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Title: Claim of Innocence

Subtitle: An Izzy McNeil Mystery, Book 4

Author: Laura Caldwell

Narrator: Nancy Liem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Forbidden relationships are the most tempting. And the most dangerous.

It was a crime of passionor so the police say. Valerie Solara has been charged with poisoning her best friend. The prosecution claims she's always been secretly attracted to Amanda's husband and with Amanda gone, she planned to make her move.

Attorney Izzy McNeil left the legal world a year ago, but a friend's request pulls her into the murder trial. Izzy knows how passion can turn your life upside down. She thought she had it once with her ex-fiancé, Sam. Now she wonders if that's all she has in common with her criminally gorgeous younger boyfriend, Theo.

It's Izzy's job to present the facts that will exonerate her clientwhether or not she's innocent. But when she suspects Valerie is hiding something, she begins investigatingand uncovers a web of secret passions and dark motives, where seemingly innocent relationships can prove poisonous....

Members Reviews:

Good read, but not my favorite of the series

About the series: I actually read the last one first -- I read QUESTION OF TRUST in May, and I really liked it, so I decided to go back and read all the rest. With this book, I have now read all of the Izzy McNeil series as it currently exists. I like Izzy McNeil as a character. I always enjoy a good novel set in Chicago -- my adoptive hometown. But maybe reading them all in a row was a little much! It started to get way too silly, so I would not recommend reading them all in 60 days like I did!

I enjoyed the story, I really did. But as a lawyer, at some point, I just kept thinking, "who are they kidding?" You can't decide to second chair a murder trial the day of the trial. And a client who claims to be innocent, but won't tell you what you need to know to defend her is an idiot. Those things aside, Izzy McNeil feels like an old friend, and I hope to hear from her again. But not for a while. Her life is a little dramatic for my tastes -- I need a break!

And I hope she finds her way back to Sam!

Five Stars

Enjoyed it!

Great legal thriller

My preference is for legal thrillers and this a good one.

Izzy is awesome!!!

Another great addition to Izzy McNeil Mysteries! I love how Ms. Caldwell references the past books and helps set up this story. I wish I had Izzy's great friends and supportive family. I cannot wait for Izzy's next adventure!!

Claim Of Innocence by Laura Caldwell

If you've not read anything by Laura Cadwell,do so.You're in for a treat.This book is the 4th in her Izzy Mcneil series.Laura rivals Tess Gerritson's "Rizzoli and Iles" series. Try it you'll like it !!!

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Title: Cash Call

Subtitle: A Stan Turner Mystery (Vol 5)

Author: William Manchee

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer, Arika Escalona

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-11

Publisher: Top Publications

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Stan and Rebekah's good friends, Don and Pam Blaylock, are in deep trouble. An imprudent investment in a Golden Dragon franchise and their son's arrest for DWI triggers an avalanche of misfortune culminating in the murder of Luther Bell, the smooth talking promoter responsible for their impending demise. While Stan conducts a preemptive investigation to prove his clients are innocent, he is inundated with lawsuits and claims from their growing list of creditors and must deal with the inevitable marital strife that threatens this once proud family. A wrongful death suit worth millions, ancient Peruvian pottery full of diamonds and a confrontation with the mob rounds out this nail-bitting legal thriller.

Critic Reviews:

"The action moves forward at a brisk pace with surprising (and ingenius) plot twists, and this deeply felt book may be Manchee's best work to date.... Manchee writes a very realistic prose, exact, viewing the sharp edges of reality wisely, and he gives us glimples beneath the surface, wondering, sypathizing, fearing. There's a special power and grace here, about family, friends, death, and all that ties that bind one into a non-stop chase to unwrap puzzle within puzzle." (The Book Reader)

"Cash Call continues the story of Stan Turner's uphill battle to raise a family while hunting down clues to save his clients. A modern day Perry Mason, Turner is living proof that defending accused murders doesn't always pay one's mortgage." (Mary Welk, Deadly Doses)

"Cash Call is a well crafted novel in the manner of Ellery Queen, Gardner and Grisham. Dialogue is fast-paced, the narrative moves smoothly from Stan and his personal situation to his interaction with clients, the romantically inclined gal who just won't take no for an answer and even a mobster." (Cindy Penn, Midwest Book Review)

Members Reviews:

Cash Call................................... Molly's Reviews

Entertaining read, Highly Recommended.

Writer Manchee has crafted another great setting of enjoyable, credible characters, situations and blunders. The narrative Manchee sets forth in Cash Call brings us another great read with full time lattorney part time sleuth Stan Turner. Turner has much of Perry Mason in his methodology but muddles along without Mason's perfect record. Cash Call is a well written work complete with many of the characters we have come to enjoy from the prior works in this ongoing series. As the Turner children grow up we see Stan, Rebekah and their family behaving much as our own. And that is in part what makes this series so engaging.

The reader is hooked straight away in the opening of this gripping, creative story theme. Transitions are handled well, with plot and sub plot all lined in a fiduciary manner. Manchee's characters are natural. Dialogue is not contrived as the characters work to resolve problems. Climax and conclusion are handled with usual Manchee skill. I can easily believe that Stan would have handled the circumstances he faced in Cash Call quite as is set down by writer Manchee.

Poor Stan and his always present cash flow problems does again manage to prove his clients are not guilty of the murder of the scoundrel who was the cause of so many of their problems.

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Title: State's Evidence

Subtitle: A Beverly Mendoza Legal Thriller

Author: R. Barri Flowers

Narrator: Judith West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-11

Publisher: R. Barri Flowers

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Assistant District Attorney Beverly Mendoza appears to have an open and shut case when she prosecutes Rafael Santiago for the murder of a judge and the sexual assault of his wife in Eagles Landing, a town in Northern California. Santiago was recently released from prison and had a grudge against the judge. But her case against the suspect is put in jeopardy when career criminal Manuel Gonzalez, arrested for the murder of a young woman, also confesses to killing the judge.

As Beverly and Wilameta County Sheriff's Homicide Detective Stone Palmer try to sort out fact from fiction, a case of mistaken identity becomes a real possibility. Or is it more likely that two violent men with close ties are trying to beat the system?

Further complicating matters is Beverly's romantic involvement with criminal lawyer turned judge, Grant Nunez, in an apparent conflict of interest. She also battles personal crises, including a father with Alzheimer's disease.

Critic Reviews:

"Flowers has once again written a page-turner legal thriller that begins with a bang and moves rapidly along to its final page." (Midwest Book Review)

"An intriguing story of murder, madness, and mayhem, with a slight blend of mystery. Flowers depicts believable characters in this suspenseful legal thriller." (Romantic Times)

"A well written thriller with an opening scene that would cause anyone to keep turning the pages.... It's fast paced, intriguing, satisfying." (Romance Reader at Heart)

Members Reviews:

Not a legal thriller

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

Nothing. Book not a legal thriller, it's a sex book. First 30 minutes have 2 sex scenes and a jogger being attacked - Booooring. Reader poor. Would not read anything of hers again.

What was most disappointing about R. Barri Flowers???s story?

not a legal thriller

Would you be willing to try another one of Judith West???s performances?

no

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

anger that I paid for this book!!!

Any additional comments?

see above

Narrating is Horrible

This is the worse narrating I have ever heard, I could barely follow the story the narrating was so bad. The male narrated voice is ridiculous and the female sound like a bad high school play. The narrating is way to distracting.

great book with a great plot. twists to the end

great book. the plot keeps twisting to the end. great characters too. just enough sex to keep it interesting

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Title: Deadly Defiance

Subtitle: A Stan Turner Mystery, Volume 10

Author: William Manchee

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer, Arika Escalona, Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-11

Publisher: Top Publications

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Stan's bankruptcy client, Maureen Thompson, is accused of her husband's murder. Her alleged motive is the proceeds of a large insurance policy on her husband's life that would cure her financial woes. Stan assigns the case to his partner, Paula Waters, who at first is excited about getting a new high-profile murder case - but her excitement is soon dampened when she learns this isn't the first of Maureen Thompson's husbands to be hacked to death with an ice pick!

While Paula is trying to prove Maureen Thompson isn't the Ice Pick Widow, Turner & Water's new associated Jodie Marshall goes under cover in a wrongful death case against Alliance Fabrication, a sweatshop that fronts for a Mexican drug cartel's money-laundering operation. Stan enlists the Dallas Police and FBI to help out in their quest to prove Icaro Melendez ordered the murder of Romildo Alvarez but they still find themselves in mortal danger and wonder if they haven't made a big mistake in taking on such an impossible case.

Critic Reviews:

"William Manchee is at it again with his 10th legal thriller, Deadly Defiance: A Stan Turner Mystery. No doubt Manchee, who is in real life a Texas attorey, is quite familiar with the drama that can emanate from practicing law....Manchee is a very capable story teller and is able to effectively maintain our interest througout this crisp no-frills style devoid of complex legal jargon. In addition, with his strong and controlled writing, he carries his three plots along with just the right amount of believability conerning witnesses, clues, and evidence." (Norm Goldman, Bookpleasures.com)

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Title: Final Witness

Author: Simon Tolkien

Narrator: Simon Tolkien

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

A gripping courtroom drama combining psychological suspense and political intrigue from the pen of ex-barrister-turned-crime novelist Simon Tolkien, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Its the trial - and scandal - of the decade: Greta Grahame, the beautiful young wife of Minister of defence Sir Peter Robinson, is accused of conspiring to murder her predecessor, Peters first wife, Anne.

The prosecution case depends heavily on the evidence of one witness - Gretas sixteen-year-old stepson, Thomas.

A dreamy, bookish boy, Thomas was present but hidden on the night two men broke into their ancestral home, The House of the Four Winds, and killed his mother. His testimony steadfastly links Greta to the hitmen.

But the boys motives are unclear. Is he so crazed by grief that he would frame his stepmother for murder? Or are his feelings toward Greta more complicated than anyone realizes? Might he actually be jealous of his father, jealous enough to destroy what remains of his own family? Or is he telling the truth - that this cunning young woman will stop at nothing in her pursuit of wealth and status?

Simon Tolkien combines compelling courtroom drama and classic psychological suspense in this sharply etched page-turner.

Previously published in 2003 as The Stepmother.

Critic Reviews:

Half Christie and half Grisham. (Los Angeles Times)

A legal thriller ripped from tomorrows headlines a remarkably skillful novel, brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed. (Washington Post)

Tolkien's skill as a storyteller is worthy of notice in this taut, well-paced legal thriller. (Library Journal)

The twists keep coming until that last witness. Highly convincing debut. (People Magazine)

Fast-paced and with suspense to spare, [Tolkiens] debut shows admirable skill and depth and has a conclusion as surprising as it is satisfying. (Dallas Morning News)

Tolkiens writing has a timeless quality [and] the haunting undertones of other great masters of mystery. (USA Today)

Part English cozy, part family saga, part courtroom drama, this genre-bending work of fiction is touching and enchanting. (Booklist starred review)

Members Reviews:

Tough name to live up to and fails spectacularly.

This is author's first book and it shows. I've listened for half hour and cannot bear any more. The characters have no depth and are total cliches. It started badly with 'comedy' villains (you can almost hear the rough 1950's stereotypical cockney crook) It is really dreadful and, regrettably I've wasted my money. I generally finish all books, but this one is impossible. It has left me feeling robbed.

Shame about the narration

I quite enjoyed this book but unfortunately it was marred for me by the dreary monotone of the narrator. I would have thought that as he is the author, he might have had a better feel for the intrigue and suspense in the book, but sadly I just felt the whole book was let down by his narration. It almost felt that he was seeing and reading the book for the first time - bizarre as he actually wrote it. All the characters sounded alike and it was difficult to work out who was speaking. Shame as I think this could have been a good story, despite the predictable ending, if it hadn't annoyed me so much. Disappointed.

Very Enjoyable

Thoroughly enjoyable listen. Although I thought I knew how it would turn out there were times when I really wasn't sure I'd got it right.

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Title: Fighting Dirty

Author: June Hampson

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-11

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Daisy Lane is battling to keep her family together. About to be released from prison, her oldest son Eddie is desperate to escape his past. But Eddie soon discovers that giving up the life of a gangster isnt going to be easy. Daisys youngest son Jamie is determined to step out from under the shadow of his older brother and make a name for himself. And when Jamie gets wind of his brothers plan to pull off a heist, his involvement threatens to be Eddies undoing. Meanwhile, a string of young boys are being abused in Gosport. Daisy vows to find out whos behind it, but the truth threatens to destroy them all

Members Reviews:

Good book

Enjoyed the book. The only thing which I found a bit frustrating was the narration. Annie Aldington is a brilliant narrator. I've listened to many of her books. in this series the accent of the characters changed from earlier novel.

fair

not gripping story but easy read. a little disapointed in book over all. hope next one more interesting

poppycock

i dont know why i read thewhole series. so many inconsistincies in the books the caracthers ages and the year it was supposed to be didnt add up a lot of the time. too much detail in a lot of places and not enough in others. introducing us to new caracthers in some of the books then killing them of in the nxt. because the writer seemed to only want to concentrate on main central caracthers.

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Title: Dust to Dust

Author: Ken McClure

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-11

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

John Motram has the chance of a lifetime. A cell biologist convinced that the Black Death was not caused by bubonic plague but by an unknown virus, he is asked to examine preserved bodies buried under the ancient abbey at Dryburgh. However, Motrams excavations end up in disaster when he first becomes violent and then dangerously ill after entering the secret tomb. As he hovers on the edge of life, and journalists and government authorities, each with their own agenda, begin to circle, Dr Steven Dunbar begins his investigation. Has Motram just been unlucky, or has a killer virus risen from the dead?

Members Reviews:

Misleading premise

This book is number 8 in the Dr Steven Dunbar series, this is absolutely not an archeological mystery (as I had thought when buying this book) nor does the book focus on history at all.

Despite being mislead by the premise I did end up liking the series which is about a specialist detective who investigates science-related crimes usually involving a conspiracy or two.

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Title: Brash Endeavor

Subtitle: A Stan Turner Mystery Vol 3

Author: William Manchee

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-11

Publisher: Top Publications, Ltd.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Step into the shoes of Dallas attorney, Stan Turner, in the late 1970s as he begins the practice of law. Then hang on for the ride of your life as Stan immediately steps into a rattlesnake's nest and has to do some fancy two-steppin' to avoid a lethal strike from his own clients. When Stan's wife, Rebekah, is arrested for murder and a client turns out to be a ghost, Stan trades in his legal pad for a detective's notebook and goes to work to solve these most perplexing mysteries.

Critic Reviews:

"William Manchee could be Dallas' answer to John Grisham.... Just like Grisham's books, the protangonist appears to be a thinly veiled version of Manchee. The novel follows Stan Turner... as he moves to open his law practice and becomes involved with an insurance scam that ends up with his wife being falsely accused of murder. It sounds like just the kind of potboiler that Grisham is known for. Let's just hope Manchee doesn't option any of his books to movie producers..." (Dallas Observer)

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

After reading that this is a "must read", I was looking forward to an exceptional book. I was very disappointed. The plot lines were predictable with no depth or interesting twists (with the exception of an attempt at the end). I also thought the narrator's reading was bland and unemotional.

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Title: Sandra Nichols Found Dead

Author: George Higgins

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Sizzling with betrayal and murder, Higgins tale is sprinkled with earthy dialogue and savvy characters. When Sandra Nichols, the wife of a wealthy businessman, is found dead in a Massachusetts wetland, respected criminal defense attorney Jerry Kennedy sheds his reclusive life to become her childrens legal guardian. He digs for evidence and turns up a missing clue that begins a domino effectexposing the killer.

Members Reviews:

A Pride of Digressions

Higgins wries for the ear. And to it. Characters tell us their stories which eventually add up to what a Higgins novel's about. And these people ramble around like morning hair... Y'know, the way the strands go after a night-long pillow buffeting? But anyway, I digress. Which is my point, and OUCH! ... Just stubbed my imagination on a cliché that I had to comb out... Okay, where was I...

And that's the way people talk, y'know what I'm sayin'? How they filter out a sort of stew of thoughts that eventually result in revealing a rich story arc tha's thick with what? Character? Yea, so that's what Higgins does... He tosses digressions into a plot set just beneath the simmering setting so that everything cooks together into a foamy, chewy experience.

And here in 'Sandra Nichols Found Dead' Higgins comtinues writing plays for George Guidall to prattle, or declare, or even sometimes insinuate into life... And I love it. Careful though, Higgins is an acquired taste so you'd best start with the first Kennedy book and enjoy your way here to Sandra Higgins's dead body in a bag.

Could not finish the story

George Higgins put in too many details. I could not follow the story. I finally turned it off after two tries. I never did figure out why he spent the first chapter discussing cameras. What did the camera club have to do with the story. Who cares if the club has a potluck and who brought what. Maybe this was the story and I missed the point. Worse book I even downloaded!

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Title: Disillusioned

Subtitle: A Stan Turner Mystery, Volume 2

Author: William Manchee

Narrator: William Timnick

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-11

Publisher: Top Publications, Ltd.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Legal Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Stan Turner ends up in Dallas, where he intends to finish law school at SMU. In the spring of 1976 he is recruited by the Repubican Party to be county chairman and finds himself helping President Gerald Ford in his campaign against Jimmy Carter. The campaign is marred, however, by an untimely FBI investigation into the financial dealings of a local party contributor, Brad Thorton, and the apparent murder-suicide of Stan's best friend, Ron Shepard, and his family. Stan knows Ron couldn't have murdered his family and sets out to clear his name, but in the process gets at odds with an Mexican drug cartel and the target of a professional hit man.

Members Reviews:

For Legal Thriller Fans

I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads in exchange for a fair review.

If you are a fan of legal thrillers by John Grisham, Tony Dunbar, and Teresa Burrell, you will like this book. (Actually, one could easily mistake it for a book by John Grisham) The book is so enjoyable to read because the charactersâ inner worlds and the environment are described in detail, and the story has so many twists and turns. It is also edited carefully and is written by someone articulate with excellent language skills. The story telling flows well and is fast-paced with breathtaking suspense. Almost four-hundred page book has three legal thrillers and so many characters with side stories going at the same time, making the story lines so complex that it gets confusing getting back and forth sometimes. It doesnât hurt the fact the main character is a decent, loving, and kind person and a husband, and the book doesnât have graphic violence, sex, or explicit language. I personally think a three hundred page book has the ideal length and this book has enough material for two books. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this book a lot, it was hard for me to put it down after starting, and I will add the books by this author to my reading list. Five stars.

A Must Read!!!

Deadly Defiance by William Manchee is a crime mystery thriller that features women sleuths. I loved the murder cases that were brought up, inside this intriguing novel. Here, readers will find that two women are being accused of their husbands' murders. So, there are two women sleuths each working a separate murder case that involves a woman being charged for the crime of murdering their husbands. What's really interesting is that one of these accused women has been labeled as a wife killer because each of her husbands has been killed "by her". Then, there's the fact that this same woman killer who was talking to Stan about how her husband left her poor and that she wished he was dead...and then ends up in jail charged, of her husband's death. She definitely had the motive but did she do it? Next, a Hispanic woman is wanting another trial. She also has been charged, for killing, her husband. Except she blames the boss who is tangled up in the drug cartel...

Deadly Defiance is exactly that. Stan and his new partner Jodie get mixed up in a deadly situation that has them defying the cartel who wants revenge on them...and then there's Paula taking on the other murder case. Danger, excitement, and intrigue will follow readers on every page.