The Wild Beasts of Wuhan
Ava Lee, Book 3
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Ian Hamilton
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"Formidable...Ava Lee is unbeatable at just about everything....She's perfect."—Toronto Star
Meet Ava Lee, alluring but deadly, with a mind like a steel trap, as she chases millions of dollars and dangerous criminals around the globe in this exotic and fast-paced new crime series by Ian Hamilton.
In The Wild Beasts of Wuhan, Wong Changxing, a rich Chinese powerbroker, has just been bilked out of $100 million in an elaborate art forgery con. His one hope of recovering the money, and of saving face, is Ava Lee—a forensic accountant with a talent for tracking down untraceable funds. With the help of her mentor, the Triad-connected Uncle, Ava traces the provenance of the meticulously forged paintings to Denmark, the Faroe Islands, New York, and London. As she infiltrates one of the most prestigious auction houses in the world, she uncovers a massive web of corruption, where high art and high-stakes fraud threaten more than just her client's business—this is one scam that could get her killed. Ava Lee is one of the most scintillating, unique heroines to come along in years.
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Kenneth Ewald has what it takes to win the presidency: the support of his party, a lovely wife, a dynamic campaign. What neither he nor any candidate needs is a corpse. He knows only one man capable of solving a crime, clearing his son, putting his campaign back on track and catching a killer: his best friend Mac Smith. Oddly enough, it was Mac and his dog Rufus who found the body in the first place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truman
- By Barbra on 01-01-08
By: Margaret Truman
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A is for Alibi
- A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
- By: Sue Grafton
- Narrated by: Mary Peiffer
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,746
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,093
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,095
This is the first in the popular series featuring California investigator Kinsey Millhone. She's 32, twice divorced, no kids, an ex-cop who likes her work...and who works strictly alone!
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1 out of 5 stars
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No More for Me
- By Robin on 07-12-08
By: Sue Grafton
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Murder of Magpies
- By: Judith Flanders
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4 out of 5 stars 67
It's just another day at the office for book editor Samantha Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering how to break it to her star novelist that her latest effort is utterly unpublishable, lunch scheduled with gossipy author Kit Lowell, whose new book will deliciously dish the dirt on the fashion industry. But little does she know how much trouble Kit's book is about to be. Before it even goes to print.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent novel, horrible narrator
- By David on 03-20-17
By: Judith Flanders
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A Grave Talent
- A Kate Martinelli Mystery, Book 1
- By: Laurie R. King
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 584
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 510
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Story4 out of 5 stars 507
The unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless. For Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who's less than thrilled to be handed a green partner, it's a difficult case that just keeps getting harder. Then the detectives receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Fantastic Series by Laurie R. King
- By Anna on 03-29-15
By: Laurie R. King
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Upside Down Inside Out
- By: Monica McInerney
- Narrated by: Melissa Eccleston
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
Ever been tempted to pretend you were someone exotic, someone adventurous, someone different? Set in Ireland, England and Australia, this is the funny and heart-warming story of two people whose lives are about to turn upside down and inside out. Eva is off to Australia on a break from her job in a Dublin delicatessen, hoping to forget a fizzled romance and find inspiration for a new career. Joseph is taking a holiday from his stressful London job. Each is on a search for some answers about life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The story was slow and whiney.
- By DTA on 08-22-15
By: Monica McInerney
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The Wrong Man
- By: Kate White
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4 out of 5 stars 137
Adventurous in her work as one of Manhattan's hottest interior decorators, Kit Finn couldn't be tamer in her personal life. So, while on vacation in the Florida Keys, Kit resolves to do something risky for once. Flirting with Matt Healy is one thing. Going back to his room after their date is another. Instead Matt offers to cook her dinner when they're both back in the city. But when Kit arrives at his luxury apartment ready for the date of a lifetime, who is the man who opens the door? Kit's usually so good at reading people. How could she have been taken in by the deceptions of a con man?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre
- By mere2442 on 08-10-15
By: Kate White
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Loot
- By: Aaron Elkins
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
In April 1945, The Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe. Truck convoys loaded with the cultural wealth of the Western world pour in an unending stream into the compound of the vast Altaussee salt mine high in the Austrian Alps. But with the Allies closing in, the vaunted efficiency of the Nazis has broken down. At Altaussee, all is tumult and confusion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book was a wonderful example of why I normally avoid histfiction: too good, too gripping! Now I need to read Monuments Men!
- By Logophile on 08-01-24
By: Aaron Elkins
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The Book of Air and Shadows
- A Novel
- By: Michael Gruber
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 528
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 191
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Story4 out of 5 stars 191
Jake Mishkin's seemingly innocent job as an intellectual property lawyer has put him at the center of a deadly conspiracy and a chase to find a priceless treasure involving William Shakespeare. As he awaits a killer (or killers) unknown, Jake writes an account of the events that led to this deadly endgame, a frantic chase that began when a fire in an antiquarian bookstore revealed the hiding place of letters containing a shocking secret, concealed for 400 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not your average story.
- By Nicholas Winn on 06-02-07
By: Michael Gruber
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The Merlot Murders
- A Wine Country Mystery
- By: Ellen Crosby
- Narrated by: P. J. Davis-Oran
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4 out of 5 stars 101
Lucie Montgomery's semi-estranged brother, Eli, calls her in France to tell her that their father, Leland, has been killed in a hunting accident on the family's 500-acre Virginia vineyard. But the vineyard is now shabby and run-down and her siblings want to sell it. Then Lucie's godfather tells her Leland's death was no accident. With her greedy brother, hell-raising sister, and a seemingly cut-rate vintner hired by Leland just before he died, all the suspects are disturbingly close to home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wine & history w/ your mystery!
- By Cracker1951 on 03-27-08
By: Ellen Crosby
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Sweet Masterpiece
- Samantha Sweet Series, Book 1
- By: Connie Shelton
- Narrated by: Andrea Bates
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 267
Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for a living - all perfectly legal as a caretaker for the USDA. But her real dream is to open her own pastry shop, 'Sweet's Sweets.' Life is a little crazy for Sam right now. At one of her break-in properties, a dying woman insists that she take a small wooden box. Sam doesn't realize that the old woman was known locally as a 'bruja,' a witch, until she begins to feel some strange effects from the box.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Picky, I know I'm Picky.
- By Judy King on 03-02-16
By: Connie Shelton
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Layover in Dubai
- A Novel
- By: Dan Fesperman
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 154
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Story4 out of 5 stars 150
Corporate auditor Sam Keller, careful to a fault, has decided to live it up for a change. And what better spot for business-class hedonism than the boomtown of Dubai, where resort islands materialize from open ocean, fortunes are made overnight, and skiers crisscross the snowy slopes of a shopping mall. But when a colleague is murdered during a night on the town, Sam soon finds himself waist-deep in a bewildering, lethal mix of mobsters, prostitutes, and crooked cops.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dubai Dubai Doo
- By itinerant on 02-14-12
By: Dan Fesperman
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The Eighth Commandment
- By: Lawrence Sanders
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
When the Damaretion, the prized Greek coin from Archibald Havistock's collection, disappears and appraiser Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson comes under suspicion, Bateson, a cop, and an insurance investigator set out to solve the crime.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was a nice listen
- By John on 10-01-12
By: Lawrence Sanders
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Ghosts of Manhattan
- A Novel
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 95
It’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a 35-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage and on him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- By Melvin on 06-30-15
By: Douglas Brunt
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
- By: Eva Jurczyk
- Narrated by: Hannah Cabell
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 88
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 88
Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why?
- By Kenna on 08-14-22
By: Eva Jurczyk
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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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Bright Lights, Big City
- By: Jay McInerney
- Narrated by: Daniel Passer
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 341
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Story4 out of 5 stars 283
The tragicomedy of a young man in New York City, a writer, never named, who works as a fact-checker for a prestigious magazine. He struggles with the reality of his mother's death, alienation, and the seductive pull of drugs and a vibrant nightlife.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Curiously, mundanely real
- By Amber on 01-07-12
By: Jay McInerney
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- MichaelM
- 03-06-21
Very good
I enjoyed the book. Ava Lee brings a couple different perspectives or approaches to this sort of thriller. Still I felt there was something missing. It is difficult to criticize a book, even gently, without talking about spoilers, so I will leave it at my 4 star rating. I think if you enjoy this book, you would enjoy many by Barry Eisler. Also, it may be that I am retired and reading a book a week etc. so maybe I am jaded a bit, but I am not sure 9 hours is really enough to develop an interesting story.
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