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Title: Retribution

Author: Gwen Moffat

Narrator: Rowena Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In a remote Lakeland dale, whitewashed cottages nestle in lush gardens, sheep roam the fells and the Rutting Beck runs crystal clear. In short, it is a Cumbrian paradise. But Melinda Pink, visiting on holiday, knows better. For there are serpents in paradise: dead sheep go unburied, tax dodges and benefit fraud are rife, even the proprietor of the tearooms falls prey to a rumour of salmonella poisoning. And then the village busybody is found caught up in the jetsam of the flooded beck. Aged, arthritic but insatiably curious, Miss Pink takes up the cudgels on the behalf of the locals...

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Title: The Coffin Ship

Subtitle: Richard Mariner Series, Book 1

Author: Peter Tonkin

Narrator: Dave Courvoisier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-11

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The fate of Prometheus rests in the hands of Richard Mariner, the tankers new captain. It is his responsibility to battle human treachery and the dangers of the open sea to bring Prometheus to safe harbor. From the Persian Gulf to the storm-tossed Atlantic, Mariner and his crew will struggle against the elements while trying to uncover the elusiveand cunningenemy in their midst.

Members Reviews:

Very Good Read

If there was a book 2 I would buy it, I enjoyed the story, characters & plot. Once I got towards the middle I truly could not put this book down, I finally got into a place where I just read till I reached the end so a very good book indeed!

not a bad book

After twenty four years in the Navy still enjoy stories of military or merchant vessels. Sorry that the proof reader fell asleep.

Not a good read.

I normally don't write reviews but, this book jumped all over the place. Just as you understood what was going on it confused me even more. The author used words I had to look up to understand what he was talking about. The author needs to be a little more consistent with the story. The ending sucked.

Prometheus in Peril

"Coffin Ship: A ship sent to sea in an unseaworthy condition, destined to sink before the end of its voyage as part of an insurance fraud. - First used 1833, OED"

Richard Mariner was a supertanker captain, whose ship was destroyed in a tragic mishap while underway. The ship was owned by his father-in-law, and his wife died in the accident. Though completely vindicated by the accident board, he decided to leave the sea forever and start his own business, "Crewfinders". The company, and its success, was based on providing replacement officers and crews faster than any other agency, anywhere in the world.

One morning though, he gets a challenging order: the supertanker Prometheus, ready to depart from the Persian Gulf, has lost its captain and most of its officers. He can fill all the positions save one, the captain. With his firm's reputation on the line, he decides to take the job himself.

Once aboard, he quickly realizes that the previous crew's deaths were no simple accident, and he will need all his skill and cunning to keep his ship afloat and his crew alive during its journey to England. He's haunted by memories of his last command, and his dead wife - and the rest of his in-laws intrude with a surprise appearance, adding to the tension and challenges.

This is a very good book, and I'm surprised it's out of print. It's the start of a series of books featuring Capt Richard Mariner. Here, Tonkin wastes no time drawing you into a nasty little conspiracy and splattering enough blood on the decks to keep you turning the pages. You have the general idea of what's going to happen from the title, but there are some clever twists and turns, and a few nifty surprises, along the way. Things slow down at times, but never drag. The main characters are well drawn, and the dialogue is capably handled.

There's only one area I thought was a bit weak, which is providing a realistic ocean-going atmosphere. A master like Alistair Maclean will have you smelling the salt air, seeing the rusting paint peeling up, and feeling the sway and roll of the ship. Tonkin never quite achieves that.

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Title: The Warlord's Son

Author: Dan Fesperman

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-10

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The sun did not rise in Peshawar. It seeped an egg-white smear that brightened the eastern horizon behind a veil of smoke, exhaust and dust. The smoke rose from burning wood, cow dung and old tires, meager flames of commerce for kebab shops and bakers, metal-smiths and brick kilns. The exhaust sputtered from buzzing blue swarms of motor rickshaws, three-wheeled terrors that jolted across potholes, darting between buses like juiced-up golf carts.

Into this smoky chaos of sprawling humanity comes Skelly, a burned-out American war correspondent, now in harness again, thanks to a messy divorce and too many children. Post 9/11, hes back in the game, in yet another new and extremely hazardous location, dropped from the skies after scarcely as much preparation as one might make for a weekend at the beach.

But first he must find a fixer: someone local yet who speaks English, whos good on the ground, yet can arrange transport; a man who is essential to keeping one alive and safe, yet knows where the action is. And, for every war correspondent in Peshawar, where the action is, is across the border in the mountain strongholds of Afghanistan.

Soon Skelly and his fixer, Najeeb, are driving dusty roads north, in the wake of Mahmood Abdul Khan ex-Mujahadeen, ex-Taliban, currently good friend of the Allied forces. For Skelly has been promised the scoop of a lifetime, the sort that will allow him to write his own ticket back to the States. He and Najeeb are on the trail of the tribal leader whom every American is after, the biggest fish of them all....

Members Reviews:

Interesting Look at Afghanistan and Foreign Correspondents

This interesting books takes us inside the world of the foreign correspondent trying to cover the frustrating war in Afghanistan. Fesperman seems to know whereof he writes, which gives the book a strong degree of authenticity. In addition to the life of a correspondent, the author also introduces us to "the fixer" -- the label given to those denizens of a given war-torn country who help pave the way for the reporter through translation, opening doors, explaining background and sometimes saving the reporters' lives. The author also carries us through the perplexing tribal intrigues along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, as well as the intricacies of Muslim life there. While much of the book plods along, there are also times of incredible suspense. Fesperman knows how to pace his plot: when to let things coast and when to thump you solidly in the chest. I found the book to be enjoyable, enlightening and full of surprises.

Bring Along Your Kalashnikov

Fesperson takes on a different time and place than Bosnia in his third offering. It conjures up Le Carre, Furst and Forsyth. The story focuses on has-been reporter Skelly. He is chasing the success of his earlier career at the outset of the conflict in Afghanistan following 9/11. He hires a local fixer to help him navigate the geography, clans, and confusion. This chap, Najeeb, has baggage. It is a taut thriller with interesting lessons on custom, culture and history.

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Title: A Sleeping Life

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: George Baker

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-22-10

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. The grey eyes were wide and staring, and in them Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam, a glare, even in death, of scorn. But that must have been his imagination, and imagination was almost all he had to go on.

The woman was a stranger. Her handbag held little more than three keys on a ring and forty-two pounds in a new wallet. There was nothing to give him her address, her occupation or even her identity let alone any clues that might lead to her killer. The woman was dead, but, as Wexford knew only too well, death, by murder is, in a way, not an end but a beginning

Members Reviews:

A Sleeping Read

This was my first Inspector Wexford book and I almost didnât make it to the middle let alone the end. Thatâs the reason for my review title - I nearly slept through the first third of the book it was that dull. If I hadnât forced myself I would have missed some really smart writing, great snarky dialogue and some good twisty turns to the finish. I can recommend this book and I think Iâll go back and read some of the earlier books so I can relate to the many insider comments and tracks.

It's an exciting Wexford novel, with twists and 'side streets', Eventually, Wexford make everything clear,it was astonishing.

Honestly, I have reread it on my Kindle, just now, but I enjoyed it for the first on peperback so much, years ago, that I would have liked to read it again. Of course I could recall the main frame of the plot, but there are delicate details I wasn't able to remember, or I didn't notice things, I want to get the solutioh asap. Now I take my time absorbing in different ways of a speaking: different social-level,e.g. less educated country people or the aristocrats, or low-lifes. When reading her I am able to cut out all the chores I have had enough.

I love the Rexfords novels, altoghether with his family. Being not a native English-speaker besides admiring the beauty of the richness of the language, all R.Rendell's works offers me an amazing treasure to study, study, study. I am just a simple teacher of English language and Literature and the same in Hungarian language and literature.

When I started listening to this book I realized why these authors are the best at what they do

I had been reading some not so well know writers of mystery and then got this book as a present. When I started listening to this book I realized why these authors are the best at what they do. When you go back and forth between authors and some are not nearly as good you really can hear the difference.

What a surprise. Only the look in the victim's eyes prepared me for the twist! Vintage Rendell!

Phew!

Ho Hummer

I've been a Ruth Rendell fan for a long time. However, this mystery was a stretch. I read through it but knew the outcome long before it came out. The way Wexford figures out the solution is somewhat contrived and the characters are somewhat flat and stereotypical. If you are new to Ruth Rendell you may not come away wanting to read more of her novels so I suggest you do not start with this one. Go back to an earlier Ruth Rendell and get a better appreciation of her abilities to include setting, characters and puzzles in great murder mysteries.

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Title: The Pirates of the Levant

Author: Arturo Perez-Reverte

Narrator: Dave John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-15-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Accompanied by his faithful companion, Inigo, Alatriste joins a Spanish galleon and sets sail from Naples towards the east on a journey that will take them to Melilla, Oran, and finally Malta, where they must struggle against the Turk. On board, they will have many adventures, including an encounter with The Moor Gurriato. Now 17, Inigo is still in love with Angelica, but will wisdom come with age and experience?

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Title: Against All Enemies

Author: James B. Woulfe

Narrator: Terry Rose

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-10

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Like most wars, it started small. When the South American country of San Selva began burning Amazon rain forests, Washington applied pressure to appease popular opinion. But pressure led to attack, and attack led to counter-attack and soon America found itself in a full-fledged war against an enemy it was not prepared to fight. Now the stakes are raised and the U.S. Sends Special Forces and Navy SEALs to try to regain the upper hand. As the fires in the rain forests rage out of control, ground troops prepare to go in. What started as politics will have to end on the battlefield. But is this a war anyone can win? And at what cost?

Members Reviews:

I loved this book

I loved this book. I read it when it was first published, and it was interesting and well written. What I'm really writing the review about is why isn't this book available for Kindle? I would love to read it again, but sadltyI've become a kindle addict. I still have my original copy, but I would sure love to have it on my Kindle also.

Well worth the expense and effort

In this impressive fiction debut, set in a near future and turbulent South America, Marine Corps Major James B. Woulfe (author of Into the Crucible, an account of how the Corps makes Marines for the 21st Century) provides readers with a rare peek inside U.S. fox holes and cockpits during wartime. Woulfe draws on an impressive background of personal experience to create an all too real vision of urban combat.

The tale sounds like something you'd expect to read in the newspapers: Despite opposition from the United Nations, a complex combination of terrorism, drug trafficking and environmental issues lead the United States into a military operation against a rogue South American regime. Precision bombing and Special Forces open the campaign with a series of breath taking missions. A woman pilot is captured and becomes a POW. (I'm sure you're wondering if Delta Force will rescue her like they did Jessica Lynch in Iraq. It's the first thing I thought of, and as I read the story, I kept looking back to the book's publication date, surprised that it came out before Operation Iraqi Freedom. The book is full of experiences like that.) Soon Air Force commandos are fighting in the streets of a hostile city to try and save Army helicopter pilots from the same fate, producing scenes more horrific that the aftermath of U.S. vs. clan fighting in Somalia. Before you know it, Army Rangers are parachuting in to seize an airport and Marines are landing on the beaches. The end of the war comes quicker than expected, but then the nation building mission begins, and that might prove to be the hardest and deadliest part of the operation. Again, I was surprised this book came out before the war in Iraq began. Amazing foresight by the author.

This engrossing read will satisfy those who want factual accuracy as well as action, but it may not appeal to supporters of simple neo-macho thrillers that litter bookstores. This might explain the shocking one star review down there. The reader from Belton, Texas is missing the point of this book, but those who appreciate a more realistic and challenging story, especially those who enjoy nonfiction sepcial operations stories or want insight on what our Soldiers might be facing in Iraq right now, will agree with my five star ranking.

Solid Military Thriller

As a military fiction junkie, I liked this book.

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Title: Accomplices

Author: Simon Passmore

Narrator: Claudia Harrison, Stephen Hogan, Lizzy Watts, Paul Rider

Format: Original Recording

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-10

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation is a captivating thriller written by Simon Passmore, originally broadcast as the Afternoon Play on 29 June 2009.

What would you be prepared to do to escape the grind of a life going relentlessly downhill? For former City lawyer Alice, the price is getting higher by the minute. Stars Claudia Harrison in the lead role of Alice, Emily Joyce as Hattie, Stephen Hogan as Patrick, Lizzy Watts as Marcy and Paul Rider as Stone. Directed by Toby Swift.

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Title: Book of Souls

Author: Glenn Cooper

Narrator: Nigel Carrington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A shocking truth lies within the pages of an ancient library, locked inside a high-security complex deep beneath the Nevada desert. And the US government will stop at nothing to keep it classified. But a shadowy group of ex-employees want the world to know - however terrifying the disclosure might prove to be - a secret that could have a profound effect on the history of mankind.

Members Reviews:

Book of Souls

A great step up from its predecessor 'Library of the Dead'. I found it hard to put this one down. The story is much more tightly knit and Cooper bridges the pond between England and America as well as he does the centuries. Some great historical background on the book world as well as the reformation. Nigel Carrington's narration is a joy to listen to... he doesn't just read, but captures the spirit of the characters well. Wonder where Glenn will take us next on his journeys through time.

Enjoyable second instalment...

Good story, I'd recommend it as a follow up to the first book in the series as it wouldn't work as a standalone storyline.

I love the subtle details from the first book that are further developed in this books storyline.

An enjoyable read.

The story starts off so well and before you know it you are transported back in time. Fighting for the under dog, discussing with anyone who would listen about area 51.

Some areas are clumsy, the death of her parents, the ending is exceptionally lame and dissppointing. it felt like the publisher demanded that the book was finished and it just did.

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Title: A Plague of Lions

Author: Guy Fraser

Narrator: Nick McArdle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

1863. Superintendent Henry Jarrett, formerly of the Hong Kong police and now Chief of the Detective Department at Glasgow Central, is comfortably ensconced in Elsie Maitland's superior guest house for single gentlemen. Unfortunately, this tranquillity is short-lived and problems start to come thick and fast. First, a major bank robbery calls for the best efforts of Jarrett, Inspector Charlie Grant and Sergeant Tommy Quinn.

Undermanned and under-funded, the department soon has to deal with a series of gory murders, an attacker who lies in wait for maids on their night off, and a cold-blooded poisoner. Stretched to breaking point, they can well do without the activities of a confidence trickster and his loyal assistant.

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Title: Volcano Roads

Author: Peter Tonkin

Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Richard and Robin Mariner are aboard Tai Fun, preparing to join their friends at the opening ceremony of the luxury Volcano Roads hotel on the Indonesian island of Pulau Baya, when they spot two bodies floating in the still Java Sea.

The victims are marine police, and while one of them is beyond help, the other is clinging to life. As they rush the dying woman to shore, it seems that the eyes of the entire world are on the island. But, even allowing for the mysterious patient, Richard and Robin soon discover that all is not as it should be. There are fortunes to be made on this rejuvenated island and everyone wants a slice of the action.

Members Reviews:

Tedious

What disappointed you about Volcano Roads?

I enjoyed reading Benin Light by this Author but this book was tedious pretentious rubbish but well read.

Have you listened to any of Michael Tudor Barness other performances? How does this one compare?

Yes and this was well read despite the dreadful book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Annoyance and irritation