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Title: Rim to Rim

Subtitle: Death in the Grand Canyon

Author: Jeanne Meeks

Narrator: Betsy Beard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-16

Publisher: Jeanne Meeks

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Amy Warren, 50 years old and almost divorced, sets out to rebuild her self-esteem by backpacking across the Grand Canyon. She trained for the natural challenges of the canyon, but her discovery of a mangled body in a ravine puts her life in real danger.

Amy joins forces with a new friend, Sarah Rochon, who gives her encouragement to conquer the canyon in spite of threatening and eerie events. Ranger Glen Hawk volunteers to safeguard the women, but his offers of protection and affection are rebuffed by stubborn Amy.

Members Reviews:

Got more than I bargained for!

I wanted to read "Rim To Rim" because my husband took the same hike and I thought I'd gain insight to his adventure. Of course, the descriptions of the canyon were most welcome but the author caught my attention well beyond expectations as the plot unfolded and mysterious events drew me in.

The book held my interest and I'll gladly recommend Jeanne Meeks book to my book club.

I enjoyed trying to keep up with the various suspects and the plot twists and turns--even the romantic choices the young and more mature women characters became involved in, however. the lesbian angle seemed superfluous as did one scene of anger between these same friends, explained away to no end and easily dismissed.

Overall, I'm glad I got to read this tale: I "saw" my husband's hike, rim to rim, through the author's fine descriptions as I had hoped--and enjoyed a good mystery as a bonus!

"RIM TO RIM" -- One HECK of an Exciting Trek!

First, I owe a debt of gratitude to author Jeanne Meeks. Decades ago, a young man in his early twenties stood at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon staring out at the grandeur and dreaming about hiking the canyon from rim-to-rim. He was newly married, with a wife and nine-month-old child in tow, so his dream would have to wait. A few years later he stood at the North Rim, again longing to fulfill his dream, only this time he and his wife were traveling with four-year-old and six-month-old daughters. Again, his dream would have to wait. Alas, time and circumstances thwarted the dream, UNTIL he stumbled across a novel entitled "Rim To Rim: Death in the Grand Canyon." Being a lover of adventure stories and mysteries, the now much older dreamer bought the book and plunged in. I was that young dreamer, and older reader. And I have Jeanne Meeks to thank for finally fulfilling my dream of hiking the canyon rim-to-rim, although vicariously, through the pages of this wonderful debut novel.

Other reviewers have pretty much covered the synopsis of this adventure/mystery, so I won't go there. I will say that this is a story of a fifty-year-old woman who begins the journey from the North Rim with self-doubt and low self-esteem, and by the time she reaches the South Rim she has been transformed into to a strong and confident, 'I can do it!' person. But Amy's transformation is anything but easy. With the help of her new friend and hiking partner, Sarah, she reaches deep within herself to draw up physical and mental courage she never knew existed. Facing danger and death, she completes the journey triumphantly, bruised and battered, but with an inner strength and the resolve to begin her life anew.

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Title: Cat

Subtitle: Zack Tolliver, FBI, Book 4

Author: R Lawson Gamble

Narrator: Thomas Block

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-16

Publisher: Richard L Gamble

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Zack Tolliver rushes home to Tuba City, Arizona, when he learns his friend Eagle Feather has been involved in a hunting accident, an attack by a mountain lion. The Navajo guide's client is seriously injured. Zack knows the only way to cure his friend's guilt is to hunt the cat down. But he quickly learns this is no ordinary cat, and this will be no ordinary hunt.

Members Reviews:

Great blending of spiritual beliefs and mystery

What did you love best about Cat?

The question of what is real and what isn't. And, if something isn't "real", then just what is it?

What about Thomas Blocks performance did you like?

Thomas' speech pattern (a bit of a Southern drawl) works very well in this setting. His use of Native American music was a nice touch.

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

Yes, I wanted to find out who dunnit!

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Title: The Hidden People

Author: Alison Littlewood

Narrator: Paul McLaughlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-16

Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The best-selling author of Richard & Judy Book Club hit The Cold Season returns with a chilling mystery where superstition and myth bleed into real life with tragic consequences.

Pretty Lizzie Higgs is gone, burned to death on her own hearth - but was she really a changeling, as her husband insists?

Albie Mirralls met his cousin only once, in 1851, within the grand glass arches of the Crystal Palace. But unable to countenance the rumours that surround her murder, he leaves his young wife in London and travels to Halfoak, a village steeped in superstition.

Albie begins to look into Lizzie's death, but in this place where the old tales hold sway and the Hidden People supposedly roam, answers are slippery, and further tragedy is just a step away.

Critic Reviews:

"This is an intriguing and unsettling scenario. Littlewood's descriptions are picturesque and her prose convincingly dated and beautifully lyrical." (Sunday Express)

Members Reviews:

Disappointed

The story held promise initially, but overall it was slow, not believable and tedious. I found it difficult to slog through.

Great book, terrible narration and production

I should say first that this is a great novel. It deals ambiguously and sensibly with folklore and fairy belief and sets up a very plausible and fascinating period backdrop. It's compelling, interesting and poetic and it keeps the reader guessing. However my heart goes out to Alison Littlewood as her brilliant book has been savaged by the most ham fisted and lazy audio prouduction I've ever heard.

I don't believe the blame lies entirely with Paul McLaughlin, who is clearly not a British English speaker and turns in a fairly convincing accent (for the most part). However his slips in pronunciation go far beyond transatlantic differences. The producer demonstrates his or her incompetence from the start by allowing the narrator to open with a quote from W B "Yeeets". This sets he tone for what is to come, not enough to spoil the story entirely you might think. But then come the Yorkshire dialect sections.

Now at one point during the recording of this you would think that the actor or producer would have said, "Hey should we maybe take a listen to a recording of some Yorkshire people talking". Instead they insult listeners from all over the world by assuming they won't know the difference and opt for a kind of demented middle earth approximation of what they think a Yorkshire accent would probably sound like.

One of the great strengths of Littlewoods book is her use of real folk song in the story and its parallels and hints to the narrative that unfolds. Again you might expect an audio producer to direct an actor who had no knowledge of English folk song to simply speak the verse sections, or perhaps spend a little bit of time listening to some recordings if only to get a feel for traditional English song. Not a chance ! The voice actor instead seems to have been encouraged to guess at the sound of these songs by imagining a world where music had not yet been invented. If I'm wrong about Paul McLaughlin and he is in fact a native British English speaker then... well... Wow.

I don't mean to savage the voice artist here, I think he's been let down almost as much as the author. It's the producer who is simply not up to the job.

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Title: No Way Back

Author: M. J. Arlidge

Narrator: Rosie Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-16

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of No Way Back - a DI Helen Grace short by M. J. Arlidge, read by Rosie Jones.

A treat for fans of DI Helen Grace: a short story from top 10 Sunday Times best-selling author M. J. Arlidge.

Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only 15. Maybe this time will be different. She'll be safe. Looked after.

But the truth is Jodie has no one left to protect her. She must defend herself. She must change.

Critic Reviews:

Praise for M. J. Arlidge:

"Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years." (Jeffrey Deaver)

"The new Jo Nesbo." (Judy Finnigan)

"Fast paced and nailbitingly tense...gripping." (Sun)

"DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine.... MJ Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone." (Daily Mail)

"Chilling stuff." (Fabulist)

"A chilling read." (My Weekly)

"A grisly, gripping thriller." (Sunday Mirror)

"Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless. Arlidge's fledgling army of fans is about to grow." (Sunday Sport)

"Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!" (Lisa Gardner)

"Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet." (Will Lavender)

"A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another best seller." (Huffington Post)

Members Reviews:

Good to get the background of DCI Helen Grace

From reading all of the books in the series, you pretty much guess her history. However it's give a better insight to her personality.

explains everything!!

I often wondered about her early life,now graphically explained. Please can we have more stories?????

Meeting Helen Grace

The story of Helen Grace and her tough start in life. It's great to finally see where she started from. Good narration too.

Great

Would recommend you listen to this before eeny meeny so you know what the plot is about

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Title: The Broken Hearts Club: A Thriller

Subtitle: Conrad Voort Series, Book 1

Author: Ethan Black

Narrator: John Rubinstein

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-16

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A banker with a devil-may-care attitude and a smile that conceals a devilish impulse, a literary agent who is quick to anger and much too easy to manipulate, a mechanic with a desperate need to be liked by everyone, no matter the cost, and a psychologist who keeps all their secrets as well as his own...they meet every week in the dingy back room of Mackey's Steak and Ale Tavern in New York City. These men have one thing in common: They all suffer the sting of a broken heart.

Soon, anger turns to hate, rejection turns to rage, and the Broken Hearts Club spins violently out of control, exploding into murderous acts of vengeance. Detective Voort is assigned the case, determined to catch an exclusive killer who is always one death ahead...who appears to switch identities with each new victim...and who knows how to cover his tracks with cold efficiency. Breaking up may be hard to do...with the Broken Hearts Club, it's fatal.

Members Reviews:

Not Recommended

This is a book whose premise had potential to be a suspenseful, gripping novel. However, none of that potential is realized. Instead, it is badly written, filled with graphic sex and descriptions of the wealth Voort and his well-to-do partner. I found myself not caring about any of the characters. There's a twist in the middle that makes reading the rest of the book almost irrelevant. I'm always looking for new authors to add to my reading list. Based on this, Black isn't going to be one of them.

Story had potential, writing was horrible

The basic storyline that some broken-hearted men could be involved in the killings of their old lovers could have interesting. The police detective Voort is horrible.

However, the worst part of the book was the writing style. Black is all over the place with his writing. He wastes so much of the reader's time with irrelevant material, trying to be descriptive. The problem is his descriptions have nothing to do with anything involving the plot or characters. And when he does try to give us character descriptions he either describes clothing, or attempts to use mundane prose to let us in on the personality of the characters.

I could go on and on about how bad this book is, but I will not. I do like books in this genre, and you should click on the more about me link to find the other books I have read and liked. That way you can judge my review on this book better.

If you choose not to check me out, just do not waste your time on this book.

A very shaky start to a series

The Broken Hearts Club is a small group of men who have broken up with their girlfriends and just can't seem to get over it. They meet every Thursday night with their psychologist in the back room of a restaurant where they discuss their failed relationships and try to offer each other support and understanding.

One night, after a particularly emotional meeting, the unthinkable happens and one of the men decides it's time to confront the woman who caused him so much heartache. The result is a most brutal murder and you get the sense that a monster has been unleashed on the streets of New York City.

Taking the case is Conrad Voort, a millionaire homicide cop, and his equally affluent partner Mickie. Their investigation begins perfectly normally although they are hampered by a distinct lack of clues apart from the letters BHC gouged into the victim's kitchen table.

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Title: The Peregrine Omnibus, Volume One

Author: Barry Reese

Narrator: Pete Milan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-16

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Adventure has a new name!

Award-winning genre fiction author Barry Reese, known for creating such fantastic characters as Lazarus Gray and Gravedigger, revitalizes one of his greatest creations for fans old and new! Max Davies lives on as The Peregrine!

An adventurer. A man of mystery. A hero. Max Davies, newly moved to Atlanta, Georgia, finds himself unable to avoid danger, intrigue, and death. Donning the mask of The Peregrine, Davies seeks to bring justice to a world dying for it and peace to his own troubled spirit. And the only price he may have to pay is his soul.

The Peregrine Omnibus, Volume One brings the first three book-length volumes of this classic new pulp hero's adventures together into one massive two-fisted collection. Fly again for the first time with Barry Reese's The Peregrine!

Members Reviews:

superheroes that are super good

The setting is just before World War II. Europe is on the brink of war and evil seems have infiltrated the Earth. Max Davies as The Peregrine is a reluctant superhero, created when he witnessed his fathers brutal murder as a child. Hes brilliant, an expert fighter and receives premonitions from his dead father, but hes pretty lonely too. Enter the beautiful and brave young actress from Atlanta to fill this void. Together they can take on the world.

The Peregrine Omnibus is a large collection (31 hours) of short story adventures about the Peregrine, his lover, friends and the many incredibly evil men intent on destroying the world. The stories flow forward, building on the ones before, each a chapter in the Peregrines adventures. The theme of each story/adventure is pretty consistent, an evil man or team of evil men find a magic artifact and want to use it to open up the gates of Hell, raise a monster from the dead, or control the world. Max uses his fighting skills, guns, magic knife and visions to thwart them.

The Peregrine is comic book action in short story/novel form. It is fun and entertaining. The story plots tend to repeat themselves, but there is enough variety to keep the listener going. The villains are pure evil and the heroes virtuous. The gadgets are impossibly good (a silent car, a jet in 1937, a knife that kills any demon, a gun that doesnt run out of bullets), but are necessary to equalize the impossibly strong foes. Some of the names are cringe-worthy (The Black Bat, Satan, the Iron Maiden), but work with the comic book atmosphere.

Pete Milan performs the audiobook. He has a wonderful voice and is perfect for the stories. At first he seems to be a little too dramatic, pausing and announcing The Peregrine with added importance whenever Max Davies takes on his alter ego, but seems to ease into it later on. It fits with the comic book reality he is creating. Mr. Milan has an exceptional voice that is a pleasure to listen to.

If you enjoy comic book novels, villains that are super evil, and superheroes that are super good, you should give this a listen. It would be a good choice for young adults too.

Audiobook was provided for review by the narrator.

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Pulp Goodness

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

If they're into pulp/noir stories, than absolutely.

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Titre: Un peu plus loin sur la droite

Auteur: Fred Vargas

Narrateur: Philippe Allard

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 06-29-16

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Embusqué sur le banc 102, celui de la Contrescarpe, Kehlweiler, "l'Allemand", avise une drôle de "bricole" blanchâtre égarée sur une grille d'arbre. Ce petit bout d'os humain - car il s'agit de cela - l'obsède jusqu'à ce qu'il abandonne ses filatures parisiennes pour rallier Port-Nicolas, un village perdu au bout de la Bretagne. Et l'attente commence dans la salle enfumée du vieux Café de la Halle. Il écoute, il surveille, de bière en bière, de visage en visage... Et, sans trêve, par les routes humides et les grèves désertes, il fait courir son assistant, Marc Vandoosler, le médiéviste rencontré dans Debout les morts. Qui tue ?

Fred Vargas fait de nouveau mouche en entraînant l'auditeur dans une enquête improbable, plutôt du côté des contes et légendes... Un charme fou.

©1996 Éditions Viviane Hamy (P)2016 Audiolib

Revues par les critiques:

La presse en parle :

"Est-ce de son métier d'historienne-archéologue que Fred Vargas tient cet art de faire naître un monde d'une vieille pierre, d'un morceau de parchemin ou... d'un petit bout d'os de rien du tout? [...] Un livre qui montre, avec subtilité, que l'on peut fort bien marier légèreté et gravité."

Le Monde

Avis des membres:

I chose a book by Fred Vargas because most of those I enjoyed were by women and I wanted to give the ...

Not much of a mystery/police story fan, I began reading them as a distraction from a long course of chemotherapy. I chose a book by Fred Vargas because most of those I enjoyed were by women and I wanted to give the men a chance. Well, Fred is a woman and a very talented author historian and archaeologist. This book "Un peu plus loin" is one of her earlier policiers. A retired detective who has a pet toad is doing some surveillance on his own when he notices something white in some dog excrement on the grill surrounding tree in a park in Paris. It turns out to be the tip bone of a human toe. What's not to like in a beginning like that. The characters are always interesting and engaging - that is what makes the Vargas novels so good. The way she uses the language makes it worthwhile to read the French original. I have read nearly all of her policier novels and they are all excellent.

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Title: Dying in the Wool

Author: Frances Brody

Narrator: Sandra Hunt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-16

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Take one quiet Yorkshire Village, add a measure of mystery, a sprinkling of scandal and Kate Shackleton - amateur sleuth extraordinaire!

Bridgestead is a quiet village: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens...except for the day when Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again.

Now Joshua's daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. So who better to get to the bottom of Joshua's mysterious disappearance? But as Kate taps in to the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed....

Members Reviews:

Glad I tried this author's work!

I enjoyed the clever story, the social history and the excellent narration. I will download further titles in the series. I thoroughly recommend others to try them.

Excellent story

I loved this book. It had the true feeling of place and time, bringing to life the mill folk of the West Riding of Yorkshire together with a really good detective story.

Wanders a bit but very enjoyable

Well read and the characters were made real by excellent narration, I enjoyed the intricate storyline and realism of the people and how they were portrayed to a very real scenario of life.

good entertaining story

Easy to listen to, narrator had genuine sounding accent, different voices were mainly good as was story.

Drying in the wool

A very enjoyable listen I plan to download more of both this author and narrator

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Title: The Drowning Game

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: LS Hawker

Narrator: Amanda Dolan, Paul Woodson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

They said she was armed. They said she was dangerous. They were right.

Petty Moshen spent 18 years of her life as a prisoner in her own home, training with military precision for everything, ready for anything. She can disarm, dismember, and kill - and now, for the first time ever, she is free.

Her paranoid father is dead, his extreme dominance and rules a thing of the past, but his influence remains as strong as ever. When his final will reveals a future more terrible than her captive past, Petty knows she must escape - by whatever means necessary.

But when Petty learns the truth behind her father's madness - and her own family - the reality is worse than anything she could have imagined. On the road and in over her head, Petty's fight for her life has just begun.

Members Reviews:

Gripping Thriller!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

This book is amazing. I did not want to stop listening. I am not often shocked, but parts of this book made me want to scream they were so shocking. Incredible twists and turns in the plot.

Any additional comments?

Also, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the strong female protagonist! If you like thrillers, strong characters, great action and plot, you will LOVE this book!

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Title: Somewhere to Hide

Subtitle: The Estate Series, Book 1

Author: Mel Sherratt

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Welcome to The Estate - where even the darkest times have their lighter moments....

Cath Mason has learned to be tough. The things she's seen growing up on the Mitchell Estate, she's had to be. Yet, even broken and beaten by life at times, she's still the first person a woman in need of help seeks out.

At Cath's house, there is safety in numbers as well as a place to hide. No matter what trouble comes to her door, she won't turn anyone away - because she knows what it's like to live with secrets and lies. But now a problem from her past has come back to haunt her, and she's the one faced with a dilemma. What should she do first - help or be helped? Or has the potential for revenge already gone a step too far?

Somewhere to Hide is an emotional, authentic, down-to-earth drama of life's ups and downs. It is the first book in The Estate Series. So pound those streets, open those doors, pull back those curtains and take a peep into the lives of the people who live there....

Critic Reviews:

"A writer to watch out for." (Mandasue Heller)

"The worst terrors are always those that hide closest to home." (Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner)

"There's a lot of young crime writers that I've just met for the first time. There's one called Mel Sherratt; she's very interesting." (Ian Rankin)

Members Reviews:

Utter Drivel

What a load of rubbish. Inane story, stereotypical characters with no depth or truth. Seriously disappointed.