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Title: Manden med et hjerte af jern (Berlin Noir 8)

Author: Philip Kerr

Narrator: Torben Sekov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-15

Publisher: AV Forlaget

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

ret er 1941, og Bernie Gunther vender tilbage fra stfronten til et krigsplaget Berlin. Men hurtigt kaldes han til Prag af sin gamle chef, general Reinhard Heydrich, som har brug for en livvagt til at sikre sig imod den ulmende folkelige vrede i Böhmen-Mächen. P Heydrichs slot uden for Prag mder Gunther nogle af regionens ledende nazister og oplever fra frste parket et kompliceret magtspil i nazisttoppen. Et magtspil, som Gunther ufrivilligt bliver en del af, da en af Heydrichs adjudanter bliver myrdet p sit vrelse. Dren til vrelset er lst indefra, og vinduerne forsvarligt haspet til. Bernie Gunther str over for en klassisk mordgde, hvor morderen skal findes i den sluttede kreds af gster.

"Manden med et hjerte af jern" er ottende bind i Philip Kerrs Berlin Noir-serie. Denne gang finder handlingen sted midt i Anden Verdenskrig, hvor nazisterne stadig er i offensiven, og forflgelsen af Europas jder tager fart.

©2012 Forlaget Modtryk / Philip Kerr (P)2014 AV Forlaget

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Title: Sleight of Hand

Subtitle: A Detective Novel of 1929: The Cyrus Skeen Mysteries, Book 10

Author: Edward Cline

Narrator: Gregg Rizzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-21-15

Publisher: Edward Cline

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

It is October of 1929. The roaring '20s will end with the stock market crash heard round the world. The nation will absorb the consequences of the crash with great difficulty over the next decade, exacerbated by government fiscal policies. However, in the wake of the coming economic catastrophe, Cyrus Skeen, private detective, scion of East Coast wealth, and a figure in San Francisco society, is secure. He never bought on margin.

Skeen has a reputation - some would say a notoriety - for justice, and for meting out rough desserts to crooks, criminals, and other realty-dodgers. This has made him admired by some and feared by others. Sharks, conmen, and scam artists approach him with caution - if they dare approach him at all. In this episode of Skeen's cases he is invited by a new political party to stand for the office of public defender in next month's city election, a city office established to provide legal representation to the poor and indigent.

He declines the invitation, but strange things keep happening, such as the curious death of the current public defender and the odd behavior of the principals of the new party. Skeen's interest is piqued. He begins to investigate, learning eventually that his clues lead all the way back to Wisconsin.

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Titel: Bevor die Nacht kommt

Autor:: Simon Jaspersen

Erzähler: Uve Teschner

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-19-15

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In einer Stadt ohne Gesetze kämpft jeder für sich allein.

Johann Dalus wird unsanft geweckt. Oberkommissar Mohrfels verlangt von dem jungen Psychiater ein Gutachten. Die Zeit drängt, ein Frauenmörder geht um in Berlin, man glaubt, den Schuldigen gefunden zu haben. Doch Dalus weigert sich. Sein ehemaliger Patient ist im Milieu bekannt - aber ein Serientäter? Niemals.

Während der Kommissar im Dunkeln tappt, wird Dalus gegen seinen Willen in den Fall verwickelt: Seine Schwester Marie ist wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Ihre Spur kreuzt die des Täters, sie führen in eine Stadt der Gesetzlosen, in die Welt der zügellosen Partys, der skrupellosen Finanziers und politischen Machenschaften.

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Kritik Bewertungen:

Ein kenntnisreiches Gesellschaftsporträt der 1920er Jahre, eine psychologisch raffinierte, herrlich düstere Kriminalgeschichte. -- Cornelius Wüllenkemper im Deutschlandfunk

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Title: The Eynhallow Enmity

Subtitle: Inspector Anderson Mysteries, Book 1

Author: Robert Forrester

Narrator: Spencer Hawke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-15

Publisher: Best of Both Worlds

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

While the rest of the country is worrying about the Falklands Conflict, an escaped mental patient drags Inspector Anderson away from his desk to the remote Orkney Islands. The Special Branch detective believes it's no threat to national security and is looking forward to wasting his expenses and spending a few days relaxing.

But when bodies start turning up, the skeptical inspector soon finds himself hunting for an unstoppable killer that is demonstrating seemingly uncanny abilities. Forced to ask a young psychiatrist for help, they unravel the reason for the killing spree and discover the secret to the apparent supernatural attacks goes all the way back to Nazi Germany.

Members Reviews:

Excellent mystery

The Enyhallow Enmity is a well-written, fast-paced mystery. A mental patient is accused of murdering a guard and has escaped the institution which is located on an island. Surly Inspector Anderson is called in to investigate. Psychiatrist Ruth Duncan is also at the scene to offer assistance.

These two lead characters and many others often butt heads as they unravel the mystery behind the patient, Michael Skye, and his victims.

If you enjoy an interesting mystery with a hint of the paranormal, I think you would enjoy this. I hope that Robert Forrester continues with the Inspector Anderson series!

Loved this book

I was looking for some decent mysteries, and this book looked interesting.

It was very well written. The author sets a very fast pace and I was hooked from the beginning.

I loved the characters and I did not want it to end.....a sign of a good book IMO.

Mr Forrester, please write more books please.

Inspector Anderson Mysteries

I really like the books (this is the first in the series). A nice mix of characters...even though it kinda takes awhile for you to warm up to inspector Anderson... and suspense with a slightly sci-fi bend.

Meh

I found the characters very very unengaging, and the plot did not serve to counteract the lack of involvement with the *people* in the story.

The setting was quite well-drawn.

Four Stars

Enjoyable light read

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Title: Done and Dusted

Author: Jason Connor

Narrator: A. T. Al Benelli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-15

Publisher: Jason Connor

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

This is the continuing story of a grave digger called John Black who moonlights as a private detective. The backdrop for this story is New York City in 1948. Back then, what with the mob and all, Gotham was a hotbed of hoodlums. It was no surprise then that the City had more than its fair share of murders. For John, there was to be one too many murders - namely of his boss, Jack Berry. Determined to get to the bottom of things, John finds himself in over his head as investigations lead him into a murky underworld of graveyards, funeral parlors, and casinos flush with easy money and fast women.

Members Reviews:

A sequel that's better than the original... Wow!

Would you consider the audio edition of Done and Dusted to be better than the print version?

Oh yeah... The narration and voices bring the story to life. Don't get me wrong... I enjoy curling up with a good book, but I'm also old enough to remember Sunday nights seated around my Grandfather's console radio listening to "Inner Sanctum" and other radio dramas like "Theatre of the Mind". That's why I prefer audiobooks... especially for Mystery/Thrillers.

What other book might you compare Done and Dusted to and why?

Well... I am comparing it to the first of the "John Black" P.I. series books... "Swings & Roundabouts". This one is better. A sequel... better... you ask? Yup! The story is richer and the characters more colorful... and sinister.

Which character as performed by A. T. Al Benelli was your favorite?

John Black. Benelli's New York accent was perfect for "dis guy". He was so believable. The girls were done well too. I wonder how a big guy like that gets his voice to sound like a "hot chick"... TWO hot chicks? It was fun...

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

A cemetery alongside a nursing home? Coincidence... or convenience?

Any additional comments?

Good read... I mean "listen" Just the right length for my 90 minute train ride to New York.

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Title: Backfire

Author: Dan Marlowe

Narrator: Richard J. Brewer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-14

Publisher: Braman Publications

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Dan J. Marlowe once declared in a newspaper column that his stories didn't care who wrote them. Readers of his prolific hardboiled detective tales are grateful that the stories chose him.

You wouldn't think he'd end up a writer if you looked at his resume: his mother died young and he was raised by two aunts. He graduated from Bentley School of Accounting and Finance. He worked as an assistant manager, was office manager for a wholesale tobacco company, and he liked to gamble professionally. After his wife died he left Washington DC behind, moved to New York, and became a writer. His first novel was published when Marlowe was 45 years old. A strange twist of fate caused a real-life bandit to become a fan of his work and eventually a collaborator in his novels.

In this story, Tony Alfiera and Marty Donovan were a team. They worked together on the police force and were both what you would call "good cops". Like any team they shared details of their private lives with each other: Marty knew Tony cheated on his wife Lenore, but Tony didn't know that Marty had fallen in love with her. An unauthorized stake-out to catch a jewel thief ends with Lenore a widow, the murderer on the run, and Marty in the most difficult position of his career.

Members Reviews:

Good dark detective story.

What did you love best about Backfire?

A solid Dan Marlowe novel. Not his best one but good.

What did you like best about this story?

Nice characterization.

Have you listened to any of Richard J. Brewers other performances before? How does this one compare?

First. time. Well done.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Pretty good

Would you consider the audio edition of Backfire to be better than the print version?

Pretty good dark "noir" mystery.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Backfire?

Ending..quite a surprise.

What does Richard J. Brewer bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

He did a good job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Did it on one long car trip.

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Title: The Twenty-Year Death: Police at the Funeral

Author: Ariel S. Winter

Narrator: David Zarbock

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Returning east for the reading of his first wifes will, a desperate man - drunk and down to his last penny - is pushed over the edge when he learns that another man is the sole beneficiary. How far will he go to get what he believes hes due? And afterwards, will he be able to escape the long arm of the law? Set in 1951 and written in the style of noir master Jim Thompson, Police at the Funeral is the third volume of Ariel S. Winters extraordinary debut novel, The Twenty-Year Death.

Members Reviews:

Not something I would recommend. Just not enough meat to it for my ...

Very average book. Not something I would recommend. Just not enough meat to it for my taste, pun intended.

Police at the Funeral

The last of the books comprising The Twenty-Year Death Trilogy, takes place not in France, as did the first, nor in Southern California, as did the second, but in Calvert City, Maryland. The two characters from both earlier books return here: Clotilde-ma-Fleur Rosenkrantz, a beautiful young woman who reached film stardom as Chloe Rose, and her much older, alcoholic husband, Shem, who had achieved fame as an author, later as a movie script writer.

Time has not been kind to Mr. or Mrs. Rosenkrantz: Clotilde is now and has been for the last ten years ensconced in a private psychiatric hospital, and Shem is now washed up, and broke. Shem returns to Maryland for the first time in 30 years following the death of Quinn Rosenkrantz, his first wife, from whom he has been divorced for 20 of those years, for the reading of her Will. Deeply in debt, Shem has traveled 3,000 miles more than anything because he is desperate for what he hopes will be the money left to him by his wife, who was from a very wealthy family, his desperation caused by his need to keep Clotilde from having to be placed in a state institution. It had been three years since Shem had seen his and Quinnâs son, Joe, not since his high school graduation, but they of course do meet again at the office of the attorney in whose office the Will is to be read to all concerned.

The presence of the police at the funeral referenced in the title is part of an investigation into another death which follows quickly upon the scene described above. The book is beautifully wrought, the plotting very original, and the whole a suspenseful read (more so than the two books which preceded it, in fact) that I devoured in the space of several hours. To say more would necessitate spoilers, so I leave it to the reader to discover and explore for him or herself. (Just to whet oneâs appetite, I will only add that this was the first time I have read a book where the author makes the analogy that âkilling someone was a whole lot like writing, a creative endeavor.â)

I Liked it.

I think that readers of this trilogy may be missing the tributes (the author calls teach a "pastiche") that they are to Simenon, Chandler and Thompson. Read them in order, all the way through. Highly entertaining and brings such interesting ideas to mind about plots of other books if written by...?. The book is a remarkable achievement and a slice of pulpy history. I've always loved Simenon's writing about food and Winter gets that, too.

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Title: Shooting Genji

Author: Richard Voorhees

Narrator: Richard Voorhees

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-14

Publisher: Found Art Publishing

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Set in Jazz-Age New York and Hollywood in the Thirties, Shooting Genji is a noir thriller seen from the unusual perspective of a young man named Jean-Yves LeFouet. As a teenager, Jean-Yves falls off a ladder, after being distracted by the sight of his girlfriend kissing another guy, and the accident leaves him hollow-hearted and almost blinded by daylight. On the other hand, his night vision becomes extremely good. He soon discovers he's well suited to any number of shady jobs.

His first dimly lit career path opens up one night when bootleggers hijack him and his truck. After he drives them white-knuckled in the dark - with no headlights - they realize he's just the wheelman they need. They recommend his talents to the Wall Street broker laundering their money, who introduces Jean-Yves to one of the dark arts of Wall Street - front running. The Bull Market and wild nights end abruptly with the Crash of '29, when the tough customers are not amused, and Jean-Yves has to skip town.

Why not try Los Angeles? The dancer he wooed in New York, whom he let slip through his fingers, is trying to break into the talkies. He finds work there as a chauffeur, delivering scripts at night for a hyphenate-scoundrel, a British director intent on making an erotic film based on the world's first novel - written 1,000 years ago by a woman - The Tale of Genji.

Jean-Yves finds himself increasingly hard-pressed to navigate the hairpin turns in Hollywood, including his girlfriend's reappearance, especially after having met the lovely bookseller who supplies his employer with copies of Genji, the Japanese classic. Lively and literate, this lady from Shanghai may prove to be his undoing... or his salvation.

Members Reviews:

Definitely For LA Noir Fans

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I am a big "Noir" fan and was engrossed and entertained during the whole reading. Would definitely recommend to friends.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Loved all the characters, the more outrageous the better.

Have you listened to any of Richard Voorheess other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, and he is always articulate and informative.

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

This book would make an excellent movie - "Bootleggers, Booze & Old Hollywood"

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Title: Pressure Points

Author: Larry Brooks

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

The game is a weeklong retreat. Its located in a remote region of northern California. Its designed to build teamwork, establish trust, and increase awareness. The players are three ambitious executives - one woman and two men, each prepared to put his physical, mental, and moral limits to the test. They never dreamed how far they could go. The rules are simple. First you run. Then you hide. Dont appear weak, dont admit to the fear, and dont react to the pain. The prize is staying alive. Let the game begin.

Critic Reviews:

A master of terror and suspense, Brooks crafts his characters [in Pressure Points] with care, lending them opaque dimensions that make them appear both sympathetic and loathsome. (PW)

Grabs you by the throat and doesnt let go . . . its as scary as hell. New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson

Thrilling. Thom Racina, national bestselling author of Deadly Games and Never Forget

Members Reviews:

An Incredible Psychological Mindbender

Pressure Points is about three executives forced to go to a week-long seminar by their CEO. The game was simple. Play along, follow the rules, and one of them will be made CEO at the end of the week. But, nothing in this seminar was as it seemed. A week-long twisting of minds... illusions -- real or unreal -- created to mess with their psyches. And none of the three execs, or the reader for that matter, knew whether or not what happened was real or if it was just another teaching lesson, sadistic though it may be.

This was one of my favorite books EVER. Because just when I thought I had it figured out... it changed, just when I thought I knew who the bad guys were... I was wrong, just when I thought I knew the outcome... everything exploded into something bigger and more bizarre. A psychological mindbender executed flawlessly. I am left in awe of the storytelling power presented here. Un-freakin'-believable! I'm still scratching my head. This book, without a doubt, will stay with me for a very long time, if not forever, with one haunting question: What happens next?

a compelling thriller with lots of surprises

I enjoyed this thriller about executives at a week-long seminar in a secluded West coast setting. Though there was quite a bit of corporate/business jargon that went right past me, the author did a good job of establishing an interesting set of characters -- some in depth and some kept mysterious until later in the story -- and setting an atmosphere filled with tension. Three executives at a Seattle ad agency are attempting to buy out their boss's interest in the company, and he tells them he will do so IF they all complete a seminar that he regards highly. Right away you wonder if the seminar is legitimate, what the boss has planned, etc.

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Title: Loot of the Shanung

Subtitle: Stories from the Golden Age

Author: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrator: R. F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, Robert Wu, Christina Huntington, Tadao Tomomatsu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-14

Publisher: Galaxy Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Noir

Publisher's Summary:

Stop the presses! One hundred thousand dollar reward offered for the return of George Harley Rockham! That's more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance's head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who's offering the reward - Rockham's daughter Virginia - and he might lose his head altogether. As fast-talking as Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story, Vance jumps at the chance...the money...and the girl. But as Jimmy quickly discovers, there are several billion reasons to watch his back. Because that's how much Rockham is worth, and there are some very hard cases out there willing to kill to separate the old man from his money. Next thing Jimmy knows, Virginia's tied to a chair, and he's got a couple of guns pointed at his head. But it'll take more than a little rope and a couple of firearms to keep this reporter down. The truth is tied to the mysterious fate of a steamship named Shanung - and what Jimmy finds could be the biggest story of his life...if he lives to tell it.

In the issue of Smashing Novels where this story first appeared the editor wrote: "'Loot of the Shanung' is a soul-stirring tale of the China Sea, a story of modern piracy set in the Far East. L. Ron Hubbard wrote it. He knows China. He has been there. He traveled through the country and met the people and observed their customs. Smashing Novels will have other stories from him - stories of far-off places and little known people. He knows of what he writes."