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Title: Lifeguard

Author: James Patterson, Andrew Gross

Narrator: Garrick Hagon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-12

Publisher: Headline Digital

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A hot and dangerous thriller from James Patterson. Ned Kelly has the perfect job - working for an easy-going boss at his luxurious mansion by the sun-kissed beach, watching beautiful women walk by. The perfect girl. Tess - gorgeous, funny, apparently very rich and crazy for him. The perfect score. Five million up for grabs. And to get his share, all he needs to do is trigger three house alarms to throw the cops off the scent of the real robbery. Could things get any better for Ned? But things don't go according to plan. And when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. With danger at every twist and turn, he's running for his life.

Members Reviews:

Meh!

I have read a few Patterson novels and considered him a good thriller writer. I was disappointed with Lifeguard. This book felt like a PG-13 thriller movie. It was just a little too 'amazing' and ridiculously predictable how everything lined up. For me, this was a book where I got just deep enough into it when I realized it was a bad read that I felt obligated to finish the story. It was a painful event. I should have stopped when I realized I didn't like it.

and then more crap hits the fan

You think everything is going to work out for the main character, and then more crap hits the fan. Normally James Patterson with a guest author are either hit or miss. This one was a hit. I finished in 2 days and felt myself trying to think ahead.

A really different Patterson.

Had more than one mystery going at once..kept you turning pages!! A typical Patterson! Something different every time you think you have it figured out.

Unexpectedly good

Interesting throughout the book, Interesting characters, suspenseful, good and bad guys galore including police officers, FBI among them. I liked the ending best

Another Patterson Hit

This is a quick, fun read -- perfect for vacation. Patterson never fails to entertain.

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Title: The Quickie

Author: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Narrator: Lorelei King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-12

Publisher: Headline Digital

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Murder never felt so good. When Lauren Stillwell sees her husband with another woman, her perfect world is destroyed. His betrayal turns her into a woman lusting for revenge. It was supposed to be a way to even the score. But Lauren's one night stand takes a shocking turn, and she witnesses an unbelievable crime. She's left torn between uncovering the truth and her fear that the truth may be unbearable. But either choice could cost her everything - even her life.

From the man the Sunday Telegraph called "the master of the suspense genre" comes a story of desires, secrets, and consequences that will have your heart pounding until the end.

Members Reviews:

Those who like suspense and a lot of plot

First off let me say that I am a James Patterson fan, but despite that fact this book was excellent. It is definitely a suspense thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. I think what I like the most about it is the way in which the story is told from the begining of the novel. It is as if the introduction is laid before you piece by piece in such a unique format that it draws you in from the very begining. Definitely a great fun fiction book to read.

Wow what a great story

I enjoyed this audio book from start to finish. Great story line, reverting experience,

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Title: The Lake House

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: Adam Sims

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-12

Publisher: Headline Digital

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Lake House is an unputdownable thriller from James Patterson that will chill your spine even as your imagination soars above the clouds.

Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when she and FBI maverick Kit Brennan rescued six incredible winged children from the school that created them. Now the young flock wants to go back to the couple, and Frannie and Kit are suing for custody. But when the case involves the most extraordinary creatures ever to land on this earth, someone will ensure there is no happy ending.

Only Max, the most remarkable of the children, knows that another, terrifying biological experiment is taking place in the labs of a brilliant but evil surgeon, Dr Ethan Kane. But to complete his experiment he needs the ultimate prize - Max herself. And as the children dream of returning to the happy safety of the lake house, where for a few precious months they flew free, Kane moves ever closer....

Members Reviews:

Love this story

Great story, very imaginative. Love anything by James Patterson

Found the audio book would skip words or sentences here or there though, which was rather disappointing

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Title: Snip

Subtitle: A Jack Vu Mystery, Book 3

Author: Doc Macomber

Narrator: Jerry Lyden, Giz Coughlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-12

Publisher: Floating Word Press

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The female corpse snagged along the Mississippi riverbank wasnt the only life that washed ashore that year. Throughout the South, Hurricane Katrina had inflicted death and destruction as quickly as a serpents strike.

In this third Jack Vu mystery, Air Force Investigator Jack Vu finds himself displaced by Katrina, along with countless others. He has lost his home, a boat christened The Arctic Wing", which had provided him solitude and solace on the water, much like the Mekong Delta of his youth. Forced to now live in an overcrowded barracks, Jack actually looks forward to investigating the apparent suicide of a female Air Force officer in Louisville, Kentucky because it affords him a clean private hotel room.

One death soon becomes two, and Vu finds himself partnered with Big Easy cops Dorene Gates and Bruce Hill, one of whom is being held for murder (implicated by a delicate snip of pubic hair) and the other who is bunking in with the reluctant investigator.

Louisvilles Southern justice and dark past come back to haunt its residents. From a Mississippi riverbank, to historic Churchill Downs, Jack must tread carefully through tainted jockeys, bantering musicians, and even a quirky Elvis impersonator in order to uncover their secrets. Social classes collide, proud residents protect their own, and some secrets are best taken to the grave.

Critic Reviews:

"An intriguing read that will hold your attention as investigators come up against dead ends and lies...where people aren't always what they seem. A fun read and something different by a talented author." (Murder and Mayhem)

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Title: Necessary as Blood

Author: Deborah Crombie

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-12

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Can someone really disappear without a trace? Artist and young mother Sandra Gilles disappears without trace after leaving her three-year-old daughter, Charlotte, with a friend. Her lawyer husband, Naz Malik, is devastated - but he's also the prime suspect in a murder investigation. When Naz vanishes shortly afterwards, Gemma James and her partner Superintendent Duncan Kincaid agree to work together to solve the case before the murderer can get his hands on the real prize; Charlotte....

Members Reviews:

A disappointment all the way.

Would you try another book written by Deborah Crombie or narrated by Jenny Sterlin?

Absolutely no to both questions.

What was most disappointing about Deborah Crombies story?

Hard to say. I only kept on for an hour.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jenny Sterlin?

Tony Britton or Michael Jayston or Harriet Walter or John Keeble ...

What character would you cut from Necessary as Blood?

Hard to tell. They were all unreal.

Any additional comments?

She should not have written it,

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Title: Beat Until Stiff

Author: Claire M. Johnson

Narrator: Christine Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Pastry chef Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the American Fare, San Franciscos hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. Then, arriving at work very early one day, she discovers a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The ensuing investigation soon exposes all of the dirty secrets that the food industry would like to keep hidden - philandering chefs, illegal aliens, and subsistence-level pay scales. Events begin to spiral and in time take out the restaurants celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme.

Critic Reviews:

Highly recommended! (Midwest Book Review)

Johnson's delicious debutmixes an unglamorized, behind-the-scenes view of the upscale restaurant trade with a plot replete with well-timed shocksThe down-to-earth Mary, with her keen sense of humor, casts a sharp eye on the novels flashier characters...The restaurant business - its food, financing, and philosophy - is here in all its complexity for discriminating mystery palates. (Publishers Weekly)

Not since Nero Wolfe and Faith Fairchild have mystery and food been yoked together so well as they are now in Claire M. Johnson'sBeat Until Stiff. An authentic and fast-paced mystery novel. (John McAleer,Edgar-winning author)

Members Reviews:

enjoyable series debut

Mary Ryan is a bitter pastry chef at an upscale restaurant when she finds the body of one of the kitchen workers stuffed in a laundry bag. Worried that her detective ex-husband will get the case, Mary's relieved to find the detective in charge is the ex's partner -- for a while. As Mary investigates the people involved, we are treated to the dirty secrets behind the scenes of a successful restaurant, from illegal workers all the way up to prima donna chefs and crooked managers. This is a good mystery and Mary is an interesting protagonist. I look forward to others in the series.

Entertaining read

The fascinating thing about this book was the setting. The high-end restaurant industry serves as the back-drop for the story. The author pulls in the illegal immigrant issue, restaurant politics, and a cadre of interesting twists. The story moves right along, and I was interested in both the story line and the main character from the beginning, even though she does a couple of stupid things that were probably author convince to advance then story.

Deft writing, interesting milieu, good characters

I enjoyed this tremendously, it was a great read and just what I needed to take my mind off my broken foot, including 6 hours in the emergency room. I liked the protagonist, but also her mother, her friends, even some of her enemies. The action scenes and background and pauses for contemplation all worked for me, I didn't guess the murderer, which was good. San Francisco and Berkeley are expertly portrayed, and I'll never go out to a nice restaurant around here without thinking of this book!

thoroughly enjoyed

A great book set in San Francisco. I felt I was there with Mary. Would highly recommend this book. Read

What a charming book!

I am truly surprised that this was the author's first book. I read a lot and can usually tell when its a first try. I really enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting. I hope she writes more!

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Title: Four Below

Subtitle: A Detective Inspector McLusky Investigation, Book 2

Author: Peter Helton

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-12

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

DI McLusky has settled into his new job in Bristol, but the severe freeze shows an unfamiliar side to the city. After the conviction of a drug baron earlier in the year, a new kingpin secures the hub of drug crime in Bristol. But how secure is he? A series of seemingly unconnected murders, accidents, and dying drug users slowly reveal the web of violence.

Narrow strips of a cut-up photograph arriving piecemeal at the Bristol Herald's offices may hold vital clues, but will the completed puzzle reach McLusky in time to prevent more deaths? The private lives of both McLusky and his rival DI Kat Fairfield take unexpected turns also, making the atmosphere at Albany Road station icier still.

Members Reviews:

An entertaining read.

McLusky is getting used to his transfer to Bristol, but now he and his officers have a big problem. Drug addicts are turning up dead, and the culprit is heroin which has been contaminated, some of it with anthrax virus. The police must track down this heroin before more people are killed. In the meantime, a few other people have also been murdered who turn out to be connected on the drug dealer side of the equasion. The police must find the connection between these people, and connect it to the tainted heroin. Its a good book with a somewhat irritating McLusky, always going his own way, and a narrator who reads at a very slow pace. He does read well, though, and there are some extremely humorous, (dry humor, my favorite kind) points in the book.

Good read!

Well written book. I actually experienced the freezing weather described by the author. Loved the ending!

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Title: Dead to Me

Subtitle: A Scott and Bailey novel

Author: Cath Staincliffe

Narrator: Julia Barrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-12

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A daughter's death. A teenage girl is found, brutally murdered in her squalid flat. A mother's love. Her mother is devastated. She gave her child up to the care system, only to lose her again, and is convinced that the drug-pusher boyfriend is to blame. Two ordinary women, one extraordinary job. DC Rachel Bailey has dragged herself up from a deprived childhood and joined the Manchester Police. Rachel's boss thinks her new recruit has bags of raw talent but straight-laced DC Janet Scott, her reluctant partner, has doubts. Together Scott and Bailey must hunt a killer, but a life fighting crime can be no life at all...A prequel to the hit TV series Scott and Bailey, and a chillingly authentic story of murder and hunting killers on the mean streets of Manchester.

Members Reviews:

Write a sequel!

What made the experience of listening to Dead to Me the most enjoyable?

The character sparkle with real life. You feel for the characters and want justice.

What did you like best about this story?

There was the murder story and the story of the 3 women police officers both keep your interest.

Superbly read!

Great story and easy to follow even if your not a fan of Scott & Bailey. Read fantasticly by Julia Barrie it keeps you enthralled from start to finish.

Three and a half stars!

I love Cath Staincliffe's novels and I love her writing for radio and TV. I am also a huge Scott and Bailey fan and love the Manchester setting and references. This novel is OK but rather disapponting. It is a prequel to the TV series and fulfils this purpose very well. It gives a good insight into the backgrounds of Janet, Rachel and Jill and the relationships between them. However the actual crime story moves along far too slowly and the concentration on the lives and backgrounds of Scott and Bailey is at the

expense of the plot. I would give this 4 stars for the narration, writing and my love of Manchester and the characters. However it gets 3 stars for the pace and plot !

suspense keeps you on your toes till the end

Where does Dead to Me rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Kept me hooked to the end. Couldn't wait for the next chapter ( limited myself to 3 chapters a day) would listen to it again and again. One of the best listens for me.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Dead to Me?

One of the best moments was when Jill took revenge on her two timing husband I laughed all day.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

the scene I most enjoyed would give away the ending as I was sooooo wrong about the culprit.

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

I wish I could have listened to it all in one go but time would not have allowed it.

Any additional comments?

I thought the lady doing the reading had the characters off to a perfect T

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Title: Skeleton Picnic

Subtitle: A J. D. Books Mystery

Author: Michael Norman

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Rolly and Abigail Rogers, residents of Kanab, Utah, come from a long line of dedicated pot hunters who scour the desert Southwest in search of valuable antiquities. When the couple fails to return from a weekend skeleton picnic, a pot-hunting trip, along the desolate Arizona Strip, local Sheriff Charley Sutter enlists the help of J. D. Books, law-enforcement ranger with the Bureau of Land Management.

When Books searches the missing couples home for clues about their disappearance, he discovers that the house has been burglarized and a valuable collection of ancient Anasazi and Fremont Indian antiquities has been stolen. Soon a search-and-rescue operation finds the Rogers truck and trailer at an abandoned campsite near an ancient Anasazi ruin that has been recently excavated. The evidence there leads Books to conclude that Rolly and Abigail were overpowered by a group of assailants.

Sheriff Sutter assigns an attractive young deputy, Beth Tanner, to investigate the burglary of the Rogers home under the watchful eye of Books. Together they track some of the stolen property to a pawn shop in the nearby town of St. George and, ultimately, to a young Navajo man with a criminal record and a serious drug problem. Keeping this man alive long enough to make him talk, however, proves difficult.

Books and Tanner soon learn of a shadowy group of armed Indian police who patrol vast areas of tribal and federal lands in search of anyone desecrating ancient Native American burial sites. They also discover other unsolved disappearances in the region. Could the disappearance of the Rogers and others be the responsibility of this group?

As Books and Tanner close in on those responsible, Books own survival skills will be tested when he is unwittingly drawn into a remote part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. There, he is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse, in which the hunter becomes the hunted and only one person gets to go home alive.

Members Reviews:

Sloppy editing detracts

Generally, I liked this book; however the lack of competent copy-editing was a significant distraction. In the first chapter, a couple named âRogersâ leave their home late FRIDAY afternoon to go pot hunting. Several chapters later, itâs said they left late SATURDAY afternoon. Not a little thing when each chapter begins with a different day. Clearly, timing is essential to the story. Next, is it the Rogers or the Rogerses? The author switches back and forth. Stick with Rogers. Also, the phrase is âdecibel levelâ, not âdecimal level.â And U.S. magistrate judges donât set cash bail. Thatâs not done in the federal system. Little things, but they detract from what seems like a good read.

Good book and a fairly accurate description of what a ...

Good book and a fairly accurate description of what a BLM Ranger does. I would like to see more books by Michael Norman with his character J.D. Books. This also accurately showed the problems with archaeological theft and vandalism and how it has been an accepted practice by many generations for a long time. It also highlighted the commercial value of these artifacts and the lengths people are willing to go to market and procure them. Some of JD Book's actions are questionable, and his savvy and law enforcement experience certainly didn't kick in for his final actions that he took.

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Title: A Secret Rage

Author: Charlaine Harris

Narrator: Johanna Parker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-29-12

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

After a modeling stint in New York, Nickie Callahan returns to Tennessee hoping to enjoy the sweet, easy life as a college roommate to her best friend. But then a sexual predator strikes close to home, victimising women in a string of vicious attacks. Desperate to stop the brutality, Nickie casts a suspicious eye at every man she knows. She soon narrows her list down to 10 suspects - and then takes matters into her own hands.

Members Reviews:

A different Charlaine Harris

Would you listen to A Secret Rage again? Why?

Yes because I found it to be an engrossing story

What about Johanna Parker???s performance did you like?

Johanna always gets you into the feelings of the story-teller & you get really involved

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

Yes

Any additional comments?

Charlaine Harris has proved again that her story telling is not confined to a certain style. I have read many of her books not only the Sookie Stackhouse & always find them involving

Loved It

Any additional comments?

Great narration. I like to list this first as it can make or break a story.

Loved this story. Easy listerning and very entertaining. Will be impatiently waiting for any new books in audio from this author.

I really enjoy it when readers with similar reading interests list their favourite authors and series. It really helps me find new authors too follow. Mine are Charlaine Harris, Jeaniene Frost, Jennifer Estep, Faith Hunter, Molly Harper, Ilona Andrews, Kresley Cole, Deborah Harkness, Nalini Singh, Coreene Callahan and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Happy Reading

Very different from other Charlaine Harris books

What did you like most about A Secret Rage?

Although I have loved all the character based series, I really enjoyed this one-off character and, even though it was so removed from what I have grown to expect, I still thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

loved it

What did you like most about A Secret Rage?

Interesting story, great narrator

What did you like best about this story?

Easy to follow but not boring, kept me hooked

What does Johanna Parker bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

Really liked the narration, took you to the place and made it easier to picture the people

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

Nope, nothing so dramatic, just made me contented