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Starvation Lake
- A Mystery
- By: Bryan Gruley
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
Bryan Gruley's debut mystery has received starred reviews from publications such as Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Disgraced reporter Gus Carpenter returns home to his small town and becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dumb as a hockey puck
- By roger w patton on 02-01-10
- Starvation Lake
- A Mystery
- By: Bryan Gruley
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
Great "read". Hard to get out of the car!
Reviewed: 03-19-19
Like with some other great writers, I find myself sitting in the driveway, listening. I go thru about a book a week, sometimes 2 a week. This book was excellent. Loved the story line. A little dark, but better than I expected, reading the other reviews. I am, however, a hockey fan, and knowing how the game is played certainly makes it easier to follow. I enjoyed it so much that I put the next one from Bryan into my list instead of a new book by a favorite author. Great first book.
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Gone Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59,454
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52,616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52,684
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Demented, twisted, sick and I loved it!
- By Theodore on 01-20-13
- Gone Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Good read!
Reviewed: 09-20-13
Where does Gone Girl rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 10
What about Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne ’s performance did you like?
The story was well done, with 2 characters. A really good "listen".
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Lonesome Dove
- By: Larry McMurtry
- Narrated by: Lee Horsley
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,571
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,677
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,697
Larry McMurtry's American epic, set in the late 19th century, tells the story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, a drive that represents not only a daring foolhardy adventure, but a part of the American Dream for everyone involved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best audio book I have ever listened to!
- By James on 12-20-04
- Lonesome Dove
- By: Larry McMurtry
- Narrated by: Lee Horsley
The quality of the reading is just horrible!
Reviewed: 09-20-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
It really needs a different performer. Every sentence starts reasonably loud, and then trails off to a whisper. It makes it VERY hard to listen to. I'm a regular audio book "reader", and this one is almost unbearable. If Lee Horsley narrates another book, I'm not listening to it.
If you’ve listened to books by Larry McMurtry before, how does this one compare?
n/a
What didn’t you like about Lee Horsley’s performance?
See the above. The volume of his reading trails off to inaudible. I've tried listening many different ways, earbuds, speakers, car audio. All the same. Ugh. I'm at chapter 9, and not sure I can continue.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes
Any additional comments?
That's about it. I'm not sure I can continue.
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The Gold Coast
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Nelson DeMille
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,001
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,841
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,832
Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly Great!
- By Jack C on 11-14-08
- The Gold Coast
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Nelson DeMille
Wow. What a great introduction to DeMille
Reviewed: 07-21-11
My wife's favorite author, so I tried this one, at her suggestion. The ONLY complaint I have is that we are also listening to another DeMille that has a spoiler in it, for this book. So, I kind of knew how it would end. Still, a fun "read".
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The Gate House
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,467
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,590
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,595
When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, 10 years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DeMille writes another excellent book!
- By Andrew Stone on 11-11-08
- The Gate House
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Really, a great read...
Reviewed: 07-21-11
To the reviewer that wrote about "jogging in the nude", you really didn't read/listen to the book, did you? 'Cause you got that wrong. This book was very entertaining, and a great sequel to Gold Coast. Some stretches here and there? Sure. It's a STORY.
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