T. Byrne
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- Keera Duggan, Book 2
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 925
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 867
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 867
When Jenna Bernstein, disgraced wunderkind CEO of a controversial biotech company, is accused of murdering her former partner and lover, she turns to Seattle attorney Keera Duggan to defend her. Keera is more than a master chess player who brings her intuitive moves into court—she’s Jenna’s childhood friend. But considering their history, Keera knows that where Jenna goes, trouble follows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another one!
- By Tennesse Reader on 12-09-24
- Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- Keera Duggan, Book 2
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Inspired by Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
Reviewed: 01-30-25
This is a thoroughly enjoyable mystery novel. The lead character Kiera Dugan, a lawyer represents a high tech medical company startup CEO Jenna Bernstein. She is accused of murder. The ensuing investigation and trail that Dugoni portrays are excellent
Highly recommended
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To Die For
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Zach Villa, Mela Lee, Cassandra Morris, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,557
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,406
Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he's given. But this time it’s not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who’s under federal investigation. Instead, he’s hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy–the girl on the train. But as Devine gets to know Betsy, questions begin to arise around the death of her parents.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is more over the top than usual
- By Amazon Customer on 12-19-24
- To Die For
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Zach Villa, Mela Lee, Cassandra Morris, Rena-Marie Villano, Christine Lakin, Will Collyer, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Erin Bennett
Baldacci has gone woke
Reviewed: 12-05-24
Mr. Baldacci is a great mystery writer but his latest effort shows that he has bought in to the Trump derangement syndrome. The idea that the KKK has been revived and ready to take over is ludicrous.
A completely predictable ending!
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
- America and the World in the Free Market Era
- By: Gary Gerstle
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 122
To be sure, neoliberalism has contributed to a number of alarming trends, not least of which has been a massive growth in income inequality. Yet as the eminent historian Gary Gerstle argues in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, these indictments fail to reckon with the full contours of what neoliberalism was and why its worldview had such persuasive hold on both the right and the left for three decades.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cursory, unoriginal, class-blind
- By A Reviewer on 10-24-22
- The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
- America and the World in the Free Market Era
- By: Gary Gerstle
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Clearly a deep bias towards the Democrats
Reviewed: 11-19-24
This take on the so called neoliberal leadership in America is far from objective. Gerstle’s take on Donald Trump borders on libel.
My granddaughter, a college senior, recommended this piece of garbage. I promised to read it and discuss it with her. I will do this.
This type of book is what is being pushed in our overly liberal colleges. There does not seem to be any sense of political balance
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Resurrection Walk
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,441
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,950
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,946
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn’t add up, and a sheriff’s department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly written, explicitly performed
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 11-07-23
- Resurrection Walk
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
Best Connelly Ever
Reviewed: 11-30-23
I loved everything about this book. Titus Welliver reading the Bosch role is a huge plus. The story involves much of today’s latest technology and its relationship to the law. Just a great story that is perfectly presented
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Her Deadly Game
- Keera Duggan, Book 1
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,894
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,708
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,704
Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family’s failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family’s reputation, her relationship with her father, and her career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Legal thriller filled with twists!
- By Wayne on 03-28-23
- Her Deadly Game
- Keera Duggan, Book 1
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Dugoni’s Best
Reviewed: 06-17-23
Since I am from a large Irish Catholic family that is very competitive, I can relate to the Dugan family. Overcoming the Irish Curse looms large.
The story is great. Now that Digoni has introduced us
to Keira and the Dugan family, hopefully we will see again
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The Silent Sisters
- Charles Jenkins, Book 3
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,588
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,454
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
After a harrowing escape from Russian agents on his last mission, Charles Jenkins thinks he’s finally done with the spy game. But then the final two of the seven sisters—American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades—cut off all communication with their handlers. Are they in hiding after detecting surveillance? Or have they turned and become double agents? It’s Jenkins’s duty to find out, but he’s been added to a Russian kill list. It will require all of Jenkins’s knowledge of spycraft—and an array of disguises—to return to the country undetected.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Listen to it at 0.9 speed
- By Peter on 03-02-22
- The Silent Sisters
- Charles Jenkins, Book 3
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Closure on the Russia series
Reviewed: 03-24-23
Dugoni has done another great job. The transition from the Sloane series was smooth. A reunion with some of the rescued Russian sisters would be nice,
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Forsaken Country
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,035
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,811
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,806
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle Voight, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate. When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid crime drama
- By Volleyball Gal on 11-11-22
- Forsaken Country
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Another Winner
Reviewed: 10-01-22
I highly recommend all of Mr Eskenes books. I look forward to every new release. This one was another winner. Great character development.
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Jefferson and Hamilton
- The Rivalry That Forged a Nation
- By: John Ferling
- Narrated by: Bo Foxworth
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
The decade of the 1790s has been called the "age of passion". Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic - each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was at stake was not a moment's political advantage, but the future course of the American experiment in democracy. In this epochal debate, no two figures loomed larger than Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Biased and low quality
- By Yolanda Yzquierdo on 12-04-22
- Jefferson and Hamilton
- The Rivalry That Forged a Nation
- By: John Ferling
- Narrated by: Bo Foxworth
A Bias toward TJ
Reviewed: 09-22-22
Generally an excellent book but I think AH is portrayed as brilliant, manipulating, cunning, egotistical and controlling. The author questions AH’s contributions to the creation of our economic system. He claims it may have been inevitable with or without him.
Understand that most of our contemporary historians present a liberally slanted view of our past leaders. This is still an excellent book
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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 50 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,629
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,113
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,095
When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb Biography
- By Jean on 03-03-19
- Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
Greatness
Reviewed: 07-10-22
Churchill could be the most significant individual of the 20th century. Roberts presents a balanced view of the extraordinary world leader.
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After the Civil War
- The Heroes, Villains, Soldiers, and Civilians Who Changed America
- By: James Robertson
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 374
Returning to the turbulent days of a nation divided, best-selling author and acclaimed historian James Robertson explores 70 fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond. Relentless politicians, intrepid fighters, cunning innovators - the times called for bold moves, and this resilient generation would not disappoint.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just a southern lost cause book
- By Russell Hansen on 03-24-21
- After the Civil War
- The Heroes, Villains, Soldiers, and Civilians Who Changed America
- By: James Robertson
- Narrated by: Barry Press
Good Overview
Reviewed: 04-28-22
This post Civil War series of vignettes on notable people of that era may be considered somewhat biased toward the South but still worth reading. There is a big inaccuracy in the brief William Seward vignette. The author has confused Boss Tweed with Thurlow Weed. The latter being the party leader who championed Seward
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