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Title: Ransom, P.I.

Subtitle: Dead Eyes, Volume One

Author: Luke Shephard

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-14

Publisher: Our Pack Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Paris, 1945. Foreigner and struggling private investigator Daniel Ransom takes a missing persons case that seems like any other. Before long, however, things begin to look a bit more serious, a bit more... sinister.

Strange occult references turn up at the crime scene, and Daniel begins to hear word of a new hallucinogenic drug hitting the streets. A drug that sells faster than opium and, more often than not, finds its users committed to the insane asylum.

Can Daniel crack the case and find the missing person before it's too late?

Fans of John Locke, Russell Blake, and James Patterson will love this quirky detective thriller series with clever characters and suspenseful settings.

Members Reviews:

The ending was confusing

What did you like best about Ransom, P.I.? What did you like least?

I liked the story. It kept me listening.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

I wouldn't say edge of seat, but interesting.

Do you think Ransom, P.I. needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes. Actually, I presumed there would be one. But even so, the ending was poor. It needed another chapter of the story. It left you confused rather then, can't wait for next one.

Any additional comments?

I would read book 2.

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Title: Secret Agent X The Torture Trust

Subtitle: Will Murray's Pulp Classics

Author: RadioArchives.com, Brant House

Narrator: Dave Mallow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-14

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Introducing Secret Agent X, Man of Mystery and Destiny!

Editor Rose Wyn, with top writer Paul Chadwick, brainstormed and created Secret Agent X, an uncanny composite of Doc and The Shadow, with a dash of the Phantom thrown in. The first issue appeared at the end of 1933 with a February 1934 cover date.

A nameless mystery man with a wartime past in the Intelligence service who was declared dead by the Department of Justice and backed by a shadowy group of powerful philanthropists, Secret Agent X took on the toughest assignments of the dirty thirties. Operating out of the half-haunted Montgomery Mansion, X was also known as the Man of a Thousand Faces. A past master of disguise, he infiltrated the underworld to crush crime in all of its hideous manifestations.

Members Reviews:

No Introduction

I'm a fan of Secret Agent X: while X had all the usual gimmicks it series had a distinctive feel and will please anybody with a taste for hero pulps.

There is no introduction. That wont matter to most people. But I had already read the story and bought it for the introduction.

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Titre: L'Allée du sycomore

Auteur: John Grisham

Narrateur: Stéphane Ronchewski

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 19 hrs and 39 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-04-14

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 3.5 sur 5 sur 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Seth Hubbard, homme riche atteint d'un cancer, n'a confiance en personne. Avant de se pendre à un sycomore, il laisse un testament manuscrit. Ce document va plonger ses enfants désormais adultes, sa femme de ménage noire et l'avocat Jake Brigance dans un conflit juridique aussi brutal et dramatique que le procès pour meurtre qui avait défrayé la chronique dans le comté, seulement trois ans plus tôt.

Ce second testament va soulever bien des questions sans réponses. Pourquoi Seth Hubbard veut-il laisser presque toute sa fortune à sa femme de ménage ? La chimiothérapie et les antalgiques ont-ils affecté ses facultés de jugement ? Et quel rapport tout cela a-t-il avec cette parcelle de terre qu'on appelait autrefois l'allée du sycomore ?

L'interprétation de Stéphane Ronchewski joue à merveille de l'allusion et de l'insinuation pour un thriller truffé de chausse-trapes.

©2013 / 2014 Titre de l'édition originale : "SYCAMORE ROW", publiée par Doubleday, une division de Random House LLC, New York et au Canada par Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, compagnies de Penguin Random House. Copyright © by Belfry Holdings, Inc. Tous droits réservés / Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès pour la traduction française. Première édition mai 2014. (P)2014 Audiolib

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Title: The Chameleon

Subtitle: The Cyrus Skeen Detective Series

Author: Edward Cline

Narrator: Gregg A. Rizzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-14

Publisher: Edward Cline

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It is November, 1929. The stock market has crashed. The Roaring Twenties are about to end. But Cyrus Skeen, private detective, is not too concerned. He never bought on margin or gambled on "sure things" to make a quick buck; his wealth is secure. But many businessmen and investors made that mistake and have been bankrupted. Ruined, some have committed suicide. But not all have jumped from their office windows to end it all. Lucian Maxey, president of Maxey Motors in San Francisco, seems to have committed suicide by putting a gun to his head. The medical examiner and police have written off the death as a suicide. Eugene Maxey, his son, a professor at Stanford University, hires Skeen to prove that his father was murdered. But then Skeen discovers that the man who hired him is not the real Eugene Maxey, but an imposter. Skeen is drawn into a bizarre conspiracy that leads to a twisting trail of lies, half-truths, England, and an organization with ties to the burgeoning Nazi Party in Germany.

Members Reviews:

Another absorbing and exciting Skeen read!

One would think by now that every miscreant in San Francisco would know enough not to try to put one over on Cyrus Skeen, the city's most celebrated private investigator. Skeen does not take kindly to being hoaxed, made "a pawn in someone else's game", or shot at, and when what at first appears to be a family feud grows increasingly convoluted and lethal he is determined to discover what this masquerade conceals.

The Roaring Twenties are over, it is 1930 and the stock market has just crashed. Preoccupied with looming financial calamity, most people remain oblivious to the ominous political movements enveloping the world. In the course of his investigation, Skeen will uncover the horror of cold-blooded murder committed in the name of "national salvation".

Evocative, thought-provoking, and witty, "The Chameleon" is another rewarding entry in the Cyrus Skeen series.

As EXPECTED, EXCELLENCE

Mr. Cline's writing has never failed to captivate me. The Cyrus Skeen stories provide mystery, drama, and humor in tightly written prose. The Chameleon leads the reader through not only a murder mystery but a Nazi conspiracy. Bravo!!

Cyrus Skeen out-sleuthing and out-thinking his adversaries.

Three and a half stars. We get back to the Cyrus Skeen from the earlier books, out-sleuthing and out-thinking his adversaries. There is the added element in the background of the Crash of '29 and its effect on the country. This adds an interesting character that is a bit more 'noir' than in the earlier books. I am happy the series reverted to its original form and look forward to reading more.

Cyrus Skeen is back!

Thank you, Mr. Cline, for another cracking good story in the fascinating Cyrus Skeen series. Your historical research of the time and locale is impeccable, and I very much enjoy taking my own armchair detours to find the places mentioned.

Cyrus Skeen is a hero for the thinking individual, and his lovely and artistic wife Dilys is a delightful companion. Please keep her safe Mr. Cline. The real world is tragic enough without having to worry unduly about our fictional heroines.

I am, once again, most eagerly awaiting Mr. Skeen's next appearance.

Fun Reading

I'm in the middle of reading this and can't wait to see how it turns out.

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Titel: Der Frauenmörder

Autor:: Hugo Bettauer

Erzähler: Matthias Voigt

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 06-24-14

Herausgeber: Prinzenbuch

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Berlin, in den zwanziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts. Kurz nacheinander verschwinden vier junge Mädchen. Der Chef der Kriminalpolizei Dr. Clusius glaubt nicht an einen Zufall. Er setzt den Vertragsbeamten Krause auf den Fall an, der seit fünf Jahren die kniffligsten, schwierigsten Fälle löst. Krause selbst hat ein Geheimnis von dem nur Dr. Clusius weiß. Als kurz nach Aufnahme der Ermittlungen ein fünftes Mädchen spurlos verschwindet beginnt die Fall deutschlandweites Aufsehen zu erregen. Krause steht vor seiner bisher schwierigsten Aufgabe.

©1922 Gemeinfrei (P)2014 Prinzenbuch

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Title: Angels of Mercy

Subtitle: A Mercy Allcutt Mystery

Author: Alice Duncan

Narrator: Darlene Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-14

Publisher: Alice Duncan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Former Boston Brahmin Mercy Allcutt is excited to be renting out suites of rooms to deserving working women in her new home on Bunker Hill in Los Angeles. She considers she's performing an act of good-heartedness, no matter skeptical her boss, private investigator Ernie Templeton, is about her endeavor.

When her housekeeper's son is arrested for the murder of a Hollywood big-wig, Mercy presses Ernie to solve the case. She's positive Calvin Buck is innocent. Ernie tells her he'll do his best. She's not entirely convinced he means it, so she does some snooping on her own.

In the meantime, Mercy not only takes driving lessons from Ernie, but she discovers there's more to being a landlady than meets the eye. Is one of her Angels of Mercy not what she appears to be? Only time, and perhaps Mercy and Ernie, will tell . . .

Members Reviews:

A fun, easy listen!

What did you love best about Angels of Mercy?

I love the character development, the whit and how you can really feel the characters personality throughout the story line.

What did you like best about this story?

I love the narration and how Darlene Allen really gives personality to each individual character through expression, voices, pauses and much more! The conversations and scenes are very palpable and believable. Alice Duncan does a great job of incorporating subtle humor, history, and intrigue into her stories. I think the Mercy Allcutt series would make a great movie!

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Title: Spider #48, September 1937 (The Spider)

Subtitle: Will Murray's Pulp Classics #40

Author: Grant Stockbridge, Radio Archives

Narrator: Nick Santa Maria

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-14

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

For 10 grim years, the Spider battled the underworld, imprinting his scarlet seal on the bodies of the criminals he slew. No one knew his name. His face was unknown. Pursued by the police, sought by the mob, the Master of Men crushed crime with a blazing intensity never witnessed before or since. Now he's back with a vengeance in a new series of audiobooks retelling his pulp-pounding exploits, as chronicled by Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge.

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Title: The Black Eyed Blonde

Author: Benjamin Black

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-27-14

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his singular detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction.

Maybe it was time I forgot about Nico Peterson, and his sister, and the Cahuilla Club, and Clare Cavendish. Clare? The rest would be easy to put out of my mind, but not the black-eyed blonde....

It is the early 1950s. In Los Angeles, Private Detective Philip Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client arrives: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, Clare Cavendish wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Soon Marlowe will find himself not only under the spell of the Black-Eyed Blonde; but tangling with one of Bay City's richest families - and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune....

Critic Reviews:

"When I heard that Benjamin Black, aka the Man Booker-winner John Banville, had taken on the job, I felt the Chandler estate had plumped for the right man. Like Chandler, Banville sweats over his sentences. And although the avowed model for Banville/Blacks crime fiction is Simenon, there is a great deal of Marlowe in his lonely, quixotic protagonist Quirke ... The plot is dead right ... The voice is spot on too" (Daily Telegraph)

If anything, oddly, the book is probably better than an actual Chandler: more coherent, and more consistent, more careful. Banville is simply a more elegant writer. Chandler was a metaphorical rogue trader; Banville is a class act... This is perfect Mr Banville (New Statesman)

Members Reviews:

Wonderful

Very evocative , of a time ,place and style. Perfect escape from today . Wonderful that Raymond Chandlers characters have more stories to inhabit .

Love the voice on this reading

Where does The Black Eyed Blonde rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

It's a great bedtime listen but the story, while well told, will appeal only to those who are raymond carver fans since banville (the pen behind benjamin black) is really entering into the mindset of the timeso dont expect a Benjamin Black novel!

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

It's the voice which I love and the fun one liners which capture the genre

Vintage Marlowe

Would you listen to The Black Eyed Blonde again? Why?

Yes, There were so many really good lines in the story, the author has produced this book with the dedication of a master craftsman.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The world weary private detective Marlowe who just doesn't seen to fit into the life he lives, yet can't (or won't because he's a stubborn cuss) change the path he's be set on.

What about Dennis Boutsikariss performance did you like?

Absolutely nailed the character to a 'T' I really hope he continues with this.

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

It surprised me how the author kept a lid on the plot until the final few pages. Bravo I didn't guess who did it!

Any additional comments?

Let me know when the next book is out.

Fun

Well-crafted homage to Chandler. Not as good as Chandler's best, but better than his worst. Nice characters and scenario.

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Title: The Oxford Gambit

Author: Joseph Hone

Narrator: Jeremy Clyde

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-05-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Bored and broke, Marlow quits retirement to search for a mole within MI6.

Its springtime in Scotland, and an aging spy is tending to his bees. Smoke rises from his bellows as he looks in on the colony for the first time since winter. When his wife goes to check on him, the bellows are still smoking but her husband has disappeared. He may be dead, he may be kidnapped - or he may have gone over to the other side.

To locate the missing beekeeper, the secret service turns to Peter Marlow, a veteran agent who is finding retirement no substitute for life in the field. He soon discovers a byzantine Russian conspiracy, of which the vanished spy is either the architect or the victim, operating deep within British intelligence. In the shadows of this secretive government agency, there are more pressing dangers than the sting of a frightened honeybee.

The Oxford Gambit is the third book in the Peter Marlow Mystery series, which also includes The Sixth Directorate and The Valley of the Fox.

Members Reviews:

Plodding

I've read the first three books of this series and each one gets more bogged down in Marlow's love interests. Hone's story premises begin with great promise often in the best Le carre tradition, but the plot always seems to grind to a halt when Marlow gets interested in some girl. Horn goes through the same formula, "Is she in love with him? Is she working for the other side?" Yet we just don't care.

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Title: The Valley of Fear

Subtitle: The Sherlock Holmes Series

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Michael Healy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a strange coded message arrives at 221B Baker Street, sent by a member of Professor Moriarty's criminal organization, Sherlock Holmes soon deciphers it and finds a warning: someone is about to be murdered.

A visit from a Scotland Yard inspector confirms that one John Douglas has been mysteriously killed in Sussex. Even Sherlock Holmes, well accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual. John Douglas lived at Birlstone Manor House, built on the ruins of a castle surrounded by a moat. Every night he drew up the bridge as a precaution against potential villains.

Nevertheless, Douglas was found dead, shot in the face at close range with a sawed-off shotgun. And the bereaved are strangely dry-eyed.

The mystery spans the Atlantic, from Sussex and the foggy streets of London to a coal-mining region in Pennsylvania, and the ultimate twist can only be untangled by the incomparable skill of the legendary Holmes.

Members Reviews:

Great Sherlock Holmes story

Absolutely perhaps the most entertaining Sherlock Holmes novel in my opinion. Faster paced than The Hound of the Baskervilles, more character depth than A Study in Scarlet, and as much a page-turner as The Sign of Four. For the Holmes purist, I think there is less deductive reasoning than some of the other stories, however the story itself appears more cohesive in some ways. I know I often put aside The Hound because it got a bit ponderous at times but TVoF kept my attention.

Captivating read!

Suspense!! Sherlock Holmes at its best. I love all Sherlock Holmes stories. The Valley of Fear is somewhat unique because it steps back and tells a whole story within a story. It is so captivating the reader is sure to have a hard time getting up in the morning for lack of sleep...

Give Fear a Chance

This is the least popular of ACD's four Sherlock Holmes novels, which I've never been able to understand: as somebody who's read and watched far too many mysteries and can usually predict the solutions to them fairly early in the running, I always remember getting surprised â twice! â in the course of "The Valley of Fear." Sir Arthur, as we all know, could get a bit wobbly on the details (Sherlock would've worn out his eyes rolling them at his biographer:-), but it takes extraordinary narrative coordination and finesse to pull off surprises in a novel without them seeming gimmicky; and they don't here. Give this volume a chance and it'll win you over â though in fairness, you should realize that â like "A Study in Scarlet," and even "The Hound of the Baskervilles" to an extent â Doyle sidelines Sherlock in favor of the deeper backstory behind the crime the Great Detective is investigating here. If you want 'all Sherlock, all the time,' really none of the novels will feed your need like the short stories do:-) But if you love good mysteries, "The Valley of Fear" definitely qualifies.

Holmes and Watson are called in

Mrs Holmes and Watson are passed a message from a spy in Prof. Moriarty's nest. Sherlock explains who the professor is, touching on Moriarty's publication 'The Dynamics of an Asteroid' (which is mentioned in another story worth reading as well, 'The Ultimate Crime',' I think Mr.