Large Library of Full Audiobooks in Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

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Title: Madrigal

Author: J. Robert Janes

Narrator: Jean Brassard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 03-12-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

St-Cyr and Kohler are shipped out to Avignon to investigate the violent death of a young aristocrat: she was a singer aspiring to join the Madrigal group. Amidst a heady brew of sex, politics and professional jealousy, St-Cyr must discover the truth - with some help from the dead.

Members Reviews:

Madrigal

I love this series.

This tale was complicated.......and I wonder how many today, understand the hardships of World was two.....a nightmare in more ways than one. Itâs still not over.

Delivers drama, suspense, realism--one of best writers of WWII historical mysteries

This is one of the best WWII series I've read, and the characters develop in each book--best to read in order since they follow, incident by incident at a fast clip. I want to gobble them up, but also don't want to ever finish!

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Title: Some Like It Hot

Subtitle: A Cat DeLuca Mystery, Book 3

Author: K. J. Larsen

Narrator: Vanessa Hart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When an old friend buys a trench coat and opens his own detective agency, PI Cat DeLuca sees a train wreck coming. Everything Billy Bonham knows about being a private eye he learned from Humphrey Bogart. And thats just enough to make him dangerous.

The bungling detective is in way over his head on a case involving murder and a stolen pair of Marilyn Monroes dazzling diamond earrings. His outrageous client, Cristina McTigue, is pursued by men who want her dead. Five minutes after meeting the woman, Cat would cheerfully kill her too.

When Billy is gunned down on the street, its up to Cat to save his crazy client and nail a murderer. She soon finds herself knee-deep in trouble, dodging bullets and chasing diamonds. Before its over, shell have to look for help from her sexy FBI boyfriend, a hunky ex-spy, her outrageous Italian family of Chicago cops, and even her interfering mama.

With a cast of zany characters and a pace thats unrelenting, K. J. Larsen serves up another laugh-out-loud Cat DeLuca caper.

Members Reviews:

Cat Deluca is a Funny and Smart Heroine!

The third installment in this series, Cat Deluca is laugh out loud funny. She briefly reminds you of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but she's got a style all her own. There are some stalled part of this novel but if you are looking for light read and and some fun you don't really have to think about this series might be worth checking out!

Vanessa Hart is good narrator.

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Title: Murder Below Montparnasse

Subtitle: An Aimee Leduc Investigation, Book 13

Author: Cara Black

Narrator: Madeleine Lambert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brothers blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that's been buried for 80 years - Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc's current case is her most exciting one yet.

When Aimées long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. At least, that what she tells herself...repeatedly.

But all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hires Aimée to protect a painting. By the time she gets to his Montparnasse atelier, the precious painting has already been stolen, leaving Aimée smelling a rat. The next day, Yuri is found tortured to death in his kitchen. To top it all off, it looks like Aimée isnt the only one looking for the painting. Some very dangerous people are threatening her and her coworkers, and witnesses are dropping like flies. Now Aimée has to find the painting, stop her attackers, and figure out what her long-missing mother, who is on Interpol's most wanted list, has to do with all this - fingers crossed she wasn't Yuri's murderer, despite clues pointing in that direction.

Obviously, Rene doesn't need to worry. Aimée has things under control.

Editorial Reviews:

Editors Select, March 2013 - Ive been wanting to return to Paris, ever since visiting two years ago, so I jumped at the chance to read Cara Blacks Murder Below Montparnasse. Its the 13th mystery in the Aimée Leduc P.I. series, but you dont already have to be a fan to enjoy it. A stolen Modigliani painting, family secrets, the Serbian mafia, and more make for a fast-paced ride through the hilly, artist-lined streets of Montparnasse. I cant wait to hear Madeleine Lamberts take on the tough and stylish Aiméeor to start the series from the beginning. Bon voyage!

Critic Reviews:

"[Has] a lengthy, well-developed subplot. Allusions to Modigliani, Picasso, Cocteau, Man Ray, and Duchamp help evoke 1920s Paris." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Narration horrible!

What would have made Murder Below Montparnasse better?

This is the first time I have noticed the narration of any audible book to be distracting, and this one is horrible. I don't care about how the French is pronounced, but there is something very inappropriately sing-song about this narration. At first I thought the author might be reading the narration, but this is a professional? I think this is one I will have to return and buy the kindle version. Sadness. I am guessing the story is okay, thus the 3 stars, but don't get this in audible format.

Would you be willing to try another book from Cara Black? Why or why not?

Yes, she is a good writer

What didnt you like about Madeleine Lamberts performance?

It's singsongy, fast, weird affect etc.

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

Anger, how to ruin a perfectly good story with bad narration

Any additional comments?

You have been warned.

Love Cara Black, but narrator ruins it

One of the many reasons I love Cara Black's novels which take place in Paris, is that it brings back wonderful memories and allows me to actually visualize her settings. I spent several months a year in Paris, and had become accustomed to her "in" way of doing things.

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Title: Kissing the Beehive

Author: Jonathan Carroll

Narrator: J. J. Write

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-27-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author Sam Bayer is stuck. Burned out from his third divorce, bored with the formulaic rut his writing has fallen into, and unable to deliver the manuscript for which he has been paid a stratospheric advance, he is desperate for inspiration. But a chance visit to his hometown of Crane's View, New York, sparks his imagination. Soon he immerses himself in an unsolved case of murder that took place when he was a teenager - Sam himself had discovered the body of the victim, a beautiful and wild teenage girl named Pauline. At the same time he is drawn into an explosive affair with a gorgeous but seriously loopy fan with the improbable name of Veronica Lake.

As Sam learns the disturbing facts about his lover's past, Pauline's murderer reappears - not only endangering Sam but putting his beloved 15-year-old daughter in jeopardy as well. Not knowing whom to trust, Sam has to brace himself for the truly unexpected resolution to this decades-old mystery.

Members Reviews:

Jonathan Carroll should sue J. J. White

Jonathan Carroll is one of my favorite authors, his stories never cease to surprise me. And Kissing the beehive is one of them. I think. Because the narration was horrible and I really forced myself to stay focused on the story rather than the interpretation. My nine years old would have done better.

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Title: A Hard Light

Subtitle: A Maggie MacGowen Mystery, Book 5

Author: Wendy Hornsby

Narrator: Teri Clark Linden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Filmmaker and amateur sleuth Maggie MacGowen is approached by a beautiful Vietnamese expatriate to find a scholar who escaped from Vietnam after the war, and abruptly disappeared. Maggie takes the case. Her only link with the Vietnamese community is her ex-husband, who conducted business in Vietnam. Now the web of intrigues, lies, and betrayals is about to trap everyone it touches, Maggie, her ex-husband, and even her daughter.

Members Reviews:

Narration

the narrator was the worst. it's a good thing I like the Maggie McGowan books and have heard them done much better.

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Title: 12th of Never

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: January Lavoy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-13

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career. A rising star football player for the San Francisco 49ers is the prime suspect in a grisly murder. At the same time, Lindsay is confronted with the strangest story shes ever heard: An eccentric English professor has been having vivid nightmares about a violent murder and hes convinced it's real. Lindsay doesn't believe him, but then a shooting is called in - and it fits the professor's description to the last detail. Lindsay doesnt have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding.

But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when Lindsay is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing story

Read well however the story lacked substance. I cringed every time the mother referred to Julie as " the baby " ! Disappointing

Good but not the best

I enjoyed this new James Patterson book but I found Lindsey's adoration of her baby a bit over the top - probably because all the other books had portrayed her as a hard hitting cop whose dedication to her job overrode everything else in her life. She obviously went back to work too soon after giving birth!

However, the storyline was good - I like the way each character's lives and jobs are portrayed within the whole story and the narrator has a good storytelling voice. I think maybe the plot lines are beginning to pall and maybe it is time for JP to invent a new character in a new series. I am not sure that I would buy any more in this series - having read all of them so far.

Excellent

Love The Women's murder club books. Am always ready for the next one in the series.

Formulaic

Should have known better. Nothing against James Patterson, his books are like magazines, easy to read, don't need to think, good for train journeys etc as nice short chapters.

Liked women's murder club when it started but there have been too many. This was a rag tag miss mash of story lines. The most irritating was Julie, the baby. Her story took up far too much of the book. I just didn't care, I bought the book for a good murder, not the usual boring new mother story. Heartless I may be but I just didn't care and kept fast forwarding. Such short books anyway, ended up being about 6 hours.

a great listen

Would you consider the audio edition of 12th of Never to be better than the print version?

I can get on with my life whilst listening - it is less restrictive than a book

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lindsay Boxer she seems very real to me

What about January Lavoys performance did you like?

brings the characters to life

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Title: Inscrutable Charlie Muffin

Author: Brian Freemantle

Narrator: Napoleon Ryan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

They call Charlie Muffin a traitor. He has been on the run ever since the blow-up in Berlin, when British intelligence declared him obsolete and tried to kill him. Charlie outsmarted them then, and he has done so ever since, staying one step ahead by forgoing any semblance of an even halfway normal life. Now he is alone in Hong Kong and his only protector and friend, Rupert Willoughby, is a hemisphere away. Now Rupert is in trouble. He has invested 6 million in a massive new ocean liner but the ship is destroyed by arsonists, burning completely down in a Hong Kong harbor. The owners blame Chinese agents, but Charlie smells a rat and agrees to investigate. But the conspiracy is more dangerous than anyone knew, and its not long before Charlie realizes that his good deed could be his last.

Members Reviews:

still haning in there for Charlie

In this third book in Brian Freemantle's Charlie Muffin series, if anything, I wish it would have been longer, this one being somewhat like a longer novella. It seemed there could have been more plot development, more character development.

One thing that keeps me going in this series is that I see later books in the series are longer and more highly rated.

This book is set in Hong Kong with Charlie heling out the son of his former boss, trying to prove that there was fraud in the destruction of a ship.

What really keeps me going is that I like the character of the 'Inscrutable Charlie Muffin'!

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Title: You Bet Your Life

Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Narrator: Jim Meskimen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Toby Peters goes to Chicago to clear up a famous comic's gambling debts

There's nothing funny about the package that comes for Chico Marx. It's a severed ear, a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000 from the world-renown Marx brother. The strange thing is that, though Chico likes to gamble, he hasn't been making bets in Chicago. Terrified, he goes to the studio for help. Louis B. Mayer, king of Hollywood, places a call to Toby Peters.

Peters's first lead is promising. Traveling on the studio's dime, he makes his way to Florida where he gets an interview with Al Capone, deposed lord of the Chicago underworld. The retired bootlegger's mind has gone soft, and he doesn't know anything about Chico's bookie, but he suggests Peters speak to his brother. With Scarface's good word as an introduction, Peters goes to Chicago, where it will take more than a good sense of humor to keep the Marxes from getting axed.

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

A fun mystery set in 1930s Hollywood. Not great literature, but a good, fun period mystery.

Why A Duck?

I love the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho, so it was an easy sell to pick up this novel. I read the first book in the Toby Peters series and enjoyed it. This sequel was a decent read, with a believeable plot. I plan to buy and read the rest of the series soon!

and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three

Many years after I finished the Toby Peters series I have started re-reading it, and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three. Marx Brothers provide much less entertainment than one would expect, the plot makes little sense and the action quickly becomes boring. The bright spot is Ian Flemingâs appearance.

Toby Peters and the Marx Brothers

I like Kaminsky and the Toby Peters series is fun. This book has a lot of zingers that read like the Marx brothers - that plus the description of Chicago in the winter from a guy who has lived his whole life in LA made the story fun. The plot is not too thin for enjoyment and the characters are pretty evocative. I recommend getting Kaminsky from the library unless you have money to burn.

Like hanging out with the Marx Brothers

Kaminsky beautifully depicts the world of his story, and as an added bonus, conversations with the Marx Brothers, offstage and offscreen. There's no one like Stuart Kaminsky.

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Title: Driving Big Davie

Author: Colin Bateman

Narrator: Adam Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-13

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

For many years Dan Starkey has been a journalist of some repute - mainly ill. Now he is back with his wife Patricia, and while they try for a baby, he is aiming to keep himself out of trouble. Had he not been caught in a rather awkward position when he received a phone call from Big Davie Kincaird, he might not have decided to return to the village of Groomsport. And had he not drunk too much in order to cover the awkwardness of seeing this friend he hasn't known for 25 years, he might not have found himself agreeing to go on honeymoon...in Florida...for three weeks...with Big Davie. What else could possibly go wrong?

Members Reviews:

In two minds about this book

I'm in two minds about this book. I must congratulate the narrator - because his lively reading style outshone the somewhat inconsistent storyline.

I haven't read Colin Bateman before, but from reviews of his other titles I know that his books are in the humorous/thriller genre - so I fully recognise that you need to 'suspend your disbelief' when listening - in the spirit of that genre.

Nevertheless, there does needs to be a 'backbone' of consistent elements of truth running through a story's narrative/characters, to support a more outrageous storyline, and I feel this is missing. Certain aspects of the story made me want to shout at the author - because there were gaping holes in the plot that made the actions/conversations of the characters unrealistic. (This is not a spoiler) - one example of a plot-gap is when the main character phones his wife and has a long conversation with her about which action he should take relating to something major that affects both their lives. He subsequently takes action but then never phones or speaks to his wife again for the majority of the book! Wouldn't he phone to tell her? Wouldn't she phone him to find out?

This books starts off being very humorous with an 'edge' (which is enjoyable) and then gradually becomes darker and more violent towards the end - making the main characters less appealing and less believable. Thus, by the end, you don't really care what happens to anyone.

It feels like the author had lots of different ideas for plot-lines and then tried to crowbar the characters into them. They simply don't fit.

I will try another of Colin Bateman's later novels however - just to see if his plotlines improve with time. Which is why I'm in two minds - in the first half of the book I wanted to like this book, but by the second half I can't say that I did.

disappointing

Sadly we're treated to a blow by blow account of their far-fetched nonsense throughout but not a detail of the supposed successful conclusion which abruptly ends the story. The only Bateman that I've low starred. sad face emoji

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Title: Working Girls

Author: Maureen Carter

Narrator: Frances Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-13

Publisher: Creative Content

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Fifteen years oldbrutaliseddumped in a parkthroat slashed. Schoolgirl prostitute Michelle Lucas died in agony and terror, utterly alone. The sight breaks the heart of Sergeant Bev Morriss of West Midlands Police. She thought she was hardened, but gazing at Michelles pale, broken body she is consumed by a cold fury. She knows this case is different - this is the one that will push her to the edge. Plunging herself into the seedy heart of Birminghams vice-land she struggles to infiltrate the deadly jungle of hookers, evil pimps and violent johns.

But no one will co-operate, no one will break the wall of silence. Is it fear or guilt? When a second victim dies, Bev knows time is running out. If she is to win the trust of the working girls - she has to take the biggest, most dangerous, gamble of her lifeout on the streets.

Members Reviews:

A solid listen

Publisher's summary was accurate, the story moved along nicely. Well worth a credit and a decent new series.

I'm a wus

it was a great story line but I wasn't brave in the beginning to listen to the entire book. put it down as it was grafic then started it back up again. the drama is amazing and makes you cringe. well done! I made it! lol

thrilling

Pulls you in with the first chapter & keeps your interest with the characters & twists & turns

Brilliant

A wonderful story that makes you feel close to the characters.

Narrated beautifully too, Frances Barber is a master at playing characters on screen and has delivered her acting skills just brilliantly in this story.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and shall be buying more by Maureen Carter.

Unsubtle and narration all wrong!

What disappointed you about Working Girls?

I found it to be just too unsubtle. It lacked any complexity. In addition, the narration was close to received pronunciation and street slang delivered in that doesn't work at all. Sadly, I will return it.