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Title: Stolen Words: A Detective Novel of 1929

Subtitle: The Cyrus Skeen Mysteries, Book 11

Author: Edward Cline

Narrator: Gregg Rizzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-15

Publisher: Edward Cline

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It is June 1929. The Roaring Twenties are still roaring, but the period is doomed. San Francisco's celebrated Cyrus Skeen, private detective and scion of Eastern wealth, is secure in his solvency; he has never bought stock on margin. He is as finicky about what stocks to invest in as he is in the kind of client he is willing to accept and work for. Soon after his case in The Head of Athena, he is approached by Susan Harker, wife of Hosanna Harker, a noted local novelist accused of murdering his publisher, Marc Pearson, who has apparently pirated many of Harker's novels and sold them under other titles and names. Mrs. Harker wants Skeen to prove that her husband did not murder the publisher.

But soon after that visit, another woman, Anya Spearitt, demands that Skeen prove that Hosanna Harker did indeed murder her ex-husband. Skeen does not balk at the challenge; he senses that something is terribly amiss. A third woman calls on Skeen and asks him not to get involved at all. Skeen visits the jailed novelist and is almost sorry that he took on the case; Hosanna Harker is a very nasty person. Skeen rifles through a catalogue of miscreants, malcontents, and suspects, and by the end of Stolen Words isolates the true murderer. Plagiarism isn't the only wrongdoing Skeen encounters but thieves exploiting each other's thieving and a crew of philandering pragmatists. It's a conundrum only Cyrus Skeen can resolve in his own inimitable way.

Members Reviews:

I love Cyrus Keen novels

I love Cyrus Keen novels!

Five Stars

Just another great detective story as only Ed Cline can write them.

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Title: Hibiscus Fruit: Where Grief Leads to Murder in Paradise

Subtitle: Abby Foulkes Mysteries Book 1

Author: Alison Gray

Narrator: Lisa Angelini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-15

Publisher: Alison Gray

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

On leave from her job in Newcastle upon Tyne following the death of her lover, DS Abby Foulkes is on Skiathos with their young son, Johnny. But just as they begin to relax, Johnny finds human bones in a wood near a Greek monastery on a hillside above Skiathos town. It isn't long before Abby discovers that this isn't the first set of bones to be found. When someone disappears from the Hibiscus Fruit hotel where they are staying, Abby is drawn into the mystery.

Members Reviews:

Vacation from Hell

On leave from her job in Newcastle upon Tyne following the death of her lover, DS Abby Foulkes is on Skiathos with their young son, Johnny. But just as they begin to relax, Johnny finds human bones in a wood near a Greek monastery on a hillside above Skiathos town. It isn't long before Abby discovers that this isn't the first set of bones to be found. When someone disappears from the Hibiscus Fruit hotel where they are staying, Abby is drawn into the mystery.

Although not categorized as such, this is very close to being a cozy mystery. It differs from most cozies in many respects, but there is little direct violence, and, for the most part, murder is dealt with indirectly and circumspectly.

There are 2 stories in one. First, there are the crimes, past and present, and the investigation by the Greek police, with Abby as unasked for help. She must overcome the natural resistance of the local investigators, which she does, and she becomes an integral part of the investigation.

But alongside that story is Abbys own story, one of love, loss, and terrible grief. She had come to the Greek islands to begin the healing process, and ended up falling into the worst vacation ever. However, she finds new friends, one of whom is also learning to begin his own healing process, and she slowly comes to terms with her loss, her family, and herself.

The story line is intricate, and, for the most part, well developed. I did find that the clues leading to the real villain were sparse and subjective, so, in that regard, I dont think the author played fair with her readers.

On the other hand, her characters are excellent, and she manages some of them, especially those with hidden motivations, extremely well. Her characters are 3 dimensional and interesting, and while some of them are despicable, there are enough sympathetic characters to keep the reader interested and invested In them.

The writing is vivid and eminently readable, and the author has an excellent sense of place, and can evoke the Greek islands with such vividness that this reader could picture them easily, and, in fact, would like to have been there.

While the narrator did a professional and competent performance, I found her narration a bit flat. She modulated her voice nicely, but I suspected that she would have read anything, including a local phone book, using the same phrasing and expressions. Still, she has a pleasant reading voice, and listening to her didnt distract me much from enjoying the book.

I give the book 4 stars and the narrator 3 stars.

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Titel: Rosskur (Allgäu-Krimi 1)

Autor:: Jürgen Seibold

Erzähler: Hans Jürgen Stockerl

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-02-15

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 8 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die Kripo Kempten ist in heller Aufruhr. Nach spektakulär gescheiterten Mordermittlungen soll ein neuer Hauptkommissar übernehmen - ein Niedersachse. Ein Skandal im traditionsbewussten Allgäu und denkbar schlechte Voraussetzungen für Eike Hansen. Sein erster Fall: Ein Mann soll von der Lechbrücke gestürzt sein. Doch als die Beamten am vermeintlichen Tatort eintreffen, fehlt von der Leiche jede Spur...

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©2013 Piper Verlag GmbH (P)2015 Audible GmbH

Kritik Bewertungen:

Flüssig geschrieben und leicht zu lesen, unterhaltsam und spannend zugleich. Seibold spielt virtuos auf der Klaviatur der Regional-Krimis. "Rosskur" riecht förmlich nach Erfolg.

-- Allgäuer Zeitung

Wer schon einmal bei einer Seibold-Lesung war, der weiß, bei ihm lernt der Zuhörer noch etwas. (...) Mit seiner Realitätsnähe, einer Prise Humor, Charme und vor allem Spannung schaffte er es, die Besucher für sein Buch zu begeistern.

-- Aalener Nachrichten

Vielversprechendes Krimi-Debüt (...) Seibolds Figuren sind sympathisch beschrieben. (...) Und dass auch noch jede Menge Lokalkolorit einfließt, gefällt auch Nicht-Allgäuern. Nette Krimi-Kost eben, die Lust auf mehr macht und ein gelungenes Debüt der neuen Allgäu-Reihe.

-- Gießener Allgemeine

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Great book

Another good book, interesting from beginning to end. I have listened to several Allgäu Krimi's by this author and narrator and have enjoyed them all. Looking for more!

Enttäuschender Plot

Rosskur fängt amüsant an und die Geschichte entfaltet sich in verschiedene Richtungen. Kurz vor Schluss jedoch zaubert der Autor aus dem Nichts einen Bösewicht hervor, der einfach nur klischeehaft ist. Die Lösung des Rätsels ist nicht nur unwahrscheinlich, sondern auch schlecht zusammen gewurschtelt. Auf wenigen Seiten ruiniert der Autor seinen gesamten Krimi. Schade.

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Title: Kill Again

Subtitle: The Claire Waters Series, Book 2

Author: Neal Baer, Jonathan Greene

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Haunted by a brutal childhood, Dr. Claire Waters finds solace in helping other survivors of abuse. Her favorite patient, Rosa Sanchez, is finally getting her life together after being victimized for years. So it's a shock when Rosa is handcuffed and led away by a man Claire assumes is law enforcement. But as she soon realizes, Rosa has been abducted.

Stunned, Claire turns to her friend, Nick Lawler, a homicide detective in the NYPD. Relegated to desk work because of his failing eyesight, Nick will have to risk his career to find Rosa and track down a deranged criminal who reduces his victims to nothing but bones.

A brilliant gamesman obsessed with order and perfection, scrawling words and phrases across the walls of his basement apartment, the killer has been preparing for this moment all of his life. When every letter is in place, every piece is in play, and the object of his obsession, Dr. Claire Waters, is in the game. Win, lose, or die....

Kill Again is a harrowing psychological thrill ride filled with terrifying twists and turns, captivating characters, and mind-bending puzzles that will keep you guessing until the final, shocking climax.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Read the first in this series (Kill Switch) I intend to follow this series.

Gread read

Great read, I love Neal Baer an Jonathan Greene, wish they had more books to read.

Great read

I'm anxiously waiting for the next book in the series.

Tedium

I could forgive the implausibilities of the plot if this book had been interesting. But sadly, it is tired rehash of a standard serial killer tale. The book focuses on Dr. Claire Waters, a forensic psychiatrist, returning to work after a leave of absence. When she witnesses the apparent abduction of a patient, she enlists the aid of love interest Nick Lawler, a brilliant detective who is slowly losing his sight. Of course their relentless pursuit of the case puts them in jeopardy multiple times before finally bagging their man.

This book is boring. The characters are unrealistic and there is not a detail unworthy of over description. Rosa, Claire's patient, is so painfully good, it is nauseating. Not only is she hardworking, dedicated, a wonderful wife, mother and daughter, she is unjustly convicted, sentenced and then abused in prison. The odds of a multiple, guilty offender being convicted of the top charge and sentenced to prison in NYC is minimal, much less a first offender worthy of canonization who lacked the necessary mens rea to commit the crime. With the exception of Lawler, the police are idiots unable to conduct an effective apprehension. Those that survive are more concerned about politics and avoiding the press than pursuing justice. I don't know whether they intend a sequel to this book. If so, it is not something I would read again.

Awash in Abounding Absurdities

This is a mostly well paced thriller / mystery with one major error - its plot is based on laughable absurdities. Here are a few and I mean a few from off the top of my head. The NY City police need to identify a skeleton. They decide to extract DNA from bone marrow which will take a month rather than use dental records which will take a few hours. At about the 50% mark, several reliable witnesses have a clear view of the killer so the police decide to use them to make a sketch of that killer.

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Title: Devil's Harbor

Author: Alex Gilly

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-23-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

With heart-stopping thrills, a Walter White-esque villain, and a fascinating hero, Devil's Harbor is a thriller unlike any you have heard before.

Nick Finn and his partner and brother-in-law, Diego Jimenez, are used to rough water. As Marine Interdiction Agents for Customs and Border Protection, the two hunt drug smugglers, human traffickers, and other criminals who hide in the vastness of the waters surrounding southern California.

One night, Finn and Diego track a phantom boat off the Los Angeles coast, but it disappears before they can intercept it. They find a dead body in its wake, ravaged by sharks. Their investigation into the floater stalls when Finn is accused of using excessive force following the death of a suspected drug smuggler.

Then Diego is murdered - and Finn is the number-one suspect. As he races to find the real killer and save his marriage, Finn is forced to partner with Linda Blake, the desperate captain of the Pacific Belle and mother of Lucy, a very sick little girl, to attempt the one thing he has devoted his life to stopping.

In order to clear his name and save a child's life, Finn must smuggle narcotics by sea into the United States...and avoid the net that his CBP colleagues have cast for him.

Members Reviews:

A MAJOR NOVEL - A MUST READ!

This is truly a superb, exciting book. The phrase - 'page-turner' is a cliché but this is a novel that is impossible to put down. I cannot wait for the next one from this magnificent writer. I cannot recommend it more highly for anyone wanting a great book.

Great Thriller

What a great thriller! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it really kept my attention. Alex Gilly certainly is a great writer, the story was extremely well thought out and I hope there is a sequel as I am looking forward to reading it already.

Five Stars

it's a great page turner. Full of action and unforeseen twists.

Five Stars

A really great romp of a mystery.

Five Stars

Excellent thriller - read it in one sitting - could not put it down!

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Title: Death Still

Author: John C. Dalglish

Narrator: James Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-15

Publisher: John C. Dalglish

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Detectives Strong and Layne are tracking a killer who's adept at covering his trail and making their jobs difficult.

His targets are smart women who should know better than to get trapped but who are somehow not on guard when they should be.

What's most disturbing is the killer's motive.

Jason and Vanessa are in a race to stop this guy before he creates any more "collections".

Edited by Samantha Gordon, Invisible Ink Editing.

Members Reviews:

Good Stuff

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

Yup...Good detective stories without all the not so nice language.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jason Strong.

Which character as performed by James Killavey was your favorite?

Once again...Jason Strong. Narrator did a good job with all the characters.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No..but very good listen.

This was really good!

*I was given a free audiobook for an honest review.*

I hadn't heard of the author before so I was a bit weary at first, but I was delighted as I got more engrossed in the story. Solid plot. Great characters. This was my first Jason Strong and bit won't be my last. So this can be read as a standalone. It was well-written and filled with enough suspense to hold my attention. 4.5/5

Serial killers can be ever so polite.

Note: While this is Book 7 in the series, it works fine as a stand alone.

Detectives Jason Strong and Vanessa Layne are working a new case. The story starts with a womans body found in the basement by her husband. She is tied in a chair, both wrists slit. There are slim leads to go on. Once the ME confirms that the death was indeed murder, the detectives have a freer hand in investigating.

Jason and his wife recently had a baby girl and Jason is still adjusting to being a sleep deprived dad. Meanwhile, the whole department is still adjusting to the temporary boss as their old boss heals up from a work-related injury. Jason, and to some extent Vanessa, have more that just the murder to focus on. But once another body turns up, they tune out these other distractions and race against the clock to prevent a third murder. Jason and Vanessa have a camaraderie that comes from years of serving together. They often joke, even if it is sometimes a gallows humor.

Right away, the reader knows who the murder is. We spend perhaps half the book in the murderers head. The reader doesnt have any guessing to do nor any connecting of the dots. Rather, the book is built on the suspense of watching the detectives and killer try to out fox each other. Marcus, our bad guy, is smart. He changes vehicles and identities on a regular basis. He maintains a polite demeanor at all times, which makes him seem perfectly harmless. I found his story line the most interesting because I wanted to know why he kills his victims in such a way. By the end of the story, we know what makes him tick. Indeed, I felt that I knew the killer better than I knew the detectives and I will say that this is the one weakness to reading this book as a stand alone.

The female victims have short parts in the story. They range in age and demeanor. All of them let the killer into their lives and I can totally see how that happened. They were just being human. I liked that Strong and Layne didnt blame the victims and remained professional throughout the story.

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Title: No Other Darkness

Subtitle: DI Marnie Rome 2

Author: Sarah Hilary

Narrator: Imogen Church

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-15

Publisher: Headline Digital

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

From the Richard and Judy best-selling author Sarah Hilary. The phenomenal Marnie Rome returns in the outstanding follow-up to the critically acclaimed Someone Else's Skin.

Two young boys. Trapped underground in a bunker. Unable to understand why they are there. Desperate for someone to find them. Slowly realising that no one will....

Five years later the boys' bodies are found, and the most difficult case of DI Marnie Rome's career begins. Her only focus is the boys. She has to find out who they are and what happened to them. For Marnie there is no other darkness than this....

Members Reviews:

Will be reading more by S.Hilary

Excellent narration of a gripping, but sad story, interesting characters, thank you so much ladies!

Tragic and Heartbreaking

If you could sum up No Other Darkness in three words, what would they be?

Tragic story sensitively written

Who was your favorite character and why?

Di Marnie Rome, she is independent, strong and thinks on her feet.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I cannot say I enjoyed but for me the scene when Marnie ends up underground with Clancy and is joined by Terry and Esther and she has to work out a way of getting them all out, especially as the situation is volatile

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

If time had permitted definitely yes

Any additional comments?

I am looking forward to the next book

Loved it

Story was great and narrator was brilliant :). Have bought her first book too. Flowed so nicely I found it hard to stop listening.

Brilliant

loved the first book and this is even better. already got the third and hoping it's even better.

Loses momentum

This started off brilliantly. The plot developed quickly and there's some good character development. It lost momentum for me about half way through when everything seemed to stall. I very nearly gave up but eventually got to the end.

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Title: The Evil That Men Do

Subtitle: Jackson Donne, Book 2

Author: Dave White

Narrator: Andy Caploe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Nominated for the prestigious Shamus Award, The Evil That Men Do is the second novel in Dave White's critically acclaimed Jackson Donne series.

Even generations later, you can't escape...the evil that men do. Stripped of his private investigator's license and slumming it as a night security guard at a Jersey storage facility, Jackson Donne thinks he's finally hit rock bottom. Then the bottom really falls out: The sister he hasn't seen in years shows up, needing help.

Turns out Donne's Alzheimer's-stricken mother has begun hinting at long-buried family secrets from her hospital bed, suggesting a sinister - even murderous - past. Meanwhile Donne's relatives are suddenly being greeted by blackmail, car bombs, and bullets to the back of the skull.

All Donne wants is to disappear - preferably into a nice frosty pint glass - but he soon realizes that his only chance at saving his family and himself is solving a mystery more than 60 years old. Now he needs to figure out how a hit man, crooked cops, corrupt politics, a kidnapping, and the city of Bayonne all fit together. He'll discover that old family secrets still have the power to kill in this razor-sharp PI story that makes classic noir new again.

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Title: Stolen Innocence

Subtitle: Detective Jake Hunter, Book 2

Author: Joe B. Parr

Narrator: David Halliburton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-25-15

Publisher: Joe Parr

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Stolen Innocence is the second of the Jake Hunter series of mystery suspense novels. Finding the body of a beautiful young teenage girl launches Fort Worth Police Detective Jake Hunter and his partner, Billy Sanders, into an investigation that pulls them into a world of human trafficking where power brokers buy and sell human beings like cattle. What started out as a suspected runaway escalates into a high speed ride through massage parlors, brothels and human holding centers. Hunter and his team combine forces with Texas Ranger's Detective Connor Barkley as the case expands across several Texas cities.

Together, the team follows a trail of evidence and ex-cons discovering that their one victim is connected with multiple others. Their investigation leads them to suspects with big Texas money and connections all the way to the State House. The story highlights the evils associated with an industry that treats people like commodities, how that impacts society as a whole and how the media shapes perceptions and distorts reality. The action never stops as the team is racing not only to solve the original murder but to rescue the ongoing victims.

Members Reviews:

And I was not disappointed. Stolen Innocence is a fast-paced read that also ...

After thoroughly enjoying Mr. Parr's first book, The Victim, I was looking forward to digging into his second book. And I was not disappointed. Stolen Innocence is a fast-paced read that also causes you to stop and think about the story unfolding on the pages and possibly in your city. Jake Hunter and the other characters of the book continue to develop and evolve, drawing you into their lives while you cheer them on as they take on the criminals around them. As a parent of teenage girls, it's frightening to think about what evil lurks around us, and I applaud Mr. Parr for tackling such a tough issue and bringing it to life on the pages of his outstanding novel. If you haven't read Stolen Innocence, add it to your must-read list. You will be happy you did.

Captivating and hard to put down!!

There are books that you read that not only captivate you with the story, while bringing you new knowledge or educates you as you read. Joe Parr does this so well in Stolen Innocence. Where I was aware of the topic of Human Trafficking, I was unaware of the some of the aspects that Mr. Parr explored and opened my eyes to. Once again this author brings my hometown into the book where I can actually see the story line unfold as I read it. This puts a very realistic twist in such an accurate way that it brings in a whole different reading experience. Once I started this book I found I could not put it down and had to keep reading. I am excited for this new author and I can only encourage him to continue to write! I look forward to the next book and to Detective Jake Hunters next case.

His second book is even better. To me he writes in the same vein ...

Wow!!! I read the first book by Joe B Parr and was instantly a fan. His second book is even better. To me he writes in the same vein as Michael Connelley, but 'Cowboy' Hunter has fewer hangups than Harry Bosch. This coupled with the setting being in Fort Worth was an added bonus. It felt like I was riding in the car with 'Cowboy' Hunter as he drove through Tarrant County locales.

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Title: An Apple a Day Keeps Murder Away

Subtitle: A Mellow Summers Paranormal Mystery, Book 3

Author: Janet McNulty

Narrator: Christy Crevier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-15

Publisher: Janet McNulty

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Rachel is back and so is trouble!

Mel wakes up covered in blood and with a knife in her hand. She has no memory of what happened. Rachel gets word about it in the spirit world and decides to assist Mel. Now the prime suspect in a murder investigation, it is up to Mel's friends to prove her innocence. But can a ghost get Mel off the hook and catch the real killer?

Members Reviews:

An Apple a day

This is the third book in the Mellow series and its fantastic. Mellow' s Aunt shows up unexpected after Mel has been accused of murder. You will laugh so hard at her aunts antics not to forget the ghost from the first book. Janet McNulty did it again. A must read. On to book four after the first three I know it will be just as great.

Apple a day

This series is so well written with so much humor and mystery. I can't wait to read the next book!

Love the story line!!!

Love the characters and the trouble they manage to get into. Very easy read and very hard to put down until you're finished.

It was a okay mystery. Not to complicated. ...

It was a okay mystery. Not to complicated. The characters were likable. It was a quick read. I purchased other books from this author I plan to read.

light read

So far all of the books that I've read in this series are a pleasant light read.