Johnathon Dodrill
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Vicious Circle
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and timber, and then three other figures closing in. There was nothing he could do about it. And Joe knew that he might be their next target. The Cates family had always been a bad lot. Game warden Joe Pickett had been able to strike a fierce blow against them when the life of his daughter April had been endangered, but he'd always wondered if there'd be a day of reckoning.
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Joe Pickett returns! Terrific mystery!
- By MidwestGeek on 04-03-17
- Vicious Circle
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
Im bewildered....
Reviewed: 10-17-23
let's talk about chapter 5. I have absolutely loved this Joe Pickett series. however, after you get about 12 novels into this series, I guess the writer has decided to stop developing his main characters. I literally sat through a 20 minute chapter on some Texas hillbilly that literally has nothing important to do with the story. I'm noticing a trend with all of these authors. after they have developed their main character they have nowhere else to go. this was exhausting. I am looking for a story or series that I can connect with the characters. I want drama I want action I want suspense I want romance I want more than a 20 minute chapter on a Texas hillbilly that's talking about killing a pronghorn while sitting outside the back of his house. I could not give two Royal craps about his prison sentence whether or not he was getting scouted by a professional football team or how in the world he relates to Cates ....... I am about to get a refund on this piece of work.
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Raise the Titanic
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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Two and a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic, the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage and ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action and suspense.
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Almost Modern
- By Alex on 08-24-23
- Raise the Titanic
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Where are we going?
Reviewed: 10-06-23
The narrator, as always is incredible. however, I'm beginning to detect a pattern with a lot of these authors. For some reason they will take hours/ chapters to build the story only to have it die at the end. I have read books by Cussler, Clancy, Baldacci, Preston and child... I cannot understand why the stories branch off into 300 different little sub stories. I am literally 2 hours into this book and Dirk Pitt has been mentioned one time. I cannot for the life of me understand how you can build suspense, drama, romance, or any kind of connection with the character when they are literally not mentioned for half of the book. the book. This is exhausting. I do not think there are many authors left who can sell me a character. When I read a book I want to connect with the main character. It is impossible to do when there are literally 50 side stories going on. I don't care about these sub characters who play a 10 or 15 minute part in the story. I feel like I get to know them more than I do the main protagonist.
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The Silent Corner
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for - but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, Jane, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered...unless she does what all the grief, fear, confusion, and fury inside of her demand: find the truth, no matter what. There is no one else to speak for Jane's husband - or the others who have followed him into death at their own hands.
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Suspense, well-written
- By Townsend on 10-19-17
- The Silent Corner
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
insanely disappointed
Reviewed: 09-22-23
This has got to be one of the most drawn out, random and blathering stories I've heard in a long time. incredibly disappointing because I love Dean Koontz. This story takes hours to get to the point and still underwhelms at the end. I understand this was written as a pilot for a series of books, but I had absolutely no connection to any of the characters whatsoever. there was way too much background on insignificant characters that either wind up dying or play. no real part in the story itself. I don't even know if I'll be able to listen to the next book.
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To Tame a Land
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Rye Tyler was 12 when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he returns, only to discover that Liza has been kidnapped.
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Always Good Listening!
- By Erin on 01-10-13
- To Tame a Land
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
One of lamour's Best
Reviewed: 08-02-23
from beginning to end , the synchrony of the story is almost perfect. there are times that Lamour struggled to close out some of his feature length novels, This was not one of them. This is right up there with the daybreakers and Flint.
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Off the Grid
- A Joe Pickett Novel
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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New York Times best-selling author C. J. Box returns with a suspenseful new Joe Pickett novel. Nate Romanowski is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he is suddenly surrounded by a small team of elite professional special operators. They're not there to threaten him but to make a deal. They need help destroying a domestic terror cell in Wyoming's Red Desert, and in return they'll make Nate's criminal record disappear.
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Paranormal portents within a far-fetched plot.
- By MidwestGeek on 04-05-16
- Off the Grid
- A Joe Pickett Novel
- By: C. J. Box
- Narrated by: David Chandler
just a filler
Reviewed: 12-16-22
I have red and listened to every CJ box Joe Pickett novel. This is by far my least favorite. This was the definition of a place filler story. The entire thing could have been told in about an hour and a half. there's a ton of redundancy and the characters especially the antagonists are very weak. nothing compared to the previous Joe Pickett novels. I hope this is an anomaly going forward. This is a bad bad story
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Dance of the Thunder Dogs
- By: Kirk Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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On the reservation, Emmett Parker finds an intricate web of familial and tribal duties - and what could become a massive class action suit. Indian plaintiffs are suing the BIA for oil well funds they never received. Drawn into the controversy, Emmett is accused of murder by an investigator of his own blood, and now, the man who used to be the law is running from it.
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This has always been my favorite of the series
- By Patroo on 04-03-12
- Dance of the Thunder Dogs
- By: Kirk Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Disappointed
Reviewed: 06-20-22
to say I enjoyed the other three novels in this series immensely is an understatement! they were all building towards something and then, this happened. this novel strays so far away from the direction the others were going. and honestly by the end of it it is not even about Emmett Parker. 75% of this story centers on Michael mangus and has no hearkening back to the original stories in any way shape or form. outside of a few brief mentions of Anna turnip seed in the beginning this just goes to crap. there are large portions throughout the story where Emmet Parker is not even mentioned. overall I'm extremely disappointed I was hoping for a conclusion to the turnipseed and Parker relationship as well as more direction to image future as a b i a agent
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The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.
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The gray man talks about gentry in the 3rd person on the court
- By Safekeeper on 07-26-17
- The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
smart, fast paced, exciting and believable!
Reviewed: 06-09-21
The Gray Man was extremely entertaining. it was a nice blend of Tom Clancy and a little John wick. fast paced fun and believable. has the feel of a Tom Clancy novel without all of the tedious detail yet still delivers enough to absorb you into the story.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance
- By: Larry Millett
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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As the city of Minneapolis prepares for a visit from President William McKinley, someone else prepares for murder. On the day before the visit, a union activist is found hanged, naked, outside a ruined mansion. A placard around his neck reads "THE SECRET ALLIANCE HAS SPOKEN." Who is the alliance? What does it want? How was the victim involved with the city's corrupt mayor? And why did he possess a photograph of a prominent citizen in a compromising position?
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Best Plot, Least Holmes of First 4 in Minn. Series
- By Kerri on 10-24-20
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance
- By: Larry Millett
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
this shouldn't be a Sherlock Holmes story
Reviewed: 12-29-20
holmes Is maybe in this story for a grand total of 30 minutes. And the reference to notes by Dr Watson is annoying after quite some time.
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Badman's Pass
- By: R. W. Stone
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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Badger Kershaw was becoming a familiar figure on the frontier after the War between the States. Riding an Appaloosa with Lobo, his dog-wolf hybrid, often by his side, he was feared by most outlaws on the dodge on whom there was a bounty. It was not a savory profession, perhaps, but Kershaw was honest about what he did. Frontier lawmen for the most part were accustomed to dealing with Kershaw. When the fugitive was willing to surrender, Kershaw would bring in an outlaw alive, but it was not an option he encountered very often.
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A gripping Tale
- By Jean on 07-14-18
- Badman's Pass
- By: R. W. Stone
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
Rush to close
Reviewed: 12-15-20
The performance was fantastic! The narration could not have been better. There was inflection, dramatic pause, and just the right amount of intensity. The story however was rushed to a close. I thought the story overall was very good but the ending needed to be explained a little better.
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Dead or Alive
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- By: Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
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It is The Campus. Secretly created under the administration of President Jack Ryan, its sole purpose is to eliminate terrorists and those who protect them. Officially, it has no connection to the American government - a necessity in a time when those in power consider themselves above such arcane ideals as loyalty, justice, and right or wrong.
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Superb! More Clancy/LDP!
- By smb072 on 12-10-10
- Dead or Alive
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- By: Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Looooooong
Reviewed: 07-13-20
There was a lot of positives about this book. it was a great continuation to teeth of the tiger. however the first three to four hours of the book laid out so many story arcs that were completely unnecessary. Great ending in the middle really started to piece together some missing links from the first book but, overall they took way too long to get to the point. Lou diamond Phillips was absolutely fantastic with the narration.
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