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Title: The Wench Is Dead

Author: Fredric Brown

Narrator: William Coon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-09

Publisher: Wonder Audiobooks LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Of course Perry isn't exactly making the smartest choices as he continues his downward spiral. And when he goes to borrow a drink from Billie's neighbor, who soon turns up murdered, things are looking even worse for Perry.

Members Reviews:

A Lesser Book by one of my favorite under appreciaated authors.

I love Frederic Brown but this wasn't one of his better books. You get the feeling he dashed this one off to make a quick buck. The ending was very contrived and the characters two dimensional. Still a fun read because for me anything by Brown is decent. If you haven't read Frederic Brown read any (or better yet all) of these before you read this: The Fabulous Clip Joint, Night of the Jabberwock, His Name was Death, The Screaming Mimi, and The Far Cry.

Good story, but I wanted it to be longer

A very good story, although I thought it was a bit too short. I saw another reviewer state that this may be a shorter version of the story, and that there is a longer, novel-length version as well. Can anyone confirm that?

Short noir tale

This isn't a full length book. Not sure how many pages it would be in a real book, but I read most of it during a 30 minute car ride.

Decent noir mystery. Fredric Brown knew how to write em.

Why don't I like this more?

I love Fredric Brown's unique mysteries - both the short stories and the books. I've bought every one I could find and read them all at least once. Brown was a fine writer and his stuff is filled with wonderful characters and delightful humor. But this one is my least favorite of the bunch and I'm not really sure why. It's not because it's a short story instead of book-length. I cut my teeth on Sherlock Holmes and still love short stories. And I generally prefer mysteries written in first person, as this one is. So what's missing?

It's the classic story of a man from a "good family" (the English would say "a gentleman") who has left respectable society behind. He's an alcoholic, but then many of Brown's male characters are alcoholics by today's standards. The term "functional alcoholic" hadn't been invented then and the ones who just get pie-eyed every night, but still get to work the next morning aren't considered drunks. But when a college graduate is working as a hash-house dish-washer (and that infrequently) he qualifies as a drunk even by Brown's loose definittion.

His friends, neighbors, and co-workers are prostitutes and junkies and there's the constant threat of violence that's a given in that world. When one of them turns up dead and Perry is the main suspect, his vague plans to sober up and return home begin to take on real urgency. But is it that simple? Is he the same man who left Chicago on a bender and somehow never got back? He sees himself as a higher life form than the human flotsam and jetsam that he lives among, but is he?

It's unusual, but almost totally lacking in the humor that I love in Brown's work. It's grim, but so is THE LENIENT BEAST and I love that one. It's well-written and better than most writers could hope to achieve, but don't read it as your first Fredric Brown. It's just not his best.

Short story version

This appears to be the novelette (or long short story) version, which Brown expanded into the novel of the same title.

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Titolo: Anche una sola lacrima

Autore: Franco Limardi

Narratore: narratore sconosciuto

Formato: Abridged

Durata: 2 hrs and 26 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 06-25-09

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Riepilogo Editore:

Un giallo che ti terrà col fiato sospeso. Lorenzo Madralta, un uomo come tanti. Un impiegato modello. Nel cuore, però, la voglia di andare via, di mollare tutto e ricominciare da capo. Poi un'impresa folle: il colpaccio che può svoltare la sua esistenza. Ma qualcosa andrà storto e Madralta dovrà fare i conti con una realtà fatta di violenza, sangue, tradimenti e inganni.

(c)2005 Marsilio editore; (p)2008 Good Mood

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Titel: Der Malteser Falke

Autor:: Dashiell Hammett

Erzähler: Wiglaf Droste

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-07-09

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die attraktive Brigid bittet Privatdetektiv Sam Spade und seinen Partner Archer um Hilfe, weil sie Angst vor einem Mann namens Thursby hat. Am selben Abend wird Archer umgebracht, und schon bald taucht auch Thursby als Leiche auf. Spade beginnt ein Verhältnis mit Brigid, obwohl er weiß, dass sie nicht ehrlich zu ihm ist. Er erfährt, dass sie und nicht nur sie hinter einer wertvollen Skulptur aus dem 16. Jahrhundert her ist: dem Malteser Falken.

Der Klassiker des Kriminalromans.

(c)+(p) 2009 Diogenes Verlag AG

Kritik Bewertungen:

Der Kriminalroman ist seit Dashiell Hammett eine literarische Gattung, deren Geschichte mit seinem Namen beginnt.

--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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Title: True Detectives

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jonathan Kellerman

Narrator: John Rubinstein

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Bound by blood but divided by troubles as old as Cain and Abel, Moses Reed and Aaron Fox were first introduced in Kellerman's best-selling Bones. They are sons of the same strong-willed mother, and their respective fathers were cops, partners, and friends. Their turbulent family history has set them at odds, despite their shared calling. Moses - part Boy Scout, part bulldog, man of few words - is a no-frills LAPD detective. Aaron, sharp dresser and smooth operator, is an ex-cop turned high-end private eye. Usually they go their separate ways. But the disappearance of Caitlin Frostig isn't usual. For Moses, it's an ice-cold mystery he just can't outrun, even with the help of psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis. For Aaron, it's a billable-hours bonanza from his most lucrative client. Like it or not, Moses and Aaron are in this one together - and the rivalry that rules them won't let either man quit till the case is cracked.

A straight-arrow, straight-A student from Malibu, Caitlin has only two men in her life: her sullen single father and her wholesome college sweetheart, who even the battling brothers agree seems too downright upright to be true. Reluctantly tag-teaming in a desperate search for fresh leads, Moses and Aaron zero in on Caitlin's white knight as their primary "person of interest," hoping that, like most people in L.A., he has a secret side.

Critic Reviews:

"Fresh, fascinating and compulsively readable." (Boston Herald)

"Sharply written and well-paced." (Entertainment Weekly)

"[An] adrenaline-fueled read." (People)

Members Reviews:

Great read

Another great story by Kellerman. Read while traveling and could not put it down. The characters and story!ine were well developed and interesting.

This story will not disappoint. Easy read.

Truly Entertaining, but Change is Hard

Poor Jonathon Kellerman. I'm beginning to think he's a victim of his own success. Having created an extraordinarily likable and interesting protagonist in his Alex Delaware novels, it's hard for the reader not to feel cheated when he writes anyone else. At least, I think that's part of the reason for some of the (IMHO) surprisingly-negative reviews here of True Detectives, a book that I found genuinely fun and involving in its own right.

The two leads in True Detectives, half-brothers Aaron and Moe, appeared as secondary characters in Kellerman's last Delaware novel. In fact, I started reading True Detectives thinking it was a Delaware book. It wasn't until a couple of pages in that I realized, with disappointment, that my favorite child psychologist/detective wasn't the star of this novel. It made me a bit cranky, to be sure.

But as I continued to get into it, and set aside my preconceptions, I came to really like Aaron and Moe. Kellerman does a great job establishing the brothers as antagonists and, slowly, throughout the book, revealing more and more of the history that got them to where they are today. The story of their estrangement is a secondary mystery in the novel, and, for me, was at least as engaging as the primary one.

Many of Kellerman's books have far-fetched conclusions, and this one is no different.

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Titel: Richard Diamond Privatdetektiv Fall 7-12

Autor:: Blake Edwards

Erzähler: Tobias Kluckert, Detlef Bierstedt, Ranja Bonalana

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 10 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 12-11-08

Herausgeber: Lauscherlounge

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Folge 8 - Der Karussell-Fall:

Smiley Brill hat einen hochgeschätzten und beliebten Polizisten umgebracht. Richard Diamond schließt sich mit Walt Levinson und der Polizeibehörde zusammen, um den Mörder zu fassen. Doch dieser lässt sich nicht so einfach fangen...

Folge 9 - Der Graue Mann:

Ein Mann mit grauen Augen, grauer Haut und grauer Zunge so einen hat man in New York noch nie gesehen. Richard Diamonds neuer Fall hat es in sich. In 5 Stunden müsse der Mann laut eigenen Angaben sterben und bittet ihn daher eine bestimmte Person zu finden. Was hat es mit dem Mann auf sich?

Folge 10 - Gute Nacht:

Nocturne: Richard Diamond auf Spurensuche in einem Rennstall. Das wertvolle PferdNocturne und sein Jockey sind spurlos verschwunden. Der Besitzer, ein ehemaliger Krimineller beauftragt den Detektiv das Pferd zu suchen. Doch der findet etwas Schreckliches heraus...

Folge 11 - Der Nachtclub-Fall:

Ein Fotostudio das schon lange geschlossen ist, die Tochter des Fotografen die trotzdem noch immer Geld von ihm bekommt, und der verschwundene Fotograf selbst ein verzwickter Fall für den Detektiv Richard Diamond.

Folge 12 - Mr. Walkers Problem:

Richard Diamond wird von einem Mr. Walker a ngeheuert, um "eigenartige Vorfälle", wie er sie nennt, zu untersuchen. Bevor Mr. Walker genaueres erklären kann, wird er allerdings umgebracht. Die Spur führt in eine Bank. Nun ist es an Diamond, den Fall zu lösen...

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Title: Slab Happy

Author: Richard S. Prather

Narrator: Heath Kizzier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Every bloodthirsty hoodlum, every trigger-happy gunman in the state of California had that song on his lips. I didn't like it. I'm no music lover and, what's more, I was the rascal they were dying to kill. Me. Shell Scott. "Where there's death, there's hope" - that was gangdom's newest slogan. I was measured for a grave and I was supposed to share it with a gorgeous redhead named Coral. Man, this was just about the first time I haven't been willing to share something with a gorgeous redhead.

©1958 Richard Prather; (P)2003 Books in Motion

Members Reviews:

Great in paperback ,OK in audio

I have 25+ Shell Scott books in paper back and

this reader is not the one I hear in my head when I read them.

That said, this reader does an OK job.

A better reader would have gotten 4or 5 stars.

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Title: The Wailing Frail

Author: Richard S. Prather

Narrator: Heath Kizzier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

"She yanked the door open with a crash and said, 'Gran--,' but then stopped and stared at me. She was nude as a noodle. 'You're not Grandma!' I said, 'No, I'm Shell Scott, and you're not grandma either!' She slammed the door in my face. I've practically made a career out of babes, but this one really hit me. She had a shape like a three-dimensional dream, and I hugged that vision with my mind. Right from that first glance I had memorized her. She was the key - uhm - 'figure' in a sensational investigation leading all the way to the U.S. Congress. And me? I'm the shamus prepared to pursue both her and the clues to the ends of the earth, if only for the rear view. She's a living doll, and I mean to keep her that way, even if it kills me."

©1956 Richard Prather; (P)2003 Books in Motion

Members Reviews:

Great characters fun story.

Great characters fun story.

Good then; not so good now

I read this series in the sixties and it was good. I saw where they were now available on Kindle and purchased a few. Should have saved my money and kept my memories. Sorry Shell, but you ain't what you used to be.

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Title: End Run

Subtitle: A Drew Gavin Mystery

Author: Steve Brewer

Narrator: Heath Kizzier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Drew Gavin, a former University of New Mexico star defensive end, is reduced to churning out jaded sportswriter commentary for the Albuquerque Gazette. He is suddenly reminded of his glory days when he crosses paths with his college sweetheart, Helen Graham, at the homecoming game. Helen asks Drew to help her husband, Freddie, who is indebted to an intimidating bookie, Three Eyes Sanchez. She asks Drew to buy her husband more time to pay his tab. Acting on nostalgia, Drew is soon exploded out of his familiar office chair, and into dingy back-door betting dens. He discovers more than he wants to know about Freddie's gambling debts and the corruption behind the scenes of professional sports. When a murderer slips into the game, Drew must confront shady bookies, powerful business men, creepy killers, preying journalists, and the ghosts of his own past.

©2000 Steve Brewer; (P)2003 Books in Motion

Critic Reviews:

"This is a well-written, stylish noir caper in which Drew's smoldering passion for an old flame nearly costs him his life." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Sportswriting and Mystery, it's a Good Mix

I've only read the first two of the Drew Gavin series and I'm hooked. Nothing deep here, but it was a very good read. The author makes me care about the hero and about his exploits, usually getting him mixed up in a mystery. Drew is a sportswriter who isn't going anywhere. He kind of likes his job and he wants to be near his father who is in a convalescent home. He has a big heart but not always a wise one. He's fallible, he's a nice guy, and I think I would like him. I can't wait to catch up with him in the next book.

Passion Makes Us Stupid

A great bargain at 99 cents but a fine book at any price. The writing is skillful, the chief characters well drawn, the plot suspenseful, the tension palpable because the evil guys are really nasty. The hero is a failed Jock who hunkers down into a job as home town sports writer with no ambition to make it big. His life is otherwise empty, the routine is pretty much work, drink and meaningless other activities. Then comes a call from his college girl friend, the only love of his life, long married to another man of her powerful father's choice. Her husband is in trouble. Could he help out. To convert the old saying into acceptable speech, his never fading lust turns him into a first class jerk. He ends up suspected of murder, the object of intended mayhem by a couple of nasty thugs working for the husband's bookie, and suspended from his job because of the threat to his newspaper if he were charged with murder. Still, he can never resist her siren call despite the warnings from his rational side. What will happen to him. What will happen to his girl friend. What will happen to her power broker father. What will happen with the thugs. What will happen with the police officer who "knows" he is a killer. Yes, a hackneyed plot but the writer makes it work, and, if this is the kind of mystery you go for, grab it for your Kindle while the price is right.

Very enjoyable reading. Such a fun mystery

Very enjoyable reading. Great characters. Steve Brewer has made Albuquerque a fun place full of adventure. Not sure why I have to have so many words in this review.

Characters with Depth

Brewer once again shows he knows how to titillate the reader with a wondrous menagerie of characters.

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Titel: Sein letzter Fall (Die größten Fälle von Scotland Yard)

Autor:: Andreas Masuth

Erzähler: Melanie Manstein, Michael Scherntaner, Ole Pfennig

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 18 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-26-08

Herausgeber: Maritim

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ihr Befund lässt Biddick aufhorchen: Der angebliche Selbstmörder ist offensichtlich gleich zweimal gestorben. Und das ist ein bisschen viel für nur einen Menschen..

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Titel: Ein Mann namens Spade

Autor:: Dashiell Hammett

Erzähler: Jacques Breuer

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 15 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-19-08

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Jacques Breuer trifft vortrefflich den Ton Dashiell Hammetts mit allen Ingredienzien, die ihn zum Klassiker des Krimigenres machten: voller Lakonie und Treffsicherheit und mit einem Schuss schwarzem Humor.