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Title: The Garden of Betrayal

Author: Lee Vance

Narrator: Mark Deakins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

After a stunning debut with Restitution, Vance makes a triumphant return: a whip-smart, fast-paced, and eerily timely thriller that ties the 2008 global economic meltdown and international energy wars to the heartbreaking story of one familys loss and slow re-formation.

Manhattan, 2002: Mark Wallace appears to have it allmarried to the love of his life with two bright, beautiful children and a job that keeps them all living in styleuntil one winter night when his 12-year-old son, Kyle, is snatched off the street.

Seven years later: Kyle was never found, and the loss has almost destroyed the Wallaces marriage, as well as Marks career. Personal connections have enabled him to recast himself as an energy consultant to the hedge-fund community. Now, on the same day that a natural gas pipeline in remote western Russia is blown up by suspected terrorists, a new lead opens up in the case of Kyles disappearance. When a colleague slips him classified information on Saudi oil production and then suddenly commits suicide, it remains for Mark, with the help of his tech-savvy daughter and still-grieving wife, to find the sinister connections between everything thats happening.

Critic Reviews:

"The tension mounts relentlessly. Every short chapter offers a jolt." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Fitting to current turmoil

The current upheavals in the Middle East and the West's dependence on its oil is a reminder of the geo-political importance of the `black stuff'. This book is a thriller about access to future supplies, a murder, a tortuous investigation, a family's loss, some violence and a few surprising twists along the way. If you like such quasi-political thrillers, this is one to read.

Ian Hunter.

Author ofThe Early YearsE-LoveE-DreamsE-WorldThree InterludesLove's AnatomyConversationsPets: An Adults' Tale

Lee Vance ran out of gas.

The first half of the book is very good and holds a lot of promise. The second half is a rambling, random let down. It introduces a whole range of new characters who are not developed, abandons issues that had been thoughtfully expressed in the first half, and offers an explosion of violence to replace the more thoughtful themes that were set up earlier.

The book set out to be a topical engaging thriller set in the world of high finance, that both entertains and educates. This is not easy to pull off. But the fact that it is difficult, does not justify the author essentially giving up at half time. I think he ran out of time and energy. The author almost suggests as much in the acknowledgments. Its too bad. After all that work, he basicly threw in the towel.

In the acknowledgements, the author says the second book is the hard one. Its sort of an apology as the author is explaining he knows he dropped the ball. Its strange because this is not an author who needs the money, or needs to be beholden to the time pressure imposed by an editor.

Another thing I suspect is that this book is written to try to get picked up for a movie. This explains all the extraneous violence introduced to the main character, previously a believable seemingly normal professional.

Even thought I was ultimately disappointed, I enjoyed the book. I will read his next book. .

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Title: The Cat Who Went Bananas

Author: Lillian Jackson Braun

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The good people of Pickax are agog with anticipation. Not only is a new bookstore about to open, but the Theatre Club is set to perform The Importance of Being Earnest. The play does not continue past opening night, however, for a member of the cast is killed in a car accident.... Or was it an accident? Koko seems to suspect otherwise.

Members Reviews:

A pleasant little story...

... however it ends abruptly, I had to check to see if the download had completed! So, the mysteries are not satisfyingly explained, the story inconclusive. Disappointing.

Super intelligent Siamese cats

Where does The Cat Who Went Bananas rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

The Cat Who Went Bananas ranks in the light humour and mystery level of entertainment reading.

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Title: The Phantom of Manhattan

Author: Frederick Forsyth

Narrator: Peter Marinker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The Phantom of the Opera goes to New York.

Forsyth picks up the story following the phantom's escape to the New World, where he begins his new and secret life in a place where he carves out a kingdom of fortune and power. He builds the most glittering opera house in the world, a place to lure Christine.

Members Reviews:

So what's the problem?

I've heard so much negative stuff about this book and Love Never Dies, its so-called spin-off, that I just had to read it. I am one of those odd people who loves Love Never Dies and wanted to see if people were as wrong about the book as I felt they were about the musical.

First of all, I must say that this is a well written book with a compeling plot line. It really hasn't got much in common with Love Never Dies except the setting and the ending; and even the ending isn't exactly the same. No Madam Ghiry and Meg. The Phantom and the world have moved on. It is no longer Belle Epoque Paris, it is now the cold reality of turn-of-the-century New York. I liked the way the story is told: through the eyes of people who are not central characters. (Isn't that kind of the way the original was written?) They don't know exactly what they are witnessing, but WE do. I would like to have read a little more direct interaction between Christine and Eric, and I would have liked to have learned a little more about "when what happened, happened" that led to Christine's child being conceived.

In my opinion Phantom sequels, rewrites and prequels are always disappointing to those who have too narrow expectations and definitions about who the Phantom is. I like to take each new story I read as a totally new one with its own merits and imagination. Certainly I have my own phantasies about what happened and how, but I try to keep an open mind with others' ideas. If you can do that, keep an open mind, that is, this isn't a bad read.

This is the 4th Phantom book I have read (not counting the original.) I have read Phantom (Susan Kay), Phantom's Legacy (Lucinda Epps?), Unmasked (Colette Gay) and Phantom of Manhattan. I've enjoyed every one; some more than others and I will continue to read stories about this beautiful, fascinating story and all its permutations and possiblities.

Not that bad but could've been better

I actually didn't read this book until after I'd seen Andrew Lloyd Webbers "Love Never Dies". I'd bought the book before I discovered he'd actually done a sequel for the stage but never got around to reading it. I'm not sure why I waited so long, perhaps it was how it was written (first person) and I'd already became entranced with Sadie Montgomery's Phantom sequels that I wasn't in a hurry to read Forsyth's offering, even though I knew that Webber and he had collaborated on it. It was because of this collaboration that I'd picked up the book in the first place.

The book wasn't that bad being told by various people who are affected in one in way or the other by the Phantom. For me though, I think I would have prefered it if it had been written first person by only involving the main characters from Webber's original Phantom rather than outsiders who either heard of a mysterious backer, or saw the man in a portrait, or heard the unseen man speaking with Christine in the Hall of Mirrors at Steeplechase Park on Coney Island.

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Title: Killing Mum

Author: Allan Guthrie

Narrator: Joe Dunlop

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Using a tanning salon as a front, Edinburgh-based Carlos Morales arranges contract killings. But his hit man's in jail and won't be out for a while. So when an anonymous payment arrives, Carlos decides to take the job on himself. But once the 'mark' is revealed, Carlos re-thinks his plan. This is no longer business - it's personal - because the 'mark' is his mother.

Members Reviews:

cognitive disconnect is hard to write

What did you like best about Killing Mum? What did you like least?

the narrator was experiencing a breakdown - the reader is similarly confused -I think the unreliable narrator would have worked better if the story had been told backwards or in flashback. going at it in strict chronology left the listener is as confused as the narrator

Would you be willing to try another book from Allan Guthrie? Why or why not?

at the end the author did leave me wanting more. I would like to try a longer book in which he had more time to explore the themes - I would like to see if Allan Guthrie could actually carry this off. don't know if I'd blow a credit - maybe if it was on sale.

What does Joe Dunlop bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

He was OK. I think a narrator that really sunk into the chavish banter and dialect of lower class Edinburgh would have brought the story to life better and made it more fun.

Could you see Killing Mum being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

could see this as a movie with real Scottish actors young and hungry some unknowns with a flair for comedy

disappointing

I give 2 stars because I wanted to finish the book to find out what happened, but really there was far too much uneccessary use of the 'F' word and similar language,(it didn't add anything), the story was actually a bit daft - I am glad it was only a short one as I wouldn't have wasted time had it been a long tale unabridged, as is my usual preference.

The writing style, apart from the bad language was ok and I might be tempted to download a sample of a different book by the author to my kindle to see if it is any better.

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Title: Flight of Shadows

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Sigmund Brouwer

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Her genetic secret could change humanity forever. Her DNA grants her the ultimate power. But all she wants is to disappear.

Looming buildings rise into the sky of a near-future America, shadowing the desperate poverty of the soovie parks, death doctors, and fear bombs. In this world of walled cities, where status matters most, Caitlyn Brown is desperate to remain invisible, wrongly believing what she needs to hide is the deformity on her back. The powerful want her for so much more.

She's forced to take flight again, relying on the help of Razor, a street-smart illusionist she can't trust. Her only hope is to reach friends already tracked by government.

With a twisted bounty hunter in full pursuit, she and Razor begin to learn the unthinkable about her past and the unique gifts of her DNA. It leads Caitlyn to a choice between the two men who love her, and whether to keep her freedom or sacrifice herself to change human destiny.

In this lightning-fast chase through an all-too-plausible future, best-selling author Sigmund Brouwer is at his best. Flight of Shadows is a terrifying ride into the heart of compelling moral questions about science and society.

Members Reviews:

Flight of Shadows

This book is the sequel to Sigmund Brouwer's equally awesome Broken Angel. The one and only reason I refrain from all five stars is I am tentative to rate any book as a five-star book for fear of setting another reader's expectations too high, although on this one I debated before falling back on four. In Broken Angel, the narration ends with a young woman named Caitlyn, having just discovered her newly matured wings and her father's selfish decision to withhold the existence of them from her beforehand, making her decision to leave Appalachia, her home since birth. Flight of Shadows picks up where Broken Angel left off: Caitlyn struggles to hide the secret of her genetically engineered wings in the dangerous world outside everything she has ever known, all while staying distrustful of every unfamiliar face. Any stranger might notice the semi-disguised lump on her back and turn her in to the authorities hunting for her. Stereotypical? Maybe a little. But still, somehow, any buyer won't be able to put it down.

Great sequel to Broken Angel.

Fast paced and exciting reading. It completes the story perfectly. This is necessary reading after reading Broken Angel. Gives faith in good versus evil. Must read to finish the story.

Five Stars

also a gift

flight for freedom

Because of her DNA, Caitlyn has a bounty hunter nipping at her heels and the government not far behind him. With a life-changing choice to make -- and without a soul to trust -- Caitlyn is forced to depend on Razor, a skilled illusionist, for protection.

In his latest thriller Flight of Shadows, Sigmund Brouwer draws the reader into a hauntingly possible near-future of deteriorated freedoms, political instability, and a strong class system. Together, these things drive the desperation behind Caitlyn's struggle to keep hold of her freedom.

The short snippets of dialog -- often laced with a dry wittiness -- enhance the urgency of the story, allowing it to proceed without impediment. Each chapter, dedicated to following a particular character, is an exhibition of Brouwer's masterful use of plot complications to leave the reader on the edge of their seat.

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Title: Spanish Eyes

Author: Jackie Griffey

Narrator: Janean Jorgensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-29-10

Publisher: Books in Motion

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When Eleana Castillo arrives in Las Flores from Mexico to work and meet her brother Carlos, who is already working there, her troubles begin. Carlos has disappeared without a trace, and Carlotta, her sister-in-law who is with child, is missing from her home in Mexico. Oliver Avery, a handsome artist who teaches at the local college, sees Eleana search for Carlos at the town mall. He falls in love with her beautiful, sad, and questing Spanish Eyes.

Members Reviews:

Great story, weak storytelling . . .

I wanted to like this book. The plot is really fascinating, and could have made an even better story except for some things which made it hard for me to immerse myself in it. I did not like Oliver, one of the main characters who it seems you are supposed to empathize with and/or identify with. He is really jealous and irrational, which leaves me feeling he is controlling and somewhat unstable. His "love at first sight" of Elena does not come across as sweet to me, but almost creepy. I just don't buy the love story, because there is really no description of any actual connection or emotional development between Oliver and Elena, just his instantaneous infatuation with her based solely on her "Spanish Eyes." I also did not like the dialogue between Oliver and his friend Matt. I felt that the author was trying way too hard to use the lingo and banter that she believes two males in their 20s or 30s would use in their conversations. However, as a woman several decades removed from that generation, she misses the mark and Oliver and Matt's conversations come across as annoying and cliched. The villains of the story are portrayed cartoonishly in how one-dimensionally bad they are, you can almost imagine one of them letting out an evil "Mwhahh-ha-ha!" The ending is as completely tidy as you can imagine any fairy tale being, complete with a wedding happening within a few days of when the lovelorn Oliver proposes to the object of his obsession. In short, all of these overdone touches in the storytelling kept "Spanish Eyes" from feeling genuine or allowing you to truly identify with any of the characters, in spite of the potential inherent in the actual story.

Great Action, Adventure and More

Spanish Eyes is a beautifully told, compelling, suspenseful tale about a young woman's journey from Mexico to join her family the US and her efforts to find her missing brother once she arrives. This is an exciting story filled with action and adventure. The characters are very sympathetic and easy to relate to. The story is told from multiple perspectives which is very effective. It is a mystery, a romance and an adventure rolled into one. I highly recommend this book.

Jennifer Leigh Wells

Author of Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic

entertaining romantic suspense

Legal immigrant Elena Castillo comes to Las Flores seeking her brother Carlos and their cousin Jorge Brazos, who legally cross the border to work on construction projects. The two men are out of town working at an isolated location. Las Flores College art teacher Oliver Avery notices Elena at the mall and suddenly believes in love at first site.

Carlos' pregnant wife Carlotta and his teenage younger brother Juan illegally cross the border from Mexico because she wants her child born in America. They obtain work at the Santa Maria de Las Flores mission.

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Title: Caught

Author: Harlan Coben

Narrator: Tim Machin

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-15-10

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.

Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify and bring down sexual predators via elaborate and nationally televised sting operations. Working with local police on her news program Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team have publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.

In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben's trademark, Caught tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can't trust her own instincts about this case, or the motives of the people around her.

Members Reviews:

The worst Coben...

What disappointed you about Caught?

..novel I ever read, or more accurately listened to. This is the abridged version and I don't know whether it was so bad because too much was edited out. The characters had no depth, and unlike most Coben characters I felt no sympathy for them at all.

What could Harlan Coben have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Character depth, a better plot.

Would you be willing to try another one of Tim Machins performances?

No, he was terribly annoying.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Utter disappointment, the first Coben novel to disappoint me.

Any additional comments?

Horrible reading.

Terrific. Best story yet.

And a fantastic narrator. Too often this can spoil a book about this narrator took on so many different personas and delivered a sterling performance.

great story , well executed.

I really enjoyed this story. When you think you have got it sorted there is more and more to understand.

another cracker

I thoroughly enjoyed this story by HC. He is a master of storytelling and draws the reader in

Best book this year so far

This book is the best book Ive listen to this year so far . Couldnt put down

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Title: Columbus

Subtitle: A Silver Bear Thriller

Author: Derek Haas

Narrator: Greg Bell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Columbus is back and as deadly as ever. But the hunter has now become the hunted, in this sequel to the national best seller The Silver Bear. He told you not to like him. To get close to Columbus, the Silver Bear, means death. Exactly whose death remains to be determined in Derek Haas highly anticipated new thriller.

Recouperating in Europe after losing his fence and best friend during his mission to assassinate his father, Columbus now finds his reverie interrupted by multiple assassins searching for the elusive Silver Bear. As Columbus eliminates each killer, more and more appear - a hydra effect he can only eliminate by finding the origin of the hit, a source connected to his own past. Racing across the globe, as both hunter and hunted, Columbus' travels take him to Italy, where he meets a mysterious woman named Risina. A woman with her own secret past, she may be Columbus' only hope of salvation.

Critic Reviews:

"Like Jeff Lindsays Dexter, Columbus is a thoroughly likable villain. He operates on the wrong side of the law, with his own moral code and his own unique sense of compassion. Its impossible not to like the guy, even though he explicitly and repeatedly tells us not to, just as its impossible not to like the novel itself." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

You Will NOT Be Able To Put This Book Down!

I am a HUGE fan of Derek Haas! If there is one series you need to read it has to be the "Silver Bear" thrillers! When I was first introduced to "Silver Bear" I thought "...there is no way in hell I am going to read this book..." I am so happy that I did! It introduced me to a reality that I had no idea existed. The follow-up "Columbus" did not disappoint either! There are so many new characters in this book and their stories are told in full. Derek has an amazing way of introducing you to scenes and characters with his cunning use of words. He has no problem getting his imagination onto paper! The clarity of his writing made me feel that I was at each location and witnessing each scene. And...this book equally scared the hell outta me, but I loved it! My favorite line in the book is when Columbus says "...I told you not to like me..." BUT I DO and I am anxiously awaiting book 3! I hope all of us don't have to wait too long...

Pure Adrenaline

I don't normally read a lot of thrillers, but after finishing Columbus I'm dying for more. I think I read half the book the first time I opened it up. I found myself reading faster and faster, drawn along with the pace of the action. And just when you think it's going to rest for a moment, it takes another wicked turn and keep driving forward.

I think Derek's best asset is that he can paint an action scene with just enough detail so that you can picture it perfectly in your head, with just the right amount of prose to make you feel like you are watching a movie. In other words, the tempo of the writing fits perfectly with the pacing of each scene. I'm assuming that's something he's cultivated throughout his screenwriting career.

If you're bummed that there's no good Hollywood thrillers coming out, then I suggest you give Columbus a shot, because it will certainly scratch that itch. (But, read The Silver Bear first!)

A Suprise...

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Title: Under Suspicion

Author: The Mulgray Twins

Narrator: Hilary Neville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

DJ Smith is sent to Tenerife to infiltrate a money-laundering organisation run by Ambrose Vanheusen. DJ knows she is in danger, but luckily he has an Achilles heel: his obsession with his Persian cat. DJs passport into Vanheusens empire comes in the form of Gorgonzola, a moth-eaten ginger Persian and sniffer cat extraordinaire, acting under an alias pedigree.

With drug dealing, money laundering and murder to contend with, not to mention a cat with attitude, DJ has her hands full. So it's not surprising she doesnt realise that the greatest danger lies in Vanheusens determination to steal her supposedly pedigree moggy.

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Title: Private Pleasures

Author: Lawrence Sanders

Narrator: Jay O. Sanders, Maryann Plunkett

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-10

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

What happens when the U.S. Army wants a drug to enhance the performance of soldiers in combat? Gregory Barrow is assigned by McWhortle Laboratory to create the ZAP pill - a formula to increase the human body's testosterone level. But the mild mannered chemist doesn't realize the danger, or the black-market value, of his research.

Marleen Todd, Barrow's neighbor and co-worker, is on a much different mission - to create a new hormone-influenced fragrance that will revolutionize the perfume industry, moving beyond attraction to emotional effects.

As Barrow and Todd delve deeper into their work, they discover frightening side effects that could result in either the destruction or salvation of their already fragile family lives. And as a plot to steal the ZAP formula builds, the lives of everyone involved become intertwined as they seek to enhance their private pleasures.

Members Reviews:

Development of a Pill that Makes You Into Rambo!

This novel is first and foremost a comedic novel. But that being said, it can also be described as being a crime novel and a very low key science fiction novel. Perhaps a genre-crossing comedy, best describes it. It was first published in 1994 as a paperback original (pbo) by Berkley Books. This is my third Lawrence Sanders read and I did not expect it to be an oddball, funny read. It is also told in very simplistic prose. So simplistic that some readers may become bored by it. Another reviewer described its as written for the high school crowd. I had a little bit of trouble finishing it, i.e., I had to make myself finish it, but once the ending is within sight, it grabs the reader enough to want to find out what happens. I especially liked the way the author communicates in the voices of the two 10 year olds involved in the story (Chester Barrow and Tania Todd). If you like the way Dean Koontz communicates what animals are thinking, you will like the chapters told from Chet and Tania's points of view.

The story is about the development of a ZAP pill that makes the consumer of the pill into a Rambo-like soldier/killing machine. Of course the pill's developement is commissioned by the goverment. (Who else!) The pill is developed by research chemist Gregory Barrow. Most of the story involves the inter-personal relationships of all those involved with Gregory, i.e., his family, his neighbor and co-worker's family (Marleen Todd, her husband, and daughter), and his boss at the lab. Each chapter (except for one) is told in the single voice of the character in which the chapter is entitled. Of course problems develop when crooks, and the mafia get involved with stealing the pill. Overall very much worth reading if you're a fan of Lawrence Sanders.

private pleasures

Two chemists, each experimenting with hormones come through with a way to make their desires reality. Both have homelives that are less then ideal, the female chemist has a lecher husband whose a drunk. The male chemist has a neglected wife, whose ready to have an affair. In the middle are Tania and Chet a young couple of kids who are considering gathering up their things and run away, and a female psychiatrist whose flirting with a relationship with Tania's uncle a crippled Vietnam Vet.