M. Saunders
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The Island
- A Thriller
- By: Ragnar Jónasson
- Narrated by: Amanda Redman
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday - a trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later a small group of friends go for a weekend in an old hunting lodge in Elliðaey. A place completely cut off from the outside world, to reconnect. But one of them isn't going to make it out alive. And Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is determined to find the truth in the darkness.
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HATED IT!
- By Tara on 06-16-19
- The Island
- A Thriller
- By: Ragnar Jónasson
- Narrated by: Amanda Redman
Meh.
Reviewed: 07-07-25
Not much there, there. Both slow-paced and lacking in detail, somehow. Characters make choices that don’t seem to align with their character. Plot holes galore. Lots of build up for very little payoff. I liked listening to a story set in Iceland, but the rest was very mediocre. I doubt I’ll bother with the other two books.
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The Ink Black Heart
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
- Length: 32 hrs and 42 mins
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When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.
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Great so far, but grab a physical book…
- By Stephanie on 08-30-22
- The Ink Black Heart
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
The worst Strike book.
Reviewed: 05-27-25
Yes, the chat room narration really is an obnoxious. Normally I like slow-boil books but this becomes so tedious I actually fast-forwarded through dialogue. I like these books, but Joanne’s politics are terrible and they really show themselves the most in this novel. I regret using a credit on
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Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- By: Kristina R. Gaddy, Rhiannon Giddens - foreword
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved people of African descent created it from gourds or calabashes and wood.
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Struggled with it
- By K. Williams on 12-30-22
- Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- By: Kristina R. Gaddy, Rhiannon Giddens - foreword
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
Fascinating
Reviewed: 05-24-25
Engaging and incisive writing about the history of the Banjo. I find the negative reviews telling. Narrated well.
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Not a Very Good Murderer
- By: Ronan Farrow
- Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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In this wild, genre-bending audio documentary, New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow dives deep into the strange and storied life of high-society socialite and former Miss Arizona Celia (Cece) Doane.
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Entertaining, but....
- By David P on 03-28-25
- Not a Very Good Murderer
- By: Ronan Farrow
- Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
Fascinating character study.
Reviewed: 04-27-25
I found it very interesting. Ronan Farrow is a great interviewer and the level of depth and compassion he’s able to bring to his work while also giving people the opportunity to show exactly who they are makes his journalism worthwhile. I found the reviews asking what the point is a little strange… if you can’t extrapolate the meaning that he hands you on a platter, I don’t really know what to tell you.
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The Collector
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world’s most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.
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The performance was the high point.
- By Michael D Westlund on 07-25-23
- The Collector
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Trash fire.
Reviewed: 04-26-25
Hot garbage. So predictable and irritating. I wish I had stopped sooner than I did, I would have saved myself some annoyance.
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The Hero
- Game of Chance, Book 3
- By: Susan Stoker
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Aaron Shedlock
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Any soldier who gets out of the service with his life should be happy to leave danger behind. Though his army brothers are content running their new business in Maine, Kendric “Bob” Evans isn’t ready to give up the fight. He’s been supplementing his hours with covert rescue missions organized by the FBI. But his latest charge may be more than he bargained for.
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High adrenaline, instalove action romance
- By Monika on 03-16-24
- The Hero
- Game of Chance, Book 3
- By: Susan Stoker
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Aaron Shedlock
My least favorite of the series.
Reviewed: 02-12-25
The writing is so lazy and problematic on this one. The way Colleen Stoker depicts Thailand and Thai people is so one dimensional and completely demeaning, it’s hard to even listen. It’s embarrassing. Then the whole issue of them being forced to marry? The woman at the safe house doesn’t know Marlowe is a woman but she knows they’re running from a breakout at a woman’s prison? The gaping plot holes are impossible to ignore. I liked the Protector a lot and the second book was ok… but I just get the feeling Colleen Stoker has an extremely narrow view of the world and just writes different versions of the same book over and over. I guess it’s working for her, but it doesn’t work for me.
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Black Heart
- DI Jamie Johansson, Book 7
- By: Morgan Greene
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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On the idyllic Swedish island of Gotland, another teenager is found dead. This makes 22 suicides in 17 months. Some knew each other, others didn't. There are no notes. No explanations. No reasons. Each new death rocks the island to its core, and everyone holds their breath for the next to be found ...
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More mogrenne
- By chuck90036 on 03-31-25
- Black Heart
- DI Jamie Johansson, Book 7
- By: Morgan Greene
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
Good and bad.
Reviewed: 11-26-24
Thorsen is garbage and it kind of ruins the story. He blames everything on Jamie and is intensely cowardly and hypocritical. He swears at her, manipulates and lies to her, throws her under the bus at the slightest opportunity… it’s honestly pretty gross and it’s weird that the author sees to be trying to paint him as the “nice guy.” It’s so cringey. Complex characters are good, but it’s hard to be invested in their development when you just don’t like them.
On the other hand, it’s nice that there are more characters driving the investigation and plot along. A definite improvement on the last two stories in that way.
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Ice Queen
- A Chilling Scandinavian Crime Thriller (DI Jamie Johansson, Book 6)
- By: Morgan Greene
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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DI Jamie Johansson is trying to find normality in Kurrajakk when she gets the chance to sit in on the Interpol interview linked to her last case. A pattern of mutilation and beheading on the Finnish border has Jamie's full attention, but Interpol seem more interested in the Russian connection. Begrudgingly, they let her follow up, and as usual, Jamie's nose for trouble doesn't steer her wrong.
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implausible and confusing
- By Donald R. Lyman on 12-26-24
- Ice Queen
- A Chilling Scandinavian Crime Thriller (DI Jamie Johansson, Book 6)
- By: Morgan Greene
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
Each successive story gets sillier.
Reviewed: 11-24-24
The narrator carries these novels; I don’t think I could read them rather than listen to them. The decisions the characters make are utterly insane. They drive the plot along but they make no sense and are impossible to believe. Sometimes this can be fun - in this story, it’s just frustrating. Thorsen is supposed to be the good guy, but his decisions re: Elliot/Charie show how deeply dismissive of Jamie he is. It’s weird. I could go on, because I’m annoyed I purchased this audiobook, but there isn’t much point. If you like it and it doesn’t bother you, I’m happy for you. But be aware that it’s just increasingly silly.
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Think Twice
- Myron Bolitar, Book 12
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on–until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is.
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Myron & Win
- By SP on 05-22-24
- Think Twice
- Myron Bolitar, Book 12
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
Good times
Reviewed: 09-19-24
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this novel as I’ve only read two others from Harlan Coben, but it was a lot of fun. As others have said, it does drag a bit in the middle, but the end really gets you right in the gut. I need more fun listens in my life, so I’m glad there is plenty more form Coben to check out.
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Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....
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Excellent Story, Distracting Sound Engineering
- By Tom on 05-20-10
- Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Meh.
Reviewed: 08-19-24
It was entertaining, but I found what passed for the author’s philosophy on technology, science and (unfortunately) women garbled and inconsistent. The plot had holes a mile wide, and these things kept taking me out of the story. He could have also used a better editor. Peyote mushrooms? Couldn’t help laughing at that one. Peyote is a cactus.
I wasn’t annoyed by the narration so much as others were. There were weird moments where he ran sentences together and there was a lot of sighing and huffing into the mic, but overall he has a charming voice that actually lent likability to the main character. I’m going to give the second book and shot and hope it gets better.
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