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Jonathan Oliver
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Alistair MacLean
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From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic.
Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king.
With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all – murder.
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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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Tarantula
- A John Milton Short Story
- By: Mark Dawson
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
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- Unabridged
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Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list. In this second dip into his case files (see 1000 Yards for a further novella), Milton is sent to Italy to investigate the death of a colleague from Group 15.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Milton tries to exit British intelligence
- By Wayne on 06-03-16
By: Mark Dawson
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The Game of X
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- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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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 Golden Gate
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- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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
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By: Alistair MacLean
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Eye of the Storm
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Former allies in the IRA, Sean Dillon and Martin Brosnan have chosen different paths. Now Dillon is a terrorist for hire, a master of disguise employed by Saddam Hussein. Brosnan is the one man who knows Dillon’s strengths and weaknesses…and brilliant mastery of espionage. Once friends, now enemies, they are playing the deadliest game of their careers. A game that culminates in a frightening - and true - event: Iraq’s attempted mortar attack on the British war cabinet at 10 Downing Street in February 1991.
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2 out of 5 stars
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YAAA--W--N
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The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
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Charlie Howard travels the globe writing suspense novels for a living. To supplement his income - and keep his hand in - Charlie has a small side business: stealing for a very discreet clientele on commission. When a mysterious American offers Charlie 20,000 euros to steal two small monkey figurines to match the one he already has, Charlie is suspicious; the job seems too good to be true, and of course, it is. He soon finds the American beaten nearly to death, while the third figurine has disappeared.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A delightful surprise!
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By: Chris Ewan
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Hornet Flight
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,078
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,128
It's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding Spy Novel
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By: Ken Follett
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The Dracula Tape
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- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
The never-before-told story behind the legend of Count Dracula! The story of the Count’s greatest love, Mina Harker, and the bloodthirsty vampire hunters whose cruel pursuit drove the master of the night to actions ever more ruthless. The Count Dracula sets the record straight.…
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY!
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By: Fred Saberhagen
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Babylon Berlin
- Gereon Rath, Book 1
- By: Volker Kutscher
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
Berlin, 1929. Detective Inspector Rath was a successful career officer in the Cologne Homicide Division before a shooting incident in which he inadvertently killed a man. He has been transferred to the vice squad in Berlin, a job he detests even though he finds a new friend in his boss, Chief Inspector Wolter. There is seething unrest in the city, and the Commissioner of Police has ordered the vice squad to ruthlessly enforce the ban on May Day demonstrations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It's no Bernie Gunther Mystery ...
- By Brian English on 01-28-18
By: Volker Kutscher
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Raven's Gate
- The Gatekeepers, Book 1
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 526
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Matt is being punished for a crime he saw, but didn't commit. Instead of being locked up, he is being sent to the middle of nowhere to live with a new foster mom, as part of a government scheme called The Leaf Project. But Matt's new home provides anything but peace and quiet. His new guardian is involved in very sinister things, and the whole town seems to be on her side. The truth is much bigger than Matt or the town, but Matt is the only person who can stop the ultimate evil from being unleashed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Measured success
- By Jay Kuykendall on 06-26-07
By: Anthony Horowitz
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The Unlikely Spy
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,288
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,678
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,676
“In wartime,” Winston Churchill wrote, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” For Britain’s counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable - a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor. The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Unlikely Spy
- By Margaret on 12-14-09
By: Daniel Silva
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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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Triple
- A Novel
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Raza Jaffrey
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 523
As Egypt comes closer and closer to developing a nuclear bomb, the Mossad’s number one Israeli agent is given an impossible mission: to beat the Arabs in the nuclear arms race by finding and stealing two hundred tons of uranium. The world’s balance of power will shift. And the Mossad, the KGB, the Egyptians, and Fedayeen terrorists will play out the final, violent moves in this devastating game where the price of failure is a nuclear holocaust....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Triple poorly performed
- By Jpop on 03-13-21
By: Ken Follett
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,048
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
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic. Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive. The place is the focal point of many mysterious disappearances. Even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems to be acting a part. But why?
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite Thriller Writer
- By Carl on 09-27-17
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
What listeners say about Puppet on a Chain
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-28-19
great story, great plot, lots of action. Could no
great story, plot, and lots of action. I could not put it down. Then I listened to it in the car.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-22-21
tragic
I'm always delighted to read or listen to one of Alistair Maclean's books... but this one is not one of my absolute favorite books. Too much death and macabre happenings to be as fun as most of his books. Still, excellent writing and excellent audio narration.
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- Thomas Tancre
- 08-20-22
Wow...Classic cops and Psycho Bad Guys Stuff.
Very Entertaining. Highly recommended if you like a Great Crime Story with an old English vibe.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Craig A. Hart
- 12-26-17
Alistair MacLean Never Ages
What did you love best about Puppet on a Chain?
The story was great, classic MacLean, and Oliver's narration was spot on.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Yes
What does Jonathan Oliver bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He does a great job of pulling the reader into the story.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
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- Mark Mirza
- 03-10-22
Creative Use of Characters
Amazingly well defined characters whose importance in the story are held to the very end.
Again, brilliantly done.
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