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My Father's House
- Rome Escape Line, Book 1
- By: Joseph O'Connor
- Narrated by: Barry Barnes, Stephen Hogan, Barnaby Edwards, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war’s outcome is far from certain. Diplomats, refugees, and escaped Allied prisoners flee for protection into Vatican City; at one fifth of a square mile, it's the world’s smallest state, a neutral, independent country within Rome. A small band of unlikely friends led by a courageous Irish priest is drawn into deadly danger as they seek to help those seeking refuge.
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Interminable
- By Stanner on 03-11-23
- My Father's House
- Rome Escape Line, Book 1
- By: Joseph O'Connor
- Narrated by: Barry Barnes, Stephen Hogan, Barnaby Edwards, Laurence Bouvard, Aoife Duffin, Gertrude Toma, David John, Roberto Davide, Thomas Hill
Rome during WW2
Reviewed: 02-26-25
It is probably better to read this book rather than to listen. The story switches between the war years and the 1960's creating a somewhat disjointed story.
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Play of Shadows
- Dr. Evan Wilding, Book 3
- By: Barbara Nickless
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, who’s back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin. The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a legendary flesh-eating monster.
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Need the next book!
- By EJ on 12-14-23
- Play of Shadows
- Dr. Evan Wilding, Book 3
- By: Barbara Nickless
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Interesting concept but very predictable
Reviewed: 01-23-25
Very predictable not a lot of suspense. Character development was minimal. Glad I got this on sale
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The London House
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian. But pleasantries are cut short. Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover. Determined to find answers and save her family’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family’s ancestral home in London.
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The bones of the story were great
- By Carmen Gibson on 01-26-22
- The London House
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
Somewhat entertaining but long winded at times
Reviewed: 12-24-24
There were parts of the story that make no sense…why would you fly to London from Boston when there are several direct flights a day from Boston to London. Poor research.
The family is supposedly based in Boston but the narrator did not pronounce aunt as a Bostonian would do. Poor prep on the actors part.
There were parts where there was filler that didn’t add a lot to the overall story
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The Ambassador
- The Diplomat, Book 1
- By: Tom Fletcher
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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In the aftermath of a global pandemic, a beautiful and charismatic human rights activist is murdered live on the internet at the British Embassy in Paris. It is a mystery that no one wants solved.
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The only Brittish spy novel that you figure it out chapters Before the spy
- By Amazon Customer on 08-16-24
- The Ambassador
- The Diplomat, Book 1
- By: Tom Fletcher
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
The only Brittish spy novel that you figure it out chapters Before the spy
Reviewed: 08-16-24
The confusion was obvious midway through the book but you had to slog through drivel to get to the end
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The Power Couple
- By: Alex Berenson
- Narrated by: Steven Weber, Marin Ireland
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Two well-behaved, healthy teenage children. Important government jobs - Rebecca working in counterterrorism for the FBI, Brian serving as a coder for the NSA. Seeking to revive their strained relationship, they decide for their 20th wedding anniversary to take their two kids, Kira and Tony, on a European getaway. They have a blast…until one night in Barcelona when Kira doesn’t come home from a dance club. She’s gone. Abducted.
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Weird novel by Alex Berenson
- By Wayne on 03-18-21
- The Power Couple
- By: Alex Berenson
- Narrated by: Steven Weber, Marin Ireland
Fast paced thriller
Reviewed: 05-18-24
Good narration
Fast paced thriller — at times a little predictable but such is the genre
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Stranger in the Woods
- By: Anni Taylor
- Narrated by: Harriet Gordon-Anderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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Photographer Isla Wilson is thrilled she's landed her dream job, but the clients who hired her are getting stranger by the day. It sounded so perfect—a month's assignment at the lush Scottish Highlands property of architect Alban McGregor, and his wife, Jessica. But in the woods, there's a playhouse with a chilling history. Two years ago, the McGregors' daughter Elodie was abducted and then died in that playhouse. The townspeople insist her abductor had to be a stranger in their town. Alban refuses to knock the playhouse down, even keeping a picture of it on his wall.
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Good book!
- By Tammy garrett on 09-13-22
- Stranger in the Woods
- By: Anni Taylor
- Narrated by: Harriet Gordon-Anderson
Rambling with huge gaps and no flow
Reviewed: 03-20-24
Half of this story makes no sense and no information is provided to really understand the plot. The main character is one dimensional and frankly unbelievable.
I keep vowing never to order another “only from audible” as generally they are terrible. Once again another wasted credit.
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Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist - someone Nick has never heard of - has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he’ll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that shattered his life twenty years ago.
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2020 Release BS
- By Amazon Customer on 10-12-20
- Trust No One
- With Bonus Audio Short Story, "The Awakening," a Prelude
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Great narrator — made the book
Reviewed: 02-06-24
If Scott Brick hadn’t been narrating this book, I probably would have given up as the story line needs some editinh
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Need to Know
- A Novel
- By: Karen Cleveland
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes. She thought she knew her husband inside and out. But now she wonders if it was all a lie. How far will she go to learn the truth? And does she really...need to know?
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- Not
- By Mel on 02-03-18
- Need to Know
- A Novel
- By: Karen Cleveland
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
Completely ridiculous story
Reviewed: 10-02-23
This has to be the stupidest spy story that I have ever read/listened to. The outcome is completely predictable. Worse is how the female protagonist is portrayed. She comes off as a complete idiot and oblivious to everything around her.
Don’t waste a credit.
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The Midnight Lock
- Lincoln Rhyme, Book 15
- By: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment’s supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith”, can break through any lock or security system ever devised.
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Once again…
- By shelley on 12-02-21
- The Midnight Lock
- Lincoln Rhyme, Book 15
- By: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Fast paced and good narration
Reviewed: 09-05-23
Once again great narrator.
Story is entertaining with some good twists and appropriate pace.
Characaters can be somewhat one dimensional but they are still likeable.
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One Last Secret
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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A week at a beautiful chateau in the south of France—it should be a straightforward final job for Dora. She’s a smart, stunning and discreet escort, and Daniel has paid for her services before. This time, all she has to do is to convince the assembled guests that she is his girlfriend. Dora is used to playing roles and being whatever men want her to be. It’s all about putting on a front.
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Tedious and unbelievable
- By Stacey on 02-16-23
- One Last Secret
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Terrible Narration and the story needs a good editor
Reviewed: 08-30-23
This story has a lot of potential however there are many times when the story drags with commentary that is simplistic and adds nothing to the story line. This, with a good editor this story could be much more enjoyable.
The narrator is not engaging and I kept falling asleep as I listened.
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