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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
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,002
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,502
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,477
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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
An intense novel
Reviewed: 01-05-16
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Detective Sean Duffy has the aesthetics of a fine arts aficionado and the appetites of a bisexual playboy, both of which, surprisingly, help him solve a series of brutal murders near Belfast in 1981. The dreary war-torn setting adds to the dismal atmosphere of the story. I recommend this to readers who like an intense experience from reading a novel.
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Stone Cold: Joe Pickett, Book 14
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,055
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,684
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,683
Everything about the man is a mystery: the massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming that nobody ever visits, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the private airstrip, the sudden disappearances. And especially the persistent rumors that the man’s wealth comes from killing people. Joe Pickett, still officially a game warden but now mostly a troubleshooter for the governor, is assigned to find out what the truth is, but he discovers a lot more than he’d bargained for. There are two other men living up at that ranch. One is a stone-cold killer who takes an instant dislike to Joe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't expect to like it as much as I did
- By AudioAddict on 01-03-16
- Stone Cold: Joe Pickett, Book 14
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
Suspenseful start, then less interesting
Reviewed: 11-20-15
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This installment of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series mmediately draws the reader into a suspenseful episode from the point of view of the paid assassin. Unfortunately, the story deflates quickly with cartoonish stereotypes of young people, Westerners, families, and Bad Guys.
The series continues to be popular with my book club, but not with me personally. This particular title was hyper-violent and the self-righteous interior dialogues were tiresome. I guess if I had to choose an element of the story that I found to be original, I would have to say that it was the appearance of not one but two loner-type paid assassins in this story. Their relationship and their separate stories drove the plot when the other Bad Guys were just not interesting.
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The Bat
- The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel
- By: Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
- Narrated by: Joh Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,666
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,368
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,370
In the electrifying first installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. As he circles closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the murder.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as the others....
- By KP on 07-10-13
- The Bat
- The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel
- By: Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
- Narrated by: Joh Lee
Manic, but flawed, thriller
Reviewed: 10-09-15
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The manic fights, chases, and falls in this story are driven by the hopeless desperation of the breathtakingly bizarre characters. My fellow book club members told me that the later books in this series are much better reads.
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Death at a Drop-In
- A Myrtle Clover Mystery, Book 5
- By: Elizabeth Spann Craig
- Narrated by: Lia Frederick
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Cosette Whitlow is a society matron if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn't nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by much of the town - including octogenarian Myrtle Clover. And Myrtle knows that dislike in Bradley can quickly turn deadly. No one seems surprised when Cosette's body is discovered during a party she's hosting - she was struck on the head with a croquet mallet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Sleuth, A Soothsayer, and a Solved Murder
- By Debbie on 09-02-16
- Death at a Drop-In
- A Myrtle Clover Mystery, Book 5
- By: Elizabeth Spann Craig
- Narrated by: Lia Frederick
Classic-style cozy
Reviewed: 12-30-13
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Myrtle Clover excels in solving crime in classic cozy fashion. Although she no longer drives, she gets all around tiny Bradley, North Carolina, either by walking or by convincing friends to give her a lift to where the action and the clues are. Likewise, Myrtle overcomes limitations that others, especially her son Red, want to place upon her due to her advanced age. Myrtle does not give up until justice is served.
My thanks to the author for the complimentary download of this audiobook – it was fun to listen to the well-constructed story and I will be checking out other books in the series. I recommend this title to fans of classic cozies.
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