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Pretty Girls
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward, Robert G Slade
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,043
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,034
The compelling new standalone novel from the Sunday Times number-one best-selling author of Unseen and Cop Town. With a missing girl in the news, Claire Scott can’t help but be reminded of her sister, who disappeared 20 years ago in a mystery that was never solved. But when Claire begins to learn the truth about her sister, nothing will ever be the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nope
- By moi79 on 18-07-15
- Pretty Girls
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward, Robert G Slade
Karen's pushes all my buttons...
Reviewed: 20-10-15
....hats off to this writer! She truly covers all the angles. My next buy will be Karen again and that isn't regular for me-it's just a relief knowing I will have more hours of believable fiction :) Cheesy I know...but its like knowing your favourite ice creams always in the freezer!!!
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
- Continuing Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Series, Book 4
- By: David Lagercrantz, George Goulding - translator
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,437
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,085
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,091
Mikael Blomkvist is contacted by renowned scientist Professor Balder. Fearing for his life, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story. More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker. It seems that Lisbeth Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters that will soon bring terror to the streets of Stockholm, the Millennium team....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Oh Dear!
- By mollyeyre on 05-09-15
- The Girl in the Spider's Web
- Continuing Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Series, Book 4
- By: David Lagercrantz, George Goulding - translator
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Fantastic
Reviewed: 20-10-15
This take over from a different author totally nailed it and I was riveted the whole way through! I'm very impressed!!
The narrator of course helped bring the characters into their usual footing...I'm thrilled to know millennium continues X
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The Dropper
- By: Ron McLarty
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
After the death of his mother, Albert "Shoe" Horn is left to provide for his alcoholic father and look after his younger brother Bobby - a teenager with the mind of a child. After Shoe inadvertently kills a man in a fight, he must try to balance the need to protect his brother and his desire to protect himself. Shoe's story unfolds against the 1922 union strikes in England, as he must choose between living his father's life, with his brother, or a new life in America, alone.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hmmmmm :?
- By SuzD on 14-08-15
- The Dropper
- By: Ron McLarty
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
Hmmmmm :?
Reviewed: 14-08-15
I love Ron as a narrator...I've read so many of his books. So when I saw he'd written one, I thought; good for you and bought it straight away!
I begin with the fact that I couldn't finish it...my bad, but gosh it was brutal! Even as a narrator he didn't kick it-and that's a first from me.
I think perhaps I'll try and simply read it-but the audio certainly wasn't digestible for me! Still love his voice though :))
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The Troubled Man
- An Inspector Wallander Mystery
- By: Henning Mankell
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
Every morning Håkan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter’s day he fails to come home. It seems that he has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case, as Håkan’s son is engaged to his daughter.... The return of Kurt Wallander, for his final case, confirms Henning Mankell’s position as the king of crime writing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good story, well read, but....
- By Mrs H on 15-07-11
- The Troubled Man
- An Inspector Wallander Mystery
- By: Henning Mankell
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Great story
Reviewed: 11-04-14
Would you listen to The Troubled Man again? Why?
I really enjoyed thisIt was well paced and quietly thrillingI'm of a sudden a Mankell fan :)
Have you listened to any of Sean Barrett’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I often pick a book because it's Barrett reading
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Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,869
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,605
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,590
The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Intense Hour
- By Simon on 15-10-15
- Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: David Suchet
Brutal
Reviewed: 11-04-14
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
A meaningless tale
Wish audible picked something worthwhile when treating their clients to a freebie :(
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Suchet was the only part of it that made it digestible
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad?
Personally I would have filled it out
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The Woodcutter
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,662
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,907
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,888
Wolf Hadda's life was a fairytale - successful businessman and adored husband. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, Wolf retreats into silence. Seven years later Wolf begins to talk to the prison psychiatrist and receives parole to return home. But there's a mysterious period in Wolf's past when he was known as the Woodcutter. Now the Woodcutter is back, looking for truth and revenge...
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Woodcutter
- By jackie Hammond on 23-05-11
- The Woodcutter
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
I loved this book
Reviewed: 11-04-14
If you could sum up The Woodcutter in three words, what would they be?
It was a quiet tale of how easy it is to fall Great characterRetributionEntertaining
What about Jonathan Keeble’s performance did you like?
The narrator got the woodcutter to a teeGruff and growling...I wanted to meet the main character
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Dogs bite
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Zero Day
- John Puller, Book 1
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,640
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,373
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,370
John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, but now resides in a nursing home far from his battlefield glory. Puller’s older brother, also a military vet, is serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Puller is called out to a remote, rural area far from any military outpost to investigate into the brutal murder of a family....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beware loud music
- By Marcia on 02-01-12
- Zero Day
- John Puller, Book 1
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
Yet another great read
Reviewed: 05-02-14
If you could sum up Zero Day: John Puller, Book 1 in three words, what would they be?
Baldacci introduces all the necessary ingredients to produce the perfect entertainment...and then there's the narrator that delivers the gold! Impressed all the way and can't wait for the next one :)
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Once
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 542
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Story4 out of 5 stars 495
Upon a time. Remember the faery stories you were told as a child? Tales of tiny, magical, winged beings and elves, wicked witches and goblins. Demons... What if one day you found they were true? What if, when you became an adult, you discovered they were all based on fact? What if you met the fantasy and it was all so very real? That's what happened to Thom Kindred. The wonders were revealed to him – but so were the horrors; for not far behind the Good, there always lurks the Bad.
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1 out of 5 stars
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WTAF - Do yourself a favour and don't bother
- By Elena on 15-01-20
- Once
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
I was really disappointed
Reviewed: 05-02-14
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I love a good ghost/fantasy story and the last book I read by Herbert I thoroughly enjoyed :) But this was just sex...to the point that if you took the 'passion' out, there really wasn't much left! I only finished the read because the narrator had quality! The setting and characters were strong and enjoyable...it was a shame they were all blurred out by 'passion'!
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Sycamore Row
- Jake Brigance, Book 2
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,401
Fight them, Mr Brigance. To the bitter end. We must prevail. In the long-awaited successor to the novel that launched his phenomenal career, John Grisham brings us the powerful sequel to A Time to Kill. As filled with twists as it is with legal mastery, Sycamore Row proves beyond doubt that John Grisham is in a league of his own. Jake Brigance has never met Seth Hubbard, or even heard of him, until the old man's suicide note names him attorney for his estate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vintage Grisham
- By Kirstine on 21-11-13
- Sycamore Row
- Jake Brigance, Book 2
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Intricate
Reviewed: 19-12-13
What did you like most about Sycamore Row?
It reminded me of a modern justification of to kill a mocking bird
What did you like best about this story?
Law is not my strong point, but Grisham saled me through it leaving no confusion
Have you listened to any of Michael Beck’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I loved Becks slant on the characters
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It gave me a sense of satisfaction and hope for the human race
Any additional comments?
Grishams not everyone's cup of tea but he's certainly good at what he does
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Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,768
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,095
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,090
A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great story & brilliantly narrated
- By Tom on 14-08-09
- Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Hmmm!
Reviewed: 12-10-13
Would you try another book written by Jim Butcher or narrated by James Marsters?
I think the narrator was ok?....but it's like the mike he used was super sensitive and I could hear every swallow(he swallows allllllot) and breath-every single one! It was very off putting :) I liked the story...perhaps the next book I'll listen to the audio snippet firth though :)
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