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Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,086
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,072
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not a fan
- By Chris Hedges on 02-18-20
- Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
Another Amazing Work by Marie Benedict
Reviewed: 07-21-23
I’m grateful for Ms Benedict’s work. I have discovered a huge reservoir of unsung women from hee dedication to bringing them to life, and in a way that doesn’t feel like I’m “studying history,” but instead reliving it.
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UNSUB
- A Novel
- By: Meg Gardiner
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,040
Caitlin Hendrix has been a narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB - what the FBI calls an unknown subject - the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in the 1990s and nearly destroyed her father, the lead investigator on the case. The Prophet's cryptic messages and mind games drove Detective Mack Hendrix to the brink of madness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Once you start, you can't stop
- By stuartjash on 06-28-17
- UNSUB
- A Novel
- By: Meg Gardiner
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Well…
Reviewed: 07-13-23
The story (and performance) was mostly good until the denouement. Personally, I didn’t need/want/appreciate the sex scene; I’m not a prude - I just find that makes a story border on Romance Novel tropes.
The last “struggle” scene was predictable- and it was incredibly stupid and unlikely “Sean” would have done what he did.
But the most irritating was the reader’s insistence on turning it into a Performance with a capital P. I did not like the whispering during the way-too-many lists of three in that section. They got so irritating, I hit the skip 10 second button. Frequently.
Also - if I’m listening to a book, it’s because at that time I cannot physically read. I could be exercising or doing yard work. Readers who insist on performing the work activate a different part of my brain, and numb my imagination; I might as well be watching TV. No thanks. I read/listen to books so I can be a part of the story.
I will a pile listening to stuff performed by this reader, but will give this author 1 more try.
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Looking Glass
- The Naturalist, Book 2
- By: Andrew Mayne
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,450
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,061
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,056
Professor Theo Cray caught one of the most prolific serial killers in history using revolutionary scientific methods. Cut off from university research because of the shroud of suspicion around him after the death of his former student and the aftermath of catching his quarry, Cray tries to rebuild his life but finds himself drawn into another unsolved case. The desperate father of a missing child, ignored by the authorities and abandoned by his community, turns to Theo for help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent follow up to The Naturalist...
- By shelley on 03-14-18
- Looking Glass
- The Naturalist, Book 2
- By: Andrew Mayne
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Great Series
Reviewed: 01-05-23
I am really enjoying this series. The protagonist is a bit different and just enough off of goody-two-shoes for my taste.
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Unmasked
- My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
- By: Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher
- Narrated by: Paul Holes
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,017
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,735
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,733
I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don’t even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I’m drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another drink and swig it, trying to forget about the latest case I can’t shake. Crime solving for me is more complex than the challenge of the hunt, or the process of piecing together a scientific puzzle. The thought of good people suffering drives me to the point of obsession.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I gave it the old college try
- By Hobbes on 05-06-22
- Unmasked
- My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
- By: Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher
- Narrated by: Paul Holes
Meh
Reviewed: 11-26-22
He over enunciates for my taste, and just isn’t someone with whom I could connect. I think he believes Karen and Georgia’s Paris’s too much. I prefer the John Douglass type.
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