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Title: Southern Cross

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Lorelei King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Patricia Cornwell has a sixth sense about the men and women in blue. In Hornet's Nest, her page-turning novel about crime and police in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cornwell moved behind the badges of these real-life heroes to uncover flesh-and-blood characters who strode through her pages to reveal vulnerable, passionate, brave, sometimes doubting, always fascinating figures.

In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us even closer to the personal and professional lives of big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. This time, her setting is Richmond, Virginia, where Charlotte Police Chief Judy Hammer has been brought by an NIJ grant to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by the police force, city manager, and mayor of Richmond, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief Virginia West and rookie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the trio must bring truth, order, and sanity to a city in trouble.

Members Reviews:

southern cross

Easy to listen to one of my first audio books always enjoy this author .Fish was a very interesting character i could almost see him,the slightly built kid on the block too frightened to resist trouble even though he knew it was wrong just wanted his big bro back..Kept you interested throughout.

Exciting!

Enjoyed the narrator's use of language variety, added with the use of slang and dialect. Really defined the story, in its entirety.

Interesting storyline

Would you consider the audio edition of Southern Cross to be better than the print version?

Never read the print version, I dont read that's why I have audio books.

What other book might you compare Southern Cross to, and why?

No comparison, just started listening to her books

What about Lorelei Kings performance did you like?

Characters were brought to life in her tone

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The initiation to the gang was frightening, I was afraid of what would follow.

Any additional comments?

The storyline was good, but I got a bit bored in the middle, it got a bit slow.

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Title: Driven

Author: James Sallis

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

At the end of the initial novel,Drive, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, the only one he mourned, ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him.Driventells how the young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down early one morning in a Tijuana bar.

Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in Phoenix. Walking down the street one day, he and his fiancée are attacked by two men, and while Driver dispatches both, his fiancée is killed.

Sinking back into anonymity, aided by his friend, Felix, an ex-gang member and Desert Storm vet, Driver retreats but finds that his past stalks him and will not stop. He has to turn and face it. Because he drives. Thats what he does.

James Sallis has published 14 novels, three books of musicology, multiple collections of short stories, poems, and essays, and more. His works have been shortlisted for the Anthony, Nebula, Edgar, Shamus, and Gold Dagger awards. His novel Drive was made into an award-winning motion picture.

Critic Reviews:

Terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

It's pure pulp... I love it

It's pure pulp. The writing is fast and quick to get lost, most pulp. That being said if your person who likes books such as James Roy's white jazz and this is right up your alley

Driven fails

What would have made Driven better?

The writer still derails from imagination

Has Driven turned you off from other books in this genre?

I could like it better had they replaced the Paul Michael Garcia

How did the narrator detract from the book?

he lacked the passion of words he was reading to the listeners.

good sequel but not as good as Drive

Really liked Drive but this seems a little repetitious and not as original and perhaps unnecessary.

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Title: Necessary Extremes

Author: David M. Salkin

Narrator: D. C. Goode

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-22-12

Publisher: David M. Salkin

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In order to prevent World War III, Agents Stills and Mackey are sent to Iran to take action from within. But the mission is not merely to take out Iran's weapons grade nuclear material intended for Israel - they've been instructed to incite an Iranian revolution.

Members Reviews:

Extremely Good

The book is very well written and researched. The military tactics details are believable. While the outcome of the book is fictitious the hope for a peaceful Middle East is obtainable if only the people are given the opportunity to live in peace and built upon the resources available in their region and various countries.

Salkin delivers again

"Necessary Extremes" is a Necessary Read!!! One of the things I like about Salkin's writing is that he has carried over several of the main characters from one book to the next. You get to know them and like them. A few times as I was reading I found my hand to my mouth in anticipation and concern for the characters of the book. He really brings them to life and the stories as well. Not being one to follow the news and what is going on over there, he has tought me quite a bit. Keep up the good word Dave. I'm on to the MOP, I hope you have something else in the works.

Five Stars

Love all these books.

Most excellent read...fast and full of action.

David Salkin takes you on a ride that just keeps gaining speed as you cruise through the book. A fictional but seemingly realistic look at what every American wants to know is going on with respect to fighting terrorism. His attention to detail makes you feel like you are right there with the characters, either walking the rocky trails of Eastern Afghanistan or the hallways of a CIA building.

Great read!

It grabbed me from the first page. Couldn't put it down. Go team USA and Israel, the bad guys didn't have a chance!

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Title: The Whisperer

Author: Donato Carrisi

Narrator: Carol Monda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-12

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A gripping literary thriller and smash bestseller that has taken Italy, France, Germany and the UK by storm.

Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies, alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.

Lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, dive into the case. They're confident they've got the right suspect in their sights until they discover no link between him and any of the kidnappings except the first. The evidence in the case of the second missing child points in a vastly different direction, creating more questions than it answers.

Vasquez and Gavila begin to wonder if they've been brought in to take the fall in a near-hopeless case. Is it all coincidence? Or is a copycat criminal at work? Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, Gavila and Vasquez find that their lives are increasingly in each other's hands.

The Whisperer, as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels, is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also utterly unputdownable.

Members Reviews:

Not a adhesive mystery

What would have made The Whisperer better?

The story was not really tight and wandered around too much. There was too much emphasis on the gruesome aspects of the crimes and not enough continuity to the storyline

Would you ever listen to anything by Donato Carrisi again?

Probably not

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The reader was understandable and told the story at a good pace.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It was better than many crime/mysteries I've read in the past

Any additional comments?

The reviews compare this to the Stieg Larsson books, but they are much better constructed and more imaginative than this book.

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Title: Crescent Fire

Author: David M. Salkin

Narrator: D. C. Goode

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-11

Publisher: David M. Salkin

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Agents Still and Hollahan are on a special assignment-neutralizing a mysterious terrorist mission known only as Crescent Fire. The terrorists' weapon is a Scud missile - and their target is the White House. Good thing these boys know how to work under pressure.

Members Reviews:

Another Winner

I know, I'm reading backwards. I started with The Team and realized what I've been missing by not reading Salkin's earlier books. I don't typically read this genre of novels, but I have to say, David Salkin has me hooked. The mystery and suspense had me on the edge of my seat. As with all of Salkin's books, enough detail is given to create a picture in your head, but not too much detail that it drags out. This is a MUST read.

Better than Clancy

Topical spy thriller. Better than Clancy!

Five Stars

Great story

A great yarn !

This is a fiction novel that reads like it's been ripped from the front page of the New York Times.

Continued crisis in the middle east, an oil `issue', Israeli-Palestinian problems, FBI-CIA turf battles; first-time author David Salkin has come up with a book that begins to rival the stories of Tom Clancy. Salkin writes knowledgably and at times, humorously, on the Middle East, and his research and attention to detail is one of the reason the book is so readable. Set in the post 9/11 world, "Crescent Fire" could be either a fiction novel or the next headline in Newsweek - it's that good. Could we see another terror attack on CONUS ? "Crescent Fire" makes the case that we could.

Highly recommended, author David Salkin has written a book that makes for excellent reading for anyone interested in current events.

Stick in the Mud

I hate to be the only bad review, but I just could not help it. I do not write reviews simply because it is merely one person's opinion. But after reading five star reviews for both of Salkin's books, I had to comment. For my point of reference I have read ALL of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Clancy and Balducci (just to name a few - what can I say, I love to read). This novel fealt just like I was in a Lethal Weapon movie. Two old law enforcers (one black, one white) who talk to each other like they are doing a stand-up routine. Military characters straight out of a "Be all you can be" commercial, and so many cliches ripped straight from any one of the authors I previously named, you'd think that's where he got the dialogue from. I am usually not this critical of authors (and I am not trying to offend Mr. Salkin), but as a fan of this genre, you should try to be a bit more original with the characters and dialogue. The plot in both books (especially Necessary Extremes) is very good, but the "already done a dozen times over" dialogue needs some work. I do apologize if I sound a bit harsh, I just think that these two books could have been blockbusters.

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Title: Sleepwalker

Author: Karen Robards

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Shes a rookie cop. Hes a professional crook. She catches him in the act of stealing big bucks from a mob bosss safe. He manages to embroil her in a crime so explosive it could cost both of them their lives. Natural adversaries, their only common ground is mutual dislike and distrustand the fact that the same killers are now hunting them both. Sparks fly and passion flares as they run for their lives, knowing that teaming up is the only chance they have to survive.

Renowned for her well-crafted sexy and suspenseful novels, Robardss singular skill of combining intrigue with ecstasy...gives her romances their edge (Lexington Herald-Leader) and in Sleepwalker, she has created another entertaining thriller.

Members Reviews:

Oh Karen!

Oh Karen! I never thought it would happen: that first, I wouldn't like a Karen Robards book, but secondly that I couldn't even finish it! I haven't even made it to page 100 and I am stopping. There are run-on sentences about running barefoot across the marble floors, with the pink nails she painted earlier that day--not a direct quote but close enough. I couldn't even make sense of some of them because she added so much content into one sentence. Then there is the thief, who I am supposing has a heart of gold because he's caught by a woman cop with a gun trained on him while he and his partner are stealing 1 million dollars, but when they get into hand-to-hand combat he won't defend himself against her because he can't hit a woman? He could throw a heavy suitcase at her but not throw her off him? Was he supposed to be Robin Hood? The woman is a cop and goes to investigate a sound in the night but puts her flip flops on first--right, great way to sneak up on someone on marble floors not to mention how hard they are to run or maneuver in (yet she manages to run across snow in them while carrying a heavy suitcase) and she apparently has no idea that Uncle Nicco is a bad guy? And why in the beginning of the book were an all female family leaving in a squalor neighborhood if they had a rich uncle? I apparently don't care enough to find out the solution she comes up with for these questions. I have loved Karen for decades, even her not so good books were still good enough to read; this is a mess that I can only hope was an unsold manuscript dragged out to fulfill a deadline or that she has a ghost writer.

with some pretty harsh "ninja" qualities

*Bestselling author Karen Robards, leaves us with another excellent romantic suspense. It was impossible to put down!.................Not only waking up from a relentless nightmare of her mother's own murder that she witnessed as a child years before, Micayla "Mick" Lange was also jostled from strange noises coming from the first floor of the huge house. Being a police officer and asked by her uncle Nico to housesit while the family left town to celebrate New Years, was the one and only reason why she never hesitated when she grabbed for her glock and quietly sneaked down the stairs to investigate only to see a very large man, wearing a ski mask in her uncle's office with the large safe opened, a safe she never knew existed until now. Jason Davis couldn't believe his luck when this gorgeous petite young woman with her hair in pigtails wearing some flannel sexy pajamas, appeared in the doorway holding a gun on him demanding he stop what he was doing.

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Title: Son of Gun in Cheek

Author: Bill Pronzini

Narrator: Chet Williamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-23-11

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

"The prolific Pronzini not only writes a lot of mysteries (The Nameless Detective series), he obviously reads a lot of them too - but not all of what he reads is good. His 1982 Gun in Cheek was a wickedly humorous collection of unbelievable plots, poor characterization, unlikely language and just plain dumbness in his favorite genre; here he presents another collection, subtitled "an affectionate guide to more of the 'worst' in mystery fiction." Some writers (Harry Stephen Keeler, Michael Avallone) are roasted at length, and some are sideswiped, including even fine writers experiencing temporary lapses (Ed McBain, Joseph Wambaugh). Not perhaps for the general reader, this volume should appeal to addicts who, like Pronzini, will apparently read anything labeled "mystery". Sex, pulp mags, B-movies and "The Alternative Hall of Fame" are featured in wittily titled chapters with a postmortem bibliography." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

More best of the worst

Very entertaining

Hilarious tribute to the lesser lights of crime fiction

Son of Gun in Cheek is in fact the second book of praise for the 'alternative' (read: bad) masters of crime fiction, but it can and does stand alone. In fact, Son of Gun in Cheek is actually superior to Gun in Cheek in many respects. This is a fabulously funny book - one in which Pronzini discusses, quotes, and even reprints some of the greatest pieces of unintentional humor and utterly amusing badness ever written in the mystery genre. Like its sister volume, Gun in Cheek, Son of Gun is a veritable fount of the kind of thing you're very grateful someone else read.

In this second book, Pronzini gets right down to brass tacks; there's much less history of the genre, and much more quirky, bad, or wonderfully weird extracts and plots. The 'alternative' examples in Son of Gun seem, to my eye, to be funnier than the ones used in the first book - though most of them are no worse. (There are a few exceptions, but for the most part, nothing could be worse than the works from the first book. Let's just say Son of Gun features ones equally bad.) So if you're looking for humor, this is definitely the book to read. Of course, if you're looking for a history or critical work, you'd probably be better off starting with Gun in Cheek.

Pronzini also does a much better job with format in this book. While Gun in Cheek attempted a more-or-less standard book format, Son of Gun has the 'Alternative Hall of Fame,' which has a separate entry for each book honored with admission. This makes the chapters less unwieldy and easier to read aloud. (And I definitely recommend you read this one aloud; hysteria shared is hysteria tripled, after all.) Another, more minor improvement comes in the chapters themselves, which are grouped around topics more compelling than in Gun in Cheek.

You don't need to be a mystery fan to appreciate Son of Gun in Cheek; the average mystery reader will not have heard of most authors and books featured here. (And good thing, too.) You only need a sense of humor and some rudimentary understanding of things like plot, structure, and common sense, which understanding, I might add, is apparently not shared by most of the authors mentioned. This book is deeply amusing and, as a bonus, will provide you with many mottos for your future use.

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Title: Kill Switch

Author: Neal Baer, Jonathan Greene

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-13-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A heartpounding glimpse into the world of forensic psychiatry, Kill Switch marks the powerful fiction debut of Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene - former executive producers of televisions acclaimed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Filled with breakneck suspense, vivid characters, and riveting detail, it is a mindbending thriller youll never forget.

Meet Claire Waters, a young, dedicated forensic psychiatrist with unnervingly personal insights into the criminal mind. Haunted by a disturbing childhood incident - and driven by her demons - Claire has always been drawn to those rare untreatable patients who seem to have no conscience or fear. She has a natural ability to put people at ease, to help them face their darkest secrets. But one shocking case could make or break her career - and its waiting for her in the psychiatric wing of New York Citys Rikers Island.

His name is Quimby. A deranged inmate whose boyish good looks hide a sordid history of dysfunction and abuse, Quimby triggers something in Claire shed rather not face. As she tries to unlock Quimbys past, she unwittingly reveals her own painful secrets - leaving herself dangerously vulnerable. For Claire, the patients obsessions are just the beginning. When the case propels her into the mind of another killer - a homicidal maniac whos watching her every move - it could only end in madness, or murder, or both.

Brilliantly constructed and breathtakingly suspenseful, Kill Switch is a masterful combination of murder, mystery, and modern forensics that will keep you turning the pages to the final shocking conclusion.

Critic Reviews:

A psychological thriller of the first order. (David Baldacci)

Members Reviews:

Just TOO easy for Claire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book kept my attention and had so much potential. But, come on!!! Claire found a needle in a hay stack at least 3 times. No joke. She could of been a psychic. The middle was good, but the end just dragged. Just an ok kind of book.

ROMANCE JUNK AS THRILLER

CLUE #1 Baldacci raved about it, wouldn't know a decent book if it hit him in the face.

CLUE #2 Gratuitous blindness shtick the capzper.

his is a thinly-veiled romance novel they snuck into the thriller section. This can be found in the grocery store book dept.(sic).

Amazon (Audible) is doing this more and more frequently. They pump up this awful junk and sell it where it has no business being.

This book is embarrassingly bad!

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Riveting psychological thriller - one of the best of the hundreds I've read over the years. Well done! Narrator perfect voice for this story. A winner all around!

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Title: Bertie and the Seven Bodies

Author: Peter Lovesey

Narrator: Terrence Hardiman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In 1890 twelve guests gather at Desborough Hall for a weeks shooting party hosted by the beautiful Lady Amelia Hammond. Months of planning have left nothing to chance, for the main guests are the Prince and Princess of Wales. But events take a sinister turn when the vivacious Queenie Chimes collapses face down in the chefs lovingly created bombe-glacée. More deaths follow and clues planted on the bodies point shockingly to a final tally of seven, one for each day of the week. Bertie is impelled to investigate.

Written in the tradition of the golden age detective story, the book was intended as a homage to Agatha Christie in the year of her centenary.

Members Reviews:

Very disappointed

Chose on the basis of Peter Diamond series - this was a very poor relation. Dreary radio 4 style, only the fact I had a very long drive did I stick with it. Having got to the end, silence would have been preferable. Still like his other stuff, but this was rubbish.

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Title: The Black Book

Author: Ian Rankin

Narrator: James Macpherson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-11

Publisher: Orion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleague's notebook, Rebus must piece together the most complex and confusing of jigsaws. But not everyone wants the puzzle solved - perhaps not even Rebus himself.

Members Reviews:

Rebus is back and hes in great form

Its great to have Rebus back and this is a book and a performance worthy of him. A good story and and a good performance

Good book, poor reading

Would you consider the audio edition of The Black Book to be better than the print version?

I think it is a great book,and I like Ian Rankin very much. Bit the narrator has a very clear accent, so if you a not scottish, it can be hard to understand the narration at times.

Well worth a listen

As always excellent, really enjoy the Rebus books. Well read and great to run to! Can get lost in the story whilst the miles go by!

Not his best

Not the best Rebus. Long and complicated story with too many coincidences. But an enjoyable listen thanks to excellent narrator.

Classic Rebus

A great listen. This book has all my favourite characters: Big Ger, Farmer Watson, Holmes and Clarke. McPherson as always great with the interpretation. If you known Edinburgh then you'll be looking out for all the haunts.