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Title: Jack of Spies

Author: David Downing

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 83 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city - Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York - he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing but a shoestring budget and the very tenuous protection of a boss in faraway London. He knows, though, that a geopolitical catastrophe is brewing, and now is both the moment to prove himself and the moment his country needs him most.

Unfortunately, this is also the moment he begins to realize what his aspiration might cost him. He understands his life is at stake when activities in China suddenly escalate from innocent data-gathering and casual strolls along German military concessions to arrest warrants and knife attacks. Meanwhile, a sharp, vivacious American suffragette journalist has wiled her way deep into his affections, and it is not long before he realizes that her Irish American family might be embroiled in the Irish Republican movement Jack's bosses are fighting against. How can he choose between his country and the woman he loves? And would he even be able to make such a choice without losing both?

Members Reviews:

Too much, TooMany

Too much information, Too many places, Too many issues. While the story was interesting, I had to push myself to finish the book.

Narrator wrong for this story

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The place and time were fascinating but the narration was so slow and halting that I had to speed it up to 1.25 and 1.50. I have never before adjusted the speed of an Audible book.

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

The setting was fascinating, particularly the Asian section of the story. Jack's spy maneuverings were good, too. The least interesting was the suffragette woman, Kaitlyn. I found her to be annoying, but it may have been the narrator's interpretation of her voice.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Gildart Jackson?

I can think of a dozen. All the British spy novel narrators that I've heard on Audibles have been fantastic. This was awful.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Jack of Spies?

All the love-making is tedious. The first time, okay, but then get to the spy story!

Any additional comments?

I wouldn't buy another narrated by the same person. His voice is unsuitable for this. It was so slow I thought there had to have been a technical glitch.

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Title: One Day in Budapest

Author: J. F. Penn

Narrator: Veronica Giguere

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-14

Publisher: The Creative Penn Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

A relic, stolen from the heart of an ancient city.

An echo of nationalist violence not seen since the dark days of the Second World War.

** An Amazon Bestselling Book in International Mystery and Crime and Conspiracy Thriller from New York Times and USA Today Best-selling Author J.F.Penn **

Budapest, Hungary. When a priest is murdered at the Basilica of St Stephen and the Holy Right relic is stolen, the ultra-nationalist Eröszak party calls for retribution and anti-Semitic violence erupts in the city.

Dr Morgan Sierra, psychologist and ARKANE agent, finds herself trapped inside the synagogue with Zoltan Fischer, a Hungarian Jewish security advisor. As the terrorism escalates, Morgan and Zoltan must race against time to find the Holy Right and expose the conspiracy, before blood is spilled again on the streets of Budapest.

One Day in Budapest is a chilling view of a possible future as Eastern Europe embraces right-wing nationalism. A conspiracy thriller, where religion and politics intersect.

If you love an action-packed, fast-paced thriller, download a sample or buy One Day in Budapest now.

One Day In Budapest features Dr Morgan Sierra from the ARKANE thrillers, but is a stand-alone novella and can be listened to separately from the ARKANE series.

Members Reviews:

No character depth, just speed-read Nazi warnings

Trying hard to show that Nazis are alive and well in the very countries that they brutalized decades ago, the terrible narrator literally speed-reads this. I thought that my iPhone must have accidentally switched to double speed; but no, just awful narration.

The premise is valid, the scare warranted, but the book is not literature. From this sample, I would never consider this author or narrator again, and it was a waste of even the token amount spent on this book. It is not a "story", it is a warning.

Skip One Day in Budapest

What would have made One Day in Budapest better?

The narrator is so difficult to listen to as her inflections and reading make it sound as if English is her 2nd or 3rd language. The sentence end like questions, the voice rising and falling at inappropriate times that it is painful to actually try to get through this audiobook. I lasted 25 minutes and couldn't continue. Perhaps I will buy the book. I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks and most of the narrators are good or better. This one is difficult to categorize as even poor!

How could the performance have been better?

Get someone else to read the book.

Painful listen--and not a great story either

What would have made One Day in Budapest better?

This book had an interesting premise, but it was such a shallow story and not fleshed out in any depth. It just jumped in, told a very short story--and ended. Shortest book I've ever listened to.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I won't ever read another book by this author, if this is an example of his/her work. I think I got this one on a "Daily Deal," so I must have been intrigued by the story description--I love a good thriller and a good neo-Nazi thriller would have been right up my alley. But, this one was definitely a disappointment, to say the least.

How could the performance have been better?

I thought this was one of the worst audiobook performances I have ever listened to.

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Title: Bed of Bones

Subtitle: A Sloane Monroe Novel, Book Five

Author: Cheryl Bradshaw

Narrator: Crystal Sershen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-14

Publisher: Cheryl Bradshaw

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 56 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes even the deepest, darkest secrets find their way to the surface...

Summer 1956

Thirteen-year-old Willie Compton and his younger brother Leonard stumble upon a mine shaft while hiking the hills of Park City, Utah. The shaft is unsealed, abandoned. While Leonard stares at the hole in wonderment, a Slinky he's been flipping back and forth between his hands slithers through his fingers, tumbling toward the mouth of the shaft. Leonard bolts forward, reaches out to grab it, but he slips, then he falls.

Present Day

Up-and-coming filmmaker Melody Sinclair stirs in her chair, nervously awaiting the debut of her film at the Sundance Film Festival. Based on a true story, Bed of Bones tells a tale of murder, shining a big, bold light on Park City's tragic past. A past that's about to revisit the present.

Members Reviews:

unfortunate narration

I'm not sure if the poor review is due only to the narration....or if the story was sub-par as well. I found it so hard to listen to, that I may not have given the story a fair assessment.

Not very original.

The narration hurt the listing experience. I think the book would have been easier to finish had some one else been reading it.

Review

Great book. Reader was awful.

Seriously needs some voice and acting lessons before attempting another read. Voices weren't believable. Inflection distracted from story.

Will read More in series.

Liked story very much. Did not expect ending.

Skip the Audio

What did you like best about Bed of Bones? What did you like least?

I liked the plot, I very much disliked the audio performance because she didn't seem as if she did more than read the book and insert a few inflections for the various characters

How did the narrator detract from the book?

In every way. I think if I were to simply read the book I would have liked it much more. The narrator came across to me as one that should have been targeted for a young reader. She wasn't able to change voices well for the other characters, and had very little range attempting to make those distinctions.

Any additional comments?

This isn't my normal genre, and I've not read or heard any of the other books in this series. I was hoping for more from the performer

Terrible Reading.

Immediately, the fact that the reader usually stressed the last syllable of most words was so extremely distracting that I almost overlooked the unrealistic dialogue.

Until the author gains some expertise and the reader takes some elocution lessons, I can't recommend this book to anyone. I couldn't make it past the second chapter which seemed to have no connection to the first

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Title: Angel of Destruction

Subtitle: Angel Fehrbach Series, Book 7

Author: Christopher Nicole

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

An Anna Fehrbach Thriller

The end of the war has not allowed beautiful but deadly Anna Fehrbach to retire. Working for the SS her principal antagonist was the Soviet Union, and to Joseph Stalin and his henchman Lavrenty Beria she remains the most wanted of all war criminals. Although under the aegis of the CIA, the Russians remain on her trail and elaborate plans are being laid for her capture and execution....

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Title: Three

Subtitle: Codename: Chandler, Book 3

Author: J. A. Konrath, Ann Voss Peterson

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-14

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 49 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Time is running out for Chandler, the elite assassin whose mission to rescue her sister from a notorious black ops prison landed her at the top of the nation's Most Wanted list. Burned by her handlers and forced to work with her mortal enemy in a race to preserve the very government that wants her dead, the living weapon has become a ticking time bomb.

THREE

In saving her sister, Chandler unleashed a power-mad American president dead set on controlling the worldno matter how many millions of innocent people he must kill to do it. To stop him, Chandler will go deeper than she's ever gone before, pushing her body and mind to their absolute limits. All the while she is hunted by the one man who knows her every secret, her every hiding placeand her every weakness.

Infiltrating the White House, crashing a bullfight in Mexico City, hijacking a blimp in Toronto...these are just the beginning of the end, as the Codename: Chandler trilogy races towards its stunning conclusion.

Members Reviews:

loved it!

Absolutely enjoyed this book! The characters were great and I absolutely loved "Harry". I laughed numerous times throughout and enjoyed the wit thrown in with the detailed killing scenes. Good read.

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Title: Wraith

Subtitle: Stealth Command, Book 1

Author: James R. Hannibal

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

From former Stealth Bomber pilot James R. Hannibal comes the intense and revealing prequel to Shadow Catcher.

After the towers fall on 9/11, a squadron of A-10 Warthog pilots in Germany are desperate for action, but CENTCOM puts them on the sidelines, leaving them restless...reckless. Amid the controversy of a fatal training mission, young Lieutenant Nick Baron leaves his fighter squadron to join the legendary B-2 Stealth Wing, where a recruiter for a new covert initiative recognizes his unique combination of skills. Suddenly Nick and his new friend Drake Merigold are swept into Operation Cerberus, a top-secret mission that takes Nick from a harrowing flight over a black testing facility in the American desert to a fight for his life on the Iraqi Dunes.

Critic Reviews:

"Hannibal brings together a terrific mix of real air technology with intrigue and nonstop action. A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale; it really is a great tale." (Clive Cussler, best-selling author)

"Hannibal, a former air force officer, offers an insider's view into some of the U.S. Air Force's most intriguing weapons systems in his promising first novel, a post-9/11 thriller.... Hannibal demonstrates that high-tech weapons are only tools, and that it's the people doing the fighting who win the day...will please military fiction fans." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Nick Baron Series - Book 0.5

One thing you need to know about this audio version of Wraith. It is not a reading of the book as originally published in 2010. It has been rewritten by the author to tighten and polish the work and to bring it in line with his current series. This Brilliance Audio version is a direct prequel to Shadow Catcher. It is about Nick Baron and the origin of the revived Triple Seven Chase Squadron and tells the story of how that B2 bomber in the beginning of Shadow Catcher came to be underwater. So if you, like me, are a fan of reading series in chronological order, you should consider this Book 0.5 of the Nick Baron series and start here. Btw, this revised prequel version is only available on audio.

So how's the book? Well, I enjoyed it. There is a lot of air action as expected, the pacing was pretty solid, no over-abundance of gear-glee, and no romance, thank you. It was also surprisingly funny. Some of the banter and ribbing between team members had me laughing out loud.

Luke Daniels does his usual good job narrating. I liked it enough that I've already downloaded and started the next book.

Masterfully Written and Narrated

What made the experience of listening to Wraith the most enjoyable?

It's a great military action novel that for those that enjoy aircraft, cocky jet jockeys and espionage. Sure, some suspension of reality is required in terms of certain human capabilities, but the in-depth knowledge of military lingo, flight mechanics and general geography balance out the equation in perfect detail. It's important to note that this is not a dramatic thriller, nor does it try to be. Instead, it reads as pure action with numerous moments of comedy relief from wisecracking characters to provide a lighthearted, yet gripping story that will leave you refreshed and wondering how time flew by so quickly

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

Absolutely.

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Title: The Adversary

Subtitle: Chris Bruen, Book 1

Author: Reece Hirsch

Narrator: Benjamin L. Darcie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 192 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Former DOJ cybercrimes prosecutor Chris Bruen walks into a dark apartment in Amsterdam to confront a hacker known as Black Vector. The hacker has stolen the source code for the worlds most ubiquitous operating system, which powers everything from personal computers to the NSAs data centers. This should have been a routine assignment for Bruen, but instead of obtaining a confession, Bruen finds the hackers dead body and uncovers a hidden flash drive that contains the code for a remarkably sophisticated computer virus known as Lurker.

Members Reviews:

Pay close attention.

Interesting and lots of action. Lots of twists and turns to keep your attention.

Really enjoyed the stories as the action increased.

Good premise, execution lacking

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The premise was good and characters. The narrator was good, his women's voices were not. The execution just made it hard to finish. I wouldn't recommend it. It was very predictable the whole way through.

If youve listened to books by Reece Hirsch before, how does this one compare?

This was the only one.

Which scene was your favorite?

There were some. Probably the scene where he saves the day.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Adversary?

Hard to say.

Any additional comments?

Predictable all the way through. The characters were good and the story was easy to follow.

Uneven, make sure you like the narration style.

This book has a good premise even though by now you've probably read similar stories so it's a bit predictable. The book felt uneven, some parts have a good serious thriller vibe but then other parts have dialogue and plot points that take silly turns bordering on childish.

The narrator does his best but his cadence and style contribute to the goofy sense of things. Some of the characters sound like stereotypes especially law enforcement agents. Female characters are not his strength and there's a childish-storyteller tone that got distracting pretty quickly.

I wasn't sure what to expect + this book was a pleasant surprise!

I'd never read anything from this author and thought 'Why not branch out?' I'm glad I did! The characters were well developed and there were plenty of twists and turns. I always enjoy reading/hearing about other places and the fact that this story takes place in several cities made it very entertaining. I'm planning on reading more books by this author, including the sequel.

Enjoyable Story + Listen

I enjoyed this cyber crime story and narration by Benjamin L Darcie. The characters are well explained and the twists of the cyber related crimes are easy to follow; there are so many twists in the story, I actually have to slow down to listen (I normally listen at 1.25x speed). I also like the ending and would read the Book 2 from Reece Hirsch in this series.

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Title: Octopussy and the Living Daylights and Other Stories (with Interview)

Author: Ian Fleming

Narrator: Tom Hiddleston, Lucy Fleming

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-13

Publisher: Ian Fleming Publications Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The last book written by Ian Fleming, but by no means the least. In Octopussy, a talented but wayward British major pays a high price when his wartime past catches up with him, while in The Property of a Lady, a Fabergé egg leads Bond to a KGB spy. In The Living Daylights, Bond has a perilous rendezvous in snipers alley between East and West Berlin, and 007 in New York (read by Lucy Fleming) see him sent to America to warn an ex-MI6 operative about a dangerous liaison. All part of the job for 007

Includes an exclusive bonus interview with Tom Hiddleston.

Ian Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton and worked as a journalist in Moscow and a banker and stockbroker in London before becoming personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. He wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952 at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica. Since then James Bond has gone on to become a global phenomenon.

Tom Hiddleston is well known for his role as Loki in the films Thor and Avengers Assemble. Among his other film credits are Muppets: Most Wanted, Only Lovers Left Alive, War Horse, Midnight in Paris and Archipelago. He played Prince Hal/Henry V in the acclaimed TV drama series The Hollow Crown, The BBCs adaptation of four of Shakespeares history plays. Theatre credits include the title role in Coriolanus, Cassio in Othello and Lvov in Ivanov.

Lucy Fleming is the niece if James Bond author Ian Fleming. She has been acting for over 40 years both on television and the West End stage.

Critic Reviews:

"A must for all Bond buffs." (Newsweek)

"I admired all the Bond books and Im sorry therell be no more. A sad farewell to Fleming." (Listener)

"Ian Fleming traces the intricacies of counter-espionage with all the efficient authority of 007's own secret reports." (Sunday Times)

"Octopussy is a brilliant gem." ( Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Wonderfully performed

This is the first ever James Bond book I read|listened to. I expected something quite different (well, I guess it's all because of the movies ;) ). However, the unexpected is really good. And I liked it. Looking forward to other stories in the series.

For the sake of completeness

What did you like best about Octopussy and the Living Daylights and Other Stories (with Interview)? What did you like least?

The presence of Ian Fleming's daughter was very welcome.

The stories themselves were pretty dull - Fleming himself described Property of a Lady as "lacklustre" and refused to accept payment for it. The interviews are now very samey: "Yeah, I read the books after I'd seen the films, and I had a lot of fun doing the voices."

Would you recommend Octopussy and the Living Daylights and Other Stories (with Interview) to your friends? Why or why not?

There would be no point. Either you're working through all the Bond books, in which case you'll read this one anyway, or you're not especially interested, in which case this is not the one to start on.

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Titel: Das Komplott

Autor:: John Grisham

Erzähler: Charles Brauer

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-12-13

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Malcolm Bannister, früher Anwalt in Winchester, Virginia, sitzt zu Unrecht im Gefängnis. Als ein Bundesrichter und seine Geliebte ermordet aufgefunden werden, steht das FBI vor einem Rätsel, denn es gibt weder Zeugen noch Spuren. Bis Bannister auf den Plan tritt. Er kennt Identität und Motiv des Mörders. Dieses Wissen tauscht er gegen seine Freiheit, und damit nimmt eine teuflische Intrige ihren Lauf...

©2013 Heyne Verlag (P)2013 Random House Audio

Kritik Bewertungen:

Raffiniert und überraschend - Grisham in Höchstform.

-- The New York Times

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Four Stars

bought it for my mother in law who uses my account freely....and is german

she enjoys it

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Title: Fire of the Prophet

Subtitle: A Beck Casey Thriller, Book 2

Author: Earl Merkel

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In the world of espionage and terrorism, nothing is ever quite what you expect. It's always worse.

Beck Casey, the college-professor-cum-spy protagonist of the best-selling Final Epidemic, returns, now to confront the very real nightmare that that haunts every national-security expert today: nuclear terrorism in the American homeland. Joining him in Fire of the Prophet is a cast of faces both new and familiar:

In suspense-filled progression, Fire of the Prophet builds from an opening set along the U.S.-Mexican border through the battlefields of the Middle East, and ultimately takes the listener to a looming Armageddon... in the capital of the United States.

Critic Reviews:

"Earl Merkel's new thriller, Fire of the Prophet, is a frightening and extremely well-crafted narrative of today's domestic-terror nightmare, from the specter of the 'blue-eyed terrorist' to the dark international conspiracies aimed at the heart of America in our world today." (Bob Hamer, author of The Last Undercover and former FBI undercover agent)

Members Reviews:

Not as good as the first book

I really like the Beck Casey character but the story of this book is just not as good as Final Epidemic. Maybe it was more espionage and less family but it did not draw me in and hold me. I do look forward to more of this series though as they are well written books.