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The Cellist
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3,738
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,401
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3,394
Viktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia’s richest man, he now resides in splendid exile in London, where he has waged a tireless crusade against the authoritarian kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin. His mansion in Chelsea’s exclusive Cheyne Walk is one of the most heavily protected private dwellings in London. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia’s vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov’s name off his kill list.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing. The run stops at 21 books.
- By Kristine on 07-14-21
- The Cellist
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Just terrible!
Reviewed: 08-23-21
I am a big Silve fan! I have 18 of his 21 books. This is, by far, his worst effort. I don't what happened to Silva. My disappointment centers around this...I read Silva for the escapism that is always in his books. Nothing in his earlier stories seem real or social commentary. This book is really not a story about Gabriel Allon, but a social commentary tht falls flat. I will never buy another Silva book. Sadly this book is so bad that it brings down a fine effort by the narrator Edoardo Ballerini.
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Lucky Number Eleven
- By: Adriana Locke
- Narrated by: Kai Kennicott, Wen Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
I’ve always been the person that does whatever someone tells me I can’t. Can’t graduate with a four-point-oh? Check. Can’t win a modeling contract without trying? Did it. Check. Can’t make it in the pro football league? Triple check with an MVP Award on top. When my best friend told me to stay away from his little sister, Layla, it didn’t sound like a challenge. Then again, I’d never seen her before. He obviously wasn’t thinking about who he was talking to if he believed I could ignore her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 04-29-18
- Lucky Number Eleven
- By: Adriana Locke
- Narrated by: Kai Kennicott, Wen Ross
Listen to Wen and Kai in some of Adriana's others
Reviewed: 07-24-21
Adriana has written much bettter books. She is an excellent author. What I wanted to comment on is the narrators. Wen Ross and Kai Kennicott are just wonderful! Please take the time to listen to some of their other Adriana Locke books. Try the Landry Boys books 1 and 2. Wen and Kai really read Adriana fabulously!
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My Sinful Longing
- By: Lauren Blakely
- Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Ava Erickson, Tim Paige, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,283
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,009
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,996
Some women are just off-limits. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting Elle Mariano. She’s clever, big-hearted, and the sexiest woman I’ve ever met. The thing is, she’s fighting the demons of her past and do I ever know how hard those are to battle. So I try my best to be her shoulder to lean on. Until the night we combust. And one night turns into hot, dirty days, and secret trysts. If it all sounds too good to be true, it is. Because once I learn the secret she’s keeping from me, my entire family’s future turns riskier than I ever imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 05-12-20
- My Sinful Longing
- By: Lauren Blakely
- Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Ava Erickson, Tim Paige, Scott Brick
Lauren's worst book ever!
Reviewed: 05-22-20
I read for 45 mins. If the author hasn't got into the backstory or made the characters interesting, well I'm done. This is the worst Lauren Blakley book I have read. I am not a fan of these multiple reader formats. I am a big fan of the two main readers, Ava and Zachary. It is so sad that Lauren's recent efforts have been so confused with so many parts. Let me at this point say that I own 23 Lauren Blakley books. This is more than any other author in my 300 book library. Almost all of her recent efforts are these multiple reader formats. If she continues in this direction, I am done being one of her greatest fans.
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Michael Gresham: Secrets Girls Keep
- By: John Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Got a killer in your guest room? Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney whose priest has fathered a son. The boy is now 17, acting out, and arrested for first-degree murder. The priest asks Michael to take his son into his home so he can be released on bail. Michael and his wife agree and the boy, with his snake and mice, moves in. One young client who looks guiltier with each new death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tugs at the heart strings
- By Wayne on 09-06-16
- Michael Gresham: Secrets Girls Keep
- By: John Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
Great until the last 5 minutes!
Reviewed: 07-09-19
I was going to review this book 5 stars arcoss thee board, however the last 5 minutes ruined it for me. I'm not going to say any more, but read it and see if you agree with me.
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Cleaning the Gold
- A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story
- By: Karin Slaughter, Lee Child
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin, Jeff Harding
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,390
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,238
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,235
Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a 22-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America’s military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene. But there’s a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the ex-military cop could have anticipated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want more!!!!
- By shelley on 05-09-19
- Cleaning the Gold
- A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story
- By: Karin Slaughter, Lee Child
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin, Jeff Harding
This could have really been a good book....but
Reviewed: 06-03-19
I hate cliffhangers. This book panders to those who will read the next book. That certainly won't be me.
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Past Tense
- Jack Reacher, Book 23
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,077
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,917
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,854
Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FIVE STAR BOOK And NARRATION!!!!
- By shelley on 11-05-18
- Past Tense
- Jack Reacher, Book 23
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
One of the worst Reacher books yet.
Reviewed: 11-26-18
In what is a twelve hour book, you really didn't know what was happening until 10 hours had elapsed. Besides the poor structure of the book, the context of the book is a theft of the movie HARD TARGET. At least in Hard Target you had much better villains!
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The Winter of Frankie Machine
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,717
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,713
Frank Machianno is a late-middle-aged ex-surf bum who runs a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront. An affable Italian with a love of people and life, he's a stand-up businessman, devoted father, and a beloved fixture in the community. He's also a hit man - specifically, a retired hit man. Back in the day when he was one of the most feared members of the West Coast Mafia, he was known as Frankie Machine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Five stars straight across the board
- By Eric Taylor on 06-28-12
- The Winter of Frankie Machine
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
One of the best Audible books ever!
Reviewed: 10-13-18
This book though it is R rated (violence) it is terrific. Don Winslow is an exceptional writer. I have enjoyed every book of his I have listened to. I now plan to put all of his books in my library..I couldn't stop listening to this story.. The reader, Dennis Boutsikaris, did a wonderful job and (for me) the story was compelling. You can't help but like Frankie no matter what he does. What a well crafted lead character. Great book for readers who like action!
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Barely Legal
- By: Stuart Woods, Parnell Hall
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 444
Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test as he finds himself embroiled in his most daring adventure to date.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Barely legal
- By Jennifer Rahel Conover on 11-06-17
- Barely Legal
- By: Stuart Woods, Parnell Hall
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
Not up to Stuart Woods standards
Reviewed: 10-16-17
I enjoy Stuart Woods books because of 2 things. I like his style of writing and I enjoy the characters. His books are easy reading and not crazy confusing plots. His books are enjoyable reads. I don't really know what happened, but this book is convoluted, confusing, and unlike any other Stuart Woods book I have read. Perhaps it is the vision of the guy who co-wrote the book with him...Whatever it is I didn't like it. Stuart Woods fans should listen and see if they feel as I do.
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Order to Kill
- Mitch Rapp Series
- By: Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,673
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,691
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,634
Mitch Rapp is used to winning. But in this follow-up to number-one New York Times best-selling The Survivor, the CIA operative finds himself chasing false leads from continent to continent in an effort to keep Pakistani nukes from falling into the hands of terrorists. Together with friend and colleague Scott Coleman, Rapp struggles to prevent the loss of these lethal weapons, particularly because Russia is also interested in the nukes, though not for the same reason as Rapp and Coleman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Which way to that pasture?
- By shelley on 10-11-16
- Order to Kill
- Mitch Rapp Series
- By: Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
- Narrated by: George Guidall
So Disappointing.
Reviewed: 07-31-17
What would have made Order to Kill better?
That ending is just terrible...Vince did it in an earlier story and it was much better the first time.
What does George Guidall bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
EVERYTHING!
Any additional comments?
Vince Flynn has always been my favorite author, but since his death in 2013 his FILL IN AUTHOR - KYLE MILLS - is just not doing it for me. Oh, its better than most books because it has Mitch Rapp, Irene Kennedy, and Scott Coleman, etc. and by the way GEORGE GUIDALL. GEORGE ASK THEM TO PAY YOU DOUBLE ON THE NEXT BOOK! They wouldn't make all that money without George. The Good Lord knows its not the writing!
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War Shadows
- Tier One Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,821
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,987
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,954
John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States’ most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who’s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows. From the deserts of Iraq, through the jungles of Guatemala, to the streets of suburbia, Dempsey and his Ember team race against time to stop a series of horrific and devious attacks against the homeland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 Stars Action Packed Book A Bargain @$8.08
- By Lia on 11-03-17
- War Shadows
- Tier One Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Couldn't be much better!
Reviewed: 07-28-17
Would you listen to War Shadows again? Why?
I have been been very critical of many books I have read lately, but not this one. The hero is not superman (Jack Reacher). the story is alarmingly real and I really enjoyed the trip. IF you like military thrillers, I urge you to get this book. One comment about Ray Porter...he is one of the best narrators there is today. Get the book you won't be disappointed (Tier One, the first book in the series is just as good if you want to start at the beginning).
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