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Sucker Bet
- De: James Swain
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
Tony Valentine is a retired Atlantic City cop and a master hunter of casino cheats, or "grifters." He has the talent to spot cheats over a casino's surveillance cameras from the moment they come off the street and begin to take a part in the action. Valentine IDs his prey and moves in for the kill.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and entertaining
- De James en 06-11-04
- Sucker Bet
- De: James Swain
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
Interesting and entertaining
Revisado: 06-11-04
Swain's books have gotten consistently better as his voice has developed and the character of Tony Valentine has established itself. Loaded Dice is well worth the price of admission.
All the things that were pretty good in the first two novels are now great. The pacing is terrific, and the information on casino cheating and on gambling rings with the voice of experience. If you want a mystery that has a different flavor, Swain's books may be the answer.
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The Vanished Man
- A Lincoln Rhyme Novel
- De: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
It begins at the prestigious music school in New York City. A killer flees the scene of a homicide and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. When the scream rings out, followed by a gunshot, they break down the door. The room is empty...and it's up to Lincoln Rhyme to find the man dubbed "the conjurer".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Truly a terrible book.
- De BogKid en 04-17-03
- The Vanished Man
- A Lincoln Rhyme Novel
- De: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
suffer the listeners. . .
Revisado: 05-08-04
Some books don't abridge well, some do. I don't know if this one would, but this version is, simply put, awful.
This is by far a terrific reading of an awful abridging of a book. I had to borrow (not wanting to throw good money after bad) the novel to see just how poorly this version was cut. Important plot and character development seem to have been willy nilly taken out, and the work as a whole suffers for it. Seemingly unrelated events pop up unexpectedly in what seems an amateurish manner. Deaver's writing deserves far better.
The reader, though,was great, I thought. I enjoyed a good performance of what was in effect a horrible script. If the unabridged version is ever released, try it, but don't waste money or a credit on this version. An editor somewhere at Simon & Schuster needs a new career.
Don't get this one.
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