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The Roanoke Girls
- A Novel
- By: Amy Engel
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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After her mother's suicide, 15-year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran...fast and far away. Eleven years later Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run, too? Or something worse?
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Ick, ugh, yuck! Spoilers ahead!
- By NMwritergal on 03-12-17
- The Roanoke Girls
- A Novel
- By: Amy Engel
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
No. Just NO!
Reviewed: 02-21-24
Ok, if the topic of incest and child abuse hasn’t turned you away from this book yet, let me warn you on how those topics are presented in this book. While the MC does think the incest and abuse is wrong, she also romanticizes it in parts as well. As do all the other Roanoke girls. They really love Dad/Grandpa/uncle. It’s absolutely disgusting and cannot be taken as a serious handling of the topics. If you are looking for a mystery or thriller, this is not it. It’s romance and sex with a hint of a who-dun-it that ultimately has no surprises, only sickly intertwined sex/romance scenes. I cannot believe how many 5 star ratings this book has, because it’s trash. I would have returned it for the credit back but it was a 2-1 credit sale.
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Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast
- By: Inhuman Podcast
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Our passion- true crime. Our mission- to bring awareness to all cases. On Inhuman you’ll hear everything from the most deranged serial killers, to that missing persons case you’ve been invested in for the last 10 years, to the occasional spooky tale. It’s like kicking it with your besties talking about true crime. Hosted by Haley Toumaian Price and Andrea Shaenanigans, we’re just trying to keep it human over here.
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The main speaker? Speaks like this?
- By Lilly Lowton on 10-27-21
Just could not listen
Reviewed: 11-28-23
The hosts’ voices sound like they are high schoolers reading for the class out of a textbook. Mindless droning. Also heard a lot of background noises.
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Head Like a Hole
- By: Andrew Van Wey
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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It’s the mid-'90s. Grunge and flannel are fading as the Spice Girls and Hot Topic conquer the malls. Cherry gloss glistens on the lips of the youth. Modems hiss as America comes online. And in a fog-drenched cove at the edge of New England, something terrible awakens when a fisherman reels in a gruesome catch: the remains of a young woman. Remains still pulsing with furious life.
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Very Original Horror Story
- By Mistsofjade on 12-12-22
- Head Like a Hole
- By: Andrew Van Wey
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
Unusual and interesting
Reviewed: 11-07-23
Well paced and well plotted, this book has a lot to absorb and kept me interested all the way through.
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What's Done in Darkness
- A Novel
- By: Laura McHugh
- Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God and moved their family to a remote Arkansas farmstead where she’s forced to wear long dresses, follow strict rules, and grow her hair down to her waist. She’s all but given up on escaping the farm when a masked man appears one stifling summer morning and snatches her out of the cornfield. A week after her abduction, she’s found alongside a highway in a bloodstained dress - alive. Five years later, Sarabeth is struggling to keep her past buried when Investigator Nick Farrow calls.
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Horribly boring
- By Sally on 07-14-21
- What's Done in Darkness
- A Novel
- By: Laura McHugh
- Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell
Meh
Reviewed: 10-26-23
I had high hopes for this book, but it was very mediocre. Not terrible, but not good either. And the narration was grating, trying way to hard to be sweet soft southern.
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Other Birds
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Addison Allen
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it's named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story.
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Brilliance Audio should be ashamed.
- By joydox on 08-31-22
- Other Birds
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Addison Allen
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
Good, light fluff - like eating a marshmallow
Reviewed: 09-29-23
This was a heartwarming story, some childhood traumas were lightly touched on, and certain abuse alluded to, but overall the tone stayed light even on these dark topics. The character of Zoey was a little unbelievable, and the narrator’s accents were way too much. But it was an overall nice fluffy story with all happy endings. Also, there is minimal mystery here.
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Spells for Forgetting
- A Novel
- By: Adrienne Young
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Dan Bittner, Mark Deakins, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
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Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming.
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A love story
- By Anonymous User on 01-07-23
- Spells for Forgetting
- A Novel
- By: Adrienne Young
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Dan Bittner, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Ari Fliakos, Dawn Harvey, Carrington MacDuffie, Kirsten Potter, Oliver Wyman
Good, not great
Reviewed: 09-25-23
Was an interesting enough listen, good for a fall afternoon. Most of the narration was good, with a few exceptions.
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Mexican Gothic
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
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Lacking, Disappointing, Not Developed
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 07-10-20
- Mexican Gothic
- By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Solid
Reviewed: 09-01-23
The descriptions were excellent. Good storyline, unique and interesting. The end was maybe a little less tightly written than I had hoped for, but overall very good.
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The Snow Killer
- DI Barton, Book 1
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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A family is gunned down in the snow, but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge, and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. 50 years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather - each time it snows, another person dies.
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Refreshingly different, well done
- By wisconsinclark on 01-18-20
- The Snow Killer
- DI Barton, Book 1
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
Pretty good
Reviewed: 08-02-23
The story was interesting and well paced. The narration was fine, I didn’t have any problem listening as other reviewers had.
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Little Darlings
- A Novel
- By: Melanie Golding
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own...creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she's imagining things. A month passes. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren's side in a park. But when they're found, something is different about them.
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A creepy kind of mystery!
- By Carole Wooten on 05-22-19
- Little Darlings
- A Novel
- By: Melanie Golding
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
I have mixed feelings, none of them that strong
Reviewed: 07-31-23
It was difficult to stay interested through many parts of this book, though there were parts that were fairly interesting.
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LISK: Long Island Serial Killer
- By: Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media
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The LISK (Long Island Serial Killer) investigation began in May 2010 with the disappearance of sex worker Shannan Gilbert. In the following months, Suffolk County Police uncovered human remains from nine more murders, including those of the "Gilgo 4", all sex workers whose bodies were disposed of similarly. After years of virtually no new developments, Suffolk County Police arrested Rex Heuermann in connection with the murder of at least 3 victims. DNA evidence, cellphone records and witness accounts of a Chevrolet Avalanche truck all led to police zeroing in on Heuermann. As prosecutors ...
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great!
- By donielle Cardinale on 07-22-23
Not unbiased reporting
Reviewed: 07-25-23
Would not recommend if you are looking for something that presents all the facts of the case without bias.
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