C. Mclain
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Mother Dear
- A Thriller
- By: Nova Lee Maier, Jozef van der Voort - translator
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 467
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Story4 out of 5 stars 416
Helen lives a decent, uncomplicated life. Satisfied in her career, she’s raising three happy teenagers, and her family has the most envied house on the street. Admittedly, she’s growing just a little disenchanted with her marriage to her workaholic husband, Werner. But that’s nothing she can’t fix. For disaffected, young petty criminals Ralf and Brian, it was a scheme to make some cash: a quick home invasion. The targets they’ve chosen are Helen and Werner. Just as planned, Brian disappears into Helen and Werner’s house. And he never comes out again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story albeit far fetched
- By Awesome person on 08-02-19
- Mother Dear
- A Thriller
- By: Nova Lee Maier, Jozef van der Voort - translator
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
Predictable
Reviewed: 01-26-23
The Story was mediocre. The narration was sometimes over dramatic. Not the worst book, just fair.
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Her Last Day
- Jessie Cole, Book 1
- By: T.R. Ragan
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,538
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,142
Ten years ago, PI Jessie Cole and reporter Ben Morrison each suffered a tragedy that changed their lives - and now these two strangers are about to share a nightmare. For Jessie, who makes her living finding missing persons, no case has consumed her more than the disappearance of her younger sister, Sophie. But left alone to raise Sophie's daughter, she realizes that solving the case has become an unhealthy obsession.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another hit from T R Ragan!!!!
- By shelley on 10-26-17
- Her Last Day
- Jessie Cole, Book 1
- By: T.R. Ragan
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Rough narration
Reviewed: 05-25-21
The book is good, the narration is difficult to tolerate. Spoken too mechanically with excessive pronunciation.
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The Secret She Kept
- By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Patricia Floyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 631
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 564
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 559
How far will you go to save someone you love and trust when they’ve kept a dangerous secret for years? That’s the question facing Lance Kingston, a successful Houston magazine executive whose recent marriage to beautiful, high-powered attorney Tia Jiles seemed to promise a bright future for both of them. But under the surface, a fierce and frightening storm was brewing. That’s because Tia never revealed to Lance what she and her family have known since Tia was 17....
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5 out of 5 stars
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indenial
- By JALAYNE on 10-31-13
- The Secret She Kept
- By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Patricia Floyd
Deep
Reviewed: 01-17-18
Deep. Enlightening. I couldn’t stop listening. I’m sure almost everyone knows someone who could be this if not themselves
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The Innocent: A Novel
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,636
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,363
Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career.... It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable: He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.
Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a 14-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story Is OK. Performance, Not So Much.
- By Bill on 08-23-15
- The Innocent: A Novel
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
Time well spent
Reviewed: 11-27-17
The Story was good. The characters were well built. Performances were great. The music was unnecessary and a little distracting. I would recommend
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Bright Side
- By: Kim Holden
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne, Lidia Dornet
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,235
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,065
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,054
Kate Sedgwick's life has been anything but typical. She's endured hardship and tragedy, but throughout it all she remains happy and optimistic (there's a reason her best friend, Gus, calls her Bright Side). Kate is strong willed, funny, smart, and musically gifted. She's also never believed in love. So when Kate leaves San Diego to attend college in the small town of Grant, Minnesota, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with Keller Banks.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I know my rating will get hate mail
- By Misty Walker on 10-05-15
- Bright Side
- By: Kim Holden
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne, Lidia Dornet
Can't let go
Reviewed: 08-06-17
What made the experience of listening to Bright Side the most enjoyable?
The Characters were so rich I can't let them go. It's been more than a week since I finished the book and I am still thinking about it constantly. Yes it's sad but I would listen again and again. The second book, Gus, helped erase the sadness and see the greatness.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Too many to choose just one. Obviously Kate and Gus are the top two.
What does Roger Wayne and Lidia Dornet bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Lidia Dornet is fabulous! I will listen to just about any book that she narrates.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Live epic
Any additional comments?
The overall experience would have been a little better had the Lidia performed all the female characters. Roger Wayne was a great narrator but sounded too old for the character he played. The book made me want to hear the music from Rook :)
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The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,841
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,990
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,942
Living on her family’s gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteen-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure ...One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest son, Theo, has vanished without a trace.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed the writing, but oy vey, this book
- By Jennifer S on 12-28-18
- The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Much better than expected
Reviewed: 06-21-17
I will listen to just about anything narrated by Carolyn Lee. I was expecting the story to be just good but was very pleasantly surprised.
Just when I thought I knew the answers another twist.
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