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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Oliver
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By:
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Alistair MacLean
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A sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: ten million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy.
The fortune was there for the taking, and ready to grab it were a blue-blooded oilman with his own offshore rig, a gangster so cold and independent that even the Mafia couldn’t do business with him and a psychopathic hired assassin.
Against them stood one man, and those were his people, those skeletons in their watery coffin. His name was Talbot, and he would bury his dead – but only after he had avenged their murders.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 212
All secret agents need to look out for William Nye, now known as Agent X. His recruitment was simple and his legend is brilliant but un-earned. Somehow, he thinks he's the best there is and we all know how pride goeth before a fall. The master of SF hilarity and biting social satire creates a spy world that has gathered praise from the greats of the genre.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Entertaining Non-Sci/Fi Novel By Sheckley
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 12-06-14
By: Robert Sheckley
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The Diamond Hunters
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Fortunes rise and fall in Wilbur Smith's tale of warring siblings and illegal diamond trading, The Diamond Hunters. The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, his sister Tracey and their estranged foster brother Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' is the old man's implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for Johnny, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- By James Peters on 03-11-24
By: Wilbur Smith
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The Deep Blue Good-By
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,889
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,336
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,343
He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before the A-Team, there was Travis McGee
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-12-16
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The Brass Cupcake: A Novel
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- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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A classic novel by John D. MacDonald with an exclusive introduction written and read by Dean Koontz. Ex-cop Cliff Bartells might be the last honest man in Florence City, Florida. After quitting the force over a crisis of conscience, he takes a job at an insurance company buying back stolen jewelry. Cliff is focused on keeping the bottom line down and staying out of the spotlight.But when an affluent tourist from Boston is murdered over a hefty collection of jewelry, Cliff finds himself wrapped up in a case that’s making national headlines.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Social History ...
- By Montana on 05-14-17
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Cold City
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- By: F. Paul Wilson
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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
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By: F. Paul Wilson
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The Dead Cat Bounce
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Since she bought her rambling fixer-upper of a house, Jacobia Tiptree has gotten used to finding things broken. But her latest problem isn't so easily repaired. Along with the rotting floor joists and sagging support beams, there's the little matter of the dead man in Jake's storeroom, an ice pick planted firmly in his cranium. Jake's unknown guest turns out to be local boy turned billionaire Threnody McIlwaine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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too slow of a story...
- By Annette on 03-13-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Wild Justice
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises antiterrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows that this is only the beginning of a nightmare. Stride is the one man who might find the twisted genius who holds the world hostage - if only his every move were not anticipated by the enemy....
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4 out of 5 stars
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more vivid descriptions and good story but unsatis
- By JDD on 05-27-19
By: Wilbur Smith
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Airborn
- By: Kenneth Oppel
- Narrated by: David Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 597
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 454
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 456
Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- By Ashley on 04-19-11
By: Kenneth Oppel
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Dead Man's Land
- By: Robert Ryan
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields, men are dying in the thousands every day. So one more death shouldn't be a surprise. But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries, and Sherlock Holmes' former sidekick, Dr. John Watson - unable to fight for his country due to injury but able to serve it through his medical expertise - finds his suspicions raised.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Watson is wonderful, amid very grim surroundings
- By L. Gutman on 03-01-18
By: Robert Ryan
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The Hunter
- By: Richard Stark
- Narrated by: John Chancer
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,027
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
You probably haven't noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They're heisters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A dark story
- By Dave Nelson on 04-06-13
By: Richard Stark
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Hawke: Three Black Ops
- Alex Hawke Series
- By: Ted Bell
- Narrated by: John Shea
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story4 out of 5 stars 206
This set includes Crash Dive, What Comes Around, and White Death, three Alex Hawke novellas never available before on audio. In Crash Dive, Alex Hawke is on a highly covert mission to enter another nation’s airspace undetected and find a way to avert a global war. In What Comes Around, two CIA officers are found dead. Hawke discovers that the victims are connected through one man: Spider Payne, a rogue intelligence officer. In White Death, M16 suspects a bizarre conspiracy when two bankers are found dead, and vast sums are plundered from the Queen of England’s accounts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Scam
- By Anonymous User on 10-10-18
By: Ted Bell
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The Bormann Testament
- Paul Chevasse, Book 1
- By: Jack Higgins
- Narrated by: Michael Page
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Special Agent Paul Chavasee is about to start a much-deserved holiday when he is abruptly pulled back to active duty. He knows that if he's being called into action, a job has gone bad - and it's about to get a lot worse. As Hitler's private secretary - and an influential member of the Third Reich - Martin Bormann was one of those rare Nazis who managed to simply disappear at the end of World War II. But the terrible secrets Bormann carried into oblivion are about to be revealed to the world. A manuscript that exposes former Nazis, who are now in hiding, is up for grabs, and there are those in power who have much to lose with its discovery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but not great
- By Randy P. Borges on 05-01-24
By: Jack Higgins
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The Invaders Plan
- Mission Earth, Volume 1
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Story4 out of 5 stars 258
They are the Voltarians of Voltar - an empire 110 planets strong. They are already among us. And the invasion is about to begin...in a hundred years or so. Or is it? The truth is far more sinister. Undercover, underground, and out of sight, the invaders plan what may in fact be a massive diversion. In the darkest recesses of Voltar’s Coordinated Information Apparatus (otherwise known as the CIA), a tyrant of terror sets out to exploit the invasion in order to seize power. All that stands in his way is a planet that doesn’t exist.
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1 out of 5 stars
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overly abridged
- By Pielle Szabo on 01-10-17
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Stalkers
- By: Paul Finch
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Time's up. You're Next. "All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work. "Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck's help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great !
- By CM on 03-28-16
By: Paul Finch
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have died away, the three Navarone heroes are parachuted into war-torn Yugoslavia to rescue a division of partisans and fulfil a secret mission, so deadly that it must be hidden even from their own allies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than the Guns of Navarone
- By KENNETH L SHRIVER on 03-29-17
By: Alistair MacLean
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The Golden Gate
- By: Alistair MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly acclaimed master of action and suspense. A rolling for Knox. is how the journalists describe the Presidential motorcade as it enters San Francisco across the Golden Gate. Even the ever-watchful FBI believe it is impregnable - as it has to be with the President and two Arab potentates aboard. But halfway across the bridge the unthinkable happens. Before the eyes of the world a master criminal pulls off the most spectacular kidnapping in modern times....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book; Awful narrator
- By Kindle Customer on 03-27-18
By: Alistair MacLean
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- Mark Mirza
- 03-06-22
Refreshingly Unique
I have found a new favorite author.
For some reason I expect to be disappointed and exactly the opposite occurs.
The writing was brilliant and the performance was Justice brilliant.
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- Norma J Kassaw
- 11-21-19
Thrill ride
Awesome and gripping. Truly an E-ticket ride into the vortex of a EF-5 tornado. This is one of Alistair MacLean’s best.
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- Rahul Vartak
- 10-16-17
Awesomest!!!
One of the best books I've read and reread and repeated for a zillion times, and Mr Oliver has done 200% justice to it. Very well narated!
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3 people found this helpful
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- C. Saladin
- 05-26-17
Poor Narrator
Loved this book since first released in hardback, and never found fault in anything. This version had me incredibly annoyed with the voices and the emphasis put on certain words and sentences. Got the book out and checked and no it was not the sentence it was the way that words were emphasized. Love Alastair MacLean but don't think I'll buy any more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-25-23
Very very good
Story was great, but the reading absolutely phenomenal. I would recommend this strongly for anyone who likes suspense, plot twists, and self-deprecating humor.
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- William R. Earnest
- 07-27-18
Very good story – a bit slow starting
Alastair McLean is a great writer and this is one of his classics. The performance was abysmal. The reader sounds far too old to be the character which was a continual distraction. Unfortunately most of McLean’s books use John Oliver and I will therefore be unable to listen to them.
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- G. S. Hall
- 09-04-24
Avoid this one
Story clumsy and melodramatic with some of the worst dialog I have ever listened to completion. Maybe 50 years ago it would have seemed better.
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- Troubleshooter2000
- 07-15-19
t Tedious and boring
I love most Alistair Macclean but this one is very tedious..I'm sorry I bought it.
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