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Killer Triggers
- By: Joe Kenda
- Narrated by: Joe Kenda
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer madness. This isn’t an exact science, of course. Any given murder can have multiple triggers. Sex and revenge seem to be common partners in crime. This book offers my memories of homicide cases that I investigated or oversaw. In each case, I examine the trigger that led to death. I chose this theme for the book because even though the why of a murder case may not be critical in an investigation, it can sometimes lead us to the killer.
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Joe Kenda is always fun.
- By Jackson Theofore Keys on 03-10-21
- Killer Triggers
- By: Joe Kenda
- Narrated by: Joe Kenda
Amazing, of course!
Reviewed: 03-18-21
I absolutely adore this man. I can’t say enough about him. In some ways I wish he were my grandfather. Anyway, about the book 😜. Many of the stories are from the show, but that didn’t bother me and a little from the first book. He had a healthy smattering of his trademark wit and wisdom, a bit more illumination of his inner workings. No shortage of his honesty and humanity. An amazing human being. Highly recommend!!!
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Hungry Tales
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry presents a quirky collection of five stories starring a whole cast of the ever-popular undead. Here you will find a semi-sequel to Dead of Night in which four army reservists are assigned to hold a small rural bridge during the early days of the zombie apocalypse; a comedic story involving a couple of idiot moonshiners, a comet, gangsters, zombies, and the Great Chicago Fire; a downbeat psychological drama set in the bleak wastelands a few years after the zombie apocalypse; and more.
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Damn good collection of diverse Zombie tales
- By Amazon Customer on 12-22-12
- Hungry Tales
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
Just amazing
Reviewed: 02-26-21
Keeps getting better. Just when I think Jonathan Maberry can’t get any better I read/listen to these short stories. Funny, insightful, culturally significant and relevant...the depth and breadth of Jonathan Maberry is astounding! Listen to The Ghost Road Blues Trilogy...hell, listen to any of his stuff...I’m gobsmacked!
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- A Novel
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is 77 years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus crazy. She is also Elsa's best and only friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
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Simply splendid.
- By B.J. on 07-27-15
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- A Novel
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
Another great Backman book...
Reviewed: 09-10-19
This was a wonderful book...not as good as A Man Called Ove, but only because the story was a bit slower, not the actual quality of the story. I also listened/read out of order (It should be Ove, My Grandmother, and then Britt-Marie, but I listened to Britt-Marie before My Grandmother). The book (all of them) are heart warming, heart breaking, and precious. Backman knows how to tug at your heart strings and write a really meaningful, memorable book. I am truly glad to own these books because I will definitely listen to them more than once. The revelations throughout the books will make you laugh and cry, and you’ll not easy or willingly forget the characters. Can’t recommend enough, just stick with it.
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400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons From a Veteran Patrolman
- By: Adam Plantinga
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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400 Things Cops Know shows police work on the inside, from the viewpoint of the regular cop on the beat - a profession that can range from rewarding to bizarre to terrifying, all within the course of an eight-hour shift. Written by veteran police sergeant Adam Plantinga, 400 Things Cops Know brings the listener into life the way cops experience it - a life of danger, frustration, occasional triumph, and plenty of grindingly hard routine work.
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Between Good and Evil is Where I Walk
- By Cynthia on 05-26-16
Great book full of interesting facts...
Reviewed: 06-25-19
I absolutely love these types of books. A sneak peek into a world that I will likely never be a part of, that I deeply respect, and from the direct source. Listened to it all in one day and will likely listen to it again. Check out The Homicide Hunter, written and read by Lt. Joe Kenda, also an incredible book. Highly recommend!!
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The Murderer's Son
- A Jackman and Evans Thriller
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Crimebusting duo DI Jackman and DS Evans are back, solving another crime that will make your skin crawl. Twenty years ago: a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer. Now: a woman is viciously stabbed to death in the upmarket kitchen of her beautiful house on the edge of the marshes. Then a man called Daniel Kinder walks into Saltern police station and confesses to the murder. But DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans of the Fenland Constabulary soon discover that there is a lot more to Daniel than meets the eye.
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Audible ruined this one for me.
- By Julie on 12-29-18
- The Murderer's Son
- A Jackman and Evans Thriller
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Great police procedural!
Reviewed: 06-20-19
Loved the performance, loved the storyline. I really empathized with and enjoyed all of the main characters and will definitely be reading the other books. I have listened to other novels narrated by Richard Armitage and he is fabulous! I was able to figure out the identity of the killer, but it was still suspenseful. Highly recommend!
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The Philosopher's Flight
- A Novel
- By: Tom Miller
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is a practitioner of empirical philosophy - an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal the injured, and even fly. Though he dreams of fighting in the Great War as the first male in the elite US Sigilry Corps Rescue and Evacuation Service - a team of flying medics - Robert is resigned to mixing batches of philosophical chemicals and keeping the books for the family business in rural Montana, where his mother, a former soldier and vigilante, aids the locals.
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Brilliant multi layered story
- By Kent Lanigan on 02-21-18
- The Philosopher's Flight
- A Novel
- By: Tom Miller
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
Magical and thought provoking...
Reviewed: 06-11-19
Loved it! A dystopian, steam punk, alternate history, fantasy. The best of all worlds. Good premise with interesting characters and a good amount of action with character and world building. Will definitely be getting the sequel! Highly recommend!
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Alien III
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Tom Alexander, Barbara Barnes, Michael Biehn, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Father of cyberpunk William Gibson’s original script for Alien III, written in 1987 as a sequel to Aliens, never made it to our screens, although it went on to achieve cult status among fans as the third instalment that might have been after being leaked online. This terrifying, cinematic multicast dramatisation - directed by the multi-award-winning Dirk Maggs - is the chance to experience William Gibson’s untold story and its terrifying, claustrophobic and dark encounters between humans and aliens, as a completely immersive audio experience.
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Audio Dramatization of the Movie that never was
- By Alan on 05-31-19
- Alien III
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Tom Alexander, Barbara Barnes, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Lorelei King, Laurel Lefkow, Keith Wickham
Decent story, good acting...
Reviewed: 06-08-19
Loved hearing the original Bishop and Hicks...some of the accents were a little annoying, and in places I think the actors weren’t as expressive as they should have been in the given circumstances, but the main premise was interesting and terrifying. I didn’t read the synopsis close enough and was expecting an audio version of the third movie, but that was not the case. In fact, I’m not sure where this story fitS into the Alien continuity, but it was worth the listen.
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Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist when Pallavi meets the perfect man - leading to a climactic showdown that will leave listeners on the edges of their seats.
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Holy Crap!
- By Avid Reader on 05-03-19
- Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf
Absolutely stunning...
Reviewed: 05-09-19
I can’t say enough about this without it sounding like a review on the back of a book...it really was riveting, captivating, enthralling. The acting was breathtaking and so gripping...I found myself in tears with empathy and fear. I honestly almost forgot myself, I was so absorbed. Amazing writing, amazing acting...would give 10 stars if possible. Highly recommend!!
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The Ones We Choose
- By: Julie Clark
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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The powerful forces of science and family collide when geneticist Paige Robson finds her world in upheaval: Her eight-year-old son Miles is struggling to fit in at his new school and begins asking questions about his biological father that Paige can’t answer - until fate thrusts the anonymous donor she used into their lives.
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I never write reviews
- By landk0418 on 12-06-18
- The Ones We Choose
- By: Julie Clark
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Excellent book, decent narration...
Reviewed: 05-08-19
I’m not a geneticist, so I can’t speak for the validity of the science, but I am a therapist and can that the emotions and actions of the characters ring true and clearly. Good solid book, not life altering, but interesting and informative. The narrator did a good job overall, just not so great at male voices. Recommend!
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Make Me No Grave
- By: Hayley Stone
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Almena Guillory, better known as the Grizzly Queen of the West, has plenty to recommend her for the noose, but US Marshal Apostle Richardson enforces the law, he doesn't decide it. When a posse tries to lynch Almena ahead of her trial, Apostle refuses their form of expedited justice - and receives a bullet for his trouble. Before escaping, however, Almena unexpectedly saves his life by absorbing his wound through the use of dangerous flesh magic.
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Very Good Western from a Sci-Fi Lover
- By Bryan on 11-25-18
- Make Me No Grave
- By: Hayley Stone
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Excellent book, excellent narration...
Reviewed: 05-07-19
The narrator was beyond perfect for this genre of book...gruff and expressive, wise and hardened, yet tender at times. He did an amazing job of female voices (you honestly thought a female narrator was speaking) and conveyed every emotion wonderfully. The book itself was fun take on western fantasy without going too far into the fantasy realm. A nice balance. A fast, fun, enjoyable listen with characters that you genuinely like. Highly recommended!
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