Robert Maynard
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The Dark Hours
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,223
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,152
There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much Covid; not enough Bosch
- By sdhaase1 on 11-13-21
- The Dark Hours
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
Another excellent story by Michael Connelly
Reviewed: 03-04-23
The atmosphere of the story was strongly influenced by the COVID pandemic; how quickly we forget what it was like. The plot and characters were well developed and interesting. As is often the case, it's important to stick with the story; it gets very interesting but takes a few chapters to really settle into the plot. The audiobook readers did a great job.
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AMOK
- A Dox Thriller
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 956
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 859
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 859
1991. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahideen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family’s troubles. But secret wars are never what they’re billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent prequel to the John Rain series
- By Wayne on 12-07-22
- AMOK
- A Dox Thriller
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
Another excellent book by Barry Eisler!
Reviewed: 02-06-23
Very good, like all of Barry Eisler's stories. Getting Dox's back story was very interesting.
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Gerald's Game
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,338
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,137
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,135
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic getaway. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop, the evening ends with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, Jessie is trapped and alone. Over the next 28 hours, in the lakeside house that has become a prison, Jessie will come face to face with all the things she has ever feared.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Please get rid of the sound effects
- By Peeps on 12-29-16
- Gerald's Game
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
Fairly good story, but quite unpleasant
Reviewed: 10-13-22
The reader did a good job, and the story was fairly interesting. However, the book was unpleasant and seemed unnecessarily dragged out. Not one of King's best.
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Dance of the Bones
- A J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker Novel
- By: J. A. Jance
- Narrated by: J. R. Horne
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 439
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Story4 out of 5 stars 392
Years ago Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert, and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would release him from prison with time served. Lassiter wants Brandon and The Last Chance to find Amos' real killer and clear his name.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painful to follow
- By Natalie on 09-18-15
- Dance of the Bones
- A J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker Novel
- By: J. A. Jance
- Narrated by: J. R. Horne
Not as good as other books in the series
Reviewed: 08-18-21
The narrator did a good job, but didn't have great material to work with. I've listened to the previous JP Beaumont books (in order, very important) and enjoyed them. This book ended up being ok towards the end, but it took much too long to become interesting. Not up to the usual standard.
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The Sentinel
- Jack Reacher, Book 25
- By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 189
As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning, he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee. But there’s nothing pleasant about the place. In broad daylight, Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. “It was four against one” ...so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution. The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town’s data, records, information...and secrets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Abridged! Be sure to get the right version .
- By Robert Maynard on 11-10-20
- The Sentinel
- Jack Reacher, Book 25
- By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Abridged! Be sure to get the right version .
Reviewed: 11-10-20
The book was good, better than #24. At the end I noticed that I had accidentally gotten the abridged version, not happy! Be careful!
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Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34,065
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,929
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I almost feel sorry Donald Trump.
- By Deb on 07-15-20
- Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
Every American should read this book.
Reviewed: 08-05-20
A fascinating story of Donald Trump's highly dysfunctional background. It makes a lot of sense, and gives a lot of background information to help the reader better understand our nation's current situation under this administration. Very worthwhile.
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