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The Forgotten Hours
- By: Katrin Schumann
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 616
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 515
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Story4 out of 5 stars 516
At twenty-four, Katie Gregory feels like life is looking up: she’s snagged a great job in New York City and is falling for a captivating artist - and memories of her traumatic past are finally fading. Katie’s life fell apart almost a decade earlier, during an idyllic summer at her family’s cabin on Eagle Lake when her best friend accused her father of sexual assault.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story/bad narration
- By Amazon Customer on 04-25-19
- The Forgotten Hours
- By: Katrin Schumann
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
i found this to be an easy read
Reviewed: 11-21-20
I loved the book. The reader was a little breathy and dramatic but still good.
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The Rescue
- Ryan Decker, Book 1
- By: Steven Konkoly
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,831
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,547
Former CIA operative turned mercenary for hire Ryan Decker’s specialty is rescuing kidnap victims. Hired by an influential US senator to liberate her daughter from a human-trafficking ring, Decker never anticipated sabotage or that the assault could go so disastrously wrong. The hostage is dead. His team is wiped out, and so are their families, including Decker’s own wife and son - eliminated one by one by the Russian mafia. And he’s survived to take the fall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It's an okay book
- By dr Frank on 08-19-19
- The Rescue
- Ryan Decker, Book 1
- By: Steven Konkoly
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
couldn't put it down.
Reviewed: 04-13-20
I've enjoyed this author before. Looking forward to his next book. Suspenseful. Reading performance was excellent.
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The Perfect Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gilly Macmillan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 957
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 864
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Story4 out of 5 stars 862
Zoe Maisey is a 17-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding Zoe do the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is NOT a new book. This book was previously released. Deceitful!
- By Nikole on 09-06-16
- The Perfect Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gilly Macmillan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
suspenseful
Reviewed: 03-07-20
this is a good story. jumps around a bit. reader could have hesitated a bit between players.
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The Minuteman
- By: Greg Donahue
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11,680
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,290
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,239
Greg Donahue’s The Minuteman, tells the story of one of Newark’s native sons; ex-prizefighter and longtime Zwillman enforcer Sidney Abramowitz, a.k.a. Nat Arno, who took over leadership of the Minutemen in 1934 and made it his personal business to put an end to what he saw as the Bund’s “anti-American” activities. For six years, Arno and his crew of vigilantes battled Newark’s Nazis at every turn. The Minuteman is a story of the ethics of violence in the face of fascism; a forgotten legacy that is as relevant now as it was nearly a hundred years ago.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting listen, but worrying message
- By Ian on 01-12-20
- The Minuteman
- By: Greg Donahue
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Resurgence of antisemitism is frightening.
Reviewed: 01-25-20
Sadly, This was new information for me. Germany then. Russia now. when will it stop?
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The Perfect Husband
- FBI Profiler, Book 1
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,584
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,909
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,891
What would you do if the man of your dreams hides the soul of a killer? Jim Beckett was everything she'd ever dreamed of...But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped - and the most dangerous game of all begins....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible
- By Kelli Petri on 03-31-19
- The Perfect Husband
- FBI Profiler, Book 1
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
Insensitive and unrealistic
Reviewed: 10-20-19
I like Lisa Gardner a lot. I’ve probably read all her books and enjoyed them. This book is just plain dumb. I’m nearly done and just not sure I can finish it. The main character is an abused woman who has only had sex with her abuser husband. Violent and abusive sex. In one week, she is having orgasmic sex with a very messed up man who is supposed to be helping her. She’s telling him she loves him. She’s already told him she doesn’t know any type of sex except what she’s had with her husband. Now, this story is not about her sex life. The story is not well developed. It is filled with gratuitous sex scenes. I do not hate sex in a book. I just want a decent story. Her characters are not developed in this story. They have no dimensions. In addition to that, it is disrespectful to abused people. It minimizes the affect of abuse and evil on a human. I can’t believe she wrote this insensitive book.
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The Jealous Kind
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,537
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,420
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,412
On its surface, life in Houston in the 1950s is as you'd expect: stoic fathers, restless teens, drive-in movies, and souped-up Cadillacs. But underneath lies a world shifting under high school junior Aaron Broussard's feet. There's a class war between the "haves" and the "have-nots" as well as a real war, Korea, happening on the other side of the world. It is against this backdrop that Aaron comes of age, trying to understand how first loves, friendship, violence, and power can alter what "traditional America" means for the people trying to find their way in a changing world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Deeper Darker Burke (Patton--You're Awesome!)
- By Mel on 09-18-16
- The Jealous Kind
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
I read this out of order
Reviewed: 02-26-19
I didn't find this book the least bit believable. I don't think a 17 year old in the '50s would have those experiences. I don't think they would have been given those freedoms. I struggled to finish this book. I usually love Burke. This time, not so much. Could the fact that I read the book out of order (this was book was #3, which I read first) had an impact? Maybe. I'm going to start back on #1 but admit that I'm dreading it. Will Patton was wonderful as usual. Early on, his very recognizable voice was distracting, but as he developed the characters I stopped listening to him and started listening to the characters.
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The Boy
- A Novel (Broussard and Fourcade, Book 2)
- By: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,332
When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen. Genevieve's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. Meanwhile, Nick's wife, Detective Annie Broussard, sits with the grieving Genevieve.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like watching dominos...
- By shelley on 01-04-19
- The Boy
- A Novel (Broussard and Fourcade, Book 2)
- By: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Wow!
Reviewed: 02-21-19
I read/listen a lot. Over the years, eventually, I’ve tired of some of my favorite writer’s styles. I never tire of Tami Hoag. Her books are never formulaic. Her characters are well developed. She leaves no loose ends. She’s one of my all time favorites. This is a great book. I couldn’t put it down. The performance was excellent also.
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Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- By: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18,636
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,889
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16,826
On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why the background noises?
- By Candace Russell on 11-04-18
- Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- By: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Probably good for someone interested in subject.
Reviewed: 02-12-19
Well recorded with variety of voices and sound effects. The performances were great. I found that I wasn’t interested in the subjects. It was drawn out. If you are a Victorian period history buff, you would probably like it.
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The Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23,273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20,876
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20,820
Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, a father, a neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Time I Won’t Get Back
- By Roma on 10-24-18
- The Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
What's the point?
Reviewed: 02-09-19
I loved John Grisham up to this point. This is the worst of his books, in my opinion. This is really three different books. The first was okay if somewhat too descriptive. The second was grueling and enlightening to the point that I have to read more about the subject. The third was awful. Not because it didn't end the way I would have liked, but because the entire point of the book was not revealed until the last few lines. It did not fit the lengthy book or deserve the waste of so many hours listening to it. I understand it must be kept in mind the period of time in which it took place and the area of the country. I understand that it could have happened (and probably has). I just thought it was the construction of the story and how it was told. Michael Beck's performance was okay but not outstanding. This could also be colored by the fact that I didn't enjoy the story.
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The Diary of a Hounslow Girl
- An Audible Original
- By: Ambreen Razia
- Narrated by: Ambreen Razia
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3,977
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,580
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3,561
You’ve heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl, but what about a Hounslow Girl? Definition of a Hounslow Girl: a young Muslim woman who wears hooped earrings with her headscarf and grapples with traditional values while hustling her way through urban London. The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is a bold and provocative one-person play, written and performed by Ambreen Razia. From the joys of traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus, this is a comic story of dreams, aspirations and coming of age, told through the eyes of a 16-year-old British Muslim girl.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Standard coming of age with Islamic slant
- By Kingsley on 12-07-18
- The Diary of a Hounslow Girl
- An Audible Original
- By: Ambreen Razia
- Narrated by: Ambreen Razia
I felt it was pointless and not a bit memorable.
Reviewed: 02-09-19
I listened to entire story. I didn't enjoy it at all. The performance was okay. It was well written. I can't complain about that. Maybe the issue is that it was of no interest to me.
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