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Title: Death of a River Guide

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Richard Flanagan

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

With The Sound of One Hand Clapping, which made him one of Australia's most awarded young writers, Richard Flanagan made his acclaimed American debut. Now he gives us an extraordinary, deeply moving novel as big and brawling, as strange and compelling as the land and people it describes. Beneath a waterfall on a remote Tasmanian mountain river, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, is drowning.

Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears. He sees his father Harry, burying his own father Boy, under a tree that bursts into flowers in midwinter every year after. He sees Boy himself as a young man, working on the river; and his Auntie Ellie, on her way to fetch the doctor for her sick grandchild, chased by a cow she believes is a Werowa spirit. In the rain-forest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking, where the branches of his story connect to family stories that are Aboriginal, Celtic, Italian, English, Chinese, and East European; stories that ground him in the land. As the river rises his visions grow more turbulent, and in the flood of the past Aljaz discovers the soul history of his country.

An adventure tale that transforms into a spiritual odyssey, by turns earthy, dreaming, comic, tragic, vulgar, and moving, Death of a River Guide is a beautiful, haunting story by one of the world's most exciting young writers.

Members Reviews:

Never got good

As a former river guide I was looking forward to some gripping literature on river visions and such. This book was like 30% a broad tacky account of river guiding and 70% this guy telling about his twisted life. I could have charged $60/hr to listen to that.

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Title: Diver Down

Subtitle: Mercy Watts Mysteries, Volume 2

Author: A.W. Hartoin

Narrator: Lyssa Browne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-14

Publisher: A.W. Hartoin

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A sunny place for shady people.

Vacations can be murder, especially when you're Mercy Watts. She's trying to get away from it all, including her godmother's lawsuit and a certain situation with the mafia. So she heads to Roatan, Honduras, a place known for scuba diving and lawlessness. Mercy's on the island less than 24 hours when she discovers that she hasn't gotten away from anything. Her problems hitched a ride and increased tenfold. The deeper she dives, the more dangerous her vacation becomes. She must stop a murder or she'll be the next on the hit list.

Members Reviews:

good!

good story ...just seems like it isnt finishedwe soncerely do kope there is another one

Delightful

I really enjoy this writer. The story is well told and funny and a very good mystery. I would continue reading them.

Give me more!

Still a hilarious story. Mercy goes on vacation and still ends up solving a crime. Working with the mafia is stressful, especially when you are hiding it from your mother. Her nursing skills are stretched to the limits in Roatan, Honduras. There are countless attempts on the life of her clients life. The limited opiates, hurricane winds and rains, and other medical resources challenge even Mercy skills to keep her client alive.

Even on vacation, Mercy and her mother, causes mens head to turn and accidents. Her godmother makes a radical change in her physical appearance and her aunt finds her happiness. The twins are wonderful and I was disappointed they did not get more story time.

There are so many funny characters in the story, her dad, uncle, her god mother (Dixie), mother, twins, step-cousin (Garrett) and aunt. These people add such color and enjoyment to the story. Aaron the Yahoo swilling, hot dog munching-dough boy is hysterical. My disappointment is most them are only given cameos each story. Her father is used as a scare tactic or to issue orders. Garrett is only there to tease Mercy for a few seconds.

Despite the small parts of Mercys inner circle, this is truly a funny Mercy story.

I am saving 5 stars for this series, for when Mercy's inner circle get bigger parts.

Pleading for (More) Mercy

If you could sum up Diver Down in three words, what would they be?

Kooky, Peril, Fun

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mercy is my favorite. She's relatable, smart, and imperfect. I love a character with flaws.

What about Lyssa Brownes performance did you like?

Everything. She's the perfect voice for Mercy and the rest of her crazy clan.

Any additional comments?

I was very pleasantly surprised by the first novel and was glad to see that there were several more books in the series. The one thing I would point out as a downside to this book is that I don't love Aaron. I think I'm supposed to find him endearing but he's just annoying most of the time. Like a joke that went over so well the first time that the person keeps telling it over and over and over again.

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Title: A Billion Ways to Die

Author: Chris Knopf

Narrator: Donald Corren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Arthur Cathcart and Natsumi Fitzgerald wanted to believe they were free of the nearly invisible, malignant forces they had pursued, and been pursued by, across continents and oceans. The slightly brain-damaged tech-freak researcher and the blackjack-dealing psychologist had convinced themselves that life aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean, incognito and in love, could be a lasting refuge.

The death of that illusion was as brutal as it was abrupt. Even people who knew how to dodge ruthless outlaws and relentless law enforcement learned there were powers from which no one could ever hide - not in the 21st century, not if you wanted more than to simply exist. To truly live in the world, you had to have a world that allows you to live. Soldiers fighting in Vietnam had a saying when pinned down under enemy fire: The only way out is through. And so it is that Arthur and Natsumi take to the fight, where the full expanse of both the virtual and material worlds is the field of engagement, nearly blind to the threats that surround them yet searching for that impossible path back to the ordinary lives they'd been forced to abandon.

Wiser, stronger, and more experienced in the art of clandestine combat than they ever imagined they'd be, Arthur and Natsumi understand what makes you strong can also get you killed in a hurry - that the reserves of resilience and determination aren't limitless, that the power of intellect and craft dwindles in the face of a pitiless and resolute foe, that there are a billion ways to die but only one way to live.

Members Reviews:

Cathcart is still in the thick of it. Lucky for us.

ABWTD is an excellent continuation of the Arthur Cathcart series. Mr. Knopf has done a great job of keeping up the cyber sleuthing and cyber sneaking to a level that is understandable and yet still very credible. I can only hope that there is an avenue to extend this series. It took me almost four hours to read the book. Lucky for me I didn't have to drive anywhere once I started reading. I understand that driving and reading a Chris Knopf novel are frowned upon by the law. I liked and believed the characters and was happy to see the way their situation was resolved. A great read and one that I highly recommend.

Hurray for Arthur!

I love this series - the humor does not really diminish the tension, but by the third book, the reader is confident that the good guys always win! Fun frolic and very well written. Appealing characters and settings.

Four Stars

Clever plot twists with the right amount of technicalities to retain credibility and keep the imagination engaged.

Four Stars

Love his books, all of them!!

action-packed cat and mouse amateur sleuth

A Billion Ways To Die

Chris Knopf

Permanent, Nov 21 2014, $29.00

ISBN 9781579623630

Not fully recovered from his head injury suffered when his late wife's enemies killed her and left him for dead in their Connecticut home (see Dead Anyway), Arthur Cathcart feels safe in his new identity especially after they took care of their foes (see Cries of the Lost). Arthur and his girlfriend psychologist Natsumi Fitzgerald enjoy sailing his ship Detour on the Caribbean. However, his contention that it is over proves false when hired guns invade his sailboat, demanding he turn over the missing billion.

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Title: Remaking

Author: Blake Crouch

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-14

Publisher: Mountainside Books, LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Tragic events unfold in a snowy, sleepy Colorado town. From the first scene, in which a man sits alone in the cold, watching a father and son in a diner, you know something is about to go horribly wrong.

Members Reviews:

Would not bother purchasing

Do not make any sense to me. Pretty much a waste of time. Really disappointed in this book

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Title: Flesh and Blood

Subtitle: (Kay Scarpetta 22)

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Lorelei King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Number-one best-selling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.

It's Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and while she's enjoying a leisurely morning, a man is shot dead five minutes from her house. The bullet tore through him as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet nobody heard or saw a thing.

It looks like the work of a serial sniper - one who leaves no trace except for tiny copper fragments, and whose seemingly impossible shots cause instant death. As Scarpetta investigates, uncovering details that only she can analyze, she begins to suspect that the killer is sending her a message.

Adding to Scarpetta's growing unease is the sense that those closest to her are keeping secrets. And when her pursuit of the sniper takes Scarpetta to a shipwreck off the Florida coast, she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her niece Lucy - Scarpetta's very own flesh and blood

Members Reviews:

Hit and then it hit the floor

I am a Scarpetta fan and found this audio book a good listen. Great narration, with authentic accents and distinguishable character voices, which are always a pleasure. I found the storyline very credible and interesting.

The only flaw for me was a eager sudden and flat ending. I realize the intended purpose of it, bout found it to be a rather bland ending to an otherwise rise momentum-building story.

Another great thriller from PC

This story was good like most of Patricia Cornwell's stories. The characters are like comfy slippers that just feel right when you put them back on. Good storyline really well read by a easy to listen to narrator. However the finish felt separate from the rest of the story almost like it could have come anywhere in the story. Still very enjoyable.

Awh no.....

You can't leave it there!!! Will I need to wait one full year to satisfy my curiosity? I can't believe it!!!!

Travelogue not Crime Thriller

I have gone back to reading Patricia Cornwell after quite a break.

This book was so disappointing

All street names and places

I had to listen to the end twice to make sure I had the ending correct

Review of flesh and blood

Wasn't as good as her earlier books but still not bad. Will still keep listening to her books good reads

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Title: Beyond the Pale Motel

Author: Francesca Lia Block

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-14

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Maternal, sexy Catt and her beautiful, daring best friend Bree are hairdressers at an L.A. salon called Head Hunter, and work out at a gym called Body Farm. They have over a decade of sobriety behind them and are getting close to living the lives they've always wanted. But when Catt's husband Dash leaves her, and then her neighbor is brutally murdered, possibly by a man being called the Hollywood Serial Killer, Catt's world begins to come crashing down. The murdered victims all seem to bear a chilling resemblance to Bree. Catt suspects that Bree is the next target of the Hollywood Serial Killer... is she losing touch with reality or simply coming to terms with the truth?

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Title: Mando

Author: Gary McCarthy

Narrator: Maynard Villers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-14

Publisher: Books In Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Mando Killion's world was shattered by Santa Anna's brutal invasion of Texas. Scion of a wealthy ranching dynasty, he saw his father die at the Alamo, his mother and brothers murdered, and his beautiful sister taken hostage by a debauched Mexican General. Mando came of age during the most violent days of Texas history, as a hearty band of patriots led by Sam Houston fought a bloody revolution for freedom from tyranny. But Mando had his own personal war to wage, he must free his sister and reclaim his family's legacy or die in the process...

Members Reviews:

Tougher Than Nails

One tough problem after another faces Mando but he refuses to quit. He faces unimaginable problems that would cause most men to give up but he keeps going. This author always delivers an interesting, fast moving Western. I highly recommend this author.

... of Gary McCarthy books I have read have been good ones and this is no exception

All of Gary McCarthy books I have read have been good ones and this is no exception.

Five Stars

Really enjoyable McCarthy puts a different spin on events surrounding the Alamo.

This was an above average western romance that

became more intriguing with each paragraph. I was very pleased with the Authors imagination and his ability to maintain my anticipation as to what happens next. I normally can pick up on how the storyline will end, but I was was completely baffled on the ending of this wonderful mystery/love story. Great reading: Do not miss this one!

Five Stars

Great book could not put it down once I starting reading

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Title: Enemy and Brother

Author: Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Convicted of murdering a fellow journalist, a writer returns to Greece to find the truth in Dorothy Salisbury Daviss stunning, richly atmospheric novel of deadly political intrigue.

John Eakins returns to Greece, seemingly to pursue Byron scholarship. But his deeper concern is to find out the truth about the murder of an American newspaperman named Alexander Webb, killed during the Greek Communist rebellion seventeen years before. Eakins had been implicated in that murder. Now, his search takes him from Athens to the primitive village of Kala, where he finds Paul Stephanou, a blind man also implicated in the Webb murder. Once enemies, now ostensibly friends, they journey together into an old, unforgetting part of Greece, becoming involved in new intrigue and placing themselves in mortal danger as they uncover the origins of the plot that killed Webb.

Members Reviews:

Very well written!

This story was very well written and a real page-turner. I want to read all of Dorothy Salisbury Davis' books.

Five Stars

couldn't read it because I'm allergic to mold!

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Title: An Involuntary Spy: A GMO Thriller

Author: Kenneth Eade

Narrator: Patrick R. Golden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-14

Publisher: Kenneth Eade

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Become entangled in a situation of a normal guy forced into being a spy

Seth Rogan was a shitty spy. Actually, he wasn't a spy at all. Just a guy trying to do the right thing. As a biologist for the largest biotech company in the world, he had a great job, and thoroughly enjoyed all the perks. But when asked to do some tests on the company's genetically engineered (GMO) foods, he became entangled in a trail of corruption, fraud and conspiracy that he wanted no part of, but could not escape from. In a story of mystery and intrigue so true to life it could almost be from today's newspapers, Seth, having bit the hand who fed him, is on the run from them, and the full overreaching strength of the United States government, not as a whistleblower, but as a fugitive, charged with espionage, who finds temporary refuge with an old enemy of the U.S. But his peace is about to be broken as he finds himself in the role of an involuntary spy.

Members Reviews:

Interesting but disturbing read

If you could sum up An Involuntary Spy: A GMO Thriller in three words, what would they be?

To technical but very close to the truth if it were to be known.

What did you like best about this story?

The humor, how Seth stood up for what he believed in for man kind and would not back down.

Which scene was your favorite?

When they asked him what his name was and he said Barney and the guy that helped him said come on Barney and turned it into the joke it was.

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

The technical part made it a little boring, but I felt this is our future sad but true so I felt a lose for those who will come after me and what their life will be like.

Any additional comments?

I thought this had an outstanding plot and more real than we could even think. The author points at the end I agree with a lot of what he said. I almost put it down when it got so technical and I felt it was over my head. I felt the author could have got the point across better had he toned it down a little.

With that said if you take most of the technical out it was an outstanding read. With some wonderful characters and a few twist you do not see coming. Others you expect but there is a few in there I thought would go another way. Once I over looked the technical things I really enjoyed the listen.

I thought the narrator has a smooth voice and I did enjoy listening to him. I felt he brought out the tones great for the characters. I really liked Seth and a few others. There are a few wonderful characters that you grow to care about. Some that will surprised you I know they did me.

Honestly if I had read this and not listen to it on audio I would have skip a lot of it. Listening to it on audio I feel sure made this a much better read. The author does give us a powerful message and one that you might want to take a look at. Seth is a bad spy but gets his points across and doesn't back down from what he believes in. I am sure I wouldn't have done half as good as he did when push came to shove. He might be a little nerdy but his heart is in the right place and really all he wants to do what is best for the world while living a quite life.GMO in foods should be everyone's worry and is something we should read up on.

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Title: Who Dropped Peter Pan

Author: Jane Dentinger

Narrator: Jane Dentinger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In the final book of the Jocelyn O'Roarke series, a middle-aged actor falls to his death during a preview night under mysterious circumstances, and its up to Jocelyn to find the culprit. In theater, the actors who play Peter Pan are young, sprightly, and almost always female. So you can imagine the surprise of actress and sometimes-detective Jocelyn "Josh" ORoarke when middle-aged director Rich Rafelson decides to step into the harness of the boy who never wanted to grow up for a regional production of Peter Pan. Even more surprising is Richs sudden death, caused by a fall from the stage during an ill-advised curtain call. Josh's friends who had been in charge of the harness and stage carpentry are now prime suspects, and she has to clear their names. Complicating things are rival former lovers battling not only for Joshs affections, but for the resolution to the case. But as Josh gets closer to the truth, a fairy tale ending seems ever farther away.

Who Dropped Peter Pan? is the sixth and final book in the Jocelyn ORoarke mystery series, which begins with Murder on Cue and First Hit of the Season.

Members Reviews:

Disappointed

Although I enjoyed this series, I'm disappointed. There is a serious plot line left unresolved. Jane Dentinger created an entertaining and solid mystery series then left us hanging. I hate when that happens.