- Domestic Thrillers (1,488)
Bestsellers
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11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Maybe Jake Epping can....
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I Owe Stephen King An Apology
- By Kelly - Write Well Academy on 04-16-12
By: Stephen King
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The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
By: Kate Quinn
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Red Star Falling
- By: Steve Berry, Grant Blackwood - contributor
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the waning days of the Cold War, Luke Daniels embarks on a quest in search of the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible—the unlikely key to ending a looming threat orbiting two hundred miles above the earth.
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Great book
- By Greg Young on 06-21-24
By: Steve Berry, and others
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Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist....
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A must for fans of The Da Vinci Code
- By Geoffrey on 04-14-04
By: Dan Brown
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The Goddess of Warsaw
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Barr
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break....
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Absolutely fantastic novel!
- By steph on 06-25-24
By: Lisa Barr
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The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins....
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I was really waiting for this book!
- By Firebolt on 09-20-20
By: Ken Follett
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11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Maybe Jake Epping can....
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I Owe Stephen King An Apology
- By Kelly - Write Well Academy on 04-16-12
By: Stephen King
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The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
By: Kate Quinn
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Red Star Falling
- By: Steve Berry, Grant Blackwood - contributor
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the waning days of the Cold War, Luke Daniels embarks on a quest in search of the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible—the unlikely key to ending a looming threat orbiting two hundred miles above the earth.
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Great book
- By Greg Young on 06-21-24
By: Steve Berry, and others
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Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist....
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A must for fans of The Da Vinci Code
- By Geoffrey on 04-14-04
By: Dan Brown
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The Goddess of Warsaw
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Barr
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break....
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Absolutely fantastic novel!
- By steph on 06-25-24
By: Lisa Barr
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The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins....
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I was really waiting for this book!
- By Firebolt on 09-20-20
By: Ken Follett
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Sherlock Holmes Investigates
- By: Susan Knight
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A dazzling collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories, which sees the detective solving fiendish crimes, many involving methods beloved of Victorian murderers, poison by arsenic or cyanide, or even by venomous arachnids and reptiles....
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Excellent set of short stories
- By Chris S on 01-02-24
By: Susan Knight
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Small Mercies
- A Novel
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River—an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history....
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Sadly these streets are my home…
- By shipyardjay on 05-10-23
By: Dennis Lehane
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Shanghai
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Kanon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business.
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History in digestible form
- By Rena on 06-30-24
By: Joseph Kanon
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The Lost Symbol
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling - a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes and unseen truths...all under the watchful eye of a terrifying villain....
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In love with books again
- By Paul on 01-31-10
By: Dan Brown
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Pirate Latitudes
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it....
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Cheesiest book of all time
- By Randall on 04-11-10
By: Michael Crichton
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The Secret Hours
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service “to investigate historical over-reaching.” Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer....
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Just about perfect
- By June Lapidow on 09-28-23
By: Mick Herron
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Dragon Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Sherri Crichton
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Two paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars....
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Exceptional Surprise!
- By Roman on 06-05-17
By: Michael Crichton
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The Atlas Maneuver
- By: Steve Berry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines....
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Old fan of Berry, back for Bitcoin, loved it!
- By Roderic Rinehart on 02-23-24
By: Steve Berry
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Noble House
- The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong: The Asian Saga, Book 5
- By: James Clavell
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 54 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic novel of espionage, betrayal and turbulence in 1960s Hong Kong by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell....
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Poor narrator
- By Scott Sheppard on 02-20-19
By: James Clavell
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One Good Deed
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of don'ts....
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Superior Historical Crime novel!!
- By shelley on 07-24-19
By: David Baldacci
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Jackdaws
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, Colin Stinton
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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D-Day is approaching. They don’t know where or when, but the Germans know it’ll be soon, and for Felicity "Flick" Clariet, the stakes have never been higher....
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Disappointing
- By vxdvxn on 10-25-10
By: Ken Follett
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My Father's House
- Rome Escape Line, Book 1
- By: Joseph O'Connor
- Narrated by: Barry Barnes, Stephen Hogan, Barnaby Edwards, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war’s outcome is far from certain....
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Interminable
- By Stanner on 03-11-23
By: Joseph O'Connor
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A Killing on the Hill
- A Thriller
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Robert Dugoni
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest mystery. It’s the kind of story that can make a reporter’s career. If he lives to write about it....
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The narrator
- By Jo on 05-11-24
By: Robert Dugoni
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Dream Town
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted by an acquaintance of Callahan’s: Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter in dire straits....
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Wow! Old Hollywood at it’s peak…
- By shelley on 04-21-22
By: David Baldacci
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Murder on the French Riviera
- A Miss Underhay Mystery, Book 16
- By: Helena Dixon
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Late spring, 1936. As Kitty Underhay steps onto the sun-drenched station platform in Nice, on orders from Whitehall to track down a missing man, she hopes there will still be time to lie by the pool, preferably with a cocktail in hand.
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Enjoyed it!
- By Janet M. on 06-26-24
By: Helena Dixon
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A Gambling Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting new thriller from number-one New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci....
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PI Aloysius Archer moves to California
- By Wayne on 04-21-21
By: David Baldacci
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King Rat
- The Epic Novel of War and Survival
- By: James Clavell
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The time is World War II. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in Japanese-occupied territory....
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Lord of the Flies; Lord of the Rats. One Together
- By J.B. on 08-12-16
By: James Clavell
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A Wreath of Red Roses
- Heathcliff Lennox Investigates
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Barton-Regis is without an heir, the last Lord died, leaving 6 illegitimate off-spring. Only one can inherit, and they must vie for it according to the task of the Talents....
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BEST Narrator EVER!!!
- By Bren on 12-21-23
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- George Smiley, Book 3
- By: John Le Carré
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s the early 1960s, and the newly built Berlin Wall looms large. British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, caught in its shadow, feels the chill all too keenly: the preceding years have seen nearly every member of his Berlin spy network either murdered or captured.
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Loved the theme of "cold."
- By OverRunByDogs on 06-07-24
By: John Le Carré
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The Wealth of Shadows
- A Novel
- By: Graham Moore
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy in this historical thriller based on a true story, from the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night....
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Good historical novel.
- By Buckorama on 06-24-24
By: Graham Moore
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Call for the Dead
- George Smiley, Book 1
- By: John Le Carré
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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After an unremarkable interview, Circus agent George Smiley determines the subject of a standard security check—a civil servant in the Foreign Office named Samuel Fennan—poses no threat, nor presents any reason for suspicion of espionage. Hours later, Samuel Fennan is found dead by suicide.
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Help
- By Anonymous User on 06-24-24
By: John Le Carré
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Tombland
- By: C.J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 37 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation....
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Great book- download in parts
- By Oh Good Grief on 02-11-19
By: C.J. Sansom
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The Terror
- A Novel
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage....
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Very good then, NOT
- By Randall on 07-24-18
By: Dan Simmons
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The Little House
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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It was easy for Elizabeth. She married the man she loved, bore him two children and made a home for him which was the envy of their friends. It was harder for Ruth. She married Elizabeth’s son and then found that, somehow, she could never quite measure up....
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Great job, Phillipa!
- By Ellis on 01-21-24
By: Philippa Gregory
New releases
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Louvre Escape
- An Archaeological Thriller
- By: Dave Bartell
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Ancient secrets. Hidden danger. A lost masterpiece. Darwin Lacroix seeks a tranquil year in Paris guest lecturing at the esteemed École du Louvre, but fate has other plans. Beneath the museum's grandeur lie secrets of a murky past. A clandestine group formed in the Age of Enlightenment secretly controls the collections. During the wars, its unscrupulous curators conspired to squirrel away booty, cutting out the rightful owners. Billions in art: bought and sold for private gain. When French authorities pressure Darwin to expose the group’s dark agenda, he pushes back. But he soon ...
By: Dave Bartell
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Blood of the Sons
- A Mafia Crime Thriller
- By: Vincent B Davis II
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Family, Violence, Revenge New York City, 1930 The crime families that run New York are at war. Power struggles and ancient vendettas threaten to destroy the lives of anyone involved in the Big Apple’s underworld. And the Consentino family is caught right in the middle. Sonny and his twin brothers, Vico and Enzo, are still searching for the man who killed their father. And they’ll stop at nothing to get answers. But the war threatens not only their lives, but the relationships with those they love the most. Will they continue the hunt for vengeance if it means losing everything? From ...
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Sins of the Father
- A Mafia Thriller
- By: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Family, Violence, and Revenge New York City, 1928 From Sicily to Manhattan, violence seems to follow the Consentino clan. They’ve led a powerful and influential Mafia Borgata for generations, but when trouble with another family begins to develop, Alonzo Consentino must make an impossible decision.In an attempt to save his children from a life of crime and violence, Alonzo sets sail with his family for The Promised Land: America. But peace and safety don’t follow them for long. Will Alonzo be able to forget his past and create a new life, or will old habits die hard? Will his boys be ...
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Black Gold
- By: A. Jay Collins
- Narrated by: Hadi Rock Hajjar
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In the years following the end of the Shah’s dynasty, a major petrochemical refinery is being constructed in northern Iran by the Islamic Regime. While this is good for Iran, it’s not so good for the West. Enter the Organization for Reorganizing Business (ORB), led by Murray Stockman. ORB sends their senior field operative, Matthew Black, into Iran to “fix” the refinery problem. But this won’t be an easy task.
By: A. Jay Collins
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Secrets of Rose Briar Hall
- By: Kelsey James
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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1908, Long Island: For Millie Turner, the young wife of a powerful New York stockbroker, Rose Briar Hall—a gleaming edifice of white marble on the North Shore—is more than a home. Every detail speaks of Charles Turner's wealth, and its interior is testament to Millie's sophistication. All that's left is to prove her worthiness to be his bride. What better way than to throw a grand party for New York's social elite? After painstaking planning, the night of the event arrives and all is perfection—until Millie wakes to a cold, eerily quiet house, and a gray cloud where her memory should be.
By: Kelsey James
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Shanghai
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Kanon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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After the violence of Kristallnacht (1938), European Jews, now desperate to emigrate, found the consular doors of the world closed to them. Only one port required no entry visa: Shanghai, a self-governing Western trading enclave in what was technically Chinese territory, a political anomaly that became an escape hatch—if you were lucky enough to afford a ticket on one of the great Lloyd liners sailing to the East and safety.
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History in digestible form
- By Rena on 06-30-24
By: Joseph Kanon
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Louvre Escape
- An Archaeological Thriller
- By: Dave Bartell
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Ancient secrets. Hidden danger. A lost masterpiece. Darwin Lacroix seeks a tranquil year in Paris guest lecturing at the esteemed École du Louvre, but fate has other plans. Beneath the museum's grandeur lie secrets of a murky past. A clandestine group formed in the Age of Enlightenment secretly controls the collections. During the wars, its unscrupulous curators conspired to squirrel away booty, cutting out the rightful owners. Billions in art: bought and sold for private gain. When French authorities pressure Darwin to expose the group’s dark agenda, he pushes back. But he soon ...
By: Dave Bartell
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Blood of the Sons
- A Mafia Crime Thriller
- By: Vincent B Davis II
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Family, Violence, Revenge New York City, 1930 The crime families that run New York are at war. Power struggles and ancient vendettas threaten to destroy the lives of anyone involved in the Big Apple’s underworld. And the Consentino family is caught right in the middle. Sonny and his twin brothers, Vico and Enzo, are still searching for the man who killed their father. And they’ll stop at nothing to get answers. But the war threatens not only their lives, but the relationships with those they love the most. Will they continue the hunt for vengeance if it means losing everything? From ...
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Sins of the Father
- A Mafia Thriller
- By: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Family, Violence, and Revenge New York City, 1928 From Sicily to Manhattan, violence seems to follow the Consentino clan. They’ve led a powerful and influential Mafia Borgata for generations, but when trouble with another family begins to develop, Alonzo Consentino must make an impossible decision.In an attempt to save his children from a life of crime and violence, Alonzo sets sail with his family for The Promised Land: America. But peace and safety don’t follow them for long. Will Alonzo be able to forget his past and create a new life, or will old habits die hard? Will his boys be ...
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Black Gold
- By: A. Jay Collins
- Narrated by: Hadi Rock Hajjar
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In the years following the end of the Shah’s dynasty, a major petrochemical refinery is being constructed in northern Iran by the Islamic Regime. While this is good for Iran, it’s not so good for the West. Enter the Organization for Reorganizing Business (ORB), led by Murray Stockman. ORB sends their senior field operative, Matthew Black, into Iran to “fix” the refinery problem. But this won’t be an easy task.
By: A. Jay Collins
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Secrets of Rose Briar Hall
- By: Kelsey James
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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1908, Long Island: For Millie Turner, the young wife of a powerful New York stockbroker, Rose Briar Hall—a gleaming edifice of white marble on the North Shore—is more than a home. Every detail speaks of Charles Turner's wealth, and its interior is testament to Millie's sophistication. All that's left is to prove her worthiness to be his bride. What better way than to throw a grand party for New York's social elite? After painstaking planning, the night of the event arrives and all is perfection—until Millie wakes to a cold, eerily quiet house, and a gray cloud where her memory should be.
By: Kelsey James
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Shanghai
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Kanon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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After the violence of Kristallnacht (1938), European Jews, now desperate to emigrate, found the consular doors of the world closed to them. Only one port required no entry visa: Shanghai, a self-governing Western trading enclave in what was technically Chinese territory, a political anomaly that became an escape hatch—if you were lucky enough to afford a ticket on one of the great Lloyd liners sailing to the East and safety.
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History in digestible form
- By Rena on 06-30-24
By: Joseph Kanon
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Some Murders in Berlin
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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September 1943: Berlin is the heart of darkness—and the last place Dr. Elin Lund wishes to be. An expert in psychological profiling, she’s been summoned from Copenhagen to investigate the gruesome murders of eight young women. Even in the midst of unspeakable evil, these killings stand apart. And with her homeland now under Nazi occupation and a young son to protect, Elin can’t refuse such a request.
By: Karen Robards
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GHOST SHIP
- A Jake Sands Thriller
- By: Roger Weston
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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A wealthy psychopath will stop at nothing to force his sick vision on America. Tierra del Fuego, is a forgotten paradise at the bottom of the world, the southern tip of Chile. For decades, this vast and unspoiled natural Eden has harbored a secret born in a twisted brain—the mind of a psychopath of unimaginable power and consequence. Now, mysteriously, a famous cruise ship, docked south of Los Angeles, has been purchased by a prominent businessman. Shipwreck expert Jake Sands has been unexpectedly engaged to give the commemorative speech at the farewell party. But at the ceremony, he sees...
By: Roger Weston
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The Caspian Monster
- Jon Hunt, Book 2
- By: Larry Jeram-Croft
- Narrated by: Larry Jeram-Croft
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Lieutenant Jonathon Hunt (Sea Skimmer) has been appointed to a Commando Helicopter Squadron operating in Northern Norway. It is the height of the Cold War and the Soviets have discovered a secret NATO submarine listening station hidden in the Arctic Ice. They would like to do something about it but cannot come up with a method of attack until they decide on the use of an Ekranoplan. This massive machine known to NATO as the ‘Caspian Monster’ can get them in and out fast enough to give them the deniability they need.
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Like Dolphins
- The Barbell Spy Fiction series
- By: Andy Onyx
- Narrated by: Andy Onyx
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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A perfect Stasi marriage is rocked by receipt of a shocking heirloom; a haul of Nazi looted masterpieces. All key to Operation Metatron, the sordid brainchild of Kremlin hardliner, General Usov. The BARBELL cell of Breakspear (St John Bradley) and Kestrel (Jamie Wallace) are deployed on their thirteenth mission: Amsterdam, to infiltrate Perpetual’s GDR-bound vice-line and make the trade with Oniwaban in East Berlin. What could go wrong?
By: Andy Onyx
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Rose Girl
- A Tale of Resilience and Rumi
- By: Holly Lynn Payne
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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From Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers author Holly Payne, Rose Girl is a medieval thriller that unravels the mystery surrounding an orphaned girl saint in the 13th century. Named after the flowering rosa damascena, the rose girl grows up in a monastery under a tyrannical monk but flees his wrath and soon develops a mysterious gift‚ turning roses into rose oil and is exploited as a saint for performing miracles. Determined to unburden herself of her servitude, the rose girl escapes to medieval Turkey and undergoes a powerful transformation when she meets the great mystic Rumi and ...
By: Holly Lynn Payne
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Assignment Prague
- By: Helen Haught Fanick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Anton Janak is a dedicated member of the Czechoslovakian Resistance working against the Nazis, and he values anyone who can help his efforts. But when he learns that the young spy sent by the OSS to Prague is a woman, he has misgivings about working with her. He had expected a man—a man who could handle his assignment with the help of Janak and his fellow Resistance workers. It doesn’t take long, however, for Janak to realize the beautiful blonde spy has enough daring and resourcefulness to do what it takes in the occupied city. The Nazis are everywhere, but Tereza’s knowledge of ...
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Bavarian Betrayal
- Late 19th Century Bavarian Intrigue: A Historical Thriller of Disgrace, Redemption, and Royal Conspiracy
- By: Mason Marlowe
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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Bavarian Betrayal is a historical thriller novel set in the alluring heart of Bavaria during the late 19th century. Envelop yourself in a riveting tale intersecting personal redemption and a nation's future. As the title hints, this is a story featuring intrigue, deceit, and high-stakes betrayals, all permeated with pulsating historical accuracy. Our protagonist is a disgraced Count, Karl von Rudloff, a man stripped of his honor and prestige. After a thoughtless act lands Karl in deep turmoil, he endures years in obscurity, mastering the art of deception and living through multiple ...
By: Mason Marlowe
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Executive Order No. 9066
- The Terrible Injustice of 1942
- By: Sollace Freeman
- Narrated by: Steve Bramham
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Set in 1940s San Francisco, the Horito family—Bunta, his wife Sandra, their children Gerald and Rachel, and the grandparents Hauto and Aiko—lead an ordinary life until the ominous specter of Executive Order 9066 looms over their community. In a harrowing turn of events, they are among the 127,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans herded into isolated internment camps, forced to leave behind their livelihoods and possessions with only what they can carry.
By: Sollace Freeman
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The Empire Club Murders
- Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard, Book 1
- By: C. K. Harewood
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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1930. The tranquillity of suburban Craynebrook is disturbed when a lifeless and nameless body is found dumped on the local common. Enter newly promoted Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard, a policeman with a reputation that precedes him and which threatens to drag him down. As Matthew embarks on his investigation, an another, more sinister plot demands his attention. One by one, members of an esteemed social club are meeting an untimely demise, leaving their community in a state of panic that they might be next.
By: C. K. Harewood
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A Divine Fury
- Cesare Aldo, Book 4
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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Florence. Autumn, 1539. Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal court. Following a period of exile, he is back but demoted to night patrol when only the drunk and the dangerous roam the streets. Chasing a suspect in the rain, Aldo discovers a horrifying scene beneath Michelangelo’s statue of David. Lifeless eyes gaze from the face of a man whose body has been posed as if crucified. It’s clear the killer had religious motives. When more bodies appear, Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence.
By: D. V. Bishop
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The Lion Unleashed
- By: J. M. Barlog
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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🆕 in audiobook! The thrilling adventure of The Heart of the Lion continues in The Lion Unleashed. Tense and action-packed, Book II shifts the Plantagenet battle from the verdant English countryside to the dark forests and impregnable castles on the continent. Queen Eleanor struggles to raise the steep ransom Henry demands, while Henry holds all the leverage. Deliver or Richard dies. Princess Joanna needs to keep Prince John off the throne, stave off an expansion-hungry King Philip of France, and come up with a way to help her king. Her only solution is to attempt a rescue. But can one ...
By: J. M. Barlog
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Physician
- By: Elliott Baker
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Adventure, romance, and death in Ancient Egypt! Immerse yourself in the captivating tale of two brothers. Set against the backdrop of Ancient Egypt, witness their journey as they become devoted followers of the young pharaoh, Amenhotep IV, destined to become Akhenaten. During relentless attacks from the temple of Amun Re, the brothers rise, one ascending to the prestigious role of General of Egypt’s armies, while the other becomes Pharaoh’s trusted physician. Guided by Pharoah, both brothers unravel the secrets of ancient arcane powers, but while one embraces the path of light, the ...
By: Elliott Baker