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Title: A Bomb Built in Hell

Author: Andrew Vachss

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-12

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

While doing extended time for killing a fellow prisoner, Wesley meets Carmine Trentoni in a New York state prison. Carmine's life sentence hasn't cut him off from his outside sources, and he sees great potential in Wesley to carry out his revenge. Wesley emerges from prison prepared to be the perfect hit man: calculating, deadly, and driven by money. On his release, Wesley follows Carmine's directions to locate a Mr. Petraglia. Pet and Wesley set up shop in Brooklyn, and execute their assignments with finesse - and occasionally, more explosives than are strictly called for. But Wesley isn't satisfied with his low-profile lot, and sets out to make a mark on the city that everyone will notice - which he does, in a shocking, dynamite conclusion.

Members Reviews:

A Real Mind F%#*

Well written. The most realistic hit man book ever. Deeply disturbing. Great character development. Graphic violence.

There is no Reason for this Book to Exist 0 stars

This is the second Vachss book I bought. The first, Strega, a Burke Novel, was pretty bad, but not intolerable. I decided that I'd probably skip the Burke series and try another of his (generally) highly rated novels. Thus:

A Bomb Built in Hell - A truly horrible novel.

In essence, this is a biography of a very sick human (though I use that word advisedly).

He is a sociopath and is not even remotely likeable in any way. It is not entertaining. While the writing is OK, no amount of decent writing can overcome the garbage content. Even those who can handle extreme violence will find no comfort here.

The book starts early with killings and lots of violence... then continues with more killing and worse violence.

For six hours, I kept looking for any reason justifying Wesley's psychotic and super violent behavior. None. Absolutely NONE! He simply kills everyone, innocents included, throughout the book.

Even when he murders for a "reason" this is not vigilante stuff (which I can handle). Wesley is not only unlikeable from ANY viewpoint, he has no reason whatsoever to exist, and should have been removed from the chessboard at birth.

I bought this because of the generally positive reviews on Amazon, often a good source of reviews from those buying the print version. They let me down.

Other than the superb performance by Gigante (one of his best BTW), this is just trash. I bet he spent a long time in the shower after recording this thing.

I suggest you not even think a moment about spending your $$$ or a credit on this pap.

It is 100% junk "literature". Again... save your $$$.

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Title: The Secret Vanguard

Author: Michael Innes

Narrator: Matt Addis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Successful minor poet, Philip Ploss, lives a peaceful existence in ideal surroundings, until his life is upset when he hears verses erroneously quoted as his own. Soon afterwards, he is found dead in the library with a copy of Dante's Purgatory open before him.

Members Reviews:

Good World War II Espionage Tale

In "The Secret Vanguard," the 5th book in the Appleby series, Michael Innes starts the plot with a dead poet, then takes us on a wild ride around the English countryside as it was in 1940. Characters are kidnapped by strange foreigners, escapes are engineered, then escapees have to play desperate games of evasion, only to be caught again. As the story goes along, you are told that these bad guys are German agents, and if you stay alert, you will be told how all of this is tied to the murdered poet. The story is great fun, and reminds me a bit of "The Thirty-nine Steps" by John Buchan, which dealt with World War I spies in England.

I enjoy Innes's literate writing, his plots and his characters, especially Inspector Appleby, who is ordered by the Government to join in the chase after the Germans. Matt Addis delivers his usual excellent narration in this story, performing in both educated and regional working class accents in a polished and effective manner.

An excellent way to spend a day or two (or a long drive) listening.

Depends on what you're looking for...

I believed this would be a literary mystery, but it is really a wartime thriller circa 1939. If that is what you are looking for, it is quite good of its kind. But that is not the sort of story I like to read. This is my fault for never reading reviews before I chose a mystery, so I have only myself to blame.

If I might explain...

Poet Philip Ploss lives an apparently comfortable, circumscribed existence on an estate in the Chiltern Hills. The opening chapter about him is lyrical and idyllic. Then we find he has been murdered.

In his house Dante's Purgatorio is open at Canto XXX: this is the 8th Circle, 10th Bolgia, the place of false witnesses, wicked impersonators, and counterfeiters.

Appleby and his friend Ambrose Heatherton, the archaeologist, discuss the case in their "customary place of refection." The crime appears entirely motiveless.

Clues leads to a library in Mecklenburg Square, replete with archaic denizens. We see a beautiful woman on a train reading Sir Walter Scott, and hear another passenger quoting Swinburne. In other words, there is every reason to think the essence of the mystery is literary.

Then abruptly the viewpoint shifts to the lady reading Scott and stays with her through the rest of the book, in a story about espionage, secrets, and wartime doings.

As I say, I was disappointed in the type of the story, but the writing is first rate, Appleby is his usual delightful self, and the story is good of its kind.

Hope this helps.

Great spy tale

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Secret Vanguard?

Just like The 39 Steps, this tale takes average people and throws them into a nest of German spys. What fun! I love Innes' Appleby books - you never know what you're going to get - murdering academics, the classic manor mystery, or a spy thriller. They are so much of their time and yet timeless.

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Title: Shadow Ops: Control Point

Author: Myke Cole

Narrator: Korey Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-12

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Myke Cole is an expert at ratcheting up suspense and delivering pulse-pounding adventure that leaves audiences breathless. In Shadow Ops: Control Point, the world has seemingly gone mad. People are waking up with magical powers, such as the ability to raise the dead or call forth storms. The only thing staving off a plunge into chaos is the Supernatural Operations Corps, headed by Oscar Britton. But when Oscar exhibits a power of his own, the hunter becomes the hunted.

Members Reviews:

Good story and premis

Was a fun listen and I enjoyed exploring this new universe Mike has created.

A couple of the characters were a little predictable (and tiresome at points) but looking forward to the next book!

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Title: Prester John

Author: John Buchan

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Three young truants from a church meeting on Sunday make their way to a seashore hideaway, where they observe a huge black man muttering incantations and performing weird rites. When the man discovers the children, he chases them with a knife. In defense, Davy Crawfurd flings a rock at him, and they narrowly escape.

Years later, young David Crawfurd goes to South Africa to make his fortune and is caught in the very heart of a great native uprising. Under strange circumstances, he comes face-to-face with its leader, only to recognize the strange blazing eyes of the black man he had encountered as a child on the beach. How David makes his fortune more quickly and more perilously than he had expected is told in this thrilling tale of adventure.

Members Reviews:

Prester John by John Buchan

If you want to learn how the British colonized South Africa, this is the book. If you want to learn how the native population may have viewed that colonization, you got it, this is the book. This book is about a Scottish immigrant who comes to South Africa and becomes involved in both situations. This book is a very active narrative that keeps the Scot on his feet, and then some, literally. Be prepared to try to understand the attitudes and customs of that time.

Amazing adventure!

From start to finish an amazing adventure! Historical fiction that has brought a mythical priest king Prester John into a story of the early 20 th century.

A rousing tale, by th'eternal, rousingly told

The tale speaks of the white man's duties to uplift and govern natives. If you can put a hold on the natural self-righteousness that you'll get while reading this gem, you'll find yourself dashing through a "story of glory."

It's as good an adventure yarn as you'll get anywhere: real men doing real deeds...some for love of tribe, some for love of country, some for love of gold.

I'd not heard of John Buchan before this, but I'm surely going to look for other works of his.

Five Stars

Gotta love reading John Buchan

Thoroughly enjoyed it! It was mandatory reading for our Grade ...

Thoroughly enjoyed it! It was mandatory reading for our Grade 9 class (60 years ago) and really brought back great memories.

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Titel: 24 Stunden (Mississippi 2)

Autor:: Greg Iles

Erzähler: Uve Teschner

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 12 hrs and 55 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-08-12

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

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Kritik Bewertungen:

Jeder neue Thriller von Greg Iles ist ein Ereignis. 24 Stunden ist sein bisher bestes Buch.

-- The Times

Iles liefert beste Unterhaltung und Hochspannung von Beginn an.

-- Krimi-Couch.de

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Title: The Two

Author: Will Carver

Narrator: Richard Aspel, Nicki Paull

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-12

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 89 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

They kill without mercy.

Disappear without trace.

They are The Two.

And now the stakes are raised once more for Detective January David. 5 lie dead, brutally murdered - the first taken on the night of Halloween and as autumn bleeds into winter more ritualistic murders are discovered. January must battle his demons, for in his mind lies the clue to stopping a ruthless murderer. But his worst nightmares have literally come true when he discovers there's not one, but two twisted killers on the loose.

Members Reviews:

Too Confusing

I had a lot of trouble getting into this book. In fact, I had listened to the first 2 1/2 hours and then put it aside for a while because I couldn't get into it. Then when I decided to try it again I had to start from the very beginning since I couldn't remember anything about it. At least the second time through I started to understand it a little better. This book might have been easier to read than to listen to because it took a lot of concentration to figure out what was going on and the formatting. In fact, I never did figure out a lot of it. It keeps jumping back and forth between all these different characters. You would hear about something from one person's view and then the same situation from the other person's view. Sometimes it even seemed like some of the chapters might have been out of order. My mind kept drifting and I didn't care enough to go back and listen to what I might have missed. I just wanted to get to the end, which of course I didn't understand. Not the part where you finally find out what was going on, but the very end.

Considering the material I think the two narrators did a very good job.

Very difficult listen

What could Will Carver have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Tell the story in a more understandable way so that it could be followed.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Narration was clear and entertaining.

Any additional comments?

At multiple points while listening to this book I thought someone had put chapters together in the wrong order. The book/plot was very convoluted and confusing. I continued to listen to all of it to try to understand what they had done wrong. At the end I was convinced it wasn't their problem, it was the author's. Interesting idea but very poorly constructed!

Scattered Story

I'm not sure how I came across this book and decided to use one of my credits at Audible for it, but it is definitely not my cup of tea. I don't like the constant visions the detective is having. They are drawn out and unhelpful. I thought the description of the main character waking up after a long night and responding to a knock on his door while retching three times was especially annoying. This author is a talented wordsmith. He's just terrific in some of his descriptions of places and people. It's just that the premise is not one I buy into (visions, good and evil, etc.). The switching between the different characters is not clever. I don't find the view of the victim knowing that his/her death is going to occur moves the story along at all. The book is tedious.

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Title: The Zurich Conspiracy

Author: Bernadette Calonego

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

By the time she reaches her midthirties, Josefa Rehmers career is right on schedule. Her job as events planner for Loyn, an exclusive Zurich leather accessories company, has placed her on the fast track up the corporate ladder until the day Werner Schulmann walks back into her life. Schulmanns sexual harassment years before nearly derailed her ambitions; now that he is her new supervisor, Josefa doubts shell escape a second time. Unable to stomach the thought of working for such a man, she resigns, hoping to salvage her career before things get ugly. But when Schulmann is murdered and Loyns CEO commits suicide, Josefa begins to suspect that something much worse than sexual impropriety was plaguing her former company. Caught in a complex and dangerous web of blackmail, corporate espionage, and murder, Josefa realizes it isnt just her career on the line its her life.

Members Reviews:

"A pretty good mystery novel"

Bernadette Calonego is a native of Switzerland raised in the German-speaking part of the country. She obtained a teaching diploma from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland majoring in German, French and English literature. She worked for a time as a reporter-editor for Reuters news service in Zurich assigned to the financial desk, and it was from this experience that inspired her to write "The Zurich Conspiracy".

Calonego's mystery/murder novel is born of a very complex plot, taking its intrigue from the nefarious behind the scenes maneuverings of the rich and powerful of a high image corporate machine. Everyone is scratching and clawing to get to the top, and some don't care what it takes to get there. Calonego draws upon a considerable number of characters in her work and that throws certain confusion into the soup that successfully keeps the reader pondering the connections. The heroine of the story, Josefa Rehmer, steadfastly progresses the reader through the anonymous narrated mystery step by step until the final conclusion.

This was a pretty engaging murder/mystery conspiracy type theme, well written, and as mentioned, rather complex in its character devices. It was a bit anti-climatic at the conclusion and somewhat puzzling too. Because of the intricate weaving that Calonego does with her characters, it takes a bit more than casual attention to understand the full interplay; I felt like I needed to read it again to clear up some of my lost connections. I will have to admit that I never did fully figure out the end, there seemed to be some motivation missing to explain it. One other trouble I had was visualizing Frau Rehmer. I know this was a translation, but the German to English translation left me somewhat perplexed. I just couldn't come to grips with a female named Josefa; it just didn't conjure up an image of someone feminine - I kept thinking of Ruth Buzzi's character in the old Rowan & Martin Laugh-In TV series.

All in all this was a good mystery-murder novel steeped with intrigue, and I would recommend you add it to your reading list. I would rate it pleasurable, not particularly memorable but pretty good just the same.

I enjoyed the various places in Switzerland because I had been ...

Bernadette Calonego has produced a very interesting book, but, for my taste she has spread the story

a little thin in that there seem to be too many people to cover in the mystery.

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Title: Mighty and Strong

Subtitle: Righteous Series, Book 2

Author: Michael Wallace

Narrator: Arielle DeLisle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Its not every man whose wife criticizes his fidelity, but Jacob Christianson hasnt exactly led a typical life. Raised in a conservative polygamous sect, Jacob has struggled for years to reconcile his faith with his skepticism about the fundamentalist practices of his community. Not so long ago that conflict helped Jacob to combat a dangerous faction of his own church. Now it has brought the FBI to his door, seeking help to infiltrate a millennialist cult suspected of plotting to kill a US senator.

When the FBI ignores Jacobs warnings, it sparks a dramatic standoff with the cultists, leaving Jacob and his family caught squarely in the middle. Tense and engaging, Mighty and Strong is a page-turning foray into the world of religious extremists, culminating in a thrilling battle for supremacy that will leave no one unscathed.

Members Reviews:

Listen to this one, it's something differenet!

Jacob is a resident at a hospital with a wife and 3 children. But Jacob has a secret, he comes from a polygamist family. Jacob does not hold the same beliefs. And then the F.B.I. comes calling for his help. He agrees do become an informant. While doing his civic duty, his wife gets thrown out on the streets, the senator is after his(Jacob) family. Now Jacob has to pick up the pieces of his life.

The story is about Mormon polygamists, Mormon non- polygamists, a murder, and a man calling himself a prophet. The narrator did a good job with the story. The book was suspenseful, and educational. If your looking for something different, I suggest the Might and Strong.

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Title: The Fan Club

Author: Irving Wallace

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-31-12

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Four men obsessed with actress Sharon Fields meet in a bar one night and are soon planning her abduction. She is raped by three of the men and then forced to write a plea for ransom to her movie studio. She manges to communicate her location in the note and in the rescue, the three rapists are killed. The fourth man escapes and is soon planning a new fan club for another actress.

Members Reviews:

decent pastime book

decent book, very graphic & not for the faint heart. Not my style but it wasn't a bad book.

this story makes no sense.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

no. the book was entertaining but it really was quite silly.

What was most disappointing about Irving Wallaces story?

this author expects you to listen to 4 really supid egotistical men who kidnap a movie star, then one of the dumbbells gets away and just goes home.

Which character as performed by Eric G. Dove was your favorite?

the mechanic was done very well as was the milktoast and the insurance salesman.

Was The Fan Club worth the listening time?

it had potential to be a great book. either a really thriller or a funny book. these kidnappers had a very low iq.

the sex was boriing and should have been cut a lot shorter in the story.

it was a strange book.

Any additional comments?

i thouhgt it was going to be a thriller. at first i thought it was a comedy but in the end i am not sure what it was.

Irving Wallace - a Master in character development

If you could sum up The Fan Club in three words, what would they be?

incredible detail, unforgettable

What other book might you compare The Fan Club to and why?

Although I can't come up with a similarly - themed book that has this kind of character development which comparable to the great Russian authors of the 1800's. The theme is definitely "be careful what you wish for, the wish may come true." Crime and Punishment might be a good book to compare this to, not for a parallel theme, but for the way you can't let go of thinking about it once you have committed yourself to listen. It is long, but if you listen to it you will not forget it.

I read this book when it came out in the 70's and I never forgot how powerful this novel was - maybe because of the subject, but I think mostly because of the way it was written.

I think Irving Wallace was one of the best writers to come out of the 1900's.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Sharon Fields shoots the rapist, that decides to kill her, in the nuts,

even though he is dying with a knife in his back.

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

be careful what you wish for, the wish may come true

Any additional comments?

I noticed that this novel received only a couple of reviews and they were average at best. If you have never heard of this author or did not finish listening to the complete

book, I would recommend checking them both out again.

Also, I am a male in his 50's, so I remember when we had female actresses that were iconic. Remember this book was written before aids, breast implants, etc.

Bob Hope would bring the iconic beauties to visit and perform before the troops overseas. Although this story, of course, takes this adoration for these women

to an extreme, Irving Wallace masterfully wrote what could have actually happened.

A female may look at this story completely different than a male.

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Title: Alpha

Author: Greg Rucka

Narrator: Rob Shapiro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-12

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By day's end they will wonder if they will be able to escape with their lives.

Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan "Jad" Bell, is Wilsonville's lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse.

Trained since the age of 17 to save innocent victims from impossible hostage situations, Jad scrambles to assess the threat and protect the visitors. He will come face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way - and presents a threat Jad may not be able to stop.

Members Reviews:

Rucka Grabs You On Page One And Never Lets Go

Greg Rucka is one of the most creative and readable authors working today. His stand alones are often great and I love his Atticus Kodiak series--which are too infrequent for my desires. But in "Alpha", Rucka is apparently debuting a new series character named "Jad" Bell, former Delta, who now hires out for cause and country. Based on this initial effort, Bell is a character well worth watching (reading) in that he is highly trained, intuitive, conflicted with a still unclear back story, and very deadly. He leads a team of four former co-warriors, each with skills and training that make them a most formidable foe.

Rucka has a knack for seizing on some element of everyday life around which to build his thrillers and in "Alpha", that practice is continued as Wilsonville, the world's largest theme park located in Southern California--think Disneyland on steroids--comes under an apparent terrorist attack. Jad Bell along with one of his team members is working undercover in the park as secret governmental leaders are covering several theme parks as possible targets for a rumored terrorist attack. A sleeper agent has been "awakened" to plant a dirty bomb in Wilsonville at the height of summer attendance, capture some hostages, and issue vague demands for release of world terrorist prisoners. But as Bell springs into action, he wonders if this is the real end game or if something even more sinister is afoot?

Oh, and you want complications? How about the fact that Bell's former wife, their hearing impaired daughter, and her deaf classmates are in the park and become hostages by the terrorists. The evolution of Bell's character as this deadly warrior has to deal with familial roadblocks is fascinating reading. Another complication is the question of who is financing this enterprise and who, on the inside, is actually a part of the scheme? Rucka employs twists, double crosses, and sleight of hand to keep readers wondering who really is who they say they are and who really trusts whom--among both the good guys and the bad guys. With continual impressive chess-like maneuvering between Bell and his deadly antagonist, readers must speculate as to who will ultimately survive on both sides of this conflict.

Rucka is an adept story teller who employs tight plotting and fast precise pacing to build a sense of relentless suspense and tension. His knowledge of weaponry and military tactics and strategy gives a level of authenticity to his books as does his highly believable dialogue and characterizations.