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James Baldwin

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Good story until the last third

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-26-25

Over-reached a little in the last part and the ending was fairly obvious. Other than that, a solid entry in the Standing series.

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Great compilation of early Spider Shepherd stories

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-02-25

Definitely Stephen Leather, but with a hint of Andy McNab and Chris Ryan (nothing wrong there). Some nice Easter eggs and back story to the man he would become and how he got there. Only criticism is the short stories included should be listed in the description. They are: Natural Selection, Narrow Escape, Warning Order, Hostile Territory, Rough Diamonds, Personal Protection, Friendly Fire, Dead Drop, Kill Zone.

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Good performances and production, weak story

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-14-24

Tries too hard with the early and late twists. Not enough time was spent building one of the key characters to make them a real anti-hero. The final twist was too awkwardly done and way too many bad decisions were made by supposedly intelligent people.

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Enjoyable and encyclopaedic English football whodunnit

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-13-24

I’ve read a lot of Philip Kerr and this was almost as enjoyable as the early Bernie Gunther novels. Will definitely be doing the full set.

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Not as strong as Hail Mary or the Martian,

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-19-24

Actors don’t always make good audiobook readers. Some of the accents were incredibly poor and distracting, but overall a serviceable performance.

The story was much more of a traditional heist with a bit of science thrown in. Philip Kerr’s The Second Angel covers similar ground a little better (if you can find it).

Nowhere near as engaging as The Martian or Hail Mary and quite a short listen.

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An uptick for the Nate Shepherd series

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-20-24

A similar “rapid wrap up” to the last one that might have been more interesting had it leaned in 2-3 chapter earlier. That being said, it did what it needed to do. A couple of the long-term characters had minor developments but would have been nice to see some of them move along a little more.

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The flashback stories make a solid change

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-17-24

Captured the era and feelings in Germany at the time well. The ending was a nice change as well.

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Strong performances, tight writing, pedestrian story,

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-02-22

I like both Ballard and Bosch as characters and have read/listened to the back catalog of both. Story wise, this is a little pedestrian and very linear. There are no surprises or interesting complications, the story just goes from A to B. Had there been a little more character development or the introduction of solid supporting characters that would have been fine, but this is 50% Bosch, 40% Ballard and 10% bystanders.
I can decide if it’s an attempt to set up the Cold Case squad as a TV show or just a filler to justify the continuing partnership.
Anyway, performances were all top notch and the writing was tight, it was just let down by the weak story progression and there were a couple of holes I couldn’t see past (a solid detective would be well aware of the holes in her case when they are that large).

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Solid Connelly Book

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-06-22

I like Ballard as a character and the smaller Bosch role works well to counterpoint and move the story. The semi-twist was fairly obvious 2/3 of the way through, but it doesn’t spoil the ending. Christine Lakin’s narration was spot on (as was Titus in his guest role). I liked the small role of Covid in the book, most media from this period seems to avoid it or make it front row. Here it felt natural. Now we just need a Cassie Black return.

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Weak script, great production

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-04-21

Painfully obvious from an hour in. Only the performances kept me going. Strong production and sound engineering.

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