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Title: The Candy Man

Author: John Holt

Narrator: Joe Voegler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-18

Publisher: John Holt

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The name's Daniels, Jack Daniels - just like the whiskey you know. I'm a private detective. And I can't help butting my nose into other people's business. It's what I do. You get used to it. It becomes a way of life almost. After a while it comes natural to you, automatic, like breathing, or eating, although not quite as enjoyable. It's a habit that I just can't break. I just can't help it.

But sometimes it can lead you into trouble....

Members Reviews:

Beguiled by a woman

Loved the sarcastic humor in this murder mystery. Well-developed story with all the twists and turns to hold your attention to the end.

Joe Voegler portrayed the characters well.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Title: Brett Always Wins

Subtitle: Brett Cornell Mysteries, Book 3

Author: David D'Aguanno

Narrator: Travis Henry Carter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-18

Publisher: David D. D'Aguanno

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

According to the police report, the attractive, blue-eyed blonde had been shot to death in her apartment at around 7:30 p.m.

Then how was it possible that nearly 50 people saw her dining and dancing at a nearby club over three hours later?

Set in the late 1980s, the third Brett Cornell novel finds the studly private detective surrounded by the usual bevy of beautiful women, as well as a few seedy characters who foolishly decide to butt heads with the supreme unscrupulous bastard himself.

But Brett's road to victory isn't easy, especially when he receives a frantic call for help, which leads to his being severely beaten right outside his office building and, later, being held and threatened at gunpoint.

Soon, bullets start flying, fists start flying - and even a sledgehammer is used - in one of the most violent cases of his career, before Brett finally wins!

Members Reviews:

Took some getting used to

This is the third book in the series but my first. It took me awhile to get used to the misogynistic 'a hole' that was Brett Cornell. The narrator kept me listening though.

Brett Cornell had zero redeeming qualities. None. He mistreated women and the English language with equal callousness. Carter's narration of Brett was so spot on that I had to keep listening. Carter portrayed Cornell as a cross between a Brooklyn thug and a narcissistic middle schooler. I couldn't stop listening.

The mystery was kind of silly. Who the killer chose and the why was straight out of mystery writing 101. No coverups or multi-layer involvement. Just simple and to the point. But I kept listening.

This book will not be for everyone. It actually was not for me either. However, the narrator, well, that son of a gun made it hard for common sense to prevail.

a great mystery book

the book itself is part of a series and though I didn't trade the first book on the series I did enjoy this one the book had funny moments the mystery story was good a good book

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

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Title: Murder Ring

Author: Leigh Russell

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-18

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The dead body of unassuming David Lester is discovered in a dark side street, and DI Geraldine Steel is plunged into another murder investigation.

The clues mount up along with the suspects, but with the death of another man in inexplicable circumstances, the case becomes increasingly complex. As Geraldine investigates the seemingly unrelated crimes, she makes a shocking discovery about her birth mother.

Members Reviews:

I Fell Asleep 3 Times Reading this âTHRILLERâ 2Â stars

Well, the best I can say about this book is that it certainly illustrates the tedium, dead ends, misunderstandings, disrespect and difficulties police put up with during a complex investigation that apparently has no clues. Again, weâre dealing with the lowest dregs of society, though Steel does try to get help for a family that needs it. And that useless profiler is absent.

It seemed a long dull exercise in futility for most of the book until Geraldine finally wraps up the case. DI Steelâs personal life is still absolute garbage. She drinks too much, feels lonely and cries a lot, but doesnât take any dating advice. She does get to meet her semi-conscious, heavily medicated mother for a few unfulfilling minutes.

The search for her mother has been the only thing that kept me reading the series, and now our DI has to search for someone else, if she can bother. Fortunately, I only have one more to read in this over-rated and depressing series, plus the first Ian Peterson book and I can write Russell off.

Also the author is incorrect about most of the differences between a diamond and zirconia. Diamond is an excellent thermal conductor and zirconia actually has more fire than diamond, though it is not as brilliant and lacks depth. In fact even faceted glass reflects colours. I noticed that at 10-y-o, playing with a âbegemmedâ plastic hairclip during an interminable outdoor assembly.

I really canât understand how any author can torture herself at the computer writing such hopeless brain-numbing drivel for 320 pages.

Kept Me Guessing Throughout

A mahoosive thanks to No Exit Press and Leigh Russell for giving me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first book I have read by the author, although ashamedly I admit I have a few other of her books waiting patiently on my TBR. #MyBad

The Murder Ring is part of the Geraldine Steel series and I have to say, although it can be read as a stand alone ~ there were times throughout this book where I felt I would have had a better understanding had I read the previous books in the series.

The plot was relatively fast-paced and kept me guessing throughout. The themes of revenge, loss, anger and the past affecting the future were interwoven through the chapters. There were various characters that strengthened the story-line, one such being Sam. I really enjoyed the banter that flowed between Sam and Geraldine despite the seriousness of the case. For me, it made the characters all the more relate-able. There also seemed to be some new characters introduced âthe new DCI : Adam Eastwood who sounded like he may have been a bit of âeye candyâ!! Phwoar!

I have to admit, I was slightly surprised when the murderer was revealed, and if I am honest, I am not sure I found the motivation behind the killing all that believable â but that is just my opinion and it certainly did not take away from the story at all.

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Title: The Chestermarke Instinct

Author: J. S. Fletcher

Narrator: Ella Porter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

"The Chestermarke Instinct" is a detective novel by J. S. Fletcher.

Excerpt from the book: But on this occasion Neale did not stare admiringly at the old church, nor at the pilastered Moot Hall, nor at the toppling gables: his eyes were fixed on something else, something unusual. As soon as he walked out of the door of the house in which he lodged he saw his two fellow-clerks, Shirley and Patten, standing on the steps of the hall by which entrance was joined to the bank and to the bank-house. They stood there looking about them. Now they looked towards Finkleway - a narrow street which led to the railway station at the far end of the town. Now they looked towards Middlegate - a street which led into the open country, in the direction of Ellersdeane, where Mr. Gabriel Chestermarke, senior proprietor of the bank, resided. All that was unusual. Never, in all his experience, had Neale seen any of Chestermarke's clerks lounging on the steps at nine o'clock in the morning, and he quickened his pace.

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Members Reviews:

The Chestermarke Instinct

Second book I have read by this author.

Intriguing read with excellent story line and quite a variety of characters.

Very enjoyable

Loved it and the book it's printed on

The hits keep coming. Loved it and the book it's printed on.

Refreshing

How delightful and, unfortunately, rare to read a book written in perfect English - the language is a delight even though obviously outdated. The characters were well developed, the story intriguing and retained my interest throughout. This was my introduction to the author and I look forward to enjoying more of his work.

Thoroughly enjoyed

Fletcher has a style which I find completely engaging. Enjoyable characters and clever plotting kept me reading when I should have been doing other things.

Fairly satisfying mystery

Jewels and negotiable securities disappear, as does our heroine' s uncle. But she knows he isn't guilty and calls in the Yard. The unwinding is disappointingly accidental, and the writing sometimes repetitive, but overall a decent read.

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Title: Signal Loss

Subtitle: Hal Challis, Book 7

Author: Garry Disher

Narrator: Colin McPhillamy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-17

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A pair of hit men working a job for a meth kingpin have a very bad day, and the resulting bushfire draws attention to a drug lab and two bodies burned up in a Mercedes. Sergeant Ellen Destry - newly minted head of her department's sex crime unit - and Inspector Hal Challis return in this newest installment of Gary Disher's Peninsula-based crimes series. With meth-related crime on the rise, interdepartmental tensions mount, and Challis soon finds himself fighting to keep control of his case. Meanwhile, Destry is hunting for a serial rapist who is extremely adept at not leaving clues. A tense, human, at times darkly funny entry into Disher's celebrated, Ned Kelly Award-winning series.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Good read!

Signal Loss (A Hal Challis Investigation) by Garry Disher

New to me author, and reads like a stand alone. I am ordering the previous 6 titles now. Well done police procedural.The author juggles intersecting and concurrent investigations expertly. The story flows seamlessly as if he writes with great ease. Nice spots of quiet humor. Interesting characters and snappy dialogue. A good setting and feel for the area. Realistic dialogue and excellent transitions.

#1The Dragon Man (A Hal Challis Investigation)Meet Hal Challis, Detective for the Mornington Peninsula police force in Southeast Australia, in the first investigation in this prize-winning crime series. A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne, Australia. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first, Challis has to contend with the editor of a local newspaper who undermines his investigation at every turn, and with his wife, who attempts to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium, where she has been committed for the past eight years for attempted murderâhis. The media is demanding to know what Challis is doing about the killer; his colleagues are either giving trouble or in it; and his past keeps coming back to haunt him. Can Challis and his team nab the Peninsula Highway killer before anyone else gets hurt?

#2Kittyhawk Down (A Hal Challis Investigation)The once-peaceful beach resort of Bushrangers Bay, not far from Melbourne, is the site of multiple crimes that must be investigated by Homicide Squad Inspector Hal Challis of the Mornington Peninsula Police Force and his staff. A toddler is missing; an unidentified corpse has been fished from the sea; cars are being stolen and torched; letter boxes are being burned. And then one of Challisâs own friends, Kitty Casement, who runs an aerial photography service and flies a Kittyhawk, is murdered. Figuring out the connections and identifying the criminals absorbs all the energy and intelligence of this cast of sympathetic but complicated policemen and women. Homicide detectives spend their working lives around murderers, but rarely are they related to one. Inspector Challis' wife is that exception. She is serving a long term for an attempted murder because she tried to kill her husband: Hal Challis. It's given him new insights into the criminal mind, and also enormous pain. But he's moved on, dating a newspaper editor he's taken with and making friends. Two crimes interrupt. A two-year-old girl has gone missing, and an unidentified man is fished out of the sea at Bushrangers Bay. A second murder cuts into his life.

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Title: Break IN

Subtitle: An Ivy Nash Thriller, Book 4

Author: John W. Mefford

Narrator: Julia Farmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-17

Publisher: John W. Mefford

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Even when someone is cloaked by a charming smile and friendly nature, Ivy Nash knows the scent of a predator. Half of her life has been filled with one horrific event after another. Which is why she started ECHO, dedicating her life to rid the world of those who prey on children.

But despite all of her life experiences, nothing can prepare her for the "fun house". A terror unlike any other. And that's when she must decide if clinging to life is worth the hell that she will pay.

Members Reviews:

This one is just ok...

This is book four on the Ivy Nash series. I have to say this is my very least favorite of all the books. I found the book to be ok but there is an incident that occurs in books 1 & 2 (if you've read those two you will know what that incident is) but it happens for a third time with the same opponent in this book and that kind of blew it for me.

I'm currently listening to them next book and that one is fantastic.

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Title: Fox Hunter

Author: Zoe Sharp

Narrator: Lucy Paterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Ex-special forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlotte "Charlie" Fox can never forget the men who put a brutal end to her military career. A long time ago, though, she vowed she wouldn't go looking for them - but now it seems she doesn't have a choice. Her boss, Sean Meyer, went missing in Iraq, where one of those men was working as a private security contractor. When that man's butchered body is discovered, Charlie fears that Sean may be pursuing a twisted vendetta on her behalf.

Although Sean's intentions may be good, Charlie's close protection agency in New York needs the situation dealt with - fast and quiet. They send Charlie to the Middle East with very specific instructions: Find Sean Meyer and stop him - by whatever means necessary.

Members Reviews:

As usual, she's left me pining for more! 4.5 stars

Came across this series recently and binged on it non-stop. Since I was starting from the beginning, the first few books were a bit dated, but held up pretty well. Ms. Sharp has created a hell of a character in Charlie Fox. I'm bitter and enthralled all at once after finishing this last book and can only hope that the wait for the next installment will not be as long.

I hope the rest of this series is made available on Audible. I got a hold of the complete audio series and it was a fantastic listen, can't recommend it enough. Lucy Patterson's narration of Fox Hunter was easily my favourite of the lot. Keep 'em coming, Zoe. I need closure!

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Title: The Consorts of Death

Subtitle: Varg Veum

Author: Gunnar Staalesen

Narrator: Colin Mace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It is September 1995, and Veum is in his office when a telephone call takes him back 25 years, to a case where a small boy was separated from his mother under tragic circumstances. In the following decades, the same boy had surfaced in connection with several murder cases. Now, as an adult, he is determined to take revenge on those responsible for destroying his life - among them the former child protection officer who is now Detective Veum.

Members Reviews:

Private Eye and ex Social Worker

The main character is Varg Veum, a social worker turned private eye. And since I used to be a social worker (for 21 years) these stories really appeal to me - I can identify :)

The story goes back in time when he was a young social worker and was sent to the home of "Johnny Boy" a 3 year old boy and possible victim of abuse. We follow the progress of Johnny boy and Varg over a period of several years. The conditions of the home and people involved when johnny boy (Jan Elgin) was first seen by Varg

And then again when Johnny boy is 6 years old and has adoptive dad has a mysterious fall down the stairs and dies. Varg is again on the scene and takes Johnny boy to the treatment center and becomes involved in his life again

Many years later, when VArg has left social services, and is a Private investigator - he once again is called in as Johnny boys foster parents are both found murdered. DId Johnny Boy do it? Varg again becomes involved and learns of many twisted and interconnected relationships in the story of Johnny Boy

The Sins of the Parent

The Varg Veum books are becoming one of my favorite mystery series. Reminiscent of one of the all-time great American mystery writers, Ross MacDonald, Staalsen also examines how secrets and lies can affect multiple generations, creating issues and mysteries with far-reaching consequences. This book returns to Varg's past as a social worker and shows how he ended up as a private investigator, struggling to make the world a better place, one broken person at a time.

Just found this writer although he has apparently been around ...

Just found this writer although he has apparently been around a long time but just recently translated to English. Interesting protagonist.

I enjoyed reading the book

It has been a long while since I read this book, so do not wish to answer all the questions above as I cannot recall all the details now. I enjoyed reading the book, but was a bit disappointed with the ending. I prefer clear, happy endings. It is a good story, well written, and kept my interest to the end.

Five Stars

One more about Varg Veum from a very gifted author.

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Title: Catnapped

Subtitle: A Klepto Cat Mystery, Book 1

Author: Patricia L. Fry

Narrator: Dena Dahilig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-17

Publisher: Matilija Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A cozy mystery featuring a kleptomaniac cat.

Beloved neighborhood cats are missing - the community can only guess at their fate - and Aunt Margaret's life is being threatened. Is it because she has a clue to the missing cats or is it something more sinister? Of course, as in all of the Klepto Cat Mysteries, Rags, an ordinary cat with a most unusual habit, has a paw in saving the day.

Members Reviews:

This is great!

Anyone who likes the klepto cat series will enjoy this audiobook. I like the voice.

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Title: What a Meth

Subtitle: Gotcha Detective Agency Series, Book 4

Author: Jamie Lee Scott

Narrator: Todd McLaren, Gabra Zackman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When Mimi accepts $500 from a sketchy client and takes on the case to follow an alleged cheating husband, she almost immediately regrets it.

Charles warned her. Why didn't she listen to him? While spying on the husband, the client's house explodes, and so does Mimi's sense of reality. Who is dead, who is hiding, and who may come back to life?

This case takes the Gotcha detectives into the underbelly of drug cartels, and Mimi's world is turned upside down. Can Mimi and Nick survive this?

Members Reviews:

Thinking what you saw was a dream turns into reality

The Gotcha Detective Agency is feeling some money pains. Mimi thinks she probably shouldnât accept the $500 from this client who looks like she should be spending the money on food or clothes but listens to her story about a husband cheating on his wife and agrees to look into it.

The next day while spying on the husband, the clientâs home explodes, which in its self would be upsetting but Mimi world is about to be turned upside down.

The case not only once again brings Nick into the story; but FBI agents who inform Charlie and Mimi into the world of drug cartels. I canât really say more about this or if you havenât read the previous book some cliff hangers would be clearer.

I would recommend reading the Gotcha series in order to fully understand the progression of the story line, the characters Mimi, Charles, Jackie and Cortney. I look forward to further misadventures and story lines.

I read the full series back to back and really enjoyed it! I am hoping that there will be ...

Gotcha Detective Agency. I read the full series back to back and really enjoyed it! I am hoping that there will be more! I love the snarky characters, there is romance but not in your face focused on and the murder mysteries. And the 'guilty' party is a surprise. Several previous characters make an encore appearance. If you like fast pace snarky murder mysteries with a touch of romance you will love this one!

A little confusing

I don't think the plot was well developed but because I wanted to see what happened to the characters, I slogged through it. I hope the next book is stepped up to the author's previous books.

Very timely stpru

The one thing I like about Scott is that her books are about things that are happening around us. We have a huge problem in our area with meth and her portrayal of a meth head is spot on. I read these books out of order but did not feel lost or out of place. Great story,, great characters, well worth the price.

I've enjoyed reading the last 4 Gotcha books, but....

someone seriously should be editing these books. There are a multitude of errors, almost like a computer might be autocorrecting the word "and" instead of "at" and many other similar errors. These books are entertaining, fun, and way too good to have such sloppy editing. So, get a good editor so you can sell more of these great stories!