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Title: I Came to Kill

Author: E. Howard Hunt

Narrator: Jack Chekijian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Innocent, his own country had called him a murderer. Now murder was his livelihood.

John Seldon hired himself out as an assassin, a sharpshooter, to kill a tyrant named Castro in exchange for cash. He did not flinch from his task until the fatal moment, when he found the girl whose love had made him want to live again.

This 1953 novel is one of over 50 spy and hardboiled novels by CIA agent and Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt.

Members Reviews:

I Came To Kill

This is an incredible book of fiction? You'll find it easy to read between the lines as E. Howard Hunt opens the world of spys and dirty tricks that have perminated American politics and society. It's a tough book to find, but many fine suppliers offer this at a bargain price. This book will be collectible soon.

Jeff Payton

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Title: The Ends of the Earth

Subtitle: James Maxted Thriller Series, Book 3

Author: Robert Goddard

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-17

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The Treaty of Versailles has finally been signed, officially ending the World War I peace negotiations, and the action shifts east to Tokyo, where a team assembled at Max's behest anxiously awaits his arrival on the docks. Max had arrived in Paris soon after the end of the Great War to investigate the suspicious death of his father, a British diplomat named Sir Henry, and is soon plunged into a treacherous game of cat and mouse with the people behind his father's death: German spymaster Fritz Lemmer and the dark horse of the Japanese diplomatic contingent, Count Tomura. It is in Japan - where Sir Henry worked as a young government agent - that Max hopes to finally uncover the whole truth behind his father's murder and take down Lemmer's spy network once and for all. But what Max's cohort doesn't know is that his own storyline seems to have come to an end in a villa outside Marseilles. Stuck in limbo, the team decides to pursue their only lead - right into Lemmer's den.

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Title: Spook Street

Subtitle: Slough House, Book 4

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-17

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty years retired, David Cartwright can still spot when the stoats are on his trail. And he's not as defenceless as they might think.

Jackson Lamb worked with Cartwright back in the day. He knows better than most that this is no vulnerable old man.

'The old bastard' has raised his grandson with a head full of guts and glory. But far from joining Spook Street, River Cartwright is consigned to Lamb's team of no-hopers at Slough House. So it's Lamb they call to identify the body when Cartwright's panic button raises the alarm at Service HQ. And Lamb who will do whatever he thinks necessary to protect an agent in peril....

Members Reviews:

Another scorcher

I simply cannot get enough of this series. I'm horrified that I'm going to have to wait until February for the next instalment. What is it with writers? Don't they understand the contemporary need for instant gratification? Pshaw!

This next step, or should I say stumble, along the path with the slow horses does so at a whip-crack pace. I like the premise of this story too. Yes, it's sometimes far fetched and, as the series has gone on, the characters seem less bungling and more Bond but by now we're on their side anyway and want to see them perk up a bit and not get taken out by slickly professional assassins.

Sean Barrett is certainly now the voice of the hero Lamb and turns in another great performance.

My only complaint is the continual use of Americanisms that we British have to stomach: 'hood' 'cops' and I bet the 'BuzzLightyear' quip was a substitution for the colonials - Lamb wouldn't have a clue about 'Toy Story'. It's a British author give us the British publication for god's sake. However, I'm not going to penalise the author or narrator for an annoying corporate decision - only, listener be warned!

Excellent as always

Love the characters. Slough House is a wonderful invention, and is packed with terrific characters you just want to follow and observe. And I love the trade craft.

A great thriller, like all in this series. Now I just have to wait for the next one.

The Slow Horses return!

Another superb tale of the sidelined spooks and their acerbic boss, Jackson Lamb, one of the best characters of recent years. Excellent narration as usual.

Great series

If you could sum up Spook Street in three words, what would they be?

Modern take on MI5's miss-fits and wannabes

What about Seán Barretts performance did you like?

Excellent narration.

Any additional comments?

Great series of novels. Characters get better and better.

A joy to listen to

Characters, plot, prose, all excellent. Sean Barrett does his usual outstanding job. Like the rest of this series, a real treat. One sly phrase at least made me laugh aloud. I do hope there will be more of the series.

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Title: Simple Genius

Subtitle: King and Maxwell, Book 3

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-17

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In Simple Genius, David Baldacci reintroduces the main characters from best sellers Split Second and Hour Game.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are both haunted by their last case. Realizing that Michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, Sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partner. But instead of focusing on her recovery, Michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the hospital....

Sean accepts a much-needed job. A physicist, Monk Turing, has died in mysterious circumstances near Babbage Town - a secretive establishment populated by an eccentric group of scientists and cryptographers, funded by an anonymous but powerful group. Meanwhile the dead man's young daughter, piano-playing prodigy Viggie, has secrets of her own. But what is the significance of the phrase 'codes and blood'?

Directly across the York River from Babbage Town lies the sinister CIA training ground Camp Peary, where Monk Turing's body was found. With both the FBI and CIA breathing down Sean's neck, can he discover the truth? And will he be in time to save Michelle from herself?

Simple Genius is followed by First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.

Members Reviews:

Spoilt by music and poor quality audio

What disappointed you about Simple Genius?

naff music and back ground sounds - gun shots etc. Plus poor quality audio kept skipping and jumping - I returned it

Any additional comments?

Story was good, like the characters and narratives of Sam - good reading - but really did it need the special effects? Notice that future books by DB have 2 narrators - boy and girl - won't be reading anymore - I'm listening to a book not a play.

I loved this,

Reminded me of Moonlighting watching it week by week in the 80s. Gripping thriller which was not too obvious and easy to solve

Dirty government tricks!!!

Brilliant story telling. So unique its refreshing. The two main characters have great dialogue and presence . This was a page turner full of excitement, twists and turns and thoroughly enjoyable. This series is the tops.

Good read but

This was a good story and enjoyed it .sadly I got a bit irritated by the fact it skipped in parts and meant rewinding . Narration was good and presented story well .

Great story

Great story, thoroughly enjoyable. I liked the music as well. I hope for more from these characters.

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Title: Black Water

Author: Louise Doughty

Narrator: Richard Burnip

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of Apple Tree Yard, a masterful thriller about espionage, love, and redemption

John Harper is in hiding in a remote hut on a tropical island. As he lies awake at night, listening to the rain on the roof, he believes his life may be in danger. But he is less afraid of what is going to happen than of what he's already done.

In a local town, he meets Rita, a woman with her own tragic history. They begin an affair, but can they offer each other redemption? Or do the ghosts of the past always catch up with us in the end?

Moving between Europe during the Cold War, Civil Rights-era California, and Indonesia during the massacres of 1965 and the subsequent military dictatorship, Black Water explores some of the darkest events of recent history through the story of one troubled man.

In this gripping follow-up to Apple Tree Yard, Louise Doughty writes with the intelligence, vivid characterization, and moral ambiguity that make her fiction resonate in the reader's mind long after the final page.

Members Reviews:

Worth the time, not brilliant

I loved the reader's voice and cadence. It fit the deliberate writing style. The story had a couple of great moments and is more sophisticated than your average spy tale. I confess that I more enjoy the action in a cookie cutter thriller even when I see through it. I enjoyed seeing the character at early, middle and later middle life. I enjoyed his thoughts and their realism. But I prefer more action and obvious drama, because I read spy novels less to appreciate the art, and more to briefly step into another world. The book did illuminate some things of beauty about life, but also darkness that we already see all too clearly and can't help but think about. I know many people enjoy reading about life's agonies, and feel that a story without them is unrealistic and then lacks value. I'm the opposite. I think tales and stories must be about extraordinary topics to justify their telling. So I'm always willing to cut an author some slack if their plots are a bit too convenient. That's just not what this author is about.

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Title: Autumn in Oxford

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Alex Rosenberg

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

After being blacklisted for having communist sympathies as a student twenty years before, Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Tom Wrought escapes America's Cold War climate to teach at Oxford. There, he falls in love with Liz Spencer, a beautiful married woman. When Liz's husband is pushed in front of a train in the London Underground, Tom is immediately arrested for the murder. Scotland Yard is convinced it has its man, as he had means, motive, and opportunity.

Certain of his innocence, Liz hires a young solicitor, Alice Silverstone, to defend Tom. But they discover that Tom's former secret work as an American spy made him a number of powerful enemies. Russian intelligence, British counterespionage, and even the FBI all may have reason to frame him. If Liz and Alice can find out who is behind the murder, they stand a chance of freeing Tom, but doing so puts all their lives at risk.

Members Reviews:

Performance ruins the story

the performance is awful, accent ridiculous . it ruined the book for me I could not listen. I am not British and I recognized this was not a native speaker.

Historical intrigue

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, great story, fascinating historical facts interwoven. Narrator dreadful. If the story hadn't been so good, I would have bailed because of her. If narration had been good, book would have been fantastic.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Autumn in Oxford?

Encounters with historical figures like Bayard Rustin.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Breathy, phony English accent was truly gratingly bad. Speech pattern distracting.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Historical revelations were moving

Any additional comments?

Would have been a great physical read

12 hrs of a rushed hysterical whisper - whew!

Any additional comments?

Another audiobook that should have never been released. Audible should pull this dud. The Amazon reviews are good and it is a Kindle Unlimited, so I will give the read a try.

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Title: Die Another Day

Author: Raymond Benson

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

From North Korea to Iceland, Bond circles the world in his quest to unmask a traitor and prevent a war of catastrophic proportions. Crossing paths with beautiful allies and deadly assassins in a high-octane, action adventure of intrigue, revenge and betrayal. Never has Bond been so vulnerable, nor so dangerous....

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Good read.

A Different Perspective

It is hard to be objective when it comes to reviewing an audio book, as there are so many elements one can be sidetracked into reviewing. At the same time those elements have to be included in the review, but the most important part is always the audio itself.

The Unabridged Brilliance Audio Die Another Day Audio Book spans 4 casette tapes or 2 CDs and is approximately 6 hours in length. It is based upon Raymond Benson's 245 page novelisation of Die Another Day, which is taken from a screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

Sitting down and listening to the adventure that is Die Another Day is a vastly different experience from sitting down and watching the adventure unfurl onscreen, but this doesn't ever seem to detract from the audio book, nor does it detract from the novelisation. It isn't necessarily true that Raymond Benson's work is better then the film, but the novel, and in turn the audio book, does posses a unique quality; scenes that will never appear on the silver screen. It is obvious when listing to the story that particular scenes, for instance flash backs, just won't make it to an print of Die Another Day. The novelisation definitely feels closer to Benson's Tomorrow Never Dies then The World Is Not Enough due to its added scenes.

The novelisation is read by American Michael Page, and first uncertainties about an American accent reading a Bond novel were soon dispelled. This is largely due to Page's theatre background, most modern actors aiming for a neutral accent that Page easily finds. Furthermore, he brings in accents for particular characters, some of which he does repeat, but never in the same scene. Jinx and Miranda Frost have particularly different accents and Zao's voice is brilliantly delivered. Colonel Moon's voice is almost touch and go at times as it sometimes comes across as a satire Asian accent.

Despite his theatre background, some of Page's pronunciations may not hit directly home with the audience. For instance, his pronunciation of Omega tended towards `a-mega'. Another pronunciation that `felt' strange was that of Zao's name. To date it had always been sounded, in my head at least, as `Zay-oh' rather Page's pronunciation is closer to `Zah-oh'. Page's pronunciation is similar to that of the onscreen pronunciation, so any unfamiliarity will be seemingly dispensed after the films release.

An audio-book is definitely not for everyone, however, Brilliance Audio's Die Another Day Audio Book does `work' and is very entertaining. Bond fans should definitely buy either a copy of the novelisation or a copy of the audio book, depending on their reading preferences.

Extremely disappointing.

After a long string of highly successful Bond novels, this is Benson's last one.

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Title: Tomorrow Never Dies

Author: Raymond Benson

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Elliot Carver - the ultra-rich media mogul - has found a way to "create" news and broadcast it all over the world as it happens. Now he has devised the ultimate plan: to start a war between Great Britain and China. The conflict will reach every television in the world and garner the highest ratings in history. A man who can start a war anytime and anywhere he pleases - and then profit from it - will be the most powerful man in the world. But Carver didn't count on James Bond.

Members Reviews:

Just a copy of the movie

From the perspective of a person who has seen the movie, the book gives the impression of being a cheap and short let-down made based on the movie script. The thing is that the way the movie is made just doesn't work as a book that well, and the book mostly just tries to describe what is being seen on the screen. That, however, is a fault of Benson, and Vance's reading is really brilliant, as a have grown to expect from the other Bond books he has read. Still, please watch the movie instead of listening this book.

Good film plot but poorly realized as a book

Two things sadly lacking - an editor for the author, a producer for the performer.

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Titel: Im Auge des Todes (Will Robie 3)

Autor:: David Baldacci

Erzähler: Volker Wolf

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 47 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-12-16

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Will Robie und seine Partnerin Jessica Reel, die zwei besten Profikiller ihres Landes, erhalten vom Präsidenten einen heiklen Auftrag: Sie sollen Nordkoreas unberechenbaren Führer ausschalten. Während sie sich auf ihre Mission vorbereiten, wird Jessica von den Geistern ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt, die alle bedrohen, die ihr nahestehen. Doch damit nicht genug, denn plötzlich taucht ein neuer, unbekannter Feind auf: Eine Frau mit eigener Abschussliste. Und auf der stehen auch Will und Jessica.

©2016 Bastei Lübbe (P)2016 Lübbe Audio

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Title: The Black Widow

Author: Daniel Silva

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Number one New York Times best-selling author Daniel Silva delivers another spellbinding international thriller - one that finds the legendary Gabriel Allon grappling with an ISIS mastermind.

Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin described as the most compelling fictional creation "since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond" (Rocky Mountain News), is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.

Acclaimed novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled, entertained, and educated readers with 18 thoughtful and gripping spy novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back - from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East. From its shocking opening to its explosive denouement in Washington, DC, The Black Widow reveals itself as Silva's most timely and powerful novel yet. Following the success of his smash hit The English Spy, this electrifying thriller showcases Silva's consummate skill and brilliant imagination and is sure to be a must-listen for his multitude of current and future fans.

Members Reviews:

Excellent.

One of the best books I have read lately. A bit dragged out at the end but worth the read!

The Brave Widow

I liked the setting, the characters and the plot. I liked it all!

I would recommend it for readers who like adventure and suspense.

It was well written and I like the character Gabriel who ties these novels together.

Eerily Accurate

I always enjoyed Mr Silvas books but this one struck home hard as the latest attack in Nice France was happening as I listened to Lily work her way thru the perils. From start to finish I enjoyed every moment. My only complaint is that it had to end. A great listen!