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Natalie Naudus
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By:
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Barbara Nickless
About this listen
A woman’s investigation into her sister’s death exposes the dark side of a secret life in a gripping novel of power, money, and murder by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.
Sisters Nadia and Cass Brenner are heirs to Ocean House, a decades-old empire that builds superyachts for the rich and powerful: emirs, oligarchs, and titans of industry throughout America and Europe. They’re a next-generation success with the design of their soon-to-be-commissioned megayacht for a Chinese billionaire. But the sisters’ entrée into the coveted Asian market is tragically cut short when Cass falls from a fortieth-floor hotel balcony.
A Singapore detective rules suicide. Nadia’s been in the yacht business too long not to be suspicious. Especially when she discovers Cass’s involvement in dangerously illicit activities. Pulled into the same web of betrayal, lies, and secrets that trapped her sister, Nadia is on the most perilous mission of her life. Because uncovering the truth behind her sister’s death could tear the Brenner family apart—and it just might get her killed.
From Seattle to Austria to the South China Sea, Nadia must hold on to the one thing that can keep her safe. It’s the Brenner family motto: Trust no one.
©2025 by Barbara Nickless. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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“Nickless’ thriller offers local color and occasional chills…”—Kirkus Reviews
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Ever since the first murder, Tessa’s once charming and safe hometown has been infected with suspicion and fear. Back then accusations were made in whispers, but without proof, the killer still walks free. And now it’s possible they’ve struck again. If things weren’t complicated enough, Tessa finds herself forced to stay with the one man she had hoped to avoid. Years ago, Garrett Campbell held her heart until he crushed it. Now, he’s a stranger. He’s also her brother’s best friend.
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It read like a high school romance novel
- By Amazon Customer on 02-08-25
By: Kiersten Modglin
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The Seven
- Eve Wren, Book 1
- By: Robyn Delvey
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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New to the job and with everything to prove, Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Eve Wren is working on the biggest UK trial in decades. Notorious cult leader Patrick Nye and his followers, known as The Seven, are pleading not guilty to detonating a bomb in a London theatre. Patrick might be charming on the stand, but Eve knows that the evidence never lies. The trial has already started when Eve discovers a piece of evidence that calls the whole case into question.
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Ok book 😊
- By Lois Buderus on 01-24-25
By: Robyn Delvey
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The Perfect Girl
- By: Kelly Golden
- Narrated by: Laura Greaves
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Sophie is perfect. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and when she smiles her wide, open, caring smile, her teeth sparkle. Everybody loves her. So would I, except she’s my husband Mike’s best friend, and sometimes they seem a little too close for comfort. This summer, Sophie is renting the grand house next door, bringing over fancy wine, offering to babysit our beautiful three-year-old daughter. It’s nice, actually. She’s smart and funny. Maybe the way she is with Mike–squeezing his arm, tilting her head when she laughs at his jokes–is just how she is with everybody.
By: Kelly Golden
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Assume Nothing
- A Thriller
- By: Joshua Corin
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1985, Kat McCann was six years old when renowned Austrian detective Alik Lisser solved her mother’s murder. And unfortunately proved Kat’s father as the culprit. Ten years later Kat is still obsessed with the heroic criminologist. She’s also addicted to the bestselling novels inspired by Alik’s ingenious deductions—penned by the grande dame of whodunits, who’s a bit of a mystery herself. Kat has devoured them all. Even the one based on her father’s crime.
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Young Adult
- By Amazon Customer on 02-26-25
By: Joshua Corin
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What the Light Touches
- A Novel
- By: Xavier Bosch, Samantha Mateo - translator
- Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Seventeen-year-old Margaux doesn’t realize one photo could change the course of her life. But in German-occupied Paris, nothing makes sense anymore. Margaux fears the worst when her lover is arrested. And when her photo appears in Nazi propaganda, her family’s reputation and prospects suffer the consequences. In 2008, Margaux has moved into a retirement home, and her granddaughter Barbara continues to live in the Paris apartment they used to share.
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Excellent
- By Book Bug! on 04-14-25
By: Xavier Bosch, and others
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Entwined
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
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In a newly liberated Berlin, two women are inexplicably drawn together—one a pampered Baroness suffering from a mental health crisis, the other a fearless circus performer creating the biggest spectacle of her career. A murder, a police investigation and a search into the past send both women deeper into mental deterioration, and the dark secrets that they have spent decades burying are finally brought to life.
By: Lynda La Plante
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Pretty Little Thing
- By: Kit Duffield
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton, Ell Potter
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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It’s been over a decade since renowned author Beckett Ryan set foot in her bleak childhood hometown on the southern coast of England. When her estranged parents die within a week of each other, she reluctantly returns to bury them, only to find herself as reviled in the community as they were revered. Of course, the locals didn’t really know her parents. Nobody did. Then a warm welcome emerges from the sea of cold faces: Leanne. Beckett’s best friend when they were younger, and now a super-fan. Only… Beckett is pretty sure she’s never met her before in her life.
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Unusual story
- By Lanee George on 04-01-25
By: Kit Duffield
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Chandelier
- By: Ben Hawken
- Narrated by: Ben Hawken
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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At the height of the Cold War, Sienna Barrett was an unremarkable and otherwise anonymous child. She would spend the next two years participating in the most closely guarded secret in human history. No president, prime minister, or general knew of the project’s existence until 30 years after every piece of it had been disassembled and the pieces incinerated. And then she was abruptly sent home and given the impossible task of resuming her life as if nothing had happened.
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Fun and unique story with a great twist
- By Heather B on 01-24-25
By: Ben Hawken
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The Widow's Lie
- By: Melanie Price
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman, Rose Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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I was so excited to welcome Anastasia Drummond to our pretty little street. But the moment I meet her, my heart stops. Because I know those ice-cold eyes. She looks like my husband’s ex-wife. The one who went missing. The one declared dead over a decade ago.
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the mystery
- By Amazon Customer on 03-11-25
By: Melanie Price
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Click
- By: Sebastian Fitzek
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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A gripping psychological thriller that tracks Hannah Herbst, a facial expression expert, as she becomes entangled in a disturbing web of murder, deception, and moral ambiguity. This nail-biter begins when Hannah wakes up in a motel room with no memory of how she got there, only to discover that she's being accused of murdering her own family. Not only that: there’s a video of her confessing to these murders. As she uses her professional expertise to prove her innocence, she uncovers a sinister plot involving someone very close to her.
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Plot Twist
- By April on 01-05-25
By: Sebastian Fitzek
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The Colleagues
- By: Daniel Hurst
- Narrated by: Helen Phillips
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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I used to enjoy my job. I was good at it and felt fulfilled. I also used to enjoy spending time with the people I worked with. They say you spend more time with your work colleagues than you do with your family members, but that was fine by me because I made two very good friends at the office. I also allowed myself to get a little too close to my boss, but I soon realized that was a mistake. Unfortunately, it was too late by then, and as my personal and professional lives quickly blurred into one, that was when everything changed.
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Same ole , same ole!
- By Shots RN on 01-29-25
By: Daniel Hurst
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The Note
- A Novel
- By: Alafair Burke
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese single mother with high expectations, May didn’t have room to slip up, let alone fail. Her friends didn’t call her the Little Sheriff for nothing. But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey, she's had her fair share of both.
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Irritating Narration
- By Bailey Rose on 01-18-25
By: Alafair Burke
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Family Doctor
- By: J M Dalgliesh
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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As the only doctor on a stunning remote Scottish island, I finally feel safe and happy. Here, nobody knows about my troubled past except my teenage daughter Lauren. I'm a single mother, so it’s just the two of us now, and Lauren is my world. Caring for every person on the island, from birth to death, I know all their fears and secrets. But they don’t know mine, and for the sake of my daughter, I must keep it that way… Everything is going perfectly until I am sent a link to a live video stream of my beautiful daughter Lauren, her wide blue eyes terrified.
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Gimmiky
- By John on 01-10-25
By: J M Dalgliesh
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- buzzknit
- 02-05-25
Enjoyable Listen
The last couple of listens (not by this author) were not very inspiring or interesting for mysteries. I liked this one, the characters were good and there was actually something happening. It was an easy but good listen. Glad I used a credit!!!
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- MG
- 01-09-25
Captivating! Great read!
What a riveting, well-researched book! I felt like I was in Singapore and the other locales. Many twists and turns for the characters in the spy, AI, white boat world.
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- aRLENE T.
- 02-23-25
Fabulous Story! Astonishing Research on multiple subjects!
I have loved the author's novels since the story of Sydney Rose Parnell was created! ( Hoping for more!) I've read most of Ms. Nickless' novels and have loved them all. This book was even more amazing with it's multiple twists and characters. And such a strong female protagonist. But I was amazed at the amount of research that must have gone into creating this international , semi historical story! Bravo, Ms. Nickless!
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- Aaron Ortiz
- 01-15-25
Good story
Very good story! Perfect story telling and interesting characters! Loved the couple of twists in the story
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- OceanGirl
- 02-10-25
Great story
This book was exceptionally written. I enjoyed the story and especially the setting. It was performed well. However, this narrator spoke all internal narrative softly and all action loudly, making it difficult to listen in a moving vehicle when the sound went from barely audible to very loud. Otherwise it was a great book.
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- Lulu Dx
- 02-19-25
Entertaining and intense at times
I really liked the dynamic of the sibling relationship in this story. The sisters are close despite that Cass lives in China and Nadia lives in Seattle. They both work with their parents, and uncle for the family yacht business. When tragedy occurs it’s left to Nadia to uncover the secrets and find justice for her sister. There is a bit of scenery described to add to the location but so much more could have been done imo. Twists develop with a parallel backstory and that’s when the intrigue and intensity begin. This was an enjoyable book to listen to.
Narration was really good. It can’t be easy portraying a genuine Asian accent!
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- Heather
- 02-01-25
Unique story
I enjoyed this book as it conveyed a unique story. An easy listen that kept me interested.
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- valerie
- 02-16-25
Boring
If it is possible to become burnt-out from reading, I have hit that goal. I have several highly reviewed books and I haven’t read one I would agree with. This book was not an exception. I could hardly wait for it to end.
Even the stories premise was stupid to me and the author just rambled on and on.
RECOMMENDATION: Proceed with caution
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