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Betrayal
- A Robin Lockwood Novel, Book 7
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family...and Kerrigan's only possible friend is the attorney she beat so many years ago.
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Legal Magic
- By b Crocker on 06-12-24
- Betrayal
- A Robin Lockwood Novel, Book 7
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Legal Magic
Reviewed: 06-12-24
This complex tale moved fast and enjoyed a complex ending. A rather standard murder case suddenly becomes a shocking court experience that will leave the reader (and the court) breathless. Very satisfactory reading.
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A Time for Mercy
- A Jake Brigance Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line.
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Good but not great
- By ASDQM1 on 10-14-20
- A Time for Mercy
- A Jake Brigance Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Terrific, But Not Quite
Reviewed: 02-12-23
I just needed it to be longer, and get get still-opened cases finished. Frustrating not knowing what happens in the criminal case and the railroad accident case. But one of Grisham’s best books. As a long retired lawyer I was riveted by the legal ballets.
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A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end?
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She’s jumped the shark
- By Icie in Vermont on 12-03-22
- A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
The Most Complex but Fascinating . . .yet
Reviewed: 01-24-23
I have read all of the Louise Penny Inspector Gamache books.
This is by far the most complex (sometimes aggravatingly complex) lengthy, and fascinating tale. It’s always a comfort to meet the same characters again. Hopefully, Gamache will not continue to age. This one kept me up into the wee hours to see what happened next. Good read!
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State of Terror
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Joan Allen
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. There is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since taking the job means Adams must step down as head of her multinational media conglomerate
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Wonderful story and great narration
- By Amazon Customer on 10-14-21
- State of Terror
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Joan Allen
Political & Literary Paranoia
Reviewed: 03-26-22
I have read all of Louise Penny’s books; have loved most. Her characters become family after a while.
This novel, deeply affected I believe, by Hillary Clinton no doubt, is the book that would not end. And encased a library of neurotic, heavy drinkers, sneaking into offices and breaking into computers of the “Washington elite”. You pray for it to end, but no deal. The main characters, mostly women, climb on to endless international flights to some of the most dangerous war-torn enemy countries in the world. They are obsessed with cell phones, clothing,
and deadly international intrigue (atomic bombs placed in major cities are always going off or threatening to go off). But, not to worry: the ladies will save the country mainly by phones. You can hear neurotic, obsessed Hillary in her hatred of “the former President”(living in an extravagant over-blown Florida mansion): GUESS WHO! Ms. Penny has done much better on her own. Try again!
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The Fox
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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The number one New York Times best-selling master of international intrigue takes readers into the bleeding-edge world of technological espionage in a propulsive thriller that feels chillingly real. Former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Adrian Weston is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call from the prime minister. Her news is shocking: The Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA have been hacked simultaneously, their seemingly impenetrable firewalls breached by an unknown enemy known only as "The Fox".
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Modern Story with Classic Prose
- By stuartjash on 10-24-18
- The Fox
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
Terrific
Reviewed: 10-22-21
Superb narration and unusual, touching plot. Erudite historical references re Korean history. Imaginative and touching plot. Refreshing, unique.
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Worthy Brown's Daughter
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Matthew Penny, a young lawyer, arrives on the frontier with nothing but shattered dreams. Unable to face the memories that await back home, he joins the handful of lawyers practicing in Portland, Oregon - which in 1860 is just a riverfront town in a state less than a year old. Worthy Brown, a slave from Georgia, journeys west with his master, Caleb Barbour, who promises to reward Worthy and his daughter, Roxanne, with their freedom if they help him establish a homestead in Oregon. When Barbour reneges on his pledge, Worthy's hope for a fresh start with his child is destroyed.
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Based on a true story
- By Jean on 02-07-14
- Worthy Brown's Daughter
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
Terrific!
Reviewed: 10-12-21
I have read all of Philip Margolin’s mystery thrillers. WORTHY BROWN is a complete departure from any of his other books.
It was a great read - historically insightful and mesmerizing.
I enjoyed every surprising minute of it.
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The Madness of Crowds
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.
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BORING!!!
- By Wayne on 08-25-21
- The Madness of Crowds
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
Not As Usual
Reviewed: 09-23-21
THREE PINES came to life again in THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, but
it’s not the neat statement of life that usually populates Louise Penny’s books. It encompasses an odd array of new and familiar characters in a twisted, complex, painful discussion of euthanasia.
Some odd (and I think unnecessary) characters are introduced, not just the mad poetess Ruth, but “The Hero of Sudan” (is this an obtuse reference to the tragic Afghanistan war?) is inexplicably brought into this winding plot as a foil, excuse for violence.
The plot itself is so populated with suspicious characters, that in the end, there is no final solution to the various types of crimes and the guilty do not pay I full (including abuse of psychiatric patients by the state).
I think the author over-reached a bit with the complexity of the issues.
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After Dark
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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The first woman ever hired by legendary defense lawyer Matthew Reynolds, Tracy Cavanaugh cuts her teeth on a horrifying crime: the car-bomb murder of Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen. Reynolds's client--and the chief suspect--is none other than the icy but celebrated prosecutor Abigail Griffen, the Justice's estranged wife. Tracy's research plunges her into a web of betrayal and revenge, of secret deals and hidden passions.
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Interesting legal thriller
- By Wayne on 04-24-16
- After Dark
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
STUNNING!
Reviewed: 12-24-20
It reads like a course in criminal law. It’s complex, riveting, suspenseful. There’s no way to see the end that’s coming; always misleading as the plot ebbs and flows. Totally absorbing.
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The Order
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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When Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel Allon is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father’s loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the pope’s death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to Gabriel.
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Unfortunately the last one
- By Wade on 07-18-20
- The Order
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Gabriel Allon is Preparing for Retirement
Reviewed: 08-19-20
Of all Daniel Silva’s Allon books, (and I have read them all) this one is the most searing and will be memorable. Obviously, in the cruel and infinite world of anti-semitism, Mr. Silva has thrust a sword through the heart of historical distortions and world-wide tragedy regarding
the Catholic church’s web of anti-semitism and millennial misdeeds.
Much of his tale here, will be refuted by readers and Catholic, indeed
Christian, hierarchy.
Not an easy listen (or read), as the author delves in great detail into the complex ancient history and geography of Christianity, and specifically Catholicism; and ecclesiastical ritual while driving a plot through various European countries. The orator, Mr. Guidall, was difficult to understand; reading too quickly too many foreign names, places and dialects. I found myself rewinding constantly. A second read is a must.
A terrific thought provoking book; -not just an adventure, but an education. I look forward to Gabriel’s next life.
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The Girl Who Lived
- A Thrilling Suspense Novel
- By: Christopher Greyson
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be - her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor's guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction. Finding no solace at the bottom of a bottle, Faith decides to track down her sister's killer - only to discover that she's the one being hunted. How can one woman uncover the truth when everyone's a suspect - including herself?
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Who do you trust when you trust no one?
- By shelley on 12-15-17
- The Girl Who Lived
- A Thrilling Suspense Novel
- By: Christopher Greyson
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Almost . . . Maybe!
Reviewed: 06-22-20
A far-reach plot, which repeats the same drama over and over again.
A young woman in and out of mental institutions for 10 years, after a breakdown following a tragic unsolved murder of her family, is convinced someone is after her. The basic plot is
a good idea for a standard murder mystery, but this plot goes to unbelievable and tiring extremes. So much time and so many bad guys, and so many murders, and our girl just keeps tripping along.
When the master manipulator and murderer is finally exposed, it’s
an unbelievable and disappointing denouement. I was exhausted by the time “who done it” was revealed. Also, unconvinced. Too easy.
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