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Circles in the Snow
- De: Patrick F. McManus
- Narrado por: Peter Coleman
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, has dealt with small-town crime throughout his long, storied career. Now, contemplating retirement after years on the job, Tully is faced with perhaps his most perplexing case yet. When area bald eagles start getting picked off by a ghost-like killer, and when a prominent local rancher is murdered by an arrow with eagle fletching, things gets complicated fast. In this fast-paced whodunit, Tully has a vast array of suspects to choose from, including the rancher's gorgeous, bird-loving wife, who mysteriously leaves for a ranch in Mexico the day of the murder.
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Still Good, But Not Great
- De Daryl en 09-27-14
- Circles in the Snow
- De: Patrick F. McManus
- Narrado por: Peter Coleman
catchy but credible
Revisado: 02-09-25
Rugged but nice guy sheriff does the right things in this highly readable novel whose characters are solidly believable.
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Fire in Broken Water (A Small Town Police Procedural Set in the American Southwest )
- The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series, Book 3
- De: Lakota Grace
- Narrado por: Amy Otteson
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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“Dispute in progress, lethal weapons involved.” Deputy Pegasus Quincy takes the call to resolve violence on a Friesian horse ranch in Arizona. Intent on his own personal vendetta, partner Shepherd Malone refuses to declare a murder in a fatal fire at the ranch. Peg unwisely circumvents the law to investigate anyway. Two families feuding over water rights, a Gypsy clan suspected of drug dealing, and a blackmailer on the loose, all lead Pegasus astray on her quest to find the killer in a desert mountain town beset by flash floods and arsenic-laced creeks.
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Great Rural Police Procedural
- De John Parken en 09-30-22
- Fire in Broken Water (A Small Town Police Procedural Set in the American Southwest )
- The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series, Book 3
- De: Lakota Grace
- Narrado por: Amy Otteson
Great Rural Police Procedural
Revisado: 09-30-22
I am a ardent fan of Police Procedurals and seek those that focus on the detective, deductions, and investigations rather than the personal faults and concerns of the characters. In other words, I do not like "cozies.' This author writes a finely detailed, highly credible story that fits perfectly in its rural setting. There is no suspension of belief needed to feel these events actually happened. The protagonist is likeable, well-meaning, and dedicated if somewhat of a novice on the job yet believably handles a complex murder case.
Personally, I did not feel that the Reader displayed the usual level of professionalism to which I have grown accustomed in Audible's books. That was especially true during the first few chapters. While I realize it could be that I grew accustomed to her voice characteristics after a number of pages, I believe that the Reader was actually learning as she went and indeed objectively improved. Early on in particular, her intonation and tone were sometimes flat or almost without expression, which is something that happens when a reader is pronouncing the words as they are read rather than reading with the eyes a word or two beyond what is actually being spoken, a hard to learn skill that also improves pacing and phrasing. That the Reader's voice has some unusual characteristics is not in and of itself necessarily a detriment, because the reader becomes the voice of the character, whose manner of speaking simply becomes that of the reader..
Another oddity is that while this book "Fire" was presented as the first in a series, the story told in this book clearly takes place after the events recounted in the book described as the second, "Blood in Tavasci Marsh.". For example, the protagonist is already a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) in this book, but is "promoted" to that position in the "Marsh" book and the Reader's performance in "Marsh" is much better than in "Fire," suggesting that maybe "Marsh" is the first in the series but was recorded after "Fire."
Anyway, both were well worth the read and I will be purchasing more because they are right up there with the Posada County series by Steve Havhill, which is my all-time favorite in this genre.
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The Western Star
- De: Craig Johnson
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Sheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts him with a photograph of 25 armed men standing in front of a Challenger steam locomotive. It takes him back to when, fresh from the battlefields of Vietnam, then-deputy Walt accompanied his mentor Lucian to the annual Wyoming Sheriff's Association junket held on the excursion train known as the Western Star, which ran the length of Wyoming from Cheyenne to Evanston and back.
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Tired
- De Electic Chef en 10-09-17
- The Western Star
- De: Craig Johnson
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Great Author and Reader, BUT Confusing FlashBacks
Revisado: 09-30-22
The storyline and concept are excellent and creative with almost SteamPunk qualities. The reader is excellent and a favorite. Sadly, somehow the points at which the plot jumps back and forth in time are not clearly conveyed to the listener. The result is a feeling of confusion that stressed and frustrated me to the point that I did not get the enjoyment that I expected from this usually outstanding writer-reader team and a very promising story concept.
Perhaps in printed form, some change in font or layout signal the point at which past becomes present and then switches back. But without change of pace, tone of voice, or any other method of signaling those switches, I was repeatedly became confused and then had to decide if I had missed or misunderstood something or the point-in-time had shifted. Admittedly, I don't just sit and listen, I listen while I drive, hike, or work in my woodshop -- all things that wouldn't be possible if I was reading; however, that is the primary reason that I buy audio books. I was very disappointed.
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The Ruin
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget - until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prove it. Cormac Reilly is the detective assigned with the re-investigation of a seemingly accidental overdose 20 years ago - the overdose of Jack and Maude's drug-and-alcohol-addled mother. Reilly is under increasing pressure to charge Maude for murder when his colleague Danny uncovers new evidence....
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Exceptional Debut
- De Louanne en 07-18-18
- The Ruin
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
good setting with creative ideas, but ...
Revisado: 02-25-22
lacks focus. depends on incredible coincidence. plot wanders from main story mode than I care for.
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