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Running Blind
- By: Desmond Bagley
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The assignment begins with a simple errand - a parcel to deliver. But to Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, it looks anything but simple. The desolate terrain is obstacle enough. But when Stewart realises he has been double-crossed and that the opposition is gaining ground, his simple mission seems impossible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timeless
- By Jim on 01-17-23
- Running Blind
- By: Desmond Bagley
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
Timeless
Reviewed: 01-17-23
First Bagley book I have ever read. Loved the Iceland setting, really evokes a feeling for the country to the degree it now makes we want to go there. Classic espionage thriller, great plot and realistic action. Loved the lead characters. Really great narration. Totally recommended!
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The Stranger Times
- The Stranger Times, Book 1
- By: C. K. McDonnell
- Narrated by: Brendan McDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 746
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 656
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 654
A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), The Stranger Times is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor...well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Animal abuse
- By Meep on 10-26-21
- The Stranger Times
- The Stranger Times, Book 1
- By: C. K. McDonnell
- Narrated by: Brendan McDonald
Great fun
Reviewed: 08-04-21
Also a really excellent narrator, with a fantastic grasp of accents, both male and female. Look forward to the next in the series.
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Quill
- The Cartographer, Book 1
- By: AC Cobble
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 249
The fate of empire is to crumble from within. A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home. Duke Oliver Wellesley, son of the king, cartographer, and adventurer, has better things to do than investigate a murder in a sleepy fishing hamlet. For crown and company, though, he goes where he’s told.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gratuitous sex is not a story
- By Carrie on 02-29-20
- Quill
- The Cartographer, Book 1
- By: AC Cobble
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Great stuff just what I needed
Reviewed: 05-31-20
Great opening to a new series. Been struggling to find a book to catch my imagination, but this one did, absolutely flew by and superb narration. On to the second volume!
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The Baghdad Railway Club
- Jim Stringer, Steam Detective, Book 8
- By: Andrew Martin
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Baghdad, 1917: Captain Jim Stringer has been dispatched to investigate what looks like a case of treason. He arrives to find his cover blown - his contact dead. The Baghdad heat alone threatens the lives of the British soldiers who occupy the city. But the recently ejected Turks are still a danger - and the local Arabs are none too friendly, either. Aside from his investigation, Jim is working on the railways around the city. His boss, Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd, presides over the dining society called The Baghdad Railway Club. Jim's search for the truth brings him up against murderous violence as enemies wait around every corner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and performance.
- By Jim on 06-05-19
- The Baghdad Railway Club
- Jim Stringer, Steam Detective, Book 8
- By: Andrew Martin
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
Excellent book and performance.
Reviewed: 06-05-19
Really enjoyed this historical mystery. If you're listening audible let's have the whole series please!
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Moon over Soho
- Rivers of London, Book 2
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 333
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 332
I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around, and that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it's why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Better Than the First One
- By Readalot on 12-13-11
- Moon over Soho
- Rivers of London, Book 2
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Love this series.
Reviewed: 01-08-18
The narrator is superb and the characters vivid and likable. Great series!, F@%k me you can do magic indeed!
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Antique Dust
- Ghost Stories
- By: Robert Westall
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
Geoff Ashden is a regular guy trying to make an honest living as an antique dealer, but who has an uncanny knack for finding cursed objects and haunted places: a sinister Georgian clock carved with obscene and satanic designs, a hideous doll with deadly powers, a pair of old spectacles that let their wearer see a little too clearly, an ugly house with a terrifying secret, a church full of graffiti scrawled in decomposing human flesh.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent collection of ghost stories!
- By Chris on 10-22-16
- Antique Dust
- Ghost Stories
- By: Robert Westall
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Truly excellent Mr James inspired stories
Reviewed: 03-13-17
from an undeservedly poorly known British writer,.
Centred around the antique trade the author also incorporates his own experiences from WW2. A sign of any good book is just how sad finishing it makes you. Feeling pretty blue right now.
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Dark Matter
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,587
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,393
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
January 1937. Jack Miller has just about run out of options. His shoes have worn through, he can't afford to heat his rented room in Tooting, and he longs to use his training as an specialist wireless operator instead of working in his dead-end job. When he is given the chance to join an arctic expedition, as communications expert, by a group of elite Oxbridge graduates, he brushes off his apprehensions and convinces himself to join them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible!
- By Madeleine on 02-12-11
- Dark Matter
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
Didn't get it.
Reviewed: 05-16-13
I really like a good claustrophobic ghost story and this had all the right ingredients and was obviously quality writing and voice acting but....
I was left feeling really rather flat and went through it rather dutifully rather than enjoying it or being affected by it.
I'm pretty much in the minority here and not really sure why it didn't work for me. Pity really, I just found it slightly dull.
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Excession
- Culture Series, Book 5
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 402
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 401
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favourite Culture series book
- By Deborah Morgan on 03-30-15
- Excession
- Culture Series, Book 5
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Mr Banks on top form
Reviewed: 05-16-13
Would you consider the audio edition of Excession to be better than the print version?
Mr Kenny is a superb complement to this excellent book. I had to smile as he subtly changes the voice of a character as they moved between sexes. Very slick!
What other book might you compare Excession to and why?
Its up there with "Consider Phlebas" in terms of breadth of story, large ideas and character detail. Compulsive reading for Culture addicts.
What about Peter Kenny’s performance did you like?
See above, but I also liked the conceit of giving the ship minds british regional ( and occasional colonial :-) ) accents that really rather suited their personalities. Really a very impressive rendition.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Hard to imagine it being a film, but I bet it is "the way many people want the future to be", which is the function of good sci-fi; to inspire.
Any additional comments?
Great writer at the top of his game. If we lose him it will be a big loss to our collective imagination, so my best wishes to the man.
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Keeper Martin's Tale
- Ruin Mist Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Robert Stanek
- Narrated by: Robert Stanek
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 5
After the Great War that divided the peoples, the kingdoms of men plunged into a Dark Age that lasted 500 years. To heal the lands and restore the light, the great kings decreed that magic and all that is magical, be it creature, man, or device, shall be cleansed to dust. The cleansing raged for so long that no human could recall a time without it and it is in this time that the Dark Lord Sathar returned from the dark beyond.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Warning! Very very bad!
- By Klas on 09-07-10
- Keeper Martin's Tale
- Ruin Mist Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Robert Stanek
- Narrated by: Robert Stanek
lets be clear
Reviewed: 04-06-09
this is dross and the only person leaving these rave reviews is the person who wrote this drivel. avoid
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The Tangled Skein
- By: David Stuart Davies
- Narrated by: David Ian Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
In The Tangled Skein, author David Stuart Davies accomplishes a creative coup by arranging the fateful meeting of two of literature's most resilient characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Bram Stoker's Count Dracula.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hmmm?!
- By Jim on 04-11-07
- The Tangled Skein
- By: David Stuart Davies
- Narrated by: David Ian Davies
Hmmm?!
Reviewed: 04-11-07
More a pastiche of a pastiche than an original story, as it resembles one of the "wolfman meets Dracula" films of the 40's rather than one of Conan-Doyle's efforts. Basically a sequel to the hound of the Baskervilles with Dracula tacked on. Not that there isn't some slight entertainment here, but fans of Holmes or the Count may be disappointed by this rather cardboard outing for their heroes.
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