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The Garden of Evil
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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Nominated for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2008.
In a hidden studio in Rome, an art expert is found dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings Nic Costa has ever seen - an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece.
But before long, tragedy will strike Nic far closer to home. The main suspect's identity is known, but he remains untouchable, protected by a fleet of lawyers and a sinister cult known as the Ekstasists.
If Costa can crack the reasons for the cult's existence, he may well stand a chance of nailing his wife's killer. But the mystery will take him right back to Caravaggio himself and the reasons he had to flee Rome, all those centuries before.
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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A ferrari with no motor
- By will on 11-18-17
By: Andy Weir
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Mad Love
- By: Wendy Walker
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Alexis Bledel, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and others
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They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.
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Surprised
- By marcie on 05-25-24
By: Wendy Walker
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Too Late
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- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Ryan Gray, Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.
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Triggering and poor narration
- By Katherine Epperson on 07-11-23
By: Colleen Hoover
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Do You Remember?
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face. She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband. Tess reads a letter in her own handwriting, composed during a rare lucid day, explaining her life as it now exists: she was in a terrible car accident one year ago. Every morning, she wakes up unable to remember most of the last decade. Including her own wedding.
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Eh
- By Zoe on 03-16-24
By: Freida McFadden
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Brain Damage
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
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As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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Who Else Laughed, Cried, and Shuddered?
- By Jennifer Chichester on 09-16-22
By: Freida McFadden
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- R.E. Vazquez
- 02-22-09
The Cowboy movie syndrome lives
Does anybody remember the classic scene in the cowboy movies where the villain holds a gun to the heroine's head and orders the hero to drop his gun? I do. I also remember dozens of wise ten year olds yelling at the screen: "Don't do it. He's going to kill her anyway!" Unfortunately, whenever Hewson needs for the villain to escape, that's the only device he can come up with, except for one memorable instance when the hero gets a clear shot at the villain and, so help me God, the gun clicks on empty. PLEEEASE! I understand that the villain must triumph initially, or the book would be awfully short, but any author worth his salt can come up with something other than a worn cliche. There are other minor inconsistencies that don't stand up to logic, but it is a mostly a good read. I just wish the author had a better imagination.
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- Marie-Elizabeth Finamore
- 09-15-09
great surprise!
after the other tepid reviews, i hesitated to purchase this book... I'm so glad i did! found the story gripping and intense, the characters fascinating, the juxtaposition of history and present exciting. the narration was wonderful: finally, someone who can pronounce Italian properly! if you enjoyed the Da Vinci code, i think you would enjoy this tremendously as well~ i couldn't put it down~
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- Thomas
- 05-29-09
Good Italian Mystery
THis was a thoroughly enjoyable mystery set in modern day Rome. Well read, good suspense and creative concept. This is particularly fun if (1) you like Italy and (2) you like art. If those are not your thing, try another book.
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- Paul
- 04-18-12
Too much like a Da Vinci Code knock-off
The book starts off strong but really runs out of gas half-way through. The female lead became very irritating and her end move was unbelievable. At points in the book, I thought I was reading a new volume of the Da Vinci code. Reading diaries from 400 years ago to give clues to a modern crime? Come on. Get real.The information about Caravaggio was good but at times seemed like the only story line that held the book together.
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- tucsonanne
- 02-03-09
for art lovers
After listening to this book, I was ready either to hop on a plane and head for Rome, or to sign up for a very expensive tour that purported to follow in Caravaggio's footsteps. Hewson's novels keep getting better, and this one is fabulous, but, if you don't like paintings, history, art history or mysteries that link history with the plot, this isn't for you. It does require some attention to not only a somewhat improbable plot, but also quite detailed analysis of Caravaggio as a painter and historical figure. The attention is well-rewarded, as Nic Costa gets better and better--more complex, more interesting, and always on the verge of some new phase of his life.
The reader is great; the pace is fine, and the plot, though improbable, keeps racing along.
A thoroughly enjoyable book to listen to. And I think Hewson is generally better as an audiobook than a written one, so you can savor his sense of place.
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- Susan
- 02-23-10
Fun exploration of Rome
It is fun to move through Rome, and to explore the world of Carravegio. The plot is secondary in value to the history of Rome and art.
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- Librarian
- 11-25-12
Italian police procedural by an Englishman, good!
For a summary of the story read the publisher's summary placed after the title details. I give my reaction to & opinion of the book & try to avoid giving away any plot spoilers. Maybe what I say will help someone decide to buy or not to buy the book.
I enjoyed this Englishman's story of an Italian police procedural & preformed by a talented American accented narrator. Even though its subject is gruesome & about pornographic subjects, it is not explicit. I was relieved to find this so. The advice given several times in the story is to read the title of the artwork first. This advice works for the title of this mystery too. I found the story engrossing. Like other foreign authors using Italy as the setting for their mysteries (Donna Leon & Michael Dibdin), I am glad of their middleman interpretations.
Saul Reichlin makes listening to the action a pleasure and transported me to another place. He gives each of the different characters their own voice.
I will buy another Hewson mystery. Maybe it will be one earlier in the series although I caught on to these characters just fine.
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- Dan
- 10-22-08
Worth the effort
I am a fan of David Hewson and have read most of his mystery/thrillers set in Italy. Once again, Hewson gives us several heroes although Dectective Nic Costa is regularly cited as the main character. Hewson gives almost equal billing to Leo the Chief Inspector, Gionni, Nic's partner and Theresa, the medical examiner/pathologist. Hewson again is able to place his stories and his characters in familiar Italian locations and cleverly tie his stories back to an earlier time. In this book, he makes Caravaggio almost a main character morphing the contemporary story back to Caravaggio's life in the early 17th Century.
The plot line strains even the most devoted reader's ability to suspend belief but remember this is a mystery/thriller and you get what you pay for. In earlier books, Hewson seems to give his female supporting characters the job of solving the mystery while credit for the solution stays with the male lead. This book is no exception. This time a young nun/sister/Caravaggio scholar is the real hero and along with Theresa helps Nic and the guys solve the crime.
This is not the best of the Coasta series but is worth the effort.
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- D. WARD
- 10-13-09
revisit Rome and enjoy a great thriller
I loved the setting,the storyline was unusual and the characters were not the standard. It had me engrossed form the first 5 minutes.
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- Bruce
- 05-04-12
I'll be coming back for more...
What did you love best about The Garden of Evil?
Even though this is in the middle of the 'Nic Costa' series, I found this book easy to engage with from the first chapter. A great murder-mystery set in Rome, I enjoyed it from start to finish. The question is now, do I read the next book in the series, or start from the beginning...
What other book might you compare The Garden of Evil to and why?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes. I found it hard to switch it off.
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