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I Am Pilgrim
- A Thriller
- By: Terry Hayes
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 22 hrs and 41 mins
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A breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smoldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. A flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey. Pilgrim.
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Please let this all be fiction.
- By B.J. on 08-08-14
- I Am Pilgrim
- A Thriller
- By: Terry Hayes
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
Good Plot But ...
Reviewed: 09-08-14
The plot of I am pilgrim was good, but the dialogue was sup-par. Too many cliches and a main character that is not particularly likable. Groan-inducing phrases like, "you are the best agent in a generation' were too common. Also disliked the boyish narration of Ragland.
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Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
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King and Patton create a winning combo
- By David Shear on 06-04-14
- Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Great Detective Novel
Reviewed: 06-22-14
A very fine detective novel. One of the best of this genre that I have ever read/listened to. Watch out Michael Connelly and James Lee Burke, you have some new competition from Stephen King :)
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Mercy
- Department Q, Book 1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Mercy, Scandinavia’s new bestselling crime phenomenon. Read by the actor Steven Pacey. At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction.
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Premise for cruel, tortuous revenge absurd.
- By Mark on 03-16-15
- Mercy
- Department Q, Book 1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Fantastic Crime Thriller From Denmark
Reviewed: 06-03-14
One of the best crime novels I have ever experienced. This can be favorably compared to the best of Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, John Sanford and Henning Mankell. A powerful, emotional ending that will remain with me.
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The Purity of Vengeance
- A Department Q Novel
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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International superstar Jussi Adler-Olsen, with more than fourteen million copies of his books sold worldwide, returns with the fourth book in his New York Times best-selling Department Q series, about a perplexing cold case with sinister modern-day consequences. In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in 1950s Denmark.
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It's a 5 Star Story of Revenge
- By Chip Atkinson on 01-30-14
- The Purity of Vengeance
- A Department Q Novel
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Similar to Steig Larrson
Reviewed: 05-19-14
Excellent mystery from Scandinavia. Shares a lot of similarities with Larsson's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Both are excellent.
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Nocturnal: A Novel
- By: Scott Sigler
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
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Homicide detective Bryan Clauser is losing his mind. How else to explain the dreams he keeps having - dreams that mirror, with impossible accuracy, the gruesome serial murders taking place all over San Francisco? How else to explain the feelings these dreams provoke in him - not disgust, not horror, but excitement? As Bryan and his longtime partner, Lawrence 'Pookie' Chang, investigate the murders, they learn that things are even stranger than they at first seem.
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LIFE IS SHORT, TREATS ARE GOOD
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-09-15
- Nocturnal: A Novel
- By: Scott Sigler
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
Meh!
Reviewed: 02-01-14
Fairly interesting story about human-like monsters. But if I was to summarize Nocturnal > B-Grade Lincoln and Child.
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Pastwatch
- The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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In a not-too-distant future that is not quite ours, there has been a major scientific breakthrough. It is a way to open windows into the past, permitting historical researchers to view, but not participate, in the events of the past.
In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.
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Thanks Uncle Orson
- By Michael on 04-29-08
- Pastwatch
- The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Arte Johnson, Moira Quirk, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
Meh! Interesting ideas but not compelling writing.
Reviewed: 12-18-13
The idea behind this alternate history book was very interesting and all the performances of the narrators are fine.. However, Card's writing just is not that gripping. I never felt the urge to continue listening for long periods in order to find out what was next.
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Breach of Trust
- By: David Ellis
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Jason Kolarich has spent the past year struggling to recover from the horrific deaths of his wife and baby daughter. On the night of their deaths, Kolarich was at the office, awaiting a call from a confidential informant named Ernesto Ramirez — a call that never came. Kolarich blames himself not only for the deaths of his wife and child, but for the informant’s murder as well. He can’t bring back his family, but he can find out who killed Ramirez and bring the killer to justice.
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Driving plot line
- By Regina on 10-18-12
- Breach of Trust
- By: David Ellis
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
C Grade Grisham
Reviewed: 12-07-13
I'm about 3 hours into this book and it's not very good. The plot is interesting but Ellis is simply not a very talented writer. Dialogues are often ham-handed and his attempts at humor are groan-inducing. Not sure if I will even finish this one.
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Fidelity
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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When Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban street in the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an emptied bank account and a lot of questions. How could Phil leave her penniless? What was he going to do with the money? And, most of all, who was he if he wasn't the man she thought she married?
Jerry Hobart has some questions of his own. It's none of his business why he was hired to kill Phil Kramer. But now that he's been ordered to take out Kramer's widow, he figures there's a bigger secret at work - and maybe a bigger payoff.
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Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant.
- By richard on 03-27-12
- Fidelity
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
A very good detective novel. Excellent.
Reviewed: 12-05-13
Fidelity is an excellent story. Perry has great ability to convey realistic dialog. Although the narrator has a unique (somewhat old-fashioned) style that may seem strange at the beginning, by the end of the novel I had actually come to enjoy his narration.
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The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- By: Adrian McKinty
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman’s suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things—and people—aren’t always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It’s no easy job—especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force.
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Listen to this book. You won't be disappointed.
- By Christopher on 01-21-12
- The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- By: Adrian McKinty
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
Brilliant. An Irish "Michael Connelly"
Reviewed: 11-23-13
This is the best detective novel I have listened to since I finished the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly. McKinty's writing is very strong with a lyrical tone that is enhanced by the wonderful Irish lilt of Gerard Doyle's narration. McKinty's dialogue is sharp and often hilarious. Overall, this is a superb book where the listener also learns a lot about the history and troubles of Northern Ireland. 5 stars!
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Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
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Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his Black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly?
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The Grisham we all loved from the 90's!
- By CBlox on 10-23-13
- Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Superb Grisham As Usual
Reviewed: 11-21-13
This story, as with most of Grisham's books, was very good. It drags a bit mid-way through but it finishes with a powerful conclusion. If you've enjoyed Grisham in the past, I'm sure you will be happy with Sycamore Row.
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