Just Speculating
Three Stories That Didn't Really Happen
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Narrated by:
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John McLain
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Steven Jay Cohen
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Ramon de Ocampo
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By:
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Geoff Sturtevant
About this listen
From the author of Return to the Dirt comes an outlandish collection of stories, including "Anything for my Bubela", "Jar Baby", and "Night Fright". Sol Edelbaum, gambling addict, is in deep trouble with the Gambino family. Find out to what extent his doting mother, Edna, will go to protect her degenerate bubela from the Mafia. Learn what really happened that fateful day Paul Castellano was shot down at Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan. And perhaps most importantly of all, learn how to get a jar of Gefilte fish off the top shelf. Bob is a simple man, eking out a meager living bidding on abandoned storage containers and selling their contents at flea markets. But when he uncovers the most peculiar little relic one day, his life suddenly becomes a whole lot less simple. Bob can't believe his good fortune. But there's no such thing as a free lunch, is there? Richard Pressman, a professional photographer, moves into his dream house and quickly becomes the most eligible bachelor in the neighborhood. But his odd hours and unusual lifestyle have made quite a different impression on the neighbor's nosy kid. Richard may have a good eye for art, but a child's imagination can create the most curious pictures of all.
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When Charles "Shake" Bouchon, professional wheel man, walks out of prison after a three-year stretch for grand theft auto, he's got only two problems: he's too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other. So he says yes when he's asked to run a simple errand for his former boss and lover, Alexandra Ilandryan, the formidable pakhan of the Armenian mob in Los Angeles.
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A whole lotta fun.
- By Richard Delman on 04-12-12
By: Lou Berney
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The Cleanup
- By: Sean Doolittle
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Matthew Worth is a mess. Somewhere between a good cop and a bad screwup, he botched a marriage and a career. His fellow officers think he’s a joke. His commanders are tired of cutting him breaks. Even his wife has left him for a flashy homicide detective. Busted to night patrol at a robbery-prone Omaha supermarket, Worth is doing time, wearing his uniform and asking shoppers if they want paper or plastic. If that isn’t enough, he suspects he might be falling for Gwen, the shy checkout girl who may be an even bigger mess than he is. It couldn’t get any worse. Until it does.
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A Really Good Modern American Noir Crime Novel
- By Frank Donnelly on 04-23-20
By: Sean Doolittle
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Quarry
- A Quarry Novel, Book 1
- By: Max Allan Collins
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Quarry doesn't kill just anybody these days. He restricts himself to targeting other hitmen, availing his marked-for-death clients of two services: eliminating the killers sent after them, and finding out who hired them…and then removing that problem, as well. So far he's rid of the world of nobody who would be missed. But this time he finds himself zeroing in on the grieving family of a missing cheerleader. Does the hitman's hitman have the wrong quarry in his sights?
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The great Max Allan Collins
- By Bradley Paul Valentine on 09-25-16
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Burn Baby Burn
- By: Meg Medina
- Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Nora Lopez is 17 during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora's family life isn't going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn 17 and be on her own.
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Couldn't finish listening to this book.
- By Mathis on 12-03-17
By: Meg Medina
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Cash City
- By: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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It is an obsession that has haunted Nick Malick for seven years - to avenge the murder of his young son. In his gut Malick knows who did it. But the psychopath is in prison for another crime, scheduled to be released in a year. All Malick has to do is wait...and survive.
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Great New Series
- By Lia on 08-21-17
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No Time for Goodbye
- By: Linwood Barclay
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family - mother, father, and brother - had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.
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No Time for Goodbye gets 5*s all around
- By shelley on 06-25-14
By: Linwood Barclay
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Monkeewrench
- Monkeewrench, Book 1
- By: P. J. Tracy
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Haunted by a series of horrifying and violent episodes in their past, Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her software company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game where the killer is always caught, where the good guys always win. But their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life, down to the last detail.
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Excellent
- By Mystery Addict on 11-30-11
By: P. J. Tracy
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Aurora
- A Novel
- By: David Koepp
- Narrated by: Rupert Friend
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.
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The Best of Us
- By James Munoz on 09-09-22
By: David Koepp
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Leather Maiden
- By: Joe Lansdale
- Narrated by: Tom Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale writes outrageous fiction that rockets along with violent spikes of action and intense humor. Gulf War vet Cason Statler has moved back to his East Texas hometown after losing his job as a reporter in Houston (sleeping with both the boss' wife and 30-year-old stepdaughter has a way of ruining career prospects). But when his new gig has him investigating a local girl's disappearance, Cason opens a can of worms that might get him killed.
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Good Story with So-So narration
- By Daniel McAfee on 09-11-12
By: Joe Lansdale
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Bloodsucking Fiends
- A Love Story
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A striking red-head, 20-something Jody is attacked and transformed into a vampire while walking home one night in downtown San Francisco. Befriending 19-year-old Tommy, Jody tries to understand her new undead life, but trouble finds her when the cops start suspecting Tommy of being a local bloodsucking serial killer.
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Bloodsucking FUN!
- By SHEILA on 10-02-08
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Dark City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 2
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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It's February 1991. Desert Storm is raging in Iraq but 22-year-old Jack has more pressing matters at home. His favorite bar, The Spot, is about to be sold out from under his friend Julio. No longer merely reactive, Jack takes the fight to his enemies and demonstrates his innate talent for seeing biters get bit. With a body count even higher than in Cold City, Dark City hurtles Jack toward the climax of this formative New York odyssey in which all scores will be settled, all debts paid.
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Slooooow
- By vanessa on 10-16-13
By: F. Paul Wilson
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- D. Sturgeon
- 12-22-17
Great stories!
3 excellent stories with top notch narration. I would highly recommend them! You won't be disappointed.
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- Deedra
- 03-11-18
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I found these stories really fun.I laughed with them all.It reminds me of the stories I read as a kid.I especially liked Bubela.Oy! John McLan,Steven Jay Cohen and Ramon de Ocampo were the perfect narrators.“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.”
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- Jess H.
- 02-24-20
Great stories
Great short stories. Kept me interested to see how the story would end. The narrator did a great job with voices and characters. I wish the stories were longer to find out more...
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