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Title: Dissolution

Author: C. J. Sansom

Narrator: Anton Lesser

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-07

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege: a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic.

Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears and everything that he intrinsically believes.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful historical mystery

This audiobook was a wonderful experience. The story is absorbing and well-plotted. The characters, especially Matthew Shardlake, are beautifully drawn and believable. It is very difficult to balance historical authenticity and sympathetic characterisation. The main character's rather modern sensibilities and values are made more credible by his physical disability, which casts him as an outsider in Tudor London. For me, Sansom got it exactly right in that regard. I know nothing of the author's background, but I am convinced he is deeply knowledgeable about the period.

The setting is England during the reformation. The main character is committed to the new order and works for Cromwell. His beliefs and values are shaken by the implications of what happens in the course of the novel. I found the political and domestic intrigue very interesting and absorbing.

I loved the book, and the narrator is simply perfect. His voice, accent and characterisation all got it right. For me, it was the perfect form for the content. I love narrators who are able to suggest dialogue by opposite-sex characters without descending into parody - the deep grumble by a female narrator, or the embarrassing falsetto by the male narrator. Anton Lesser was able to give real depth and consistency to a whole raft of male, female, adult and adolescent characters.

I recommend this audiobook wholeheartedly.

intersting to know

Tudor mysteries are quite fascinating enough for me to keep reading even when there are so many esoteric words. Now looking forward to second book ^^

Best book I read this year

A great book , interesting , bring a vivid view of the 15 century and also a good detective book , I highly recommend

Another good one!

A good historical novel and the narrator was well suited to the tone of the book. Enjoyed it!

An entertaining historical mystery with depth

This is a wonderful series. Matthew Shardlake is an engaging character who is sympathetic to the modern reader/listener without ever becoming an anachronism. He has many of the same worries as any modern person nudging middle age; he?s relatively successful in his career yet increasingly questions the validity of the work he does and frets about the dubious ? not to say murderous ? activities of the people for whom he works. And, poor bloke, he?s looking for love. Shardlake inhabits an unremittingly hard, pitiless world in which his ?deformity? makes him an easy target for open hostility. Is it too simplistic an interpretation to say his disability offers a device by which he can more readily empathise with the pain, if not downright torment, of so many people in cruel Henry?s crumbling kingdom? Even if it is, it is subtly handled and never becomes too obvious.

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Title: The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud

Author: Julia Navarro

Narrator: James Langton

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A fire at the Cathedral of Turin and the discovery of a strangely mutilated body attract the attention of Italy¿s special Art Crimes Department. The fire is only the latest in a troubling series of arsons and break-ins at the cathedral, which houses what millions believe to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus Christ.

A cop as well as an art historian, department chief Marco Valoni leads a crack team of investigators in a race to solve a crime he's certain is about to shock the world. Someone is planning to steal the Holy Shroud, and Valoni's only suspect is currently serving out a sentence in a Turin prison. Following a trail from the earliest Christian communities to the highest councils of the Vatican and the boardrooms that rule the world, Valoni and his associates find themselves in the crossfire of an ancient conflict.

Translated by Andrew Hurley.

Members Reviews:

Biblical imagination extended to a modern relic

The novel is made up of a rather imaginative back story, no less an over the ages conflict to retrieve this spiritually endowed and much valued artifact, and as such readers of historical religious fiction should be enticed. The mystery of the Holy Shroud, the burial garment of Jesus Christ, and its authenticity has been challenged by scientists (the carbon dating examination) but it remains a contentious issue. While the author uses a rather cleaver idea, a leap of faith, to get around this troublesome matter towards the end of the book what makes for an interesting read is the use of biblically inspired events and characters as well as Christian oriented historical figures that find themselves intertwined with the shroud. As with any book that mixes what some take as fact and others as fabrication the reader has to be careful as perhaps the reversal is true. Conjecture maybe more real than what is generally accepted as accurate or just perhaps it all just a made up legend to invoke spiritual inspiration.

The interlinked section of the book that takes place today is not as well written as the historic chapters. Plus the book ends rather abruptly with the modern characters that were given much time to be developed seemingly fading away and presumably to be resurrected in the next installment. They deserve the closure offered the historical personalities if they were to have any merit to begin with.

Putting aide these issues readers should know that what maybe a bit problematics is that the original edition was in Spanish and when translated into English a number of idioms, phrases and words do not always carry the same connotation no less meaning. It is also difficult to follow all the names of the parties to the story especially when the Templars enter the picture. Having first read the authorâs second book, The Clay Bible, which is better translated and contains fewer characters, I was not prepared for these bumps. I can only assume however that her second book, given the success of the first, was geared to a larger global language audience with greater attention to alleviate these matters.

The Knight Templars' dedication to keep the shroud hidden is amazing. They suffer greatly to fulfill their mission

The story line gives information the normal reader has never heard about. The Knight Templars' dedication to keep the shroud

hidden is amazing. They suffer greatly to fulfill their mission.

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Title: Piece of my Heart

Author: Peter Robinson

Narrator: Geoff Annis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-06

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Yorkshire 1969. At a rock concert a murdered woman is found in a sleeping bag. The detective assigned to the case, Stanley Chadwick, is hard-headed and strait-laced. He could not have less in common with long-haired hippies. But he has a murder to solve, and it looks as if the victim was somehow associated with the up-and-coming band the Mad Hatters. In the present, Inspector Alan Banks is investigating the murder of a journalist who was working on a feature about the Mad Hatters. This is not the first time the aging rock superstars have been brushed by tragedy. Banks finds he has to delve into the past to find out exactly what hornets' nest the journalists stirred up.

©2006 Eastvale Enterprises, Inc; (P)2006 W F Howes Ltd

Members Reviews:

Piece of my heart

I really liked listening to this book. Very nostalgic!

well worth a listen

really enjoyed this book. well read. liked the reader's voice. some voices can really annoy. i could relate to the time of the first murder & i enjoyed the authors description of whitby. a place i love. i didnt hear any 'glaring' gaffs as one reader did. but i guess it's possible. i'll definately look out for more books by this author

A Really Good Listen!

Thoroughly enjoyable crime thriller, made all the more enjoyable if you grew up in the 60's, like me, and can identify with some of the musical references of the time. The switching between the present day and 1969 investigations works well, and inspite of DI Banks and his colleagues being established serial fictional characters, the author doesn't stint on developing the 60's characters in the story. This was my first DI Bank's novel and it made me thirsty for more, although unfortunately the are are no other unabridged audios. Shame!

Good reading but can see the date problem

I am thoroughly enjoying this. It is well read and a gripping story.

I can, however see Russell's problem. The 1969 bits are dated but the modern ones aren't. There is always a clue but unless you are familiar with the characters you might not spot them and there is no discernable gap between the different plot strands.

Have to admit I didn't spot any obvious errors

Very good.

An excellent story and read extreamly well. The story switches between the present day and events in the late 60's.

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Title: A Case to Answer

Author: Margaret Yorke

Narrator: Celia Montague

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The day that Jerry Hunt met Charlotte Frost was the day he decided to go straight. Jerry had been running a successful scam with his friend Pete, but something in Charlotte's smile made him take stock of his activities. He'd been to prison once and, Jerry decided, he wasn't going there again. In many ways, Charlotte, too, would like to pull away from her past.

©2000 Margaret Yorke

Critic Reviews:

"Another finely crafted psychological thriller....This is a work of impressive quality in the genteel English tradition." (Publishers Weekly)

"Taut, suspenseful, cunningly plotted, and filled with human drama and compelling characters, Yorke's latest proves that, even after 42 books, her writing is as fresh as ever." (Booklist)

"Yorke handles the minutiae of daily existence with meticulous care, and Celia Montague's impressive performance provides just the right flourish for this piece of literary scrimshaw." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

One of her better efforts -- there's almost a sweetness to it that is unusual for a Yorke novel.

While not quite her equal in terms of dynamic prose, Margaret Yorke occupies the same general literary territory as Ruth Rendell, in three distinct ways: 1) she regularly tells stories about regular, everyday people, largely of the middle classes, who get caught up in some kind of situation that thrusts them down unexpected avenues, frustrations, and challenges, 2) she really takes you inside the heads of those characters, making her books much more novelistic and less about violent or "thrilling" incidents than the interior life of those everyday people, and 3) she has a straightforward, efficiently unadorned prose style, with a sense of calm objectivity rather than showy writing or meta-ironies or sarcasm or snarky humor. It is a relatively passive prose voice, as she describes matter-of-factly but sympathetically what motivates her characters.

I really enjoyed this novel as I eventually felt very invested in the characters. The plot, such as it is, unfolds very slowly, and yet we are gradually drawn into the story's sense of feeding out various threads which, as they intersect, weave a specific texture around these various slightly flawed but generally sympathetic characters that we've grown to care about.

Often her novels are imbued with a sense of potential hopelessness or a feeling of "no way out" for the main characters. This one is different somehow, slightly more upbeat and with enough "good people" in the cast to generate a bit of optimism more often than typically expected from this author. It has more to say about families and teenagers and familial tensions than it does about crime.

Understated

I have always liked Margaret Yorke's books, even though I haven't liked them all equally. When she's good, she's great; when she's not so good, she's about average. I would put this one in her "second tier," in that it's not one of her best, but it's also not one of her worst.

A CASE TO ANSWER is more "novel" than it is mystery, suspense, or thriller, and that's primarily because the plot is not intense. A young troubled woman comes to stay with her step-grandmother and meets up with a local teenager who's been on the wrong side of the law but is trying to clean up his act.

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Title: Divine Evil

Author: Nora Roberts

Narrator: Kate Firth

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-04

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 36 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Emmitsboro sheriff Cameron Rafferty never forgot Clare, the girl he'd loved from afar while they were both still in high school. And as Clare settles in, they form a bond that grows stronger by the day. But the past Clare has come to lay to rest has risen up with vengeance, rocking the town in the form of a brutal murder.

As the investigation gets under way, it's clear the death is linked to something very sinister, something plainly connected with Clare's return. As the sheriff, Cameron is charged with solving the case. As a man, he'll stop at nothing to protect Clare even as she sets out on her own investigation. Together they'll learn that true evil can linger anywhere, even in those you love and trust the most. But it's a discovery that may come too late to save either of them.

Members Reviews:

Good Story Don't Get the Abridged Book

I really enjoy Nora Roberts and most of her books. This was not an exception. It was a great story, spooky and a fun listen. Unfortunatly, I know that the abridged version left to much out. Roberts books are usually full in detail and very easy to follow the abridged book seemed to jump and left me confused more then her books normally do. Listen to the book but get the unabridged version.

Not bad but not great

Pretty good story was great for walking with my iPod but not a story you couldn't put down.

Great Book

This was one of Nora's finer books - well written and certainly kept my interest!

Don't Read

What disappointed you about Divine Evil?

Devil Worshiping and RAPE!!

Would you ever listen to anything by Nora Roberts again?

If it's the same content NEVER!!!

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kate Firth?

No One

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

NO

Any additional comments?

This is not the kind of trash I would ever read. I sent it back. EVIL IS NOT DIVINE!!

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Title: Raveling

Author: Peter Moore Smith

Narrator: Eric Stoltz

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-00

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 59 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

I am Pilot James Airie, a diagnosed schizophrenic. James David Airie, a retired pilot, is my father. Hannah MacLeish Airie, a physical therapist, is my mother. Eric Richard Airie, a neurosurgeon, is my older brother. Twenty years ago, Fiona May Airie, my little sister, disappeared. You might say it caused our family to unravel. It would happen to any family. But now I think all the unraveling is finally over, and it's to time to try and ravel everything back...

©2000 by Peter Moore Smith, All Rights Reserved, (P) and ©2000 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing

Critic Reviews:

"Listeners will know this is no ordinary mystery...Stoltz lends to this audiobook the vocal finesse of a surgeon." (AudioFile)

"Holds you long after the final page." (David Baldacci)

"Chilling...absolutely terrific." (James Patterson)

Members Reviews:

Not bad at all

I found this book to be entertaining. The pacing was well structured and kept the reader rapt for the next revealing clue about the mystery of Fiona. The psychiatrist's behavior was uncharacteristic of any psychiatrist I have known, but maybe the character just wasn't a very good psychiatrist...

A compliment to Eric Stoltz, his narraction was superb, comforting and yet a little spooky when it needed to be. And being that the character's voices sounded similar added to the feeling that the main character was totally confused.

Surely this wasn't the best book in the world, but I enjoyed the time I spent listening to it.

Keeps you guessing

The author does a very good job of character development and plot design. I agree that the actions of the psycologist were atypical but beyond that I found the story very captivating. The plot twists and turns and like a good mystery it keeps you guessing all the way. I would like to see more of this author at Audible.

Surprisingly Good!

Wow. I was really caught off guard by this book. It was surprisingly good! The author Peter Moore Smith did a great job keeping me guessing throughout the entire story. He's a really good storyteller. And Eric Stolz did a magnificent job narrating as well. Well done Gentlemen! If you are a fan of audilble books then you must add this one to your collection.

Couldn't stop listening

Very well written, lyrical, and utterly absorbing. A murder mystery with much, much more to recommend it. Begin with a first-person omniscient narrator and go on from there.

Haunting

I wasn't sure I would like this book, but I started listening and found myself hopelessly entwined in the characters and in the unfolding mystery. I enjoyed the narration; he was perfect for this book. It is something of a haunting book, leaving you to wonder about the nature of nature of human beings and their capabilities for evil.

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Title: The Hades Factor

Subtitle: A Covert-One Novel

Author: Robert Ludlum, Gayle Lynds

Narrator: Joseph Campanella

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-21-00

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Hardly knowing where to turn or whom to trust, Smith assembles a ragtag private team to aid him in his search for the truth behind the deadly virus - a quest that will lead them to the highest levels and darkest corners of the globe.

Members Reviews:

Great story horrible narration.

The story was great!

The narration by Joseph Campanella was horrible. He spoke with a soft voice throughout the whole story. I it was very annoying.

Very good

If you like Ludlum you will like this. Reasonably well paced and a good story; complex but understandable.

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Title: Operation Nexus One

Subtitle: The Relic Hunters, Book 2

Author: P.W. Child, Matthew King

Narrator: Mikael Naramore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-15

Publisher: Heiken Marketing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Archaeologist Mark Lockheed is back in D.C., living the quiet life, not looking for any more adventure. He doesn't know that adventure isn't done with him yet. His old friend's darkest secret, a Greek myth come to life, and an old nemesis are all waiting to draw him into an unforgettable and dangerous journey...all the way to the bottom of the ocean.

Operation Nexus One leads the listener on a roller coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, Operation Nexus One is a thrilling listen for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue.

A word from the author: Hello and thank you for your interest in my book. It has come to my attention that some people have been mistaking my books for those written by the famous author duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. This is not the case. I wish to clarify that I am not, by any means, related to Douglas Preston or Lincoln Child, Lee Child, or any other author called Preston Child. I hope this clears up the confusion.

Members Reviews:

Interesting

This book was interesting, but I judge books partly on how easy they are to put down and how much I want to skip parts and get to something that isn't dragging as much. I hate to admit for me I was able to put this one was pretty easy to put down and seemed to drag some as I was trying to reach the end. I'm not sure if I needed a little more adventure or if it wasn't developed enough in quite the way I wanted. I've bought all the books in the Relic Hunters and in the Order of the Pheonix by this author as they came in a set and am debating whether to wait and finish them later - and come back to them... I had tried to take a break and come back after reading a couple other books, but still had the same reaction.

I do think this book will appeal to some readers, but my favorites include Clive Cusslers and a few other authors that seem to have a little more adventure that I find easier to follow and harder to put down.

a good read, really enjoyed the story but the end ...

Yes, a good read, really enjoyed the story but the end came to quickly and I felt cheated. Big build up of a mini sub called Nexus one, I think the sub starred in only a couple of paragraphs in the middle of the story when the three young ones were hiding from the gas in the warehouse, no follow up with that one, one minute they are climbing into the sub in the warehouse next thing they are in the house having tea ! The other time it was mentioned was right at the end of the novel, and here as wel, just a couple of paragraphs.lWho were the baddies trying to kidnapp the Professor on their ship . Why? Who was behind that one. The ship that turned to gold and sunk, when it sunk so did that story line. I am afraid it left me with a lot of unanswered questions that would have made the story a lot more interesting and easier to recommend to others. I had to go back at the end to see if I had lost half the book, but no the page numbers tallied.

Very disappointing . I kept reading, waiting for the real action to begin.

I feel like I have been tricked by some sort of slight of hand into reading what I was led to believe was the writing of two of my favorite authors.

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Title: Rupert of Hentzau

Author: Anthony Hope

Narrator: Peter Newcombe Joyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: Assembled Stories

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Anthony Hope was constrained to return to the fictional land of Ruritania by an appreciative public who wanted more swashbuckling and derring-do from the hero Rudolph and more Machiavellian moustache twirling from the suave villain Rupert.

The author came up with a literary construction which ensured he would never again have to visit fictional Ruritania - but nothing he subsequently wrote appealed as much as the two Zenda stories.

In the sequel it is the loyal courtier Fritz von Tarlenheim who recounts this story of a dastardly plot made upon Queen Flavia's honour, and again the Royal Elphberg line is threatened. Colonel Sapt and all the stalwarts are there, apart from the thuggish Black Michael, and good riddance to him!

It's a great love story with lots of action and devious deception by both the good and the bad. Listen and enjoy a marvellous tale full of intrigue, romance and incomparable adventure.

Members Reviews:

Classic style a truly unique tale

I wish all high school students had a chance to explore the wonders of a great tale of friendship,love and patriots.

I will tell fellow readers of this second book, I didn't know existed.

and I was glad to have done it

I had read "The Heart of Princess Osra" and "The Prisoner of Zenda" before reading this one, and I was glad to have done it, as it gave me the feel for Hope's style and characterization. One really needs to have read "The Prisoner of Zenda" first in order to get the background of this book.

It is a fun read, reminiscent of the Three Musketeers and other action loaded works with a romantic flair. All--in-all, a good read.

Rupert a Downer

Loved Zenda. Let Down by Rupert. There is no honor in putting your friends at risk to preserve YOUR honor. That is Pride, one of the deadly sins, although the most respectable of the seven. I can see why Rupert of Hentzau does not get the same attention as Prisoner of Zenda.

Prisoner of Zenda's Well-Written Cousin!

A cousin of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and a delight! Style of the time - first person adventure, fun read, and exciting. Definitely worth a read along with Prisoner!

Excellent book and delightful condition

Excellent book and delightful condition. Hope tells a simple enough story with many unexpected twists along the way. Definitely a fun read!

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Title: The Spider #2: The Wheel of Death

Author: R.T.M. Scott

Narrator: Nick Santa Maria

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Here and there throughout the city, good citizens died suddenly - of natural causes - and were forgotten. Others - men of character and position - took their own lives. And the madhouses were getting more than their rightful share of the cities great! None but the Spider hunted down and finally at bay, sensed the creeping, ghastly threat that dogged the footsteps of seven million people!

In his second recorded case, criminologist Richard Wentworth again assumes the avenging personality of the Spider - among other guides - in order to uncover the truth behind an audacious scheme to drive insane Manhattan's elite. But to what fell purpose?