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Freshly Ground Murder
- A Killer Coffee, Book 3
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Ariel Hicks
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
The holidays have arrived, and nothing is going to steal the joy of Roxanne Bloom’s first Christmas in Honey Springs. The town’s annual Christmas in the Park is underway and includes a Christmas Paw-rade that’ll help the furry residents at Pet Palace get a home for Christmas. It’s not the four-legged creatures that steal the show, it’s the pair of legs sticking out from the Christmas tree lighting ceremony that has all the town talking. The suspects are piling up faster than the falling snow, while a murderer is on the loose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining plot but production issue.
- By Mountain YaYa on 02-17-22
- Freshly Ground Murder
- A Killer Coffee, Book 3
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Ariel Hicks
Entertaining plot but production issue.
Reviewed: 02-17-22
The story captivated me. I really like the narrator but it wasn't a clean recording. There was static at the beginning of each chapter and the recording skipped back 5-10 seconds and repeated itself multiple times. Does anyone ever listen to these recording all the way through before offering them for sale?
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Lifeless in the Lilies
- Lovely Lethal Gardens, Book 12
- By: Dale Mayer
- Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
What was supposed to be a leisurely stroll through a peaceful cemetery after a recent funeral turns into the start of a new case. Someone clobbers Doreen over the head and leaves her facedown among the funeral flowers. Is it random violence? Revenge? A warning of worse to come?
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4 out of 5 stars
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But why?
- By E.Grady on 06-28-21
- Lifeless in the Lilies
- Lovely Lethal Gardens, Book 12
- By: Dale Mayer
- Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan
Switching narrators spoiled continuity
Reviewed: 05-16-21
The new voice of Noreen and Nan just didn't work. Nan sounded like a querous old lady in the new voice. Her fun loving spirit was lost in the new narration. The story was good but I was very disappointed with the change of narrators. I hope the original returns with the next book.
Also there were two places where the chapters were reversed towards the end. It was very disconcerting to listen to them out of order. At least I had the Kindle book to go back to so I could figure out what was happening.
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The Secrets She Carried
- By: Barbara Davis
- Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 567
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 506
Though Peak Plantation has been in her family for generations, Leslie Nichols can't wait to rid herself of the farm left to her by her estranged grandmother Maggie. But Leslie isn't the only one with a claim to Peak. Jay Davenport, Peak's reclusive caretaker, has his own reasons for holding onto the land bequeathed to him by Leslie's grandmother. Before she died, Maggie hinted at a terrible secret surrounding Adele Laveau, a lady's maid who came to Peak during the 1930s and died under mysterious circumstances.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book of the year
- By Joanne Tailele on 10-08-18
- The Secrets She Carried
- By: Barbara Davis
- Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
This book will stay with you long after you've come to the end.
Reviewed: 02-14-21
I listened to the audiobook. The voice of the narrator was perfect for the voices of the women living in tobacco country on a North Carolina plantation in the post depression South. The characters are fully developed human beings whose interactions through the generations are beautiful, loving, tragic, and ultimately the foundation on which four generations are bound and healed. It is a poignant story as much about race in the changing South as the family living during those changes. Resilience, love, sacrifice, facing the horrific moments of the past, with it's ultimate understanding, gratitude, and integration of four generations of Peak Plantation women make for a story impossible to put down. For two days I lived in this book unable to think of anything except the inhabitants of Peak Plantation.
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A Borrowed Life
- A Novel
- By: Kerry Anne King
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
For thirty years Liz has perfectly played the part of Mrs. Thomas Lightsey, exemplary pastor’s wife and mother. But maintaining appearances for the congregation and catering to her demanding husband takes a toll, and she’s lost herself in meeting the expectations of others. When Thomas suddenly dies, Liz feels shock, grief, and, to her surprise, the siren song of freedom. Dare she dream of a life to call her own?
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4 out of 5 stars
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down with the patriarchy!
- By NickyL on 09-24-20
- A Borrowed Life
- A Novel
- By: Kerry Anne King
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
Worth it!
Reviewed: 12-02-20
For the first thirty or so minutes I thought if this doesn’t get better soon it’s not worth it. It did and it was so worth it. I came to love the strong characters, the loving and supportive community that grew around Liz as she reclaimed herself by saying yes to life for the first time in 30 years. In the process she slowly sheds the encasement of expectations and judgement she has been trapped in, finding her voice and charting her new path. So worth it!!!
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The Liar
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,335
Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions.... The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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not really fast enough can predict script etc
- By Cheryl D. Davidson on 04-17-15
- The Liar
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
One of Nora Robert's Best
Reviewed: 11-19-20
I was cauggt from the first page. laVey's narrative was top notch. Her accents and the different voices for each character made it easy to follow the story. It was full of engaging characters who were fully fleshed out. The overriding theme was family, small town fierceness in taking care of one of their own and refusing to let evil win. The women were fearless , strong, intelligent. The men were strong, kind, and committed to family. I wished I could live in that small mountain town in the Tennessee Smokies.
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What She Left Behind
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,846
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,471
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,467
Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now 17, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ug.
- By Marina on 12-30-14
- What She Left Behind
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
bleak hopeless story abt a needlessly stolen life
Reviewed: 08-28-20
Narrator overacted. I made it through, but I wish I hadn't started the book. I would not recommend it.
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One Perfect Summer
- By: Brenda Novak
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,811
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,591
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,585
When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for a genetic test, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn’t know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DNA Tests can Change Lives
- By KC on 04-16-20
- One Perfect Summer
- By: Brenda Novak
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Nice light listen
Reviewed: 05-18-20
The story told was entertaining. It's typical of the Harlequin formula, sweet and definitely not deep. I did enjoy the story but ultimately it's a forgettable one. If I had realized it was a Harlequin I don't think a would have spent an Audible credit for it though.
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The Perfect Look
- A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense - Book Six
- By: Blake Pierce
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
When a man winds up dead in a hotel room in LA after a night with a prostitute, no one thinks much of it - until what seems like an isolated case turns into a pattern. It soon becomes clear that a prostitute has turned serial killer - and that criminal profiler and FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, may be the only one who can stop her. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s a battle of good against evil...
- By shelley on 04-11-20
- The Perfect Look
- A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense - Book Six
- By: Blake Pierce
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
Each sequel gets more graphic in the killings.
Reviewed: 04-29-20
I’ve enjoyed the series and pushed through my aversion to the graph violence. That said, this will be the last one for me as each gets more graphic with increasing numbers of sadistic murders than the last. They are just too disturbing. Pierce could write just as compelling thriller with a lot less glee in the killings.
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The Messengers
- By: Lindsay Joelle
- Narrated by: Kaliswa Brewster, Ana Reeder, Zoë Winters, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10,941
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,652
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,624
A mysterious plague ushers in an intergalactic war that ravages the galaxy for decades. A soldier and a pilot are tasked to deliver a package. A messenger and a refugee decide to work together on a dying alien planet. A love letter is lost that could be the key to a new future. A dark comedy about the messages we carry in our bones.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ouch - couldn't get passed the voices..
- By Mr Dangerous on 03-05-20
- The Messengers
- By: Lindsay Joelle
- Narrated by: Kaliswa Brewster, Ana Reeder, Zoë Winters, Alex Weisman
Weird
Reviewed: 03-31-20
Confusing and without any real point. The best I can say for it is two life forms may have connected, maybe?
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Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19,470
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,305
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17,249
Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dumb and funny
- By R. MCRACKAN on 02-01-20
- Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, Rachel Bloom, Ed Begley Jr., Thomas Lennon, Eugene Cordero, full cast
A fun listen
Reviewed: 02-29-20
Audible out did their selves with this one. Fun story, talented actors, and an all together a great two hours listen. I recommend it.
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