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Title: Unmasking Kelsey

Author: Kay Hooper

Narrator: Lyssa Browne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-12

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

All is not as it seems as a daring undercover agent and an unconventional Southern belle mix business with pleasure in this classic story of romance and suspense from New York Times best-selling author Kay Hooper.

Kelsey has come to the idyllic southern town of Pinnacle to investigate a shady company called Meditron, which has a ruthless way of getting what it wants - or so claims the desperate caller who contacts the FBI. The locals won't talk about Meditron. But Kelsey is an expert interrogator, prepared to use his seductive charms to his every advantage. He just hadn't counted on falling for the beautiful witness at the center of his investigation.

Elizabeth Conner is too proud to ask for any sort of assistance. She never needed help raising her three willful younger sisters. But now her family is in serious trouble, and Elizabeth's stubborn independence is a deadly liability. And then Kelsey sweeps her up - and into his arms - like a force of nature, promising to protect Elizabeth and her sisters from a relentless enemy. Elizabeth never imagined letting any man get too close, let alone one who can't even disclose his full name. But daring to trust this tempting stranger is a danger she must embrace.

Critic Reviews:

"A master storyteller." (Tami Hoag)

Members Reviews:

Terrible narrator

I couldn't get past the first chapter. The narration is so jarring that I had to stop listening. I'm definitely adding this narrator to my list of readers to avoid.

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Title: What Happened at Hazelwood

Author: Michael Innes

Narrator: Lucy Paterson, Christopher Webster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The Simney family, of Hazlewood Hall, have a dubious history. Sir George Simney, who was travelling in Australia before the baronetcy fell to him, sleeps with a shotgun by his side. When he is found dead in the library, the Reverend Adrian Deamer will not rest until he has discovered who is responsible. This is an absorbing tale narrated by Simney's widow, Nicolette, and by young Harold, who has just joined the CID.

Members Reviews:

Innes at his best!

No Appleby--except for a couple of references: "What would Appleby do" (WWAD?) But it's full of Innes's humor, red herrings, great characters, elaborate summation and satisfying victims and solution(s). It is told from the point of view of 2 different people, and the 2 readers were splendid.

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Title: Shocking Pink

Author: Erica Spindler

Narrator: Jessica Almasy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-12

Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

They were only watching....

The mysterious lovers the three girls spied on were engaged in a deadly sexual game no one else was supposed to know about. Especially not Andie and her friends, whose curiosity had deepened into a dangerous obsession....

Now, 15 years later, someone is watching Andie. Someone who wont let her forget the unsolved murder of Mrs. X or the disappearance of Mr. X. Suddenly Andie doesnt know who her friends are... because loyalty can be murder.

Andie. Julie. Raven. Three very different women bound by more than friendship.

Members Reviews:

A great read

Really enjoyed this one from Erica Spindler. I've read all of her newest books and decided that I had to read some of the earlier works. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes her current offerings.

Very good read

A well plotted mystery and quite unusual. The central characters are well drawn with very decent dialogue. Spindler is never great but always reliably very good...enjoy.

My New Favorite Author!

Contrary to one recent review, I really enjoyed this book. This was the third Erica Spindler book I've read in the last few weeks (with three more paperbacks on order and another Kindle book downloaded) and they just keep getting better! I couldn't put this one down - and I'm a pretty selective reader. If in doubt, read it, I think you'll like it!

Five Stars

Awesome

Four Stars

A great author.! She keeps you guessing right to the end!!!!

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Title: In Silence

Author: Erica Spindler

Narrator: Mackenzie Harte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-12

Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A Peaceful Southern Town. A Terrible Evil. The Power of Silence.

Journalist Avery Chauvin is devastated when she receives word of her fathers suicide. How could her father, a dedicated physician, have taken his own life?

Returning to her hometown of Cypress Springs, Louisiana, Avery desperately searches for answers. Instead she hears whispered rumors of strange happenings, of neighbors who go missing in the night. She discovers a box of 15-year-old newspaper articles in her fathers house, all covering the same event - the brutal murder of a local woman. Why had her father kept them?

Then the past and present collide. A woman is found savagely murdered. An outsider passing through town vanishes. And Avery begins to wonder, could her father have been murdered? As each step closer to the truth exposes yet another layer of deceit, Avery must face the fact that in this peaceful Southern town a terrible evil resides, protected - until now - by the power of silence.

Members Reviews:

Edge of your seat thriller

What made the experience of listening to In Silence the most enjoyable?

It was a great story - very interesting and kept me guessing. I love listening to audio books when I'm driving to/from work

What did you like best about this story?

The fact that I couldn't guess who the bad guy was - I don't like predictable!

What about Mackenzie Hartes performance did you like?

she did a good job with different voices for different people in the story

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Title: Beautiful Sacrifice

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Lowell

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 115 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

According to Maya legend, December 21, 2012, will mark the end of the world as we know it. Is it myth... or will their prediction become reality?

Archaeologist Lina Taylor has devoted her life to studying ancient Maya artifacts, splitting her time between digs in South America and the classroom teaching college students. But the professor's structured, academic life is about to spin out of control. Some extremely valuable and important Maya artifacts have gone missing. Are the culprits fanatics determined to create chaos and usher in annihilation?

Helping out a friend, former immigration and customs enforcement officer Hunter Johnston is determined to recover the missing pieces and he needs Lina's help. A man used to calling the shots and working alone, he isn't comfortable letting anyone get close, especially a beautiful and brainy woman like Lina. His gift for reading people tells him there's a lot going on below that professional exterior, and he's more than a little curious to probe her depths.

Burying herself in her work, Lina's had little experience handling men, especially one as fascinating and exasperating as the secretive, headstrong Hunter. A devoted archaeologist, she has the skill to excavate those protective layers all the way to his core.

But finding the missing artifacts is only the beginning of a mystery that will plunge these unlikely partners into adventure, romance, and danger more thrilling, sensual, and deadly than either of them knows....

Members Reviews:

Mayan Calendar adventure/romance-average

Elizabeth Lowell's "Donovan" series is both educational and fun to read..I'd hoped for a new series and this may be it-but it sure isn't up to past Lowell work.

Added to the confusing Mayan history, dialect and words is the tepid narration done by Richard Ferrone. Granted he had a real complication with all the Mayan names to work thru, still I think his female voice is blah and generally wasn't impressed with his work.

All in all, this isn't a listen I'd recommend even though it's topical since it has to do with Mayan calendar history and potential disaster there was no real incorporating of the date with the book.

Don't waste your credit on this.

For the 2012 Doomsdayers, this is for YOU

Would you listen to Beautiful Sacrifice again? Why?

Yes ~ it was an awesome story. A little overwhelming on the all the artifact talk/facts, so listening again I know I'd only pick up things I might have missed the first listen. I loved the hero/heroine, the way they sparked off one another.

What other book might you compare Beautiful Sacrifice to and why?

I'd have to say her Donovan books or earlier, for the simple reason she concentrates so hard on the artifcate industry, both the scholarly part as well as the market and digs. I love the way Elizabeth Lowell can just pull you into those worlds...and really FEEL what you're reading.

Have you listened to any of Richard Ferrones other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, I haven't. But I wasn't, and am still not, convinced he was the best narrator for this. I liked his voice, but just...he did pretty much a male voice the whole way through.

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Title: The Diggers Game

Author: George V. Higgins

Narrator: Mark Ashby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him 18 grand in the hole.

Jerry "Digger" Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional "odd job," like stealing live checks or picking up hot goods. His brother's a priest, his wife's a nag, and he has a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. On a trip to Vegas, the Digger finds himself in the sights of a loan shark known as the Greek. Luckily--if you call it luck--the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, if only he can pull it off without getting himself killed.

Critic Reviews:

Digger is so real that the next time you order a drink from a bartender, youll look at him hard, wondering what he does on his days off. (Los Angeles Times)

Another bullseye for Higgins! (The New York Times)

"Higgins is one hell of a writer." (Newsday)

Members Reviews:

So real feeling.

Its crazy how grounded Higgins manages to make his characters and worlds feel. It always feels like youre sitting RIGHT there. I always feel like i know these people by the time its over.

Dated and a bit dry

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This may deserve a little better rating, but the book wasn't to my taste. I believe another reviewer stated that this is a story told through dialog. That's true and it's well done, but I listen to this kind of stuff for entertainment and the method of story telling limits action more than I realized it would. Another petty beef is that I need to have a character I like to really enjoy this kind of story, a tale like this is just grim if there isn't someone for me to root for, and I didn't find anyone that appealed to me.

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Title: Lethal Seduction

Author: Jackie Collins

Narrator: Carrington Macduffie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-12

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

On the heels of her sensational New York Times best seller Dangerous Kiss, comes another tantalizing Jackie Collins treat: Lethal Seduction.

Madison Castelli, the beautiful, street-smart heroine of Jackie Collins's LA. Connections series, returns in Lethal Seduction, an edgy novel full of danger, passion and suspense.

Madison is having problems. Her ex-live-in lover who walked out on her is trying to walk back in. Her new lover is giving her a hard time. And her father turns out to be a man with deadly secrets.

Set between the high-powered world of New York and the manic excitement of Las Vegas, Lethal Seduction is packed with intrigue and glamour. This deliciously uninhibited tale of cover-ups, deception and mob involvement finds Jackie Collins at the height of her creative powers as the diverse cast of characters in Lethal Seduction take an exhilarating walk on the wild side, where nothing is ever exactly as it seems and danger is all around them.

With Lethal Seduction, Jackie Collins takes you on a sometimes funny, sometimes sad trip guaranteed to seduce you all the way.

Critic Reviews:

"Cool as a subzero shot of designer vodka." (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Narration is AWFUL!!!!

Would you try another book from Jackie Collins and/or Carrington Macduffie?

Yes, but with a different narrator.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Lethal Seduction?

Could not stand to listen that far into it.

How could the performance have been better?

Less of him/her trying to act, because that was an unattainable feat. Sorely missed the mark on all characters. Was horrible to listen to. Wasted my money. If I was able to give a NEGATIVE star I would have.

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Title: Sticks and Stones

Subtitle: A Cat DeLuca Mystery

Author: K. J. Larsen

Narrator: Vanessa Hart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Sticks and stones may break my bones - or they might actually kill me.

What does a woman do when she discovers her husband is an incurable cheater? If shes Cat DeLuca, she launches the Pants on Fire Detective Agency. Now Cat does what two years of unholy matrimony taught her to do: she catches cheaters. When a client, Cleo Jones, shoots her cheating husbands bum full of buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Private Investigator Cat DeLuca promises to retrieve the dog and money if her client stops shooting at Walter. Cleo agrees. The detective finds the dog and a mysterious bag full of cash. And then she finds Walter. His very dead body is still warm.

The case is a slam dunk for the cops who arrest Cleo for the killing. She had motive and opportunity, and a dozen witnesses heard her scream bloody murder. One even made a video.

Cat DeLuca is determined to prove her clients innocence, and its not an easy job. Walter was an unsavory character. Over the years he had acquired numerous enemies. Now, Cat will have to sift through all the ones who didnt pull the trigger. Her investigation leads to four players with secrets: a childhood friend, a gambler, a construction tycoon, and a legendary Chicago designer.

When forensic evidence suggests the detective knows more about the murder than shes telling, Cat faces the certain loss of her agency.

Cat DeLuca is smart and charming, but shes an unlikely heroine, and her partner, a beagle named Inga, is quite likely to eat the evidence. Sticks and Stones delivers steamy romance, intrigue, and laugh-out-loud humor for a wickedly delicious read.

Critic Reviews:

Janet Evanovich fans will relate to the humor and crazy characters, but under the fun is a well-crafted plot with all the elements of a classic whodunit. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Quit after 2.5 hours, wasn't going anywhere

Would you try another book from K. J. Larsen and/or Vanessa Hart?

Nope, trying to be like Janet Evanovich and just not up to that challenge. Delucca is no Stephanie Plum.

What was most disappointing about K. J. Larsens story?

Very drawn out and didn't go anywhere, totally missed the boat on this one.

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

Concept was good but not developed well at all.

Not quite as good as her first book

What did you like best about Sticks and Stones? What did you like least?

It's a light-hearted mystery along the lines of the Janet Evanovich's by the numbers (Stephanie Plum) novels. Unfortunately, I found it a little less enjoyable than Larsen's first novel: Liar Liar.

Any additional comments?

Narration is very good and fitting with the character and story.

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Title: A Better Quality of Murder

Author: Ann Granger

Narrator: Laurence Kennedy, Maggie Mash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-12

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

London, 1867. As Inspector Ben Ross of Scotland Yard walks homeward one Saturday night, the fog that swirls around him is like a living beast. After it has lifted a woman lies murdered in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer. As Ben begins his investigation, his wife Lizzie looks into Allegra's private life and uncovers more than one reason why someone might want her dead...

Members Reviews:

didn't feel the fog

This has similar pacing and plot to an Anne Perry Victorian mystery, but I did not find the characters or historical detail as engaging. Both narrators usually do better work. With so many excellent Victorian mysteries available, it's hard to recommend this one. However, if like me, you download even the weaker Anne Perry's for relaxation easy listens, this at least was a PG rated tale with a few twists, if mostly pedestrian and unremarkable. This is weak in atmosphere, too - in a good Victorian London murder, you can "feel the fog," even if you're not looking for an edge-of-set-thriller.

The first in the series, A Mortal Curiorsity, is on Audible at a better price but not yet tagged as the series. That might be a better place to start.

Granger is better in moden day settings.

Good story, except for Perry Mason confessions...

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

Yes. It is a good story by one of my early favorite authors. Narration is very good.

Who was your favorite character and why?

No real stand-out. Each character was developed fairly well.

What does Laurence Kennedy and Maggie Mash bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

I enjoyed the narration; however, the voice of "Bessie" was a bit child-like.

Any additional comments?

Funny, but the mention of Aunt Perry made be think of Anne Perry and her Inspector Pitt novels, which follow a similar husband-cop, wife-sleuthing helper model.

Enjoyed it very much

I enjoy this type of lighthearted mystery. It's not all blood and guts or deep, dark and depressing. The characters are well defined. Both narrators were excellent. I was kept guessing to the end and surprised at the one that "dunnit". I recommend this audiobook. I understand there is a "prequel" to this book called "A Mortal Curiosity". I didn't know about it before this one but I plan to listen to it.

Reasonable story ruined by one of the readers

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Choosing a different female reader

Who was your favorite character and why?

Didn't have one, too distracted.

What didnt you like about Laurence Kennedy and Maggie Mash s performance?

They had clearly had no guidance and/or heard each other's reading. The character Bessie, the maid, has a normal sparky cockney sparrow tone when voiced by Laurence Kennedy, but she became a slow-witted idiot when read by Maggie Mash. This made following and enjoying the story impossible. Almost all Maggie Mash's characters were very badly handled, complete ly OTT.

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Title: Headstone

Subtitle: A Jack Taylor Novel of Terror

Author: Ken Bruen

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-11

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Acclaimed Irish crime writer Ken Bruen has won numerous awards for his hard-charging, dark thrillers, which have been translated into ten languages. In Headstone, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and a special-needs boy is brutally attacked.

Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them, and has the scars to prove it. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland that leave even the national police shaken. And Jack is especially vulnerable now that he has finally found love and happiness.

Jack, slowly accepting the sheer power of Headstone, comes to realize that in order to fight back he must relinquish the remaining shreds of what has made him human. Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of his life and the heart of Galway. In a moment of awful clarity, Jack realizes that not only might he be powerless to stop Headstone; he may not have the grit needed to even face it. A terrific read from a writer called "a Celtic Dashiell Hammett", Headstone is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series.

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