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Demon Copperhead
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
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This is the tale of Demon Copperhead: our hero. A boy with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-coloured hair, bucket-loads of charm and a talent or two the world is yet to discover. Born to a teenaged single mother in a single wide trailer, life is not set fair for Demon as he escorts us on this, his journey through the modern perils of foster care, athletic success and addiction, the dizzying highs of true love, and the crushing losses that can accompany it.
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Best Kingsolver book by far
- By Wayne Phillips on 11-09-22
- Demon Copperhead
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Didn’t get past the first chapter
Reviewed: 02-06-23
If the storyline was self-pitying the accent was worse. Wish I could get a refund
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The Prisoner
- A John Wells Novel, Book 11
- By: Alex Berenson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Evidence is mounting that someone high up in the CIA is doing the unthinkable - passing messages to ISIS, alerting them to planned operations. Finding out the mole's identity without alerting him, however, will be very hard, and to accomplish it Wells will have to do something he thought he'd left behind forever. He will have to reassume his former identity as an al Qaeda jihadi, get captured, and go undercover to befriend an ISIS prisoner in a secret Bulgarian prison.
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Another Winner from Berenson
- By Snoodely on 02-04-17
- The Prisoner
- A John Wells Novel, Book 11
- By: Alex Berenson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Predictable
Reviewed: 02-02-23
Not his finest book, but a good time-filler, nonetheless. The “breathless” performance held no nuance
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The Beekeeper's Promise
- By: Fiona Valpy
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s story, a story that could change the course of her summer - and her life. In 1938, Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Château Bellevue. In its shadow she meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first time, daring to hope that a happy future awaits.
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I would read it from the book- not the audible
- By Deborah on 12-04-18
- The Beekeeper's Promise
- By: Fiona Valpy
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
Predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable
Reviewed: 12-24-22
I do wish that, should a book require a bilingual narrator, one would be provided. It can be very grating on the ear, otherwise. However, I enjoyed the story very much, especially with the current war in Ukraine in mind.
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The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
- By: Sarah Steele
- Narrated by: Natalie Pela
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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France, 1942. At the end of the day, the schoolteacher releases her pupils. She checks they have their identity passes and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied France from Free France. As the little ones fly across the border and into their mothers' arms, she breathes a sigh of relief. No one is safe now. Not even the children.
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Great book
- By Sybil Brown on 08-21-21
- The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
- By: Sarah Steele
- Narrated by: Natalie Pela
Entrancing story
Reviewed: 07-29-22
The take is captivating. The raconteuse’s French accent is another thing, but it failed to destroy a delightful story.
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The Other Woman
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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From Daniel Silva, the number one New York Times best-selling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal. She was his best-kept secret....
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Not typical of Daniel Silva!
- By Wayne on 07-18-18
- The Other Woman
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
A disappointing read
Reviewed: 04-04-19
The plot was predictable, with the “bad guys” being obvious from early on.
The narrator was particularly poor. His phraseology was frequently incorrect and he read both too quickly and with an annoyingly repeated intonal pattern.
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The Tuscan Child
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Katy Sobey
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal. Nearly 30 years later, Hugo's estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to arrange her father's funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In it is a startling revelation.
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Knocked this one out of the park
- By Anne on 02-22-18
- The Tuscan Child
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Katy Sobey
Good story, shame about the female narrator.
Reviewed: 06-18-18
Katy sobey has so little variation in her presentation that she runs the risk of making an otherwise good story monotonous.
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The Locksmith's Daughter
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Karen Brooks
- Length: 22 hrs and 21 mins
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What if the key to your heart lies in your enemy's hands? In a world where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear. Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London's master locksmith. For her there is no lock too elaborate, no secret too well kept. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster and protector of Queen Elizabeth - the last of the Tudor monarchs - and her realm, is quick to realise Mallory's talent and draws her into his world of intrigue, danger and deception.
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Can we have better female protagonists?
- By Jennifer Olson on 04-30-17
- The Locksmith's Daughter
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Karen Brooks
Spoilt by the ponderous narration
Reviewed: 06-21-17
I thoroughly enjoyed Brooks' "The Brewer's Tale", but this narration was all earnestness and no light.
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