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The Chaos Agent
- Gray Man, Book 13
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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Someone is killing the world's leading experts on robotics and computers. A desperate Russian scientist approaches Court Gentry and Zoya Zakharova to ask for their protection, but before they can help, they are attacked by a team of professional assassins. They escape, but wherever they turn, it's clear that whoever's tracking them is always going to be one step ahead. With a danger of this level, there's no choice but to attack into the threat.
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This is Controlled Chaos…
- By shelley on 02-21-24
- The Chaos Agent
- Gray Man, Book 13
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Disappointing
Reviewed: 03-04-24
I have read all of the Gray Man books, and loved them all; however this one doesn't meet the standard. Too much time is spent describing the fighting/battle/struggle, etc. And oddly enough, very little time is spent with the Gray Man himself. This book was all about a lot of other villains and a very hard to believe plot. The end leaves the reader/listener hanging with no resolution of the Court/Zoya situation, which I think means "...now you will have to buy another book to find out what happens..." The performance was superb, as always with Jay Snyder, but I honestly would not recommend this book. I am suprised at all the reviews that state this is Greaney's best Gray Man book ever. It surely is not. Maybe the Gray Man has jumped the shark?
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The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- By: Helen Carr
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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John Gaunt was the son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV, and the sire of all those Tudors. He has had pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’s crown and the focus of hatred in the Peasants’ Revolt, as they torched his home, the Savoy Palace. Helen Carr paints a complex portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, and patronized the arts.
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Excellent historical reference
- By Virginia Robertshaw on 06-10-21
- The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- By: Helen Carr
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
Excellent, engaging, enlightening, enjoyable
Reviewed: 10-03-23
Written and read in an understandable and pleasing manner. No dry history here, but a tale of real events lived by real people.
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Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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From the number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels comes an all-new explosive thriller featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man.... Court Gentry was the CIA's best agent. Until the day the agency turned against him and put out a kill-on-sight order. That's when the enigmatic international assassin called the Gray Man was born - and Court has been working for himself ever since.
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Excellent GRAY MAN book - I can't wait for more...
- By shelley on 02-17-16
- Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Writing is amazingly creative and incredibly good
Reviewed: 08-13-22
This is my fifth Gray Man book. All of them are superbly written. Jay Snyder is a talented reader and brings the stories to life with his mastery of accents and his interpretation of the different characters. The book never gets boring or slow. So impressive how Greaney develops the plot and the characters with such creativity. There is nothing predictable in this book. I am totally hooked on the Gray Man and look forward to reading all the rest of the books in this series.
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Virgil Wander
- By: Leif Enger
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives, but his language and memory are altered, and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town.
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Not a Minnesota Accent
- By Caritas on 10-09-18
- Virgil Wander
- By: Leif Enger
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Quirky Characters, Subtle Humor
Reviewed: 08-16-21
"Virgil Wander" is a fun book to read. The characters are many, and memorable. The setting is a tiny town in Northern Minnesota where nothing much ever happens, until things start happening. Virgil is recovering from a car accident that landed him and his car in Lake Superior. The concussion he received causes him to "lose" words, and the way he describes this problem to the reader is very humorous. The narration is excellent with just the right touch of "Minnesota-Speak". Throughout the book, Virgil struggles with the after effects of his accident but manages to go on without too much inconvenience. Unlike crime novels, or mysteries, this book doesn't seem to have a destination, which might bother some listeners. But the easy-going, good natured Virgil just lives his life, encounters challenges, interacts with people, and shares his thoughts with the reader. The characters in this book are believable and could be people that anyone might know or stop to chat with.
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The Guest List
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
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I stand corrected
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 06-03-20
- The Guest List
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble
First Hand Accounts from Each Character
Reviewed: 05-31-21
This is the first Audible book I have listened to that has several narrators. I was a bit hesitant at first, but as the book progressed I found that hearing from each character as though he/she were speaking directly to me, was very effective. The narrators do not speak to each other - as in a dialog - but they speak directly to the reader/listener. The book is written well and each character has their own story to tell. There were plenty of surprises near the end of the book, that made everything else make sense. This is an excellent book - surprising plot lines, excellent narration (including Irish accents), and full exposure of human nature.
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Broken Ice
- The Nils Shapiro Series, Book 2
- By: Matt Goldman
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Nils Shapiro has been hired to find missing Linnea Engstrom, a teenager from the small northern hockey town of Warroad, Minnestota. Most of Warroad is in Minneapolis for the state high school hockey tournament, and Linnea never returned from last night's game. Linnea's friend Haley Housch is also missing - and soon found dead.
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Super smart procedural with a touch of sarcasm...
- By shelley on 06-16-18
- Broken Ice
- The Nils Shapiro Series, Book 2
- By: Matt Goldman
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Best Narration Ever
Reviewed: 05-31-21
Since I began listening to Audible books - some 80 books ago - I have never been as impressed with a narrator as I am with MacLeod Andrews. He made each character come alive with their own voice. In some cases, I was convinced that there was more than one narrator, his interpretation was so good. The book itself was good, although there were times when I felt frustrated that the plot wasn't moving fast enough. As a Minnesotan, I too noticed the mispronunciation of Wayzata, and Yooper, but that didn't detract from the story. I do think that with a couple of the characters, Andrews hit the "Minnesota-speak" spot on. Unlike some mysteries I have read, I felt that the happenings in this book were believable, and could take place in Minnesota. This is my first exposure to Matt Goldman, Nils Shapiro, and MacLeod Andrews. I will be going back for more.
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The Killer Across the Table
- Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Jonathan Groff
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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In The Killer Across the Table, John E. Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler, number one New York Times best-selling author, and inspiration for Netflix’s Mindhunter, delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to help crack some of America’s most challenging cases.
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Excellent narration, finally some new insight
- By T. Kennedy on 05-17-19
- The Killer Across the Table
- Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Jonathan Groff
Excellent Book - Distracting Reader
Reviewed: 02-19-21
Very interesting book. Hard to listen to the reader since all words that end in t sound like -ta. Overemphasis of the ending T on words gets to be annoying, and eventually listening for the ta ending, overcomes interest in the book.
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Beneath the Mountain
- A Novel
- By: Luca D'Andrea
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and his partner, Mike, made a reality show about roadies that skyrocketed them to fame. But now Salinger's left that all behind, to move with his wife, Annelise, and young daughter, Clara, to the remote part of Italy where Annelise grew up - the Alto Adige. Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains more Austro than Italian.
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Excellet Narration - Unusual Story
- By Katy of Bookopolis on 11-16-19
- Beneath the Mountain
- A Novel
- By: Luca D'Andrea
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
Excellet Narration - Unusual Story
Reviewed: 11-16-19
It took a couple of chapters for me to get into this book. I thought at first that there was too much meandering going through details that seemed irrelevant to the story. But I was patient and kept going. Eventually everything tied together and I understood why the author laid things out the way he did. The story takes place in northern Italy, where the people speak German. The narrator did a marvelous job with a German accent, and the unique voices for the many characters in the book. The motive for the crime which is the topic of the book, seemed to have been made clear several times, but then changed. Every time it seemed that all the facts had come out, and the culprit had been exposed, things turned upside down, and the facts were not at all what they had seemed to be. I thought that this book was unusual - it is unlike anything I have ever read before. Somewhat strange, but intriguing, written in first person, a lot of time was spent on developing the characters and exposing their individual histories. I needed a lot of patience to get through this book. It is not the kind of book that goes straight through to the solving of the crime. Many side trips are taken - interesting ones though. The author writes almost as though this was a diary, filled with his emotions, reactions, motivations, and demons.
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Sun Storm
- By: Åsa Larsson
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the town she'd left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm attorney, Rebecka has a good reason to return: her friend, Sanna, whose brother has been horrifically murdered in the revivalist church his charisma helped create. Beautiful and fragile, Sanna needs someone like Rebecka to remove the shadow of guilt that is engulfing her, to forestall an ambitious prosecutor and a dogged policewoman.
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i cannot abide. violence to animals; esp dogs!
- By J. Kromrie on 01-19-19
- Sun Storm
- By: Åsa Larsson
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Great Story LIne
Reviewed: 09-23-19
Even though there were a couple of loose ends at the end of the book, overall, the plot was very original and engaging. The reader's voice was not exactly suited to this type of book. She sounded like she would be better suited to reading bedtime stories for children.
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Middlemarch
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
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Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon’s mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.
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Best Audible book ever
- By Molly-o on 12-25-11
- Middlemarch
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Extraordinary Narration
Reviewed: 03-16-19
With so many characters in this book, I would have had a difficult time remembering them all if I had read the book myself. Listening to this narrator however, gave me a clear sense of each character - her mastery of changing voices, her inflections, and even her ability to pronounce French, German, and the multitude of English dialects was impressive. The book itself was masterfully written and a pleasure experience.
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