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Title: The Riviera Contract

Author: Arthur Kerns

Narrator: Evan Greenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In early 2002, six months after the World Trade Center attack, Hayden Stone who took early retirement from the FBI, is working for the CIA. On his last assignment to Afghanistan a colleague is killed and Stone blames himself for his death. A friend in the upper ranks of the CIA offers him an assignment to the South of France. Stone accepts, thinking this is exactly what he needs to get his life back on an even keel: French life on the Côte dAzur. Well, hes in for a surprise. He has little time for the Mediterranean ambiance, as two terrorists, acting separately, attempt to murder him. Meantime, Stone meets an old love, a contessa, whom he had seduced and abandoned years before.

Through a series of setups and encounters, Stone learns that a brutal Middle Eastern terrorist is in Provence to deliver a strain of the Ebola virus to major U.S. cities. At the same time, the CIA and French intelligence have targeted a seriously ill al Qaeda functionary who is seeking medical attention in Nice. Complicating matters still, a Saudi prince and his son-in-law on a yacht off Villefranche are assisting this al Qaeda figure. They lease the contessas palace so that, without her knowledge, doctors can administer to the functionary. Stone romances the contessa who loves him, but doesnt trust him and with cause, for he also has become fond of a young French researcher, who secretly works for French Intelligence.

Stone certainly has his hands full.

Members Reviews:

Classic espionage hero takes on today's terrorists

Hayden Stone is a likeable cool cat, part old school government agent, part James Bond maverick. He ably takes on some very bad guys in this engaging yarn that brings us inside today's complicated fight to contain global terrorism. Some of the appeal of the tale lies in following Hayden's mixed success with the opposite sex.

One of Kerns' best constructs is the lead terrorist, a complex and very deadly bad guy. One of his weaker characters is a man whose corruption is too obvious/predictable. This detracts from the suspense the author is building.

Overall, Kerns has created a protagonist we want to follow on subsequent missions.The narrator does a fine job of bringing these characters to life. I look forward to the next installment.

Fast paced espionage terrorist thriller

What made the experience of listening to The Riviera Contract the most enjoyable?

Loved the action sequences, also the romantic scenes.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Riviera Contract?

The hero Hayden Stone and the contessa on the yacht. Action and romance

Which character as performed by Evan Greenberg was your favorite?

Hayden Stone

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Murder, intrigue, and romance on the French Riviera.

Adventure, some intrigue, some romance - 3.5 stars

A retired, newly divorced FBI agent takes a contract with the CIA. Although risky, what begins as a straightforward assignment soon becomes much more.

The writer blends action scenes and romance believably - no 'love at first sight' scenes here. Romantic entanglements are not what is typical in the genre, so if you are looking for a Harlequin-type story, you might be disappointed with this book.

The story could have taken place anywhere, i.e. the Riviera is not key, or even expanded upon.

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Titel: Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam

Autor:: John le Carré

Erzähler: Matthias Brandt

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-19-13

Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam" begründete John le Carrés Weltruhm und ist einer der Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts, die bleiben werden.

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Title: The Doomsday Spiral

Author: Jon Land

Narrator: Lance Axt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In Jon Lands first novel, a crew of Arab terrorists attempts to tear America apart from the inside out - and only Alabaster, an Israeli special forces operative, can stop them.

After years of being presumed dead, Palestines most feared terrorist emerges from hiding with a plan for utter domination of the Middle East: the Shaitan Commandment. With a quartet of the regions deadliest soldiers, he puts into motion a scheme that spells doom for the Western world. His target is not Israel, but Israels protector: the United States.

On their trail is Alabaster, an Israeli special-forces agent whose true identity is buried under so many layers of deception that not even the Mossad knows who he really is. But every terrorist has heard of him, and knows to be afraid. A ruthless investigator with no time for diplomatic niceties, he may be all that stands between the United States and oblivion.

Members Reviews:

Good story Old News.

When I got this book I thought I was getting a terrorist story from present day that would be relevant to todays times. It was a good story that would have been even better if it didn't take place in the 80's with Yassar Arafat still in charge. Was not what I was looking for.

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Title: The 39 Steps

Author: John Buchan

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

When Richard Hannay returns to London after an action-packed life in Rhodesia, he finds life unbearably dull. He is on the point of leaving the city in search of adventures, when mystery and intrigue turns up at his door in the shape of Franklin Scudder, Hannays neighbour, who turns out to be a spy trying to escape the clutches of a shady international organisation, bent on sparking a European war.

When Scudder is mysteriously murdered and all the evidence seems to point to Hannay himself, he escapes to Scotland, bearing Scudders cryptic coded notebook, which he struggles to decipher. Hannay manages by cunning, skilful disguise and sheer pluck to keep one step ahead of his ruthless pursuersand eventually works out the cipher to read Scudders mysterious notes, which refer to the 39 steps and the enigmatic Black Stone. But can Hannay solve the puzzle, thwart the criminals, and clear his name before Europe is plunged into turmoil?

Members Reviews:

Loved it!

Loved it! As good as the 3 movies by the same title. Will listen again in a month.

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Titel: Das Washington Dekret

Autor:: Jussi Adler-Olsen

Erzähler: Wolfram Koch

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-23-13

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Alle sind sich einig: Bruce Jansen wird neuer Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten. In jeder Situation beweist er Stärke - selbst als seine Frau hochschwanger Opfer eines Attentats wird. Frisch im Amt erlässt er ein Dekret für Frieden und Sicherheit. Doch bald wird klar, was sich dahinter versteckt: die Einschränkung von Bürgerrechten und der Verlust der Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit. Das Land gerät immer mehr außer Kontrolle und steht kurz vor einem Bürgerkrieg. Nur Doggie Rogers, eine der engsten Vertrauten des Präsidenten, wittert ein Komplott auf höchster Ebene - und beginnt zu ermitteln.

©2013 Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (P)2013 Der Audio Verlag

Kritik Bewertungen:

Unbestritten: Ein Thriller mit Bestsellerpotential!

-- Weekendavisen

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Must read book - Washington Dekret

Couldn't stop reading....I was thrilled by the development of the story. Additionally I learned a lot about the laws and executive orders of the U.S.A..

Excellent book

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Title: For the Good of the State

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Dan Morgan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Two KGB rivals, General Zarubin and Professor Nikolai Andrievich Panin, confront each other on a point overlooking the British Channel. Meanwhile, Henry Jaggard of British Intelligence has two pressing problems. He knows the Soviets are mounting a defensive program against a Polish dissident group in Britain, but he cannot intervene without jeopardizing his best inside agents. And Dr David Audley, of the Intelligence R&D Department, has been playing clever politics again.

Jaggard sees his opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. The Professor has requested a meeting with Audley, his old adversary, and with one of Jaggard's own men to abet him, Audley can be safely relied upon to overstep the mark in his attempts to frustrate the KGB.

Members Reviews:

A good Listen

The Publishers Summary is misleading. Without being a spoiler....

There had been a leak of information in a Minister's Dept. 'R and D' found the leak and advised the PM. The Minister is wanting a scalp from 'R and D' because he had not found the leak and has been made a fool in the eyes of the PM.

Meanwhile a secret service dept has a spy in with the Soviets and can not disclose the information they have as it would put their agent in jeapody. A plot is hatched to get 'R and D's' David Audley.

Both high ranking KGB are coming to the UK and Panin has requested a meeting with Audley. Panin has his own game already in motion. Where does Zarubin fit in to the picture?

So this story involves the jealousy between UK Security Services as well as politician's ego and, Spy vs Spy. It gets even more complex as the story is told through the experiences of Tom (Sir Thomas) who is Audley's appointed minder .

It is very well read by Dan Morgan and a good listen.

Hard Going

I found this tale very hard to follow, as if l were a fly on the wall during conversations where l wasn't allowed to be privy to any of the back stories of the plot.

It was also difficult to discern which character was speaking as the narrator didn't vary his tone anywhere near enough, and that contributed to its being so heavy going.

Late Audley

What made the experience of listening to For the Good of the State the most enjoyable?

I love Anthony Price's books so it was always going to be enjoyable. Some of the books are better than others and this is one of the best. It has all the elements I enjoy, a background of espionage, political manouevering, the story told from the viewpoint of a character other than one of the long-running protagonists and a bit of an historical theme that Price generally puts into his books. In this case, it was castles. Occasionally, there is more historical background than espionage in these books and they can become unbalanced but this one was spot on.

What did you like best about this story?

I especially liked the character of Tom Arkenshaw who takes the lead in this story. He is the son of an English baronet and Polish mother who researches motte and bailey castles in his spare time. He is brought in to protect David Audley who works for "research and development", an ill defined government organisation, because he is going to meet his opposite number in Russian intelligence. Tom's difficulty in working out what Audley, his political masters, the Russians and the CIA, are up to is compelling and his potentially divided loyalties are well done.

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Title: The October Men

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Simon Schatzberger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

In the fourth title of Anthony Price's gripping spy series, British Intelligence officer David Audley slips away to Italy without authorisation, taking his wife with him. Immediately the suspicion arises that he may have defected, and the head of Italian security also becomes interested in his arrival, particularly as it has flushed from cover a rogue communist.

But Audley has his own reasons for leaving Britain, in an investigation that becomes a matter of life or death.

Members Reviews:

Good the first time... better now!

I got into Anthony Price a good few years ago, but probably after the early ones had gone out of print. I am really glad that Audible has chosen to issue them as audiobooks.

Right, This is "classic Audley"... you really don't know what the man is up to until you've "read" it. In this book, particularly, the narrator has done an excellent job. The accents are good, the voices are solid and certainly match my view of the recurring characters. A really good job!

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Title: The Old Vengeful

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Dan Morgan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

When David Audley, that most subtle of Intelligence chiefs, sends his insubordinate protégé Paul Mitchell off to investigate a KGB operation by researching a long-forgotten naval engagement off France in 1812, it doesn't look to Mitchell as if it will lead anywhere. But the fate of the crew of the Vengeful has more than a few surprises in store for Mitchell, and suddenly the past throws a dazzling and very dangerous light on the present.

Members Reviews:

Better than Le Carre

My father was a fan of the Le Carre spy books, but I find them a little slow going. The Old vengeful by Anthony Price has the well worked out and devious type of plot that the Le Carre books have, but is faster moving. The historian/agent, Dr. Paul Mitchel is put on the job of investigating the first 11 ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Vengeful. What they discover seems to suggest that the seventh, a Napoleonic era frigate holds the key to an ongoing KGB operation; but how could an 1812 incident possibly be relevant to 1982?

I recommend this book for lovers of fast moving spy stories. One thing I liked about the book is the lack of semi gratuitous sex which some authors seem to think their readers expect in a spy story.

Cold War spies with a touch of HNF

Published in 1982, Anthony Price's The Old Vengeful is a cold war spy novel with all the fast plotting, unexpected twists, faceless agencies, and wryly literate prose we came to enjoy from the genre. I have always had a soft spot for Le Carre and the like, and would in any case have read this with pleasure. I picked the book up, however, because I am a lover of Historic Naval Fiction and the cover picture (on the American edition) of a warship of the Napoleonic era caught my eye. Was there anything for a reader of HNF? Sure enough, while the plot unfolds in the here and now (well, 1982 seems contemporary to us oldsters), there is a good bit of naval history and adventure for the aficionado of HNF. It seems the Russian plot our heros are trying to foil is wrapped up in a warship, the HMS Vengeful. Problem is, there have been twelve Vengefuls through history and we don't know which one holds the key. Most of the attention focuses on Vengeful number seven, a frigate. In 1812 she defeated a French frigate before being wrecked on the French coast. The crew was captured and imprisoned in Alsace. A group of them escaped, trying to make their way across France to freedom.

1812 was a pivotal year for Napoleon, and somehow these escaping English sailors are important to his grand strategy of conquering Russia and beyond. Why did Napoleon move heaven and earth to find these humble sailors? How does their story relate to the current KGB operation? Historian/spy Paul Mitchell is sent to find out, along with the daughter of the commander of Vengeful number eleven and a minder who reports to the rival of spymaster David Audley.

As Mitchell & Co move across England and France, dodging the KGB, the DST and old-fashioned gangsters, they uncover more and more about both the events of 1812 and their current situation. HNF fans are treated to a good deal of information about the French treatment of captured sailors, naval prisons and escapes.

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Title: Soldier No More

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Dan Morgan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger.

Set some years after Dr David Audley's wartime experiences, this novel introduces a double agent who tries to recruit him back into British intelligence. The author's previous books include The Labyrinth Makers and Other Paths to Glory.

Members Reviews:

interesting

this is better after knowing more about the series. Try 'The Labyrinth Makers' or 'The Hour of the Donkey'.

Post Korean War and very much the Cold War. The USSR have really infiltrated the British Intellegence. France is making a mess in Algeria and does have a strong grassroots Communist Party.

Fred Clinton is using a double agent to get crucial hard copy evidence of USSR thinking during the Hungarian Uprising and the Suez conflict which also reveals another highly placed double agent. While both the French and British know of the USSR thinking, the US does not and, it was an election year!

Its complicated.

The double agent used to call Aubrey back to the fold is having his own crisis. His ruminations and plans take up a lot of time as the plot slowly unwinds. He desperately wants out of the mess he is in. Hence this is not a good book to enter the series. It is slow and it helps if you know a little of what was happening in the world at the time it is set.

Think John Buchan rather than John LeCarre, and very possibly a romantic version of actual events. Price had a few mates in the Intelligence. So.... 'interesting'.

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Title: The Memory Trap

Author: Anthony Price

Narrator: Mike Grady

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage

Publisher's Summary:

Even in the era of glasnost, a defector is worth having, especially if he is a senior computer specialist in Russian military intelligence. But when the defection goes wrong, the British are left with three bodies and two inadequate clues to the nature of the information they might have been offered, and which now lies buried somewhere in the collective memories of David Audley and his one-time colleague Major Peter Richardson.

But what is the secret that Audley shares with the half-Italian Richardson, now frightened into hiding somewhere in Italy? For once, David Audley has no idea and the race is on to find the elusive Major. But Audley's objective is fast being overtaken by modern political imperatives, ones very different from the black and white certainties of the old Cold War days.

Members Reviews:

better to start somewhere else

written in 1989, this is the last book.

Character development being more Price's style, we meet a much older David Audley who has been called back to Europe. With two of his protegee as subordinates he is sent to locate an ex R and D person who seems to hold some vital information.

"The Hour of the Donkey", introduces Audley's father and alludes to R and D during WW11. "A New Kind of War" brings David Audley into focus, at the end of WW11.

R&D is a little like a Think Tank that is placed above MI5 and MI6 and Special Branch.

However it is still the situation that the full story is not given to it's Field Workers. And David has to call on some old contacts as things go belly up.