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Title: Blackout

Author: Chris Ryan

Narrator: Tyler Butterworth

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-05

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Josh Harding is a tough SAS soldier. Yet his disregard for authority has landed him a secondment to MI6's anti-terrorism unit. In the wake of the mysterious "Three Cities" attacks, Josh finds himself on the way to the USA, on the trail of a pair of intrepid young hackers who are out to try and make themselves a fortune, and who are in grave danger from those who would kill for the secrets they have managed to uncover, how to control the power of the Western world.

But soon Josh finds himself waking up in a ditch bloody and wounded, and with no memory of who he is, how he got there, or how he got hurt. Yet one thing is for certain: Josh is in danger. Stranded in the Wild West, Josh must rely on his instincts as a soldier and on the kindness of a beautiful stranger in order to escape those who appear intent on tracking him down and killing him, all for a secret he can't remember. His determination to discover who he is, and what he was doing there, leads him into an explosive web of corporate blackmail, deceit, and greed, where the stakes are high and where no one can be trusted.

Members Reviews:

Awful

I thought it would be a good book I love action plots. I would not finish it. If you can't capture my attention it's not worth reading. Anyone looking for Blackout from Chris Ryan cause I don't want it

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

It took less than two days for me to read. Couldn't put it down. Non-stop action. Similar in style to Andy McNab, one of my favorite authors in this genre.

Buy it. You won't regret it.

Love the show Strike Back!

Love the show Strike Back and as soon as I found out what the show was based on, I had to get Mr. Ryan's books! I love the books just as much as the series. Mr. Ryan's books are just as exciting as the show.

I bet this has happened to you, at least once.

Okay, I bet this has happened to you, at least once. You get to a place in a book and you just can't continue with it. I feel I can describe the scene in question, because it is not incidental to the plot, so won't be a spoiler. Our "hero", a Brit, along with two Americans, ambush and beat the crap out of an FBI agent, who is just doing his job. If anything happens after that to mitigate this sick event, you will have to tell me about it, because I quit (listening) at that point. Adios, Chris Ryan, have a nice life.

Intriguing concept, disappointing read.

John Harding, SAS, is called home from a campaign in the Middle East as terrorists are cutting power supply in the USA, rendering three cities in the dark. Upon returning to the States, however, Harding finds himself in a ditch in an alien town with a bullet-wound, amnesia, and a group of assassins hunting him. Rescued by a local girl and her father, John Harding needs to regain his memory while avoiding capture or death, in order to uncover why he is in the town, and how it relates to the recent attacks.

The premise is interesting, but the book fails only in the inaccuracies it makes when it come to research of certain fields (the "cars explode upon crashing, making seat-belts lethal"-myth being my favourite case-of-point), but also in the myriad of unbelievable events that take place throughout the book.

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Title: The Lonely Dead

Author: Michael Marshall

Narrator: Kati Nicholl, Kerry Shale

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A guilty man walks alone into the cold mountain forests of Washington State, aiming never to return. What he finds there starts a chain of events that will quickly spiral out of control. Meanwhile in Los Angeles a woman's body is discovered, sitting bolt upright in a motel bedroom. She is dead, and her killer has left his mark. It soon becomes clear he has something to say, and a lot more work to do. And Ward Hopkins, an ex-CIA agent recovering from the recent shocking death of his parents, is on the trail of his past, tracking down the men who destroyed everything he once held dear, and the murderer whose face he sees every time he looks in the mirror.

These three are ominous strands in a web of deadly secrets, roads to a dark history that should never have been told. There are people who will do anything to protect it. Anything at all. As in life, it's not a matter of who dies. We're all going to die. What matters is who dies last. Michael Marshall's unique voice adds a chilling intensity to the serial-killer plot, combining dazzling narrative, a white-hot pace, and a deeply disturbing backdrop of conspiracy.

Members Reviews:

Good follow-up to the straw men

Any additional comments?

I would recommend reading the straw men first before reading this book,as this is a follow-on story and that way you will enjoy the books a lot better

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Title: Blood of Angels

Author: Michael Marshall

Narrator: Kerry Shale

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Ward Hopkins' past come backs to haunt him with a vengeance when an ex-CIA colleague tracks him down, desperate for help in solving a bizarre series of events.

Meanwhile Ward's brother, the serial killer known as the Upright Man, has escaped from prison, where he was awaiting trial for murders beyond number. And Hopkins' erstwhile ally, former homicide cop John Zandt, is still on the trail of the organization which killed his daughter and Ward's parents. The further John investigates, the more extraordinary the secrets he uncovers.

The shadows are gathering, and across America sinister forces are stirring. Only Ward, John, and FBI agent Nina Baynam stand against this tide, and against the Upright Man, who now has a grudge against just about everyone in the world. It's only a question of where the next killings will start, and whether they will ever stop.

Members Reviews:

A trilogy worth reading

I had no idea what I was getting into when I read the first book. I enjoyed it and made a note which title was next. I started reading another book in my Kindle. I got only a chapter or two into it when I realized the writing style was quite poor. I figured out that I had been ruined by Mr. Marshall's style.

I downloaded book 2 to my Kindle and read it in one sitting. No choice now but to download book 3, this one, and get started.

Now that I finished all three I can comprehend the entire scale of this trilogy. From very simple beginnings the story grew to global and historical proportions. It was a blast and I enjoyed the entire tale. Very nicely done!

Excellent Suspense Novel

Blood of Angels is one of the best suspense novels I have read in quite some time. Set in Nashville it features Thomas Dennehy, a lead prosecutor who is known for his closing arguments and who has sent more than one criminal to death row. His new case, for which he plans to go for the maximum penalty, is against Moses Bol, a Sudanese immigrant accused of raping and murdering a white woman in a gritty part of town. As the case is contemplated a bombshell drops. An anti-death penalty professor claims he has incontrovertible proof that an executed convict that Dennehy put on death row, Wilson Owens, was innocent of the crime for which he was put to death. This throws the prosecutor's office into disarray, as well as the case against Bol, as an activist preacher claims Bol is innocent. In the meantime Dennehy thinks he's being stalked by someone, and acts directed at him get increasingly more frightening. He is soon visited, yet again, by his past, in a harrowing sequence of events.

This novel is definitely an intricate, well thought out work of suspense. The characters in this novel are very well drawn and Dennehy's relationship and interaction with them gives the novel a very personal touch.

Two thumbs up for this one.

One of the Best

I am so impressed with Marshall's writing! The Straw Men series is really extraordinary in many ways. If one is not a fan of slightly paranormal fiction, it may not be for him/her. However, the writing is brilliant, laced with fascinating ideas, and if the characters or story lines are a bit mind bending, it's worth every page. I only hope there will be another.

(4 1/2) Another Compelling Story by an Excellent Storyteller

This is the third book by REED ARVIN which I have read, and the third which I have rated five stars.

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Title: Burning Moon

Author: Richard Barre

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

On the beach near his home, private investigator Wil Hardesty is approached by a Vietnamese fisherman. Vinh Tien is not convinced that the disappearance at sea of his only son was the accident it was ruled. Wil, a Vietnam vet, resisting the ghosts of a past war, decides to help Vinh Tien because Wil, too, lost a son to the ocean.

What Wil discovers brings him into a shadowy world of Asian gangs and corruption played out against the exotic background of the Vietnamese culture. Wil must discover the truth within a web of violence and secrecy before a ghost-killer finds him.

Members Reviews:

Burning Moon

Bad, very bad. The main charactoer is a vietnam vet, so this PI has to be between 55 and 65 years of age but the author has includes a scene where some teeny booper drops her top and tries to suduce him. The story line is tired and slow, sister blames father who blames his brother and then there are the feds, one good the other bad. This book will put you to sleep. Max the dog may be the best part.

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Title: The Blackbird Papers

Author: Ian Smith

Narrator: Ian Smith

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-04

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor's brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn't ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother's lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling's curiosity about Wilson's pet project: a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds.

Members Reviews:

Good book; terrible narrator

I was very interested in the book's locale and found it quite accurately portrayed with only minor quibbles that I excused as fictional license. The story is fairly well done but the narrator is the worst that I've ever come across in my years of listening to audio books! Perhaps he was a friend of the family? I find no excuse for his use as a reader of this or any other book; his reading abilities were on an elementary school level and he should have been replaced before any recording was made.

The story was fairly predictable but not so much that I gave up on the book before finishing. I would have put it down but I wanted to hear more about the area where the story was situated. If that hadn't been the case, I would have given up on it before the reader/narrator made me any angrier than I already was!

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Title: The Conspiracy Club

Author: Jonathan Kellerman

Narrator: David Birney

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-03

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Spurring on Jeremy's investigation is Dr. Arthur Chess, an enigmatic pathologist who specializes in examining the dead, but harbors a keen fascination with the darker deeds committed by the living. Arthur draws Jeremy into an unexpected friendship, and into the confidence of a cryptic society devoted to matters unknown and unspoken. When he suddenly slips away, Jeremy is left to contend with an onslaught of anonymous clues and the growing realization that a harrowing game of cat and mouse has been set in motion.

But who besides Jeremy is playing? And who is making the rules? Before the killer strikes again, Jeremy races to connect the disturbing puzzle pieces being fed to him. Yet his search for answers only seems to yield more questions. And deepening the mystery is the undeniable presence of someone watching it all, and guiding Jeremy's investigation from behind the scenes. As the game intensifies, Jeremy must decide if a secret ally is setting him on the right path...or a sadistic enemy is setting him up for a fate far beyond even the most twisted imagination.

Critic Reviews:

"A gripping, intricately plotted...novel of psychological suspense...Kellerman is a master at building character and slowly unfolding events, divulging just the right amount of information." (Publishers Weekly)

"Quick-witted...full of both well-handled innuendo and strongly visual drama." (The New York Times)

"David Birney delivers this complex mystery with a subtle intensity that compels the listener's interest. Both story and voice are magnetic." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

I highly recommend this book

I'm an avionics technician on fighter jets and this book gave me a lot of interesting insight into the world of commercial aeronautics, from the politics to the engineering in the way that only Michael Crichton can deliver. If you're a fan of the author or thrillers in general, or have even the most vague interest in aeronautics, I highly recommend this book.

Good and Steady Pace

Good story and steady pace. I like books that are hard to put down. This was not a page turner but kept my interest. I was able to read for awhile and come back to it next day. Characters have interest, a few twists and turns and a satisfying ending.

Arguably the Best Thriller Ever

A model for all written afterword. A little sixtyish in style still the finest thriller I have read. The movie is quite good and captures the main characters very well.

Five Stars

needed to replace my old copy, a classic trio

Five Stars

an excellent book. I was in paris when the attempt on degaul was made

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Title: Mortal Sins

Author: Penn Williamson

Narrator: Theodore Bikel

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-00

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

On a hot summer night, inside a former slave shack on the St. Claire estate, reckless, womanizing attorney Charles St. Claire has been brutally stabbed to death. And in the elegantly appointed big house, a world-celebrated beauty stands covered in her husband's blood, trying to hide the bruises on her face and professing her innocence. She is Remy Lelourie, Hollywood's goddess, St. Claire's wife, and the woman who once broke Rourke's heart.

Against all the visible evidence, Rourke embarks on a quest to prove Remy's innocence, putting his own life and family in jeopardy, and finds himself slipping into the dark, hidden crevices of the city he thought he knew.

Members Reviews:

Loved

I just finished reading this book for the second time.....now I will read "Wages of Sin" for the second time and I will wish that the author had written a third one....need one more cause the author left me hanging......

One of my favorite books of all time

No words of mine can really do this book justice. You will have to read it and see for yourself. I read this book for the first time maybe 20 years ago. It stayed with me for a long time. I've read it now maybe six or seven times. When I go back to it I feel like I am visiting old friends and old places.

Mortal Sins

I like how Penelope Williamson gives her characters heart.It is descriptive but the story does not drag. I would recommend it.

Four Stars

Nice book

Five Stars

good product good service

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Title: Secrets of the Lost Symbol

Subtitle: The Unauthorised Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code Sequel

Author: Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-11

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

From the team that brought you the bestselling Secrets of the Code and Secrets of Angels and Demons comes the first literary companion to Dan Brown's latest blockbuster. Secrets of the Symbol builds upon the expertise and wisdom of Nobel prize-winning scientists, historians, technologists, and conspiracy theorists to help readers fully understand the mysteries behind The Lost Symbol.

Featuring extracts, interviews, and specially commissioned commentary by world-renowned scholars, Secrets of the Symbol presents a wealth of information on the vast range of subjects covered in the novel. Using the same comprehensive, detailed approach as Burstein's previous books, Secrets of the Symbol will deconstruct and delve into the provocative issues raised by Brown's novel - which are likely to include the history of Freemasonry.

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Title: Devil's Game

Author: Patricia Hall

Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Meanwhile, Thackery is busy with the disappearance of Karen Bastable, a young woman who went missing after an illicit meeting in the local forest. As Thackery and Ackroyd's careers collide, a web of secrecy is revealed, and Laura must think of her own safety as she becomes entangled in a reality that is far darker than she could ever have imagined.

Members Reviews:

Devils game

Was very enjoyable story as always narrated by Michael Tudor barnes he brings the character to life

It's a devil of a book

This book is such a good read one of those books that you can't put down. I like a book that is continually telling the story and not a lot of waffle just to fill the book out. Yes the book is enthralling but also the narration is perfect. Looking forward to reading my next book by Patricia hall

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Title: The Final Days

Author: Alex Chance

Narrator: Jennifer Woodward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Until the terror in the Trueblood trailer, police chief Ella McCullers believed she knew crises of faith. Abruptly promoted to senior investigator in the state's most high-profile kidnapping case, her only leads are a decaying tombstone, a missing cat and a little mute girl with ghastly nightmares.

In truth, it began with The Cult of the Final Days. Now Karen Wiley must cross the desert Wilderness to play a deadly game disguised as a righteous quest for the truth.

Members Reviews:

Don't open the mail

A couple divorce, and their daughter is befriended by someone online, the same time as the mother is getting threatening letters through the mail. The story gets a bit disjointed from here, focusing on different characters and timelines when you expect it to be going elsewhere. The cruelty to a child was particularly offputting so it only gets three stars.