Aidan Rea Payne
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A Calamity of Souls
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: David Baldacci, MacLeod Andrews, Sisi Aisha Johnson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
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Loved this book!!!!
- By shelley on 04-17-24
- A Calamity of Souls
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: David Baldacci, MacLeod Andrews, Sisi Aisha Johnson, Kiiri Sandy, Cary Hite
Disappointing
Reviewed: 05-10-24
I love Baldacci novels, but this one is disappointing. Baldacci is to be praised for attempting a difficult story, but it is contrived, in my opinion. It is still worth reading/listening to.
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Long Shadows
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she’d made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count—from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband—but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further.
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Well this book sure starts off with a bang…
- By shelley on 10-11-22
- Long Shadows
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
WTF?
Reviewed: 02-07-23
I suppose Baldacci was making a point that Decker is depressed and disillusioned. But really, was all the gratuitous swearing the only way to express that? I'm not prudish and and am certainly not a stranger to swearing myself, but in a book it needs to serve a purpose, IMHO.
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Sparring Partners
- Novellas
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
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Poor Jeff Daniels
- By Linda Wingrove on 05-31-22
- Sparring Partners
- Novellas
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, John Grisham
Confused
Reviewed: 06-08-22
I was confused by the three stories under one title. Maybe I am dense, but I didn’t see any relationships among the stories. Weird not to mention the other two stories on the “cover”
As far as Soarring Partners went, it ended kind of abruptly. The whole this”my was disappointing.
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Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt’s ex-boyfriend and a popular musician in the Bay Area scene, is found dead in his apartment, his cherished guitars missing, the police are convinced it’s a simple robbery. But Claire knows that nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant, Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding hints to Paul’s fate in her other cases - especially a long-ago missing girl in New York’s gritty East Village and a modern-day miniature-horse theft in Marin.
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Suspend disbelief and enjoy the ride
- By Tavish McT on 10-30-13
- Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
Best Reader Ever
Reviewed: 05-23-22
I usually don’t like women readers, especially of mystery genre books. Carol Monda is the perfect reader for the Sara Gran Clair DeWitt series
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A Gambling Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you’re hard-working, lucky, criminal - or all three. Along the way, Archer stops in Reno, where a stroke of fortune delivers him a wad of cash and an eye-popping blood-red 1939 Delahaye convertible - plus a companion for the final leg of the journey, an aspiring actress named Liberty Callahan who is planning to try her luck in Hollywood.
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PI Aloysius Archer moves to California
- By Wayne on 04-21-21
- A Gambling Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley
Neuveau Noire?
Reviewed: 05-20-21
A Gambling Man is different from the other Archer books in my opinion, which is neither good not bad. I liked this Archer more than the preceding books, and I liked the performance more - loved the male reader. I thought the book read like a modern noire genre mystery without the noire detective. Maybe that's OK too - just a little confusing. I'd say the one thing that Iobjected to in this book were several gratuitous nods to the period that are demeaning to women, gays, blacks and probably some groups I missed. I don't think any of it was necessasry to paint the picture or advance the plot. The female reader has a voice that doesn't change from one character to the next maiking it hard sometimes to tell who is speaking and doesn't help the reader develop and image of the characters.
Early in the book there are some really lame lines that make me think Baldacci phoned this one in. It got better, but once a book is off on the wrong foot its hard to set right.
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The Kings of Cool
- A Prequel to 'Savages'
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twentysomething best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Now, in his high-octane prequel, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, it is a tale of family in all its forms. As the younger generation does battle with drug dealers and crooked cops, they learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents' history.
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The truth always come home...
- By Darwin8u on 09-28-17
- The Kings of Cool
- A Prequel to 'Savages'
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
Not That Cool
Reviewed: 06-28-20
I have enjoyed Winslow’s other novels. This one is similar, but has some aspects I did not like.
Who needs one word chapters?
Ending a chapter short of a sentence and starting the next chapter by finishing the sentence is cute, but not with rapid-fire chapters.
Jumping forward and backward in time got tiresome to follow after a while.
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