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Title: Murder and the Monalet Ruby

Subtitle: Ardis Cole Mystery Series, Book 4

Author: Loretta Jackson, Vickie Britto

Narrator: Stephanie Brush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-11

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When Ardis is sent to South Dakota to handle a bequest of pioneer and Sioux artifacts left to the University of Chicago by wealthy private collector Anthony LaMoine, she gets a load of trouble that she hadnt expected - a stolen ruby, a friends missing son, and a skeleton in the cellar! Ardis learns that Anthony had an adopted son. For reasons unknown to Ardis, his son ran away from home during his teenage years. Find the son, the housekeeper tells her, and youll find the thief. But is the son really the guilty party? And is the mysterious writer-historian Seldon Drake really the man he claims to be - or an imposter?

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Title: Murder Aboard the Choctaw Gambler

Subtitle: Jancy Dewhurst Mystery, Book 2

Author: Sharon Ervin

Narrator: Janean Jorgensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-11

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When a croupier is murdered on the Choctaw Gambler Riverboat Casino, State Bureau of Investigation Agent Jim Wills invites newspaper reporter Jancy Dewhurst to accompany him to the scene. The dead croupier resembles casino owner Jesse Chase, a former friend and business associate of ranching tycoon Tyrone Gideon. Tyrones son G.C., heir apparent to the Gideon empire, has hired a man to murder Chase. G.C. ran up a debt aboard Gambler, refused to pay, and was banned from the facility. He believes the debt and his humiliation will die with his dads old friend. Following rumors of G.C.'s spending excesses, Jancy visits G.C.s elderly father to ask about their possible impending bankruptcy. Frail and blind, Mr. Gideon is surprised by Jancys revelations. He has given his son a free hand with his assets, but had no idea G.C. had indebted the ranch for millions. A drunken, raging G.C. interrupts Jancy and Tyrone and orders Jancy to leave. Moments later, G.C. batters the old man, then blames Jancy for provoking him. G.C. orders Bubba Valentine, his bodyguard, to kill Jancy for meddling. He describes in detail how the nosy reporter is to die. Struggling with her contradictory desires--to settle in Bishop, Oklahoma, with Jim or to pursue her career as an overseas news correspondent--Jancy doesnt realize shes been targeted for death. She has no idea that her car being run off the road on a rainy afternoon is intentional. The danger finally becomes clear, even to her, however, when a bomb destroys her newly repaired vehicle, killing two kids who had taken it for a joy ride. With Jims assistance, Jancy overcomes one life-threatening dilemma only to find herself mired in yet another.

Members Reviews:

A case of murder

This is a romantic suspense novel with the emphasis on romance. Oklahoma reporter Jancy Dewhurst guards her virginity zealously as she clings to her dream of becoming a foreign correspondent.

She tells OBI Agent Jim Wills, "I want to meet royalty and prime ministers and mercenaries and villains. I want to be where things happen. I want to contribute, to be valuable and important." When he replies that she's valuable and important to him, she tells him bluntly, "That isn't enough."

Maybe not, but he's definitely a roadblock on her way to fame and fortune. The author gets right to it in the first chapter, with Wills taking Jancy to a gambling boat where there's been a murder. She tries to control her raging hormones but he's a dish - biceps, shoulders, jawline, suntan, dark eyes, the works.

The Choctaw Gambler is a 4-deck replica of a paddlewheel showboat built on a permanent foundation and rigged so that water runs over the paddlewheel to make it look like it's turning. An itinerant croupier has been shot, possibly by mistake because he resembles casino owner Jesse Chase. A likely suspect is G.C Gideon, former friend and partner who owes the casino a huge debt. Playing both ends against the middle is a thug named Bubba Valentine. He's G.C.'s bodyguard and lifelong friend but handles dirty business for Chase.

While much of the action centers on Jancy's lust for Wills versus her ambition, those scenes are interwoven with crime scenes. Following a tip, Jancy discovers that G.C. has fraudulently mortgaged his father's ranch for more than a million dollars. Shortly thereafter G.C. is murdered.

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Title: Murder, Majorcan Style

Author: Roderic Jeffries

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-11

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Inspector Alvarez is just considering whether he can surreptitiously leave work early when a colleague calls to tell him that an Englishman has been found dead in his car in his garage, the engine on and the tank empty. Alvarez, chafing over the prospect of an evening on the job, proceeds to the scene, but his hopes of a quick and easy case are dashed for while the man was found in a car full of fumes, it appears the cause of death was not carbon-monoxide poisoning.

Members Reviews:

LOVE THIS SERIES

I found one of this series at a library book sale and was hooked, and have been buying others through amazon. This one was just as good as the rest, I love this series, the atmosphere, way of life, and the characters are so interesting.....the mysteries are well plotted....and you don't have to read any of them in order, which is a big plus.

Murder Majorcan Style

Roderic Jeffries is one of my favorite authors. I have read almost all of his Inspector Alvarez books. This Inspector definitely does not go by the book and is a most humane character. Plus the wonderful flavor and love of his homeland. By taking us into his personal, after hours, life, we get to know the real culture and what makes them tick.

I love the series

I love the series, but this book was EXACTLY the same as another in the series, though I can not remember which one. Not to give away the ending, but I was able to guess it because it was a repeat of a former theme. In that respect it was very disappointing.

Perfection

Another flawless piece of prose. I "live" for Inspector Alvarez novels!!! Aloha from Hawaii. In a lot of ways the Inspector's laid back ways remind me of Hawaii.

Super

Super

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Title: The Third Rail

Subtitle: Michael Kelly, Book 3

Author: Michael Harvey

Narrator: John Chancer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Michael Kelly is back in another sizzling murder mystery that pits him against a merciless sniper on the loose in Chicago's public transportation system. After witnessing a shooting on an L platform - and receiving a phone call from the killer himself - Kelly is drawn toward a murderer with an unnerving link to his own past, to a crime he witnessed as a child, and to the consequences it had on his relationship with his father, a subject Kelly would prefer to leave unexamined. But when his girlfriend - the gorgeous Chicago judge Rachel Swenson - is abducted, Kelly has no choice but to find the killer by excavating his own stormy past.

Members Reviews:

Not as good as his second Second City novel

Have read all three, and Harvey has a knack for creating characters we care about with only a few strokes. And he uses Chicago well as his setting. Some gripes that keep it from being as good as his previous novels: plot is a bit over-wrought, taking on too many villains. Second, tiresome conceit that the only way to catch bad guys is to operate outside the rule of law, mostly because the police and the Feds are wholly inept or corrupt. Finally, the revolving-door relationships are becoming hackneyed. But Harvey writes well, Kelly is a good character, and Chicago is a great setting.

This Third Thriller Is The Most Exciting Yet!

This third book in the Michael Kelly series is much more exciting (and downright terrifying) than its predecessor in the series,The Fifth Floor: A Michael Kelley Novel (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard). Though my fear, I am sure is compounded by the fact that I started reading this novel on the CTA during a rush hour commute home - the setting for the opening scenes of a violent killing spree. Harvey deviates a bit here from his typical writing style to alternate Kelly's perspective with that of the villain's. This broader scope increases the excitement - and also allows for even more of Harvey's Chicago to shine through. Familiar characters from the previous novels return - from John J. Wilson, the crooked mayor who loves his city to Victor Rodriguez, the noble CPD detective. New faces are introduced as well, and each character comes to life in this fast-paced thriller.

The Chicago Harvey paints here is a terrifying one - as the body count climbs and the plot thickens. This may just be the most exciting entry into the series! The emotional perspective of the narrator continues to deepen and Kelly becomes an even more conflicted and complex character. Harvey has a real for creating twisting, convoluted plots (that still work and unfold without gaps in logic) revolving around flawed, but still sympathetic characters. Mayor Wilson, in particular, becomes a more endearing character with each novel. I may not want to live in Harvey's version of Chicago (especially not in this novel!), but I look forward to seeing where the next installment will go. These are fast, fun and frightening reads!

All of Harvey's books are great and I learned a ton of things about the ...

All of Harvey's books are great and I learned a ton of things about the Chicago area. A fine read for late at night when the cold winds howl!

gritty crime novel

This is a tough, gritty crime novel set in contemporary Chicago. The hero is a private detective named Michael Kelly, who reminds me of Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer.

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Title: Shifting Sands

Author: Anthea Fraser

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Anna's family hope that a South African safari holiday will help her to get over her beloved husband's death. No one is more surprised than Anna herself when she finds herself strongly attracted to a fellow traveller, Lewis Masters, and despite her initial resistance, she is soon drawn into a new relationship.

But back home, Anna's journalist son Jonathan is being repeatedly contacted by a young woman asking for his help, even though she's too frightened to say what is worrying her....

Members Reviews:

You can rely on Fraser for an excellent read ~

Fraser is one of my top ten all time fave authors and that's saying a lot given I've been addicted to British mysteries for more than 40 years.

Good entertaining book-at-bedtime material

There seem to be more and more female novelists who work with a very simple plot which is set in England and

the characters are married couples with children and grandchildren . The murders are in the Agatha Christie tradition of not going into the graphic detail that would emerge on a post-mortem. What is interesting is that Fraser does not create a character such as Sherlock Holmes or Poirot that comes to the conclusion of the case through deductive methods. Fraser is interested in how a widow has to cope with presenting the new man in her life to the children from her first marriage and how parents behave towards teenage daughters.

Fraser is ideal as a book-at -bedtime writer and I will be getting hold of her more recent novels as I think she has the potential to produce a more gripping plot.

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Title: An Advancement of Learning

Author: Reginald Hill

Narrator: Warren Clarke

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Lecturers having it away with students, witches sabbaths on the sand dunes, a body buried under a statue in the gardens, and a fresh rash of killings. All is not well at Holm Coultram College. While Sergeant Pascoe rekindles an old flame on the staff, Superintendent Dalziel, branded a fascist pig, smiles with satisfaction. If thats how they want to play it

Members Reviews:

Wonderful narrator of a beautifully written novel

Having read reviews of other narrators reading Reginald Hill novels, I was delighted to see that Warren Clarke narrates some of them.

My delight continued as I started to listen to his voice, sometimes Dalziel, sometimes himself, with a variety of accents for other characters. Clarke does a great Scottish accent!

The quality of the writing is brought to life by Hill, making 'An Advancement of Learning' much more than simply a clever 'whodunnit'.

I shall be buying any Hill audiobook read by Clarke.

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Title: Suffer the Children

Author: Sara Fraser

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-11

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A raving, bedraggled girl is found sheltering in a barn near the Parish of Tardebigge in Worcestershire. Then the decomposing body of a small boy is unearthed by poachers in a nearby wood. Constable Thomas Potts is called upon to investigate both cases, which appear to be connected to a wagon-load of children known to have been abducted from the Poorhouse. Meanwhile Thomas engagement to buxom barmaid Amy Danks is threated by his widowed mothers hatred of his sweetheart, and by the many duty calls upon his time. Torn between his desire for Amy, and his determination to discover the fates of the poor abused children, Thomas reluctantly embarks upon another gruesome and dangerous investigation.

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Title: A Demon in My View

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: George Baker

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

She waits for him in the dark, her mind and body perfect, passive, until one day, when he goes to the cellar, and she is gone.

In A Demon in My View, Ruth Rendell creates a character as frightening as he is fascinating. Mild-mannered Arthur Johnson has never known how to talk to women. And his loneliness has perverted his desire for love and respect into a carefully controlled penchant for violence. One floor below him, a scholar finishing his thesis on psychopathic personalities is about to stumble - quite literally - upon one of Arthur's many secrets. Haunting and intelligent, A Demon in My View shows the startling results of this chilling alchemy of two very disparate minds - one pathological and the other obsessed with pathology.

Members Reviews:

Riveting Tale

This is another satisfying and riveting story, told by a master of the psychological mystery genre. Excellent performance by George Baker, who captured the essence of the ch

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Title: The Last Minute

Author: Jeff Abbott

Narrator: Kevin T Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

They framed me. They abducted my wife. They took my child. I want him back.

Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming up with a young mother whose daughter went missing, he tracks his child across the country in a dangerous, desperate race against time. From the internationally best-selling author of Panic, The Last Minute is the most heart-stopping thriller of the year, from "one of the best thriller writers of our time" (Harlan Coben).

Critic Reviews:

Jeff Abbott writes suspense classics. (Lee Child)

'Jeff Abbott has been my favourite new thriller writer since Panic Joseph Finder

There is no question: Jeff Abbott is the new name in suspense Harlan Coben

Members Reviews:

Awful, stilted and unconvinving

It was impossible to get passed the truelly painful tone and lack of pace of this narrator. Was it a good story? I have no idea. The delivery of this tale was so shockingly bad that it became a jumble of unrelenting annoyance. I'm a great crime thriller fan but this was a real disappointment and I warn others to listen carefully to the sample before purchase. Check that the whining tones of this narrator can be endured for 16 hrs 50 mins! Hard going...no, impossible!

Loved it

Have read the book and now had it read to me. Big fan of the Sam Capra series and can't wait till Jan 2016 for the next instalment.

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Title: The Watermen

Author: Patrick Easter

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In the dark and slimy streets of Wapping a prostitute is beaten half to death, a not uncommon fate in late 18th century London. So begins this gripping tale set in 1798 in the Port of London. A cruel villain holds sway over the underworld. His name is Boylin. His face is scarred by lime and his back by the two hundred lashes he received following a naval court martial. He holds Captain Tom Pascoe responsible for his suffering. They meet again when Pascoe becomes River Surveyor for the newly formed marine police. They've had orders to investigate a sudden fall in government revenue that is affecting the nation's ability to fight the war against Napoleon and stem the rising tide of Irish rebellion. Pascoe knows that Boylin is behind it, but he can't prove anything, yet. The Watermen follows these two adversaries across London as they try to outwit one another. Working alongside Pascoe is Sam Hart, a Jewish immigrant with his own agenda. Pascoe throws the rule-book out of the window, scouring East London and the docklands in search of information. But fate takes a cruel twist when the two men find themselves involved with the same woman - there's much more at stake than the fate of the nation.

Members Reviews:

Very Atmospheric

Really enjoyed this book. Characters were well defined . You get a real feel of the squalor and intrigue of the era. The audio recording was a bit of a disappointment. The male voices were clear but the female/youth voices were too soft therefore I was constantly having to adjust the volume.

good start to an historical crime series.

Any additional comments?

the two main characters in the story are tom pasoe, a captain of a ship, who has lost his job due to the ship being vandalised and its cargo stolen.. he them becomes a leader in the newly formed river police.

boylin, an irish immigrant, is the villain who hates Pascoe for the punishment he received for wrong doing.

a well written story which brings the 1798 port of London to life, the people the rich the poor and the unwashed. a story based on fact and a few who did exist at that time.

gripping and fast paced a joy to listen to.

recommended if you want something different from the normal in crime stories.

looking forward to the river of fire.