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Forsaken Country
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,862
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,645
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,640
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle Voight, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate. When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid crime drama
- By Volleyball Gal on 11-11-22
- Forsaken Country
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Fantastic!
Reviewed: 12-20-24
Without giving anything away, I believe this was a Max Rupert story we needed! I finished this book with my questions answered and completely satisfied. That is all I will say, but if you are a fan of this series, you must read this one! Great stuff and I have become a huge fan of the author.
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The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73,032
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67,204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67,045
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen!
- By Lori K. on 12-14-15
- The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
Loved it!
Reviewed: 12-03-24
I listen to a lot of books on here, most of them in this genre and with the volume I read it sometimes seems like the stories run together. Not this story. It was refreshing and has everything readers of this genre would want in a story. Perfect narration choice as well. I can’t recommend enough and am thoroughly disappointed that I have to move on to another story.
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Gulliver's Travels: A Signature Performance by David Hyde Pierce
- By: Jonathan Swift
- Narrated by: David Hyde Pierce
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,682
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,183
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,177
A Signature Performance: Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce delivers an air of lovable self-importance in his rendition of the classic social satire that remains as fresh today as the day it was published.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every minute
- By Rose on 01-16-11
Can’t believe I didn’t read sooner!
Reviewed: 12-02-24
What a wonderful story! David Hyde Pierce did a fantastic job of the narration (no surprise there!). I can’t wait until my son is a little older so he can enjoy this story as well. It is a definite must read and I believe listening here in audible may be the best way to read it!
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Anathema
- By: Nick Roberts
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 183
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 172
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 172
Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage—years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment. Their bright hope for the future is darkened when a child disappears from their neighborhood. The couple becomes suspicious of a reclusive resident with a degenerative brain disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Completely gutted me.
- By Katie on 05-19-24
- Anathema
- By: Nick Roberts
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
Great story and perfect narrator.
Reviewed: 11-14-24
Joe Hempel is quickly becoming one of my favorite narrators and he was the perfect pick for this great story. The story is cruel, startling, and well paced - traits that fit us disturbed Horror readers well. After this story, I look forward to checking out what other stories Nick Roberts has to offer!
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Cradle Lake
- By: Ronald Malfi
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
When Alan Hammerstun inherits a quaint ranch house in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, he and his wife Heather seize the opportunity to leave New York and the haunting aftermath of two miscarriages. Eager to start over in the rural North Carolina town, they hope this new beginning will be the antidote to Heather's severe depression. For a time everything seems perfect. Too perfect, in fact.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A dash of Pet Sematery.....
- By Burgh on 03-17-21
- Cradle Lake
- By: Ronald Malfi
- Narrated by: David Stifel
Good story, bad choice in narrator.
Reviewed: 10-21-24
Recently discovered this author and have not been disappointed yet! I feel the only thing holding this back is the narrator. The narrator has a great voice, but it does not fit this story at all. The discrepancy in the narrator and the main character’s age is too jarring.
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The Chestnut Man
- A Novel
- By: Soren Sveistrup
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,409
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,045
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,029
A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. His calling card is a “chestnut man” - a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts - which he leaves at each bloody crime scene. Examining the dolls, forensics makes a shocking discovery - a fingerprint belonging to a young girl, a government minister’s daughter who had been kidnapped and murdered a year ago. A tragic coincidence - or something more twisted? To save innocent lives, a pair of detectives must put aside their differences to piece together the Chestnut Man’s gruesome clues.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good until it is wasn’t
- By chitty chitty bang bang on 10-09-19
- The Chestnut Man
- A Novel
- By: Soren Sveistrup
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
Exactly what you want!
Reviewed: 12-21-22
An extremely well crafted story with an incredible performance by the narrator. The pacing is perfect, which is in my opinion one of, if not the most important quality in a mystery.
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The Killing Kind
- A Charlie Parker Thriller
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 339
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 343
John Connolly takes battered ex-cop Charlie Parker on his third outing after Every Dead Thing and Dark Hollow. Still struggling with the horrific ghosts of his past, Parker is now a disillusioned private eye hired to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Grace Peltier - which neither her father nor a former US senator believes was suicide. The trail leads to a mass grave in Northern Maine where a Baptist community disappeared 40 years earlier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Needs a different narrator
- By Laurie A. Bobskill on 12-26-17
- The Killing Kind
- A Charlie Parker Thriller
- By: John Connolly
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
Wrong Narrator Choice
Reviewed: 05-23-19
I normally think it is unfair to review a book before completing it, but I am going to make an exception for this one. I can already tell the story is going to be as good as the other Charlie Parker stories, my problem is with the narrator. I don't think the narrator is bad at his job, but I am having a hard time picturing the same Charlie Parker as the one Jeff Harding portrayed. His voice and delivery makes him seem like an eager, sarcastic 20-something, which Charlie Parker is not... I would recommend listening to a sample of this before purchasing as it is rather distracting. I would like to stress again that the narrator is not bad, but would be more suited for voicing Spiderman or a puppy in a Disney animated movie. I will edit this review when I finish the book should my opinion change, but I don't have high hopes.
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Killer by Nature
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Jan Smith
- Narrated by: Angela Griffin, Robert James-Collier, Katherine Kelly, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22,572
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20,622
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20,546
What’s in a label? Are we the product of our upbringing or do we have a natural propensity towards good or evil? The eternal question of nature vs nurture is at the centre of Dr Diane Buckley’s world. A talented freelance forensic psychologist who has never quite found the key to engaging with people on a casual level, she is drafted in to examine a grisly murder – a body found in a children’s playground.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Deleted it halfway through...
- By JS on 02-04-19
- Killer by Nature
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Jan Smith
- Narrated by: Angela Griffin, Robert James-Collier, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Thomas Turgoose
Different and Interesting!
Reviewed: 02-20-19
I loved this Audible Original. I am seeing a lot of complaints about sounds effects, but I think they add to the experience and I look forward to more Originals that include them. I think if you are confused by the sounds footsteps or knocking on doors and have to rewind, you have bigger problems... My only complaint is the long music and intro/re-intro break to remind us of the title and author at the conclusion of every part, it seemed to make the story less fluid (and the only reason I am giving 4/5 overall). This story is less than 5 hours (short by my audible standards), but the author was able to give depth to all of the characters (with help from the talented voice actors who bring them to life) within that short amount of time which impressed me the most. Love them or hate them, the characters' downfalls and motivations and even histories in some cases were clearly laid out in a way that flowed with the story. Nothing was forced, nothing was rushed. We were given a short story made long by the combined talent of an author, who I will be checking out when I finish writing this, and a variety of voice actors. If you are a fan of a good mystery, I highly recommend this Audible Original.
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