J. Goodson
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A Merciful Death
- Mercy Kilpatrick, Book 1
- By: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,016
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,277
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,270
FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land — and off the grid — in rural Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This was not a well written book.
- By Jacque on 02-02-17
- A Merciful Death
- Mercy Kilpatrick, Book 1
- By: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Not enough action to keep me interested.
Reviewed: 06-06-20
This had a good story line, but it just wasn’t enough to keep me interested.
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The Playground
- A Novel
- By: Jane Shemilt
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4 out of 5 stars 131
Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very different married couples collide when their children join the same tutoring circle, resulting in illicit relationships, shocking violence, and unimaginable fallout. There’s Eve, a bougie earth mother with a well-stocked trust fund; she has three little ones, a blue-collar husband, and is obsessed with her Instagrammable recipes and lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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remarkable
- By lisa on 01-10-20
- The Playground
- A Novel
- By: Jane Shemilt
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
The Ending Leaves You feeling Incomplete
Reviewed: 02-27-20
This was a good story with lots of characters. Once I figured out who was married to whom, it really got interesting. But then, all of a sudden it just ended, leaving me still wondering what was happening.
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Dry Bones
- A Walt Longmire Mystery
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,849
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,266
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,226
When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire's jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum - until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face down in a turtle pond. With millions of dollars at stake, a number of groups step forward to claim her, including Danny's family, the tribe, and the federal government.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Have loved the Longmire series so far, but...
- By Michael on 05-15-15
- Dry Bones
- A Walt Longmire Mystery
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Kind of Boring
Reviewed: 12-22-19
Of all the “Longmire Books”. This is the only one I’ve listened to that did not hold my interest..
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A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,820
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,807
The number-one New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center - a women’s reproductive health services clinic. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter. Then he finds out that his 15-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 10-05-18
- A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
Story was very disjointed
Reviewed: 11-16-18
The whole story was hard to keep track of because it started in the middle, then skipped all over the place from character to character - and there were many! Then towards the end, it went back to the beginning . I almost just quit listening it was so confusing.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 296,451
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262,028
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Story5 out of 5 stars 261,116
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Loved The Whole Story
Reviewed: 10-12-18
This book kept my attention totally. I could hardly wait to get into my car to listen to it!
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Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,071
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,079
It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating!
- By CD9 on 06-05-18
- Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Kept Me On the Edge Of My Seat
Reviewed: 08-19-18
I listened to this while driving to and from in my car everyday, and it was so exciting from the very first page that I hated to have to get out of the car and turn the radio off. The next time I got in the car, the first thing I did was make sure my audiobook was ready to play. This is a good one from start to finish!
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Before We Were Yours
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Catherine Taber
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 88,027
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 78,804
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Story5 out of 5 stars 78,488
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I was rivetted, finished in three days.
- By Lin Cloward on 06-26-17
- Before We Were Yours
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Catherine Taber
A STORY BASED ON TRUE FACTS
Reviewed: 11-12-17
This was a wonderful story about the actual Tennessee Children's Home Society, which most people don't even know it ever existed. Based on occurrences that took place in this "children for sale" facility in Memphis, it must have been Hell on earth for the children who ended up in this place from early 1930's to 1950's. The story kept my interest throughout, and it left me feeling good in the end.
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Come Rain or Come Shine
- A Mitford Novel, Book 11
- By: Jan Karon
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,532
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,398
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,380
Over the course of 10 Mitford novels, fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh, first featured in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot, freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls. Now, Father Tim Kavanagh's adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while, maybe he and Lace Harper, his once and future soul mate, should keep their wedding simple.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfection!
- By Sara on 09-28-15
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- A Mitford Novel, Book 11
- By: Jan Karon
- Narrated by: John McDonough
AS USUAL, a heartwarming and beautiful story
Reviewed: 05-19-17
I had sort of lost track of the Mitford series, because I thought I had read all of them. But this one came along a couple of years ago, and I think the original narrator did it. I loved his narration, and the story of Lace's and Dooley's wedding was predictably riotous! Loved it's sweet ending.
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Small Great Things
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33,653
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30,660
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30,557
Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than 20 years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- By Sabrina on 11-01-16
- Small Great Things
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos
ONE OF MS. PICOULT BEST NOVELS
Reviewed: 03-08-17
What did you love best about Small Great Things?
Since I am a retired registered nurse, I was especially interested in the legal side of lawsuits concerning nurses who are trying their best to do what is right for the patient.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The young female lawyer, because, although she was certain that she was totally unprejudiced or influenced by racial differences, she found out that she wasn't
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Like the sound of her voice. She did not speak to fast or over-act.
Who was the most memorable character of Small Great Things and why?
The baby's father.
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The Virginian
- By: Owen Wister
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 451
Owen Wister’s The Virginian pre-dates the classic novels of Zane Grey and Max Brand and is considered by many to be the original Western. Dedicated to Wister’s friend and fellow outdoorsman Theodore Roosevelt, this timeless tale almost single-handedly established the cowboy archetype in literature. A quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s, the Virginian falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the harsh justice of the West.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What a Stunning Surprise this novel is!
- By Chiwiz on 09-04-12
- The Virginian
- By: Owen Wister
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN
Reviewed: 01-18-17
I enjoyed this book so much, I listened to it twice, with just one book in between. The prose was wonderful, and the listener is drawn so completely into the story that it's very hard to put it down. It's not an action-packed Western, but it is a beautiful love story that takes place in the late 1880's when the West was still pretty lawless. I highly recommend this book.
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