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Narrated by:
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David Rintoul
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By:
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Douglas Reeman
About this listen
With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved. Now, however, his dream is threatened by financial difficulties.
So when a profitable, if legally dubious, proposition is put to him by an old naval comrade in arms, Vivian is willing to listen. But what starts out as a harmless adventure soon turns into something altogether more sinister. And Vivian finds himself trapped in a treacherous web of violence and crime....
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
The quiet scandal surrounding the death of her parents has always haunted Beryl Tavistock. Now she’s asking dangerous questions, and the answers are proving that the past does not die easily. Pulled into a world of espionage, Beryl quickly discovers that she needs help, and former CIA agent Richard Wolf is her only hope. But in a world where trust is a double-edged sword, friends become enemies and enemies are killers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wish I could return.
- By Brandy on 12-15-21
By: Tess Gerritsen
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Go In and Sink
- By: Douglas Reeman
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
February 1943. As the balance of the war slowly shifts in Britain's favour, Lieutenant-Commander Steven Marshall brings his battle-scarred submarine into home port. Captain and crew are exhausted after 14 months' continuous service, but for most there can be no thought of leave. If the enemy collapse in North Africa is to be exploited, every experienced man will be needed. Marshall must return to the Mediterranean, but this time to a very different kind of war.
By: Douglas Reeman
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The Bormann Testament
- Paul Chevasse, Book 1
- By: Jack Higgins
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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 Dark of The Sun
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that roam the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wow!! And wow!!
- By Amazonguy on 06-01-24
By: Wilbur Smith
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To Risks Unknown
- By: Douglas Reeman
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The year: 1943. Now there was to be no more retreat for Britain and her Allies. At last the war was to be carried into enemy territory. And from captured bases and makeshift harbours in North Africa, the Royal Navy's Special Force was to be the probe and the spearhead of the advance. To this unorthodox war came the corvette H. M. S. Thistle and her commanding officer, John Crispin.
By: Douglas Reeman
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Merian C. Cooper's King Kong
- By: Joe DeVito, Brad Strickland
- Narrated by: David Baker, the Full Cast Family
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
A hulking freighter waits at a darkened pier. Aboard, filmmaker Carl Denham prepares for a strange voyage to a distant island, an island where he hopes to make the most exciting movie of all time. What waits at the end of the journey is Kong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The performance raises the source material higher
- By Richard S. Swol on 07-13-19
By: Joe DeVito, and others
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Moon
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
The dark side. He had fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. And for a time he lived in peace. Until the 'sightings' began, visions of horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils, violent acts that were hideously macabre, the thoughts becoming intense. He witnessed the grotesque acts of another, a thing that gloried in murder and mutilation, a monster that soon became aware of the observer within its own mind. And relished the contact.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Moon by James Herbert
- By Joshua Kring on 12-18-14
By: James Herbert
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The Anubis Gates
- By: Tim Powers
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,348
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,345
When Brendan Doyle is flown from America to London to give a lecture on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, little does he expect that he will soon be traveling through time and meeting the poet himself. But Brendan could do without being stranded penniless in the teeming, thieving London of 1810.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yesterday… All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away
- By Doug D. Eigsti on 06-21-16
By: Tim Powers
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The Dead Cat Bounce
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
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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Death in the Andamans
- By: M. M. Kaye
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Death in the Andamans is a masterpiece of mystery and romance from one of our most beloved authors. When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Copper Randal barely manages a safe return to Government House. She does get back in one piece with her hostess, Valerie Masson, Val's fiancé, and handsome naval officer Nick Tarrent, but one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book. Less than stellar reader
- By Kindle Customer on 02-27-13
By: M. M. Kaye
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Tea with the Black Dragon
- Black Dragon, Book 1
- By: R. A. MacAvoy
- Narrated by: Megan Hayes
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Martha Macnamara knows that her daughter, Elizabeth, is in trouble; she just doesn't know what kind. Mysterious phone calls from San Francisco at odd hours of the night are the only contact she has had with Elizabeth for years. Now, Elizabeth has sent her a plane ticket and reserved a room for her at San Francisco's most luxurious hotel. Yet she has not tried to contact Martha since she arrived, leaving her lonely, confused, and a little bit worried. Into the story steps Mayland Long, a distinguished-looking and wealthy Chinese man who lives at the hotel and is drawn to Martha's good nature and ability to pinpoint the truth of a matter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My favorite dragon book
- By Ellenaeddy on 08-08-15
By: R. A. MacAvoy
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Fear
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
Professor James Lowry didn’t believe in spirits, or witches, or demons. Not until a gentle spring evening when his hat disappeared, and suddenly he couldn’t remember the last four hours of his life. Now, the quiet university town of Atworthy is changing - slightly at first, then faster and more frighteningly each time he tries to remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Best of Hubbard
- By JJ on 01-31-15
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Haunted
- David Ash Series, Book 1
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 139
A ghostly twist. Three nights of terror at the house called Edbrook. Three nights in which David Ash, there to investigate a haunting, will be victim of horrifying games. Three nights in which he will face the blood-chilling enigma of his own past. Three hideous nights before Edbrook's dreadful secret will be revealed...And the true nightmare will begin.to the surface, tormenting him, refusing to let him rest. The memory of what he once had been.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wait For It-----Wait For It
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-09-13
By: James Herbert
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Annie Mac
- 09-23-17
Mystery not in Reeman's wheelhouse
What would have made High Water better?
A more believable plot, better character development, some sense of flow in the story, and so forth. This is as bad as seeing John Wayne try to be a modern detective. Nothing about the performance fit. Reeman tells wonderful sea stories with off-beat characters (and ships) to evoke the desperation of battle against incredible odds. This was a cheap spy story that hardly kept me interested and felt wrong throughout.
Has High Water turned you off from other books in this genre?
Yes.
Have you listened to any of David Rintoul’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
He does a serviceable job. One of my problems is his tendency to 'low talk' too much. I listen while commuting and in noisier stretches it was totally inaudible at any volume.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I listened to the end in hope but....
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- gordon rennick
- 04-20-23
Disappointed
Not up to standard as usual from this author quite surprising story repetitive and boring
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