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Title: Primal Instinct

Author: Janie Crouch

Narrator: Barbara Creel-Benjamin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-15

Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A killer stalks the city streets, and one FBI agent is determined to bring him down in Janie Crouch's Primal Instinct. On the crowded streets of San Francisco, a serial killer watches and waits. Known only as Simon Says, he lures his next victim while the FBI grasps for answers. Desperate, they turn to Adrienne Jeffries. Adrienne has an uncanny talent for getting inside the city's most dangerous minds. But first she'll have to get past FBI agent Conner Perigo. Skeptical of Adrienne's abilities, Conner begrudgingly enlists her help...unprepared for the powerful attraction that could jeopardize their focus. With little time and everything to lose, they must work to find Simon's next victim - before he does.

Members Reviews:

Amazon Customer

Another amazing and intense book from Janie Crouch! There were just enough characters that could be the suspect that you just aren't sure who the real bad guy is until near the very end! I love the authors writing style! She holds the plot well but always tosses little thing out for the reader too grab onto! Definitely 10 star read!!!

Really engaging

I very, very much enjoyed this book. The man characters as well as the supporting characters are engaging and well developed. The mystery came together in the end. Would've liked more info in the conclusion. I read an ARC of one of her other novels which led me to purchase this one. Looking forward to further reading.

I enjoyed this book but not as well as the two ...

I enjoyed this book but not as well as the two others in this series. The best part was leading up to the heroine arriving in San Fransico. After that, it was just okay. No real romance to speak of. The sex scene was oh-hum.

Great "couldn't put it down" story!

I loved that Adrienne was somebody I never hated. She was never stupid. She was awesome. Conner, on the other hand.... though once over the rough patch, I couldn't love him more. He is everything a protective possessive alpha male should be. I couldn't wait to see read the next story about Paige.

Great chemistry, Great Story, Great Read!

I really liked this book! I won't do another plot summary, but this is a quick-paced book I read in one setting. Didn't want to put it down! Dialogue was witty, the plot twists were great. Really just enjoyed it. Some people were complaining about the book being too short... It's a category romance, folks. That's just the length they are. Perfect for a great, fast read! I'll be reading more of this authors books!

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Title: The Fury

Author: Shane Gericke

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico washes a cache of doomsday weapons onto a Mexican beach: bombs filled with VX nerve gas mixed with anthrax, invented by the Nazis during World War II and perfected by the United States to use in the Cold War. The bombs soon fall into the wrong hands and create an unstoppable opponent. Only one Chicago police detective has a chance of preventing those bombs from being used on American soil.

Reeling from the recent murder of her husband as well as allegations of police misconduct, Detective Superstition "Sue" Davis is thrown into an undercover assignment. She must infiltrate the Mexican narcotics cartel responsible for the death of her husband in order to get close to the cartel's sociopathic enforcer, Jiménez "Jimmy" Garcia.

But when the entire Garcia family is killed in Mexico by a US Special Forces raid gone wrong, Garcia will stop at nothing to get vengeance, including triggering newly acquired bombs on American soil. Superstition's assignment quickly becomes more dangerous than planned as the threat of a terrorist attack looms closer.

Critic Reviews:

"A fireball of awesome!" (Joshua Corin, award-winning author of Cost of Life)

Members Reviews:

Furiously Good Entertainment!

Shane Gericke at his best. Engaging characters, fascinating bits of history, clever dialogue, and an action-packed plot. Highly recommend.

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Title: Trailer Park Wives

Subtitle: The Double-Wide Edition - Bigger, Better, Wider

Author: Denise Gwen

Narrator: Lindsey Corey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-15

Publisher: Barone Literary Agency

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In part two of Trailer Park Wives, the double-wide edition, answers arrive at the same time that new questions emerge. Samantha Jacobs, who's still busy in Hazard, selling OxyContin, gets worried when Dwayne takes off on his own. What she finds when she goes looking for him sends her on a new kind of journey.

Back home, Deena is giving the performance of her lifetime as mother-of-the-year while the caseworkers watch and judge her from the other side of the one-way mirror. Lettie begins to learn more than she ever wanted to about Joe's secrets, and Cierra, well, she gets an unexpected visitor to the Club, and what's a girl to do when things end badly?

By the time the wives find out how - and why - Anne Marie ended her life, they've learned a whole lot of other things about their dear friend...secrets become known, and they long for the days when Anne Marie, their dear friend, was still above ground and living life with them in the grimmest trailer park in Ohio.

Members Reviews:

Guilty Pleasure

This series is like an impending train wreck that you can't stop watching and I mean that in the best possible way. You know that something tragic and horrible and messy it about to happen, yet you simply can't avert your eyes. Over and over, I've thought that there was something just terribly, terribly wrong with these people. Then why can't I stop listening? If loving them is wrong, I don't want to be right! Every time that I thought the Batesville Trailer Park residents (including that creepy Jigger dude) couldn't possibly get into more trouble or surprise me, I was smacked upside the head with another shocker. This deliciously addictive series is my newest guilty pleasure.

Double-Wide was even better than the first book in the series. The story really takes off in this edition and it's one crazy situation after another. The sordid details of Anne Marie's past are finally revealed, as well as the identity and motives of the blackmailer. Sierra is a character that I still can't quite figure out. If I were a struggling single mother, I would want my sugar daddy forking over cold, hard cash - not designer purses, I mean handbags. And am I the only one that was blown away by Lettie's reaction to confronting her husband's mistress? Hang on tight because things are about to really heat up - literally! Oh my, the madness of it all!

Lindsey Corey's performance as narrator was terrific once again and I could easily distinguish the main characters. This was a great listening experience and I would recommend Trailer Park Wives: The Double-Wide Edition - Bigger, Better, Wider.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This review is my honest opinion.

Even better than Single Wide - Book 1

This is not my usual book. I dont usually do suspenseful mystery thrillers but Im so glad I decided to make an exception. Book one was good but I like this one is even better. You need to start with book one to understand better what is going on in this book. The author provided much needed information to understand Anne Maries troubled life and actions.

Narration was excellent and brought the story to life.

There are some outrageous moments, crazy decisions, and laugh out loud moments in this book.

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Title: The Pyrates

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

Narrator: Mike Grady

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The Pyrates is all the swashbucklers that ever were, rolled into one great technicoloured pantomime - tall ships and desert islands, impossibly gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and black spots, devilish dons and ghastly dungeons, plots, duels, escapes, savage rituals, tender romance and steaming passion, all to the accompaniment of ringing steel, thunderous broadsides, sweeping film music, and the sound of cursing extras falling in the water and exchanging period dialogue. Even Hollywood buccaneers were never like this.

Critic Reviews:

Praise for The Pyrates:

"Its all there right down to a Dead Man's Chest, cleavages that are everything they should be, and characters in sea boots, who say nothing but 'Arr!' and 'Me Hearty!' in a plot that is wonderfully absurd." (Financial Times)

"Fabulousyou'll want to stay up all night reading this one." (Washington Post)

"The most wonderfully idiotic lovesong to swashbucklers ever set to Korngold trumpets. Fraser again proves himself the master." (New York Times)

Praise for Black Ajax:

"Mr. Fraser is a great historical novelist, and in Black Ajax he is at the very top of his form. Damme if he ain't." (Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail)

"This is not a flashy novel, wearing its learning noisily. It's rigorous, intelligent, meticulously horrifying. Wonderfully well done." (Nicci Gerrard, Observer)

Members Reviews:

one of my all-time favourites - ruined

This is a book I can read over and over again, and have done for over 30 years. So I was looking forward to the audio book, as, despite being very familiar with the text, I thought it would be equally fun to listen to.

Unfortunately not.

The narrator manages to take a fun, swashbuckling, absolutely hysterical story, and make it dull as ditch water. He doesn't seem to understand any of the humour, the stresses are wrong and the accents are terrible. It's a mystery to me how he managed it, but somehow he did.

Consequently, a book I have loved for many years is spoiled in the audio format. Fortunately, I can still enjoy the original text.

Great fun. Superb narration

A Ripping Yarn from the brilliant George MacDonald Fraser author of Flashman, from which I've learnt all 19 th century history that's worth learning, also Quartered Safe Out Here and the splendid McAuslan. All deserve Five Stars. At least.

Swashbuckling tomfoolery

Don't expect Good Ole Flashy........ a swashbuckling adventure in the vain of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett all wrapped up in a wonderful world created by the great George MacDonald Fraser.

boys own

boys own comic swashbuckling adventure. no good for a book club read. did not enjoy.

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Title: The Nature of the Beast

Author: Louise Penny

Narrator: Adam Sims

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-15

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. His boundless sense of adventure and vivid imagination mean he has a tendency to concoct stories so extraordinary and so far-fetched that no one can possibly believe him.

But when Laurent disappears, former Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.

So begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. And what Gamache uncovers deep in the forest leads back to crimes of the past, betrayal and murder, with more sinister consequences than anyone could have possibly imagined....

From number-one best seller Louise Penny comes an ingenious, powerful and thrilling title that will hold you in its grip until the final word.

Critic Reviews:

"Clever, full of twists and turns, a wonderfully satisfying - and moving - addition to Penny's atmospheric, distinctive series." (Kate Mosse on How the Light Gets In)

"Subtle, elegant and beautifully written." (Sunday Mirror on How the Light Get In)

"Penny's elegant style is deeply satisfying, while Gamache is contemplative even when under pressure, and remains a man you want to spend time with." (Metro)

Members Reviews:

Ruined by narrator!!!!!

What would have made The Nature of the Beast better?

The late Ralph Corsham WAS Armand Garmache and his readings of the books was masterful. It was such a change from the usual crime novel genre. This narrator is absurd! He cannot pronounce the French names - this is set in QUEBEC! But worse, he makes the story sound like any old crime fiction, reading passages breathlessly to induce tension and suspense - laughable. The magic is gone - I couldn't bear to listen to the end! I cant believe Audible (Louise Penny ???) chose such a dissimilar narrator!

The most shocking thing is that Ralph's readings have now all been displaced by this narrator's! Poor people who havent downloaded the previous versions. But I guess, the difference was too glaring - making the replacement of all readings of Louise Penny's Inspector Gramache books with narrator necessary.

Would you be willing to try another one of Adam Simss performances?

absolutely not

Any additional comments?

Very sad!!!!

my favourite author.

loved it as much as the others. can't wait for the next one! I don't often read a book twice, but have done so with all of these.

Brilliant

I have loved every single book in this series. All different and yet all with the power to make me think beyond the story. I thoroughly recommend these books.

The narration is worthy of the author - an exceptional combination.

What a narrator!!

This book is an excellent addition to this series. I thought the narrator made it even more excellent, with distinct voices for every character and beautiful pacing.

I miss Three Pines already!

I love this series. This one was just as good as all the others. Another year until the next one!

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Title: Resistance

Subtitle: Dave Hooper, Book 2

Author: John Birmingham

Narrator: Sean Mangan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-15

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In the second thrilling instalment in John Birmingham's best-selling Dave Hooper series, a dragon brings down the vice president's plane, a monster army is camped outside Omaha and an empath demon springs an undercover operation in New York.

Two bright geometric shapes, metallic flashes picked out in the morning sun, moving impossibly fast and straight amidst the visual clutter and chaos of forest and rock...

"Is it dragons, Dave, is that what it is? Because I'm not ready for dragons...."

New Orleans was just the beginning. New and different demons are breaking through all over America, and Dave Hooper has a new enemy with more guile and guts than the celebrity superhero, still stumbling in his role as champion. While his agent fields offers for movies and merchandise, Dave is tasked with ending a siege in Omaha, saving his friends and deciphering the underrealms' plans to take over the Earth.

As an ancient and legion evil threatens to destroy mankind, Dave has to decide what kind of man he wants to be and the nature of his role in this new world. He may not be the hero humanity deserves, but he's the only one we've got.

Members Reviews:

One of those book you are never sure if you like the main character

Not sure if I like the main character Dave, but he does seem to know how to get him self into trouble very easily and I wouldn't mind some of the skills myself but I won't say which ones

Overall if it's a wet Wednesday afternoon and you don't have anything major to do its a good listen.

Great sequel

Better then the first more character building and plot building. ..production improved immensely.Sean Mangan rocks this one..Now for.the third book cant wait

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Title: Orient

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Christopher Bollen

Narrator: Michael Rahhal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 89 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A gripping novel of culture clash and murder: As summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths - and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.

Orient is an isolated town on the north fork of Long Island, its future as a historic village newly threatened by the arrival of wealthy transplants from Manhattan - many of them artists. One late summer morning, the body of a local caretaker is found in the open water; the same day a monstrous animal corpse is found on the beach, presumed a casualty from a nearby research lab. With rumors flying, eyes turn to Mills Chevern - a tumbleweed orphan newly arrived in town from the West with no ties and a hazy history. As the deaths continue and fear in town escalates, Mills is enlisted by Beth, an Orient native in retreat from Manhattan, to help her uncover the truth. With the clock ticking, Mills and Beth struggle to find answers, faced with a killer they may not be able to outsmart.

Rich with character and incident yet deeply suspenseful, Orient marks the emergence of a novelist of enormous talent.

Members Reviews:

Great read and rear

Although this book stated off very slow once I got into it I tried to listen to it every chance I got. It is well written with a very engaging story line that will keep you guessing until the very last chapter. The characters are well developed and the main male (Mills) character pulls at your heart strings more and more as the story progresses. I highly recommend this book. The reader is fantastic. I would definitely listen to books where he is the narrator.

Slow going

Well written but overly long, especially for a story that is trying to build and maintain suspense. If you have time to invest, enjoy literary writing, and are a patient listener, this is a good book. If you are looking for a page turner, this is NOT for you. Good narrator, but somehow lacking in emotion, although he does a multitude voices quite well.

Good story plot

Struggled to get through it. Good story plot but to much description.

Unfinished plot ending.

The Bore-ient

I had high hopes for this book in the beginning. it started out interesting and suspenseful but then became so drawn out and boring. once they killed off one of the only two characters I cared about in this book I really struggled to listen to the end of it, which turned out to be pretty disappointing what could have been suspenseful was just so farfetched. It left too many unanswered questions . II would not recommend this book at all

Masterfully written

Masterfully written with suspense until the very end. There are sentences that brought me inside the characters with a insightful, metaphorical ease. Must read for lovers of literature and mystery alike.

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Title: Whispering Shadows

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker

Narrator: George Newbern

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-15

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally best-selling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, this gripping story follows a retired expat journalist in contemporary China who tries to crack a murder case as he battles his own personal demons.

American expat Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated father, and loving husband. But after living for nearly 30 years in Hong Kong, personal tragedy strikes, and Paul's marriage unravels in the fallout.

Now Paul is living as a recluse on an outlying island of Hong Kong. When he makes a fleeting connection with Elizabeth, a distressed American woman on the verge of collapse, his life is thrown into turmoil. Less than 24 hours later, Elizabeth's son is found dead in Shenzhen, and Paul, invigorated by a newfound purpose, sets out to investigate the murder on his own.

As Paul, Elizabeth, and a detective friend descend deeper into the Shenzhen underworld - against the wishes of a woman with whom Paul has had a flirtation - they discover dark secrets hidden beneath China's booming new wealth. In a country where rich businessmen with expensive degrees can corrupt the judicial system, the potential for evil abounds.

Part love story, part crime thriller, The Whisper of the Shadow is the captivating tale of one man's desperate search for redemption within the vice of a world superpower, a place where secrets from the past threaten to upend the country's unchecked drive towards modernization.

Members Reviews:

A lovely listen

I enjoy Sendker. I experience his novels as both character and plot driven, with complexity and compassion. This book shared certain similarities with Henning Mankel's Man from Being in terms of corruption and no rule of law. The citizens of the. US should take note of the implications.

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Title: The 13th Disciple

Subtitle: A Spiritual Adventure

Author: Deepak Chopra

Narrator: Deepak Chopra

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 63 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The New York Times best-selling author of Buddha and Jesus weaves together historical narrative, mystery, exciting adventure, and intrigue in this masterfully told novel that reveals surprising discoveries about the unknown last disciple of Christ and a new understanding of who Jesus was in his final days.

When a solid-gold reliquary missing from a church in Belgium suddenly resurfaces in America, a young newspaperman begins to investigate the story. At first it seems like just another case of a treasure stolen during World War II that has resurfaced. But it soon becomes apparent that much more is at stake.

Hidden within the medieval reliquary is a gold box that holds a sacred relic - a single finger bone - from an anonymous saint. Why would the remains of someone unknown to the Church be considered holy? The search for answers leads to a shocking discovery - a dangerous secret known only to a small band of people. If one touches the reliquary, a sacred vision is received - a vision involving a young girl who had a chance encounter with Jesus just before he was crucified.

The few people who have been blessed with these miraculous messages have banded together into a mysterious school, a closed society that preserves this venerated wisdom. But their knowledge of the young girl and Jesus is at once so fascinating and so highly controversial that it cannot be shared with the world.

This young girl, curious about the charismatic man named Jesus, embarks on a quest to find out who he really was. What she finds - the knowledge the society protects - is at times far different from the accepted Gospels. Could this unknown girl be the 13th Disciple - the last and truest apostle of Christ?

Members Reviews:

Nice

This was a nice book that I enjoyed a lot. It is definitely not a book for everyone, but if you like books that involve a lot of spirituality and you aren't opposed to take a leap of faith then you'll enjoy this immensely. I like that it was entertaining throughout and offered some spiritual insight at the end.

Powerfully insightful and rich spiritual drama

If you could sum up The 13th Disciple in three words, what would they be?

A brilliant novel .

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Title: Soil

Author: Jamie Kornegay

Narrator: Brian Hutchison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A darkly comic debut novel by an independent book-seller about an idealistic young farmer who moves his family to a Mississippi flood basin, suffers financial ruin - and becomes increasingly paranoid he's being framed for murder.

It all began with a simple dream. An ambitious young environmental scientist hoped to establish a sustainable farm on a small patch of river-bottom land nestled among the Mississippi hills. Jay Mize convinced his wife Sandy to move their six-year-old son away from town and to a rich and lush parcel where Jacob could run free and Jay could pursue the dream of a new and progressive agriculture for the 21st century. He did not know that within a year he'd be ruined, that flood and pestilence would invade his fledgling farm or that his wife and son would leave him to pick up the pieces by himself.

Critic Reviews:

"Mississippi has done it again, given us yet another brilliant writer. Welcome, Jamie Kornegay, to a long line of kick-ass storytellers. Soil is one of the most memorable novels I've read in years, with a killer story told in killer language. Highly, highly recommended." (Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter)

"Jamie Kornegay's prose is as rich and fertile as the Mississippi Delta landscape that spreads across the pages of Soil. It is poetic, both in its language and in the soulful complexity of its characters, all of them fallen and trudging along the hard worn path of redemption on dirty hands and knees." (Michael F. Smith, author of Rivers)

Members Reviews:

True Southern Gothic.

Jay is bats@&t crazy. But it's the kind of crazy that damn near everyone who lives south of the equator can relate to. There is the scene early in the book where Jay has an intimate encounter with the riverbank, and oddly I could appreciate it. Boy what a book. Get off the fence and sink your feet into the mud. You will not regret it.

Excellent first novel!

Where does Soil rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

In the top 10

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

Yes. Wasn't sure how deep the author would take it....a progression into insanity takes many twists and turns. The character of the wife was very well developed. She is the fulcrum.

What about Brian Hutchinsons performance did you like?

Loved that he didn't know how to pronounce the fish---spelled "crappie"

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

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Any additional comments?

I loved that his insanity sprouted from his desire to grow vegetables organically!