Desperate Measures
A Barbara Holloway Novel
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Marguerite Gavin
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Kate Wilhelm
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Gus Marchand, a hardworking, God-fearing farmer, is found dead on his kitchen floor, and suspicion soon falls on Alex Feldman, Marchand's hideously deformed neighbor. At the request of another attorney, Barbara agrees to defend the young man, whom most of the town has already condemned.
But there is another suspect, as well: Hilde Franz, a woman Gus had a very public altercation with just before he was murdered. Hilde also happens to be an old friend of Barbara's father, Frank, who, unaware of his daughter's involvement in the case, agrees to represent Hilde.
For the first time in her career, Barbara cannot turn to her father for advice. Quite the contrary: she has to stay one step ahead of him if she's to have any hope of saving her client. Because she knows only too well what kind of legal mind she's up against.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Successful movie producer Wolf Willett is stunned when he sees his own death reported in a major newspaper. It says he was a victim in a triple homicide during a sordid tryst with his wife and a friend. But who is the unidentified corpse? Why can't Wolf remember anything about the night in question? And who wants him dead?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too much sex stuff
- By Kathleen Fuller on 06-11-19
By: Stuart Woods
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The Associate
- By: Phillip Margolin
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Daniel Ames is an associate at Reed, Briggs, Portland's most prestigious law firm, earning more money than he ever imagined possible. When a charismatic civil litigator sues the firm's biggest client for manufacturing a drug that he claims causes unspeakable birth defects, Daniel is certain the claim has no merit. But as he begins to investigate, his world comes tumbling down around him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Mystery With Court Room Drama
- By R. Pontiflet on 01-25-15
By: Phillip Margolin
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Chiefs
- By: Stuart Woods
- Narrated by: Mark Hammer
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,372
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,504
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,495
In 1919, Delano, Georgia, appoints its first chief of police. Honest and hardworking, the new chief is puzzled when young men start to disappear. But his investigation is ended by the fatal blast from a shotgun. Delano's second chief-of-police is no hero, yet he is also disturbed by what he sees in the missing-persons bulletins. In 1969, when Delano's third chief takes over, the unsolved disappearances still haunt the police files.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In my 'Top Ten' books of all time!
- By karen on 09-17-13
By: Stuart Woods
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Mind Tryst
- By: Robyn Carr
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,117
Still reeling from her young son's death, Jackie Sheppard retreats to a small town in the Colorado Rockies. Comforted that no one knows of her tragic past, she's thrilled to take a job at a family law firm, where she meets Tom, the local carpenter. Jackie's distrust of others hinders their relationship, but they slowly build a budding romance. However, as she begins to settle into her new life, disturbing things start happening to Jackie...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not Your Normal Robyn Carr Book!
- By Klehan on 12-09-13
By: Robyn Carr
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Manhattans and Murder
- The Murder, She Wrote Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
- Narrated by: Beth Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 596
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4 out of 5 stars 545
Promoting her latest books brings best-selling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, chat-show appearances, department store shopping...and murder. But it all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A release of an older Donald Bain book in the series, thank goodness
- By Dorise on 02-01-19
By: Jessica Fletcher, and others
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Baltimore Blues
- Tess Monaghan, Book 1
- By: Laura Lippman
- Narrated by: Deborah Hazlett
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,502
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,194
Unemployed at 29, Tess Monaghan is willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent—including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl "Rock" Paxton. In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety—and his noontime trysts with Rock's fiancée—make the case front page news...and point to Rock as the likely murderer. But trying to prove her friend's innocence could prove costly to Tess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm on #8 - This series is almost unique
- By connie on 02-19-12
By: Laura Lippman
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Betrayal
- By: Fern Michaels
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Kate and Alex Rocket are blessed with a wonderful marriage and a lovely home. Although Kate is unable to bear children, she and Alex look upon Sara and Emily, affectionate daughters of their good friends Don and Debbie Winter, as part of their family. With one phone call, everything changes. Sara accuses Alex of a heinous act, opening up a vicious rift between the couples. In a single moment an idyllic all-American life has imploded into an unfathomable nightmare. Kate can only watch helplessly as her innocent husband is convicted and sent to prison.
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1 out of 5 stars
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9 hours and 43 minutes never seemed so long
- By KellyAnne on 08-28-11
By: Fern Michaels
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Murder of a Small-Town Honey
- A Scumble River Mystery, Book 1
- By: Denise Swanson
- Narrated by: Christine Leto
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 638
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Story4 out of 5 stars 639
When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago, she swore she'd never return. But after a bout with her boyfriend and credit card rejection, she's back to home sweet - homicide....
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2 out of 5 stars
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unacceptable production
- By Music Lover on 06-28-13
By: Denise Swanson
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The Color of Justice
- By: Ace Collins
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
1964: Justice, Mississippi, is a town divided. When attorney Coop Lindsay agrees to defend a Black man accused of murdering a White teenager, the bribes and death threats don't intimidate him. 2014: To some, the result of the trial still feels like a fresh wound even 50 years later, when Coop's grandson arrives in Justice seeking answers to the questions unresolved by the trial that changed his family's legacy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
- By PATTY C. on 12-06-23
By: Ace Collins
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Mistress of Justice
- By: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4 out of 5 stars 143
Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York's preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he's defending but his career as well.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic! I wasted a credit!
- By Wayne on 06-28-18
By: Jeffery Deaver
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The Good Friday Murder
- A Christine Bennett Mystery, Book 1
- By: Lee Harris
- Narrated by: Dee Macaluso
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Christine Bennett has left the cloistered world of nuns for the profane world of New York State, where murder and madness are often linked. At a town meeting, Christine volunteers to investigate a 40-year-old murder case long since closed. Now she'll move heaven and earth to exonerate a pair of retarded savant twins, now senior citizens, of their mother's murder on Good Friday in 1950.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Polite procedural cozy
- By connie on 12-29-12
By: Lee Harris
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Heartbreaker
- Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna, Book 1
- By: Julie Garwood
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,761
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,558
In the still shadows of the confessional, a madman tauntingly reveals his plan for a murder he is going to commit, pulling Father Thomas Madden into a twisted game by disclosing his next intended victim: Tom's sister, Laurant. In a frantic race to protect her, Tom calls upon his best friend, elite FBI agent Nick Buchanan, to track the predator who is closing in on Laurant. Now, as an electrifying attraction grows between Laurant and Nick, so does the danger - and one false move will cost both of them everything that matters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No struggle here.
- By Tom on 04-09-16
By: Julie Garwood
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sue
- 10-21-05
This book causes sleep deprivation!
I had never listened to a Kate Wilhelm book, so I started this book last Friday (when I should have been doing work), planning to just listen while I made breakfast. Well...I ended up listening to it all day and night until I finished it, even though that meant 3 a.m.! I just relistened to the second half again today, and I just really enjoyed it. She does a great job with character development, etc., but as a law student, I especially loved hearing her trial descriptions. In fact, her cross examinations were so good that I felt like I could justify listening to this instead of studying!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- SSL
- 02-08-04
Absolutely terrific
This was a wonderful story! I had never read this author before and am thrilled to find she has written several books --- all of which I intend to read as fast as membership allows! This is a fast-paced story but still offers good character development. Don't miss this one.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Dan
- 03-22-04
A good listen
Excellent story, saw some things coming but they didn't take away from the overall quality of the storytelling. I wish I could afford DSL so I could understand the narrator better, but at AM quality it's pretty poor and at MP3 quality would take me 4 DAYS to download. Still the narrator does a good job switching between characters.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Bonsccfl
- 01-23-11
Want to know what happened to Alex
great writer, good narrator, worth the credit. Lots of twists and turns. Hope the author brought back her assistant so I know what happened with her and Alex. Besides being good fiction it also taught a lesson everyone should learn..just because we are different on the outside we are still human inside.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Denise Goode
- 04-07-22
Awesome!
This was a great book! I enjoyed all of the books in this series, but this was simply amazing.
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- Tricia Pena
- 05-10-22
Excellent listen!
Kate Wilhelm writes easy to follow story and getting to know the characters. Narrator also skilled.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Mary
- 02-15-24
Excellent story line! full of surprises..
The characters became like dear friends as the story progressed. I'm looking forward to meeting up with them again.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Bobbie
- 12-16-21
excellent
very well thought out and narrated. we thoroughly enjoyed it. another success for Kate Wilhelm.
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- A. Gauss
- 04-05-21
very enjoyable
This story is well written. I am going in search of more mysteries by this author.
I should also add, the narrator does an excellent job.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-01-21
The book keeps you guessing all the way through!
Great multiple murder mystery. It would make a great movie! It keeps you interested all the way through!
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