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Title: The Letter of the Law

Author: Tim Green

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-00

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Yet this is a case unlike any Casey has ever faced. Somewhere between her legal maneuvers and the letter of the law, a terrible reversal will take place. For the first time in her career, Casey must decide whether to uphold her legal oath to protect her client...or to join forces with an obsessed father who demands justice. Then, just when she is tempted to use her privileged information to discover the truth, more bodies turn up - and Casey Jordan realizes she could be next.

Members Reviews:

Very well written

Great narrator, good story line and enough twist and turn to keep listener interested. I recommend

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Title: Heart of War

Author: Lucian K. Truscott IV

Narrator: David Dukes

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-99

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Lieutenant Sheila Worthy has been brutally murdered, and it's up to Major Kara Guidry, the top lawyer in the Judge Advocate General's office, to track down her killer. But Guidry finds she must tread lightly. Rumors have linked the dead lieutenant to General William Beckwith, once Guidry's instructor at West Point and now on the short list to become the Army's next Chief of Staff. Guidry must also contend with Beckwith's rivals, who would like nothing more than to see him discredited. As her former teacher pressures her for a fast solution, she soon uncovers a web of secrecy that obscures the truth and puts her career on the line.

Critic Reviews:

"An edge-of-the-seat mystery that will also make you think." (Philip Margolin)

"... a compelling study of the situations women in the service still must confront - and surmount - in order to survive." (Jeremiah Healy, author, Invasion of Privacy)

Members Reviews:

LIKED IT!

This was my first Truscott book and I liked it. The base and its rules reminded me of the time my husband was in the Navy way back when. Although he was on a ship and we did not live on the base, life was structured along the same lines.

I was disappointed when the two generals and their commands were mixed up as it just stopped the story while I sorted out the confusion in the text.

The actual story kept me reading to the end. I'll definitely try another of Truscott's books sometime.

Loved this book

Every book I've read by Mr Truscott has been awesome. While this wasn't about West Point, the 2 main characters were grads. This is a great murder mystery which has you guessing until the very end. Write more, please!

Acceptable Military Legal Thriller

This book provides us with a pretty good cast of army personnel caught up in a homicide at Fort Benning, Georgia. The author does a good job with the protagonist, but most of the other characters seemed mediocre. Its interesting how many male authors now have a female as their strong main character e.g. Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series. I downgraded the book a bit because of a couple of strange time discontinuities. As an example in one scene military attorney Guidry and an assistant DA are at a District of Columbia arraignment trying to get a prisoner transferred to Army jurisdiction at Fort Benning. The prisoner's attorney objects to this, and the judge orders all attorneys to submit briefs on the issue. A couple of pages and two days later Guidry is visiting the prisoner in the Fort Benning stockade with no mention of the judge's ruling and how he got there so fast. I don't like it when the author evidently assumes that his readers are a bunch of dummies who won't notice these things. All in all, though, its a pretty good read, and takes place in an interesting sitting.

Always my favorite book

This has always been one of my favorite books. I read it over and over again. It reminds me I'm not the only smart ass Major out there.

Truscott wins the war

"Heart of War" is a suspenseful, rapidly moving story of contemporary life in the U.S. army. It's a post-cold-war tale of a military that is struggling to adjust to new realities. There is no communist menace to fight any longer, so the fights within the armed services revolve around politics and gender and sexual identity.

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Title: Murder in Germantown

Subtitle: A Ravonne Lemmelle Legal Thriller

Author: Rahiem Brooks

Narrator: Derick Alexander

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-14

Publisher: Prodigy Publishing Group

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

A smooth, savvy, sardonic, gay, criminal law attorney, Ravonne Lemmelle has been hired fresh out of Harvard Law School to Savino, Martir and Associates, a large Philadelphia firm. A recently separated, single father of one, with a few acquittals under his belt, he's got a soft spot for no one, but the law. On a dark January morning, Wydell James was arrested for killing several people attending a party in Germantown: a section of North Philadelphia. Now he's in a jail cell with no one to turn to, but his childhood friend, Ravonne Lemmelle. One thing makes Ravonne feel powerful; forcing prosecutors to dig deep into their legal coffers to sit across the courtroom from him. His investigation turns up more suspects, a new purpose to kill, and Ravonne realizes the power is closer - and more obtainable - than he could ever possibly known. Things become more complex when two people enters his life: his estranged wife and a serial killer. But Ravonne's one purpose: an acquittal for Wydell James.

Members Reviews:

A gay man with strength! Not weakness explanation point explanation point

Recommend this book to any and all readers. It gave a gay man strength, power, knowledge, family, focus, well, intelligence, sensitivity, emotion, and a sense of direction. The book is well written.

Fashion blog or music playlist?

Would you try another book from Rahiem Brooks and/or Derick Alexander?

No.

What could Rahiem Brooks have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

more story - less meaningless conversation

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

the narrator was fine

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Murder in Germantown?

Almost all with involving the "hero's" child. A 5 yr. wise beyond his years whose purpose is to play sitcom cute for the amusement of the adults - and, supposedly, the readers.

Any additional comments?

running commentary on what people are wearing and what music they're listening to -just not much story.

I had hoped I would be discovering a new mystery

I had a hard time finishing this audiobook. That being said, I am going to reverse my usual review format and discuss the narrator before the story. The narrator, Derick Alexander, actually has a nice voice. It is very smooth and deep. He needs to work on his pacing and keeping his words crisp. I found myself rewinding several times because I just could not get what he said. I think he has the potential to be a very good narrator. I hope he finds a good coach to help. I would be willing to try another audiobook narrated by him. I can hear potential in his voice.The production values were decent, better than some I have heard.

Unfortunately I do not think I will try another book by the author, Rahiem Brooks. I found the plot very confusing. I really could not follow the audio book. I purchased the Kindle version of the book after I had completed the audiobook to try to determine what I had missed.

I do not have words to describe the problems in his writing style. Allow me to share three quotes:

He was never without the Burberry trench, sneer, ethics stamped on his yellowish forehead, or adroit police impracticalities glued to his aura.

He violently slammed a paw on the table and caused it to collapse. Everything was all over the floor.

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Title: Guilty as Sin

Subtitle: A Jaywalker Case

Author: Joseph Teller

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-11

Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Did career criminal Alonzo Barnett, in and out of prison since age 15, commit the latest drug deal he's accused of? Yup, he's guilty as charged. But is he guilty as sin? That's the question criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, the maverick known as Jaywalker, has to answer as he takes the court-appointed case. As Jaywalker is well aware, one wrong move, even for the right reason, can derail your life - and land an otherwise redeemed ex-con back in the slammer for years.

Up against a team of prosecutorsone a talented, ethical newcomer, the other a sleazy, tightfisted veteranJaywalker has almost nothing on his side. Except his unshakable belief in his clientand the very real possibility of redemption for them both.

Members Reviews:

We need way more jaywalker on audible.

Would you consider the audio edition of Guilty as Sin to be better than the print version?

Absolutly. For me, the audio edition is always better, I may never read again.

What about Kevin T. Collinss performance did you like?

Great character voices,

Any additional comments?

Really good book, I would like to see more from the series available on audible.

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Title: The Bribe

Author: William P. Wood

Narrator: John McLain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead - shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just twenty-four hours to find out if the congressman was killed because of his speech...or something far worse. Dennis Cooper is acting District Attorney during these critical twenty-four hours. He's in for the fight of his career and time is running out for everyone - and they know it.

Members Reviews:

Average at best

I have read this author's previous works and often come to the same conclusion. He starts off with a bang and then the storyline just seems to slow down to a crawl.

While The Bribe is not horrible, there are too many characters involved and too little storyline to hang them on.

The writing is also very, very basic. No flowery descriptions here.

The storyline was okay, but it felt recycled - like I have read it many times before.

Overall just average.

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Title: Errors and Omissions

Author: Paul Goldstein

Narrator: Brian Keeler

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

What Michael Seeley discovers in these gilded precincts will plunge him headfirst into the tangle of politics of the blacklisting era and then into the even darker world of Nazi-occupied Poland.

In Errors and Omissions, Paul Goldstein has crafted a masterful novel of legal and moral suspense that draws on historical fact and legal scholarship for its unmistakable authenticity. A worldly thriller for grown-ups, it introduces an exciting new talent.

Critic Reviews:

"Goldstein, who does a fine job of breaking down complicated moral, ethical, and historical issues to understandable nuggets, has laid the foundation for what could be a strong franchise." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

An Excellent First Effort and Quite Entertaining

I thoroughly enjoyed "Errors and Omissions." For a first novel, Mr. Goldstein has done quite well. The story hangs together well and, most importantly, it was both believable and engaging. I have only two quibbles with the book. First, every single character in the book was dysfunctional on some level. No one came from a normal family. Those that aren't plagued by alcoholism are either criminally deviant or suffer from one or more pyschoses. Would it be so terrible if at least one of the characters was quasi-normal (or would that make the book boring)? Second, the central charcter in the book, attorney Michael Seeley, is forever analyzing the morality and ethics of the decisions that confront him, almost always seeking the high ground. Except Mr. Goldstein conveniently overlooks a huge eithical lapse on Mr. Seeley's part--his willingness, while still in the employ of his law firm, to negotiate payments under the table from his client that he has no intention of sharing with his partners. Not only will this get you disbarred, there is a criminal term for it as well. It's called embezzlement. But these are minor flaws in what otherwise was an entertaining novel, perfect for your next cross-country bussiness trip.

Gin-swilling Detective Drys Out for a Cause

You have heard of Mike Hammer, Nick (and Nora) Charles and all of the rest of the classic detectives who are in love with the bottle. This story is about a lawyer who is destroying his excellent reputation by snorkling to the bottom of a bottle of gin when he has a call from a movie studio asking him to research and determine the copyright situation for a very popular series that the studio is investing in. It is obvious that the studio want to take advantage of his excellent reputation along with his love for gin to go lightly on his research to issue a statement of Errors and Omissions to allow the studio to proceed. He gets into something deeper and more sinister than just an attemt to steal an author's right for the purpose of enriching the wealthy. Some murder and lots of mahem can be found as the lawyer discovers that there is a lot of excitement to be had outside of a gin bottle.

This is set in modern day, but the ghosts of the bad ole days including the twin Joes (McCarthey and Stalin), Hollywood Black-lists, fake (intellectual) Reds and greedy investors play a major part of this book.

A great Summer afternoon in-the-hammock type book.

Good book for the general public

This book is by a Stanford Law School Lawyer who handles copyrights and patents. Good book for the general public.

Intelligent legal mystery

Thoroughly enjoyed this work by a noted legal scholar and teacher.

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Title: The Spy Files

Subtitle: Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series, Book 7

Author: Kenneth Eade

Narrator: Shawn Compton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-16

Publisher: Valentina Nesterova Eade

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Lawyer Brent Marks takes a Freedom of Information Act case for a journalist accused of espionage, and finds himself the target of an abusive federal investigation that strains his relationship with his fiancée, who happens to also be an FBI Agent.

Now in the role of the client instead of the attorney, can Brent find justice and come out on the other side of the case with his own liberty intact? Where privacy and government collide, Brent must find a way to win the case, and, at the same time, prove his innocence and save himself.

Members Reviews:

As usual another excellent book.

Read everything written by Kenneth Eade, have them in my library. What was written by Glen Greenwald and Edward Snowden at the beginning of this book is right. By just being a lawyer and doing his job got Brent Marks in trouble with FBI. He has a very supportive friends around him. Author always approaches every issue well thought out manner and makes me stop and think. Set aside a day that you won't be interrupted and enjoy this great story.

big brother is watching you!

timely. brent is got up in what is happening to all of us ' big brother is watching us' syndrome. under the guise of national security the ability of govt to cover up so many sins is amazing. i felt sad though with what is happening between brent and angie as a fall out. but that too is natural. mr eade has got every angle of the govt interference covered superbly in this novel and it was thrilling reading from beginning till end.

Simultaneous satisfaction of intellect and heart

Kenneth Eade offers the reader a special experience in clarity of thought combined with immersion in a riveting story. This

kind of exposure to real issues without the infusion of puffery allows deep enjoyment of the fast-paced proceedings.

Good courtroom drama

More courtroom drama than most, book was centered on this. Will probably read the next book by this author. Not real exciting read.

Four Stars

Enjoyable way to spend your quiet time

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Title: Three Blind Mice

Subtitle: Matthew Hope, Book 9

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Ken Howard

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-16

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Jessica Leeds, wife of a prestigious Florida landowner, is brutally raped. Three Vietnamese immigrants are arrested and charged with the crime. After the ensuing trial results in their acquittal, Jessica's husband Stephen vows vengeance. Later, the three immigrants are found murdered, and of course the circumstances point to Stephen. Jessica turns to Matthew Hope, Florida lawyer and protagonist of Ed McBain's nursery rhyme and fairy tale series of mysteries. Hope takes the case - and discovers a situation far more complex and explosive than he, or his client, imagined.

Members Reviews:

Light Weight

Ed McBain is a good writer, fun to read. But this one is too easy, transparent plot, too many page fillers copied from previous novels, gratuitous sex, etc. A bit like Bubble Gum. I keep hoping for more 87th Precinct stories.

Five Stars

Great book on tape.

Four Stars

Love to read all of his books. He is great author we lost too soon.

Five Stars

no problems

but I love it then and love it all over again

Read it years ago, but I love it then and love it all over again. Will be order more of Ed Mc Bains. Shared it with my sisters.

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Title: Lethal Dose

Author: Jeff Buick

Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-12

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Veritas Pharmaceuticals is a corporate powerhouse. But many of the drugs Veritas puts on the market are extremely dangerous, even potentially fatal and Bruce Andrews, CEO of the company, is well aware of it. Andrews isn't about to let that or anything get in the way of Veritas's profits. Gordon Buchanan is devastated when his brother dies: and very suspicious. Could the drug his brother was taking have caused his death?

The more Gordon investigates the more evidence points to Veritas. His lawyer warns him that a lawsuit against the huge corporation would only ruin him, but if the law won't help him bring down this deadly Goliath, he'll have to do it on his own.

Members Reviews:

Well done Great reading. Then send them on to our Soldiers

Well done Great reading . Then send them on to our Soldiers , which is why I have bought so many from this author .

tense thriller

Near Canyon Creek, Montana, self made-millionaire Gordon Buchanan, his brother Billy and others struggle to contain a fire that threatens to destroy his brand new sawmill. When Billy accidentally slices his leg to the bone with a saw, first aid fails to stop the bleeding. Gordon is stunned to watch his sibling die in spite of doing everything right. Billy's blood simply failed to coagulate like it should have.

Gordon cleans out Billy's house only to find strange green pills Triaxcion prescribed by highly regarded Dr. Hastings of Butte. He learns from the doctor that the drug is making a fortune for its manufacturer Veritas Pharmaceutical of Richmond, Virginia; it used to prevent baldness. Gordon has a nagging feeling that the drug killed his sibling by preventing his blood from coagulating. The legal system offers no relief since the drug company is "protected" by the FDA. The company CEO Bruce Andrews refuses to listen to Gordon claiming he grieves by seeking culpability elsewhere. As Gordon continues to dig he gains an ally Jennifer Pearce of Veritas and begins to find evidence of deadly foul play.

LETHAL DOSE is a tense thriller that will shake up the audience with the recent withdrawals of drugs due to adverse deadly side effects. The story line is at its best when Gordon, who has more going for him than most people would believe, takes on the Fortune 500 giant. When the tale spins into a murder thriller, it remains an exciting action packed tale, but loses some of its condemnation steam of pointing fingers at the American pharmaceutical-government incest. Still Jeff Buick writes a thought provoking suspense filled novel.

Harriet Klausner

Outstanding Book!

Gordon Buchannan is the owner of a huge sawmill complex in Montana. He

has done very well. His brother Billy cuts himself with a power saw while

trying to combat a forest fire. Billy bleeds to death because his blood

will not clot. Gordon discovers a prescription drug called Triaxcion at

Billy's home. Upon investigating he finds that the drug is to stem baldness and is manufactured by Veritas Pharmaceutical. This leads to his

meeting Jennifer Pearce a Ph.D researcher who works for Veritas. They team

up and discover major corruption at Veritas. The CEO Bruce Andrews is

actually having people killed. There is also a huge outbreak of a disease

called hemorrhagic virus. This outbreak is blamed on a terrorist cell.

This turns out to be a giant conspiracy that Gordon and Jennifer encounter.

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Title: Killer Move

Author: Michael Marshall

Narrator: William Hope

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-11

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Bill Moore is a man with a plan. Hes got a lucrative job, a great marriage and a beautiful house. He had a five year plan for world domination, too, but its already creeping into year six so now hes decided to mix it up a little. This means getting in tight with the people in power. Its all going to plan until the day Bill gets to work to find a card left on his desk. Its black, just one word printed in white: MODIFIED. From that moment, Bills life begins to change. He soon finds out, in the most terrifying fashion, that he has become the subject of a deadly game and that he has no choice but to fight back.

Members Reviews:

Very good thriller

This is an engrossing thriller from an author who really, really knows how to write good fiction.

The book hooked me in right away. The pace, and my interest level, never wavered. Marshall's depiction of the protagonist's wired, workaholic, ambitious, ultimately likeable character is excellent. His prose is crystal clear and razor sharp, so smooth it almost reads itself, and works in thoughtful observations about the human condition without slowing things down. The book has good tension throughout & the twist at the end is pretty satisfying.

I have been a fan of Marshall's since 2002 when I had the good fortune of discovering an abandoned copy of The Straw Men at the hotel I worked at back then. Since then I've read every one of his books (including the noir-ish Sci-Fi he wrote as Michael Marshall Smith - Spheres, One of Us, and Only Forward are all fantastic) and will continue to purchase his new books.

One quibble: the obvious choice for a title given the book's content would have been Modified & would have been a great title. Why call it Killer Move, a title that has nothing to do with the book?

a page turner

I'm a tough customer when it comes to suspense thrillers but was hooked on Killer Move almost from page one. Sure, there are some formulaic elements, but these are far outweighed by a gripping plot that draws close to the line of implausibility without ever crossing it. Marshall sustains a dark and menacing atmosphere in his Sunshine State setting and offers a textured protagonist whose admirable qualities are at times diluted by his own darker impulses. One more plus for me: no explicit sex scenes or gratuitously drawn out scenes of gore and violence -- crutches upon which less able writers so often seem to rely.

Bottom line -- it ain't exactly literature, but for what it is, Killer Move is very good.

Michael Marshall fails to disappoint

I've ben a fan since ÂOnly Forward and can't be objective. But there's something about his style that just appeals to me.

The reflections about life and causes of actions that are sprinkled through his books. The mood. The way he builds up anti- or sympathy for his protagonists and then one sentence turns my perception about them. The way he builds characters that start to become mildly interesting who then gets killed in brutal ways for no apparent reason. OK, I'm not certain I'm such a huge fan of _that_...

This book only mentions the Straw Men in passing, and the end is just mildly surprising. It's vintage Michael Marshall and I could`t put it down.

Good Thriller

Despite the clear premise of someone getting his life stolen, there are plenty of great twists Nd turns to this one.