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Title: A Knife Edge

Author: David Rollins

Narrator: Mel Foster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 39 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

What kind of top secret project could the military be engaged in that would require the services of a foremost marine biologist and a genetic researcher? The possibilities are ominous, but not as ominous as the truth.

And then the unthinkable tragedy that everyone feared since 9/11 explodes with a terrifying sense of déjà vu - in San Francisco.

Suddenly, with a second scientist presumed dead, an unidentified charred body in the morgue, and the "accidental" parachute death of a friend in a Florida training field, Cooper is following a trail as narrow and as dangerous as a knife edge - a trail that leads to what we all fear most: a secret "government" within our government whose sworn duty is to kill anyone who opposes them.

Members Reviews:

GREAT Writer!

I get so wrapped up in the Vin Cooper character, sometimes I forget to laugh. Really! Then I reread it and Im in hysterics. Rollin's writing is perfect, storyline, flow, rythymn, its all great.

Nice plot twists

David Rollins has written three mysteries into a page turning novel. This book will hold your ìnterest from the first to the last page. David Rollins does not disappoint .

A great read!!

I'm a big fan of David Rollins and this book is a perfect addition to your library.

An Entertaining Read

A deep-sea scientist is eaten by a shark and skydiving accident of a former Combat Controller buddy have to be solved by Vin Cooper.

These two relatively independent events are found by Vin Cooper to have a connection with global implications.

David Rollins has in this second book further developed the character of the sarcastic but effective Special Investigator Vin Cooper.

This is an action packed tale mingled with the in your face personality of the protagonist. The story is fast paced with many twists and turns. Thoroughly enjoyed the book and did not want it to end.

The high point of the story is the HALO jump. A little hard to believe but stranger actual events have happened in skydiving.

I found it a good follow up to his first book "The Death Trust". Unlike some follow-ups the second is as good as the first and look forward to the further adventures of Investigator Cooper.

Very interesting series. Lots of plot turns.

Enjoyed books 1&2 very much. Keeps you thinking and working to figure out what's going to happen next and who was responsible for what happened so far.

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Title: Cruzatte and Maria

Author: Peter Bowen

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

But trouble is afoot. First a fire damages the film props, and then two bodies are fished out of the river. Someone doesn't want them there. Suddenly the site is swarmed with television crews and FBI agents trying to work the mystery. As word gets out and filmmakers, environmentalists, and others threaten to flock to Montana to exploit its resources, tensions rise to the boiling point.

Critic Reviews:

"Bowen's exuberant storytelling mines the rich cultural history of the West." (Publishers Weekly)

"The Du Pre mysteries are never as focused on dead bodies as they are on the clash of cultures....A solid entry in a great series." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Great Listen

I love these books, and am sorry that this is the last one in audio format. Mr. Lane does a great job reading this Gabriel Du Pre mystery. Alas, there is a sequel to Cruzatte and Maria

But it hasn't been recorded, (is anyone listening, (no pun intended)). I expect I'll to read it.

Back in good form

I seem to recall that Bowen had a little trouble getting a very wealthy man integrated into the stories. This time it it pretty well works.

Not sure as well what the Metis accent really sounds like--the narrator's voice and the one I had in my head when reading the first couple of books are different. But I've no idea which--if either--of us is correct.

But the book is fun--Dupree gets involved with a movie company--at least partly because there was a Metis fiddler on the Lewis and Clark expedition--the Cruzatte in the title. Maria is one of Dupree's daughters--and the one who both drags Dupree into the situation and then becomes much more involved herself.

After a previous movie company, to put it politely, put everyone in the county's back up, after most of the land on the river is sold to outsiders,after some rabid environmentalists LOUDLY voice their opinion that all white humans, even those whose family has been there for well over a century, be evicted so that buffalo can be reintroduced in something like their previous numbers--people start being killed on the river. A couple of FBI agents say that since Maria is already at the film location, Dupree can easily fit in without arousing the killers.

There are a bear and a dog who manage to steal scenes, and one of Dupree's granddaughters, a truly precocious 7-year old, who has an encounter with one of the FBI agents so funny that I had to pull my car over to the side of the road and not crash for laughing so hard.

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Title: McNally's Secret

Author: Lawrence Sanders

Narrator: Nathan Lane

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-08

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When detective Archy McNally is called to retrieve a set of rare stamps known as "Inverted Jennies" from one of Palm Beach's wealthiest and most curvacious matrons, he unexpectedly becomes entangled in something far more dangerous. A local collector is slain, and all roads lead Archy back to the original crime scene. But before he can put the pieces together, he faces another murder and all-to-real romance.

©1992 Lawrence A. Sanders Enterprises, Inc.; (P)1992 Simon & Schuster Inc.

Members Reviews:

Nathan Lane IS Archie McNally ... almost :)

What made the experience of listening to McNally's Secret the most enjoyable?

Nathan Lane

Who was your favorite character and why?

I'm a fan of the series and Archie is of course my favorite character though, I do get a kick out of his father.

What about Nathan Lanes performance did you like?

He didn't overvamp it, didn't "Birdcage" it. He was able to deliver the "fashion" lines believable.

Any additional comments?

Another of my favorite series that since I can not get the books for my kindle, I can still listen to them

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Title: Privileged Information

Subtitle: A Dr. Alan Gregory Mystery

Author: Stephen White

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 87 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

He launches a psychological and personal quest for the truth that rapidly intensifies when more of his patients die untimely deaths, and Gregory suspects not only that the deaths are related but that another one of his patients may be somehow involved. Lacking facts but roused by suspicion and troubled by seemingly random acts of terror around him, Gregory starts to fear for the safety of the people he loves.

The question of the inviolability of confidential disclosures made to Gregory by his patients - privileged information - becomes crucial as the psychologist pursues an unsettling romance with Lauren Crowder, a lovely deputy district attorney investigating one of the deaths. Bound to silence, Gregory follows the psychological tracks of someone he fears may be a cunning and disturbed killer, while turning to his enigmatic but supportive partner, Diane Estevez, for counsel, and to his tart-tongued female urologist neighbor for support.

The sinister, surprising drama unfolds against Boulder's Rocky Mountain backdrop, in the arresting natural beauty of Aspen, and in the midst of a baroque Halloween costume party in downtown Boulder. Finally, in a lonely mountain lodge enshrouded in menace, the story comes to its breathtaking climax.

Members Reviews:

Stephen White fun to listen to as a Boulder born

person it's fun to look back as a lot has changed. Good listen narrated well

No characters here to be sympathetic with. Trite

It's not very long because it's abridged so you can kind of muscle your way through this very predictable mystery.

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Title: Vanishing Point

Subtitle: Sharon McCone #23

Author: Marcia Muller

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The looming crisis of who will compromise first is delayed when Hy heads out of town on business and McCone dives into one of her most baffling cases yet - the disappearance of Laurel Greenwood, who vanished 22 years before without a trace. Laurel's grown-up daughter is desperately seeking closure and wants McCone to find out the fate of the young mother and artist who never returned from a day of landscape painting in a Central California coastal town.

The case is cold, and the evidence McCone begins uncovering is chilling. Secrets kept for two decades now emerge to create a portrait of a woman who's perfect on the surface and anything but a paragon beneath it. And when someone takes potshots at McCone to scare her into dropping her inquiries, the detective's resolve hardens. She intends to uncover the truth - the whole truth - even when it awakens her suspicions that the bonds of marriage can easily become chains, and that escaping them may lead to desperate acts...or murderous ones.

Members Reviews:

Great book in the long-running series

If you like Marcia Muller you will like this book. I have read only a few of her books and I don't remember liking those as much as I liked this one. Sharon McCone, the story's main P.I., is an enjoyable character. She is tough and smart, but very human, as well. There is quite a lot of her personal life in the book, but that didn't bother me or digress too much from the mystery.

I loved the mystery of what happened to the missing woman all those years ago. It kept me listening on and on, well past my bedtime.

If you don't know Marcia Muller's work, I think this would be a good introduction into the series. Just don't worry too much about all the family and friends you are introduced to in the beginning and you'll do fine.

Another GREAT Marcia Muller book!

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

I did listen to this book in a couple days - any chance I got I listened. I kept thinking it was ending but just keep on going stronger.

IT'S OK

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Im in the middle I didn't dislike it nor did it blow me away

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

To be honest I just bought it because I like Susan erickson she is a awesome narrator

What about Susan Ericksens performance did you like?

She is great only reason I bought this one since listening to the jb Robb series

Do you think Vanishing Point needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Nope

Any additional comments?

Going to give her one more try ang get the running man

Very entertaining

A fun read.

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Title: Rituals of the Season

Author: Margaret Maron

Narrator: C. J. Critt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 100 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author Margaret Maron shows the form that has won her the Edgar and Agatha Awards, among many others, in this riveting mystery. Judge Deborah Knott and Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant are due to marry in a week. But all plans are put on hold when an assistant district attorney is killed, and the clues compel Judge Knott to investigate an earlier double murder that may be connected

©2005 Margaret Maron (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

Members Reviews:

Deborah and Dwight Get Married

Much of this book is about the wedding - the parties, bridal showers, extended families and clothes. If you are not interested in these things, you could skip this book and go on to the next in the series.

There is a mystery with some pretty good plot twists, but it seemed to be an afterthought. I did not get the same "sense of place" from this story as I have from earlier entries in the series.

Even so, Margaret Maron is one of my three favorite authors and I will continue to read this series.

Good as usual

Where does Rituals of the Season rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

If always love her characters and her lively writing style

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

No

Have you listened to any of C. J. Critts other performances before? How does this one compare?

An excellent narrator of Maron and Joan Hess. She really nails the accent

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

9 hours.....Get real

Any additional comments?

I am waiting breathlessly for MMs next book. I love them

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Title: Blackwater Sound

Author: James W. Hall

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-21-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Ten years later, a huge airliner crashes in the steamy shallows off the Florida coast, killing all aboard. Helping pull bodies from the water, Thorn finds himself drawn into a bizarre conspiracy: someone has developed a high tech weapon capable of destroying electrical systems in a powerful flash. The terrorist potential is huge. How are the secretive Braswells and their family-owned company, MicroDyne, involved? And what does it have to do with the family's obsessive hunt for the great marlin that killed their golden boy?

With the Braswells, James W. Hall introduces one of the most evil and dysfunctional families in the history of fiction. And, along with Thorn, he brings back favorite characters from his earlier books, including Alexandra Rafferty and her father, Lawton Collins, a retired and increasingly dotty former police investigator whose methods of investigation result in his kidnapping. A story that bristles with all the heat and tension of a tropical Florida summer, Blackwater Sound is destined to rank among the greatest suspense thrillers of the new decade.

Members Reviews:

Cliched and Cartoonish

This book engages every gimmick in the 'mystery man as hero' genre while it fails to engage my interest. Formulaic and predictable, trite and ponderous, it fails to build the tension it sorely needs.

Garden variety villains spouting stilted dialogue as characters stutter start but never gain traction in the absurd premise.

Perhaps I have heard one too many Dick Hill renderings, as his lack of voices to accommodate the diverse players was glaringly obvious. Almost corny enough to be a parody, this tiresome attempt puts me off Hall for good. Hall just tries a little too hard to live up to his own high opinion of himself as an artist and the result is more than a little disappointing.

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Title: Burn Out

Subtitle: A Sharon McCone Mystery

Author: Marcia Muller

Narrator: Laura Hicks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Even though she is determined not to investigate anything during her stay - and perhaps not ever again - McCone is drawn into the plight of the young woman and her dysfunctional family. A murder and traces of violence at a deserted resort lead her across the desert and into Nevada, and finally to a remote and isolated ranch, where danger lies closer that she expects and where her future and life itself may hang in the balance.

Members Reviews:

narrator sounds too nice

The narrator's voice didn't have the tough or aggressive edge that I associate with McCone.

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Title: Working Stiff

Author: Tori Carrington

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-08

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In fact, Sofie's just landed her first big criminal case - one so big that it's on the news nearly every night. A young man from the wrong side of the tracks has been accused of murdering his beautiful, wealthy girlfriend. His alibi's a mess and his attitude's worse. But his sister believes he's innocent, and soon, so does Sofie. Now she just has to prove it - or find the real killer.

If only she didn't have a host of distractions: a body disappears from her aunt Sotiria's funeral home, Sofie sees her Dino keeping company with her sister Efi, and Jake Porter returns, somehow connected to the missing body and, as always, making Sofie go weak in the knees. And since Dino's otherwise occupied...

Meanwhile, young Johnny is facing a life sentence. And Sofie Metropolis, budding PI, is his only hope.

Members Reviews:

Sofie done wrong....

I love the Sofie Metropolis series, I really do, but this one was just kind of "eh". I think the narrator used on the previous books did such a great job (especially with the accents) but this one was not very good. Everytime she tried to read Rosie, I cringed -- instead of getting the plucky Puerto Rican's personality, we got something like a Russian/Oriental-esque accent. Don't even get me started on Jake. UGH. Please bring back the original narrator and continue to write these fun books. They are very entertaining, and I want to "see" what happens to Sofie, sans Allyson Ryan.

how much longer is this thing?

I have enjoyed the beginnings of the Sofie Metropolis series but will have to agree with the other reviewer that this book is NOT very good and it is certainly NOT enhanced by the lifeless rendition of the characters by the narrator. Unfortunately, in a talking book, everything rests on the narrator's shoulders...the ability to make a so-so book better not the least of it! The narrator did not step up to the plate on this one...nor did the writers.

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Title: Death Walked In

Subtitle: A Death on Demand Mystery

Author: Carolyn Hart

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-08

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The caller leaves word she's hidden something in the antebellum house Max and his wife, Annie, are restoring. When Annie finds out, she hurries to the woman's home, only to discover her shot. Annie hears her final whisper as she holds the dying woman's hand.

Evidence links the dead woman to a nearby home, where a fortune in gold coins has gone missing. The gold coins, rare Double Eagles, were stolen from a house filled with visiting family members - twentysomethings hungry for money and several with secrets they must keep.

Is one of them willing to kill for a fortune in coins? Or is it the dead woman's high-school dropout son? Max is there when the police arrest the son, but the boy's shock upon learning of his mother's death convinces Max of his innocence.

Max and Annie plunge wholeheartedly into the investigation. But are the coins hidden in Annie and Max's Franklin house? The intruder who shoots at Max seems to think so. And guess who walks in when Annie discovers the secret of that house....

Members Reviews:

enjoyable

Carolyn hart seems to be getting a second win this is the 2nd book in a row that got the old interesting stories.

most are good but there was 3 in a row that seemed a bit paper thin. but gladly this is great well worth a read.

Don't Ignore a Plea For Help

What made the experience of listening to Death Walked In the most enjoyable?

The characters keep growing. I miss some of the old one's though.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Death Walked In?

I'm a Laurel fan so anytime she is in the mix it's enjoyable. Emma's a blast to the scenes as well.

Did Kate Reading do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Definitely could tell the difference between character quite well. Really good at the whinny one's.

Love this series!

I love all of the Death in Demand stories. The characters are believable and interesting. They help me escape my world for a little while and enter another. Mysteries are my favorite, especially the ones I can't figure out before the end of the book. With this series, sometimes I am surprised at who done it!

The narrator was good for this story. She did voices for differtent characters. It was a good listen.

Narration Distracting

The voices of many of the characters in this audible version are so poorly done that I found it hard to get past them and lose myself in the story. The absolutely worst is Max Darling. I know it's difficult for a female narrator to do male voices, but she made Max sound old, supercilious, and completely out of character. He's supposed to be a cool, young guy and he sounded anything but. The story itself was entertaining although I felt certain of the murderer's identity early on and I prefer a plot that keeps me guessing until the end.