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Five Years After
- A John Matherson Novel, Book 4
- By: William R. Forstchen
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,657
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,535
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,534
Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden in the wreckage of the world. Pulled back into the fray, John struggles to hold the tottering Republic together.
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2 out of 5 stars
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its like the last season of game of thrones
- By Kindle Customer on 08-24-23
- Five Years After
- A John Matherson Novel, Book 4
- By: William R. Forstchen
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Fabulous Series!
Reviewed: 03-25-25
I so enjoyed listening to all four books in the series.. I would agree that Pinchot'"s narration of the fourth book was a bit over the top...but he is an actor by trade. Nonetheless, it did get a bit annoying. I had no complaint of his narration of books 2 and 3 and the narrator of book one did just fine (Joe Barrett).
What is really scary is these fictional tales are very much in the realm of reality.
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The Crash
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,095
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,927
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,927
Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard. She never arrives at her destination. Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears. But something isn't right.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok...
- By Tiffany on 01-29-25
- The Crash
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
The Joke Is On Me!
Reviewed: 03-08-25
Thought I was purchasing a psychological thriller (as the book was marketed), but turns out it was a comedy...A really, really awful comedy!
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The Bookseller
- DS Cross, Book 7
- By: Tim Sullivan
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
When the body of a bookseller is discovered, collapsed in a pool of blood in his Bristolian bookshop, it is immediately clear that he has been murdered. What is unclear is how someone could have met such a violent end in this quiet, peaceful place. DS Cross is adept at dismissing red-herrings but a worrying development in his personal life has left him hopelessly distracted, leaving his usual means of deciphering evidence challenged.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this Series...and DS Cross!
- By JT on 02-27-25
- The Bookseller
- DS Cross, Book 7
- By: Tim Sullivan
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
Boring
Reviewed: 03-06-25
I have read all the DS Cross books and have enjoyed them all with the exception of this last one....The Bookkeeper.
it went on and on and on laboring over and over about nothing. I struggled to finish it.
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A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,309
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,297
Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process...When another child disappears a hundred miles north in the Highlands, Jack is sent to lead the investigation and bring the boy home. But as similarities between the two cases grow, could it be that Jack caught the wrong man all those years ago?
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3 out of 5 stars
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High hopes dashed: not just a little bit of child and animal torture
- By greyhound on 07-01-20
- A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
Exceptional Story
Reviewed: 02-02-25
When it was good, it was very, very, very good! But, there were times I almost gave up on the book and I think that was because at the beginning it was rather slow moving but more so because I became so frustrated with the heavy Irish/Scottish accent. I simply could not understand what was being said and thus missed a lot! Despite missing a lot, I still felt the storyline was perfection.
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The Winter Girls
- Agent Tori Hunter, Book 2
- By: Roger Stelljes
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 586
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 583
When 17-year-old Savannah Devenish vanishes from her family’s remote vacation cabin in Minnesota, FBI Agent Tori Hunter races along treacherous icy roads to be first on the scene. Savannah’s parents are frantic with worry for their beautiful, carefree girl. Haunted by memories of her own missing sister, Tori vows to do whatever it takes to reunite this family. When the police uncover that Savannah’s father, Jacob, was having an affair, they suspect his involvement, but Tori is convinced his despair is genuine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent mystery
- By Hippie Chick on 08-18-21
- The Winter Girls
- Agent Tori Hunter, Book 2
- By: Roger Stelljes
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
Given a 2nd chance, there won't be a 3rd!
Reviewed: 01-11-25
Because this series was based in Minnesota where I was born and raised; despite having significant complaints/criticism about the first book in this series,, i decided to purchase book #2. I will not be purchasing any more! Basically, I have the same complaints/criticism; but amplified.
if I wanted cheesy love stories and gratuitous sex I would choose books from the romance genre. Why have such an emphasis on said topics in a so called 'thriller'?
Especially bothersome (to a greater degree than book #1), were the multiple mispronounced names of towns and lakes of Minnesota. I would think the author would make sure that the narrator pronounced them correctly and that a narrator would care enough to research the correct pronunciation before saying them on recording. Any reader born and raised in Minnesota would/will recognize the mispronounciation.
Additionally, I am left wondering why the author who used the REAL names of many REAL places in Minnesota (though often mispronounced), elected to make up many names of other towns referenced in the storyline?
As to the cover...there would NOT be flowers poking through the snow in the dead of winter when, as stated in the book, there was 3 feet of ice on the lake. What the heck, didn't the author notice this before approving the cover rendering?!
Lastly, I think a central element to a truly good thriller is a believable story line...this book was not believable.
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Middle of the Night
- A Novel
- By: Riley Sager
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,618
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,547
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,547
The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By cristina on 08-21-24
- Middle of the Night
- A Novel
- By: Riley Sager
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Great Story
Reviewed: 01-06-25
Story line kept me engaged and guessing... but the narrator perturbed me. Especially when he did the female voices!
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Silenced Girls
- Agent Tori Hunter, Book 1
- By: Roger Stelljes
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,259
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,182
The beautiful young woman is perfectly still, curled up in the trunk of the car, her long dark hair hiding her face. Her cotton blouse has ridden up a little, revealing two small dots an inch apart on her back. Just like the others. Guilt has kept FBI Agent Tori Hunter away from her home in Manchester Bay, Minnesota for 20 years, ever since her twin sister disappeared on the Fourth of July, when the girls should have been together. But when she receives an anonymous newspaper clipping about another missing girl, Genevieve, Tori is dragged back to the past.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Repeated
- By buzzknit on 12-11-20
- Silenced Girls
- Agent Tori Hunter, Book 1
- By: Roger Stelljes
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
Was okay but...
Reviewed: 01-01-25
As a Minnesotan, I always pursue Minnesota based stories because it is fun to recognize familiar places, situations, cultures, etc. This book satisfied me from that perspective. There were some errors in pronunciation and dialect but that didn't bother me much. . The storyline was some what typical and thus predictable . Also...why the gratuitous sex...if that was my interest I would choose from the Romance genre.. More often then not, the sex content is not necessary in a true 'thriller' though often sexual content is...and when it applies to the storyline, I do not mind.
lastly, I knew who was the guilty person in a very, very early chapter when the 'cast of characters were introduced. so that took A LOT of the thrill out of the so called 'Thriller'.
it is likely I will purchase another book by this author because I enjoy the Minnesota setting.
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Society of Lies
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Ling Brown
- Narrated by: Brie Carter, Chandler Gregoire, Lauren Ling Brown
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,462
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,420
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,420
Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunion—it’s been a decade since she graduated, and she is looking forward to seeing old faces and reminiscing about her time there. This visit is special because Maya will also be attending the graduation of her little sister, Naomi. But what should have been a dream weekend becomes Maya’s worst nightmare when she receives the news that Naomi is dead. The police are calling it an accident, but Maya suspects that there is more to the story than they are letting on.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Did anyone not see the ending coming?
- By Zane on 11-25-24
- Society of Lies
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Ling Brown
- Narrated by: Brie Carter, Chandler Gregoire, Lauren Ling Brown
Narration Ruined It For Me
Reviewed: 11-16-24
I congratulate the author on developing a great story line, but it did drag on and on and on. I enjoyed how age-old and contemporary societal issues were interwoven into the story. But, as I said in my review title, I thought the narration was pretty horrible. Naomi sounded like she was 10 ( or younger) and far too often she didn't fully enunciate words. Maya' s dialogue or other female characters would all of a sudden sound like a man's voice. The narration problems added a lot of tedium to a story that already dragged a bit too much.
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Ask for Andrea
- By: Noelle West Ihli
- Narrated by: Allison Delaney
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,073
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,883
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,883
Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman, a thick layer of charm and a thousand-watt smile hiding the fact that his first dates end in shallow graves. He’s gotten away with murder three times now. The only thing that might keep him from killing again? The women he murdered. Meghan, Brecia, and Skye might be dead, but they’re not gone. They’ve found each other. And they won’t rest until they find a way to stop him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely deserves five stars.
- By DoggyMama on 09-08-22
- Ask for Andrea
- By: Noelle West Ihli
- Narrated by: Allison Delaney
Thoroughly Enjoyed
Reviewed: 11-03-24
So happy I stumbled across your book. Not my usual suspense picks but that is one if the things I liked about it! was not the typical twist and turns. Great job!
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Ask for Andrea
- By: Noelle Ihli
- Narrated by: Allison Delaney
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,271
Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman, a thick layer of charm and a thousand-watt smile hiding the fact that his first dates end in shallow graves. He’s gotten away with murder three times now. The only thing that might keep him from killing again? The women he murdered. Meghan, Brecia, and Skye might be dead, but they’re not gone. They’ve found each other. And they won’t rest until they find a way to stop him. The haunt is on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely deserves five stars.
- By DoggyMama on 09-08-22
- Ask for Andrea
- By: Noelle Ihli
- Narrated by: Allison Delaney
Thoroughly Enjoyed
Reviewed: 11-03-24
So happy I stumbled across your book. Not my usual suspense picks but that is one if the things I liked about it! was not the typical twist and turns. Great job!
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