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Title: Our Kind of Traitor

Author: John le Carré

Narrator: Robin Sachs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-10

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 318 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The unrivaled master of spy fiction returns with a taut and suspenseful of dirty money and dirtier politics.

For nearly half a century, John le Carre's limitless imagination has enthralled millions of readers, listeners, and moviegoers around the globe. From the cold war to the bitter fruits of colonialism to unrest in the Middle East, he has reinvented the spy novel again and again. As menacing and flawlessly paced as The Little Drummer Girl and as morally complex as The Constant Gardener, Our Kind of Traitor is signature le Carre.

Perry and Gail are idealistic and very much in love when they splurge on a tennis vacation at a posh beach resort in Antigua. But the charm begins to pall when a big-time Russian money launderer enlists their help to defect. In exchange for amnesty, Dima is ready to rat out his vory (Russian criminal brotherhood) compatriots and expose corruption throughout the so-called legitimate financial and political worlds. Soon, the guileless couple find themselves pawns in a deadly endgame whose outcome will be determined by the victor of the British Secret Service's ruthless internecine battles.

Critic Reviews:

Those readers who have found postcold war le Carré too cerebral will have much to cheer about with this Russian mafia spy thrillerLe Carré ratchets up the tension step-by-step His most accessible work in years, this novel shows once again why his name is the one to which all others in the field are compared. (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)

le Carré's signature stark prose, pitch-perfect dialogue, authentic characters, and moral indignation have stood the test of timeIntriguing and tense, Traitor shines a blinding, angry, and welcome light on shady international finances and underhanded intelligence agents. (Bookmarks Magazine)

The venerable spy master is back with an intriguing story about a pair of novice spies who are aiding intelligence efforts to bring in a Russian businessman. Robin Sachs paints a fine portrait of the couple and shines even brighter for the host of British operatives. But it is as Dima--the Russian with a past--that he excels. The bellowing, likable, and commanding Russian is such a unique personality that he demands a distinctive voice, and Sachs comes through. (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Try another book!

I agree with many of the other reviewers that this book was boring, hard to follow and had an unsatisfactory ending. There are a lot more entertaining books out there to spend your time on.

Did le Carre die before he finished this book?

I blamed a technical glitch for the absence of an ending to this book, only to learn after11 1/2 hours that the abrupt ending was no mistake. Surely he could have made his point in fewer words that bankers, politicians, criminals, and secret government agents are in cahoots to get rich at our expense.

Very Disappointed

Firstly, I don't often write reviews unless a book is outstanding or so far below par that a warning to potential purchasers is warranted. This book falls into the latter category. This is NOT a book you've come to expect from John le Carre. It is so slow and tedious and you keep waiting for some action...any action but there is none. Towards the end of the second download, I kept trying to give him a chance thinking that there must have been a 3rd download that I missed.

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Title: Extraordinary Powers

Author: Joseph Finder

Narrator: Christopher Burns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-10

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 184 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Harrison Sinclair, director of the CIA, has been killed in a car accident. His son-in-law, Ben Ellison - an attorney and ex-agent - instantly hears rumors of sinister forces within the Agency. The hunt for the truth will rush Ben headlong into a web of conspiracy beyond his control, where he is compelled by an artful, inescapable maneuver back into the employ of the CIA, and lured into a top-secret espionage project in telepathy that will endow him with "extraordinary powers"....

The audio includes an excerpt from Vanished, the first Nick Heller novel.

Critic Reviews:

"Finder's pacing, wit and style make this thriller a standout." (

Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

This is an interesting story line and a bit different for an espionage novel. Unfortunately I think the narrator really ruined it, at least for me. The storyline was a bit choppy but well thought out. If you are debating using a credit for this or another, I would think twice about using it here.

Great story, better narrator needed

Scott Brick would have nailed this book. But, as it was, the narrator seemed like the disembodied voice of a GPS some of the time (especially the beginning). This hurt the book, in that the emphasis was often put on the wrong or inappropriate word in a sentence or dialogue. Often, it was confusing, and sometimes even conveyed an entirely different meaning. While you were trying to figure out what the character was really trying to say, the audiobook advanced, and you either had to rewind or miss some of the dialogue. It would have served the narrator better if he had read the book, or read it more than once, so he was aware of the inflection and meaning of the sentence he was characterizing. He appeared to read with the same "voice up and down" pattern no matter what was being said. It was like simplified narration 101--put some inflection in your voice while reading--but the idea should be to do it when and where it is meaningful and suitable. Good authors like Finder should insist on well-versed and talented narrators who don't make their work suffer.

I couldnt take it. Plodding. Boring.

I read half and stopped.

Its hard to explain what was wrong. Part of the problem was too much internal pondering. Ben is thinking whats going on? Is it this? Is it that? I did enjoy a few scenes where Ben used his mind-reading power. But the rest was too dull to keep me interested.

The author wrote some excellent books later like Paranoia. This was his third novel.

The audiobook narrator Christopher Burns was ok, but I didnt have a good feeling about him. Again, not sure why.

Genre: mystery suspense.

A solid Finder story

I enjoyed this book although it wasn't among Joseph Finder's best. It was still pretty good, with vague supernatural overtones. Not super-intriguing, but easy to follow. I didn't have a problem with the narrator as others have, in fact, I found his voice suitable to the first-person narration, if a little hesitant. The characters were all well-fleshed out, the story takes some crazy leaps which one won't expect and perhaps the wind-up is a little bit contrived.

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Title: Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-10

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 405 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne's impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ring - an artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain it. Now he's determined to find the ring's owner and purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he'll discover he committed when he digs into the past.

The trail will lead him through layers of conspiracy to a vicious Russian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin, who was also a graduate of the Central Intelligence training program Treadstone. A covert course designed to create ruthless assassins for C.I., it was shuttered by Congress for corruption. Yet before it was dismantled, it produced Bourne and Arkadin, giving them equal skills, equal force, and equal cunning.

As Bourne's destiny circles closer to Arkadin's, it becomes clear that the eventual collision of these men is not of their own making. Someone else has been watching and manipulating them. Someone who wants to know, Who is the more deadly agent?

Members Reviews:

Very hard to follow.

It didn't flow well for me. Too many characters and too much jumping around.

Listen to one of the originals

While I am sure that Mr. Van Lustbader suffers from comparison to the original author, this book was simply not a Bourne novel. The story was a bad mix of Clive Clusser and Dan Brown. If you want to read about lost gold or secret societies, I would recommend those authors because they are much better at it. What next for Bourne; a tangle with mystic aliens?

Page Turner but Disappointing Story

The book will keep you interested but barely; for sure my least favorite Bourne novel...

Van Lustbader ruined what could've been great

The overall story line is interesting, it was kind of a mix of Dan Brown's novels, with Indiana Jones, and the Bourne series. However, the Author added way too many characters that didn't add much value to the story. Plus all the Russian people had last names sounding almost the same. I believe every Russian's name ended with an "ov". Plus, adding the whole Russian storyline really didn't add much value. If the author wanted, he could've excluded that all together. I also think the whole Dan Brown thing is sort of cool, but that's not Jason Bourne's world. Temples, magic/alchemy, secret crazy temples with traps, illusions, common! The author went overboard. I'm on a 5 week vacation in Europe, and have been driving, so it has given me something to do, but as far as writing and story, I think my 2 stars is pretty generous.

The Narration is very good though. I bet this guy could pull off a one man play. Too bad the author played a one man joke of a book.

The Bourne Inanity

Silly sound effects and inappropriate background music and a narrative so convoluted you need GPS to find out where you are in the story. Pure torture. Just might be the worst audio book I've ever listened to . . .

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Title: The Nearest Exit

Author: Olen Steinhauer

Narrator: David Pittu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-10

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 463 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

The Tourist, Steinhauers first contemporary novel after his award-winning historical series, was a runaway hit, spending three weeks on the New York Times best seller list and garnering rave after rave from critics. Now faced with the end of his quiet, settled life, reluctant spy Milo Weaver has no choice but to turn back to his old job as a tourist.

Before he can get back to the CIAs dirty work, he has to prove his loyalty to his new bosses, who know little of Milos background and less about who is really pulling the strings in the government above the Department of Tourismor in the outside world, which is beginning to believe the legend of its existence. Milo is suddenly in a dangerous position, between right and wrong, between powerful self-interested men, between patriots and traitorsespecially as a man who has nothing left to lose.

Members Reviews:

Elegantly written spy story

I recently started listening to Mr. Steinhauer's latest book, An American Spy, and realized that I would need to re-read The Nearest Exit in order to follow the intricacies of the plot. What a pleasure to listen to this book again. It was so fresh, with a plot elegantly woven and characters that intrigued. Please don't hesitate to listen to this book - it is definitely worth reading once - and yet again.

Entertaining and a different kind of "Hero"

Gud listen . . too many location changes for me and can't always keep the character names straight. . . but then I am getting old and senile. Definitely worth the price.

Very good follow to a very good book

I read The Tourist early in 2009 soon after it came out and I rated it as one of my top fiction books that year. These are both spy books. They are post 9/11 spy books, so they are not wrapped up in cold war like the original Borne books. They are as good, or better, than Robert Ludlums version of Borne. In many ways I would compare them to the movie version of Borne. They are consciously post-cold war. Like the movie version of Borne, the bad guys are both inside and outside the US government and the controllers of the tourists (the black-ops arm of the CIA) may be as bad as the bad guys they are trying to defeat.

The Nearest Exit follows right on the heals of The Tourist, but you do not realize it at first. I listened to this on audiobook and so I may have missed some of the written clues about the changing timelines. I was about half way through before I finally put all the clues together and remembered enough of the first book (it has been over a year) to finally figure out what was going on. From that point, it was much clearer and much more enjoyable book.

I often read several books at a time. But this one I listened straight through, more than 12 hours in just 3 days. I do not read many spy books, but these are good. I am a fan of tainted heroes. Milo Weaver, the hero of these books, is definitely not perfect, but he also is not one of those tainted heroes that you just do not want to like. He has a struggling marriage and devotion to his daughter. He is less of a super-hero than Borne. I am not a fan of heroes that walk out of serious car accidents like nothing happened. Weaver gets hurt, gets blindsided by other spies, etc. There is a clear ending in this book, but an opening for another sequel.

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Title: Eye of the Storm

Subtitle: A Sean Dillon Novel

Author: Jack Higgins

Narrator: Michael Page

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-10

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 196 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Former allies in the IRA, Sean Dillon and Martin Brosnan have chosen different paths. Now Dillon is a terrorist for hire, a master of disguise employed by Saddam Hussein. Brosnan is the one man who knows Dillons strengths and weaknessesand brilliant mastery of espionage. Once friends, now enemies, they are playing the deadliest game of their careers. A game that culminates in a frightening and true event: Iraqs attempted mortar attack on the British war cabinet at 10 Downing Street in February 1991

Blending fact and fiction, Eye of the Storm is pure excitement. Jack Higgins at his best.

Critic Reviews:

Will leave readers happily breathlesshis most enjoyable book in years. (Kirkus Reviews)

"A heart-stopping cat-and-mouse gamespectacular and surprising." (Abilene Reporter News)

Members Reviews:

YAAA--W--N

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

Well, despite the several killings, suicides, and bombings, this was a boring story. Cut out some of the conversation, and maybe it would be better.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I may listen to the next one just to see if I warm up to the unfeeling protagonist; if not, that will be it for Sean Dillon.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I think the narrator did a fine job. The story was boring.

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

I read 2 other books in between listenings to this--it was that not engaging.This is not a hero to make my heart pound. He is a sociopath with a warped or dishonest sense of honor (?). His big line is, "I always pay my debts." Except when it is, "I always keep my word." And he expects others to do the same. Maybe I was yawning when it happened, but I missed the part where he could collect his payment even though he hadn't completed his part of the bargain. Now, don't get me wrong, I am happy that the good guys survived and the bad guys didn't, but this was all too weird. This is not honor, even the among-thieves kind. It just made him a jerk.

Any additional comments?

What right-minded head of Intelligence and Captain aide leave a man for dead without checking? Seriously? If that's what you count on to stay alive, I fear your time is up.

I would recommend this to all of my friends

the performance by Michael page was phenomenal. I felt he captured the essence of each of the characters in a way that entices the listener to go for the whole story inn one shot

Great book, the beginning of fantastic series

Jack Higgins introduces readers to one of his most exciting and daring characters possible. Very well written, hated to stop listening. The descriptions make it feel as if you are really present in each scene. Michael Paige is fantastic as a narrator. I recommend this book and the subsequent books in the Sean Dillon series by Jack Higgins.

great listen.

The story line moves fluently. Characters developed and stay constant. Dillon series is very enjoyable.

Better than expected

The book was very entertaining and the story moved right along and didn't wander off on too many insignificant details.

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Title: Red Gold

Author: Alan Furst

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 287 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In this sequel to the acclaimed The World at Night, reluctant spy Jean Casson returns in another haunting and atmospheric thriller set in the shadows of occupied Paris.

In The World at Night, Alan Furst introduced film producer Jean Casson, who is forced by the German occupation of Paris to abandon his civilised lifestyle and falls into the world of espionage and double agents - until he is forced to flee the country.

In Red Gold, Jean Casson returns to Paris under a new identity. As a fugitive from the Gestapo, he must somehow struggle to survive in the shadows and back streets. He is determined to stay clear of trouble, yet as the war drags on, Casson begins, inevitably, to drift back into the dangerous world of resistance and sabotage.

Critic Reviews:

"This innovative and gripping novel eloquently transports us back to a different era and a different world." (Amazon.com review)

Members Reviews:

Continues the saga of Jean Casson

A decent follow-up to 'The World At Night', 'Red Gold' continues the saga of Jean Casson's struggle to survive both morally and physically in Nazi occupied and collaborating France.

I prefer Furst's novels that center on Eastern European characters ('the Polish Officer', 'Dark Star', 'Night Soldiers') instead of French, but it is hard to deny that even though it isn't a major Furst novel, it is still a highly readable one. Using Jean Casson allows Furst to explore the world of those French collaborators, profiteers, and elites of Pétain's France who refused to see the German occupiers for what they were. Furst clearly demarks the fragmented France that was left after Germany's invasion and the Vichy collaboration.

This novel should be read closely with 'A World at Night'. Like I wrote about that novel, even though I find this to be a minor Furst novel, it is context that matters. Most spy novelists don't approach the art or the skill of a minor Furst novel. So enjoy.

Another Furst masterpiece

This latest Furst is another great, atmospheric story of Europe during World War II -- the ordinary and not-so-ordinary human beings who lived every day through terrible times, doing what they thought they had to do just to survive but also to make the world better. Furst takes the reader back into a world we can only imagine now, and brings it completely to life. The grubby details of daily life under totalitarian regimes (in this case, Paris during the Occupation)are very real in Furst's telling, as is the nature of heroism -- ordinary people impelled, for their own reasons, to brave acts of resistance, sabotage, and espionage. George Guidall's reading heightens the atmosphere and brings the characters to life -- his dry, wry, world-weary tone is just perfect for Furst's works, and his adept characterizations help us visualize these people.

Unsatifying story

Same lead character as book one, but the story just didn't grab me. Felt like too many different threads maybe, and not enough holding it all together? not sure, but just wasn't as good as previous.

Soooo Depressing

Well, its about Nazi's crushing the human soul. I love George Guidall, but this story was depressing and kept on with a main character that had few redeeming qualities. For me, a very bad choice.

Yes.

Great book, perfectly read. It's hard to go wrong with Alan Furst.

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Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)

Author: John le Carré

Narrator: Simon Russell Beale, Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham, Bill Paterson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-10

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 114 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest level by a Russian agent. 'Find the mole, George. Clean the stables. Do whatever is necessary.' Reluctantly Smiley agrees, and so embarks on a dark journey into his past a past filled with love, duplicity and betrayal.

Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a star cast including Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham, and Bill Paterson, this epic dramatisation brilliantly depicts the complicated moral dilemmas of those who practice post-war espionage and illuminates the murky corners of le Carré's classic spy thriller - the first in the Karla trilogy.

Members Reviews:

Atmospheric, powerful production

I have read and listened to different interpretations of John le Carre's work over 20 years this is as good as any previous productions including the those with Bernard Hepton and Alec Guiness. Simon Russell Beale has just the right air of world weariness for George Smiley, Ann his wife's part has been extended beautifully to add context. This production adds to others I have and I shall enjoy it again and again.

Poor dramatization of a masterpiece

There are many bad things about this dramatization, but the worst is the casting of Smiley. You get the impression that he's young and talkative, which is absurd. The people who did this should have listened to previous renderings, including the reading of the unabridged version on Audible, which with all its faults is far superior to this. I wish I hadn't bought it.

Poor substitute for a good reading

I have the Listen for Pleasure releases of the John LeCarre Smiley series on cassette. Bad assumption on my part that these dramatizations would be comparable. If you love the John LeCarre series of Smiley books. Don't listen to these, they'll put you completely off the genre! This is the first Audible selection that I actually deleted out of my library.

Difficult to follow

This is the first dramatized audio book I have listened to and I found it very hard to follow. It's like radio, and I often couldn't distinguish the characters, nor follow the story line. I was intrigued but frustrated. I didn't finish it. This story was too complicated to listen this way.

It fails

Lacks narrative power. Cheesy effects distract rather than entertain. And chopped to fit. Procrustean solution failed. Blurred a good book.

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Title: Red Dragon Rising

Subtitle: Shadows of War

Author: Larry Bond, Jim DeFelice

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 142 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In the not-too-distant future, massive climate change has wracked the globe. China's rice-growing regions have been devastated by typhoons, while its western breadbasket is suffering from three years of drought. Riots threaten to tear the country apart. With the old-guard Chinese government paralyzed by the crisis, a young, charismatic party leader steps to the fore. His solution to the unrest is a time-tested one - conquest of China's neighbors...and after that, the world.Josh MacArthur, a mild-mannered American scientist studying climate change in northern Vietnam, is the only witness to a clever attempt by the Chinese to make it appear that Vietnam started the war. Escaping a massacre, he manages to gather critical evidence that could turn world opinion against China.Unfortunately, the Chinese learn of MacArthur's survival and of the information he carries. A former Ch'an fighting monk turned commando is sent to capture him. Mara Duncan, a CIA agent, is also on MacArthur's trail. The American scientist has become the subject of a deadly race in the jungles of northern Vietnam, with the fate of the world in his hands.

©2009 Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Once you get pass the premise, it's a good book.

What did you like best about Red Dragon Rising? What did you like least?

The general plot was great, and mostly what I expect from the authors. It's a good story about how and why a war is fought, and the details of what actually happens. That much I enjoyed and is why I purchased the book.

Would you recommend Red Dragon Rising to your friends? Why or why not?

I don't have many friends into these kinds of books, and those who are, I would recommend other series well before this one. Perhaps, like me, if you already gone through all of Clancy, et al of the 80's/90s, more recently Brad Thor, and other Larry Bond stuff; then this is a good series.

Which character as performed by Luke Daniels was your favorite?

I think both Mara and Josh were performed well. But the portrayal of the SEALs nearly took me out of the story. To be fair, the material Daniels had was as bad as the portrayal. It's very hard to believe Larry Bond wrote both about the SEALs in this book and Exit Plan. Did Jim cover them in this?

Did Red Dragon Rising inspire you to do anything?

Look for a new series.

Any additional comments?

Ok, Audible's default question didn't really hit the problem with this book/series. The problem is the premise is (not a spoiler, as the books starts with this) massive global climate change has affected the Chinese economy causing them to push expansion into Vietnam for fertile fields to feed their population. This is set in the present, and it is ridiculous. I just completed reading "Shattered Trident", that also had a war between China and Vietnam, which was extremely plausible. The premise for this series requires the worse of global climate change to actually already occurred, and it hasn't. The financial numbers rattled off at the beginning are absurd.

Yet, besides the premise being the cause of war and occasionally mentioned in dialogue. The actual plot has very little to do with it.

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Title: The Bourne Deception

Author: Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader

Narrator: Jeremy Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 397 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Meanwhile, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt by what seems to be an Iranian missile. A massive global investigative team is assembled to get at the truth of the situation before it can all escalate into an international scandal. Jason Bourne's search for the man who shot him intersects with the search for the people or the group that brought down the airliner, which leads Bourne into one of the most deadly and challenging situations in his entire life.

With the threat of a new world war brewing, Bourne finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth and find the person behind his assault, all the while being stalked by his unknown nemesis.

Critic Reviews:

"Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film...slickly paced...all-consuming." (Entertainment Weekly)

"Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day." (Chicago Sun Times)

Members Reviews:

should have read the reviews

After suffering through this audiobook, I am again reminded of the value of customer reviews. Ludlum it is NOT.

Tedious

The author takes forever to finish each scene. It seems as if the words are written with the purpose of simply making the book longer.

It Is a Deception

Jason Bourne may be back, but it's a simple fact that Robert Ludlum is, sadly, no longer with us. Ludlum wrote in a particular style with a predictable, yet enjoyable formula. Ludlum must have taken both his style and formula to the grave as both are clearly missing in this latest attempt to trade on one of Ludlum's best characters.. We may have a great movie script but we definitely have nothing approaching a Robert Ludlum novel. "The Bourne Deception" is much more appropriately named than Van Lustbader could have ever intended.

Bourne Deception good title

The reader is the one deceived. Poor writing hard to follow. Don't waste your money.

The Decline of the Identity

This book follows the previous and really does a dis-service to the legacy that the Identity created. Really sad to see this going this way. I will give the authors one more book to fix my perception, then i'll be done with the book set.

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Title: The Loo Sanction

Author: Trevanian

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 158 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Jonathan has gone to England for a vacation, but it is interrupted when British Intelligence needs him for his highly skilled services. Jonathan must take over the mission of an agent whose murder was so bizarre and terrifying that no other agent was willing to replace him.

His task is to locate a set of secretly made films that incriminate a number of high-ranking British officials. His target is a top underworld figure who delights in debauchery and torture.

Facing this threat, Jonathan is drawn into a labyrinthine network of intrigue and depravity. When the pieces of the dangerous puzzle fall together, he will be forced to attempt one of the most daring escapes ever conceived.

Critic Reviews:

"A masterpiece...." (

The New York Times)

Members Reviews:

The Loo Sanction

Good story and exciting. However, this book was published several years ago and the info that touted the book did not mention this. I purchased this book having forgotten that I had read it when it first came out. If I had been made aware of this fact I would have purchased sonething else.

Read All of Trevanian!

In general, the novels of Trevanian blow away our current best selling authors who deal in similar genres. Artfully rendered in plot and character complexity, as well as sense of humor, humanity, and language of superb story telling, these are riveting stories that should endure. Though set in his contemporary era of the early 1970's, I think Trevanian is timeless. The narration performance of Joe Barrett is the best that I have ever experienced on Audible (and I have been through many good ones)! He depicts different male & female characters so seamlessly that the listener needs to make no conscious effort to know which character is speaking. A fabulous performance by the narrator, Joe Barrett! I only wish there was more from Trevanian. I recommend reading the earliest to the last.

The Loo Sanction

This is my first novel by Trevanian and I will certainly be getting more. Can't wait to pick out the next one. Totally engrossing - held my interest for the duration. Dr. Hemlock, I imagine, is like James Bond.

Still not quite sure

I've always absolutely loved Trevanian, although I've only read Shibumi and The Eiger Sanction. I bought this book with great anticipation, hoping for another masterpiece, yet when I was finished listening I could only think, "Gee. Is that it?"

The book is well-read by the narrator, however it's difficult to keep the rather vague story line straight. Things happen and you think, "Wait a minute - when did that occur?" I'm actually listening to it again, because I thought I might have missed a few things the first time (sometimes I'm not awake while listening on the way to work in the morning).

I just learned something by going back onto the book's summary page on this site - it isn't really explained in the book why Jonathan is in the UK (a vacation? and where did it say that no other agent would accept the job?)

This is all disappointing because Shibumi was such a fantastic read, that I've always wondered why no one has made a movie out of it.

I'm still wondering how Maggie came into the story - perhaps listening to it a second time will explain it.

I wish I could be more enthusiastic. I think I'm going to download Shibumi, just so I can listen to it again.