novel, and ultimately, I would have thought, he’d get killed off.
Mostly a rollicking good time, with Letty, and it did take my mind off to an escape—-that’s worth 5 stars.
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Undaunted
- My Fight Against America’s Enemies, at Home and Abroad
- By: John O. Brennan
- Narrated by: John O. Brennan
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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A powerful and revelatory memoir from former CIA director John Brennan, spanning his more than 30 years in government.
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Excellent
- By Georgann Lautner on 10-11-20
- Undaunted
- My Fight Against America’s Enemies, at Home and Abroad
- By: John O. Brennan
- Narrated by: John O. Brennan
A autobiography of honor
Reviewed: 04-18-23
Not to say that Mr. Brennan is sanctimonious about telling his story, rather, in this day of rampant liars and cheats, it is a breath of fresh air.
The history of the Brennan family, is one of perseverance, love, and fun. Coming from an Irish background, myself, there were instances of recognition for me.
Fascinating foray into the rise of a young man into the depths of the intelligence world, and ultimately becoming director, will keep one tuned in to the story.
There were times, when the narrator, became bland in his telling of the details, and I would tune out. Hence, the 4, instead of 5 stars for performance.
I reeled myself back in, as all in all, this is an incredible foray behind the scenes at some of our governments highest levels.
Read this!
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes
- A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
- By: Anderson Cooper
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Though Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS affords him little time to spend with her. After she suffers a brief but serious illness at the age of ninety-one, they resolve to change their relationship by beginning a yearlong conversation unlike any they have ever had before. The result is a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discuss their lives, the things that matter to them, and what they still want to learn about each other.
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Enjoyed the early parts
- By Dedrick on 07-06-16
- The Rainbow Comes and Goes
- A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
- By: Anderson Cooper
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt
Mesmerizing relationship story
Reviewed: 03-17-23
I admit, my curiosity about the rich and famous was the reason I downloaded this title. What I found was a thoughtful, engaging study of a life loaded with tragedy and loss, which, surprisingly, remains hopeful. I had no expectations that the story would resonate so strongly within me. What would someone like me have in common with a Vanderbilt?
Because of GV’s open discussion on her experiences and emotions, it becomes very easy to relate to her humanity. I laughed with her, and cried some, too.
Anderson, guides his mother on a quest to discover more about her, like the great journalist he is. His own openness describing the way he experienced events, helps to gently prod more information about the life his mother lived, and it’s affect on his own viewpoints.
Must read for anyone who has a parent, still yearns to become closer, or come to terms with a relationship, never to be, what you imagined.
One of the best, most inspiring reads ever!
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Before She Disappeared
- A Novel (A Frankie Elkin Novel, Book 1)
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else will - searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier.
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One of my favorite authors...
- By shelley on 01-20-21
- Before She Disappeared
- A Novel (A Frankie Elkin Novel, Book 1)
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Slow Start
Reviewed: 01-22-23
The start was so slow, it took awhile to become invested in the story, interested enough to follow through. So many off the wall musings, by the 1st person narrator, it was difficult to follow at the beginning. I almost gave up, then the tale finally started to gel. If you can get past the 1st few chapters, it will be a solid 5 stars.
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