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The Verdict
- By: Nick Stone
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,679
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,973
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,954
Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk desperately trying to get promoted when he is given the biggest opportunity of his career: to help defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, is not only someone he knows but someone he loathes. This case could potentially make Terry's career, but how can he defend a former friend who betrayed him?
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5 out of 5 stars
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What Goes Around Comes Back Around!!!
- By R. Pontiflet on 02-14-16
- The Verdict
- By: Nick Stone
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
Not a realistic courtroom drama
Reviewed: 05-28-23
Entertaining enough, but not realistic. The lead character does too many stupid things, even though he clearly knows better. The courtroom proceedings are in too many instances unrealistic. Once a key witness is killed, the defense team, now knowing the truth, could have created a strong defense, but somehow this did not occur to them. The narrator did a nice job, but a good reading cannot elevate a mediocre book to a good one.
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Damaging Evidence
- A Novel
- By: Al Macy
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 255
Attorney Garrett Goodlove never thought he'd prosecute a medical malpractice case. Doctors swear an oath to help people, and those cases are usually honest mistakes blown up by ambulance chasers. But when he learns of a woman bodybuilder who went into the ER with a case of heartburn and came out in a wheelchair, he starts paying attention. It appears the doctor who saw her frequently orders open-heart surgery for patients who don't need it, sometimes leading to disability or death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent plot with outstanding narration!
- By Wayne on 06-25-20
- Damaging Evidence
- A Novel
- By: Al Macy
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
Only for Undiscriminating Readers of Legal Fiction
Reviewed: 05-11-22
The subject of this book, a doctor who performs unnecessary procedures, is a good one, although hardly novel. However, as a retired lawyer, I find that the supposedly smart plaintiffs' lawyers make stupid mistakes that are simply unbelievable, including regarding so-called "smoking gun" evidence. In a major malpractice case, each side would take the depositions of all material witnesses identified by the other side. This eliminates most surprise testimony. That was apparently not the case here. Also, two characters are stereotypes, which I found offensive. I won't disclose the outcome, but if I did I would point out that there are real world important issues that the author fails to address.
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The List
- By: J. A. Konrath
- Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,401
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,231
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,227
They are ten strangers with one thing in common: A mysterious tattoo on the bottom of their feet. None of them know how it got there or what it means. One of them is a homicide cop who’s determined to find out. All of them are marked for death - because they’re next on...The List. The explosive thriller from bestselling author J.A. Konrath, The List takes you deep inside a top-secret techno-conspiracy that’s too shocking to comprehend, too insidious to detect, and far too powerful to stop....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better than expected
- By Sammie on 07-19-19
- The List
- By: J. A. Konrath
- Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie
A waste of time
Reviewed: 11-01-21
The premise of this novel is preposterous, the characters don't match what is known about the people they are supposed to be (shoddy research), and it is impossible to suspend belief given the number of holes in the story. Much of the story is plain silly. Save your credit and time.
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Flux
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,301
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,919
Lost in time, the town of Black Creek, Kentucky becomes home to temporal layers of people, creatures, and monsters from disparate eras. Journey beyond the time of humanity and witness the rewriting of mankind’s genesis. For Owen McCoy, a typical day on the job as head of security for Synergy, a research company conducting mysterious experiments, is boring at best. And that’s the way he likes it. Patrolling the Appalachian mountainside, where his now deceased father taught him how to hunt, is relaxing and connects him to the past.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Immature "Young Adult" Sci-Fi with F words
- By Lawrence R. Spencer on 09-16-19
- Flux
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Don't waste your time
Reviewed: 03-07-20
The story is preposterous, the science is way off, the characters are paper thin, and the writing is mediocre.
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From Here to Eternity
- By: James Jones
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
- Length: 36 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 466
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 382
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Story4 out of 5 stars 384
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood...and, possibly, their death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius on Every Level
- By aaron on 06-13-13
- From Here to Eternity
- By: James Jones
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
Has not aged well
Reviewed: 09-11-16
What did you like best about From Here to Eternity? What did you like least?
The book was probably considered bold for its time, but the writing distracts from what is otherwise a good story. Throughout the book Jones employs a strange and irritating use of adverbs in describing what the characters say (e.g., "he said pleasedly" and "he said relievedly"). There is also an undertone of antisemitism that, in my opinion, doesn't just reflect the attitudes of the characters. Also, the two key male characters do one stupid, self-destructive thing after another based on their own unique moral standards in the case of Prewitt (like The Fountainhead) or because they just don't give a damn in the case of Warden.
How could the performance have been better?
With one major flaw which I never got used to, the reading was fine. The reader employed an exaggerated, unrealistic accent for the character Maylon Stark.
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Damascus Gate
- By: Robert Stone
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
Christopher Lucas, unsure of his own beliefs, is wandering through Jerusalem, working on an article about religious mania. When he meets Sonia Barnes, dusky nightclub singer, devoted Sufi and mystic, he is entranced. As Sonia helps Lucas meet some of the visionaries and gurus who fill the city, the two suddenly find that they have become pawns in a fanatical bombing plot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much to learn
- By W.Denis on 11-01-09
- Damascus Gate
- By: Robert Stone
- Narrated by: George Guidall
a Unique Novel
Reviewed: 05-22-15
If you could sum up Damascus Gate in three words, what would they be?
Beautifully written story
What did you like best about this story?
The writing and a story unlike any other
What about George Guidall’s performance did you like?
He always does a good job
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
Any additional comments?
I recommend this book to anyone who loves elegant prose that doesn't call attention to itself (in other words, its not overdone). It also tells a modern-day story that that is intriguing and doesn't remind me of anything else I have ever read. Highly recommended.
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