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A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process...When another child disappears a hundred miles north in the Highlands, Jack is sent to lead the investigation and bring the boy home. But as similarities between the two cases grow, could it be that Jack caught the wrong man all those years ago?
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High hopes dashed: not just a little bit of child and animal torture
- By greyhound on 07-01-20
- A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
Highly Recommended - Enjoyable Read
Reviewed: 11-20-24
The book stands out as well written, attention grabbing, with strong characterization, I laughed out loud a couple of times and squirmed at the scenes of cruelty. It’s perfect for fans of police procedurals.
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Reunion in Death
- In Death, Book 14
- By: J. D. Robb
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to over a hundred friends and family shouting, "surprise!" It was his birthday. Although he had known about the planned event for weeks, the real surprise was yet to come. At 8:45 p.m., a woman with emerald eyes and red hair handed him a glass of champagne. One sip of birthday bubbly, and he was dead.
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Great Backstory for Roarke!
- By Zyva on 12-02-13
- Reunion in Death
- In Death, Book 14
- By: J. D. Robb
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
I’m hooked on the “in Death” Series
Reviewed: 05-20-24
Each book in this series sparkles, no matter how many you’ve read. Nora Roberts’ “in Death” books are proven winners.
Susan Ericksen’s performance is outstanding. She uses a variety of clearly defined voices and reads in a way that illuminates the story. Bravo, Ms Ericksen!
I’m hooked on this series. When I finish one I download the next one. I think it’s because the characters are so appealing and the storylines aren’t repetitive. Each book has the characters you love, and the familiar plot structure, yet stands on its own.
The characters are larger than life, but aren’t caricatures. They have a backstory and their complex personalities and relationships develop during the series.
As I describe Eve and Roark below, it sounds like I’m poking fun at them. But here’s the thing, all their characteristics make the stories interesting.
New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas dedicates her life to finding justice for victims. She relentlessly hunts down the villains, often at the expense of her own physical and mental health. She has a hair trigger temper and shouts a lot, but she has a good heart and those close to her love and admire her. (BTW, she catches the criminal every time. This should not be a spoiler.)
Her husband, Roark, the wealthiest man in the known universe, is also brilliant, drop-dead handsome, incredibly sexy, charming, and dangerous.
Eve and Roark are madly in love, and both having strong (titanium-reinforced) wills, they quarrel. The arguments often end with a roll in the hay, or in the elevator, or in the shower…... You can count on a few steamy scenes in every book. Their sex life seems too good to be true. No one could make love so often, or have so many organisms at a time. Could they? And what is all the biting about? Well, maybe I’m just jealous.
And there’s more! The goofy sidekicks, the humor, the poignancy…..
I hope you give the series a try if you haven’t already and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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Evil Woman
- Country Club Murders, Book 14
- By: Julie Mulhern
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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More murder. More mayhem. More Ellison and anarchy.
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Back from Honeymoon
- By Grandma on 11-01-22
- Evil Woman
- Country Club Murders, Book 14
- By: Julie Mulhern
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Delightful Read - highly recommended
Reviewed: 11-26-23
This book was a pleasure to read like all the books in this series. In fact, the books are getting better and better. I love the predicaments Ellison get into. I also enjoy the wacky characters. Setting the series in an exclusive country club during the 1970s is just perfect.
The books are fanciful, so expect the plot to stretch believably and to be similar in each book. Somehow that doesn’t detract from how much I enjoy them.
I highly recommend this book.
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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
- A Novel
- By: Elle Cosimano
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Finlay Donovan is killing it...except, she’s really not. The new book she promised her literary agent isn’t written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head.
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So fun!
- By M on 03-15-21
- Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
- A Novel
- By: Elle Cosimano
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Easy and Fun
Reviewed: 02-16-23
The characters are interesting and the story is fresh. I’d recommend it to someone who appreciates excellent narration, good writing, a bit of crime, a little mystery, and some romance.
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Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
- By Amazon Customer on 05-16-19
- Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
Sex and Suspense
Reviewed: 10-26-22
A good read if you’re interested in explicit and non-kinky sex between consenting adults. The plot is suspenseful, but too far-fetched. I’ve been wondering if this is a new genre.
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Murder in the Courthouse
- A Hailey Dean Mystery, Book 3
- By: Nancy Grace
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Hailey Dean, the prosecutor who's never lost a case, heads to Savannah as an expert witness on the sensational Julie Love-Adams murder trial, but she soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery and an unexpected love affair. At the baggage claim, Hailey is greeted by the handsome Lieutenant Chase Billings. On their way to her hotel, they hear an all-points bulletin for a murder that has just been committed.
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Predictable
- By Ellie on 12-01-20
- Murder in the Courthouse
- A Hailey Dean Mystery, Book 3
- By: Nancy Grace
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Don’t Waste Your Time
Reviewed: 05-10-22
It’s trite, predictable, and the heroine is too, too perfect. She’s so amazing she’s able to save herself while dying with the inspiration of a hallucination using a move that would make a contortionist envious, and using a symbolic object. I listened for free, but honestly, it was a waste of time.
BTW, the narrator was okay and her Southern accent didn’t bother me like it did other listeners.
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The Cuckoo's Cry
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Aimee Horne
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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On the eve of the global lockdown, Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a pretty girl with pink-tipped hair, claiming to have nowhere to go. He allows her entry, and so begins a mystery set in unprecedented times: with the virus raging outside their home, the girl cannot be asked to leave, but what does he risk by having her stay?
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Slow burning Aussie suspense in the time of COVID
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 07-04-20
- The Cuckoo's Cry
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Aimee Horne
A Story You’ll Remember
Reviewed: 07-20-21
I highly recommend this to everyone.
The plot is different from the usual mystery. It’s suspenseful and surprising. The characters are believable.
I love a good mystery novel like this one. It’s got a fresh plot and interesting and believable characters. The narrator is terrific. She gives each character their own voice.
Some of the mysteries I’ve read are forgettable - predictable, with standard characters. I can’t remember their titles or what they ate about. But, this book is different. I’ll think about the plot of The Cuckoo’s Cry for a long time and I won’t forget its name.
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Dead of Winter
- The Jeremy Winter Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Tom Threadgill
- Narrated by: Austin Walp
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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When the fingers of dead women start showing up in the Supreme Court’s mail, ex-FBI Agent Jeremy Winter is brought back to the Bureau to aid in the investigation. Agent Maggie Keeley, his girlfriend and now boss, leads the search for the serial killer. Together, Jeremy and Maggie learn the five remaining cities on the murderer’s list, but they have no idea when the killer will strike or whom he will target. When they stumble upon a clue at the scene of a young woman’s death, the case focuses on an abandoned ramshackle home in sparsely populated west Texas.
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Good procedural...
- By shelley on 12-12-19
- Dead of Winter
- The Jeremy Winter Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Tom Threadgill
- Narrated by: Austin Walp
So-So Book and Narrator
Reviewed: 07-18-21
Sadly, the book isn’t very good. It’s l not suspenseful or particularly believable.
The characters banter and make bad jokes and wise cracks, even in situations when they should be fear stricken, or devastated by a tragedy.
During an interrogation a law enforcement officer threatens to put the suspect in a dangerous situation unless he talks. That’s coercing testimony and forcing the suspect to self-incriminate - big no-nos. His lawyer would have gone straight to a judge for an emergency order. But the suspect talks and his lawyer does nothing.
The narrator always sounds like a man, even when speaking a woman’s or a child’s part. He doesn’t do Spanish or Middle Eastern accents well. He mispronounced some words including Louisville (he pronounced the s) and El Paso (sounded like El Posso.)
I wish I could recommend the book, but I can’t. I downloaded the package of 3 books. I’m not going to listen to the third one.
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Coming of Winter
- The Jeremy Winter Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Tom Threadgill
- Narrated by: Austin Walp
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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While investigating Blackston’s recent activities, FBI Agent Jeremy Winter stumbles upon a string of missing persons within state parks. Unable to convince his boss that Blackston’s disappearance is anything other than a lost hiker, Winter joins forces with a local police officer to continue the search. As the clues mount, a dark figure from Jeremy’s past emerges with an ultimatum - one that could force him out of the bureau. Afraid that his girlfriend, fellow agent Maggie Keeley, will be dragged into a high-stakes political game, he delays his decision.
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Looking forward to the next...
- By shelley on 08-19-19
- Coming of Winter
- The Jeremy Winter Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Tom Threadgill
- Narrated by: Austin Walp
Narrator Disappointing
Reviewed: 07-17-21
I almost always rate the narrators 5 stars. They make or break an audiobook. When you read a book you bring it alive in your own mind. When you listen to a book the narrator influences how you experience it. I’m impressed with the performances most of them give. They have so many voices and accents. They can make the characters believable and distinguishable from one another. I’m sorry to say that this narrator had a hard time sounding like a child or a woman. It detracted from the overall book.
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The Weight of Night
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Christine Carbo
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, R.C. Bray
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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In a land sculpted by glaciers, the forest is on fire. Thick smoke chokes the mountain air and casts a twilight glow over the imposing mountains and vistas of Montana's Glacier National Park. When firefighters are called in to dig fuel line breaks near the small town bordering the park, a crew member is shocked to unearth a shallow grave containing human remains.
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Another Good Installment To The Series
- By Lia on 08-21-17
- The Weight of Night
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Christine Carbo
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, R.C. Bray
Okay - a light summer listen for mystery lovers.
Reviewed: 07-12-21
The first book in the series, The Wild Inside, is the best by far. The Author was able to write a book that was believable as well as interesting, suspenseful, and a bit spooky.
The second book, Mortal Fall, is disappointing. It’s not interesting or suspenseful.
The Weight of Night, the third in the series, is ok. It’s better than the second one and not nearly as good as the first. The plot didn’t grab me. First, it is overused and predictable. However, this is the first book I’ve read where a character has a serious sleep disorder. Second, I’ve heard that a good story should show and not tell. In Weight of Night, two characters narrate the story, so you only get first hand accounts of what happens when they are present. Anything else is told to the reader second hand. It takes a lot of the life out of the story.
I recommend this book as a light summer listen for mystery lovers. Just don’t expect it to be as suspenseful as the first book.
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