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The Horror at Murden Cove
- A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller, Book 4
- By: D.D. Black
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The fourth book in this twisty, fast-paced mystery series, The Horror at Murden Cove locks you on a storm-battered island with a killer whose motive is so deranged, you'll have to listen to this audiobook twice to believe it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I just finished the last book in the series
- By Debbie Crader, Life Coach on 08-26-23
- The Horror at Murden Cove
- A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller, Book 4
- By: D.D. Black
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
Too Gruesome and Too much of the past
Reviewed: 12-17-24
Did not enjoy this one as much. Austin’s former life became too much for me with this story. Did not enjoy the character of his reckless & book quoting friend David from NYPD. Though understanding his mourning & memories of his wife Fiona I thought this book would move him on with his possible relationship with Anna or the NCIS agent from the last book.
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The Spy Coast
- A Thriller (The Martini Club, Book 1)
- By: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,853
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,623
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,621
Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she’s living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie’s driveway, she knows it’s a message from former foes who haven’t forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends—all retirees from the CIA—to help uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OUTSTANDING!!!!
- By shelley on 11-01-23
- The Spy Coast
- A Thriller (The Martini Club, Book 1)
- By: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Brittany Pressley
Great Story! Loved it!
Reviewed: 11-29-23
Terrific story & characters! Moved along quickly too! Hope this is start of a new series!
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Lethal Defense
- Nate Shepherd Legal Thriller Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Stagg
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,978
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,246
Attorney Nate Shepherd left a big firm to go out on his own. He sees nothing but opportunity when an out-of-town lawyer wants to hire him as local counsel on a high-profile murder case. Though his family worries that the case hits too close to home, Nate joins the defense team. When circumstances force him to take on a bigger role, Nate ignores his family’s fears and throws himself into his client’s defense.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding legal thriller
- By Wayne on 04-07-21
- Lethal Defense
- Nate Shepherd Legal Thriller Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Stagg
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Loved it!
Reviewed: 04-16-22
This is a great new series! Love the dry humor & the story was riveting all the way through. Really liked the epilogue giving an update of some of the main characters. Plan on getting every book in this series!
Brenda G.
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Bitter Blood
- A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
- By: Jerry Bledsoe
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 917
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 918
In this unrelenting real-life drama of three wealthy families connected by marriage and murder, Bledsoe recounts the shocking events, obsessive love, and bitter custody battles that led toward the bloody climax that took nine lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is crazy... This is crazy... This is crazy...
- By Hilary on 07-07-15
- Bitter Blood
- A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
- By: Jerry Bledsoe
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
Families & Monsters
Reviewed: 02-20-22
It struck me about halfway through this book that I remembered this tragic story in 1985. I live in East Tennessee & we had some news coverage on this at the time. I didn’t remember all the details & background but I remembered the horrific car explosion & the deadly outcome. This book goes into great detail on the family background & the names got to be a little confusing after awhile. Personally, I think this is a great but sadly horrific telling of a story that would be better (in my case) to have read on page instead of listening to due to the family tree. I know I would have gone back in the pages to bookmark things to keep up with the family names. But it was riveting as an audible pick & the epilogue was quite revealing as the surviving family members expressed their thoughts & grief. God bless them all.
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,745
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,068
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,040
It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name. As Lucienne Carlier, Nancy smuggles people and documents across the border and earns a new nickname from the Gestapo for her remarkable ability to evade capture: The White Mouse.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mixed Feelings
- By carpsmarsh on 02-14-21
- Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
The White Mouse
Reviewed: 08-16-20
Such a wonderful true story really brought this heroine to life for me. I googled her & her compatriots less than half-way through this book just to find out more about them all. I also found a brief story including a short clip of Nancy at the time of her death in 2011. She was truly a remarkably brave woman. I appreciated the author’s note at the end with the explanation of who was a composite & who was real. The narrator was awesome! She put such character in each voice she portrayed. Highly recommend this book if you love historical fiction.
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The Black Swan of Paris
- A WWII Novel
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,179
Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse’s position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won’t be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian that will derail the upcoming allied invasion. The resistance movement is tasked with silencing her by any means necessary - including assassination.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Where to Start?
- By celeste curley on 10-05-20
- The Black Swan of Paris
- A WWII Novel
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
Great WWII Story!
Reviewed: 08-06-20
Loved this book! Historical fiction is a favorite of mine. This really grabbed my attention & the suspense was awesome, This really highlights the heroics of the French Resistance & the cruelties of the Third Reich. A great romance for the heroine & her spy!
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Bring Me Flowers
- Detectives Kane and Alton, Book 2
- By: D. K. Hood
- Narrated by: Julia Vita
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 839
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 745
Hidden deep in the forest, schoolgirl Felicity Parker is found carefully laid out on a rock with nothing but a freshly picked bunch of flowers next to her lifeless form. Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate the gruesome discovery. With the body found just off a popular hiking route, Jenna believes the killer is a visitor to the town...until a second local girl is discovered.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narration ruins this one!
- By bele88 on 03-06-18
- Bring Me Flowers
- Detectives Kane and Alton, Book 2
- By: D. K. Hood
- Narrated by: Julia Vita
Narrator Hurt This Book
Reviewed: 07-15-20
I like this story & the series. The narrator on this book #2 however was not as good as the 1st book in the series. She had trouble, in my opinion, with distinguishing the male voices & also just sounded flat, minus the emotion needed. I’m still going to continue with the series & trust another narrator will be used.
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Don't Tell a Soul
- Detectives Kane and Alton, Book 1
- By: D. K. Hood
- Narrated by: Alison Farina
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,353
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,198
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,180
When a body is found stuffed into a barrel at a garbage dump, covered in long red lacerations, Detective Jenna Alton and her new deputy, David Kane, rush to the scene. Nothing ever happens in the small American town of Black Rock Falls, so Jenna believes the victim must be one of two recent missing persons, and she fears for the life of the other. Both were strangers to the town, but there's nothing else to link them. Jenna knows someone must have seen something, but no one's talking.
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2 out of 5 stars
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awful narration
- By Christine grabowski on 12-06-17
- Don't Tell a Soul
- Detectives Kane and Alton, Book 1
- By: D. K. Hood
- Narrated by: Alison Farina
Great Story
Reviewed: 07-11-20
I loved this book. I’m glad a found a new detective series to read. I’m looking forward to them all.
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The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81,702
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71,773
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71,617
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Librarian vs. Reader: Silent Patient
- By Alicia Herrington on 02-06-19
- The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
Slow
Reviewed: 07-07-20
I had a hard time getting into this book. Glad I stayed with it because of the twist in the final chapters. I anticipated a Hitchcock-type suspense thriller & it was actually. It just seemed to take forever to get there. The narration was very good.
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The Brass Compass
- By: Ellen Butler
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
Lily Saint James grew up traveling the European continent, learning languages as she went. In 1938, her mother's abrupt death brings her back home to Washington, DC, and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Lily comes to the attention of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Her knowledge of German, French, and Italian makes her the perfect OSS Agent, and her quick thinking places her as a nanny in the household of an important German Army Colonel, where she is able to gather intelligence for the Allies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book all the way to the end.
- By Dee Dee Kong on 09-20-18
- The Brass Compass
- By: Ellen Butler
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
5 Stars
Reviewed: 04-21-20
Loved this historical fiction of WWII. I really appreciated the author explaining the 3 brave women & their wartime experiences that the main character was based on. It was hard to put down!
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