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Title: Knitting Bones

Author: Monica Ferris

Narrator: Connie Crawford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 116 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

But if Bob Germaine didn't pocket the check, who did? And where is Bob now? Since needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire has broken her leg horseback riding, solving the latest crime will have to be a group project.

Members Reviews:

Easy Listening

Love this series. Can't wait until there are more of this series on audible. It is fun and I like the plots and the mystery of whodunit.

Another good installment

Monica Ferris has written another good installment in her Needlecraft Series. This one kept me guessing until the very end. I highly recommend this book and series to cozy mystery fans.

I Adore Monica Ferris! Yet, this was not one of her better books.

I found too much irrelevant information/details was boring. Like the description of her place by the Mpls police.

I found the wild crow a fun addition!

I will continue to read Ms Ferris' books because they are fun to listen to to when knitting!

Worst book in the series

I'm a fan of this series and I have read almost evry book. This book is boring. I can't get into the mystery and the narrator does not help. Buyer beware, I would skip this one.

Narrator

Would you try another book from Monica Ferris and/or Connie Crawford?

Please no more Connie Crawford. Susan Boyce is much better.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Knitting Bones?

N/A

How could the performance have been better?

Keep using Susan Boyce

Was Knitting Bones worth the listening time?

Would have rather read it than listen to Connie Crawford

Any additional comments?

N/A

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Title: The Killing of Monday Brown

Author: Sandra West Prowell

Narrator: Susie Breck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Police arrest a hot-blooded Gulf War veteran with a big mouth and a propensity for trouble named Matthew Wolf, a Crow Indian. Wolf's family comes to private investigator Phoebe Siegel for help. But she turns them down - until the body of a young Indian man shows up virtually in her backyard. Phoebe begins an investigation that takes her from the comfort and security of her world and onto the Crow reservation where the color of her skin makes her the enemy.

Members Reviews:

So disappointing!!!

What disappointed you about The Killing of Monday Brown?

I listened to When Wallflowers Die by SW Powell and really enjoyed the story, characters, etc. - enough to go back and order an earlier work. It was bad. Almost not finish it bad.

Has The Killing of Monday Brown turned you off from other books in this genre?

No but probably won't be buying any more from Sandra West Powell

Would you be willing to try another one of Susie Brecks performances?

I'm not sure. I think her performance was part of the problem - unless she also did When Wallflowers Die which I really enjoyed.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Killing of Monday Brown?

Anytime the author wrote "She/He laughed" (and she wrote it a lot!!) and the performer actually tried to laugh, giggle, chortle, etc - it drove me nuts.

Grave Robber

I listened to and liked the book, When Wallflowers Die, so took a chance on another story by Sandra West Powell. I liked this one less, the reason being how the reader voiced some of the minor characters. Harsh and too loud. However, Phoebe's and Kyle''s voices were just right. I enjoyed the story as the Native American theme interests me, and the reality of cultural artifacts being bought and sold to the wealthy in Europe, or any where, is unforgivable. The victim in this story was also a victimizer. The plot is sometimes difficult to follow, but overall the story deserves three stars.

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Title: The Anteater of Death

Subtitle: A Gunn Zoo Mystery

Author: Betty Webb

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Then another human bites the dust, the monkeys riot, the wolves go nuts - and that's just the beginning. Teddy's father, on the lam from the feds for embezzling millions, gets targeted by a local gangster. Her socialite mother, Caro, a former beauty queen who loathes Teddy's dangerous job, starts introducing her to "eligible bachelors"; but Teddy has already given her heart to Sheriff Joe Rejas, a migrant worker's son. Caro is not pleased.

Zoo life, animal lore, and the leaky ups and downs of California central-coast houseboat living create a thrilling backdrop for murder.

Members Reviews:

Fun!

Enjoyable all the way through. Light. Fun. Loved the info about the animals. Especially loved the care and respect for them evident throughout. Teddy is great--I'll definitely want to hear more about her shenanigans : )

An excellent start to a new series

Betty Webb has done a wonderful job of crafting a cozy mystery series. The characters are well rounded and likable. Hillary Huber brings the characters to life with their own distinct voices. If you're a fan of cozy mysteries, you'll enjoy this one.

Loved It!

This is a new series for me. I saw the 3rd book (The Llama of Death) in the Coming Soon category, liked the description and downloaded this - the first book of the series. It's wonderful! I've already downloaded book 2 (The Koala of Death) and can't wait to read more about Teddy and her friends at the Gunn Zoo! This is a wholesome story with a very talented narrator too! You owe it to yourself to give it a try.

Surprisingly good

I thoroughly enjoyed The Anteater of Death. It actually has two sources of suspense: the murders that Teddy sets out to investigate, and the daily active life of zoo animals. There are the incidents with the anteater, who I never thought of as a dangerous animal before this book, as well as the incidents with a bear, a child falls into the bear pit, and wolves, a mated pair of wolves have a bloody lovers' quarrel. The author does a good job of comparing human relationships with animal relationships. Through it all Teddy remains calm, in control, and above all puts the animals first. Betty Webb does a good job of creating villains and likeable characters. Hillary Hubbard also does a good job of making the voices different so that the characters had their own individual voices. This is a good book to read while driving or doing house work.

A good read

What a fun listen from start to finish.

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Title: The Secret Friend

Author: Chris Mooney

Narrator: Regina Reagan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

CSI Darby McCormick is assigned to the case and uncovers a key piece of overlooked evidence, one that brings her into contact with Malcolm Fletcher ...a former profiler, now on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Fletcher, it seems, not only knows the answers but also the identity of the killer. When a third student goes missing, Darby is led into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the former profiler...

Critic Reviews:

"A scary breakneck ride." (Tess Gerritsen)

Members Reviews:

Like it

Listened to his 1st book with Darby series and really loved it! Loved the narrator but the ending left me wanting more...I do recommend this book if you like the series

Didn't like the ending

This got three stars because the ending was really strange. The author could've done a better job with the end of this book

Awful!

I struggled to listen to this story. The Narrator was great I just didn't care much for the story line. It's confusing to bring in character's from another story line into a different story altogether. Plus you've got this Author pushing a political agenda every chance he gets! Making fun of people who believe in God is not right to me.

Worth a read

I enjoyed this book. It was well narrated, I liked the characters and how the story developed, it picked up a good pace. I definately plan to listen to more of Chris Mooney's books

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Title: The Virgin of Small Plains

Author: Nancy Pickard

Narrator: Kymberly Dakin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

What really happened 17 years ago? And why are some of the town's leading citizens so determined that the truth remain buried?

Members Reviews:

chick flick without the video

I am a pretty tolerant listener, and I am not sexist but I had to give up on this one. A bad combination of reader and author to me. Reader was just to light and airy. The story itself is ok, but not enough to carry you through the tedious and prolonged emotional internal dialogs and thoughts of all the characters. Some authors enhance their characters in this way, this one made me sick of them. The emotions were so contrived. No one really thinks, talks or acts like this. It read more like an idealistic romance novel for a 12 to 13 year old junior high girl. My wife got this for us to listen to together on a long car trip, and we both had had enough before the end.

Wish she wrote more often!!

The first book I listened to by Nancy Pickard was, "The scent of rain and lightning." It's still by far my favorite, but this one did not disappoint! She is a great storyteller and I only wish she'd write more!

Fantastic!

Nancy Pickard is brilliant! She understands small town life better than anyone else. She keeps you guessing and throws in twists and surprises throughout. Get this book immediately, you will not be disappointed!

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Title: The Night Stalker

Author: James Swain

Narrator: Richard Mover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 39 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Ex-cop Jack Carpenter is the type of guy criminals avoid, so he's surprised to receive a summons from Florida state prison's death row. Staving off his rendezvous with Old Sparky one appeal at a time, notorious serial killer Abb Smith wants Carpenter to find his grandson.

Even stranger, the case involves Heather Rinker, a childhood friend of Jack's daughter. After making some bad choices in her short life, Heather now desperately needs Jack's help to save both herself and her young son from a murderer's grasp.

Members Reviews:

Good Story, but odd flaws

I like James Swain and I've read all his books. This one is odd. It's almost like it was read from a galley proof. It's full of grammatical errors (in the third person narrative, not the dialogue). It has odd mistakes (like calling shotgun shells "bullets" and misnaming an Eric Clapton album). It has errors in vocabulary.

The story is good and moves along, but it doesn't see as well crafted as other books by this author. The characters are more cliched than in other works. The narration bugs a bit too. The narrator uses the voices for all the male cops in this story that are so similar as to be very hard to distinguish. It won't stop me from buying other books by Swain, but if this was the first one I'd ever read, I'm not sure I'd keep reading him.

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Title: Eye of the Beholder

Author: David Ellis

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

As the layers encasing the mystery unravel, old deceptions emerge with dangerous new consequences. Driven by his own fear that he may have overlooked something crucial during the investigation years ago - and worse yet, the possibility that he is responsible for the execution of an innocent man - Riley sifts through fifteen years of lies in order to uncover the truth. But what he discovers along the way is that the killer isn't the only one who wants to keep the past buried.

Members Reviews:

Enough is Too Much!

The story is lousy with hyperbole and premise that stretch the bounds of imagination. What got to me was the tedium, the endless explanations. I fell asleep far too often to rate this book any higher. Were it properly edited or the writer's style reasonably succinct, it may have had a chance.

Unbelievable violence against women.

Repeated, gratuitous descriptions of killing women, blood, guts, gore. Nasty stuff, again and again. Who do you think your audience is?

Bad for women. Bad for good men. Where is the outrage?

Sick of it.

Confused...

What would have made Eye of the Beholder better?

I'm not really sure how to rate this read at this time because it is so confusing that I cant get throught the first half of the book. I have attempted to start/re-start the audio several times and...still no clarity.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Hopefully Mary Higgins Clark wont disappoint me!

What didnt you like about Dick Hills performance?

his voice was fine...It's the confusing story line...maybe I'm to distracted.

Predictable

This is the sixth David Ellis book I have listened to and as expected, the lawyer becomes a suspect and there is always a dysfunctional romance that distracts from a potentially great thriller/suspense novel. Dick Hill continues to be an excellent narrator which is the one asset that helped me get through this book. Time to move on to a new author.

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Title: Bubbles Betrothed

Subtitle: A Bubbles Yablonsky Mystery

Author: Sarah Strohmeyer

Narrator: Barbara McCulloh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Armed with her trusty high heels and unflappable demeanor, Bubbles stumbles into trouble when she interviews Crazy Popeye, the chief suspect in a local murder. To her dismay, Popeye dies mid-interview, and everyone from a pesky police detective to a Polish mafioso wants to pick her brain.

What's more, Bubbles' head is set spinning when long-time love interest, Steve Stiletto, asks her to pose as his fiancée to avoid a job transfer.

Critic Reviews:

"A sexy, irrepressible heroine, riotous supporting characters, continual action, ubiquitous humor." (

Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Bubbles Yablonsky has been my favorite " Dumb Blonde" ever since she became known to ...

Bubbles Yablonsky has been my favorite " Dumb Blonde" ever since she became known to me! Sarah Stromeyer made me a Fan from the Get Go! Mystery Fans looking for a good laugh should read the Series of 6 Bubbles stories

Great series

I am reading through this series and find each book entertaining. Great book for a cruise or a quiet time weekend! Get all the books and read them in order... Enjoy

Bubbles...

helped me get through my Stephanie Plum withdrawals. Enjoyed this series and ran through it rather quickly. Fun time killer.

Bubbles Bethrothed

Liked the book it is really different but still liked it character is a delight, emagine a detective named bubbles.very good

A lot of fun!

BUBBLES BETROTHED by Sarah Strohmeyer

May 3, 2008

Rating **** (4/5 Stars)

The BUBBLES series has always been fun. They are very similar to the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich (the two authors are friends, which is not surprising) and while you can see the influence, there are differences. Both are humorous takes on the Whodunit, but I think Stephanie Plum is by far the more outrageous of the two characters, often times reaching out into the bizarre. Bubbles Yablonsky is a little more down to earth, although inept in many ways. But that's what endears her to the readers, I believe.

For those who haven't read any of the Bubbles books, Bubbles Yablonsky was a hairdresser (she still hangs out at the House of Beauty) who obtained her degree at a community college that used to be a shopping mall, now known as TWO GUYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. She is now a struggling journalist who works for the local paper, and has a hot boyfriend (Stiletto) who is an award winning photographer.

In this book, Bubbles tries to seek an interview with a woman who is accused of murder, and ends up witnessing the alleged murderer's own death. Crazy Popeye was in jail for murdering Principal Schmidt, but Bubbles learns from Popeye that she's innocent. Of course no one believes the story, but Bubbles does, and her mission is now to clear up Popeye's name and find the real killer.

In the mean time Stiletto needs a favor from Bubbles. He needs to show that he's engaged in order to avoid a job transfer overseas. Bubbles would rather it be the real thing, but agrees to pose as his fiancée for his career. Unfortunately, her mother and others see the "rock" on her finger, and it's not small. Word spreads that Stiletto and Bubbles are about to be married.

Bubbles' ex husband Dan is still in the picture, and there is a twist in his story that changes Bubble's life.

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Titel: Gambling

Autor:: Dick Francis

Erzähler: Jochen Striebeck

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 49 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-08-07

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Der Mord scheint Lord Enstones böse Ahnungen zu bestätigen. Seine Pferde gewinnen schon seit Monaten kein einziges Rennen mehr, und er kann sich das nicht erklären. Werden die Rennen womöglich manipuliert? Sid Halley soll dieser Frage nachgehen. Eine Aufgabe, die den Privatdetektiv beruflich und persönlich hart auf die Probe stellt...

Kritik Bewertungen:

Spannung vom Allerfeinsten und dazu noch Humor und viel Gespür für Menschen, haarsträubende Situationen und subtile Gefühle verbinden sich stets in den Romanen von Dick Francis.

--Norddeutscher Rundfunk

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Title: Dying Light

Subtitle: Logan McRae, Book 2

Author: Stuart MacBride

Narrator: John Sessions

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-07

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 97 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Logan's not going to take it lying down. He's determined to escape DI Steel and her unconventional methods, and the best way to do that is to crack the case in double-quick time. But Rosie Williams won't be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat, the doors and windows screwed shut from the outside. And despite Logan's best efforts, it's not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab.

Stuart MacBride's characteristic grittiness, gallows humour and lively characterisation are on full display here, confirming his status as the rising star of crime fiction.

Critic Reviews:

"The story is violent and bloody; some of the crimes are vicious, and MacBride doesn't hold back on the details. But there is plenty of dark humour, and a warmth to the portrayal of the police officers which lightens an otherwise grim tale by this very talented writer." (Sunday Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Stupendous Sequel

The second book in the Logan McRae series is Riviting and Gruesome.Completely unputdownable. Other Crime writers say they are green with envy. You too will agree. Stuart MacBride is the true to life best crime writer to come along in a long time.You really cant compare him to anyone. He is a stand alone star! What a way with words. Definatly "the seamy side of life"in old Aberdeen. The narrator is so good, you are completely absorb in these books.Sessions with his oh so Scottish accent, puts the frosting on the cake!Why oh why are they not Unabridged?

Can't wait for the third one 'Broken Skin'.Roll on MacBride and Sessions

Cover your ears!

I could not listen to this audiobook! The narration was terrible!! Please go back to the original narrator that carried the first book easily along until the last words were spoken!

Too bad it's abridged

I have listened to Dying Light for the ?th time - and I love it. I am only sorry, that it is the abridged version. Wondering what I am missing.

Abridged ruined it

Love Stuart macbride but they butchered this by abridging it. Really confusing! Will buy print version.

Don't waste time on this audio.

The most awful people!

I have read three books now by MacBride. They are very funny and the narration is wonderful BUT....they are filled with the most unlikable bunch of people. The police, the suspects and the general population of Aberdeen come across as the most violent, mean and just nasty group of people around. There is always some of this in any detective series (and I have read Rankin, Macdermid, La Plante just to name some) but this was just too much. The actual police work remains so so and I always feel like they solve the crimes (which are very very violent) practically be mistake. If you want to try them, I'd go for the abridged versions. I may listen to a few more if I can't find anything else because the performance is so great but there are much better detective novels out there.