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The Maltese Iguana
- A Novel
- De: Tim Dorsey
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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After a long and arduous COVID-19 quarantine, Serge A. Storms is fully vaccinated and ready to hit the road. Along with his condo neighbors, he cooks up a wild plan to celebrate in true Serge fashion: each week, they rent a shuttle van and head out for funky Florida road trips and some serious revelry.
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worst voice for serge ever
- De oxbowfarm38 en 03-11-23
- The Maltese Iguana
- A Novel
- De: Tim Dorsey
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
Entertaining, not his best
Revisado: 09-27-24
I’ve read several Dorsey books and as a Floridian, enjoyed them all. This was my first Dorsey audio book. The narration did not make it for me. He sounded like David Brinkley reading the news in the 70s. His voice for Serge was cartoonish, reminded me of Ricochet Rabbit. Maybe that’s how Dorsey wanted it read, but didn’t match what I thought Serge should sound like. That said, the Coleman voice and others were spot on.
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A Murder to Remember
- De: Brynn Kelly
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Max Roll
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American guest to join him in drinking his way through the estate’s priceless wine collection. But when they wake in his bed the next morning, they’re convinced that in their drunken haze they witnessed a murder. Problem is, the body has vanished and no one believes them.
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Fun rom-com mystery
- De C. Wright en 03-01-24
- A Murder to Remember
- De: Brynn Kelly
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Max Roll
A bit predictable
Revisado: 05-12-24
A twist on a murder mystery, since the act was not witnessed and the victim was unknown. Beyond that, it was a bit predictable as to whodunit and how things would end up. Very heavy on the feels and very quick on the wrap up. Narrators were pretty good and dealt with the material well.
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The Fireground
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Ben Chapple, Harriet Gordon-Anderson
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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Flynn was only a teenager when her parents were killed in a terrible accident. Too young to lose her parents, too young to take on responsibility for her younger sister Kaiya, too young to protect Kaiya from the harshness of their new lives in the following years. Desperate to help her sister, Flynn reaches out to Willa Tomlinson, a grief counsellor renowned for helping her patients cope with profound loss. Under Willa’s influence and care, Kaiya finally seems to turn a corner, joining the climate action collective that Willa leads.
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Just what I needed
- De Grape_Ape en 12-11-23
- The Fireground
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Ben Chapple, Harriet Gordon-Anderson
OK, just not her best
Revisado: 01-06-24
As a fan of Dervla’s writing, I jumped on this when it was available in Audible Plus. It felt like she couldn’t decide who the main protagonist would be, but finally settled on Noah. Or maybe she had to fulfill a commitment to a publisher and pounded this one out and hurried the ending. It’s a decent story, but one I feel she could have developed better. There were flashes of her A game, but just not up to the standards she’s set for herself. The performances were good.
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Complacency
- One Man's Story
- De: Edward Minyard
- Narrado por: Nick Cracknell
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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Complacency exposes the perils of disregarding current global events and underestimating potential threats, drawing from his experiences in emergency management and cybersecurity to create an unforgettable tale that illuminates both preparedness and inaction - leaving listeners with an intimate knowledge of the potentially devastating repercussions of becoming complacent in an ever-changing, ever-more volatile world.
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Fiction or early warning? You decide.
- De K en 10-09-23
- Complacency
- One Man's Story
- De: Edward Minyard
- Narrado por: Nick Cracknell
Fiction or early warning? You decide.
Revisado: 10-09-23
Full disclosure, I have known the author for many years, but that only serves to inform my review, not tilt it. Ed Minyard provides an all too plausible story of how it may very well come to be that "the defecation hits the oscillating rotor" (a pure Minyardism). He writes with equal portions of experience, expertise, insight and imagination... and the imagination part is pretty well informed.
Complacency turns out to be a two-part tale. First, of how a well-planned and devastating series of attacks against the US is planned, carried out and reacted to. Second, of the stark reality of societal breakdown in a post-disaster reality. The overarching lesson here is in the title: complacency (as opposed to wise preparedness) severely deprecates your ability to survive any disaster.
As I finished this novel, the least complacent society on the planet, Israel, was caught off guard in an operation that contained many of the elements that Minyard warns about. It only serves to underscore Ed's warning and message. Beyond hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and solar flares, there are bad actors who want to create havoc or worse for their enemies. They are already among us in numbers that are sphincter-tightening. Live in denial and be complacent at your own peril.
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You
- De: Caroline Kepnes
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: she's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and sexy beyond his wildest dreams. Joe needs to have her, and he'll stop at nothing to do so. As he begins to insinuate himself into her life - her friendships, her email, her phone - she can’t resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom-made for her. So when her boyfriend, Benji, mysteriously disappears, Beck and Joe fall into a tumultuous affair. But there's more to Beck than her oh-so-perfect façade.
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Wow. This. Book.
- De Em en 07-17-15
- You
- De: Caroline Kepnes
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
Amazing
Revisado: 08-20-23
Chilling, creepy, funny and engaging. Kepnes spins a first person tale of sociopathy, and there are several sociopaths to encounter. Fontana is so good it is scary.
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A Cool Breeze on the Underground
- De: Don Winslow
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on the streets of New York, usually on the wrong side of the law. Then he met a P.I. who introduced him to the Bank, an exclusive institution with a sideline in keeping its wealthy clients happy and out of trouble. They pay Neal's college tuition, and Neal gets an education that can't be found in any textbook, from learning how to trail a suspect to mastering the proper way to search a room. Now it's payback time.
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A Great Read
- De Cody en 05-18-15
- A Cool Breeze on the Underground
- De: Don Winslow
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Good story, great narration
Revisado: 01-31-23
My first Winslow book, and I enjoyed it. Joe Barrett is excellent, his accents and voices are terrific and add to the enjoyment. Good character development and a few surprises. We’ll get the next book in the series.
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True Believer
- A Novel (Terminal List, Book 2)
- De: Jack Carr
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skill, cunning, and heroism put the US government back in his debt and set him on another path of revenge.
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The BEST book I've heard this year!!!!
- De shelley en 07-31-19
- True Believer
- A Novel (Terminal List, Book 2)
- De: Jack Carr
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Great follow up
Revisado: 11-30-22
A very fine second story from Jack Carr. The redactions are not as distracting as others have indicated. A lot of attention to detail and backstories helps the listener understand the characters. Ray Porter terrific as always, despite mispronouncing Beaufort. His nuance and character voices are top shelf.
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The Coroner’s Lunch
- The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 1
- De: Colin Cotterill
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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Laos, 1975: The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled.
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Something a little different
- De We4Williams en 11-22-11
- The Coroner’s Lunch
- The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 1
- De: Colin Cotterill
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
Have to love the protagonist
Revisado: 06-11-22
This one starts a bit slow, with the narrator’s monotone making it feel slower, but it builds momentum as it builds the characters and the plot. A little cynicism here, a little mysticism there, and you have an engaging formula. A good listen with a few parallels to the world we live in today. I’d bet you could name a few chicken counters you’ve come across or read about.
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Traitor
- Wasteland, Book 2
- De: Devon C. Ford
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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Quinn, now keeping unexpected company, returns to Jackson to find his friends had been and gone. Facing a choice of north or south – of home or unfamiliar territory – he has to make the tough call and deal with the consequences. Rivera and Valentina are in Helena, where they struggle to tell allies from enemies.
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great
- De Anonymous User en 02-17-22
- Traitor
- Wasteland, Book 2
- De: Devon C. Ford
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
DCF + RCB = Awesome
Revisado: 03-24-22
A great continuation of the Wasteland story. Ford is a master of pace and has added more than a few belly laughs, usually when Quinn is the storyteller. Kudos to the author! Can’t say enough about RC Bray’s performance. He is as good as it gets. The 2 minutes of his bloopers at the end only serve to remind us that he is actually fallible! Without providing any spoilers, I was not really surprised by the outcome, but anxiously await the third installment.
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The Case
- De: Edward Minyard
- Narrado por: Matt Hicks
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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Undercover - it can be a nasty business. Constantly meeting new people is always interesting. Realizing that you may need to send them to prison - or kill them - adds a whole different flavor. Rob Anderson knows his job. And he loves his work. It’s all he has, really. No family to speak of. No "significant other" - though many "insignificant others" tend to come and go. Rob likes it like that. No baggage. Great memories. Not-so-great memories. All part of the tapestry that makes up the life of Rob Anderson.
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Thoroughly Enjoyed this book
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-22
- The Case
- De: Edward Minyard
- Narrado por: Matt Hicks
Great first effort
Revisado: 02-17-22
Ed Minyard tells a tale that stretches across 25 years and thousands of miles as he follows the career arc of the protagonist, Rob Anderson. It is Anderson’s integrity, calm and persistence versus the evil and corruption of the bad guys. His ability to deliver violence as necessary certainly exceeds that of the, much to the glee of this reader, though it is ho-hum to Anderson, who is well in touch with his capabilities.
The story is based upon a real life unsolved double murder and weaves in post-Katrina New Orleans, and sketchy actors in positions of public trust.
This reads like a very personal story, and one senses that a walk down a dark alley with Mr. Minyard at your side would feel very safe indeed. Give it a listen!
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