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Title: The Alibi Club

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Francine Mathews

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-06

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

As the Nazis march on Paris and the crisis escalates, four remarkable characters are swept into the maelstrom. Their courage will change the course of history.

Epic and yet intimate, a seamless blend of fact and fiction based on a little-known episode of the war, The Alibi Club is a thriller of fierce and complex suspense. The author's own experiences in the world of spies make this tale of espionage come uniquely alive.

Critic Reviews:

"What a movie The Alibi Club would make." (Chicago Tribune)

"A unique portrait of life on the edge of horror...[with] a remarkable cast of characters." (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Imagine the impeccable period details of Alan Furst's novels about Paris during WWII mixed with a cast straight out of Casablanca and you begin to get some idea of the pleasures on tap in Mathews' new thriller." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Terrible

Couldn't finish it. Awful writing. Every interaction is forced. Didn't care about the characters. Couldn't get into the story. I really wanted too...but it just didn't happen.

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Title: The Second Perimeter

Author: Mike Lawson

Narrator: Richard Poe

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

When the Secretary of the Navy's nephew says he believes that two colleagues at a U.S. naval base may be committing fraud, his uncle is skeptical. Reluctant to launch an official investigation based on a relative's vague suspicions, the Secretary asks House Speaker John Mahoney to send his troubleshooter, DeMarco, to check out the story. As DeMarco and his friend Emma, a retired DIA agent, began to investigate what they thought was a low-stakes government swindle, they come to the terrifying realization that an espionage ring has infiltrated the naval base.

The leader of the espionage cell is a woman with whom Emma has a history that goes back to the cold war. Their encounter destroyed the woman's once promising career and turned her into a ruthless operative who cares about only one thing: destroying Emma, the person responsible for her shame, dishonor, and shattered life. DeMarco has never been near a spy in his life (at least not one that he knew of) and now he's dealing with a foreign agent who is more deadly than anyone he's ever encountered.

Critic Reviews:

"At once a solid thriller and a revealing look behind the scenes of American politics, the tale will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Very enjoyable read

I've read a lot of books where the main character is a real bad ass with skills out the whazoo. DeMarco's best characteristic is that he's a thinker. He knows the right people to go to for the skills he doesn't have (Emma for one -- who is a kick ass!) and he seems to think of the things that advance the story and win the day. Mahoney is the turd that you love even though he is a sexist pig. Overall the story is well written and enjoyable! I love Mike Lawson's books and will continue to read them.

Good second effort.

Mike Lawson brings back Joe DeMarco, the son of a mob enforcer turned 'fixer' for the Speaker of the House. Joe has a friend, Emma, enigmatic with a past. Emma worked for DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) and has skills and access to people who know how to do things just this side of the law. Emma is also older than Joe, retired and gay.

The Secretary of the Navy gets word from his sister that her son, a trainer at the Bremerton Naval Yard thinks something is not quite right with a contract awarded to assess the training of nuclear technicians on submarines. The Secretary thinks his nephew is 'dramatic' but doesn't want to ignore his sister and asks Joe to look into it. Emma goes along so she can accompany her love interest, a young, gorgeous cello player.

Bodies pile up, security is threatened and Joe and Emma come face to face with someone from her past - Li Mei. Emma burned Mei twenty years before.

The action criss crosses the country and there are plenty of scapegoats for the things that go wrong. Joe is still a regular guy, Emma is still fascinating and Li Mei is tragic.

Will continue to read this series ... you can't help but like Joe DeMarco.

DeMarco Series Is a Good Read

DeMarco is not Harry Bosch or the Lincoln Lawyer or anywhere in between, but these books are a good read. I have read the first two books and I don't think that his character is well defined. A mobster's kid, but not a mobster. A lawyer, but not a lawyer.

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Title: Navy Seals

Subtitle: Green Solitaire

Author: Mike Murray

Narrator: Gary Telles

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-06

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

A group of international hostages is being held by a terrorist force that will stop at nothing to achieve its aims. The only viable option left is to unleash Blacklight Team, the best fighting unit in the world. Commander Robert Getts and his men are sent into the fray with three objectives: rescue the hostages, prevent a missile launch, and turn the terrorist's hideout, a 3,000-foot mine shaft, into a massive grave.

©2000 Michael Murray; (P)2002 Listen & Live Audio, Inc. and The Cutting Corp.

Members Reviews:

Shallow story

Did not hold my interest. Characters and story line had no depth.

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Title: Blindfold Game

Subtitle: A Thriller

Author: Dana Stabenow

Narrator: Beth McDonald

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-05

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

On the Bering Sea, the USS Sojourner Truth, a Coast Guard cutter, patrols the Maritime Boundary Line. The seasoned crew, dealing with a high volume of ocean-going traffic, is finding that choppy seas are making their efforts even more difficult.

In Washington, D.C., a CIA analyst traces the sale of black market plutonium. As the pieces fit together, he realizes that a terrorist attack is under way on a valuable, and vulnerable, American target. He also sees that the Sojourner Truth is sailing right into the attack, putting his estranged wife, the second in command on the Sojourner, at the heart of an international crisis. Relentlessly gripping and frighteningly plausible, The Blindfold Game is the pinnacle of Dana Stabenow's award-winning career.

Critic Reviews:

"Stabenow has established herself as a fine mystery writer, but she may have found her true metier with this excellent thriller." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Danger in the Gulf of Alaska

I have been a fan of author Dana Stabenow for years. I love both her Kate Shugak and Liam Campbell series.

BLINDFOLD GAME is a stand-alone thriller and Stabenow does what she does best. She gives us a well-researched story with believable characters and lots of exciting, tense moments.

Executive Officer Sara Lange loves her service in the U.S.Coast Guard. What she doesn't love is all the years she has spent apart from her husband Hugh Rincon, who works as an analyst for the C.I.A.

Through his network, Hugh finds out about a disastrous plot being planned against the U.S., specifically in Alaska, and Sara and Hugh's worlds collide.

There are great details about the workings of the Coast Guard, about freighter shipping, and about the beautiful state of Alaska. This was a fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists. I especially liked that the author ended the book with an in-depth epilogue filling in events post-story for the reader.

Blindfold Game

My one complaint with the book was that it was not 100 pages longer. The writing is completely engrossing, from the vividly detailed descriptions both of setting and action to the intriguing plot that built up logically in disclosure as the story went along, yet still managed to have a surprise element in its conclusion. The story is set in the Alaskan waters incorporating the elements of international fishing, the US Coast Guard and modern day bad guys with an ingenious way of carrying out a contemporary threat. Characterization is colorful. Even the bad guys are humanized, though they never to the extent that they could be wished well. All in all, a very interesting read.

Very good

I have been fan of Dana Stabenow for sometime. I love her Kate Shudak books and love the backdrop of Alaska it's people and her view of their politics. I was angry with how she ended that so didn't read any of her other books till this one. I fully enjoyed this book. Characters I cared about, and an interesting fast moving plot. I will now have to look for more books by this author. Enjoy.

Be patient through the somewhat slow start because this book ...

Be patient through the somewhat slow start because this book quickly speeds up. I soon stopped wishing Kate and Mutt would show up and went with the flow. First book that's kept me awake flipping through my Kindle to the end in some time. Stabenow has another winner. . .

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Title: Blown

Author: Francine Mathews

Narrator: Staci Snell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-05

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

As thousands of runners line up for the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., no one suspects that in a matter of hours the event will become a race between life and death. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael is about to tender her resignation, when the first reports of a terrorist attack pour in, and she instantly recognizes the hand of an enemy she's battled for years: the 30 April Organization. The neo-Nazi group is alive and well and operating in the United States, assassinating top officials and abducting a vulnerable child from the front ranks of a state funeral. When Caroline's husband, Eric, is arrested in Germany as a 30 April operative, Caroline has no choice but to take to the streets and target the evil herself.

Eric has worked as a "legend" for years, a false identity so perfect, the CIA believes he's dead, and gone deep undercover within the terrorist group Caroline is determined to destroy. Now his cover's been blown, and Eric's intimate knowledge of 30 April's plans makes him a target for both sides: the killers he's betrayed, and the American government he's sworn to protect.

Torn between a desire to save her husband and her duty to save her country, Caroline is drawn back into a treacherous labyrinth where trusting others is as good as suicide. For the enemy this time wears a familiar face: that of an American patriot, waving his flag alongside his gun. To stem disaster, Caroline has only one choice: to betray everyone in which she believes, or everyone she loves.

For an agent without cover, an agent who's blown, is worse than betrayed: she's as good as dead.

Critic Reviews:

"Mathews, a former CIA intelligence analyst, dexterously serves up strong suspense and crisp espionage maneuvers. With Caroline Carmichael at the wheel, it's a riveting, wild ride right to the nail-biting conclusion." (Publishers Weekly)

"One of the toughest female secret agents we've seen in a long time." (USA Today)

Members Reviews:

Truly, truly awful.

I realize most espionage novels (which I really enjoy) require some amount of suspension-of-disbelief but this books plot was more reminiscent of a Mexican soap opera than an intelligent spy thriller. The plot is poor, the writing is worse.

On top of this, the narrator has essential no inflection in her voice and just listening to this book can put you to sleep the contents of the book not withstanding. Robotic, monotone, and mechanical are adjectives that come to mind.

This is the first audio book Ive ever gotten through Audible that has had 4 plus stars, but has been terrible. I have to think that the author and her friends have placed a few of these reviews it was that bad.

Reminds me of The Company

Fast read. Reminicent of the Company. Dirty deals at the CIA.

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Title: The Cutout

Author: Francine Mathews

Narrator: Trini Alvarado

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-01

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The news sends CIA headquarters into turmoil. Desperate to bury evidence of a maverick agent, uncertain of Eric's motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric's wife - the Cutout - sent to Germany as bait to reel him and his VIP hostage in from the cold.

Torn between duty to country and the ghosts of her past, the Cutout swiftly finds herself drawn deep into a dizzying maze where even the life of a Vice President is a pawn, Caroline knows that the Cutout will be the first to fall.

Members Reviews:

Talented Writer

Francine Mathews is a telented writer who has written about the field of espionage, something she has personal knowledge of.This book is full of clues, bluffs and a myriad of characters designed to show how a person can lose their own identity when caught up in this convoluted international world.Hope you select this one to listen and enjoy.

Gripping Suspense, great characters

The Cutcut was the novel that really introduced me to the espionage suspense genre, and it is a great one. It has a great suspenseful story but also we see a character, Caroline, who is torn between her husband and duty to her country. I loved this book when I first read it several years ago and loved listening to it, even though it is abridged. It was a great review to prepare me to listen to the sequal "Blown."

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Title: The Rhinemann Exchange

Author: Robert Ludlum

Narrator: Bob Gunton

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-99

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

American superagent David Spaulding is suddenly uprooted from World War II's European theater to help complete a mysterious transaction in Buenos Aires - a city of assassins, erotic electricity, and masters of double cross. The potential payoff is immense: a technology that could bring the war to a swift and explosive finish and save millions of Allied lives. But quickly the game changes, truths darken, hidden secrets emerge. And suddenly Spaulding is the man in between, the man furiously struggling for his sanity, the women he loves, and his very life...the only man who can save the world from the horrible truth of The Rhinemann Exchange.

©1991 by Robert Ludlum and Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing; (P)1991 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"A superb plot filled with exciting chases, double crosses, secret codes, and beautiful women...a picture of the beastliness underlying the espionage, world, a world of brilliance without scruples, brutality without restraint." (Chicago Tribune)

Members Reviews:

Great read by author of Jason Bourne series

Read this book as a teen and many times since. For convenience I purchased Kindle edition. As a teen, authors like Robert Ludlum, Helen MacInnes, Alistair MacLean, Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey regularly were producing great bestsellers. Those of us who read their books then loved them then and now, when they are mostly available in used paperback or Kindle version. It is sad that younger generations have largely missed out on these great authors.

Pretty common

Nothing exceptional. Dull , mindless bedtime reading guaranteed to put you to sleep

Same o!d same old . Doesn't even resemble the dealings of US steel, standard oil and themany large corporations who did business with the Nazis prior to pearl harbor

Three Stars

Not my favorate

Terrific Ludlum

Great international thriller. Grabs reader from the beginning and doesn't let go. Leaves reader wanting more!

Five Stars

Great novel. I like action and mystery novel such as this one! Highly recommendable!

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Titel: Manhattan Karma (Ein Leonid-McGill-Roman 1)

Autor:: Walter Mosley

Erzähler: Thomas Wenke

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-12-16

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Schon als Waisenjunge hat Leonid McGill gelernt, daß man einstecken können muß, um in New York zu überleben - besonders wenn man schwarz ist und einen seltsamen Namen hat.

Leonid wurde Boxer. Aber er war für den Sport nicht gemacht. Also versuchte er sein Glück auf der Straße, arbeitete jahrelang als Schnüffler für den Mob. Heute ist er Anfang Fünfzig, lebt mit einer Frau zusammen, die er nicht liebt, um für seine Kinder da zu sein, die er - mit einer Ausnahme - nicht gezeugt hat, und versucht, sein Geld endlich auf legale Weise zu verdienen.

Doch auch wenn Amerika im Wandel ist und ein schwarzer Präsident das Land regiert - für einen wie McGill ist es nicht leicht, von der schiefen Bahn abzukommen, denn seine Vergangenheit holt ihn immer wieder ein.

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©2011 Suhrkamp Verlag AG. Übersetzung von Kristian Lutze (P)2016 Audible GmbH

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Wasn't happy about that

It was in German! Wasn't happy about that, didn't know that it wasn't in English!

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Title: Basic Law

Subtitle: A Mystery of Cold War Europe

Author: J. Sydney Jones

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

A peace-seeking man must unravel the mystery that led to his former lover's death. Expat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out: too many dead bodies, too many wars covered, too little meaning in it all. He's got a dead-end job at the Daily European as the correspondent for Vienna, where nothing happens now that the Cold War is over. And that is exactly how Kramer likes it. But his private neutral zone is shattered with news of the suicide of Reni Müller, a German left-wing firebrand and Kramer's long-estranged ex-girlfriend. To his surprise, Kramer suddenly finds himself the executor of Reni's literary estate - but the damning memoir named in her will is nowhere to be found. Tracking down the manuscript will lead Kramer to the unsettling truth of Reni's death, drawing him back into the days of the Cold War and showing him the dark side of the woman he loved.

Members Reviews:

Never a Dull Moment

The author is quite clever in concealing who the the "bad guy" is until near the end of the book. A crazy drive on the German expressway was humorous and scarey; I felt like a passenger in the back seat hanging on for dear life!

Unsettled Truths

"The term basic law is used in some places as an alternative to "constitution", implying it is a temporary but necessary measure without formal enactment of constitution. A basic law is either a codified constitution, or in countries with uncodified constitutions, a law given to have constitution powers and effect. The name is usually used to imply an interim or transitory nature, or avoid attempting a claim to being "the highest law", often for religious reasons. In West Germany the term "Basic Law" (Grundgesetz) was used to indicate that the Basic Law was provisional until the ultimate reunification of Germany. But in 1990 no new constitution was adopted and instead the Basic Law was adopted throughout the entire German territory. Basic law is entrenched in that it overrides ordinary 'statute law' passed by the legislature." Wikipedia

This novel appears to be one of a series taking place in Vienna. It seems to be a stand alone novel, but there are too many details missed and discovered later. This novel takes place in 1994 and traces back to the Cold War.

Sam Kramer works as a journalist for the 'Daily European', in Vienva, a mid rate job with little or no future. He is plodding along, trying to give up booze and live a moderately normal life. He receives word an ex- lover, Reni Muller has died, she committed suicide. They had been torn apart and were estranged. His mother had received a phone call from her in the past month, and she was looking for Sam. After the funeral, Sam is told he had been left executor of her memoir. The only problem is that memoir cannot be found. The publishing house that Reni contacted and gave her a large advance is also looking for the memoir. Sam does not believe this was a suicide, Reni had a lot of information about the Germans during the Cold War, and the search for the missing manuscript brings more bodies and mishaps for Sam.

The story itself is well worth following. However, Randall, one of the characters, a friend of Sams who always seems to down and out freeloading from his friends, seems superfluous. The search for the truth is long and drawn out.

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Title: Knighthawke Vanishing Shadows

Author: Jerry Minchew

Narrator: George Taylor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-14

Publisher: Knighthawke Productions

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Knighthawke is the code name for USAF special operative Michael Walker. In this second installment of the trilogy Michelle Walker is abducted, taken to Southeast Asia, and held as a bargaining tool to convince Michael to use his enhanced abilities against his own government. During that time, Michelle's family learns that their long, lost son is the special ops agent dispatched to rescue their abducted daughter. Michael must find a way to avoid becoming a traitor, rescue his sister, and return to America so that he can meet the biological family that he has so longed for.

Members Reviews:

Nothing replaces family

I still think this is a really good series for teens and young adults. It is all about family values and teamwork in good times and bad.

Basic premise is at about 1 year of age one of a set of twins was kidnapped and they were 22 when reunited. Both had successfully completed school and both joined the Air Force. The sister was kidnapped at 22 and her brother went to rescue her.

In the course of this book there are many colorful characters, alien life forms, Vietnam war, and the war on drugs.

Great values and ethics lessons

Great story and narration

Refreshingly different, enjoyable, nail bitter storyline. With quite a lot of laugh out loud moments, though the subject matter dealt with some serious issues. This was a thrilling ride and I look forward to more episodes.