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Title: A Necessary Evil

Subtitle: A Maggie O'Dell Novel #5

Author: Alex Kava

Narrator: Lorelei King

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-11

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

As a killing spree continues unabated, it becomes clear to Maggie ODell - the FBI profiler assigned to the case - that more than one perpetrator is responsible. As she begins to drill down into the facts, Maggie discovers a disturbing Internet role-playing game for youths who have been victims of male authority figures - including Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, Maggie wonders if this group has turned cyberspace justice into reality by dispensing their own brand of vengeance.

As the ritualistic killings leave Americas heartland reeling, Maggie gets a second lead - one that leaves her stunned.

For the past four years she has been driven by blind determination to find Father Michael Keller, the human monster whose acts of brutality continue to haunt her to this day. Sick and twisted, the priest seems to have vanished without a trace. But with an irony that only life can offer, now he has become a target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the crimes in exchange for protection, she has no choice but to ally herself with the elusive child killer - the person she despises with a conviction thats almost religious in its fervor. Maggie must cross a dangerous line into a world of malevolence and evil from which she may not return unscathed. Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evilone that may be made in blood.

Members Reviews:

Superlatives all around.

Book 5 is a tangled web -- amazingly so. Priests are being executed, women are being beheaded, and a children's murderer is being allowed to leave the country. Maggie O'Dell has her FBI profiler hands full. Alex Kava is a master at weaving seemingly unrelated subplots into the larger plot and making sense of it all. I love following all the leads and grasping at clues and guessing at the perpetrator(s?). Extremely detailed police procedural without a boring minute and just the barest hint of the ongoing (sort of) love interest with Nick Morelli. Tension, angst and frustration at all time highs in this well-crafted mystery. Great writing, great creativity, wonderful twists and exactly right ending.

A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava. A MIRA publication.

A Necessary Evil, by Alex Kava. What a story this great writer has put together. You won't want to put it down, believe me. FBI agent, Maggie O'Dell, is at her best once again. She has been sent to Omaha, Nebraska to assist the Omaha Police in trying to figure out who is killing priest! O'Dell meets with Detective Tommy Pakula. Together they are investigating the murder of a priest in the men's room at the local airport. A witness states that he believes a young man killed this priest. As the witness was entering the men's room, he believed a teenager came running out. O'Dell was also working on some homicides in the Washington D.C. area when she was told to go to Omaha. Her good friend, Dr. Gwen Patterson, was helping two men whom had mental problems. Could one of these men been the killer who had been beheading women? What? Now a priest has been beheaded? What is going on? These murders are not just in the Washington D.C. area, but also found in other states! Could there be more than one killer? What has a nun have to do with these murders? You will be surprised at the ending as I was. A great read! Rated over 18. Strong language. Sexual content.

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Title: Laughed 'Til He Died

Subtitle: A Death on Demand Mystery

Author: Carolyn Hart

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-11

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 49 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Intrigue and foul play are no strangers to the idyllic South Carolina sea island of Broward's Rock. Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling and her husband, Max, who specialize in solving problems, plunge into a startling web of danger and deceit when a trio of deaths is linked to the island's youth recreation center.

With the evidence mounting against her, the center's director seeks out Max to clear her name. When it comes to intrigue, where Max goes, Annie isn't far behind. To save an innocent woman, the pair scrambles to unravel three complex interlinked puzzles: the mystery of three guns, the pulled-out pant pockets of one victim, and the disappearance of a teenager whose stepfather always had the last laugh - until he died.

Members Reviews:

little weak

didn't seem suspenseful. . felt like the story was rushed like she was hurrying to make a deadline instead of when the book was ready.

but it was worth reading and since it is part of series I am not sad I got it.

Ok but, Not Quite

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

Only if they decide to read or listen to the whole series. Some of the dialogue just drags along at a very very slow pace.

Would you be willing to try another book from Carolyn Hart? Why or why not?

Since I have all of the audiobooks released to date my answer is yes.

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

Because it dragged a bit in several spots I did have to go back to see what I missed. It took almost three days.

WORST Narrator EVER

I want to preface this review by saying that I've NEVER written a negative review for any book I've ordered from Audible over the years. I've enjoyed most of them throughly.

Frankly, I don't know exactly how this book ends...I don't even know what happens in the middle...The narrator is so horrible that you almost cannot believe the annoyance you'll feel at the vocal pacing, the world's worst southern accents, and the absolutely freakish way she pronounces some of these words. NO ONE talks like this, and you'll not get through the first chapter before you'll hear exactly what I'm talking about. I found myself shouting at her--and so disconnected from the story that I couldn't ditch this book fast enough. I felt foolish for having such strong feelings about a book (and a person I've never met)...but the reality is, you're looking to spend about $20, and 8 hours of your life with this person, supposedly entertaining yourself--if the narrator is so bad that you become angry, you should RUN AWAY-- what a waste of money and time.

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Title: Cut, Paste, Kill

Subtitle: A Lomax and Biggs Mystery

Author: Marshall Karp

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 182 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A former TV writer, Marshall Karp is the author of three previous Lomax and Biggs mysteries, including the uproarious series debut, The Rabbit Factory. In Cut, Paste, Kill, Lomax and Biggs investigate a disturbing series of murderswith the only clues being scrapbooks left at the scene of each crime.

Critic Reviews:

Kinky Friedman and Carl Hiaasen fans should latch onto this series. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

I'm A Lomax & Biggs Groupie

This mystery's fun. The comedy cop team of Lomax & Biggs tramp through what otherwise would be a ho-hum plot. But Marshall Karp is a smart, feisty writer. I'll buy the next in this series,especially if Tom Stechschulte brings his imagination to creating the cast.

Hilarious!

What a riot! Quirky characters all over the place with great dialog and a plot that is just too funny to believe!

Exciting, But Contrived

I preferred the earlier book in this series, The Rabbit Factory. The ending of this one just flopped a bit in my opinion

An Interesting, Fun Series

Would you listen to Cut, Paste, Kill again? Why?

This is the 4th book in the Lomax and Biggs series. The same review applies to all in the series. It has a creative plot with plenty of twists and turns. Add to that some witty dialogue and you have a fun ride.

What about Tom Stechschultes performance did you like?

Tom Stechschulte is among my favorite narrators. I think his voice is best suited to books based in the South but it works well here.

Any additional comments?

I give it a top rating within its genre: mystery with a sense of humor.

Another wisecracking tale

Enjoyed the story and who can ever forget Big Jim. He should have been in it more, with Terry and his dream of directing a trucker story. Narration was dead on and very enjoyable.

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Title: Lucifers Tears

Subtitle: An Inspector Vaara Novel

Author: James Thompson

Narrator: T. Ryder Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Snow Angels, was called a must for fans of the international crime novel (Booklist). The follow-up finds Vaara dealing with personal demons and banishment to the graveyard shift in Helsinkis homicide unit. Thrust into the investigation of a World War II hero and the murder of a Russian businessmans wife, Vaara is about to find that the past has a deadly reach indeed.

Members Reviews:

Finnish mystery

Kari Vaara is a police detective in Finland. His partner is Milo, an unorthodox and extremely intelligent police officer - he is also a little bit scary. Vaara and Milo are assigned a murder where a woman was found murdered in her bed - bound and severely beaten. The boyfriend (sex partner) was lying next to her and awoke to find her dead. Did he do it? Or is he being framed?

There is a subplot dealing with an official request from Germany and their request to extradite Finland's oldest WWll military survivor, a 90 year old decorated hero, Arhmad who is under suspicion of direct involvement in the deaths of Jewish and Russian prisoners during the war. It seems that Arhmad was a good friend of Kari's grandfather - so he is doubly invested in learning what happened.

Also, at the same time, Kari's wife is due to give birth any day... and her brother and sister come to Finland from the US to be with her as a support. Only doesn;t turn out quite that way

Much going, lots of twist and turns - and I learned a lot about Finnish history during WWII

Damn goood read: a Grimdark Finnish police novel

Grimdark Finnish police procedural, this was my first Inspector Kari Vaara mystery, and I've ordered three more (including the first one). There's plenty of off-screen sex, which, in a first person narrative, isn't very graphic. The violence is fairly visceral, without much description, so it's mostly in the mind of the reader (in a first person narrative, it's at one remove, and without more than minimal detail, it's at two removes. Renowned police detective Vaara has a politically sensitive murder to solve, and a suspect captured and ready to be convicted of it- if the husband of the victim has his way about it, and the political "fix" is in. But the detective, ever ready to protect the innocent, thinks the evidence doesn't add up to the jailed man turturing and killing his girlfriend. And why do the powers that be want a quick investigation and conviction? Additional woes add to the Detective's interesting life- his wife is pregnant with what will be his first child, if all goes well, and his wife's American brother and sister arrive to visit their sister, and create as much chaos as only family can do!

Gripping Nordic crime

Lucifer's Tears (An Inspector Vaara Novel)is another exciting Nordic thriller written by James Thompson. Now living in Helsinki, in the hopes that this will make his American born wife Kate happy, Kari Vaara investigates two seemingly open and shut cases but .finds that things are not as they first appear. As Kate's brother and sister arrive from the states to support her during the imminent birth of her baby, the plot is further complicated as past and present family connections and secrets intrude upon Kari's investigation.

Clever co-incidences and plot twists keep the reader guessing in this intriguing mystery.

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Title: Mystery

Subtitle: An Alex Delaware Novel

Author: Jonathan Kellerman

Narrator: John Rubinstein

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-11

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Few know the city of Los Angeles the way number-one best-selling author and acclaimed suspense master Jonathan Kellerman does. His thrilling novels of psychological drama and criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living, breathing character in all its glamour and infamy. That storied history of fame, seduction, scandal, and murder looms large in Mystery, as Alex Delaware finds himself drawn into a twisting, shadowy whodunit that's pure L.A. noir - and vintage Kellerman.

The closing of their favorite romantic rendezvous, the Fauborg Hotel in Beverly Hills, is a sad occasion for longtime patrons Alex Delaware and Robin Castagna. And gathering one last time with their fellow faithful habitués for cocktails in the gracious old venue makes for a bittersweet evening. But even more poignant is a striking young woman - alone and enigmatic among the revelers - waiting in vain in elegant attire and dark glasses that do nothing to conceal her melancholy. Alex can't help wondering what her story is, and whether she's connected to the silent, black-suited bodyguard lingering outside the hotel.

Two days later, Alex has even more to contemplate when police detective Milo Sturgis comes seeking his psychologist comrade's insights about a grisly homicide. To Alex's shock, the brutalized victim is the same beautiful woman whose lonely hours sipping champagne at the Fauborg may have been her last.

But with a mutilated body and no DNA match, she remains as mysterious in death as she seemed in life. And even when a tipster's sordid revelation finally cracks the case open, the dark secrets that spill out could make Alex and Milo's best efforts to close this horrific crime not just impossible but fatal.

Members Reviews:

Boring story and dialogue

I cannot believe I liked these mysteries at one time. We are living in a culture that is too easily entertained.

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Title: The Shooting in the Shop

Author: Simon Brett

Narrator: Simon Brett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 84 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Carole Seddon hates Christmas it all seems rather a waste of time. So when her best friend, Jude, drags her along to go shopping at a local store called Gallimaufry, she can feel her inner-Scrooge knocking. Then Gallimaufry is burnt down and a body is discovered. It seems like a tragic accident, but its not natural causes when a gun is involved.

With a host of suspicious characters the infamous womanizer Ricky Le Bonnier; Piers Duncton, an unfunny comedy writer; or Anna Carter, the lonely dog walker the lady detectives know they have their work cut out for them. It seems that someone in Fethering has a deep, dark, deadly secret and is prepared to kill to keep it.

Members Reviews:

Tops in plot, people & narrator

Fans of Brett and his tart and savvy Fethering heroines of a certain age, Carolyn and Jude, will savor this well plotted mystery. As an added bonus, vetern actor Brett reads his own tale with high style. The voices come alive and vividly capture the personalities of a wildly diverse cast.

True to Form Fethering Mystery

Christmas shopping reveals the contrast between the two main characters, Carole, the straight laced one, and Jude, the free spirit. The shop where they bought some gifts is burned down that night, setting the stage for a complicated murder mystery. As usual there is a large cast of suspects and a surprise culprit. All rather far-fetched but that's what makes it fun.

Brett brings it all together rather quickly at the end, but provides a detailed epilogue to let the reader know what happens after the story is over. I like this feature because the solution to the mystery is abrupt and will impact all the characters. It's nice to learn how their lives evolve after the perpetrator is identified.

I like that the Isis editions of the Fethering audiobooks have a chapter point after each short chapter as sometime I fall asleep listening and need to go back to where I was when that happened.

Simon Brett does a splendid job of narrating his own stories.

Simon Brett is one of the best readers in audio books!

Another great story In this wonderful series. The reader is terrific!

Best to read In order to enjoy character development

A Fethering Christmas

This is a really good series. Carole and Jude are together again to see that justice is done in Fethering. They go about it in there unique busy body fashion that manages to never be offensive. I really enjoy this series and wish that all of the books were in the audible library.

More, please!

Any additional comments?

I've been listening to Simon Brett read his own books for 20 years. I wish there were more available here rather than the other narrators, they just don't work for me.

Enjoyed this one immensely. A lovely dry sardonic wit, with a perceptive eye for people's quirky characteristics.

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Title: Walking the Perfect Square

Subtitle: A Moe Prager Mystery

Author: Reed Farrel Coleman

Narrator: Andy Caploe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 130 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Recently retired due to a freak accident, NYPD officer Moe Prager is lost. In pain and without the job he loves, Moe relunctantly settles on the notion of going into the wine business with his brother. But when Patrick Mahoney, a suburban college student, vanishes off the streets of Manhattan, Prager's universe is turned upside down and his life changed forever. Hired by the student's desperate family, Moe plunges deep into the world of New York's punk underground, sex clubs, and biker bars. Politicians, journalists, and crooked cops seem hell-bent on stopping him in his tracks.

Set on the gritty city streets of the late 1970s and the present day, Walking the Perfect Square is a unique mystery that delivers a compelling look at one person's efforts to find a man who was never really there and to protect his family from an unbearable truth.

Critic Reviews:

Among the undying conventions of detective fiction is the one that requires every retired cop to have a case that still haunts him. Reed Farrel Coleman blows the dust off that cliché in Walking the Perfect Square with a mystery that would get under anyones skin. (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review)

The author makes us care about his characters and what happens to them, conveying a real sense of human absurdity and tragedy, of the price people will pay to get ahead or hide their true selves. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Clever, Interesting, Satisfying

Coleman's Moe Prager is just quirky enough to burrow into your memory. I liked The James Deans... so this purchase seemed natural. Hey... liked this one more. Andy Caploe brings Moe and his ensemble alive. This book's perfect for the gym, masks the pain like a double Irish single malt. Nice....

Where has Reed Coleman been hiding?

Why didn't I know about his mysteries? These are great! If you like your mystery with a bit of noir, you'll enjoy Moe Prager, a Jewish ex-cop with a bit of Brooklyn (ok, a lot of Brooklyn). He's a bit flawed, and he's tough but not too tough. There's a dark humor to his characters, and Moe sees the world around him with a sad clarity. The story itself is a twisty tale of police bureaucracy and family secrets. I enjoyed the book a lot and Andy Capole did a nice job with the narration. I plan to listen to the next two books in the series over the next couple of weeks...I'm hoping that they are as good as this one.

Dated story theme

I did not enjoy this story as much as some of the other reviewers. I thought the story was very dated and not particularly believable in places. Also, the book is just chock full of stereotypes and thus the characters aren't developed in interesting ways as much as they could be if they weren't mostly sterotypes, such as the "typical power-hungry Irish policeman stereotype", for instance.

On the plus side, the book moves along quickly, following an intricate plot.

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Title: Miss Julia Renews Her Vows

Author: Ann Ross

Narrator: Cynthia Darlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 126 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Ann B. Ross has captivated countless readers with her Miss Julia tales. In this 11th entry, Americas favorite senior citizen wants to stay hidden under the bed covers. Its bad enough her husband Sam wants them to attend marriage enrichment classes. But when she hears Dr. Fred Fowler will lead the sessions, shes mortified. Yet she cant hide forever, especially when someone knocks Francie Pitts in the noggin and sends her to the hospital.

Critic Reviews:

"Series fans will have a ball." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Miss Julia Never Lets You Down

I can't decide if it's the narrator or the writing that makes every single Miss Julia book better than the next! Always good for a serious chuckle and keeps you invested in every one of the characters. A+

Another good Miss Julia edition.

Always enjoyable. This one does not disappoint. This is the 3rd or 4th one of these I have listened to and find each one well worth my time.

unforgettable characters

unforgettable characters that I have come to love and want the best for. A mulit listen to tape

Another great miss Julia book

Another Ann B. Ross great Miss Julia book. Have never been disappointed. Can't wait to listen to the rest of her books.

Another delightful adventure with Miss Julia

Having gotten Hazel Marie officially married off to Mr. Pickens, Miss Julia has to figure out how to spread the news of the wedding and the coming twins without letting the community realize the babies will be born four months too early, starting the next adventure in Miss Julia Renews Her Vows by Ann B. Ross. The afternoon of the day Miss Julia holds her luncheon, she gets a call from her friend Edda Mae Wiggins, a home health care worker, that she is being detained at the police station. Her new employer, Francine Pitts, recently moved back to town after the death of her fifth buried husband and is living in an assisted living comple. However, she thinks herself above the use of the services at the complex and has hired Edna Mae as her regular caregiver and her impoverished cousin, Evelyn, as her maid. Someone has bashed Francine on the head, sending her to the hospital, and stolen a valuable bracelet. She is fingering Edda Mae based upon smelling collard greens, which she claims Edda Mae' perfume smells of. Miss Julia determines to do everything she can to clear the good name of Edda Mae.

In the meantime, Miss Julia's church has invited Dr. Fred Fowler, a so-called "Christian psychologist," to come do a marriage seminar about renewing the spark in couples' relationship. Miss Julia is horrified to learn about the presence of Dr. Fowler, as he once came onto Miss Julia and then called her a nymphomaniac when she started to respond. But to him, all that was in the good cause of trying to declare Miss Julia incompetent, so the church could take control of her assets left to her by her late husband. Afraid to let her now-husband, Sam, know about her disgrace, Miss Julia tries every trick in the book to keep away from Dr. Fowler, especially lying in bed for days on end to pretend to be too sick to attend the seminar, which seems really strange to be led by a single man who lives with his mother.

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Title: In This Rain

Author: S. J. Rozan

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-10

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Three years ago, a child's death sent one innocent man to prison and blew open a vortex of corruption at the heart of Manhattan's lucrative construction industry. Joe Cole was that innocent man. A former Buildings Department inspector, the ex-con now lives a broken life, cut off from his wife and daughter, and from the city he loves.

But a woman's murder and the death of a young man rip open old wounds - plunging Joe and his former partner, a beautiful, hard-charging investigator, into the darkest corners of the city and into a desperate race to expose the secrets that help the powerful hide their crimes.

Critic Reviews:

"From the mean streets of Harlem to the chilly corridors of City Hall, Rozan vividly evokes New York City in all its sound and fury." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

I won't be back for any more S. J. Rozan books.

Rozan threw lots of characters at the reader in the first few chapters, making it hard to keep them straight. That she gave no description of them â only names â made it harder. As a result, the main characters â Anna Montgomery and Joe Cole â got lost among this deluge of people when they should have stood out.

The story felt scattered and choppy, as if Rozan just wrote it down as it came to her with no attempt to make it flow. Narration drifting willy-nilly between story and backstory only made the scattered, choppy feel worse. The story opens with a murder that disappears until it suddenly surfaces 60% of the book later, when Rozan reveals the victim is a close friend of one of the main characters.

Dialog between some of the characters was so cryptic in places that even three or four readings didnât make whatâs actually being said clear. Such dialog may be realistic but when it leaves the reader scratching his or her head (as it does here), it doesnât work.

There was no tension in this book. It was just the characters doing the same things and making the same mistakes over and over as the story ambled through almost 400 pages to a whimper of an ending.

Good but would have been better a tad shorter

I mostly agree with Suzie Buggs' review, but I have to admit the characters' relationships did suck me in. For one, thing, Rozan gave us a whole range of moral behavior, from almost a saint (Ford) to almost a devil (Glybenhal) with the protagonists (Ann and Joe) somewhere in the middle. Ann is definitely not one of those too-perfect heroines who never makes a mistake.

But I think the plot got just a little TOO convoluted and the story would have worked better at a slightly shorter length. I was pressing the page forward key pretty fast toward the end, there, because I was losing patience.

And I do really, really, really want another Bill & Lydia mystery. Oh, and at least this Kindle edition did not have any formatting problems like the Kindle version of Reflecting the Sky did.

Does it take plot or characters to tell an engaging story? Rozan shows genius with both.

Sense of place. An ear for dialogue. An eye for rythmn. Masterful. This book made me wish my flight was delayed.

Intriguing

This story held the reader's interest from start to finish. It was a sad tale in that the characters could no longer believe in the law enforcement process that they'd worked so hard to uphold. It was well worth my reading time.

A Great Read

Terrific book.

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Title: The Scarpetta Factor

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Burton

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-20-09

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later, during the same telecast, she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatrist patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk.

Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaire with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.

Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a "special factor", a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.

The Scarpetta Factor, the 17th in the series, finds the familiar cast of characters together again in New York. Marino is working for the NYPD; Benton Wesley uses his forensic psychological expertise at Kirby and Bellevue; and Lucy continues to dazzle with her expertise in forensic computer investigations as she works yet another case with New York prosecutor Jaime Berger.

Members Reviews:

why did I buy?

After the last book that was a total waste, I thought the old Cornwell would come back. This has got to be the worst waste of time and money.

Please Kathy Reichs write more

Disappointed again! Couldn't get through this one either!

I don't know why I keep wasting my Audible credits...I can not stand the way Kate Burton does New York accents. I used to love the Scarpetta Series when I had time to read books, but now that I am a "listener" I cannot get through them. It's bad enough that PC keeps tooting her own horn.....will not buy another of this series. If you want to try an awesome series, try Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny. Start at book one, Still Life.

Yawn....

I read/listened to the condensed version and I'm glad I did. Other reviewers say that the book drags on and I believe it. There's a bit of drama near the end, but most is endless palaver. That it's in New York City is even more distressing--she should have stayed in Richmond. There are enough NYC dramas. However, Scarpetta does get into her work and her "family," whether she's the boss or not. There are some plot things wrapped up and some other family excitement occurs; but, overall the book could have been even shorter.