Rene Barrera
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The Whisper Man
- By: Alex North
- Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,976
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,476
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,465
After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning, a new house, a new town. Featherbank. But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed "The Whisper Man," for he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night.
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3 out of 5 stars
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monotone
- By A. E. Smart on 09-05-19
- The Whisper Man
- By: Alex North
- Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston
Not a fan of celebrity narrators
Reviewed: 02-09-22
The overall story was great! Creepy but great! My only gripe is with the celebrity narrator. I guess I’ve been spoiled by others that really put an effort in the storytelling by really acting it out. They change their voice for each character. They really put emphasis on some of the words. But SOME of the celebrities I’ve heard don’t do that. Others do like Stephen Fry or Jim Dale, but here the good Doctor did fair. I will say the one time he DID change his voice freaked me the f*** out!!!
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The Truth About Melody Browne
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,939
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,582
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,568
When she was 9 years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, and it took all of her childhood memories with it. Now she's a single mother of a teenage boy living in Central London. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at 15, but she doesn't mind. She's better off on her own. She works as a dinner lady at her son's school and has no idea where her humdrum life is heading. But one summer's night, a hypnotist inadvertently unlocks memories of her childhood, and her whole life is turned upside down.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So much potential.....what a letdown!!!
- By Cheryl Coen on 11-15-20
- The Truth About Melody Browne
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
FANTASTIC!
Reviewed: 04-14-21
Loved it! Absolutely loved it! Once Melody starts having the flashbacks her story really takes off. Then when we learn the truth about her mother, my jaw was on the floor. And they way it all wrapped up in the end, some may say it was too cliche, but I thought it was perfect. Brilliant!!
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The Witch Hunter
- By: Max Seeck
- Narrated by: Cady McClain
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 81
A best-selling author’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of an empty dining table. Her most chilling feature - her face is frozen in a ghastly smile. At first it seems as though a deranged psychopath is reenacting the gruesome murders from the Witch Hunt trilogy, best sellers written by the victim’s husband. But investigator Jessica Niemi soon realizes she’s not looking for a single killer but rather for dozens of believers in a sinister form of witchcraft who know her every move and are always one step ahead.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Middle of the Road
- By Morgan Steele on 01-08-21
- The Witch Hunter
- By: Max Seeck
- Narrated by: Cady McClain
Great build up, not so great finish
Reviewed: 11-10-20
The story started off great. The opening scene reminded me of the beginning of the movie "Scream". A woman alone in a house with a killer outside. There is a "B story" throughout that I really couldn't figure out its meaning. The payoff isn't revealed until the end and even then I felt a bit underwhelmed. For me the ending sort of fizzled out. The mastermind behind it all had a huge monologue explaining everything but it just didn't drive it home for me. Maybe I was hoping for a bigger shoot-'em-up kind of ending. I will still recommend it to others and maybe they can understand the ending better than I could.
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Heaven, My Home
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 697
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 618
Nine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of rebuilding, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal blackmail to press her advantage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Stacie on 09-18-19
- Heaven, My Home
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
Before you listen to this one...
Reviewed: 09-07-20
you should really listen to the first book "Bluebird, Bluebird". The main story is about 25% of this book. The other 75% is dealing with the aftermath and fallout of the first one. The reason I started with this one is because my work is promoting it. One of the reviews said it can stand on it's own. I don't think so. I was so lost in the beginning and throughout most of the book, what with characters and relationships that were already in place I had no idea how they got there. If I had started with the first one I would have gotten a lot more enjoyment out of this one. Now that I know how it all ends I don't feel I have to listen to the first one.
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Sadie
- A Novel
- By: Courtney Summers
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,545
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,188
Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister, Mattie, in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. When West McCray - a radio personality working on a segment about forgotten towns in America - overhears Sadie's story, he becomes obsessed with finding the girl.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional Storytelling & A New Favorite
- By Vanessa on 10-21-18
- Sadie
- A Novel
- By: Courtney Summers
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, full cast
A podcast that is a book
Reviewed: 09-03-20
This is nothing short of phenomenal. It starts off as a podcast complete with intro music and background noises. It sounded so real it kind of gave me the creeps a bit. But the twist is hearing Sadie's story from her point of view spaced out between the "podcast episodes". Very well done. One of the best productions I've listened to in quite some time, if not ever. Highly recommend.
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Oona Out of Order
- A Novel
- By: Margarita Montimore
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,027
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,675
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,668
It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn 19, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her boyfriend? As the countdown to the New Year begins, Oona faints and awakens 32 years in the future in her 51-year-old body.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
- By M. Esposito on 03-02-20
- Oona Out of Order
- A Novel
- By: Margarita Montimore
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Oh oh Oona!!!
Reviewed: 08-31-20
I'm a sucker for a good time travel story, but this one blew me away.
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Walk the Wire
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,674
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,610
When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution—and now murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Baldacci Writes Another 5 Star Book!
- By shelley on 04-22-20
- Walk the Wire
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
Two world's collide!!! *SPOILERS*
Reviewed: 04-28-20
I have been looking forward to a new Amos Decker book for a while and this did not disappoint! I have ALSO been waiting for a new Will Robie book and boy was I surprised!!! I was so excited to hear Robie pop in like that. But the whole story was great. It was touching to hear about Decker's family when his BIL showed up.
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Reincarnation Blues
- A Novel
- By: Michael Poore
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,664
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,494
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,491
First we live. Then we die. And then...we get another try? Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to "get it right". Answer all the big questions. Achieve wisdom. And become one with everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profoundly Witty and Charming
- By averageconsumer on 09-13-17
- Reincarnation Blues
- A Novel
- By: Michael Poore
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Now THAT was fun!
Reviewed: 08-26-18
**Warning: there may be spoilers ahead**
After reading the brief synopsis, I decided to give it a try. A guy's been reincarnated thousands of times and STILL hasn't achieved perfection? He's in love with Death who goes by the name of Suzie. This sounded like fun...and I was right!! Milo's lives on Earth and his life in the afterlife are all intertwined in such an amazing way that I couldn't tell which story I wanted to follow. His relationship with Suzie was so beautiful that I couldn't wait for him to die on Earth so he could be with her again. But when they are separated from each other after Suzie quits, I stopped listening for a few days. I was so heartbroken they were torn apart that I didn't want to hear another word, because this way in my mind they are still there on the couch, reading the newspaper with their legs all twisted together. I almost started all over because I wanted to relive the good parts all over again. But I powered through and continued until the end. His last life, and her first, got really dark. I couldn't believe how horrible it was. I did like though, how she remembered who they were before he did. and I was really excited when he finally clicked on.
For me this was a nice change of pace from all the Baldacci and Meltzer I've been listening to. A breath of fresh air. I'm a visual thinker and I could see this as some sort of mini series on HBO or something like that. Or as a movie where I can see the last chapter like bumpers during the end credits. But it would have to end with the exact lines the book ended. That was... perfection.
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Memory Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30,895
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27,842
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27,731
Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not the usual production quality
- By Maris on 05-01-15
- Memory Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
It took awhile to get hooked...
Reviewed: 04-11-18
but once I found it, it hooked me good!!!
It took me a while to remember this was book one of the Amos Decker series. So with that it took a while for me to get hooked. But once it had its teeth in me, I was in for the long haul!
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The Escape Artist
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,928
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,307
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,276
Who is Nola Brown? Nola is a mystery. Nola is trouble. And Nola is supposed to be dead. Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not His Best
- By Amazon Customer on 03-10-18
- The Escape Artist
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, January LaVoy
The Escape Artist
Reviewed: 03-23-18
Wow! What an amazing book! I bought it last week and just couldn't stop! I was also excited to see one of my favorite narrators, Scott Brick. Along with January LaVoy, they did an amazing job. I will definitely be recommending this title.
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