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Title: Unwilling Accomplice

Author: Barbara Seranella

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Munch Mancini and little daughter Asia are doing just fine. Munch rejoices in her job as an auto mechanic at the Brentwood Texaco. She and Asia have a house -- not in tony Brentwood -- and a dog, and Munch has been off drugs for years. She plans to stay that way. It's tough, though, when people from her old life resurface.

Such a person is Lisa Slokum, Asia's aunt. Lisa has always meant trouble, and why should now be any different? It seems she has bolted from the Witness Protection Program with her two daughters, fifteen-year-old Charlotte and eleven-year-old Jill, and she needs Munch's help.

Would that it were so simple. Munch will need to call upon Rico Chacn, a fine cop but not-so-fine boyfriend whose commitment to her on the nonprofessional side seems to be wavering. And before Munch can sort out her love life she must try on the role of auntie to Asia's new cousins -- not easy when the teenaged Charlotte goes missing and her mom, Lisa, lands in jail.

Why did Charlotte run away, and where is she now? Is she in danger of becoming one of Hollywood's lost street children? Does she have information about the recent death of school friend Steven Koon? And why was a lock of her hair found stuck to a piece of duct tape in a ransacked storage locker?

Munch must unravel the mystery of young Charlotte's complex life before it's too late to save her. To do that, she needs help from Rico, who's investigating the Koon boy's death. Will their professional alliance rekindle their romance? Should she take him back? Does he want to come back? Can she trust him?

With its pulsating suspense and penetrating look at family relationships and the universal need for love and affirmation, Unwilling Accomplice is the best yet from a versatile author whose passionate voice shines through her fast-moving prose.

Members Reviews:

Loved this book

Quick read - loved Kate and the descriptions of the area and the people. I will definitely read more from this author.

Good Book

This book is great as the others by her. I have been reading them one by one and haven't been disappointed yet

Another great visit with Munch & company

#7 Munch Mancini mystery set in 1980's Los Angeles, and featuring our favorite female mechanic and ex-junkie. Things are going along well for Munch and her adopted daughter Asia when a blast from the past--Asia's aunt Lisa and her two girls--call and ask to get together. Munch, clean and sober for many years now, is always reluctant to let her past leak into her new, stable life, but Lisa is Asia's blood kin and Asia wants to meet her cousins, so she agrees.

When the elder daughter Charlotte goes missing a couple of days later, a distraught Lisa calls Munch as the police don't seem very interested in a Goth-looking fifteen-year-old whom they think ran away. Charlotte was friends with a boy who was killed a few days previously as part of a robbery, and Munch wonders if this had something to do with her disappearance--Lisa is convinced she was abducted, and some threatening phone calls later bear this out.

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Title: The Claret Murders

Subtitle: A Mark Rollins Adventure

Author: Tom Collins

Narrator: Dave Clark

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-14

Publisher: Bookrite Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

An inheritance at risk and the discovery of an extraordinary cache of old wines during Nashville's history-making flood leads to foul play and death in this Mark Rollins mystery adventure.

The old man finished a glass of wine-his favorite claret-went to bed, and died. Now more than fifty years later, a stunningly beautiful Nashville attorney, Ann Sims, is preparing to auction off his estate-a derelict old mansion with its long-forgotten secret.

Sims has lived with a secret of her own, a secret that could cost her the fortune she is in line to inherit and end her career. Beautiful women can make poor choices in men. She is no exception. Afraid, for good reason, of the possessive and greedy men in her life, she turns to Mark Rollins for protection.

Rollins, the central character in Collins' mysteries, is a modern-day hero-a protector, problem solver, and crime fighter. His superhero-like powers are technology, extraordinary wealth, and friends in high places. This time his technology is failing him as he tries to keep Ann Sims alive - his efforts thwarted by Nashville's failing infrastructure in the wake of the massive storm and flood that provides cover for bad things.

Members Reviews:

This is, at best, a very light beach read.

But frolicking in the ocean is probably a better use of your time! The plot is minimal, and the writing skill is very basic and, often, elementary-like. It can entertain for maybe 90 minutes. I'm from Nashville, so the setting gave it enough of an edge for me to keep reading and recognizing times and places. Without that, probably would not have finished. But if you're looking for something that requires no more involvement other than turning the page, this is it.

So Glad I Bought This Book

I saw something on the news about Tom Collins and how The Claret Murders included Nashville, Tennesseeâs historic 2010 Flood in its plot. I couldnât resist buying the book. OMGâ so glad I did. Iâve always heard that an author should write about what they know. Two things Tom Collins knows: wine and technology. I couldnât put the book down. Gobbled it up in two days. I know what Iâm giving for Christmas.

"Tapestry-covered secret doors" in Nashville

Like Tom Collins's earlier mystery thrillers, The Claret Murders is set in the Nashville area which grounds the story in a place of familiarity and reality whether you are from here or not. In addition, Collins situates the action in the middle of the devastating May 2010 flood which affected people, homes, businesses, land, and livestock. Collins does not just tell a story -- he teaches. The reader learns about Nashville, wine, and from a business management perspective about law firms and lawyers. The characters, dialogue, and "whodunit" intrigue keep the story moving.

Collins's voice is consistent throughout, and his language is articulate and easy to understand; likewise, his narrative balances "showing" and "telling" giving just enough of each to draw the reader in and get the reader involved. The recurring characters, for those who have read the previous books, feel more like friends or colleagues not just characters in a story.

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Title: Den farlige leg [The Dangerous Leg]

Author: Mari Jungstedt

Narrator: Torben Sekov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-14

Publisher: ArtPeople

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Da den gotlandske gymnasieelev Jenny bliver opdaget af et modelagentur, forandres hendes liv fuldstndig. Hun fr stjernestatus, anerkendelse og hvirvles ind i en verden af glamour, penge og kendisfester.Anderledes svrt er det for Agnes. Hun har et sygeligt forhold til mad og brer p en stor sorg, en tragedie i familien. Hun er jvnaldrende med Jenny og har altid drmt om et liv i spotlight det liv Jenny lever.Men ulykken lurer ogs i Jennys tilvrelse. Hendes kreste modefotografen Markus er til fotooptagelse p den lille gotlandske Furillen, da han bliver offer for et mordforsg. Han er ilde tilredt, og det er sprgsmlet om, han bliver i stand til at fortlle politiinspektr Knutas noget, der kan lede til en opklaring, fr det er for sent. Hvordan de to pigers skbner er knyttet til hinanden og til mordforsget, bliver op til politiinspektr Knutas at finde ud af. Der er nogen, der ved det. Nogen, der holder je med pigerne, lgger planer for dem og har i sinde at hndhve en egen retfrdighed.Den farlige leg er Mari Jungstedts ottende fritstende kriminalroman i serien om politiinspektr Anders Knutas, hans kollega Karin Jacobsson og journalisten Johan Berg.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

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Title: Unpaid Dues

Author: Barbara Seranella

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Munch Mancinis deepest fears about her past come to light after a brutal murder.

Miranda Munch Mancini has worked hard to overcome her past life as a hard-living street junkie, including cutting ties with the people she used to run with. Shes caught by surprise when an old friend turns up dead, and Munchs photo appears in the womans criminal file, connecting Munch to a crime shes worked hard to put behind her.

With the police investigation of the murder pointing to a terrifying figure in Munchs past, she doesnt know what to fear more: the dangerous killer or the truth about her past finally being revealed.

Members Reviews:

Flashback

I'm cheering for Munch and not just because the story is great. I've lived through some of the same kinds of story. On my own at 14 I ended up in San Francisco instead of LA. So even though the story takes place a little later and in a different locale, I can relate and giggle through so much of it, as I recognizing people/characters from my own past. Love them all so far.

unpaid dues

good read for holidays you dont need to think too hard to work out the story it is quite funny in places

Munchy urban noir thriller

After some heavy rains, a woman's body is found in the drainage sewer at the exclusive Riveria Country Club. The woman was badly beaten and her body tied to two cinder blocks so that she would sink without a trace. LAPD detective Mace St. John, back on the job after suffering a heart attack four months ago, leads the investigation. He learns the victim is Jane Ferran.

When he looks at her file he sees Munch Mancini's face with Jane's name underneath it. When he goes to question Munch, she tells him that she used her friend's name when she was arrested for a DUI. Munch has a feeling one of her druggie friends from years ago might have killed Jane but she can't tell Mace about it because she would implicate herself in a decade old triple homicide. It is only when it looks like Thor is going to kill anyone connected to that incident does she come forward and offers herself up as bait to trap a killer.

Munch is an ex-druggie, a recovering alcoholic and a former prostitute but she has turned her life around. She goes to AA meetings, has an adopted daughter and has a good job working as a mechanic in Brentwood. She is a role model for people who want to start over and make something of his or herself. The perpetrator of the murder will come as a shock to the reader because everyone involved in the case is missing a vital piece of information. Barbara Seranella, known for her urban noir thrillers, once again has created a realistic who-done-it that is both exciting and poignant.

Harriet Klausner

Beyond Genre

The Munch Mancini novels by Barbara Seranella are being marketed as "mystery fiction" and "crime novels." That is a blessing and a pitty as these books are often dismissed by literary snobs as inferior because of average writing and flat characters. Barbara Seranella is an excellent writer! And Munch is one of the best characters in ALL of fiction. She came from an upper middle class family, fell into a terrible life of drugs, sex, and mayhem, and then pulled herself out of it. A simple summary of the novels is that Munch-day by day- struggles to hold onto her new life. And there are plenty of people and events cropping up to pull her back into her old, bad ways.

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Title: Decker P.I. Best Served Cold

Author: Bill Craig

Narrator: Pat Reilly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-14

Publisher: Bill Craig

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

After returning home from a day spent fishing on his boat and finding his ex-wife dead in his bed, Ex-DEA Agent turned Private Investigator Sam Decker knows he's in trouble.

After the autopsy reveals that the bullet that killed her was fired from Sam's gun, Decker is on the run, a fugitive from the law. Trying to find out who killed Rita and clearing his name seems like an impossible task, especially when a small army of hitmen arrive looking to make sure Decker doesn't off the island alive. His search will lead him to an old enemy, one who feels that revenge is a dish best served cold!

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Love the Sam Decker series

Great read

This book is a great read with lots of action and well developed characters. I highly recommend all of the Decker PI series.

good book not his best

It was ok not his best book

But still looking coward to the next one looks like it wi,ll be interesting

A Good Read

Great plot and enjoyable reading. But, too many spelling and grammar errors.

Poorly edited

I really enjoyed the story lines and the characters are interesting but the whole series is poorly edited. There are so many errors that they were actually distracting. Some sentences actually didn't make sense because revisions were made during editing and the original text was either left in or nothing inserted to replace deletions. This same problem plagues the Marlow series by the same author. Note to Mr. Craig: Please proofread your work.

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Title: Unwanted Company

Author: Barbara Seranella

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Miranda "Munch" Mancini has seen the worst of times, but she's still looking for the best. A recovering addict and auto mechanic, she's now a single mother and a fledgling businesswoman trying to run a limousine service. But being her own boss means she can't afford to turn down a client, even when a seedy government type offers her big money to drive around a foreign businessman... The problems start when Munch promises to hire Ellen, an old friend fresh out of prison, as a driver. Next thing Munch knows, though, her friend, her client, and her Cadillac are missing in action, and the police are at her door. With the custody of her adoptive daughter on the line and Ellen's life in Jeopardy, there's nothing Munch won't do to help her pal, police detective Mace St. John, solve the case. But if there's a brutal murderer on her trail, what can Munch do - which won't get her killed - to stop him?

Members Reviews:

Dark, Grim and Rather Depressing

A lot of seedy characters who are ex-addicts or current addicts, and a very grim life even for the main character "Munch". Sadly, the author, Barbara Seranella passed at only 50 in 2007 waiting for a liver transplant...She had run away from home at 13 and led a very wild life! I think the characters she wrote about are probably some she actually met in her real life. It's a mystery but it isn't a page turner. I was curious to see how things would end but it wasn't a very good read. Or maybe I just found the whole storyline depressing and dark.

Munch continues to entertain

UNWANTED COMPANY is the third in the series by Barbara Seranella featuring her "bad girl" heroine, Miranda "Munch" Mancini, 70's drug addict and hooker, now seven years into going straight after her debut in NO HUMAN INVOLVED. It's now 1984, and Munch is still an ace auto mechanic, but with a limo business on the side to help bring in money to support herself and her daughter Asia, the latter "acquired" during the last episode, NO OFFENSE INTENDED. In the first novel of the series, Munch had a refreshing antisocial edginess that colored her efforts to steer clear of a murder investigation being conducted by LAPD detective Mace St. John. By the following thriller, Munch had mellowed considerably, though still finding herself in compromising situations most law-abiding citizens never encounter. In UNWANTED COMPANY, Munch is almost a model citizen as she helps an older and wearier St. John catch a serial killer, with ripples involving the CIA, a shady Romanian, and some loose plutonium. Our heroine's continuing display of an improving social attitude remains a mild disappointment. However, in this thriller, the author compensates by introducing us to one of Mancini's old pals, Ellen, just out of the women's correctional institute and still feeling ambivalent about giving up illegal substances and turning tricks. In any case, Munch gives her a job as a limo driver, upon which Ellen wastes no time dragging her employer and the Caddy into St. John's latest case. Ellen is strangely endearing as she ricochets from one risky situation to another with more concern for her appearance, wigs and make-up kit than anything else. I hope Seranella invites her back in future offerings.

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Title: No Man Standing

Author: Barbara Seranella

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Munch Mancini is on a mission to save an old friend, before her old life catches up to her. Miranda Munch Mancini has transformed her life, from low-life junkie to high-class mechanic, respected businesswoman, and mother. But life hasnt been as forgiving for her old friend Ellen Summers. Munch and Ellen were an inseparable pair in their youth, but when Munch went straight, Ellen went to prison. One day before shes to be released from prison, Ellens mother and stepfather are murdered. When the killer threatens Ellen, she turns to Munch as the only person she can trust. While Munch questions some of her friends story, the danger she is in proves to be all too real. Munch is determined to find the murderer and save her friend one last time - before the killer ends her crime solving days for good.

Members Reviews:

Another winner from Barbara Seranella

Munch Mancini is a truly interesting protagonist. She's a recovering addict/alcoholic, and while AA meetings are not part of the plots, her recovery is -- and feels realistic and authentic to the character. You can't help but root for her -- and ready to jump into her next adventure.

I've read the books in order to date (having recently come across the. In "recommended" on Amazon) -and am looking forward to the remaining books, as well as hoping the author continues the series.

One can't have too many friends

In NO MAN STANDING, ex-bad girl Munch Mancini is now eight years down the straight and narrow after giving up alcohol, drugs, sexual promiscuity, and bikers. An ace auto mechanic and owner of a struggling limo business, Munch is moving into a new house with her adopted daughter, Asia, when an old friend in need shows up.

Ellen Summers was Mancini's best gal-pal in the rough old days, and is just released from her latest stint in the California Institution for Women, a penal facility. Summers is being sought by vicious killers who want returned a very large sum of counterfeit Franklins that she found and hid before her most recent imprisonment. The first bodies in a growing pile are those of Ellen's Mom and stepfather. Meanwhile, Munch is being harassed by the jealous ex of a poor choice of lovers, and she doesn't need the heavy baggage that Ellen has brought to her and Asia's doorstep.

By design or not, assigning Ellen a major role in this fifth book of the Munch Mancini series was true inspiration by author Barbara Seranella. Summers is at least a pale reflection of Seranella's protagonist before she became a contributing member of society. For those steady readers of the series, who perhaps thought that Munch was becoming too middle-class, or for those being introduced to Munch for the first time, Ellen is a much-needed reminder of Mancini's former low-life edginess. That aspect, plus the ending plot twist of NO MAN STANDING, extends my interest in the series as a whole, the storylines of which will need to be unpredictable to keep me returning for more. While the last chapter gives a too obvious hint to the evolution of Mancini's love life in the next book, I trust the author will surprise us.

The back flap of NO MAN STANDING reveals that Barbara Seranella ran away at fourteen from the showcase upper middle-class enclave of Pacific Palisades, CA, joined a San Francisco hippie commune, rode with outlaw bikers, and became an auto mechanic.

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Title: The Transvection Machine

Subtitle: Carl Crader Mysteries, Book 1

Author: Edward D. Hoch

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a government official dies on the operating table, the president calls in the computer cops. On Venus, a radical exile escapes from a maximum-security prison, pledging to return to Washington and assassinate the president. Transport between Earth and the solar colonies is tightly regulated, but the exile knows a shortcut: the top-secret transvection machine, an experimental device that could theoretically be used to teleport men from planet to planet. Vander Defoe, the tools creator, is busy securing it when he feels a pain in his stomach: His appendix is about to explode. Defoe dies in the operating room during routine computerized surgery, and the case falls in the lap of the Computer Investigation Bureau, which has jurisdiction over all computer-related crimes. As the team tries to determine who corrupted the system that killed Defoe, it finds that in this case, all roads lead to Venus.

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Title: Kill Shot (Decker P.I.)

Author: Bill Craig

Narrator: William Dupuy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-14

Publisher: Bill Craig

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A hot time in the Florida Keys. When a boat explodes in the Scorpion Cay Marina with one of Sam Decker's oldest friends on board, Police Chief Monica Sinclair knows that there is no way she will be able to keep the former DEA agent turned Private Investigator out of the case. When evidence turns up incriminating the man in a drug case, Sam Decker smells a rat. Then when the widow arrives on the island and more dead bodies start turning up, Decker knows that someone is turning up the heat! Suddenly Decker has two jobs: Finding his friend's killer and clearing his name, before Decker becomes a victim himself...

Members Reviews:

Worth Reading!

An enjoyable plot! The few spelling and grammatical errors were annoying. The two author format provides some redundant verbiage. A very good relaxing story.

Great reading!

Another home run with this second Decker PI novel!

Elpasoreadee

I'd forgotten how much I enjoy Decker and his adventures. Easy read,enjoyable !! Perfect for a cold, winter evenings reading.

GOOD BOOK

Did not want the story to end. Love Decker, but the poor guy gets into so much trouble. Wish I would have read these Decker books in order it would have been alot easier.

Four Stars

All of his books are full of action.

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Title: Bad Blood

Author: Arne Dahl

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-14

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Detective Paul Hjelm and his team receive an urgent call from the FBI. A murderer whose methods bear a frightening resemblance to a serial killer they believed long dead is on his way to Sweden. For years the FBI hunted the so-called Kentucky Killer, their agents haunted by the terrible injuries he inflicted on his victims through his signature device: a weapon that squeezed the vocal cords shut.

Has he somehow returned from beyond the grave to torture a new generation, or do they have a copy-cat on their hands? And what do they want in Sweden? If they are to capture the killer, the team must collaborate with their colleagues in the FBI on a desperate hunt that will take them from rainswept city streets to deserted Kentucky farmhouses, and will push them to the limits of their endurance.

Members Reviews:

Great story

Great book. I really liked looking at "american" from an outside perspective.... and since I live in the Louisville Kentucky area - that made the book even better. Why? you might ask... because the serial killer is called the Kentucky killer and hi first murder was in the Louisville area :)

Anyway, the Kentucky Killer is a serial murderer who tortures people and kills them - in the same way as a group of Vietnam torture unit did ... but the the killings stop and the suspected murderer dies in a car crash.

Then 15 years later the murders start again, and this time he goes to Sweden

The Swedish police are trying to catch him before he begins his horrendous killing in Sweden. The police are well [portrayed - both as policemen and in the personal lives. There is humor as well. Great story!

I want more Dahl's translations!

I enjoyed reading Dahl's work a lot

Mixes politics, character development, Geography, Sociology. I have learned a lot about the Scandinavian Countries and their issues. If Wallander was ( just passed) a great critic of his society, Dahl, makes it interesting, fun, sad and makes the reader want to learn more about the issues depicted in each of his books

Finished the ones translated; Misterioso, Bad Blood and Europa Blues.

I hope we will have notice of new releases in English.

When you think you read all thrillers

Reads like a speed train

Inventive, Turning and twisting and never boring. No spoilers but you even a why at the end... Suberbly written. Up to the next one.

very good read with interesting twists

Starts off a bit slow but it actually then surprises you and you have to finish the book and there are several surprises!

Ready for the next one

Intriguing story....captivating characters. As enjoyable as the first one, enjoyed following the lives of the detectives.

Hope there is another one soon