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Desert Star
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,162
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,266
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,211
A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. But after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her own ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving “the Late Show” to rebuild and lead the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Michael Connelly never disappoints!
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 11-08-22
- Desert Star
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles
Struggled to finish
Reviewed: 12-16-22
Tough slog until the end. Loved the Bosch in Key West chapters. A brief reminder why I fell in love with the series many years ago, but gone are days when the city itself was a character in Connelly novels. I know he presently has a lot of irons in the fire but now it’s flimsy Law & Order story lines and grievance politics. Hate to see Bosch go. I will miss him.
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The Dark Hours
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,253
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,180
There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much Covid; not enough Bosch
- By sdhaase1 on 11-13-21
- The Dark Hours
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
Not a Bosch Novel
Reviewed: 11-30-21
This is a Ballard novel with a dusting of Bosch and I struggled to finish it. A lot of meaningless filler and terrible dialogue. Not sure how many more “Bosch” novels I will make it through.
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The Ultimate Evil
- The Search for the Sons of Sam
- By: Maury Terry
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 24 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 638
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 554
The true crime cult classic that inspired an upcoming Netflix documentary series and companion podcast, The Ultimate Evil follows journalist Maury Terry’s terrifying investigation into the true evil behind the Son of Sam murders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exquisitely researched.
- By Anonymous User on 04-24-21
- The Ultimate Evil
- The Search for the Sons of Sam
- By: Maury Terry
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
A Wild Ride
Reviewed: 05-22-21
It would be mathematically impossible for every branch of this story to be connected but there is certainly enough smoke that it is hard for me to not believe there is fire somewhere.
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The Fighting Bunch
- The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution
- By: Chris DeRose
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story5 out of 5 stars 128
The incredible, untold story of the WWII vets who overthrew their corrupt hometown government - the only successful armed rebellion on US soil since the War of Independence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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epic!
- By jned on 11-04-20
- The Fighting Bunch
- The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution
- By: Chris DeRose
- Narrated by: David de Vries
An Almost Unbelievable Story
Reviewed: 11-07-20
Heard DeRose on Michael Malice and couldn’t get my hands on this fast enough. Like something you would see in a low budget 1970s movie except it’s true.
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Fair Warning
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles, Zach Villa
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,602
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,848
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,828
Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack investigates - against the warnings of the police and his own editor - and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Entertaining, as always
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 05-26-20
- Fair Warning
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles, Zach Villa
Good story. Overly dramatic narration
Reviewed: 06-01-20
made the dialogue seem forced and unbelievable. Also Jack McEvoy is annoying. No wonder Rachel doesn’t want anything to do with him.
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But What If We're Wrong?
- Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,456
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,296
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,291
We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions invert. What once seemed reasonable eventually becomes absurd, replaced by modern perspectives that feel even more irrefutable and secure - until, of course, they don't.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another bad review for the narrator
- By Matty N on 06-13-16
- But What If We're Wrong?
- Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Fiona Hardingham
Vintage Klosterman
Reviewed: 08-09-16
The only the thing that would make this book better is if Chuck read it himself......And also released an accompanying version of Fargo Rock City.
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Caught
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie, Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,628
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,845
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,839
Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Duped
- By Geoffrey T. Bieniek on 03-29-10
- Caught
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie, Danny Campbell
Ok Story. Ok Narration.
Reviewed: 05-20-16
Narrator ok except one voice sounds like Patty and Selma from Simpsons. Another like Bobby from King of the Hill. Very distracting.
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Gone for Good
- A Novel
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,018
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,486
As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent twists and turns
- By Ed on 10-08-07
- Gone for Good
- A Novel
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Good story. Bad narration. Corrupt audio
Reviewed: 04-12-16
Narrator has a very distracting cadence. Drags out every few words. Makes every sentence sound menacing. Also there is faint background audio track that can be heard in chapter breaks and narrator pauses. Sounds as though someone else is reading a book in the background.
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The Burning Room
- Harry Bosch, Book 17
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,823
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,755
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,716
In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but all other evidence is virtually nonexistent. Now Bosch and rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marketing Meets Art--Art Loses
- By Rossputin on 11-04-14
- The Burning Room
- Harry Bosch, Book 17
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
Really like Welliver's Bosch
Reviewed: 12-21-15
Titus Welliver brings a different approach to narration. No overly dramatic readings. No conversation contexts changed because you're a voice actor and have to prove it. Just Bosch as I imagine him. Even keel. No nonsense.
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The Reversal
- Harry Bosch, Book 16 (Mickey Haller, Book 3)
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,887
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,246
Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly executed
- By Andrew Pollack on 10-11-10
- The Reversal
- Harry Bosch, Book 16 (Mickey Haller, Book 3)
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
Bosch and Haller
Reviewed: 11-27-15
The best of both worlds. The narration is not the best but a great story nonetheless.
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