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Amok

By: Sebastian Fitzek
Narrated by: Natascha McElhone, Adrian Lester, Rafe Spall, Peter Firth, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Skinner
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FINALIST: The Audie Awards 2016

This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at a radio station where a psychopath is playing a morbid game.

While the show is on air, he calls people from the phonebook at random. If they pick up the phone with a certain slogan, a hostage is set free. If they don't, then the hostage is unceremoniously shot. The man threatens to continue playing this game until his fiancée arrives at the studio. The only problem is that his fiancée died several months ago....

AMOK is a gripping audiodrama and tense psychological hostage thriller set in a Berlin Radio Station, from the internationally renowned author of the best-selling Audible Original Drama The Child.

©2007 Sebastian Fitzek (P)2015 Audible Ltd.
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About the Creator - Sebastian Fitzek

About the Creator

Sebastian Fitzek is an international bestselling author from Germany, with published works that have sold more than 15 million copies and been translated into more than 36 languages. Fitzek got his start in radio, later studying law with a doctoral thesis in copyright law. In 2006 he published his first psychological thriller, Therapy, which became a bestseller, as did all subsequent books. Many of his titles have been the subject of several theater adaptations, including Soulbreaker, Therapy, and Passenger 23. Sebastian Fitzek has twice been nominated for the Glauser Prize and has won the Golden Lovelybooks Readers' Award several times. He also received the Hörkules and is the winner of the European Prize for Crime Literature 2016. He is involved as an ambassador for the German Children's Association and as a patron of the association Das frühgeborene Kind e.V. Fitzek was born in Berlin in 1971. He lives with his family in Berlin.

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Excellent!

This was pure adrenaline! From start to finish! I would highly recommend this audio story.

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This book was a great read

Loved it! The story line kept me at the edge of my seat. Non stop...intense

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Very exciting.

Love thrillers! I never knew what to expect. The actors sound English when the were supposedly German but never the less a superb and dark thrill. I'll probably play it again.

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Finished in Three Days

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I'd recommend this book. Although I sometimes confused minor characters, it held my interest. I couldn't stop listening - I had to know how it resolved.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The plot had twists and turns that kept me plugged in.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I wouldn't say I had an extreme reaction, but the book has stayed with me this past few days. I think about how complex relationships can be.

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You won't be disappointed.

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Never s a Dull Moment

Loved all the twists and turns! Well written. Good voices-characters. Keeps you in your toes the whole way. Strongly recommended.

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Very captivating and amazing quality

Very captivating story from the very start to finish, amazing voices and story telling. Listened in one day. But seemed at the end a classical Hollywood story with a typical finish.

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Excellent performance

From beginning to end a gripping tale. Suspense, action and intrigue mixed with interesting characters performed and produced flawlessly.

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Great Audio Drama

great character actors that did well protraying the characters in the book
best voice acting I've heard in While

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Great listen!

Would you listen to Amok again? Why?

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What other book might you compare Amok to and why?

The Child because it's the same kind of performance.

Did the narrators do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

No. I was frequently confused with some of the male characters, especially the SEK officers. It was hard to tell which one was speaking and thus hard to keep some of the story straight.

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Good story with plenty of twists.

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Great!

If you enjoy suspense...it will keep you wanting more.
Well worth listening to the whole audio.

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