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Title: Five Pieces of Jade

Subtitle: Virgil Tibbs, Book 4

Author: John Ball

Narrator: Dion Graham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Who murdered the importer? Was it Yumeko, the beautiful half-black, half-Japanese girl who lived with him? Johnny Wu, a rich Chinese American? Another customer? Or a political enemy from overseas?

Homicide detective Virgil Tibbs finds himself in the middle of a deadly situation involving hard drugs, Communist Chinese agents, and the exotic settings of the jade trade as he coolly tracks down the murderer.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable Read about the Issues of the time....

My first exposure to John Ball was the movie "In the Heat of the Night" starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. I thought it was an excellent movie so when I saw the book on sale for $4.49 with Amazon I read it. Of course, now it's $3.99. I enjoyed the way John Ball dealt with hot issues of the sixties. So, I got a few other books by John Ball.

"Five Pieces of Jade" is a Virgil Tibbs mystery that has issues involving a mixed race, black/Japanese, woman as well as issues for blacks in the 60s and early 70s. I was amused at his use of words, like negro and oriental, that would get him tarred and feathered by the PC Police now.

The book was well written and I enjoyed it. Of course, I'm also old enough to remember the 60s.

Good Read!

This read still stimulates the imagination but was somewhat more difficult to stay with. Still a very good read! Enjoy!

Another great Virgill Tibbs novel - once I have read the ...

Another great Virgill Tibbs novel - once I have read the first one, I just had to read the rest!

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Title: 79 Park Avenue

Author: Harold Robbins

Narrator: Julia Duvall, Rick Slade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of The New York Times number-one best-selling novel The Carpetbaggers comes a story of a tragic love triangle between Marja Fluudjincki (aka Maryann Flood), an ambitious and sensual young woman from the slums who is forced into prostitution but reinvents herself as an elegant Park Avenue madam; Mike Keyes, a hardworking, honest man who works his way up to assistant district attorney and is the only man Marja ever loved; and Ross Drego, who introduces her to money and the gambler's world of Joker Martin, and is willing to pay any price for her. And does.

79 Park Avenue starts on the seedy streets of inner New York City and ends on luxurious Park Avenue. Over time Marja claws her way from street urchin to stripper, ultimately becoming the madam of a Mob-owned pleasure empire. Marja--now known as Maryann--provides access to the city's most exciting and sensual escorts. But when Maryann runs afoul of the law, endangering her empire and angering the Mob, she must face an ambitious prosecutor who stands to benefit by bringing down the call-girl ring. However, unbeknownst to the indefatigable ADA Mike Keyes, fate has dealt him a devastating blow. The madam he's been chasing, Maryann Flood, is none other than the love of his life who has repeatedly broken his heart, Marja Fluudjincki. Does he set aside his personal feelings for the sake of justice or fall under Maryann's seductive spell, betraying his life's work? Knowing that Maryann is unafraid to use seduction to get what she wants, will Mike fall prey to her charm and violate his solid sense of justice?

Harold Robbins presents a vision of post-WWII New York that is as common now in shows like Revenge as it was then--a stark reminder that corruption, greed, and vengeance are timeless.

Members Reviews:

A great read..typical Robbins

Would you consider the audio edition of 79 Park Avenue to be better than the print version?

Yes

What did you like best about this story?

A good story well read. Had you gripped and wanting to know what could happen next

What about Julia Duvall and Rick Slade s performance did you like?

Great use of voices/accents. Nice to have two people read rather than just the one

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

No

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Title: Book of Numbers

Author: Joshua Cohen

Narrator: Kirby Heybourne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-15

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When the enigmatic billionaire founder and CEO of Tetration, the world's most powerful tech company, is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he hires a failed novelist, Josh Cohen, to ghostwrite his memoirs. This tech mogul, known only as "Principal", takes Josh deep into his own mind, and outlines the history of Tetration, which started by revolutionizing the search engine and later ventured into smartphones, computer manufacturing, and the surveillance of American citizens.

Accompanying Josh on a mind-bending world tour of local Tetration offices, from Palo Alto to Dubai, Principal soon initiates Josh into the secret pretext of the autobiography project, and the life-or-death stakes that surround its publication.

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Title: The Ghosts of Altona

Author: Craig Russell

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-15

Publisher: Quercus

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Jan Fabel is a haunted man.Head of the Polizei Hamburg's Murder Commission, Fabel has dealt with the dead for nearly two decades, but when a routine enquiry becomes a life-threatening - and life-changing - experience, he finds himself on much closer terms with death than ever before.

Two years later Fabel's first case at the Murder Commission comes back to haunt him: Monika Krone's body is found at last, 15 years after she went missing. Monika - ethereally beautiful, intelligent, cruel - was the centre of a group of students obsessed with the gothic.

Fabel reopens the case. What happened that night when Monika left a party and disappeared into thin air?When men involved with Monika start turning up dead, Fabel realizes he is looking for a killer with both a hunger for revenge and a taste for the gothic.

What he doesn't know is that someone has been aiding and grooming a deranged escapee as his own personal tool for revenge. A truly gothic monster to be let loose on the world.

Critic Reviews:

"Russell scores highly with his atmospheric portrayal of Hamburg and its dark river Elbe, as well as with the intelligence of his plots." (The Times)

"Craig Russell is a great writer." (Peter James)

Members Reviews:

Disappointing instalment in the Fabel series

The narration of this book contained some very strange pronunciations, stumbles and slips: and I don't believe it was an issue of translation or adaptation. The odd one is tolerable, but there were enough here for it to become annoying. A disappointing lack of attention to the narration - whether in editing or direction - of this product.

In addition, it saddens me to say that this isn't the strongest instalment of the Fabel series. I was surprised at how unsubtle the ending was. While the Fabel books are quite dark, they usually have a level of sophistication and innovation that seemed to be missing from this particular story. It will still be a 'must read' for a Fabel completist, but I wouldn't readily recommend it to a casual reader.

missed Sean Barrett

really missed sean barret, my favourite narrator. really great listen otherwise. More jan fabel soon please Mr Russell

The ghost of a formerly decent writer

What disappointed you about The Ghosts of Altona?

I commented quite some time back that Craig Russell was was one of the best writers in this genre working today. Well not anymore based on this showing. The last book in the Jan Fabel series was also quite poor in my opinion but this book really did plumb the depths of unimaginative writing, poor plot construction with many strands poorly explained and terrible terrible ending. However, the cardinal sin is that the books big mystery was fairly obvious early into the book resulting in a long drawn out, unnecessary and poorly explained denouement.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

None

You didnt love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Any additional comments?

Lets hope that Craig Russell doesn't destroy the Lennox books the same way he destroyed this series of books.

Not one his next

The narrator got a fair amount of abuse from listeners, which I cannot understand at all.

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Title: Countdown to Killing Kurtis

Author: Lauren Rowe

Narrator: Lauren Rowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-29-15

Publisher: SoCoRo Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 81 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

I do love my husband. To death. I love him so much that I've waited a whole year (minus one day) for Killing Kurtis Day to arrive. Tomorrow it will finally be here and I'm giddy with anticipation.

Don't judge me, you don't know the whole story. I reckon that if you were in my shoes, you'd kill your husband, too.

This audiobook is recommended for listeners ages 18 and over due to some adult content and situations.

Members Reviews:

Outstanding!

What made the experience of listening to Countdown to Killing Kurtis the most enjoyable?

The narrator was hilarious! I read this in ebook format first, and laughed til I cried, but the audio is ten times better!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Buttercup, because she is so 'matter-of-fact' throughout the whole story, that she's going to kill her husband. Her euphemisms are downright hilarious!

Have you listened to any of Lauren Rowes other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I listened to the first book of the Club series. that was a dual-narration, and really good, too. Countdown is still my favorite, though.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but unfortunately life got in the way.

Any additional comments?

If you haven't read or listened to this book, do so immediately!

WOW!!! What a jaw dropping book!!!!

What did you love best about Countdown to Killing Kurtis?

I loved the whole story. It kept me on the edge of my seat pretty much the whole time. The caracters were very exciting and entertaining. The story line never trailed I loved all the Southern cliches and banter. I was continually surprised by the turns throughout the whole book. Just when you thought you knew what was next you so didin't. And what you thought about certain caracters didn't always hold true and sometimes they surprised you. I laughed, cried, or was thoroughly shocked through the whole book. There wasn't an emotoinless part in the whole book and I think I went through them all. So pyscological? Definitely! Thriller? Most Definitely!!

What did you like best about this story?

I like that I was always surprised by what happened in each chapter. I was surprised that I actually cried in parts of the book.

Which scene was your favorite?

To say I had a favorite scene would be a lie. Because the whole book was my favorite scene.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There were a few moments that really got to me throughout the whole book. Some made me laugh, sometimes hysterically. There were a couple that touched my heart and made me cry. And yes a couple that made me mad for certain characters or with certain ones. I won't be telling which because that would spoil it for other readers, NO SPOILERS HERE!!!

Any additional comments?

I think this book is in a class all by itself. I have never read anything like it. I would and have called it an "Adult Erotic Pyscological Thriller".

Loved!

Any additional comments?

I am a huge fan of Lauren Rowe's "The Club" series, so when she announced that she had a psychological thriller coming out, I knew I had to read it. I prefer to listen to audiobooks so that I can read while doing other things, so I was happy (and kind of annoyed on her behalf) when Lauren announced on Facebook that Audible was releasing Countdown to Killing Kurtis early, and purchased it right away.

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Title: Traitor's Gate

Author: Charlie Newton

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The drums of war beat amid global economic ruin. The skies, not the trenches, will decide the survivors. Rich men marshal their resources as all sides race to acquire 100-octane aviation gasoline, an unproven, unstable witches' brew that could fuel the fastest attack aircraft. In a brutal maze of corporate treason, personal blackmail, and imperfect heroism, a young, brilliant petroleum engineer battling the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma may hold the key.

Eight years ago in Jerusalem, schoolgirl Saba Hassouneh survived the murder of her family. Sentenced to the barbaric refugee camps, Saba is freed by a legendary Bedouin freedom-fighter. She embraces his life of a bandit/rebel, evolving into a fearsome Arab nationalist femme de guerre hunted by the colonial powers and religious mullahs. Saba has one mission: free her people.

An epic historical thriller from acclaimed author Charlie Newton, Traitor's Gate races toward the first shot of WWII. As the world's true rulers vie for dominion, two unlikely lovers collide. Their attraction is immediate, their goals opposite.

Members Reviews:

Excellent HIstorical Thriller

Traitor's Gate is an excellent historical thriller set in the period of the Nazi rise in Germany until early WWII. The two main characters are an oil engineer from Oklahoma and a Palestinian warrior woman. The settings vary from Palestine, several other Mideastern countries, and Oklahoma/Texas with the largest portion of the book being in the Canary Islands which are part of Spain although far west of the Spanish coast. The need of both England and Germany to get the aviation fuel needed to fight what became WWII.

The settings are mostly historically accurate from the Palestinian and Jewish forces seeking to drive England from the Palestinian territories, to the fight between Palestinians and Jews, to the collaboration of Henry Ford, Standard Oi, and other US interests with the German Nazis.

Luke Daniels does a superb job of narration.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Get hurt over and over again. So repetitive and predictable. Redundant and unbelievable themes. How many times do we get to hear

Redundant and repetitive over and over again. How many times do we get to hear the same themes and our hero and heroine getting hurt and almost dying?

Good Story - Not so for character development

I liked the historical context of this story but had to force my way through it. The caricatures of the protagonist and any one from Texas was almost comical if it were not so bad. The excessive cursing took away from the story making these characters seem incongruent with the story. The vernacular and excessive cursing seem to be a substitute to more developed effective writing. I just wasn't impressed with the writing of this story. I will pass on further work from this author.

Excellent story, very well told, great action.

Great pre WW2 historical fiction. the story is very well told and the action and suspense are excellently done. Full of intrigue and exotic settings.

Improbable but fun.

Good historic detail. Some unlikely coincidences but some great characters. Worth the listen to me.

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Title: Ambush

Subtitle: Bodyguard, Book 3

Author: Chris Bradford

Narrator: Simon Victor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In Africa only the strong survive.

Teenage martial arts expert Connor Reeves is tasked with protecting a foreign ambassador's family on safari.

Considered the perfect assignment, the holiday turns to hell when their convoy is ambushed by gunmen. Fleeing through the bush, Connor and his assigned family become the prey in a shoot-to-kill hunt across the African plains.

As they fight for their survival, Connor realizes the gunmen are the least of their problems. For no amount of bodyguard training can prepare him for the wilds of Africa and one prowling hungry leopard....

Members Reviews:

The best of the series so far

Great, fast paced action thriller and the best of the series so far!

Definitely not just for teenage boys.

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Title: Lash-Up

Subtitle: Larry Bond's First Team: Fatal Choices

Author: Larry Bond

Narrator: Victor Bevine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Larry Bond thrills again in Lash-Up, an explosive new novel.

In a bid to dominate Asia and the western Pacific, China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites. America has only a short amount of time to devise some way of protecting its remaining satellites or China will gain an enormous advantage in the coming conflict. The only way the satellites can be protected is from orbit, so an armed spacecraft must be quickly designed, built, and launched to fight on this new battlefield.

A team of soldier-scientists must construct a craft capable of knocking space weapons out of the sky. The fate of the United States rests on the shoulders of these determined people.

Members Reviews:

Very Good

Any additional comments?

This books title on Audible.com is misleading. This has nothing to do with the First Team Series or any other Series Larry Bond has written.

Just a matter of time.

Fiction for now but it Makes you wonder how long until it actually may happen.

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Title: Bad Wolf

Subtitle: Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 1

Author: Tim McGregor

Narrator: Bob Barton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-15

Publisher: Kemah Bay Marketing LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Detective Lara Mendes's hard work finally pays off when she gets the chance to join the homicide detail. There's only one catch; she has to partner up with a cop no one wants to work with.

John Gallagher is a veteran homicide detective who loves stomping bad guys and hates partners. When the Lieutenant saddles him with this green kid named Mendes, his first reaction is to ditch her but a call comes in about a body on the river bank and the rotation says they're up.

What they find are human remains, mutilated and partially devoured. Their investigation reveals a killer stalking the city with a pack of vicious, feral dogs. And the suspect believes he is a werewolf.

But this is Portland, where crazy bastards outnumber normal ones ten to one. Except there's another catch. The crazy werewolf guy? He isn't crazy...

Members Reviews:

A thrilling read.

Any additional comments?

Detective Lara Mendes is thrilled to be given the chance to be part of homicide. Though when she is partnered with the bad tempered John Gallagher she isn't too sure. Never the less, she throws herself into their first case, and it's quite a doozy. They are called to a scene where some kids came across a body partially eaten by dogs. But some of the wounds inflicted seem to be done by a human and some by a yet unidentified beast, thought to be a wolf. From then on, both John and Lara are thrown into an unbelievable situation.

This was such a great read and I'm glad I gave it a chance. I always love a good werewolf book but when you incorporate detectives, then it's just a win win situation.

Both characters were well written and developed. Lara was pretty kick ass and well able to handle herself, though I did like the fact that she was afraid of dogs because it brought her down to earth and made her more relatable. Then we have John. He was grouchy, bad tempered and rude most of the time but there is so much more to him. He hates seeing his partners hurt so is more abrupt with new ones. Mendes comes on the scene and then they are thrown into a horribly brutal case, he doesn't know what to do. I really liked the dynamics between both of them and seeing their relationship grow.

Plot wise. It was slow enough at the start but definitely not boring. There is so much to the story that at no stage does it feel like nothing is happening. The idea of the werewolf using a pack of dogs was, for me anyway, unique and a great touch. I loved finding out about the person behind the wolf too!! Won't go into details for fear of spoiling it though!!

In all this was a scarily addictive read. I started it and didn't want to take out the earplugs because I needed to see what happens next. It was a dark and delicious read and I can not wait to read (or listen) to the next book in the series. I really enjoyed it and think that the audio helped a lot with that!

While listening I could picture this as a movie. Everything played out so well in my head and that's thanks to the narrator. He did an amazing job with the wolf and with the characters. He gave each character their own voice and he was easy to listen to.

*I received a copy of this for review.

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Titre: Que ta volonté soit faite

Auteur: Maxime Chattam

Narrateur: Antoine Tomé

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 04-15-15

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Le Mal est-il un invariant de la condition humaine ou a-t-il, en chaque être, une généalogie singulière ? Sur son thème de prédilection, Maxime Chattam écrit un roman d'une noirceur inégalée jusqu'à son issue déconcertante mais pourtant d'une logique implacable.

Bienvenue à Carson Mills, petite bourgade du Midwest avec ses champs de coquelicots, ses forêts, ses maisons pimpantes, ses habitants qui se connaissent tous. Un véritable petit coin de paradis... S'il n'y avait Jon Petersen. Il est ce que l'humanité a fait de pire, même le Diable en a peur. Pourtant, un jour, vous croiserez son chemin. Et là... sans doute réveillera-t-il l'envie de tuer qui sommeille en vous.

Maxime Chattam nous manipule tout au long de ce récit troublant dont le dénouement, aussi inattendu que spectaculaire, constitue l'essence même du roman noir : la vérité et le crime.

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Avis des membres:

Four Stars

Beaucoup aimé