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Title: Starvation Lake

Subtitle: A Mystery

Author: Bryan Gruley

Narrator: Rich Orlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 55 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Bryan Gruley's debut mystery has received starred reviews from publications such as Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Disgraced reporter Gus Carpenter returns home to his small town and becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.

©2009 Bryan Gruley; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews:

"[Starvation Lake] deserves comparison with Dennis Lehane's Mystic River" (Booklist, starred review)

Members Reviews:

Wordy and slow

The plot and writing were tedious and dull.The plot is paper thin and padded with play hy play hockey games. Instead of tension, the author caused the cardboard characters to stutter endlessly. The only reason I hot through this was the outstanding narration.

Slow, juvenile and in desperate need of an editor

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I know that there's a story hidden in there somewhere but it's lost behind characters with no appeal, interminable and terrible descriptions of the game of hockey as well as a lousy narrator. While there is no reason to rush through the story, getting bogged down in this as well as detailed descriptions of how many ingredients are on each forkful of the narrator's egg pie is just too much. There is more flab in this writing that in a lawyer's letter.

Would you ever listen to anything by Bryan Gruley again?

I doubt it.

Would you be willing to try another one of Rich Orlows performances?

Perhaps.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Starvation Lake?

I would cut MOST of the juvenile descriptions of hockey, in part because they are written by someone who has no feel for the game and in part because they add nothing to the story.

Good tale, mediocre reader.

It's a great tale, unfortunately the reader seemed very slow - didn't really fit with my personal taste in readers. There would be extremely long (almost painful) pauses in between dialog occasionally. It was a little strange. But it's a great story.

I tried and tried...

I understood that this novel had won an Edgar award - and they rarely let me down. I tried four times to get involved with this story and I never even finished the first part of the tape. It is very focused on hockey, too. That probably only annoyed me because I was so bored.

Dumb as a hockey puck

Far too much high school hockey "glory years" and if you write mystery I would expect that you would have some knowledge of criminal law, police procedures, misdemeanors versus felonies, warrants & do you think police have time & resources to have roadblocks & manhunts for insignificant misdemeanors? Purloining telephone messages?

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Title: Hell's Gate

Author: Stephen Frey

Narrator: Erik Steele

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

As Hunter follows his instincts, Montana becomes a crucible where good and evil collide -- and where one man, running from his past, takes on the burden of exposing the guilty while saving himself and those he cares about most from the greatest danger they have ever faced.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyed...but

I listen to audio books constantly in the car and have always enjoyed Stephen Frey's work.

Hell's Gate was a good listen. I feel the author spent a great deal of time in parts 1 & 2 developing and laying out the story but to wrap it up so quick in part 3 was disappointing. I still really enjoyed Hell's Gate but so much occurs so quickly in part 3 I would have liked to have more detail.

Perhaps I'm just upset the book is over so listen for yourself.

The story moves along with good descriptions

What did you like best about this story?

I grew up in Montana and liked the descriptions, although Frey was a bit loose with things like where Hell's Gate actually is: Missoula. The fire danger and the hyperbole of the stereotypic Montana personality were fun.

Any additional comments?

I've enjoyed several other books from Stephen Frey and expect the same people who liked The Chairman series would also like this. His descriptions of characters has a familiar feel. An early editing blunder was a little distracting using guilty/not guilty (trying to avoid a small spoiler) rather than plaintiff/defendant in a civil case.

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Title: Blood Memory

Author: Margaret Coel

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

. Investigative reporter Catherine McLeod has been covering the local Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes' case to reclaim 27 million acres of land, but after barely surviving an assassination attempt, she decides to lie low for a while. Yet Catherine's persistence in covering the story soon leads her to uncover a startling conspiracy - and some eye-opening truths about her own heritage.

Members Reviews:

Still hoping to hear something likeable....

I find no range of emotion in this story, well into Part 1. There is a constant need to escape, being alone in fear, continual terror. I love Margaret Coel's books, as you meet many interesting characters and there are wonderful moments as well as terrors. There's little character development and a constant chase. I'm not impressed so far. Am re-listening to this title. No wonder I didn't remember it from a year ago when I bought it!

Have listened to this several times

Great book her best. And the reader is good. My only complaint the forever churning stomach. But really enjoyed it.

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Title: The Red Scream

Author: Mary Willis Walker

Narrator: Anna Fields

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

But suddenly, she's being strongly discouraged by her boss at the Lone Star Monthly and by Charlie McFarland, the millionaire real-estate developer whose first wife, Tiny, was Bronk's most famous victim - and the only one whose murder is a capital offense.

Then Molly starts to receive dark hints that Louie may not have killed Tiny after all. There is another murder following Louis's M.O., one he could not have committed. The veracity of Molly's book is threatened - and then her very life. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Molly realizes that by attempting to save Louis she is putting her own life on the line, and discrediting her own work.

Mary Willis Walker brings a lusty new voice to the mystery scene. Already recognized for her first novel, she has now created a character just cheeky and gusty enough to take her place among the top ranks of female protagonists such as Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta.

Critic Reviews:

"Molly Cates is full of vinegar, a wonderfully appealing heroine with a lot of guts, a fine sense of humor, a more than passing acquaintance with life's ironies, and enough of her own dark secrets to make her both vulnerable and humane. Two thumbs up--way up!--for this outstanding book." (Booklist)

"One of the creepiest killers since Hannibal Lecter meets a plot and heroine worthy of Patricia Cornwell. Welcome to the big time, Mary Willis Walker." (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Good mystery

Really enjoyed this one. Solid characters and plotting. Some nifty twists and turns, a pulse-pounding climax. If youâre a fan of mysteries, this is one to read.

Unusual

I found this hards to get in to and couldn't get past Â.

A good "snuggling up on a winter evening" murder

Real. Riveting. Fast-paced. Believable.

Not what I expecgted

I ordered this book because I saw it listed on a web site for cozy mysteries. Surprise! It is definitely not a cozy! I would place it more in the vein of a psychological thriller.

While I have to say that I liked it well enough to give it 4 stars (3 1/2 would be more accurate), I had mixed feelings even as I read it. Several times, after I would read a chapter, I set the book aside and told myself I was not going to finish it. Then, I would find myself so intrigued that I went back to see what happened next. Not I couldn't put it down; but I couldn't leave it down.

I think that, if I had known what to expect from the beginning, I would have enjoyed it more. But also, if I had known what to expect, I might not even have tried the book.

This review sounds as if it contradicts itself, doesn't it? Whether or not you will like the book depends a lot on what kind of reading you want.

When is Justice not Justified?

This novel poses the question: If a man is a murderer but is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted, is it justice if he dies for it?

The answer doesn't turn out to be so simple for Molly Cates, true crime writer for the Lone Star Monthly. Louis Bronk, confessed to being a serial killer, but was convicted only of killing Tiny McFarland, wife of a prominent Texas businessman Now, a few days before his execution, Charlie McFarland's second wife is killed...the same way.

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Title: The Waiting Game

Author: Alexander Fullerton

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

On this hazardous expedition, the hunter becomes hunted and tension turns to cold terror.

Members Reviews:

Fullerton never disappoints you!!!!

Every novel written by Alexander Fullerton is a joy to read!

Four Stars

The author has obviously been there and done that.

More of a documentary than a novel

World war II submarines could stay under water for a limited amount of time. When in enemy waters, they submerged most of the day and surfaced at night to recharge their batteries. This novel is set in the waters of occupied Norway during the arctic summer when there is no night !! As a consequence, the protagonists are in constant danger of detection. The events are fairly predictable, but there are many details regarding life aboard the submarine that make this book worth reading.

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Titre: Un homme très recherché

Auteur: John le Carré

Narrateur: Didier Weill

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 12 hrs and 15 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 06-09-09

Éditeur: Audiolib

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Issa, jeune musulman russe affamé, arrive clandestinement à Hambourg avec les reliques d'un passé mystérieux. Annabel, jeune avocate idéaliste se jure de sauver Issa de l'expulsion. Tommy Brue, patron d'une banque anglaise en perdition détient les clefs de l'héritage interlope du père d'Issa. Ces trois âmes innocentes forment un triangle amoureux désespéré, sur lequel vont fondre les espions de trois nations différentes.

Peuplée de personnages inoubliables, cette œuvre pleine d'une profonde humanité, ancrée dans les turbulences de notre époque, entretient une tension croissante jusqu'à une scène finale poignante. Vous serez tenu en haleine d'un bout à l'autre du récit grâce à l'interprétation prenante de Didier Weill qui donne corps à chacun des personnages.

L'auteur

est né en 1931. Après des études universitaires à Berne et Oxford, il enseigne à Eton, puis travaille pendant cinq ans pour le Foreign Office. Parmi ses derniers livres parus,

a connu un grand succès international et a été adapté à l'écran par Fernando Meirelles.

est son vingt et unième roman. Il est commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des lettres.

Le narrateur

est un comédien passionné de littérature. Il est également metteur en scène (Tchekov, Marivaux, Zweig, Hugo) et directeur d'un théâtre. Sa solide formation l'a également conduit à enseigner son art.

© David Cornwell, 2008

© Editions du Seuil, octobre 2008 pour la traduction française

© et (P) Audiolib, 2009

Revues par les critiques:

La presse en parle

"Manipulations et jeux de dupes à Hambourg. Avec son vingt et unième roman, John le Carré revient à son domaine de prédilection, le roman d'espionnage, et prouve qu'il n'a pas perdu la main."

Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, La Croix

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Title: Flaming Tree

Author: Phyllis A. Whitney

Narrator: Anna Fields

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When a young boy falls from one of the sea cliffs, Kelsey, a therapist specializing in brain-damaged children, is recruited to help rehabilitated Jody. Kelsey finds herself developing feelings for the boy as well as his mysterious father. But as her involvement with Jody and his family deepens, an astonishing mystery unfolds, leading Kelsey to suspect that the boy's anguished condition is not solely due to his accident. It is a mystery that hints at the occult, a mystery of dangerous evil that could ultimately free Kelsey to love with all her heart - or else destroy her forever.

Critic Reviews:

"A skilled and graceful storyteller, Whitney provides a romantic backdrop for the novel in her descriptions of Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula." (Publishers Weekly)

"Less predictable than many of this genre, this Literary Guild selection will enjoy brisk circulation among Whitney's legion of fans." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

loved it

totally surprised me. great book. I am a BIG fan of Phyllis Whitney. Her books take me away to another time and place

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Title: Body Language

Author: James W. Hall

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A serial killer is leaving the bodies of young women twisted into strange symbols. Juggling crime photos, Alexandra realizes that the symbols are, in reality, letters of the alphabet -- and that they spell out her name. She suddenly finds herself dealing with her chaotic present and coming to terms with her long-buried past in a dangerous roller coaster ride that takes her from the mean streets of Miami to the Florida panhandle -- and straight into the hands of a killer.

Members Reviews:

Not bad, but hard to grasp basic concepts.

This is a very basic book and although it gives you some good info for basic body language, it's a bit difficult to read due to the dated language it uses to communicate making it a bit boring to read.

Very outdated

This book was first published in 1970. Maybe, at that point in time, people found the little bit of common sense in here helpful,I find that hard to beleive. Julius was very evasive in its explanations of his theories.

Better books on the topic are Nonverbal Communication In Human Interaction by Mark L. Knapp, and Nonverbal Communication by Horst Ruthrof.

I speak two languages, Body and English. - Mae West

Sandy and Clint have been the best of friends since their teens. They grew up in the same run down apartment complex and learned to depend on each other early on. Clint travels for his job, but stops in every now and then to spend a few days here and there with his pal. This time he's visiting with a purpose, it seems he finally has come to realize that he is in love with her, he wants to tell her. But when Clint shows up in the middle of the night his hopes for her returned affections are dashed when all she can talk about is a new man she is interested in.

This was a lighthearted and fun read. Up until about the midway point I was enjoying every minute of it as I happen to love stories about best friends coming together romantically. Clint decides to teach Sandy the art of seduction and body language to help her snare her love interest and also in the hopes that it will make Sandy look his way. It's a kooky idea, but it works for this book and it gave me a couple of chuckles here and there.

After about the midway point in this book I started to get a bit frustrated. For best friends these two lack some serious communication skills with one another. I couldn't help but want one of them to be honest with the other and face facts; it got silly after awhile watching the two of them pining for one another all the while thinking the other wanted nothing to do with a more intimate relationship.

Then for some reason at about the same midway point, Ms. Brockmann started peppering, excessively, Clint's dialogue and thoughts with "Lord, "Mercy," "Have Mercy" and any variation of the sort. It didn't fit his rugged and sexy motorcycle man character and it gave him this sort of hokey golly gee wiz vocabulary, a different feel from the beginning of the book.

Although this book was originally published in 1998, I am happy to say it didn't show its age at all. If you can get past my few nitpicks I think you will find a quick and enjoyable easy read, great for the up and coming beach weather!

Cherise Everhard, May 2008

one of her most romantic books this has it all.

A book about friends who are already in love and just have to discover that they are loved in return.

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Title: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine

Author: M J Trow

Narrator: M J Trow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-09-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

And six others are to join them before our intrepid inspector brings the perpetrator to book. Lestrade braves haunted houses, machine-gun bullets and two Home Secretaries in his headlong hunt for the truth.

Members Reviews:

listen marred by racist humour

This could have been a very entertaining Victorian detective farce with a chance to chuckle at Holmes for a change, but the good humour was spoiled early in the listen by scattered, weaker and shabbier lines playing off ethnic stereotypes and mild homophobia (Holmes: "We're looking for two men; Watson: Speak for yourself, sir!") ; THEN the author really crossed a line in the last 30-45 minutes with a denouement dependant on men in blackface, frequently referred to as "coons" and another word I won't reproduce. This was set in Victoria England where such language and attitudes would have existed, but this is not a work of literary realism -- and I saw no social satire as the point of the situations - If the author was attempting satire, he wasn't successful in those parts.

Narration: I was prepared to like the author's style because he brought so much life to the voices, that is, if he slowed down and used a decongestant rather than sniffling through the last quarter; however, I could not support the author of such humour by purchasing more of his work.

Classic Detective Plus Funny

I have read a few of this series and while they were all good this was the funniest. There are so many comic moments and puns slipped into the text that even on a second or third listen you'll find new things to smile or laugh at. The actual story sees Lestrade start out by shooting himself in the leg and then, as usual, he and those around him pick up a series of other injuries throughout the book. There are lots of murders, lots of excellent accents and a fair few twists. The narrator is also the author and unlike some memorable others this isn't out of vanity. He genuinely reads the stories very well.

Performance great. Story Marred by racist language

Story and performance excellent. I accept story reflects a direct time however felt it was unnecessary for writer to use racist language.

the bodies mount up

Any additional comments?

another good story from m.j.trow.

a puzzling investigation for lestrade to figure out literally as a piece of paper with a drawing is found near every body.

as in previous books a few people of the time crop up, the real ones being wilkie Collins and William morris whilst the literary Sherlock holmes and dr Watson appear too.

well written, with funny bits, and performed by m.j. trow I am loving this series.

recommend.

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Title: Remember Me

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrator: Megan Gallagher

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-09

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Menley Nichols and her husband, Adam, a criminal attorney, rent a house on Cape Cod, in the hope of restoring their faltering marriage. The birth of their daughter, Hannah, has revitalized their relationship, but Menley has never stopped blaming herself for the accidental death of her two-year-old son. The serenity of the Cape promises a new start. In Remember House, an 18th-century landmark with a sinister past, strange incidents force Menley to relive the accident that killed her son, and she begins to fear for Hannah's safety.

Then Adam takes on a client suspected of murder when his wealthy young bride of only three months drowns in a storm - and the family is drawn into a rising tide of terror. A confrontation on a dark, rain-swept beach leads to a harrowing climax that only Mary Higgins Clark could have created.

Members Reviews:

Love this - one of my favorites!

I have always loved Mary Higgins Clark - and I think this was one of my favorites. Great story line and kept me enamored to the point that I did not want to stop listening. Loved the narrator as well. Could listen to this one again.