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Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,222
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,053
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,039
In this intense detective thriller instilled with philosophical, religious, and social commentary, Dostoevsky studies the psychological impact upon a desperate and impoverished student when he murders a despicable pawnbroker, transgressing moral law to ultimately "benefit humanity".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful reading, disturbing book
- By Tad Davis on 11-03-08
- Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
An outstanding presentation
Reviewed: 05-30-24
The story is incredibly simple, but its underlying concepts are profound. As a writer, I was also awed by the way he handled conversations between the characters. In every case, it was like overhearing people in real life situations. Some of the credit for that goes to the narrator. He was outstanding!
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The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,706
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,375
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,343
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved the book but needed better audio production
- By Anne Rivers on 10-29-20
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Not a mystery ... more a crime comedy
Reviewed: 04-10-24
I was hoping to take part in a mystery when I listened to this, but it's really more of a crime comedy. Lots of misdirection before solutions are provided out of the blue.
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The Man from the Broken Hills
- Talon and Chantry
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 746
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 668
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Story5 out of 5 stars 667
For years, Milo Talon had been riding the outlaw trail, looking for a man who had betrayed his family. Only Hank Rossiter wasn’t the man he had been. Old now and blind, Rossiter was trying desperately to hold on to a small ranch to support his daughter, Barbara. Suddenly Talon found himself in the middle of a range war, siding with the man he’d marked for payback. But had Rossiter really changed? And could his daughter be trusted by either of them? For Milo, getting to the truth meant a long hard fight to separate his enemies from his friends - and forgiveness from revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love L'Amout
- By Donna on 05-22-19
- The Man from the Broken Hills
- Talon and Chantry
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Mr. Andrews, please do ALL of the L'Amour westerns
Reviewed: 05-05-23
The characters and plot of this book are excellent, but it's MacLeod Andrews performance that earns the five-star rating. His voice is perfect for a traditional western story of this kind. Unfortunately for me, I'm spoiled now. I obtained the other book by L'Amour he reads (Flint), but in listening through the samples of the other L'Amour westerns on Audible, I can't find a reader that comes close to his talent. Please, please, please send more work his way Audible. For an audiobook fan like me, the reader's performance is everything, and Andrews has the energy, pacing and clarity of voice that makes a good book great and a great book unforgettable.
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Reilly's Luck
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Beau Bridges
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,240
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,085
Val Darrant was just four years old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly - a gentleman, a gambler, and a worldly, self-taught scholar. For 10 years they each were all the family the other had, traveling from dusty American boomtowns to the glittering cities of Belle Époque Europe - until the day Reilly’s luck ran out in a roar of gunfire. But it wasn’t a gambling brawl or a pack of thieves that sealed Will’s fate. It was a far more complex story that Val would soon uncover.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Read By Louis L'Amour
- By Lady M on 11-18-12
- Reilly's Luck
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Beau Bridges
Expect a fast-draw ending ... lightning fast!
Reviewed: 04-17-23
While the story feels old fashioned, you would expect that, and you'll come to enjoy the simplicity and classic nature of it. I love Jeff Bridges' TRUE GRIT character and the other western figures he has depicted in movies, and I expected something similar from his brother. Beau doesn't disappoint, though things do get a little rocky when he tries to do other accents (Irish, for example). But the real star-killer for me was the ending. It was satisfying ... but happened so fast that it was impossible to savor the "justice" of it. This book would have been so much better if the last part had been covered in several chapters and where the explanation of what happened to certain key characters could have been explored further. Still, a good western yarn with a few historical figures sprinkled in to make it feel realistic. I enjoyed it for that reason alone.
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The Hydrogen Sonata
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,602
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,436
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,433
The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture 10,000 years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilizations; they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More more more...
- By SRacerWV on 11-20-16
- The Hydrogen Sonata
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Arrived to find Walley World closed
Reviewed: 04-04-23
This book is a fascinating road trip. but it literally ends up going nowhere. Even the key characters seem to lose interest in what the have accomplished by "the end" -- if you can even call it an ending. How disappointing! That said, the characters are great and the reader was excellent. Too bad it was all for nothing and nothingness.
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A Most Remarkable Creature
- The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
- By: Jonathan Meiburg
- Narrated by: Jonathan Meiburg
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 692
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 589
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't leave reviews often, but . . .
- By Steven L Peck on 06-24-21
- A Most Remarkable Creature
- The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
- By: Jonathan Meiburg
- Narrated by: Jonathan Meiburg
What a strange book!
Reviewed: 12-30-22
There's no denying this book is beautifully written or that having the author read it was an inspired choice, but it's also the most disjointed and therefore least convincing book I've ever "read" on an animal or aspect of nature. The author jumps from point to point and topic to topic without even trying to provide reasonable transitions between them. It reminded me of listening to an old man or young kid ramble through life events, odd facts, scientific details, human interest stories and personal viewpoints without any effort to help you make sense of how any of it made one cohesive point. Entertaining to some, I suppose, but I was hoping for much more given his title's claim.
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Songbird
- Kings Lake Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,647
Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you'll be first there, it's all yours, you're the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enmities reappear in the incident room. Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it...
- By Kelly on 09-20-19
- Songbird
- Kings Lake Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Full of procedural info, weak on drama
Reviewed: 11-14-22
Can a story be too realistic? Apparently. This one desperately needs more drama. Far too much time is spent on character development and the mundane politics and procedures in policing in the UK. Well written perhaps, but it's unlikely to hold your interest for long.
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A Song for the Dying
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
A heart-stopping crime thriller from the author of three consecutive No. 1 bestsellers, including Birthdays for the Dead and the DI Logan McRae series. He's back... Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man' murdered four women and left three more in critical condition - all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. And then the killer just … disappeared. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MacBride knocks it out of the park.
- By 6catz on 01-22-14
- A Song for the Dying
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
A forced plot rarely rings true
Reviewed: 10-05-22
I've enjoyed other books by this author, but I felt this one missed the mark, mostly because the actions of the characters felt unnatural, as if the were fulfilling a role in a plot rather than living real lives. That can be excused if the plot itself is extraordinarily compelling, but this one wasn't.
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Goldfinger
- James Bond, Book 7
- By: Ian Fleming
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 900
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 897
A game of canasta turns out crooked, and a golden girl ends up dead. It seems that Auric Goldfinger is a bad loser when it comes to cards. He's also the world's most ruthless and successful gold smuggler. As James Bond follows his trail, he discovers that Goldfinger's real game is the heist of fifteen billion dollars of US government bullion. The final hand is played at Fort Knox, in a spectacular display of deception and intrigue.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Book 7, Film 3
- By Darwin8u on 02-24-18
- Goldfinger
- James Bond, Book 7
- By: Ian Fleming
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
Best performance ever
Reviewed: 09-02-22
I've listened to many Audible books over the years, but this one was really special. I've recommended it to all my Bond fan friends. Even if you have heard another version of Goldfinger read, give this one a listen. It's a real treat!
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Cold Granite
- Logan McRae, Book 1
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 536
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 532
It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. Three-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And he's only the first. There's a serial killer stalking the Granite City, and the local media are baying for blood. Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story -- But NOT For The Faint Of Heart!
- By AK Raven on 06-27-17
- Cold Granite
- Logan McRae, Book 1
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
A great listen for any UK police drama fans.
Reviewed: 08-10-22
An interesting story and it was wonderfully narrated -- but sensitive readers who avoid stories about crimes against children should probably look elsewhere.
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