The Chalk Girl
A Mallory Novel
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Narrated by:
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Barbara Rosenblat
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By:
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Carol O'Connell
About this listen
From this acclaimed writer comes a new thriller of knife-edge suspense and masterful plotting.
The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect - except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who turned into a tree. Poor child, people thought. And then they found the body in the tree.
For NYPD detective, Kathy Mallory, there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, but she can tell a kindred spirit. And this one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes: murders stretching back 15 years, blackmail and complicity, and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory's history could fully recognise. In the next few weeks, Kathy Mallory will deal with them all... in her own way.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 306
Detective Mike McCabe moved from a top homicide job with the NYPD to Portland, Maine, to leave his failed marriage and suspicions of wrongdoing behind, and to find a more peaceful life for himself and his 13-year-old daughter. But the small New England city is not nearly as safe as he thought. On a warm September night, a missing high school athlete is found dead in a scrap-metal yard, her heart removed from her body with surgical precision. As outrage over the killing spreads, a young businesswoman disappears while out on a morning jog.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Is It The Story? Or Its Telling? Hmmmm...
- By Ted on 12-01-15
By: James Hayman
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Forty Words for Sorrow
- By: Giles Blunt
- Narrated by: James Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
When the badly decomposed body of 13-year-old Katie Pine is found, John Cardinal is vindicated. It was Cardinal who'd kept the Pine case open and Cardinal had been demoted to the burglary squad for his excessive zeal. But Katie Pine isn't the only youngster to have gone missing and Cardinal is now given the go-ahead to reopen the files on three other lost kids. When another youth is reported missing, he begins to see a pattern that screams "serial killer."
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5 out of 5 stars
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even better than the TV show
- By Allison Payne on 04-21-20
By: Giles Blunt
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The Blue Hour
- Merci Rayborn, Book 1
- By: T. Jefferson Parker
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4 out of 5 stars 186
Tim Hess is a semiretired veteran cop staring at a death sentence - his own. Detective Merci Rayborn, young enough to be his daughter, is brash, impatient, and not someone from whom Hess wants to be taking orders. He certainly isn't planning on falling in love with her. Together, they must track down a psychopathic killer who's been abducting beautiful young women from the malls of Orange County.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book, exceptional reader
- By Jan on 03-24-10
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That Darkness
- By: Lisa Black
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 68
Maggie's latest case is an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl's injuries - for Maggie at least - is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. But the monster they seek is watching every move, closer to them than they could possibly imagine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow and Boring
- By viv on 06-08-16
By: Lisa Black
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A Little Death in Dixie
- By: Lisa Turner
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
The Blues were born out of need, anger and pride. Murder comes from those same dark places. Memphis has both. One of Memphis' most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished. Either she's off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more frightening. What begins as an ordinary day's work for Detective Billy Able quickly grows into a complex spider's web of tragedy, mystery, suspicion, and sordid secrets including a few of Billy's own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story and excellent reader.
- By Linda on 02-09-12
By: Lisa Turner
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Undercurrents
- A Lou Boldt - Daphne Matthews Novel, Book 1
- By: Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4 out of 5 stars 120
Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle’s Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer - but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of a credit
- By Elizabeth on 08-07-12
By: Ridley Pearson
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Heat Wave
- By: Richard Castle
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,201
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,644
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,640
The title character from ABC's hit television series Castle kicks off his new series of books featuring tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat with a bang.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book terrible narrator
- By Patti on 12-29-09
By: Richard Castle
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Dead Connection
- Ellie Hatcher, Book 1
- By: Alafair Burke
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 402
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4 out of 5 stars 292
Homicide detective Flann McIlroy is convinced that someone is using the lure of the internet and the promise of love to launch a killing spree against the women of New York City. To catch the killer, he calls up Detective Ellie Hatcher. She must enter a high-tech world where no one is who they appear to be. When the FirstDate killer begins to mimic the monster who destroyed her father, Ellie knows the game has become personal for him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good introduction to author and character
- By bonnie on 09-01-09
By: Alafair Burke
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The Chicago Way
- By: Michael Harvey
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
Chicago private investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to forget. When Gibbons turns up dead on Navy Pier, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A wicked good storm of cliches
- By Logan Kedzie on 09-24-10
By: Michael Harvey
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Little Girl Lost
- A Foundlings Novel
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 112
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 113
May 1968 - On a murky pre-dawn Mother’s Day, sinister secrets play out miles apart in New York City. In Harlem, a church janitor finds a newborn in a basket. In Brooklyn, an elusive serial killer prowls slumbering families, leaving a trail of blood. These seemingly unrelated lives - and deaths - are destined to intersect on a distant, blood-soaked day. October, 1987 - Reeling from shocking personal discoveries, two strangers navigate a world where nothing is as it seems.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Up To Staub's Standards
- By Gracie on 12-29-18
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Compelling Evidence & Prime Witness
- 2-in-1 Edition, Paul Madriani Books 1 and 2
- By: Steve Martini
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
Compelling Evidence Paul Madriani was once a promising associate with the prestigious Potter, Skarpellos law firm, co-founded by his mentor, Ben Potter. But after a scandalous affair with Ben's wife, Talia, Paul left the firm to begin a brilliant career as a criminal defense attorney. Ben's impeccable reputation has made him a leading candidate for the Supreme Court, until he is found dead on the eve of the nomination, and Talia becomes the prime suspect.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible
- By LS1015 on 04-08-19
By: Steve Martini
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Kiss Her Goodbye
- A Fourth Dimension Thriller
- By: Robert Gregory Browne
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 127
All ATF Agent Jack Donovan wants out of life is to do his job and work on his strained relationship with his daughter Jessie after a nasty divorce. But in a ruthless act of revenge by a charismatic madman, Jessie is kidnapped and buried alive, with barely enough oxygen to sustain her. Now the only man who can save her, the only man who knows where to find her, has just been shot dead - and the clock is ticking... So what's a father to do?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Super supernatural thriller
- By shelley on 02-02-14
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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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Everywhere That Mary Went
- A Rosato & Associates Novel
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 970
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Story4 out of 5 stars 869
Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years trying to make partner in her cutthroat Philadelphia law firm. She's too busy to worry about the crank phone calls she's been getting - until they fall into a sinister pattern. The phone rings as soon as she gets to work, then as soon as she gets home. Mary can't shake the sensation that someone is watching her, following her every move. The shadowboxing turns deadly when her worst fears are realized, and she has to fight for something a lot more important than partnership: her life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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LIsa Scottoline's first legal thriller (1993)
- By Wayne on 03-13-18
By: Lisa Scottoline