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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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January LaVoy
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By:
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Brad Meltzer
About this listen
"Meltzer is a master and this is his best. Not since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have you seen a character like this. Get ready to meet Nola. If you've never tried Meltzer, this is the one." (Harlan Coben)
Who is Nola Brown?
Nola is a mystery.
Nola is trouble.
And Nola is supposed to be dead.
Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run.
Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of those who die on top-secret missions. Nola was a childhood friend of Zig's daughter and someone who once saved his daughter's life. So when Zig realizes Nola is still alive, he's determined to find her. Yet as Zig digs into Nola's past, he learns that trouble follows Nola everywhere she goes.
Nola is the US Army's artist-in-residence - a painter and trained soldier who rushes into battle, making art from war's aftermath and sharing observations about today's wars that would otherwise go overlooked. On her last mission, Nola saw something nobody was supposed to see, earning her an enemy unlike any other, one who will do whatever it takes to keep Nola quiet.
Together, Nola and Zig will either reveal a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying to uncover the US Army's most mysterious secret - a centuries-old conspiracy that traces back through history to the greatest escape artist of all: Harry Houdini.
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"This novel is like a launched torpedo slashing through 400 pages of deep water before reaching impact. Enjoy one of the best thriller rides ever." (David Baldacci)
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When Hazel Nash was six years old, her father taught her: Mysteries need to be solved. He should know. Hazel's father is Jack Nash, the host of America's favorite conspiracy TV show, The House of Secrets. Even as a child, she loved hearing her dad's tall tales, especially the one about a leather book belonging to Benedict Arnold that was hidden in a corpse. Now, years later, Hazel wakes up in the hospital and remembers nothing, not even her own name. She's told she's been in a car accident that killed her father and injured her brother.
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Not worth the time
- By Plainari on 06-16-16
By: Brad Meltzer, and others
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The Book of Fate
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In six minutes, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming. So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that Fourth of July, Wes put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin.
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Story is sidetracked by repeatedness and errors.
- By Paul B on 08-29-07
By: Brad Meltzer
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The First Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington’s character, but also illuminates the origins of America’s counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan.
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Brilliantly written and narrated!
- By Wayne on 01-09-19
By: Brad Meltzer, and others
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The First Counsel
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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When Michael Garrick, a young White House lawyer, begins dating the irresistible First Daughter, Nora, he's instantly spellbound, just like everyone else in her world. A world where power is an aphrodisiac, your father is the President, your close friends wear earpieces and carry guns, and everyone watches your every move...
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One of the few I haven't finished
- By Ray on 07-01-03
By: Brad Meltzer
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The Millionaires
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene & Greene, a private bank so exclusive you need two million dollars just to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, they're faced with an offer they can't refuse: three million dollars in an abandoned account. No one knows it exists, and even better, it doesn't belong to anyone.
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Possibly the best Meltzer to date
- By Snoodely on 07-27-12
By: Brad Meltzer
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The Zero Game
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are playing a mysterious game. It's a game almost no one knows about: not their friends, not their coworkers, and certainly not their bosses, who are some of the most powerful senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill.
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Great political novel
- By Rodney on 01-20-04
By: Brad Meltzer
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The Lincoln Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President - and Why It Failed
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, DC, for his first inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery President in the White House. They planned an elaborate scheme to assassinate the brand new President in Baltimore as Lincoln's inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol.
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A Trip Through History
- By Bridget Preece on 05-05-20
By: Brad Meltzer, and others
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The 9th Man
- By: Steve Berry, Grant Blackwood
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
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Luke Daniels is in London, between assignments with the Magellan Billet, when he receives a frantic call from an old friend. Jillian Stein is in trouble. She made a mistake and now her life may be in danger. She needs Luke’s help. Immediately. Racing to Belgium Luke quickly finds that she was right. A shadow team of highly-trained operatives are there on the hunt. Intervening, he finds himself embroiled in a war between two determined sides—one seeking the truth, the other trying to escape the past—a war that has already claimed one life and is about to claim more.
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So slow....
- By Natalie on 10-28-23
By: Steve Berry, and others
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The Nazi Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.
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Fabulous book!
- By Luke Einfeldt on 01-18-23
By: Brad Meltzer, and others
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Tough Justice Series Box Set: Parts 1 - 8
- By: Gail Barrett, Carol Ericson, Tyler Anne Snell, and others
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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Special Agent Lara Grant has finally put her life as an undercover agent in the Moretti gang behind her and started a new assignment in New York City. Until a dramatic sniper attack leaves Lara's face - and real name - all over the media. In the blink of an eye, her cover is blown, her identity exposed. Then a woman's body is found branded with the ritual Moretti tattoo. Someone knows who Lara is...and exactly how to make her pay....
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Investigate or have sex
- By Jack Jackson on 04-04-18
By: Gail Barrett, and others
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The Joe Dillard Series Box Set, Part 1: Books 1-4
- The Joe Dillard Box Sets
- By: Scott Pratt
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 31 hrs and 30 mins
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Books one through four in Scott Pratt's iconic Joe Dillard series are offered in a bundle. An Innocent Client, In Good Faith, Injustice For All, and Reasonable Fear.
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in all truth, I only read a couple chapters.
- By Julie Lattimer on 10-14-22
By: Scott Pratt
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The Book of Fate: Booktrack Edition
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
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"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming." So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the president's limousine. By the trip's end, a crazed assassin would permanently disfigure Wes and kill Boyle. Now, eight years later, Boyle has been spotted alive. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back into disturbing secrets buried in Freemason history, a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, and a 200-year-old code.
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- By Sandra Roberts on 05-01-20
By: Brad Meltzer
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Arctic Storm Rising
- A Novel (Nick Flynn)
- By: Dale Brown
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, US Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska’s Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn’s not the type to fade quietly into obscurity.... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible first strike, using Russia’s new long-range stealth cruise missiles?
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So disappointed
- By Jamie F on 05-25-21
By: Dale Brown
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The Brothers Kenney
- By: Adam Mitzner
- Narrated by: Stacy Carolan
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Former track star Sean Kenney used to be on top of the world, but that was a very long time ago. Now he’s been estranged from his loved ones for the past two years—until the unthinkable calls him home. While struggling to make sense of the devastating death that has shaken the Kenney family to its core, Sean grasps at the opportunity to seek forgiveness for his past mistakes—from his family and himself—while clinging to the belief that if he can discover what really happened that day, he might somehow be redeemed.
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Adult family drama
- By Sheila S on 09-04-24
By: Adam Mitzner
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- Temme Martin
- 03-10-18
Awesome read/listen
This is my first Brad Meltzer listen/read. Excellent writing. Unexpected turns and twists.
This story makes me want to read more books
by the author.
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- Kathleen Freeland
- 03-07-18
Not about magic
Fine author, my fave narrator Scott Brick (together with a new also very good narrator)
make for a delightful listen
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- FhvnEd
- 03-25-18
Tedious. A difficult read..... Never finished
Even the glowing reviews from his friends (Connelly and Baldacci) couldn't move this mountain of tedium, and I like both Connelly and Baldacci. They both know a thing or two about character development and ultra-long audio novels, but the character development of 'Zig', his daughter and 'Nola Brown' and the backstory he created is way more than this story needs. The depth of the characters takes up far too much space and time and yields little to the overall plot and timeline. All 264 of my audio books are unabridged. I like them that way. I don't want to miss out on Baldacci's or Lee Childs' character assessment because they are always relevant to the outcome. I'm actually thinking I should have downloaded the abridged version of this one, because a good editor would have reduced much of the droning on about past events and quickened the pace so the story was enjoyable to listen to. But alas, I did not. I've read Meltzer before, and, although not up there on my favorite list, the first two were enjoyable. There's a difference between telling a story and giving a history lesson. I learned way more about Dover, DE and military undertakers than I really needed to know to understand the premise of the book. The book gets stagnant when it loses itself in the constant 'woe is me' attitude of Zig and the way he interacts with the people around him. It's like a kid spelling the word 'banana' who doesn't know when to stop. Even Scott Brick (one of my favorite narrators) seems like he doesn't know what personality traits to assign, so he just reads. And January LaVoy? An unnecessary addition who really added nothing to the presentation. When David Baldacci uses Ron McLarty and Orla Cassidy, you get a narrator team that makes listening easy and understandable. January's audio was low and her pronunciation was difficult to decypher. Overall, not my best purchase. Sorry I wasted a credit on this one.
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- Gerry Gilstrop
- 04-11-18
Accurate details, tense action, with flawed chara
I did not expect much when I purchased this book, and boy was I ever mistaken and surprised!
Combining tense action, accurate details, and flawed characters in conflict with each other, the story has great moral empathy and lessons woven throughout.
I could not put the book down, and will now investigate the author's other books for possible listening........
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- Tyffany
- 04-18-18
To long
What’s with all the new books, when there’s truly an evil person it is OK to kill them. That’s what’s wrong with our society , we want to give everybody a second ,third ,fourth ,fifth ,sixth ,seventh, eighth chance to become good.
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- Dante McFiddleFaddle
- 03-27-18
A great story with very unique characters
And plot twists? Oh yes, there are some great plot twists. Now ta got me wanting to go research the real lives of some truly famous magicians!
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- Kat C
- 01-02-19
A little disappointed
It kept my attention.
Kind of vague about some things.
Hard to believe .
Helped pass time.
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- Martabeth
- 04-03-18
Lost sleep listening
Have had a few duds lately but this story grabbed me from the first chapter until the final sentence. Great narrators kept my full attention with a well written dialog. Several unexpected twists and turns with a believable storyline.
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- Clear As Mud
- 04-05-18
Fabulous story with compelling characters
Brad paints a masterpiece with characters that will move you emotionally. Thanks Brad for sharing your talent with us.
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- Disneydreamer74
- 04-12-18
Wow!!!! What a story
This was a great book from the very beginning. Great characters, Highly recommend to all.
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