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Title: Executive Orders

Subtitle: Jack Ryan, Book 8

Author: Tom Clancy

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-14

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The US President, along with most of the Cabinet and Congress, is dead. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now President.

President John Patrick Ryan.

With stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush on him. He must calm an anxious and grieving nation, all while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest possible speed.

But that is not all. Both within Washington DC and across the globe, there are those eager to act on the animosity towards the United States and others from Jack Ryan's past that harbour a grudge towards the new President himself. Soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so big even he cannot imagine it.

Critic Reviews:

"His plotting here is masterful, as is his strumming of patriotic heartstrings. This is heavyweight entertainment." (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)

"Vintage Clancy ... The conclusion features the most harrowing battlefield prose Clancy has written since Red Storm Rising." (Bookpage)

Members Reviews:

This was written pre-9/11: keep that in mind.

I regard Tom Clancy as a solid, competent writer who deserved the success he has received. We foreigners who have been to the US have to remind ourselves that while Special Forces are carefully selected and trained to be the very best they can be and enjoy most of the advantages of hi-tech, offensive and defensive, they are still human and can be killed, wounded or mentally damaged. In Executive Orders, a Japanese pilot, seething over conflict described in a previous book, takes a 747 below the radar, kills hi co-pilot and dives the huge bomb into Congress, killing most of the US government, including the President, and the chain of command down to a level beneath the Joint Chiefs. Our hero Jack Ryan is thrust but unwanted circumstance into the role of President, with only one Senator protesting. The reluctant POTUS faces danger from many quarters but manages to find sufficient men with backbone to rally to the cause and uncover/destroy the real perpetrators of the plot to take out the US. If the plunged 747 decapitating the US government only to be foiled doesn't grab you, the underlying plot, which involves the weaponizing of the ebola virus, should make thinkers pause and pay more attention to events in Africa and the Middle East.

Mr Clancy has written a powerful account of a mega tragedy for the US and the world. I rate Red Star Rising as the best of Clancy's books but even with the passage of time this is a very close second. I purchased not knowing that that it was set on a different time line. Normally, my first reaction would be to return the book but I'm pleased I hung in there.

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Title: The Murderer Is a Fox

Subtitle: The Ellery Queen Mysteries, 1945

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Could murder really be hereditary? Davy Fox certainly thinks so. When he was only a boy, his father, Bayard Fox,was convicted of murdering Davy's mother in the small town of Wrightsville. Now that Davy has grown up and returned home from the war, he fears that it is onlya matter of time until he kills his own wife. But could he really do such athing? Desperate to find out the truth, Davy's wife, Linda, calls on Ellery Queen to investigate the twelve-year-old murder of Jessica Fox.

Members Reviews:

Another Wrightville visit

Ellery returns to Wrightsville to solve a 12 year old case. The Wrightsville cases always seem to have a cloud of despair hanging over them. You get the feeling that you're not going to like the solution. This one contains a lot of the classic Queen tricks, with loads of red herrings and even a sort of false solution, followed by the true.

good read

struggled with this one a bit, it was very slow to get to the crux of the story.

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Title: Cockroaches

Author: Jo Nesbo

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-13

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 117 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Harry is on a special mission.

Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. Its clear that the Ambassadors family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal.

When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?

Members Reviews:

Retrospective

Returning to an earlier time has its advantages and its disadvantages. On the upside, you know the characters well (perhaps better than the author would have intended). On the downside, the story is not as fresh because you have read hints of it before and the plot lines are a little less mature (from a developmental perspective). Both of these attributes were apparent to me in this listening.

Overall, I felt the book suffered as a result and if I'd had the opportunity to read it in sequence I would have been less critical and more comfortable with the plot. As it was, I thought the plot was a bit too obvious. I picked the villian very early and the false scents were not enough to throw me off the trail. The last Nesbo I listened to before this one was less obvious, I feel sure. Of course, Harry is more advanced as a character now too, so this was a throwback to a troubled soul at the beginning of a path toward redemption.

By now I am very comfortable with Sean Barret's characterisation. There can be no other Hole for me. I am an official convert!

I'm pleased I listened to this title, at least so I have all the pieces to date. I am looking forward to re-visiting a slightly more mature and maturing Harry in future installments. No doubt there will be falls from Grace, but Harry is a good metaphor for human fraility. It will be like renewing contact will an old friend. I'm hoping.

Disloyalty feels uncomfortable

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Perhaps it is unwise to publish books out of the order in which they were written..but that is exactly what I would have changed. I have read that this was not a choice made by the author of course. Even if this novel was extensively reworked and/or re-translated, it remains a far lesser work than the subsequent novels by Nesbo.

How heartening to know that his writing could and did improve.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Very very tough to say. I have downloaded two more novels and been repelled by the narrator of one and the unmitigated morose content of the other.

Which scene was your favorite?

My time was spent selecting the films from which so many of the scenes appeared to have been borrowed. The "climactic" almost last scene was utterly redolent of the film " Bladerunner" which accomplished the mood and emotion a tonne better. Sorry. It seems disloyal to say this about an author who did better, later.

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

Please. No. This is a squalid little story with such cardboard cut out figures populating a steamed up cellophane background..except the huge potential Nesbo discovered in the self destructive Harry Hle.

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Title: Wild Justice

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 194 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The long-awaited final installment of the #1 New York Times best-selling author' s Nadia Stafford series. Since Kelley Armstrong wrapped up book two of the Nadia Stafford series, fans have been eager to know what happens to the tough-as-nails contract killer. At last, Wild Justice brings Nadia back for the series' thrilling conclusion - an action-packed tale that will dazzle fans of the series as well as those who are only familiar with Armstrong' s bestselling paranormal books.

In Wild Justice, Nadia is confronted with her most difficult task to date: going after the man who killed her cousin Amy twenty years prior. But when it turns out that someone else has already taken justice into their own hands, she is drawn into a complex situation where everything she knows and loves is thrown into the path of danger. Nadia is forced to take matters into her own hands, ultimately requiring her to confront her darkest secrets - and her deepest desires - in a way that she never thought possible.

Members Reviews:

Great ending to trilogy. I wish there was more!

This is book three in a trilogy suspense series that Kelley Armstrong has been working on for a while, book one was published in 2007. The main character, Nadia Stafford, is a former cop who went rogue and killed an unarmed suspect. When she is forced to leave law enforcement, she buys a wilderness lodge in Ontario. It eventually falls on hard times, she takes a job as a hit man to help pay the bills. Throughout the series we spend time with her hitman mentor, Jack, his mentor, Evelyn, and a US Marshall, who is also a part-time hit man Quinn.

At the beginning of this book, Quinn and Nadia have just ended an attempt at a relationship, or at least Nadia considers it ended. Quinn isnt quite as sure. Jack contacts Nadia because he has found the person believed to have killed Nadias cousin, Amy, when she was a teenager. Nadia had also been kidnapped at the same time. She barely escaped with her life, but when she sent her cop father back to cabin, Amy was already dead and the suspect was gone. They do eventually catch him, and there is a trial. But he is acquitted. When Jack finds this killer, someone has already killed him before they get there. They do find his journal and Nadia has to come to some hard truths about her past.

It takes Nadia, Jack, Quinn and Evelyn a long time and many dead ends before they finally figure out who was the killer. There are many twists and turns and you will keep guessing until the end. I was surprised with many of the things that are uncovered in throughout the story. I dont want to give any parts away, so I wont go into much more of the plot. Just know that you dont get from point A to point B in a straight line.

Although, this series isnt really a romance or a paranormal, which is what I normally read, it is a great series and I recommend it. I probably wouldnt have tried it if it was a different author, but Im a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and thought I would give it a try. Im really glad that I did. I really like Nadia and Jack, especially. Evelyn is pretty funny too. There is a ton of action with a great story, which youve come to expect from Ms. Armstrong.

This is the first of the trilogy that Ive done on audio. At this time, book one is been published on audio, but I dont think book two is out yet. Im sure it will be, but just isnt done yet. I enjoyed it on audio.

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Title: King of Swords

Subtitle: Assassin Series, Book 1

Author: Russell Blake

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-13

Publisher: Janda Management

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 85 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

King of Swords is book one of the Assassin series - an epic assassination thriller framed against a gritty backdrop of brutal drug cartel violence in modern Mexico.

The G-20 Financial Summit is planned for San Jose Del Cabo. The world's pre-eminent finance ministers will attend, along with the presidents of the U.S. and Mexico. Captain Romero Cruz of the Mexican Federal Police uncovers an assassination plot against the attendees. In a roller-coaster race against the clock, Cruz must track and stop El Rey, the "King of Swords" - a faceless super-assassin responsible for a string of the world's most spectacular killings, before he turns the G-20 into a slaughterhouse.

King of Swords is a rule-breaking rush that shatters convention to create a richly-drawn story that's sure to shock and delight even the most jaded intrigue/adventure thriller fans.

Members Reviews:

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Set in Mexico, King of Swords: Assassin Series Volume 1 is a face paced thriller involving trying to catch the infamous assassin El Rey. Russell Blake's attention to detail paints pictures that make you feel as though you are right there in the story.

Dick Hill is one of my all time favorite narrators and he gives another 5 star performance here. His accents are spot on and he added even more color to the story.

I would highly recommend this book to friends and family.

Great book made even better by Dick Hill

Dick Hill's performance of King of Swords was top notch. The story itself was about as exciting as any I can remember, and I'll be buying more from this author.

Good as Reacher / Davenport

This was my first introduction to author Blake, and I am pleasantly surprised. This isn't too over the top like Gray Man book. It has a bit of a different take on the thriller because it's set in Mexico. With Dick Hill as the narrator, it reminds me a bit of Lee Child's writing. Conspiracy is well done. It's not perfect, but a breath of fresh air to the genre, and I will be reading the rest of the series.

Sean Penn fantasy cartel

Despite the earnest and foreboding forward the author provides to try to give this fantasy some moral weight, the book comprises every movie and television cliche about drug trafficking, combined with wet-dream fantasies of cartel life and run-of-the-mill sadistic excess in creating scenes of mindless violence. There are actual books out there that treat this subject matter in the kind of gritty reality this author aspires to, but the weak plot cadged from watching too many episodes of Miami Vice renders this a scarcely-tolerable descent into a sub-standard imagining of something real. Dick Hill unfortunately gets into the spirit of the faux-macho prose and the trite tough-guy dialogue, doing nothing to offset the over-the-top nature of the authorial stance toward the material.

Viva El Rey!

Where does King of Swords rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is my favorite series by Russell Blake. I read the book but wanted to read it again, so I bought the audiobook version. Will listen to the rest of the series on Audible.

What did you like best about this story?

The writing.

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Titre: Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon 2)

Auteur: Dan Brown

Narrateur: François Montagut

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 16 hrs and 59 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-06-13

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Robert Langdon, un éminent spécialiste de symbologie de Harvard, est convoqué au Louvre pour examiner une série de pictogrammes en rapport avec l'œuvre de Léonard de Vinci. En déchiffrant le code, il met à jour l'un des plus grands mystères de notre temps... et devient un homme traqué.

Da Vinci Code, qui fête ses dix ans de publication, a été vendu à plus de 81 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde et traduit dans 51 pays.

©2003 / 2004 Dan Brown / Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès pour la traduction française (P)2013 Audiolib

Revues par les critiques:

La presse en parle

"Da Vinci Code est un livre envoûtant, idéal pour les passionnés d'histoire, les amateurs de conspirations, les mordus du mystère, pour tous ceux qui aiment les grands récits que l'on ne parvient pas à lâcher. J'ai adoré ce roman."

Harlan Coben

Avis des membres:

Crème de la crème

If you could sum up Da Vinci Code (Tétralogie Robert Langdon 2) in three words, what would they be?

I would say this book is: INTRIGUING, MYSTERIOUS and MASTERPIECE.

What other book might you compare Da Vinci Code (Tétralogie Robert Langdon 2) to and why?

I could compare to "The Name of the Roes - by Umberto Eco", because both books are masterpieces, very well written, with good humor and a series of exciting and unexpected events.

Have you listened to any of François Montaguts other performances before? How does this one compare?

I don't think so, but I love it, first because i love this book, and second because François' performance is very good, his voice very pleasant, easy to understand, and this allows (help) to improve my french language.

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

Yes, but isn't about the story, is something more particular... because even understanding the pronunciation, there were parts that have difficulties. So every time I followed the story, I was very happy.

Any additional comments?

Dan Brown's book are wonderful, no matter in what language.

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Titel: Kälter als dein Grab

Autor:: Linda Castillo

Erzähler: Stéphane Bittoun

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 44 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-08-13

Herausgeber: Lagato Verlag

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Vor sechs Jahren hat Leigh Michaels einen Waffenhändler geliebt und dann verraten. Jetzt ist Ian Rasmussen aus dem Gefängnis ausgebrochen, getrieben von dem Wunsch, sich an Leigh zu rächen. Das Zeugenschutzprogramm greift nicht mehr, ihre neue Identität ist aufgeflogen, sie muss fliehen! Was Special Agent Jake Vanderpol erneut auf den Plan ruft. Dabei ist er der letzte Mann, dem Leigh vertraut. Damals hat er erst ihr Herz erobert und sie dann als Lockvogel eingesetzt, um Rasmussen zu überführen. Aber sie weiß auch, dass Jake der Einzige ist, der sie retten kann. Eine atemlose Flucht durch eine eisige Winterlandschaft beginnt. Bedroht von Killern und Kälte haben sie nichts außer ihrer heißen Gefühle füreinander.

©2012 Mira Taschenbuch (P)2013 Lagato Verlag

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Title: The Neon Rain

Author: James Lee Burke

Narrator: Will Patton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-13

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Dave Robicheaux has been warned that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before he ends up dead.

Meanwhile he has taken on the murder investigation of a young black girl found dead in the Bayou swamp. Robicheaux uncovers a web of corruption that leads him to a terrifying confrontation with the one horror he fears most of all.

Critic Reviews:

"Fine writing that is far above the crime-fiction norm and manages to stand comparison with the very best contemporary novels" (Sunday Express)

"A fine American writer who deserves to be far better known on this side of the Atlanticpoetic and passionate" (Sunday Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Best of Robicheaux

I have read or listened to all of the Robicheaux stories and think this is the best. Also, Will Patton is, by far, the best narrator in the audio series because of his ability to create an infinite number of voices and personalities. He makes the story run like a movie in your head. I was slightly disappointed that Clete receded in the second half of the plot but, overall, it was hard to switch off.

Transports you there, lock, stock and both barrels

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Any additional comments?

A thoroughly enjoyable story. Will Patton presents it superbly. I suspect a few people spend more time in their car than is really required due to this audio book.

Great start but middle section boring

Great narration. Too much emphasis on alcoholism in the middle. Very atmospheric deep south descriptions.

Dirty, splendid and performed superbly.

Very well performed, different accents for characters and gripping as hell. so very happy.. great..

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Title: Stop Dead

Author: Leigh Russell

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel returns in an exhilarating case of grisly murder in London. When a successful businessman is brutally murdered, the police suspect his glamorous wife and her young lover. Then the victim's business partner suffers the same gruesome fate and when yet another body is discovered, seemingly unrelated to the first two, the police are baffled. The only clue is DNA that leads them to two women: one dead, the other in prison. With a steady stream of bodies arriving at the morgue, can DI Geraldine Steel find the killer before another deadly attack?

Leigh Russell studied at the University of Kent and now works as a secondary school teacher, specialising in supporting pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties. Her first novel, Cut Short (2009) was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award for Best First Novel. Road Closed (2010) was listed as a Top Read on Eurocrime and, with Dead End (2011), series protagonist Geraldine Steel became the #1 best-selling female sleuth on Amazon Kindle.

Critic Reviews:

"Stop Dead is taut and compelling, stylishly written with a deeply human voice." (Peter James)

Members Reviews:

The Bones of a Good Story There

This book was released in the Kindle version and the Audible version but not yet available in paperback, which I thought was an interesting inversion of the windowing used by some publishers. This is the Fifth Geraldine Steel book, but the first one I have read. It's ok as a stand alone.

I tried not to let the fact that there was a glossary of English police acronyms at the beginning bother me-- but you can tell it did. I told myself that probably some readers aren't fans of English police procedurals and need to have it explained that DS means Detective Sergeant. However, I did feel a little talked down to and figured the situation would have been better solved with a little judicious editing.

The plot centers around the grotesque murder of the owner of a restaurant frequented by celebrities. I think that the author's decision to start off with a prologue that takes certain characters out of the running for the killer right away is a mistake. The suspense could have been ratcheted up there. Certain plot threads just get dropped along the way, which may happen in real police investigations, but are annoying in fiction.

Also, I have real doubt that the will that impels part of the plot would have been let stand as written under English law.

Someone compared it to the Prime Suspect novels, but its a much blander story than Ms. LaPlante's tales of a female officer on her way up the professional ladder.

I will say I did enjoy the narrator very well. That alone may make me back up and listen to a couple of the earlier books.

A Good Who done it

This was a good story , it held my interest, it was a rocky start with a lot of backing up to see if I had missed something , but once I caught on to the authors style that stopped. I listened to most of this book in one day of house cleaning. The narrator was good, some voices seemed a stretch , but I am a Lucy Price Lewis fan . The only reason this is not 5 starts is the writing style was lacking.

Badly written and narrated

I really should not have downloaded another Geraldine Steel book after being so disappointed by books 2 and 3. However I really loved book 1 and felt in the mood for an easy listening police procedural.

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Title: Triumph for Inspector West

Author: John Creasey

Narrator: Tim Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-29-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Chief Inspector Roger West has been watching and waiting for over two years he is determined to catch Paul Raeburn out. The millionaire racketeer may have made a mistake, following the killing of a small time crook. Can the ace detective triumph over the evil Raeburn in what are very difficult circumstances? This cannot be assumed as not everything, it would seem, is as simple as it first appears...

John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.