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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,480
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,642
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,634
When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And she soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Action Adventure Time Travel Novel w/ Good Reader
- By Sires on 04-13-14
- Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Always recommend
Reviewed: 01-15-25
If anybody is ever looking for a good audiobook I always recommend this series. Zara ramms narration combined with the hilarious,
intelligent action of Jodi Taylor always provides great companionable entertainment.
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A Symphony of Echoes
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 2
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,118
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,618
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,603
Dispatched to Victorian London to seek out Jack the Ripper, things go badly wrong when he finds the St Mary's historians first. Stalked through the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel, Max is soon running for her life. Again. And that's just the start. Max finds herself in a race against time when an old enemy is intent on destroying St Mary's. An enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed This Second St Mary's Time Travel Book
- By Sires on 04-27-14
- A Symphony of Echoes
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 2
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Favored series on repeat
Reviewed: 01-15-25
I’ve listened to this series countless times. Zara ramms voice is great company. I never tire of the capers of the people of St. Mary’s. Even though I know the outcomes, I still laugh out loud and sometimes even cry over their travails, Jodi Taylor never disappoints.
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Frailty
- By: Betsy Reavley
- Narrated by: Ally Murphy
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
How far would you go to protect your family? Danny and Libby are about to face every parent's worst nightmare. When eight-year-old Hope Bird disappears without a trace from the idyllic village where she lives, life for her family will never be the same again. Her parents know she would never have gone off alone and the police have no idea where she is. Then a child's shoe is discovered and the case takes an unexpected turn. Soon a suspect is identified but this is only the beginning. Will they ever find Hope?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dangerous head games will haunt you
- By MarisaReads on 02-16-17
- Frailty
- By: Betsy Reavley
- Narrated by: Ally Murphy
Excruciatingly slow and surprisingly unthrilling
Reviewed: 03-02-17
Would you try another book from Betsy Reavley and/or Ally Murphy?
Probably not.
What could Betsy Reavley have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Picked up the pace. For a supposed thriller there was an enormous amount of navel gazing going on.
What didn’t you like about Ally Murphy’s performance?
The child's voice was unbearable.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The ending was okay
Any additional comments?
I took the time to write this review, which I don't normally do because I was deceived into thinking it would be better by the 4.1 rating. I just kept hoping it would get interesting but the story trudged on almost monotonously to its bitter ending.
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The Profiler's Daughter
- Sky Stone, Book 1
- By: P. M. Steffen
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,732
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,564
The Profiler's Daughter is a psychologically haunting thriller that combines murder mystery, love triangle, and family intrigue in one satisfying page burner. Sky Stone was born into the wealth and privilege of Boston's oldest Brahmin family but chooses instead to follow in the footsteps of her deceased father, legendary FBI profiler Monk Stone. In the chilly morning hours before the Boston Marathon, when a beautiful university student is found strangled and mutilated, her body left at the base of Heartbreak Hill, Sky returns from self-imposed exile to investigate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great title, poor production value
- By Buyer on 03-06-14
- The Profiler's Daughter
- Sky Stone, Book 1
- By: P. M. Steffen
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
The performance is undemining the story
Reviewed: 12-05-15
I haven't finished the book and may not because although the narrator has a pleasant voice her "character " voices are off-putting and making me not want to listen to the rest of the story despite the fact that I might enjoy the story without these "character" voices .
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The Swap: A Mystery
- By: Nancy Boyarsky
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
The story begins when Nicole Lewis, a young woman living in LA, arranges a summer-long swap of her condo for a London couple's house. She thinks it's the perfect arrangement. She's always dreamed of seeing the real London, not just the tourist spots. Within a few days of landing in London, people start following Nicole Lewis and making threats, demanding information she doesn't have. Nicole realizes she's in serious trouble, but she can't get the police to believe her. Somehow it's up to her to extricate herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Impressions!
- By the opster on 05-20-15
- The Swap: A Mystery
- By: Nancy Boyarsky
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
This narrator should not attempt accents
Reviewed: 05-18-15
I chose the book because I liked the description of the story and the audio sample let me know the narrator had a pleasant voice. Unfortunately she attempted several different accents and they were all so bad. If she had just maintained her own spoken voice it would have been much better because the terrible accents detracted from the overall story and performance
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Deadly Focus
- By: R. C. Bridgestock
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3 out of 5 stars 16
When a young girl is abducted, fear and suspicion haunts the streets of Harrowfield. D.I. Jack Dylan 's worst fears are confirmed when the body of Daisy Hind is found on a bleak windswept moor. As the murder investigation swings into action, another child is abducted and suddenly Dylan has to confront the possibility of a serial killer preying on children and solve the case before a third child is snatched. Dark and sinister, Deadly Focus is a gripping crime novel set in a close-knit Yorkshire community where secrets, suspicion, and menace lie at its heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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lose the special sound effects, please
- By Dr. William J. Kass on 12-19-15
- Deadly Focus
- By: R. C. Bridgestock
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
Insane use of sound effects
Reviewed: 04-22-15
I don't normally write reviews but I think other buyers should be warned about the production of the book. I don't even know whether the story was good or not because I was so distracted and annoyed by the sound effects: dog barking, footsteps, background chatter, voice distortion to signify talking on the phone, phones ringing, etc ad nauseum. I hope the producer gets enough bad feedback so that I never run into this phenomenon again.
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The Surrogate
- By: Tania Carver
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,605
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,465
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,464
A shocking double-murder scene greets Detective Inspector Philip Brennan when he is called to a flat in Colchester. Two women are viciously cut open and laying spread-eagled, one tied to the bed, one on the floor. The woman on the bed has had her stomach cut into and her unborn child is missing. But this is the third time Phil and his team has seen such an atrocity. Two other pregnant women have been killed in this way and their babies taken from them. No one can imagine what sort of person would want to commit such horrible crimes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Had trouble pulling myself away
- By Marie on 07-21-17
- The Surrogate
- By: Tania Carver
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Interesting story
Reviewed: 03-26-15
I did not find gratuitous descriptive violence as some reviewers asserted. The end was a little bit of a letdown and I don't feel emotionally attached to the protagonists yet as I have been with some series. I will listen to the next book to see if I become invested. I like the narrators voice.
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