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Title: Exit Wound

Subtitle: Nick Stone, Book 12

Author: Andy McNab

Narrator: Rupert Degas

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

For two of Nick Stone's closest ex-SAS comrades, it was to have been the perfect, victimless crime.But when they're double-crossed and the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends' killer and track him down.

As one harrowing piece of the complex and sinister jigsaw slots into another, Stone's quest for vengeance becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy, to which he and the beautiful Russian investigative journalist with whom he has become ensnared unwittingly hold the key.

Ticking like a time-bomb, brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption, cover-up, and blistering suspense - the master thriller writer at his electrifying best.

Members Reviews:

Good book, disappointing audio book

The story is typical mcnab, he really has the genre nailed down. However, audibles contribution is lacking, out of the entire Nick Stone collection this and one other are the only two abridged which means you are missing a lot of character development and you need to fill in the gaps yourself.

bad Idea swapping the narrator

by swapping the narrator from Paul Thornley to Rupert degres.... how ever you spell has ruined my experience... its like swapping a character in a film.... its not right... I strongly recommend adding the Paul Thornley versions... I know Paul Thornley has narrated the rest of the nick stone series as I have found them on the Internet... very poor judgement.... and Rupert reads these books very poorly. plus the other versions I have found are 10 hours plus... This is only 3 hours plus... I feel like I have been robbed and considering take my business else where.. hope you can fix this

a rare miss

Didn't enjoy this anywhere near as much as I have the other books in the series. Not sure the reason, but it is only around a quarter of the length of all the other books (despite still costing the same might I add) and just seems rushed. in other stories, the characters are built up to a point where you are genuinely sad when they get bumped off, but this time it just seems like McNab basically says "OK, this is the character, he's the nice one, so you need to like him. here's his soppy back story, struggling wife and kids blah blah blah. OK so now he's dead, but don't worry, here's a new character, but I'll warn you, I don't fancy his chances". it all just felt like it was a book written to hit a deadline, and personally couldn't wait for it to finish so I could move onto the next, which I'm hoping is now in keeping with the rest of the series

An audible page turner!

I really enjoyed this book and devoured it very short order. I like Andy McNab's style and characters, so may be a bit biased. The plot is pacey and has several twists and the characters are generally likeable. The plot gets a little far fetched in a couple of places (in my view), with the main character travelling quickly between countries, but it made it full of action, which was good.

I also liked the narrator - quite a refined voice at the time and initially I didn't think his voice would work with how I envisaged the character, but he grew on me quickly and I now want to hear more.

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Title: The Seventh Secret

Author: Irving Wallace

Narrator: Paul Scofield

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A Russian museum curator with a special interest in the paintings of Adolph Hitler acquires a painting of a public building that included a modification completed in 1952: the artist - Adolf Hitler. A prominent historian is mysteriously killed while in the final stages of research for his latest book: A biography of Adolf Hitler. An American architect preparing a book on the architecture of the Third Reich discovers plans for a seventh bunker - its actual construction undocumented, its location unspecified. All pieces of an emerging puzzle whose solution will reveal the Seventh Secret.

©1986 Irving Wallace; (P)2009 Phoenix

Members Reviews:

What is the Seventh Secret?

The "secret" in the title took me by surprise. The book's written in the old Wallace style, the thoughts of the characters and the action moving rapidly and welcoming the reader into the plot. Do yourself a favor and get this book--mine was on my Kindle, so I had it with me every moment of every day. When you're not reading it, you'll find yourself thinking about this exciting story. Did Hitler die when history tells us he and Eva Braun committed suicide together?

Five Stars

This book was amazing and such a great storyline.

The Seventh Secret

This book was written several years ago, but it is so well written that any one remotely interested in Hitler's reported suicide

will find it hard to put the book down until it is finished. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and the questions which it posed. I also discovered some thing which I had not previously known about Hitler.. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves history, and/or a good mystery.

Written before the wall fell, but a fun read

I like Irving Wallace, and this book was creative and interesting. Of course, it is an old book and a bit stale (today you would just use a cell phone or tap the Internet, for instance). But, still an enjoyable read. My only real issue is in the editing for the Kindle version - or lack of editing. There were hyphens where none belonged, weird spacings, etc. Clearly, this is based on a PDF or something for a different format. It drove me a little bit nuts. But for 99 cents or whatever, it was a bargain.

I love Irving Wallace as a author

I love Irving Wallace as a author. This was more historical fiction but I loved how he weaved the story coupled with some of the historical landmarks in Germany. At times I could not put the book down.

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Title: Inhuman Remains

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: Hilary Neville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Prim flies to Seville to track him down, only to find her life under threat, as her aunt goes missing. As she and her companion cross Spain in an effort to free Adrienne, Prim finds herself at the centre of a maelstrom of mystery, until the final solution springs from the unlikeliest of sources.

The Blackstone legacy is in good hands, but will they, and it, survive?

Members Reviews:

An real roller-coaster of a novel

I tend to go for authors I know, but thanks to Audible's recent offer of reduced price thrillers and crime novels I tried this author whose work is new to me. I'll certainly be looking out for more by Quintin Jardine as I've just enjoyed 9 hours of an engrossing roller-coaster of a story with lots of twists and turns worthy of Robert Goddard at his best. Mr Jardine's style of writing suits being an audio recording as there's lots of dialogue. He has been well-served by Hilary Neville who narrates the story with verve, pronouncing the Scottish words as a native and, to my ears, convincingly got her tongue around a plethora of Spanish words and place-names. Most of the action takes place in Spain and I could feel the atmosphere of the country as I listened. Though a crime/thriller the author also spikes his lively-style of writing with flashes of humour. Thoroughly recommended.

Good jardine book

Very enjoyable, when you read a Quintine jardine book you know you will get a good read with lots of twists

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Title: Tales of Terror and Mystery

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Fred Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

This volume presents some of Arthur Conan Doyle's unduly neglected masterworks of suspense. Each begins in a quietly factual way, which makes all the more dramatic the crescendo of fear and puzzlement that ensues as each startling new circumstance is revealed. Even without his supremely logical brainchild Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle shows that his tales are unbeatable for thrills and excitement. This is a great opportunity for the listener to discover a new facet of the master's ability to mystify and enthrall.

(P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Enthralling Stories and Fabulous Narrator

These are thrilling and absorbing stories. I loved the narrator and was totally spellbound by the marvellous stories.

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Title: Shadow Over Babylon

Author: David Mason

Narrator: Bob Peck

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-09

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

On April 29, 1992, three shots are fired from a long-range sniper's rifle, and Hussein and two other men are killed. When the American Defense Intelligence Agency discovers the plot and puzzles out each element, who recruited the assassination team, how they managed to get into Iraq, how they succeeded in penetrating the defenses of the most challenging target in the world, the story emerges, step by stealthy step.

A technically expert masterpiece of suspense and ingenuity, and with a certain added intrigue given the news today, Shadow Over Babylon builds to a moment of truth so tense and real that you'll have to remind yourself it didn't happen.

Members Reviews:

One of the best

This may be one of the best novels of this genre that I have read, I write, so I think I know these things, action, intrigue and it never gets old, although the subject is dated.

Shadow over Babaylon

I found this book intrigueing & thought provoking, it tended to make you the reader think if this really did happen or could it really be accompliced & with David Mansons background I might to agree.

The detail & planning that went into this Adventuere (If you like to call it that) book was just amazing, it kept me hooked from start to finish, I also have read this book approx 6 times now & will definitly add this to my collection ( had a copy many years ago lendt it out didnt see it again )

Once again this is highly reccomended reading

A gripping story about a plot to assassinate Saddam Hussein

"Shadow Over Babylon" is the first book by David Mason and it's a gripping read very much in the style of Frederick Forsythe or Tom Clancy. The story revolves around a group of British ex-Special Forces men who are hired to assassinate Saddam Hussein and the planning and organisation involved to infiltrate Iraq, shoot Hussein and then escape. They draft in a sniper, Danny MacDonald, who is a deer stalker and we are introduced to Danny at the beginning of the book as he explains about shooting to a deer hunter. This aspect of the book - the technical detail of the sniper's craft - is fascinating and not something I've read elsewhere.

As the book progresses we learn more about the characters and the plans that they are making to carry out this difficult task, although we don't know the full plot at any time - as it unfolds we understand why they organised things as they did. There is a parallel story taking place in the American NRO (National Reconnaisance Office) as they find themselves tracking the team and trying to work out who they are and what they are doing. Big brother was definitely watching them!

The book has some technical detail but perhaps less than a Tom Clancy book - which isn't a bad thing. There is also more characterisation of the men involved in the mission - why they are doing it, how they handle the stress and violence - and even a couple of little romantic storylines for three of the main people involved.

And do they succeed in killing Saddam Hussein? Well, you'll have to read it to find out, but it's a really great read and there's a little twist in the tail which I wasn't expecting and was fun.

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Title: Backflash

Subtitle: A Parker Novel

Author: Richard Stark

Narrator: Robert Davi

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-20-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The guy who tipped off Parker is a bureaucrat with a moral streak; the guy who's steering the getaway boat has unsavory friends with plenty of guns; and a reporter on the casino has enough sense to know that something isn't quite right. Suddenly, Parker's surefire plan is blowing up like fireworks on the Fourth-only these blow-ups kill people. With his luck going south, and no one left to trust but himself, Parkers must do what he does best: punch, claw, and kill his way out of the night.

Members Reviews:

The return of the master

Donald Westlake, writing as Richard Stark, crerated one of the great noire protagonists, Parker (no first name) in a series of novels which he unexpectedly ended in 1974. Parker is a thoughtful sociopath, a criminal planner willing to kill - but only if necessary. Happily, Westlake/Stark decided to continue the series in 1997 with Backflash, showing that he could bring Parker up to date with a 2 decades-later society. Parker had always gone for the cash, but now finds cash harder to find.... until he hits upon the idea of robbing a casino boat travelling on the Hudson River. Assembling some of his old hands, he plots for the job, and the story ensues.

Westlake is a master of tight writing, his dialogue can be compared to Hemingway, and his tone matches the best of the 40's noire fiction writers. A tremendous pleasure to find a continuation of the series. While each book stands on its own, I find that one has a better feel for the characters by reading them from the beginning. But you can't go wrong with any one.

No one did it like Richard Stark (really Donald E

The Parker novels. The epitome of crime fiction. I've collected the whole set and go back and re-read them from time to time. No one did it like Richard Stark (really Donald E. Westlake), who wrote the sixteen Parker novels with such a masterful touch.

Late Parker is great Parker

When Richard Stark returned to write more Parkers, it was like Beethoven returning to the string quartet at the end of his life. Westlake, the Maestro, returning to the classic form, but giving it depth, and inventiveness that is frankly breathtaking. This may not be "useful" info, but it's how I felt after finishing Backflash (Comeback, Flashfire, and Firebreak are also amazing).

Albany to Poughkeepsie and back

I have been trumpeting my enthusiasm for Stark's Parker series in general now for a while, but have not reviewed each volume.

Backflash has been such a delight of immoral entertainment that I need to break my 'silence' for it.

The plot: New York state has allowed river boat gambling on the Hudson. A ship has been moved from Biloxi to Albany for the purpose. Parker assembles a team of professionals and robs the boat during its initial phase of operations, while it is still operating on cash basis. (If that is a serious possibility I don't know and don't care. I take it for granted.)

Security arrangements are intense, and hence the job is complicated, involving unfortunate outsiders both on the upstream and downstream side of the project, if you accept that I use the river flow picture in a double sense.

The man who provided the details that are needed to plan the heist turns out to be leaky, as does the river rat who is hired to help with the escape. In consequence, competition shows up from both ends of the process.

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Title: The Body in the Marsh

Author: Katherine Hall Page

Narrator: Tara Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Lora has been receiving threatening phone calls, and she's not the only resident of Aleford who is being terrorised. Ever since environmentalists began protesting the proposed development that will destroy Beecher's Bog, the more vocal opponents have become targets of campaign of intimidation - which is more than enough reason for Faith to launch into some sleuthing.

But, when a body turns up in the charred ruins of a suspicious house fire, Faith is suddenly investigating a murder - and in danger of getting bogged down in a very lethal mess indeed!

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Title: Darkness in Him

Author: Andrew Lyons

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

When Jake Conason goes to a party at his Jefferson University fraternity house, he's sitting on top of the world. He's got great grades, a gorgeous girlfriend named Jordan, and an almost certain acceptance to his dream law school. He's golden, set to ride a wave of opportunity and advantage far into his adulthood. Little does he know that the moment he walks into the party his life will change forever.

Straddling the worlds of respectability and depravity, this is a chilling, addictive thriller that delves into the heart of an antihero.

Critic Reviews:

"Christopher Lane cultivates suspense and drama against a quiet backdrop of the ordinary events of college life.... Lane finds the edge that will keep you wondering what will happen next." (

AudioFile)"A psychologically chilling picture of a contemporary Raskolnikov." (

Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

EXCELLENT

NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. I HAVE OVER 100 AUDIBLE TITLES IN MY LIBRARY, MOSTLY THRILLERS AND MYSTERIES. THIS BOOK WAS A NICE CHANGE OF PACE FROM USUAL MYSTERY & THRILLER STORYLINE. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. I DIDN'T WANT TO TURN IT OFF AT NIGHT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE FROM THIS AUTHOR. 5 STAR READ AND NARRATION.

Beware that darkness in him.

This is a clever, scary, and I'm usual kind of autobiographical form of novel. The plot and characterisation of good. Well worth reading.

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Title: Safer

Author: Sean Doolittle

Narrator: Patrick G. Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Suddenly Paul's life, university career, and marriage are at risk, as he finds himself locked in a desperate fight with an angry man, a dark conspiracy, and a secret that began with a child's disappearance 10 years before.

Members Reviews:

Safer: A Great Ride that Occassionally Goes off Track

After reading a review of Safer on the Amazon blog, I downloaded the first chapter on my Kindle and got right to it (for those of you who don't know, the Kindle allows you to get the first chapter of any of its books for free, so you can get a taste before buying.)

I can't imagine anyone reading those gripping opening pages without buying the whole book. Author Doolittle quickly establishes a likable, funny protagonist named Paul who is immediately plunged into a nightmarish scenario which threatens to destroy his life.

How a nice guy like this gets into such a horrible situation is half the story - how he gets out is the other half. Sprinkled throughout are Doolittle's wise and warm ruminations on academia, suburban life and surviving marriage. Some of these are genuinely moving and smart, and they give considerable depth to what might otherwise have been a more formulaic thriller.

Throughout Safer, Doolittle does a great job of raising the stakes and making Paul's situation more and more dire. Many times, you'll find yourself wondering "how's he gonna get through this?," and the suspense may keep you reading long past your bedtime.

So, why not a five star review? It turns out the what got Paul into this mess is a series of coincidences and conspiracies so complicated that they strain credibility. By the final face off between Paul and The Forces of Evil, I had lost track of exactly what role each of the bad guys played in his downfall.

Moreover, in saving himself, Paul takes risks and displays an investigative ingenuity that contradict his status as a relatable everyman. Is this guy a cerebral, somewhat timid teacher or a suburban James Bond? It gets a little hard to believe. If you're the kind of reader who can forgive a little inconsistency of character in service of a great ride, you'll love Safer. If you more of a purist, you may find yourself frustrated with Paul's increasingly daring and dangerous behavior.

Those small criticisms notwithstanding, Safer is an efficient and exciting page-turner that is better written than most of its contemporaries. Doolittle's powerful and literate prose offer many pleasures beyond the storytelling. It gets a little overblown at times, but too much ambition is always preferable to the mundanity of much of this genre. Bravo to Doolittle. I look forward to what comes next.

Scott Sherman, author,First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery

A Fizzle

An Ex-cop with a Fresh Spin

Paul's neighbor Roger who lives across the street takes the liberty of spying and keeping tabs (yes, files) on the neighbors but little does he know someone knows something about him. Roger has the dirt on those around him and manipulates it to the max, making stuff up to fit his needs. He's an ex-cop whom the community has come to trust making it all the more sinister.

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Title: The Little Sister

Author: Raymond Chandler

Narrator: Ed Bishop

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-09-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The case of a missing brother from some two-bit Kansas town didn't look like Marlowe's best shot at the big time. But pretty soon it turned out that this particular brother had the embarrassing habit of knowing guys who finished up on the wrong end of an ice-pick. Until, that is, he did too.

Members Reviews:

The Master at His Best

The writings of Raymond Chandler are among America's true cultural treasures. His well sculpted characters and twisting plots are what we have come to expect from him. However, it is Chandler's superb prose and wit that sets him apart and puts sparks on the page.. The dialog in a Chandler novel or short story is some of the best ever written by an American author. "The Little Sister " is excellent.

There is no room for nitpicking here. The man is a master.

Paul Sullivan

If you're a fan of Crime Noir - you have to read this!

Great story by one of the master's of the Crime Noir genre. Nice plot twist at the end that you just don't see coming.

A GREAT MYSTERY WRITER AWAITING YOUR REDISCOVERY!

They say that Phillip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther series, got his inspiration from Chandler. He did, plus. Why plus? The ice pick! You'll have to read them both to find out what I mean.

I started reading Chandler out of curiosity because of the comparisons reviewers of Kerr's books have made to Chandler's; simply put Chandler's books are wonderful, easy reading, very humorous at times and very suspenseful, as are Kerr's (with the possible exception of mass murder)! And Marlowe will always be Humphrey Bogart, a role he did in fact play in the original, 1946, The Big Sleep! And in fact, Bogey played very much the same character, but as Sam Spade, in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon!

Bahaman reads Chandler

Raymond Chandler is one of the greats and although it's dated, still fun to read.

I highly recommend

unpredictable and cool

So many zigs and zags in Raymond Chandler's plots, plus wacky, cool and intriguing characters.