Lynn S. Pearson
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,565
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,314
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,313
Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So far,surprisingly charming-OUTSTANDING narration
- By Christine T on 03-20-23
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Quirky!
Reviewed: 03-16-25
Very fun listen. What a character Vera Wong is! Heart always in the right place but her manner is so blunt and kinda offensive. It makes for good comedy. I enjoyed the mystery and the family dynamics and the mystery.
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Kills Well with Others
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 154
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 154
After more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone...literally. When they receive a call from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I like these tough old broads!
- By Lynn S. Pearson on 03-09-25
- Kills Well with Others
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Christina Delaine
I like these tough old broads!
Reviewed: 03-09-25
I liked the close unreachable relationships among the four killers. I liked that they were old but still formidable. The story was interesting but too a back seat to the camaraderie.
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The Life Impossible
- A Novel
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Jordan Stephens
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,981
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,876
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,876
When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVE this book!
- By Heidi M. Funk on 09-09-24
- The Life Impossible
- A Novel
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Jordan Stephens
The reader was so appealing
Reviewed: 11-05-24
Lovely story. A bit over the top but I don’t have to believe I just need to ban my disbelief. It was a different story which is so welcome to someone like me who reads voraciously. I enjoyed it especially in the island setting with so many current musical and cultural references. Inspiring.
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,256
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,930
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,930
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship. Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best writing and narrator!!
- By KareBear on 08-07-24
- The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
A clear view of the 1950s culture
Reviewed: 10-11-24
Loved the characters. All of them even the not so likable Arlene. It was a treat of a story with so many fascinating historical tidbits. But most of all I loved the relationships developed and seeing how much difference one woman’s understanding of her boarding house community opened the whole house up, filled it with joy. Even the house became a character.
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The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,758
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,291
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tangled Mystery Overloaded with Characters and Confusing Time Jumps
- By unknown on 08-09-24
- The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
What a story’
Reviewed: 09-16-24
The reader was excellent which is imperative for me to give a book a 5 star rating. The story with its double disappearances from the same family and the intertwining of multiple families was enthralling. And I really like Judica the investigator. Surprise ending, maybe not the ending itself but the build up to the end, kept my attention. I listened to it instead of watching prime time tv. Very unusual.
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The Dark Wives
- Vera Stanhope, Book 11
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 365
The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up. DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the best narrator.
- By Cynthea Corlett on 08-30-24
- The Dark Wives
- Vera Stanhope, Book 11
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
Vera—a singular treat
Reviewed: 09-11-24
I’ve been reading Ann cleaves’ Vera Stanhope police procedurals for years. I look forward to new installments. This one did not disappoint. Multilayered story with Vera trying to be more transparent, not particularly successfully. I liked the new female character and her interaction with Vera. A satisfying experience.
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Black-Eyed Susans
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse, Eric G. Dove, Karen Peakes
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,438
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,425
As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving “Black-Eyed Susan”, the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa’s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dark and compelling - Gillian Flynn readalike
- By Donna on 08-27-15
- Black-Eyed Susans
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse, Eric G. Dove, Karen Peakes
So many twists and turns
Reviewed: 08-30-24
Great character development and writing. A very different kind of mystery and kind of a thriller too. I really liked the story!
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All the Colors of the Dark
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,042
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,041
1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book of 2024
- By Jmo930 on 07-04-24
- All the Colors of the Dark
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Complex storyline
Reviewed: 07-24-24
Thirty years of searching for a lost girl no one really is sure even exists. So many relationships, secrets and deaths. All the horror stemming from one man. The persistence it required from the two main characters to see it through was amazing. The ending was worth sloughing through the sometimes slow pace of the developing story and discovering all the unknown relationships was surprising. Good read!
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Clete
- A Dave Robicheaux Novel
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 540
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 500
Clete Purcel—private investigator, ex-member of the New Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few soft spots—is Dave Robicheaux’s longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete leaves his car at the local car wash, only to return to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade from Mexican cartels to Louisiana, it feels personal—his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers who sold it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Burke's is wealthiest hater of wealth I know
- By T. Walker on 06-18-24
- Clete
- A Dave Robicheaux Novel
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
A bit scattered
Reviewed: 06-20-24
Clete was kinda hard to follow. I think it was the time jumps between present and past. It just wasn’t as well crafted. Still a good story and will patton is the best reader around!
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Cahokia Jazz
- By: Francis Spufford
- Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Like his earlier novel Golden Hill, Francis Spufford’s Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, now through the lens of a subtly altered 1920s—a fully imagined world filled with fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. In the main character of hard-boiled detective Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly epic proportions, a troubled soul to fall in love with as you are swept along by a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There’s a third alt-hist noir thriller!
- By Rebbe Don Justino on 03-12-24
- Cahokia Jazz
- By: Francis Spufford
- Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
complex mystery with mystic undertones
Reviewed: 03-22-24
the reader was wonderful. He had many spot on voices in his reading style. The story had me looking up location and more online to be sure I had a better understanding of which racial were which. Very compelling story line.
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