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Title: G-8 and His Battle Aces #1, October 1933

Author: Robert J. Hogan

Narrator: Doug Stone, James Gillies, Roger Price

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-13

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Will Murray's Pulp Classics #26 G-8 and His Battle Aces Audiobook #1: The Bat Staffel by Robert J. Hogan. Read by Doug Stone. Liner Notes by Will Murray.

They called G-8 the Flying Spy. History never recorded his exploits - and for good reason! No one would ever believe World War I was that wild!

G-8, the high-flying ace pilot of World War I, was born in the front seat of a car barreling through the Holland Tunnel. His father was Robert Jasper Hogan, who had made quite a name for himself as a prolific pulp writer specializing in aviation fiction during the glamorous era now styled Between the Wars. Among practitioners of that now-lost art, this school of writing was styled Yammering Guns, after the sound of contending synchronized machine guns in furious action.

One of Popular's star writers, Hogan was doubtless the first writer publisher Harry Steeger considered when casting about for a suitable scribe. The unnamed magazine was on the schedule as a monthly. The designated author would have to know his rudders and ailerons - and be reliable. Hard drinkers need not apply. And Hogan had been an air cadet during World War I, although the armistice came before he could ship out and see action. Steeger and Hogan hashed out an idea. It was part Eddie Rickenbacker and part What Price Glory? - which was a popular Maxwell Anderson stage play turned into a motion picture. Price stressed the horrors of war as counterpoint to the sentimental comradeship of the Allies in the trenches. Only in this case, by horror, Popular Publications meant something far more horrific than mustard-gas trench warfare atrocities.

For, envisioning the expected strain on the writer's imagination a monthly novel would enact, Steeger and Hogan agreed that the new series would soon grow stale if they didn't spice it up with elements of the fantastic. This recipe ranged from merely super-scientific death rays to the unabashedly supernatural manifestations. Nothing was taboo in G-8. Hogan was a pioneer of over-the-top plotting generations before the term was coined. The premier tale, which appeared in the October, 1933 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces, exemplified the outrageous approach Steeger and Hogan envisioned for the series. Hogan called it The Bat Staffel. Therein he introduced a German mad scientist who would bedevil his new hero the length and breadth of the series - some 11 tortured years. This first time out, Herr Doktor Krueger unleashed monster bats as big as bi-planes on Allied Sop with Camels and Spads. It made for fearsome reading.

With his canvas limited to the skies over No Man's Land during the four years encompassed by what was originally called the Great War, Hogan went for broke, escalating from terrifying tales such as The Skeleton Patrol and Squadron of the Scorpion to unchecked phantasms of terror like Satan Paints the Sky, Here Flies the Hawks of Hell and The Bloody Wings of the Vampire. Hogan had a predilection for half-human antagonists, which manifested in an annual parade of beast-men, wolf-men, leopard-men, panther-men, even rhino-men. For G-8 and his battle buddies, the War to End All Wars proved to be a very long and hairy conflict. Before it was all over, G-8 battled weird menaces ranging from Martians to Zombies, with assorted undead minions of the Kaiser in between.

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Title: Good News, Bad News

Author: David Wolstencroft

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-13

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Good News, Bad News... a secret agent is trained to try to think of every possible outcome and eventuality. Who could have guessed, though, that a bureaucratic error would send two men to the same 'cover' job, working in a shabby photo-processing booth, where each must keep his real identity secret from the other, while awaiting orders. Or that those orders would be to assassinate... each other.

Thrown together by this apparently ghastly mistake, Charlie and George decide to go on the run together. In the whole world, the only people they can trust are each other. Or can they?

Members Reviews:

some good twists

a good listen. performance is excellent! kept me guessing all the way through to the end

Great Premise, Oddly Dull

The whole affair is just a bit too restrained. I assume this was to make the humor seem drolll but it falls flat. There is no hook to care about the characters and the narration (in the text) is too remote. The narrator is very listenable, but does not encourage excitement.

Really gripping, but slightly off the wall!

What made the experience of listening to Good News, Bad News the most enjoyable?

Down-to-earth characters that sound like people we all know.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Charlie, because he's a flawed, ordinary-guy hero.

What does Gordon Griffin bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

His voice matches the real-life nature of the story.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Real-life spys, just like you and me!

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Titel: Tage der Toten

Autor:: Don Winslow

Erzähler: Dietmar Wunder

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 19 hrs and 35 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-19-13

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Mexiko, Mitte der 70er Jahre: Der US-Drogenfahnder Art Keller hat sich in das Herz der mexikanischen Drogenmafia eingeschleust und ihr den Kampf angesagt. Mit so viel Erfolg, dass die Handelsrouten reihenweise auffliegen und die Kartelle die Jagd auf ihn eröffnen. Als sein Mitarbeiter von den Gangstern zu Tode gefoltert wird, schwört Art Keller Rache und startet einen gnadenlosen Feldzug. Zu spät merkt er, dass er sich damit neue Feinde macht - und die sitzen in Washington. Ein Jahrzehnte andauernder Krieg um Macht und Ressourcen beginnt, in dem die Grenzen zwischen Gut und Böse gänzlich verschwinden.

©2012 Suhrkamp (P)2012 DAV

Kritik Bewertungen:

Fast 20 Stunden dauert Winslows Meisterwerk über den mexikanischen Drogenkrieg - und ist doch keine Sekunde langweilig.

-- BÜCHER Magazin

Perfekt setzt Sprecher Dietmar Wunder, der u.a. 007 Daniel Craig synchronisiert, seine unheilkündende maskuline Stimme mal im Gewalt-, mal im Gefühlsmodus ein und fesselt die Zuhörer dieses Epos' von Mord und Totschlag. Starker Tobak!

-- ekz Bibliotheksservice

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Titel: Ziel erfasst

Autor:: Tom Clancy

Erzähler: Frank Arnold

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 22 hrs and 12 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-15-13

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Währenddessen befasst sich der Campus - ein inoffizieller, top-secret Geheimdienst, der Jack Ryan zuarbeitet - im Nahen und Mittleren Osten mit einer brisanten anderen Frage: Was hat ein hoher pakistanischer Militär mit russlandfeindlichen, dagestanischen Terroristen zu schaffen? Die Antwort führt schließlich zu einem verzweifelten Ringen, bei dem nichts weniger als der Weltfriede auf dem Spiel steht ...

Die Starbesetzung von Tom Clancy ist wieder da: Jack Ryan und John Clark sehen sich zusammen mit Jack Ryan jr. und dem übrigen Campus-Team der größten Herausforderung ihres Lebens gegenüber. Es droht nicht nur eine atomare Auseinandersetzung im Mittleren Osten, auch der Feind im Inneren rüstet sich zum Krieg mit allen Mitteln.

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Titel: Diamantenfieber (James Bond 4)

Autor:: Ian Fleming

Erzähler: Oliver Siebeck

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-16-13

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Diamantenfieber ist der vierte von Ian Flemings James-Bond-Romanen, in dem der Geheimagent tödliche Edelsteine durch Amerika verfolgt...

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Selten war eine Neuübersetzung der Romane so notwendig wie diese.

-- dradio.de

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Title: Collision of Evil

Subtitle: A Franz Waldbaer Thriller, Book 1

Author: John J. Le Beau

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-13

Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

As evening falls against the majestic backdrop of the Bavarian Alps, Charles Hirter, an American tourist, is savagely murdered. In the peace, quiet, and pastoral splendor of this magnificent setting, Charles Hirter draws his last breath. Was Charles simply in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Kommissar Franz Waldbaer, the German detective in charge of the case, faces an investigation that yields neither clues nor suspects nor motives. A gruff, go-it alone detective, Waldbaer is dismayed by the arrival of Robert Hirter, the victim's brother, who insists on joining the investigation. But there is more to Robert than meets the eye.

As Robert and the Kommissar uncover a nefarious nexus of evil past and evil present, they find themselves probing dark, long-forgotten episodes from the Third Reich in order to identify the present threat.

Thrust into a violent world of fanatic passions, malevolent intentions and excruciating urgency, Robert Hirter and Kommissar Waldbaer must race against the clock to stop a sophisticated, covert, and deadly plot.

Members Reviews:

Shows promise

Franz Waldbaer must solve a murder, ostensibly one with no witnesses, no motive, and no weapon. What he discovers will reveal a dangerous entanglement of past sins and present terrorist agendas in modern Bavaria.

As a 25-year veteran of the CIA, the author has extensive experience he can draw upon to create believable, dramatic scenarios. He can create a realistic sense of suspense and danger. I commend him for limiting his characters to a manageable number, and for setting scenes well. The pacing was a bit slow at first, but it came around. In short, "Collision of Evil" displays some of the tiny faults common to many first novels, but nothing to stand in the way of the story. I would definitely read more from Mr. Le Beau based on this book, and look forward to seeing how his writing and storytelling style develops.

I'm not sure about the narrator. I wish readers would drop what they perceive to be a German accent. I never know whether to laugh or cry.

I don't read a lot in this genre, but selected this book as a compromise for a long trip. I love Bavaria, my companion loves thrillers. Four stars from each of us, and best of luck to Mr. Le Beau.

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Title: The Damocles Sword

Author: Elleston Trevor

Narrator: Raphael Corkhill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In the darkest days of WW II British Intelligence concocted a plan that would stymie the Germans. But it required a very brave man to carry it out, one who could infiltrate the elite SS corps.

Martin Benedict was the man, and all went well until his cover got blown. Remarkably, success was still possible - but at an increased risk. Could he bring it off?

The answer reveals itself in an agony of suspense, which is no surprise, for Elleston Trevor is a master of the genre.

Members Reviews:

Looking at Evil in an Original Way

One of Elleston Trevor (also wrote as Adam Hall)'s best books. It tells a story about one man's experience early in WWII that sort of peeks in at the evils of that conflict with very clear eyes, without being a book "about" those evils. This somehow makes it a more powerful reminder/introduction-to the great cruelties of the Third Reich. Much recommended for people who like dramatic spy/war books, particularly if you like ones with a British flavor...sorry flavour.

a spy thriller which became a best-seller and won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as Best Novel of 1966

An exciting, action-packed but highly literate thriller by one of England's outstanding 20th century authors. Very satisfying - if unlikely - story of a British amateur agent who infiltrates the SS and has one dangerous adventure after another. Trevor also wrote, under his pen name Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum, a spy thriller which became a best-seller and won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as Best Novel of 1966, the year after The Spy Who Came in From The Cold did the same. It became a rather so-so movie, but led to 18 more Quiller spy thrillers, many of them best-sellers. The Quiller novels were very unusual spy novels, with all the action and globe-trotting of a Bond book, but starring a troubled, angry and very humane man. Trevor also wrote The Flight of the Phoenix (which became a good movie, twice) and dozens of other books as Elleston Trevor and several other pseudonyms. There's a website about Trevor at http://www.quiller.net/trevor/main.html

A Journey into Darkness

I first read this in 1983,and several times since.

Martin Benedict is an English officer at the outbreak of war.

As a result of a personal tragedy,his distaste for Hitler's political system becomes very personal.

This is a great story with lots of detail about the ability of a civilized and moral person,for a greater purpose, to blend into the devil's lair of Nazi Germany.It's adventurous and suspenseful right from the start.

It's hard to put down once you get into it.I highly recommend it.

If the reader wonders at how such a formerly 'civilized'country

could come to personify human evil,this is a good read.

Great!

I agree with rroger's 5 star review. I just finished this having found it at the used book store. What a great novel. How did it go so unnoticed?

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Title: A Prospect of Vengeance

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The evacuation of Philip Masson's body near Mrs Griffin's cottage resurrects several old ghosts that send the newshounds scurrying to dig in their clippings archives. Rumours, matured with the passing years since Masson's "disappearance" way back in 1978, once more abound. But the investigative team of Ian Robinson and Jenny Fielding are already on a trail of discovery that leads back to the end of the Wilson/Callaghan era.

Jenny has overheard a snatch of gossip at an embassy party that seems to implicate British Intelligence's David Audley in the original cover-up of Masson's deathand Jenny has a personal interest in that affair. But it is not until the labyrinthine trails come together on a Spanish battlefield that Jenny learns why it is that Philip Masson had to die.

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Titel: Operation Romanow

Autor:: Glenn Meade

Erzähler: Detlef Bierstedt

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 17 hrs and 28 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-11-12

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

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Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Habe schon besseres von Glenn Meade gelesen

Ich kenne Operation Schneewolf und auch Wintermond von Glenn Meade. Beide haben mich wesentlich mehr gefesselt als Operation Romanow. Möglicherweise liegt es auch an dem historischen Stoff, dessen Wahrheitsgehalt ich nicht beurteilen kann, der mir aber grundsätzlich nicht so sehr zu sagt.

Insgesamt entwickelt sich die Story zäh, wobei im letzten Drittel durchaus Spannung aufkommt.

Jedoch der komplette Spannungsbogen von Anfang bis Ende und überraschende Wendungen sucht man vergebens.

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Titel: Projekt Wintermond

Autor:: Glenn Meade

Erzähler: Detlef Bierstedt

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-22-12

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

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Glenn Meade beweist erneut, dass er zur oberen Riege der Thrillerautoren zählt.

-- The Times