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Shuggie Bain
- De: Douglas Stuart
- Narrado por: Angus King
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Jennifer Lawson en 03-06-21
- Shuggie Bain
- De: Douglas Stuart
- Narrado por: Angus King
Outstanding!
Revisado: 01-28-24
The most authentic telling of tough poor working class lives in the 70s and 80s you will ever find. Recognised so much of my own younger years several thousand miles away. The most moving book I have read in decades. Thank you.
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The Dead Drink First
- De: Dale Maharidge
- Narrado por: Dale Maharidge
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19,838
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17,899
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17,871
Dale Maharidge’s father, like many World War II veterans, never talked about “the good war”. There was just one clue to his dad’s experience as a US Marine - a portrait with a close friend that hung permanently in their home. In The Dead Drink First, Dale, now a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recounts his 18-year quest to find and repatriate the missing remains of his dad’s buddy, Herman Walter Mulligan, 73 years after he was killed in action.
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5 out of 5 stars
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read it even if it's not your usual genre
- De Kindle Customer en 06-07-19
- The Dead Drink First
- De: Dale Maharidge
- Narrado por: Dale Maharidge
Immense!
Revisado: 06-21-19
If you listen to one story this year, make it this one. You WILL be moved. Family matters, so do friends and comrades.
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Hope to Die
- DS Nathan Cody, Book 2
- De: David Jackson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 431
On a bitterly cold winter's night, Liverpool is left stunned by a brutal murder in the grounds of the city's Anglican Cathedral. A killer is on the loose, driven by a chilling rage. Put on the case, DS Nathan Cody is quickly stumped. Wherever he digs, the victim seems to be almost angelic - no one has a bad word to say, let alone a motive for such a violent murder. And Cody has other things on his mind, too.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm Hooked
- De Ted en 01-07-18
- Hope to Die
- DS Nathan Cody, Book 2
- De: David Jackson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
A different kind of detective.
Revisado: 01-16-18
First off, great series, clever story lines, believable characters, really well narrated. Read the first book first.
The kicker, though, is Nathan Cody, the main character. Complex, flawed, vulnerable in ways that set his character apart and thoroughly decent.
The author has established a line of tension around Cody’s circumstances unrelated to the cases that make up each book which leaves one always wanting more.
Well worth the read.
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The Bourbon Thief
- De: Tiffany Reisz
- Narrado por: Kim Staunton
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 285
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 267
When Cooper McQueen wakes up from a night with a beautiful stranger, it's to discover he's been robbed. The only item stolen: a million-dollar bottle of bourbon. The thief, a mysterious woman named Paris, claims the bottle is rightfully hers. After all, the label itself says it's property of the Maddox family, who owned and operated Red Thread Bourbon distillery since the last days of the Civil War, until the company went out of business for reasons no one knows...no one except Paris.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed Feelings
- De Lia en 04-26-17
- The Bourbon Thief
- De: Tiffany Reisz
- Narrado por: Kim Staunton
Unexpected Delight.
Revisado: 07-15-16
I bought this book on recommendation and immediately wondered whether I'd made a mistake. I hadn't.
Epic, simultaneously old-fashioned and daring, beautifully read. Paris Shelby will captivate you as the seductive narrator, but it's Tamara you'll remember v
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Killings
- Bino Phillips, Book 3
- De: A. W. Gray
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Bino Phillips has seen his share of crime-fighting, but nothing has prepared him for the desperate search for a serial killer stalking the streets of Dallas - a serial killer that has more than the usual thirst for blood. One woman has been found, the blood sucked from her body. She and a friend, who remains missing, were to be key witnesses in Bino's defense of a young coed dealer. Now Bino finds himself in a sudden race against death, especially when the killer gets personal and targets Bino's secretary as his next victim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Police Work, Clever Banter and Funny as Hell
- De Chip Atkinson en 01-15-15
- Killings
- Bino Phillips, Book 3
- De: A. W. Gray
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Bino Rules.
Revisado: 05-17-15
This is the 3rd book in the series and I have enjoyed them all. Quirky, well read, clever. Well worth the while.
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Dead Girl Walking
- De: Chris Brookmyre
- Narrado por: Angus King, Kate Bracken, Various
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Famous, beautiful, and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then one day she simply vanishes. Jack Parlabane has lost everything. A call from an old friend offers a chance for redemption--but only if he can find out what happened to Heike. From Berlin to Barcelona, from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands, Parlabane must find out what happened before it's too late, all while the walls are closing in...
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5 out of 5 stars
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"There's stubborn and there's positively ...
- De Norma Miles en 05-16-22
- Dead Girl Walking
- De: Chris Brookmyre
- Narrado por: Angus King, Kate Bracken, Various
Brookmyre rules.
Revisado: 03-09-15
You may miss some of his earlier over the top humour, but the more serious Chris B is an increasingly accomplished writer of really good thrillers. Well plotted, well read. Highly recommended.
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A Song for the Dying
- De: Stuart MacBride
- Narrado por: Ian Hanmore
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 231
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 205
A heart-stopping crime thriller from the author of three consecutive No. 1 bestsellers, including Birthdays for the Dead and the DI Logan McRae series. He's back... Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man' murdered four women and left three more in critical condition - all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. And then the killer just … disappeared. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MacBride knocks it out of the park.
- De 6catz en 01-22-14
- A Song for the Dying
- De: Stuart MacBride
- Narrado por: Ian Hanmore
MacBride at his brutal best.
Revisado: 02-05-15
Beautifully read, very clever. Read Birthdays for the Dead first. Not for the faint hearted. Ash Henderson is one of a kind
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All the Things You Are
- De: Declan Hughes
- Narrado por: William Hope
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 15
About to turn 40, there’s no doubt in her mind that suburban wife and mother-of-two Claire Taylor has settled. A wild week in Chicago may have shaken things up a bit, but as she turns the key in her Wisconsin home on the eve of Hallowe’en, she knows that this is where her life is. Except that it’s all gone. The house stripped, her husband Danny, her daughters, all gone: no message, nothing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hughes in America.
- De Anonymous User en 01-01-15
- All the Things You Are
- De: Declan Hughes
- Narrado por: William Hope
Hughes in America.
Revisado: 01-01-15
Very different from the previous books by Declan Hughes I've read. If you can suspend your disbelief at the coincidences necessary to make the storyline work, this venture into the disrupted lives of a seemingly ordinary American family has a lot going for it. Beautifully read it has more twists and surprises than is decent, well developed characters and an underlying ever present tension line that kept me listening well after my usual bedtime.
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Kafka on the Shore
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Duración: 19 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,292
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,538
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,535
Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at 15, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Meandering--what was in those brownies..
- De Mel en 05-09-12
- Kafka on the Shore
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
Murakami is even better than many people think
Revisado: 06-27-14
What did you love best about Kafka on the Shore?
Everything. Funny, challenging, suspenseful, magical, gripping.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Kafka on the Shore?
The slaughter of the cats. Not a favourite moment, but a memorable one.
What about Sean Barrett and Oliver Le Sueur ’s performance did you like?
Their pacing is superb.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Nothing is at it seems.
Any additional comments?
If you haven't discovered Murakami, you should.
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When the Devil Drives
- De: Chris Brookmyre
- Narrado por: Sarah Barron
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Private investigator Jasmine Shar has been hired to find Tessa Garrion, a young woman who has vanished without trace. What begins as a simple search awakens a malevolence that has lain dormant for three decades. As Jasmine uncovers a hidden history of sex, drugs, ritualism, and murder, she realises she may need a little help from the dark side herself if she's going to get to the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a classic Brookmyre, but a solid one
- De Alexandra en 07-30-12
- When the Devil Drives
- De: Chris Brookmyre
- Narrado por: Sarah Barron
Better than ever.
Revisado: 08-26-12
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. Devilishly clever plot, great characters, wonderfully read.
What did you like best about this story?
The multi-layered texture with which Brookmyre takes one under the skin of contemporary Scotland. The way it weaves different strands together to make a not-too-neat whole.
Which scene was your favorite?
Probably the one where Jasmine takes the last train home. The shooting scene at the Lodge was also in contention.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The ending. And the torching of Jasmine's car.
Any additional comments?
Brookmyre seems to have found a second breath if not an entirely new voice - thankfully. The anarchy, black humour and surprising insights are all there, and in Jasmine Sharp and the other companion characters he has created a pond in which I suspect he'll play for some time.
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