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Title: The Shadow Patrol

Subtitle: John Wells, Book 6

Author: Alex Berenson

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-12

Publisher: Headline Digital

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Those in power always need an unofficial option. In 2009, the CIAs Kabul station fell for the claims of a source who promised to lead them to Osama bin Ladens hideout, but instead blew himself up, taking several senior officers with him. Two years later the station is still floundering, agents are dying, and no one knows who to trust. John Wells reluctantly agrees to investigate, returning to the country where his career as an undercover operative began.

There he finds a vipers nest of hostility - and clues that hint at a drug-trafficking operation involving the agency, the military and the Taliban. Americans are dying, and an American is responsible. Only John Wells stands in his wayfor now.

Members Reviews:

Great read

Another great John wells story.

Just like mitch rapp. Dewey Andreas. Gab allon. John Milton and of course Mr reacher

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Titel: Zero Option (Tesseract 2)

Autor:: Tom Wood

Erzähler: Charles Rettinghaus

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 16 hrs and 5 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-09-12

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Fast jeder Mensch kann morden. Aber nur wenige schaffen es, unentdeckt davonzukommen. Und das nicht nur einmal, sondern immer wieder. Victor, ein so eiskalter wir brillanter Auftragskiller, ist ein Meister darin. Früher arbeitete er auf eigene Rechnung, doch mittlerweile steht er im Dienst der CIA. Nun soll er dabei helfen, die zwei größten internationalen Waffenhändler auszuschalten, um unzählige Leben zu retten. Doch dieser Auftrag erfordert mehr als Kaltblütigkeit und eine ruhige Hand. Victor muss mit höchster Raffinesse vorgehen, um sein Ziel zu erreichen - und um seinen Einsatz zu überleben.

©2012 Goldmann Verlag (P)2012 Der Hörverlag

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Titel: Enigma [German Edition]

Autor:: Robert Harris

Erzähler: Karlheinz Tafel

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 14 hrs and 9 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-07-12

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

England im März 1943: In Bletchley Park wird fieberhaft daran gearbeitet, die Wunder-Chiffrier-Maschine Enigma, die den Funkverkehr der deutschen U-Boote verschlüsselt, zu knacken. Eine nahezu unlösbare Aufgabe für den Secret Intelligence Service, der seine letzten Hoffnungen in den genialen Kryptoanalytiker Tom Jericho setzt. Es beginnt ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit, der plötzlich sogar in den eigenen Reihen sabotiert zu werden scheint.

©2012 Random House Audio (P)2012 Random House Audio

Kritik Bewertungen:

Brillant konzipiert und ausgeführt.

-- Süddeutsche Zeitung

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Better than the second

I gave this a four, because I reserve five for the best book I've read in a long time.

I like this book better than book one. The Earth has now expanded into the universe and is looking for the colonies derived from the mysterious Founding Colony. This book is about a man, Merritt Thackery, and his search for the colonies derived from the FC. What begins as an unsettling feeling with his job, he suddenly realizes that it is meaningless in the end, and sets out to join the "Navy". During his 400 years of space travel, Thack finds that something wicked seems to go there. He sets off on a single-minded quest to find it, and to his ultimate horror, he does. Please read the introduction, as it is part of the story.

A little sex, compared to today's standards, VERY Tasteful.

Spannender Roman über die deutsche, im Weltkrieg II eingesetzte, Verschlüsselungsmaschine Enigma.

War interessant zu lesen. So ähnlich könnte sich das Knacken der mit Enigma von den Deutschen verschlüsselten Nachrichten durch die Engländer abgespielt haben. Ich hätte mir nur noch mehr technische Informationen zur Enigma gewünscht.

Five Stars

Great trilogy

Four Stars

Book arrived as described and by date quoted.

A Challenging Mystery

Overall this book is quite good. Its flavor is a tad more subtle than the previous book in the series, and marks the difficult middle ground between the dramatic Emprise and the conclusive Empery. As a yarn, I place it rather high, and Kube-McDowell manages to hold onto his audience in this one, better than say, Inherit the Stars did with its sequel. The story here is quite clever: Humans went to the stars thousands of years ago, but how did they get there, and why did the initial attempts at interstellar travel fail. Good stuff!

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Titel: Unter Haien

Autor:: Nele Neuhaus

Erzähler: Oliver Siebeck

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 22 hrs and 34 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-27-12

Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 4 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die New Yorker Investmentbankerin Alex Sontheim hat sich durch Intelligenz und Zielstrebigkeit eine Position erarbeitet, von der andere nur träumen. Sie ahnt aber nicht, dass sie ihren Sachverstand und ihr Insiderwissen in ein Kartell von ausgeklügelter Wirtschaftskriminalität investiert. Selbst als Bürgermeister Nick Kostidis, unbeirrbarer Kämpfer gegen die Kriminalität in New York City, die junge Frau warnt, will sie nichts davon hören. Erst ein Attentat auf die Familie des Bürgermeisters und Unstimmigkeiten in ihrer Firma wecken ihr Misstrauen. Alex beginnt auf eigene Faust zu recherchieren und macht eine ungeheuerliche Entdeckung, die sie in tödliche Gefahr bringt

©2009 Prospero Verlag (P)2012 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

geht nur bei Fieber

sprachliche eine Katastrophe, die Story ist anfangs okay, wird dann aber unglaubwürdig und die Protagonisten könnte klischeehafter nicht sein. Wenn man mit Fieber im Bett liegt, kann man es hören,ansonsten macht es einem eher gansehaut .

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Title: Presidential Deal

Author: Les Standiford

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-04-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Growing numbers of fans are relishing Les Standifords novels for their tight blend of vivid crime drama and gritty characters. With Presidential Deal, the award-winning author has hit the best-seller lists with this thriller from his Deal series, which includes Raw Deal and Done Deal.

Johnny Deal is about to receive a presidential award for heroically rescuing 20 people from Miami waters. At the ceremony, however, as the presidents wife stands in for her husband, terrorists attack the stage. Now Johnny and the First Lady are hostages, and Johnnys chances to remain a hero are rapidly slipping away. As each scene unfolds, it is sure to satisfy your thirst for brawny, fast-paced suspense.

Taking his place in the company of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and James W. Hall, Standiford crafts a fascinating vision of one man determined to keep his equilibrium amidst the twisted residents of the Florida underworld. Narrator Ron McLarty deftly voices Johnny Deals courage and ironic sense of humor.

Members Reviews:

... characters somehow escape impossible situations again and again in beautiful Florida, though I did wonder why there were ...

Jet-propelled action as main characters somehow escape impossible situations again and again in beautiful Florida, though I did wonder why there were no consequences of Deal's self-crucifixion, but minor point

page turner

A good writer. A good series. The story is a little dated but delivers on its promise. Deal tries to save the First Lady, fighting bad guys and a hurricane. He has a lot of help from friends, who seem to make connections awfully easily. But you want a beach read, this is it. Just watch the waves.

Boring!

Some of the reviews made me curious about John Deal. Initial chapters made me think, 'good....not just a meaty plot, but a story with more than one dimension.' That thought vanished soon enough. The book overdoes the creation of atmosphere. The author gets so involved in describing a scene that it starts to stall.....and 'coughs and farts'. Also, blatant masculine indulgence in the scenes is a little nauseating. The first lady is totally unimpressive...in spite of all the promises made about her. Other than one scene of her with a gun(again, a male fantasy?), which Standiford doesn't dwell upon much anyway, she seems quite useless and needs guidance in almost every small task. Ah well....at least she has great legs. Won't be seeking out this author in future.

Exciting tropical page-turner

This exciting five-star novel revolves around an act of political terrorism: The daring and bloody kidnaping of the First Lady, Linda Barnes Sheldon, from the ballroom of a downtown Miami hotel. Protagonist and small-scale contractor, John Deal becomes involved in it - he is kidnaped along with her as he tries to rescue her. John Deal is not your normal action hero who can catch flying bullets with his teeth. He is an ordinary guy who tries to do the right thing at the right time. He was going to receive a Presidential medal for rescuing 19 Cuban refugees from the Gulf Stream. John Deal and First Lady Sheldon are whisked away in an off-shore racing boat and held captive on a remote Bahamian island.

Standiford's ability to write page-turning action has given us a compelling novel. While Deal and Sheldon try to escape, detective Driscoll is following leads in Miami.

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Title: Red Flags

Author: Juris Jurjevics

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

A novel of soldiers and spies in the highlands of Vietnam.

Army cop Erik Rider is enjoying his war until hes sent to disrupt Vietcong opium fields in a remote highland province. Rider lands in Cheo Reo, home to hard-pressed soldiers, intelligence operatives, and profiteers of all stripes. The tiny US contingent and its unenthusiastic Vietnamese allies are hopelessly outnumbered by infiltrating enemy infantry. And theyre all surrounded by 60,000 Montagnard tribespeople who want their mountain homeland back.

The Vietcong are on to Riders game and have placed a bounty on his head. As he hunts the opium fields, skirmishes with enemy patrols, and defends the undermanned US base, Rider makes a disturbing discovery: someone close to home has a stake in the opium smuggling ringand will kill to protect it.

Written by a master, and as authentic as Matterhorn or Dog Soldiers, Red Flags is a riveting new addition to espionage fiction.

Critic Reviews:

Intriguing. Jurjevics, himself a Vietnam veteran, is best when describing the details of daily life during war, particularly those involving the abuse of the huge native tribal population of Montagnards. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A good story with a lot of research

I really enjoyed this, I got it on 80% off kindle day. A long story with lots of detail and character development. Lots of research leads to a very vivid picture of being in vietnam at the time of this story. I got a real feel for the hopelessness of the war long before we even began to plan a pull out. I've never read in detail about the war from this perspective, so I found it interesting. The story is good too, it's complicated and has plot twists. It really gave a much deeper look than movies which often just show being in the jungle and getting attacked without looking at the underlying politics of the NVA, Viet Cong and South Vietnam governments. Plus the other groups of people I had never even heard of. Highly recommended.

The Viet Nam war was such a waste of our people

Corruption in Viet Nam was already bad, and with our help, it approached infinity. And that is the background of the plot of this book.

The memories of our senseless involvement in that country's civil war returned with each page. The American civilians and the military running that war were incompetent and often corrupt and that fact is illustrated in the book by the day to day challenges that the folks on the ground had to resolve while trying to do their jobs.

Good characters, good plot, and great writing. Good action scenes without gratuitous gore. A very good historical novel written by someone who was there and who also did his homework with meticulous research.

And to all those that served, I thank you for your service.

Brisk, Brutal and Intelligently Written

I wasn't sure what to expect...I read about three pages before throwing The Trudeau Vector across the room, but it appears Mr. Jurjevics learned something about story telling in the last few years--or the subject matter is simply so close to his heart that he worked extra hard to get it right. Regardless, this is a an excellent novel, but it's more than that, it's a memoir and tribute to the fallen. These are not supermen...but people who counted off the days and fought and partied and did their duty in a completely messed up situation. The pace is brisk and the detail is irresistibly gritty and real.

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Title: Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Dominion

Author: Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader

Narrator: Jeremy Davidson

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of terrorists planning to destroy America's most strategic natural resources. He needs the help of his long-time friend, General Boris Karpov, the newly appointed head of Russia's most feared spy agency, FSB-2. Karpov is one of the most determined, honorable, and justice-hungry men that Bourne knows. But Karpov has made a deal with the devil. In order to remain the head of FSB-2, he must hunt down and kill Bourne.

Now, these two trusted friends are on a deadly collision course. From the Colombian highlands to Munich, Cadiz, and Damascus, the clock is counting down to a disaster that will cripple America's economic and military future. Only Bourne and Karpov have a chance to avert the catastrophe - but if they destroy each other first, that chance will be gone forever.

Jason Bourne is one of the most compelling and best-loved characters created by internationally best-selling novelist Robert Ludlum. The hero of eight novels, including The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, Bourne has also been featured in three blockbuster movies starring Matt Damon. Now, New York Times best-selling author Eric Van Lustbader presents a new story about the rogue secret agent who has lost his memory.

Members Reviews:

Waste of Time

What would have made Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Dominion better?

The book should focus on the story. This book consists primarily of long drawn out descriptions of fight scenes. This type of material may be useful in a movie screenplay, but not in a novel.

What was most disappointing about Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader s story?

The boring fight descriptions referenced above with added overly dramatic music which made it all worse.

How could the performance have been better?

Don't know

Good listen

Where does Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Dominion rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

It ranks in the top 20

What did you like best about this story?

I like the central protagonist, Jason Bourne

Which character as performed by Jeremy Davidson was your favorite?

There were many but the best was any of the 'bad guys.'

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

It made me think.

Any additional comments?

Overall a very enjoyable listen.

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Title: Original Sin

Subtitle: A Sally Sin Adventure

Author: Beth McMullen

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-11

Publisher: Hyperion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

After falling in love and making a quick exit from her nine-year career in the USAWMD (United States Agency for Weapons of Mass Destruction), ex-spy Sally Sin does her best to become Lucy Hamilton, a stay-at-home mom in San Francisco. No one, not even her adoring husband Will, knows about her secret agent escapades - chasing no-good masterminds through perilous jungles, escaping evil assassins, and playing dangerous games of cat and mouse with her old nemesis, Ian Blackford, a notorious and dashing illegal arms dealer.

In her new life as Lucy Hamilton, she squeezes inside forts crafted from couch cushions by her three-year-old son Theo, makes organic applesauce, and frequents the zoo. But sometimes her well-honed spy reflexes refuse to lay low. She cant help breaking into her own house to check on the babysitter or stop herself from tossing the yoga instructor who gets on her nerves. And when Ian Blackford, who is supposed to be dead, once again starts causing trouble for the USAWMD, the agency becomes desperate to get Sally back on the job.

How can Sally or Lucy or whatever her name is save the planet while at the same time keeping her own familys world from spinning out of control?

Every bit as much fun as a spy-mom thriller ought to be, Original Sin is a fast-paced adventure story for mothers and spies, and anyone who has ever dreamed about being either.

Members Reviews:

Light, Humorous and Unrealistic in a "Get Smart" Kind of Way!

Lucy Parks Hamilton, 36 years old, lives in San Francisco with her husband and 3 year-old, Theo. Lucy is not the name she was born with, but was the pseudonym she was using at the time she met her to-be-husband, Will. Since she's never told him of her prior life, she was stuck with Lucy when she fell head-over-heels and decided to leave the agency for marital and mothering bliss.

The agency is the WOMD: U.S. Agency for Weapons of Mass Destruction. They're the ones who are off trying to track WMD while the NSA spies on you (in an entirely fictitious agency way). Lucy has been out of the life for over four years when bad news interrupts her playtime at the park with Theo. Her old nemesis, Ian Blackford, who's supposed to be dead, isn't. And he's looking for her. Lucy's rusty, but she has to get back into being Sally Sin, her agency boss' nickname for her, quickly.

She doesn't want to go back to Sally Sin, but it's getting harder to keep secrets from Will. And the other parents at the playground.

I was pleasantly surprised with "Original Sin". I thought the book would be formulaic and goofy. It is goofy, but the writing, though basic, has lots of humor and settings and characters well drawn. It made me think of the TV show "Get Smart", which is a favorite oldie in our house.

Here's Lucy/Sally remembering a conversation with her old Agency boss:

I always believed that I was good at my job, not a superhero but good enough. Whenever I asked Simon for feedback about my performance, his annoyance was palpable.

"You're alive, aren't you?" he'd say. "Now take Jacob. Jacob is not good at his job."

"Jacob is dead, sir."

"See what I'm getting at?"

[Which reminds me of another classic comedy, the movie, "The InLaws". Peter Falk explains the joys of working for the CIA to Alan Arkin: "Staying alive.

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Title: Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Narrator: Jeremy Davidson

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-11

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

From an idea by Robert Ludlum.

For Jason Bourne, forever caught between two identities - mild-mannered linguist David Webb and lethal super-spy - life can never be ordinary. But when his old mentor, Professor Spector, installs him as head of the comparative linguistics department at Georgetown University, it seems he may have found a measure of normalcy at last.

That is, until a hitherto unknown terrorist organisation comes up on Central Intelligence radar, with a plan to execute a major attack on the East Coast of the United States within a week. Without sufficient hard intelligence to back them up, and with competing intelligence organisations keen to undermine new director of Central Intelligence Veronica Hart, they have no choice but to employ a rogue agent capable of hunting down a shadowy terrorist mastermind on his own - Jason Bourne.

Suddenly, Bourne is plunged into the deadliest and most tangled operation of his double life: pursuing the head of the Black Legion - a murderous terror group with its roots in the darkest days of World War II - while his own side tries to take him down. And all the while, an assassin as brilliant and damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute.

Members Reviews:

Good Read - Fits Well with Bourne Series

I know a number of folks did not speak very highly of this book or of others that Lustbader wrote. With the exception of one novel, I've read all of the Bourne books up to this one. I think this story fits in line with the series. The one annoying thing I can say about the book is the authors over-use of similes in the first half of the story. Literally every other page contains at least two or three overly used similes to describe the scene.

A good bit of the book does deal with the primary antagonist to Jason Bourne, but I thought that contributed depth to the storyline and did not distract from what we know of Jason Bourne.

As some other reviewers have already said, open this book looking for a good thriller and you will not be disappointed. Open this book and compare it to the master works of Robert Ludlum and you are bound to be disappointed - just like you would be disappointed if that was your mindset when opening up any other thriller or adventure novel published today.

Great story, lots of action

Write your review here. What did you like the most? What did you like the least?

They found a great person to fulfill Roberts outlines and stories and he does a fantastic job to keep you wanting to finish it. Great writer and highly recommend

Worst of the lot, so far

I seldom write a review because I believe that everyone perceives a book in a very personal way; but, I'm making an exception with this one. I am a long time Ludlum fan (I've read, and I own, every book he wrote), so I guess maybe I hold these "after market" Ludlums to a hard to live up to standard. That said, I've got to come right out and say, this just doesn't begin to live up to the Ludlum brand. As Brian mentioned in his review, it seems that no research was conducted at all, and I certainly agree with him, I don't buy a book to have my country slammed by such slanted writing. Lustbader says in his intro that he has taken some "artistic license"; but, total disregard for basic accuracy cannot be excused.

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Titel: Das Geheimarchiv

Autor:: Harald Jacobsen

Erzähler: Stephan Rau

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-18-11

Herausgeber: Action Verlag

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Als Christian Pauls Zeuge der Entdeckung einiger Kisten mit geheimen Unterlagen aus verschiedenen Ländern wird, ändert sich sein bisheriges Leben radikal. Der Oberleutnant der KSK (Kommando Spezialkräfte) wird aus dem Einsatz in Afghanistan genommen und zum NIS, dem NATO Intelligence Service, abkommandiert. Bald erkennt der ehemalige Elitesoldat, dass der Kistenfund am Hindukusch sein Leben verändert. Inmitten eines Kampfes unterschiedlicher Mächte verliert er mehr und mehr den Glauben an sein bisheriges Weltbild. Offenbar gibt es eine im Verborgenen arbeitende Organisation, die über einen enormen Einfluss auf die Regierungsentscheidungen der westlichen Nationen verfügt.

©2011 Action Verlag Lettau + Nolte GmbH i. Gr.; (P)2011 Action Verlag Lettau + Nolte GmbH i. Gr.