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Title: Death on the Rocks

Author: Michael Allegretto

Narrator: Gary Dikeos

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Hired to investigate a seemingly accidental death, a PI discovers a perverse secret.

Denver oilman Phillip Townsend is alone in his Jaguar when he drives off the cliff. The police call it an accident, but his widow, half mad with grief, insists it was murder. Her husband was quiet, cautious, boring - so what was he doing on the outskirts of Denver, driving drunk down a lonely mountain road?

The Townsends lawyer hires Jacob Lomax to look into the matter, letting him know that it would be best if the official version of the story were quietly confirmed. An ex-cop who became a detective in the wake of his wifes murder, Lomax is too dedicated to his work to simply parrot a police report. Digging through the dead mans office, he finds a tape that shows Townsend and an accomplice binding, gagging, and raping a teenage girl. The most boring millionaire in Denver, it seems, had a secret that was worth killing for.

Members Reviews:

Death On The Rocks

The book: Death On The Rocks, arrived promptly and was in perfect condition. I enjoyed the plot immensely. Michael Allegretto is a superb mystery writer. Buying used books is a great way to purchase reading material at very affordable prices.

Many thanks to the seller of this book!

Billie McCalley

a fun read

This was a new author for me and I enjoyed the character, Jake Lomax and his approach to crime. E author developed the story well and it moved at a good pace. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

A fine debut mystery set in the Denver area...

Michael Allegretto's debut novel "Death on the Rocks" is a suspenceful mystery that is a bit too brief, but manages to capture Denver and nearby Golden, Colo. well. Here, Jake Lomax, a tough ex-cop turned P.I after his wife's murder, looks into what looks like fatal car accident on a mountain, but then Jake finds that the dead man hid a destructive secret that could have caused his death. Just when it looks like the story is over, Jake has to rescue the dead man's wife and young daughter from the psychotic biker villian. Very thrilling, and seemy enough

Enjoyable

When Jacob Lomax is hired to find out the truth behind Phillip Townsand's "accident," he believes that it was just that. After finding an incriminating tape and some shady characters, he is sure that there is a murderer out there. The story line is interesting though somewhat predictable, I enjoyed the descriptions of Colorado here and there. I am happy to find a new detective to follow.

Good story

This was a strong, adventurous mystery. He writes with a lot of cynical flair. Several good one-liners, and a pulsing chase scene at the end. The killer's identity isn't a huge surprise, but doesn't seem meant to be. The emphasis is on the characters and the setting. Nicely done!

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Title: Sound of Silence

Author: Linda Pendleton

Narrator: Johnny Peppers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-14

Publisher: Linda Pendleton

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A short time after a CEO of a Manhattan high-tech weapons company reaches out to Investigative Reporter, Diana Chambers for investigative help, he dies a horrific death, along with two coworkers. And they are only the first to die!

Chambers' investigation has led her to question the motives of her own government, the intentions of the HAARP technology in Alaska, and other so-called non-lethal weaponry. Is this technology lethal, not only to the environment, but to human life? Is mind-control real? Have high-tech weapons of "non-lethal" properties ended up in the hands of those with evil intent? Is to think that, an irrational conspiracy theory? Or is it fact?

Chambers turns to former FBI profiler Robert Venturi for help and they discover several scientists are in danger. Who is behind the mysterious deaths? What they discover is terrifying and yet they are determined to stop the killings, even with their own lives at risk.

Members Reviews:

A delightfully wicked mystery!

Sounds of Silence opens with a quiet bang, the totally silent murder of three men in a corporate board room from somewhere outside the building. As one of the men is dying he sends a desperate text to his former sister-in-law and the story never stops running from there. This was a great novel from start to finish and one that you shouldn't miss!

A BelievableThriller!

The author was exceptional in her choice of characters and real life plots, holding my attention so I could hardly put the book down. Suspense and intrigue filled the air as some of her characters sought to ignore law and the lives of others in pursuit of financial gain and abuse of scientific achievements. She digs deep into secret military technology not generally known by the public. Other characters joined forces in unique manner to bring the story to a realistic climax. She indeed researched her subject to ensure her story would stay with the facts, with novel inserts; captivating to the end.

Fascinating fast read

Linda Pendleton had obviously conducted extensive research prior to writing Sound of Silence. Although written as fiction, her fascinating plot seems quite feasible. The book was a fast read since I wanted to find out how it would end. Even my husband enjoyed the book; he reads many books with mystery action type drama and can be quite a critic of books he doesn't like so we both can recommend this book.

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Title: Endangered Species

Author: Rex Burns

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a woman burns to death, Gabe Wager uncovers a nest of short-fuse fanatics

The fire department finds her in the closet, knees clutched to her chest, body charred beyond recognition. At first they cant even tell that the corpse was a woman. Although the death appears accidental, they call in homicide detective Gabe Wager to make sure. Forensics identifies her as Pauline Tillotson, an FBI informant working from inside an environmentalist group with terrorist leanings. Her cover had been blown, and the extremists killed her to protect a sinister plan to annihilate Denver.

As Wager races to save his town, two policemen are killed and a teenager falls victim to an escalating drug war. Denver is coming apart at the seams, but if Gabe Wager cant stop the eco-terrorist plot, there wont be anyone left in the Mile High City to care.

Members Reviews:

Two Cases In One -- Homicide And EcoTerrorism

Endangered Species is the eighth in the Gabe Wager mystery series. Wager is the standard good cop who breaks cases due to his work ethic and insight without taking the easy way out.

In this book, Wager begins by investigating a body found in a house fire. This turns into a homicide investigation as the body (not that of the home's renter) was dead before the fire.

It turns out that the body was that of an FBI informer in a known group of ecoterrorists. Here Wager gets involved with the FBI investigation, which leads to his preventing a very nasty terrorist plot (with the help of the local street gangs and other informants).

This book was a decent read. The two stories entwined gave the book a few more dimensions than the other Wager book that I read. The terrorist actions gave the book a bit more "importance" than a standard detective book.

Still even with that the book doesn't rise above the 3 star level.

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Title: Just Desserts

Author: Tim Heald

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a restaurateur dies suspiciously, Bognor is forced to eat his way to the truth

Dinner service is over, the staff has left, and Escoffier Savarin Smith is about to tuck into a couple of bottles of champagne. He seals the windows with electrical tape, fiddles with a canister of gas, and begins to drink. When his staff arrives the next morning to open the restaurant, the champagne is drunk, the air has been poisoned, and the greatest chef in England is dead - seemingly by his own hand.

For Board of Trade investigator Simon Bognor, this is a crushing blow. Although he moves through life in a permanent state of near-bafflement, Bognor knows his way around a restaurant, and Smiths was the finest in Britain. It was also a clearinghouse for international espionage, which may have led to the chefs peculiar demise. Although usually hesitant to put himself in danger, for once Bognor is unafraid. After all, there are great meals at stake.

Members Reviews:

was it suicide or murder.

Any additional comments?

this time simon finds himself tasting wine and playing in a cricket match.

I don't know much about cricket but did enjoy the story.

looking forward to the next book in the series.

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Title: Tribulations of the Shortcut Man

Subtitle: Shortcut Man, Book 2

Author: P. G. Sturges

Narrator: P. G. Sturges

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

From a writer described as a worthy successor to Raymond Chandler (Michael Connelly), the follow-up to Shortcut Man, featuring Dick Henry in a rousing tale of sin and salvation in the City of Angels.

Dick Henry is the Shortcut Man, assisting people with their sticky situations in the belief that the shortest answer to many problems may not always be legal. In Tribulations of the Shortcut Man, he reluctantly provides assistance to an old girlfriend, pole dancer Pussy Grace.

After Pussys boyfriend, rich and famous developer and septuagenarian Art Lewis, has inexplicably cut off communication with her, Dick and Puss enter Lewiss mansion disguised as gas company employees to investigate. Everything quickly goes downhill. Dick and Puss flee, leaving the very dead Art Lewis behind. Dick anticipates arrest until news breaks the next morning: Art Lewis has just gotten married and is now enjoying his honeymoon. Realizing a conspiracy is afoot, Dick must navigate his way through the underbelly of Los Angeles and a motley crew of miscreants in pursuit of justice.

Filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan (Associated Press), p.g. sturgess Shortcut Man series is hard-boiled crime at its best.

Members Reviews:

Another Great Shortcut Man Story!

If you could sum up Tribulations of the Shortcut Man in three words, what would they be?

Dark LA humor.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Tribulations of the Shortcut Man?

The ex-husband of the main villainess played an interesting roll in the plot twists, but the one thing that will always stick in my mind is "Dick-Dave" - enough said.

What about P. G. Sturgess performance did you like?

The author always knows what was intended. You don't get the inconsistencies of a reader being prompted by a director - the author knows how the line should be delivered.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes!

Any additional comments?

The characters are human. They have strengths and weaknesses. There are good and bad intentions. And a poke-fun-at-yourself humor that is endearing. Can't wait for the next Shortcut Man story!

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Title: Sorrow Bound

Subtitle: The 3rd DS McAvoy Novel

Author: David Mark

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-14

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

No good deed goes unpunished in this third thrilling instalment in the acclaimed Hull-based DS Aector McAvoy series.

From the Richard & Judy featuring, Sunday Times best-selling and Kindle chart-topping author of Dark Winter.

Philippa Longman did what we all aim to do. She did the right thing.

She's about to pay for it with her life....

DS McAvoy has spent his career playing by the rules. He has the scars to show for it.

And his latest case will take him into a world in which good intentions make no difference to those with a thirst for revenge.... Where ruthless killers go to any lengths to get their way.... And where the most powerful thing anyone can do is stand firm against the darkness.

Hooked on Hull? Then check out the fourth instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Taking Pity....

Members Reviews:

Part 3 getting even better

As with the previous books a number of new and ongoing stories are skillfully blended. Complete in its own right it also sets up part 4 wonderfully.

Toby Longworth is a wonderful narrator who skilfully brings a range of accents to the story. Well worth listening to anything he narrates.

Hull and its environs are brought to life by a writer who knows and loves the area.

Recommended for lovers of detective stories with a wider edge.

Another good book

A slow starter but hang in there when it gathers momentum you cannot stop listening. Well worth it.

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Title: Sidewinder Requiem

Subtitle: A Mike Bishop Novel

Author: Jess Butcher

Narrator: Paul Fleschner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-14

Publisher: Jesse C. Butcher

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a friend's mutilated body is discovered at a roadside park along the Kansas Interstate, Mike Bishop sets out on a quest to unravel the mystery of the man's death. But after his most promising lead disappears into the wintery depths of an Oklahoma lake, Bishop finds himself at a dead-end.

As he considers his few remaining leads, attorney Megan Armstrong asks Bishop to accept a missing person case. Megan fears the missing man, once a part-time investigator for her law firm, may have become involved with the wife of a client, a client who has since been murdered.

Bishop locates the missing man with little difficulty. However, upon questioning, the man reveals an unexpected detail that may connect the murder of Megan's client with that of Bishop's friend. Armed with the new information, Bishop enlists the help of former Marine Corps Sergeant, Abraham Lincoln Decker and together, they encounter an eccentric cast of barmaids, blackjack dealers, and geriatric bikers as they search to unravel the mystery that links the two murders.

The investigation eventually leads Bishop and Decker to Sidewinder, a small town in western Kansas where they uncover a slimy underworld of child prostitution, black market military weapons, and domestic terrorism. But before they can expose the secret militia organization responsible for the two murders, they must face a killer more monstrous than any they have ever imagined.

Members Reviews:

There's potential here

There are things that I really like about this book, and things that I could live without.

Although Butcher is not as good a stylist as Lee Child, this book shares an appealing understatement with the Jack Reacher novels. Too many action novelists get carried away in their explosions, and they start to sound like a twelve-year-old boy. Though there's gritty action aplenty in this book, the situations aren't hyped up. This is a big plus.

Also, this novel revolves around scenarios that remain unsettled and unexplained. Yeah, there's a conspiracy -- but it's not all-knowing, and it doesn't explain all of the bad deeds that take place. And, in fact, the protagonist isn't even the guy who ultimately puts all the pieces together -- even if he is the catalyst for all the discoveries. These structural details really add verisimilitude.

Plus, Bishop is not indestructible. He takes a significant beating a couple times in this book, and indeed, he won't survive more than three or four novels like this one. And he makes mistakes -- not bumbling mistakes, but mistakes nonetheless.

Still, this is some pretty unpolished work. Butcher's style, as I mentioned above, is ragged. It swings from very matter-of-fact to almost expressionistically vivid, with no apparent reason. Having these swings in voice accompany shifts in time, or in shifts to narrate other characters, would have been nice.

And there are errors. Quite a few. Things like possessives in the place of plurals and other penny-ante lack of attention to detail. Butcher does know how to use some big and/or intellectually complicated words and imagery, so it's not a case of him being a simpleton (hey, some action novelists are just flat stupid, but that's not his problem at all).

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Title: Angle of Attack

Author: Rex Burns

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A tip about a murdered mob boss forces Gabe Wager to reopen a cold case

A year ago, Marco Scorvelli was murdered while picking up his morning paper. A sawed-off shotgun put a hole in his stomach, and streaked the inside of his sports coat with the mob boss innards. As Scorvelli crawled toward his front door, the killer left the shotgun angled neatly on the sidewalk. No prints were recovered, and no headway was ever made on the case.

Now a reliable underworld source passes a message to homicide detective Gabe Wager. The killing wasnt ordered by a rival family, but by Scorvellis brother, in an attempt to take control of the organization. After a year of peace, a war is about to erupt between Denvers Italian and Hispanic crime syndicates, and Gabe Wager will be in the middle, trying to keep the city from burning to the ground.

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Title: Shares

Author: A. W. Gray

Narrator: Barry Press

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-25-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

This crime fiction novel from the author of the Bino Phillips series follows former Dallas police officer Frank White as he matches wits with an attractive ex-convict, who tries to entrap him in a kidnapping plot through which she hopes to beat the system. Facing a counterfeiting scheme, double crosses, and murder, White must summon all his skills as a detective to hunt down the conspirators and bring them to justice.

Members Reviews:

A Great Twist On Kidnapping And The Feds

Shares is fun and gritty tale of kidnapping and the FBI's penchant for focusing on the wrong man while constantly misusing the media. It is as clever as it is suspenseful.

In or around 1990 the author, Bill Gray was indicted, tried and sentenced to 4 years in prison by the Feds for mail fraud. While he always maintained his innocence, there is no question that not one person was defrauded of money. So while he may have been guilty of something minor, imprisonment for 4 years seems like overkill. But his internment was our gain, for it was then that began writing a string of great mystery novels.

Frank White manages a Hagen Daaz store in Dallas. He is also a convicted felon on parole. 9 years earlier he shot and killed a black drug dealer in self defense. Unfortunately the dealer's father was a prominent city councilman. He was exonerated by the local police, but tried again by the feds for hate crimes. Frank's story exposes the flawed parolee system, as well as the FBI's unquenchable appetite for media exposure.

No question in my mind Shares is written from personal experience with parole officers, FBI agents and assistant US Attorneys.

This is yet another great read from Mr. Gray.

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Title: Where the Devil Can't Go

Author: Anya Lipska

Narrator: Michael Fenner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The first Kiszka and Kershaw mystery.

A naked girl has washed up on the banks of the River Thames. The only clue to her identity is a heart-shaped tattoo encircling two foreign names. Who is she - and why did she die?

Life's already complicated enough for Janusz Kiszka, unofficial 'fixer' for East London's Polish community: His priest has asked him to track down a young waitress who has gone missing; a builder on the Olympics site owes him a pile of money; and he's falling for married Kasia, Soho's most strait-laced stripper.

But when Janusz finds himself accused of murder by an ambitious young detective, Natalie Kershaw, and pursued by drug dealing gang members, he is forced to take an unscheduled trip back to Poland to find the real killer.

In the mist-wreathed streets of his hometown of Gdansk, Janusz must confront painful memories from the Soviet past if he is to uncover the conspiracy - and with it, a decades-old betrayal.

Critic Reviews:

"A gripping reminder of how crime fiction reveals the world around us" (Val McDermid)"A gripping, suspenseful page-turner, spiced with humour and grit, with a charismatic and excitingly different lead." (Emlyn Rees, author of Hunted and Wanted)"Anya Lipska's remarkable novel has been accruing considerable praise... all of it justified." (The Good Book Guide("Lipska's debut novel won't disappoint crime fiction fans... keeps the plot twists coming at every turn." (We Love This Book)"The moment I started reading this exciting thriller, I felt that thrill - the thrill of discovering a new favourite author." (Mark Edwards, author, Catch Your Death, Magpies)"Lipska does for the East End what Rankin does for Edinburgh' James Craig, author, the Inspector Carlyle novels|)"A most unusual and exciting thriller." (Dame Joan Bakewell)"The story just flew off the page. An exciting new talent with a truly unique voice," (Mari Hannah, author, the DCI Kate Daniels series)"A frighteningly good debut." (Chris Simms, author, The Edge and Hell's Fire)

Members Reviews:

Loved it! Just ordered books 2 and 3

Loved it! Just ordered books 2 and 3. Can't wait to dig in. Aside form the well written thriller aspect of this book, I really enjoyed the Polish / British history. I know some things were fabricated for the book but the fact that the Polish are leaving their homes to find a better life in other countries is an interesting and sad story. Most Americans are oblivious to the things that are not publicized on our news channels and the underlying "true story" in the fictional book makes it even more intriguing to me.

Slow but steady build

I had a bit of trouble getting through the first chapter; the Polish words and phrases came fast and thick, and I almost set it aside. I'm glad I decided to keep with it, however, as it gradually but steadily roped me in. It's told in the alternating POVs of the two main characters, one a middle-aged Polish fixer, the other an ambitious Cockney female police investigator. Each is pursuing their own investigation, starting at opposite ends of what ends up being the same mystery, and the theories, conjectures and conclusions they develop during the course of their investigations are, for the most part, wrong, including their impressions of each other.