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Title: Nowhere to Hide

Author: Alex Walters

Narrator: Mike Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Theyre above the law and theyre watching her every moveThe lines between good and bad are indistinguishableOn the North Wales coast two people traffickers are brutally murdered; a drug dealer is mown down in inner-city Stockport and in a remote Pennine cottage a police informant is shot dead. Seemingly random, these murders are the work of one professional hit man. Reluctantly, Marie Donovan takes on another undercover role and finds herself working with DI Jack Brennan, a high-flying detective with a tarnished career. Soon, mistrustful of each other and their superiors, both begin to suspect that they are mere pawns in a complex game of criminal rivalry and police corruption.

As Marie struggles to uncover the truth, she realises that nothing is as it seems. With every move, she draws the threat ever closer until ultimately the killer is watching Marie herself. Out on her own, she finds herself with no friends, no-one to trust and nowhere to hide.

A compulsively readable thriller, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Peter Robinson.

Members Reviews:

Gripping

Couldn't put this book down, got sore ears listening right through to the. I was immersed into the story from beginning to end.

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Title: Dearest Rose

Author: Rowan Coleman

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-12

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Rose Pritchard and her seven-year-old daughter Maddie have left everything behind to come to the village of Millthwaite, Cumbria, in search of the person who once offered Rose hope. Almost immediately Rose wonders if she's chasing a dream - but she knows in her heart that she cannot go back. She's been given a second chance - at life, and love - but will she have the courage to take it?

Members Reviews:

Wonderful

I was hooked straight away with the story of Rose and her daughter Maddie who have run away to escape their old life to a place Rose has dreamt about since before the birth Maddie .. to find a special person who, many years ago showed her warmth and kindness. She finds him and so much more and I just loved reading how everything unfolds .. not always to plan.

Dearest Rose is a wonderful, wonderful book. It was an effortlessly listen and I was completely swept up in Roses story. I just couldnt put it down

My first audible. A great book ....

.... and my first book by Rowan Coleman. I started out just listening in the car when driving and then got hooked so listened when cooking and even when getting dressed in the morning. A lovely story.

Great book, excellent performance

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This book is intelligent and enjoyable. It deals with a delicate subject (domestic abuse) but it is not a heavy read. The character are well developed and the reader gets a real insight of the situation and the reactions (sometimes difficult to understand from an outsider point of view) of how domestic violence can settled itself in a couple. But it is first and foremost the story of a person who gets herself out of this vicious cycle and rebuild herself without never be cheesy. It is an excellent read and a good balance between serious matters and good reading material. The performance by Anne Dover is perfect, as usual.

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Title: The Bewitching Grace

Author: Jennifer Blake

Narrator: Claire Slemmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A young girl has been murdered, her body in perpetual slumber among the surrounding trees. The act seems random and unexplainable. Explain the dead lizard impaled on her pillow as a warning. Anne Tarrington is an up and coming hotshot journalist who's never seen anything like it. Not yet. She's about to see more than she bargained for, more than even her inquiring mind can fathom. Hot on the trail of the killer, she follows a path of Voodoo mysticism and witchery to a solemn Louisiana plantation where suddenly all hell breaks loose. Someone is channeling the forces of evil, but who? Could it be Nico, the obtuse Greek poet? Maybe Lena, with her expertise in the ways of Voodoo? Even Miranda, Anne's old friend who has had her soul mangled by a horrendous past? Perhaps it's Steven with his dark evil eyes that seem to will Anne into forbidden acts? Just when the forces of darkness seem ready to overtake Anne in her quest for the truth, the mysterious ritual of Indian Mound enables her to find the answers, but only by confronting the heart of Evil itself!

Members Reviews:

Not my Favorite Blake book

I normally Love LOVE Jennifer Blake, but this book just didn't make the cut for me. I loved the idea, but the plot never developed as I expect her books to develop. Perhaps it was the length the threw me off, as her books over the years have generally been longer. I have been a huge fan for decades, and I loved the setting, New Orleans is my second home, I just wanted more development This would have been a 3 for almost any other author, I am going to assume this is a prelude to a series. It was free, so for free I can't complain too much, I always love reading anything about the area.

Paranormal mystery

Interesting and twisty tale set in the South. A who did it that will keep you guessing right to the end. Some romance and and a little action.

Gothic at it's best.

I can only say that this is one of the best southern gothic romances I have read in a long time. So much so, that I have gone and looked for more of Jennifer Blake's books. You will not be disappointed.

but I like the author she is one of that I will ...

I haven't had to time to read this book, but I like the author she is one of that I will keep.

Five Stars

Love the way she writes,

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Title: Sandhills Ballad

Author: Ladette Randolph

Narrator: Lindy Hawke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After her life as she knows it is ended by heartbreak, Mary Rasmussen, a strong-willed and independent young ranch woman living in the Sandhills of western Nebraska, suddenly feels that all she has believed in - God, her instincts, the land itself - has failed her, and she abandons her cultural and emotional ties, succumbing to circumstances she thinks she is powerless to control. In a rash decision, she marries a conservative, patriarchal preacher who doesn't understand Mary, the ranching community, or anything beyond his own beliefs.

Critic Reviews:

"Randolph writes truthfully of the Nebraska Sandhills, a harsh land that exacts a brutal price for those who choose to love it. Having lived there, one never truly leaves, as Mary Rasmussen discovers, it etches its beautiful scar on body and soul." (Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife)

"With penetrating insight and solid authority on the rural West, Ladette Randolph has carved out a compelling saga of a young woman ripening into maturity. You cannot help but cheer for Mary Rasmussen. Randolph's work is tough, tender, and brave, a pitch-perfect take on the hard beauty of life on the Nebraska prairie." (Pamela Carter Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky and The Plain Sense of Things)

"A Sandhills Ballad is a poignantly written, lovely novel of the heartland that honors the best traditions of storytelling." (Jim Harrison, author of The English Major and Legends of the Fall)

Members Reviews:

A Great Plains Woman Who's Been Through the Mill

Randolphs protagonist, Mary Rasmussen, is that woman. She was born and raised on a ranch in the middle of Nowhere, Nebraskaaka The Sandhills. The story opens with Mary in the hospital, waking up to discover that shes missing a leg, and her husband is dead. Her isolation and despair drive her to marry a preacher who makes her life unbearable.

I was wondering the whole time if she was going to murder him in his sleep but I wont spoil what actually happens

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Title: Accelerated

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Bronwen Hruska

Narrator: Mauro Hantman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Every afternoon Sean Benning picks up his son, Toby, on the marble steps that lead into the prestigious Bradley School. Everything at Bradley is accelerated - 3rd graders read at the 6th grade level, they have labs and facilities to rival most universities, and the chess champions are the bullies. A single dad and struggling artist, Sean sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the power-soccer-mom cliques and ladies-who-lunch that congregate on the steps every afternoon. But at least Toby is thriving and getting the best education money can buy. Or is he?

When Sean starts getting pressure from the school to put Toby on medication for ADD, something smells fishy, and it isn't the caviar that was served at last week's PTA meeting. Toby's "issues" in school seem, to Sean, to be nothing more than normal behavior for an eight-year-old boy. But maybe Sean just isn't seeing things clearly, which has been harder and harder to do since Toby's new teacher, Jess, started at Bradley. And the school has Toby's best interests at heart, right? But what happens when the pressure to not just keep up, but to exceed, takes hold?

When things take a tragic turn, Sean realizes that the price of this accelerated life is higher than he could have ever imagined.

Members Reviews:

Hard to rate ... Good Story, BAD Information

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

No, I would be afraid they would take the story as truth about how ADD is evaluated and treated. I have seen so many reviews that focus on the ADD treatment and not the actual story.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Made the information about how the evaluations, medication and doctor interaction more accurate.

Any additional comments?

So I want to rate this higher, but I have two kids that suffer from a form of ADD some of the things written are untrue and it takes too long to hear about the pro side of medication. It took us a very long time to decide on using medication,but we made sure we were educated and all our questions were answered first. The story is a good story, not an accurate portrayal of how the evaluation process works. Or how the medication is handled. There is so much more Doctor intervention than the story shows. It's an interesting point of view ...wish it was more accurate.

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Title: An African Story: A Roald Dahl Short Story

Author: Roald Dahl

Narrator: Cillian Murphy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of An African Story, a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. Read by the actor Cillian Murphy. In An African Story, Roald Dahl, one of the worlds favourite authors, tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the missing milk, the old man and the snake. An African Story is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahls own experiences during the Second World War. This story is also available as a Penguin ebook. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make readers shiver today. Cillian Murphys film work includes: Disco Pigs, 28 Days Later, Breakfast on Pluto, Inception, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Batman Begins and Sunshine. His television work includes: The Way We Live Now.

Members Reviews:

Roald Dahl never disappoints

Beautiful short story. Very inspiring, written with the usual Dahl simple, elegant and effective style. The reader has an irish accent, which i personally enjoyed. A must listen/read.

great entertainment for all the family

Would you listen to An African Story: A Roald Dahl Short Story again? Why?

yes, Roald Dahl is classic and timeless

What about Cillian Murphys performance did you like?

easy listening, very well read. It could have been Roald Dahl reading it himself.

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Title: Parson's Pleasure

Subtitle: A Roald Dahl Short Story

Author: Roald Dahl

Narrator: Derek Jacobi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Parsons Pleasure, a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. Read by the actor Derek Jacobi. In Parsons Pleasure, Roald Dahl, one of the worlds favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain . . .Parsons Pleasure is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the young man in need of room who meets a most accommodating landlady; a wronged wife taking revenge on her dead husband, and others.

This story is also available as a Penguin ebook. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make readers shiver today. Derek Jacobis film work includes: The Day of the Jackal, The Kings Speech, Gladiator, Hamlet and Henry V. His television work includes: Cadfael, Mr Pye, I, Claudius and Titanic - Blood and Steel.

Members Reviews:

short but sweet

Have read this one before. Great story, always worth another read.

One of the very best!

One of my most favourites from the pen of the amazing Mr. Dahl, the absolute master of the short story!

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Title: Someone Like You (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

Author: Roald Dahl

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of "Someone Like You", a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale, read by the actor Julian Rhind-Tutt.

In "Someone Like You", Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells of two wartime pilots arguing over the fickle hand of fate (and the airman)....

"Someone Like You" is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War. This story is also available as a Penguin ebook.

Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make listeners shiver today.

Julian Rhind-Tutts television work includes A Touch of Cloth, The Hour, Green Wing, Clocking Off, Hippies, and Keen Eddie. His film work includes Rush, Notting Hill, Stardust, Lara Croft, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The Madness of King George.

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Title: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-12

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this wonderful caper Bertie Wooster would rather run a mile in tight shoes than visit Totleigh Towers . . . Where you'll find Madeline, something or someone of a drip who truly believes that the stars are God's daisy chain. Madeline is engaged to Bertie's old chum Gussie, but it turns out she'll willingly settle for Bertie should anything go awry. And of course when they do and the engagement falters and the ensuing action unravels, Bertie can only live in the hope that Jeeves will once again rush to his side and resolve the sticky situation.

Members Reviews:

Martin Jarvis and Wodehouse is a perfect combination

Impeccable performance by Martin Jarvis, as always. Impeccable writing by Wodehouse. A feel good treat.

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Title: My Lover's Lover

Author: Maggie O'Farrell

Narrator: Julia Watson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-12

Publisher: Headline Digital

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Maggie O'Farrell's second novel is an intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love, with all the frisson and psychological intensity of 'Rebecca'.

When Lily moves into Marcus's flat and plunges headlong into a relationship, she must contend not merely with the disapproval of flatmate Aidan, but with a more intangible, hostile presence. Could it be that Sinead, Marcus's ex, is trying to communicate with her? When Lily begins to 'see' Sinead, first about the flat, and then on the streets of London, she must question not merely her sanity, but whether the man she loves is someone she can, or indeed ought, to live with at all.

Critic Reviews:

"A quietly dramatic dissection of the way past loves can haunt the present." (Daily Telegraph)

"This Rebecca-esque ghost story puts at its heart the gnawing insecurities that any act of intimacy soon invites." (Independent)

"O'Farrell's writing has a crystalline precision of idiom - there isn't one image that fails to ignite recognition." (Independent on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

A disappointment from a fine writer

This is supposedly a love/loss type of story with a bit of ghostliness thrown in but it doesn't really work. I have to empathise with characters and in this I find them thinly written and unconvincing. The idea might work with a short story but this one is stretched far too thinly. Not seeing why anyone would fall in love with them! O'farrel is better than this. Well narrated thought to be fair.

Much Ado About Nothing

Maggie O'Farrell can write and I loved her book 'After You'd Gone. But this was a drama too far. Filled with detail that became endless and totally unnecessary. The story so over-blown with the Ghost-like appearances of Sinead and the expectant story of what exactly Marcus had done to her - I really wanted to slap them all. One has to like the characters and I thought they were all tiresome. The story teller trying to rush with breathy overtones didn't help either. Sorry - very disappointed.

Dreadful

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

A better narrator, a more believable story.

What could Maggie O'Farrell have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

She could have set up a relationship between Marcus and Lilly. Why did she love him??

How could the performance have been better?

The whole novel was narrated as if it was suspenseful.

What character would you cut from My Lover's Lover?

Lilly, Marcus

Any additional comments?

I don't know why I kept listening to it. I think because other Maggie O'Farrell's books have been good.