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Rogue Force
- A Troy Stark Thriller, Book 1
- De: Jack Mars
- Narrado por: Keith Barbaria
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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When elite Navy SEAL Troy Stark is forced into retirement for his dubious respect for authority, he dreads the quiet life awaiting him with his brothers and buddies in Yonkers, New York. But the quiet doesn’t last long: The NYPD needs Troy’s military expertise to help find and stop a major terrorist threat to New York City. To preempt the attack, they need him to fly to Europe and stop it at its source—using any means necessary.
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Not up to Jack Mars past book.
- De David L. Daniels en 07-16-22
- Rogue Force
- A Troy Stark Thriller, Book 1
- De: Jack Mars
- Narrado por: Keith Barbaria
Quirky but highly enjoyable
Revisado: 09-26-22
The story was fab, the characters very likable and believable. Good topical story, and it was fun without being silly.
As you've seen, you'll likely either love or hate the narrator. It swings between sounding so laconic so as to be poor reading, to matching the character perfectly. That's where I ended up and the only bummer was that the book ended and the next two books aren't available yet. Plenty to come from what he started in the first book, though.
Give it a shot.
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Ocean Prey
- De: John Sandford
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along until it slows to pick up a surfaced diver...a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense unless there's something hinky going on, and his hunch is proved right when all three Guardsmen who come out to investigate are shot and killed.
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Excellent narration
- De sladeatlanta en 04-16-21
- Ocean Prey
- De: John Sandford
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
Great one from old reliable
Revisado: 05-15-21
Sandford and ferrone go together like peanut butter and jelly. After a couple of meh efforts, this one takes both duos (author/narrator) (Lucas/Virgil) back into the five-star range.
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Joyland
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Michael Kelly
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. Joyland is a brand-new novel and has never previously been published.
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King in his Summer Finest
- De Cynthia en 06-06-13
- Joyland
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Michael Kelly
Fabulous story, fabulous performance
Revisado: 11-17-19
I'm not a Stephen King horror fan, though I did love the Kennedy book. This is probably my third SK book.
This one takes the listener back to the early '70s, an amusement park on the beach in North Carolina. The book draws you in from the start, and you quickly sense you're in the hands of a master author. The story starts a bit slow, but the pieces are all there; a broken heart, an attractive young mother, a murder mystery, a bit of mysticism, and a lightly exotic carny atmosphere.
Truthfully, there is little suspense here, the story plays out as you would expect it to. But the story is pleasantly engaging, the characters exceptionally likable and the reader is absolutely perfect for the role. You'll enjoy your time reading and will be sorry when it's over.
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Warning Light
- De: David Ricciardi
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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When a commercial flight violates restricted airspace to make an emergency landing at a closed airport in Iran, the passengers are just happy to be alive and ready to transfer to a functional plane. All of them except one...the American technology consultant in business class is not who he says he is. Zac Miller is a CIA analyst. And after an agent's cover gets blown, Zac - though never trained to be a field operative - volunteers to take his place, to keep a surveillance mission from being scrubbed.
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Outstanding Excellent Superb etc etc etc...
- De shelley en 04-23-18
- Warning Light
- De: David Ricciardi
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Hate to Be a Hater, But ....
Revisado: 06-11-19
Disagree with most of the other reviews here (note: some spoilers).
Some thrillers flow naturally, others seem to impose a set number of hurdles that the hero has to jump through to get to the end of the race. This was the latter type. During the story, our hero (an analyst, btw, not a trained agent) escapes from an Iranian prison and horrific interrogator, hikes across Iran to the Persian Gulf, steals a sailboat, sails to Saudi Arabia, encounters a police captain who is buddies with the Iranian interrogator, overpowers the captain and breaks out of a Saudi police station, and stows away on a freighter to Marseille. Then, his real troubles begin because his former bosses at the CIA don't trust him because he was set up as a murderer by the Iranians. So, he has to outwit them as well. I understand suspending disbelief, but this was a bit much.
The story might have worked if the narrator was even proficient, but he got wildly overdramatic in describing action scenes and awkward with dialog. Just never got into a groove.
I'm about 80% of the way through and probably will finish, but will avoid author and narrator in the future.
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Seeing Red
- De: Sandra Brown
- Narrado por: Victor Slezak
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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Kerra Bailey is a television journalist on the rise, and she's hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to even greater heights: an interview with the legendary Major Trapper. Twenty-five years ago, the major emerged a hero from the bombing of the Pegasus Hotel in downtown Dallas when he was photographed leading a handful of survivors out of the collapsing building. The iconic picture transformed him into a beloved national icon, in constant demand for speeches and interviews - until he suddenly dropped out of the public eye.
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I'm no prude but...
- De Pat en 09-08-17
- Seeing Red
- De: Sandra Brown
- Narrado por: Victor Slezak
Not for Me - Thankful I Didn't Pay Full Price
Revisado: 01-02-19
Brown is a solid author that I've enjoyed before, but I couldn't get into this one. None of the characters were particularly distinctive or likable, and after a while, they all sounded the same There may be a great story here, but I couldn't wait; gone after about two hours of listening. Thankful that I didn't pay full price.
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The Switch
- A Novel
- De: Joseph Finder
- Narrado por: Steven Kearney
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Michael Tanner is on his way home from a business trip when he accidentally picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line. He doesn't notice the mix-up until he arrives home in Boston, but by then it's too late. Tanner's curiosity gets the better of him when he discovers that the owner is a US senator and that the laptop contains top secret files. When Senator Susan Robbins realizes she's come back with the wrong laptop, she calls her young chief of staff, Will Abbott, in a panic.
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Stupid, Frustrated, Disapointed
- De Scott en 06-28-17
- The Switch
- A Novel
- De: Joseph Finder
- Narrado por: Steven Kearney
Hate to pile on, but
Revisado: 12-07-18
So, you find out that you switched notebooks with a US Senator at the airport, so you (pick 1).
a. Do nothing for a couple of days because your business and life are in turmoil.
b. Immediately call the Senator's office to arrange a swap.
c. Call the Russians
If you answered a, you'll love the book because you're similar to the main character.
If you answered b, you'll hate the book because you're a reasonable person and will have no idea why the main character answered a and continues to make awful decisions.
If you answered c, you probably should write your own book.
Beyond the frustrating story, the reader, though good with different accents, was pretty much a monotone within each character. Love some of Finder's other books, but didn't last two hours in this one. I'll never listen to another book narrated by Kearney.
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Shibumi
- De: Trevanian
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
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Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Hel's secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection: shibumi.
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Only a Russian could be this shibumi
- De David en 07-15-12
- Shibumi
- De: Trevanian
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
16 hours and not a single likable character
Revisado: 01-30-18
I really wanted to like this book, but with 4 hours left, just had to stop.
The premise is OK; US vs. an assassin, with an evil consortium of energy companies running the US. The guy in charge of the consortium is a prick, no surprise. But the assassin is almost worse, supercilious and obnoxious to a fault. Just a hateful guy who says and thinks hateful things that I just didn't enjoy being around.
The author seemed to randomly choose his topics for exploration; with four hours left, I have no idea how the assassin became expert at his profession but did spend 3 hours exploring a cave in the Basque region of Europe for no reason I can ascertain, joined by an insufferable Basque poet more obnoxious than the assassin.
In fairness, the author does write beautifully and you learn a lot about a lot of topics, particularly the US endgame in Japan during WWII, and the beginning of the recovery. But after one piece of action near the start, I've gone about 10 hours without a shot being fired. I'm more of a Reacher fan than Mitch Rapp, but I do appreciate some action every once in a while.
Though generally competent, the narrator Barrett merges Russian, Basque, Japanese, and French accents into a blurry mess, which detracts from the story, particularly when voicing the Basque poet, who I didn't like anyway.
I gave up after the assassin spent an hour verbally emasculating a girl who had the temerity to be young and American, something that someone who truly sought Shibumi, a "particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty" (Wikipedia) would presumably never do. There are enough jerks in the real world; I don't need to spend my leisure time with one as well.
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The Verdict
- De: Nick Stone
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 21 h y 17 m
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Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk desperately trying to get promoted when he is given the biggest opportunity of his career: to help defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, is not only someone he knows but someone he loathes. This case could potentially make Terry's career, but how can he defend a former friend who betrayed him?
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What Goes Around Comes Back Around!!!
- De R. Pontiflet en 02-14-16
- The Verdict
- De: Nick Stone
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
A really good story buoyed by an amazing read
Revisado: 04-03-17
I'm not usually into trial thrillers but took a flyer on this one. Boy, am I glad I did.
The storyline is rich and complex, the characters diverse, intriguing and compelling. It's set in London, and the reader was phenomenal, bringing the characters home with distinct voices with Irish, Scottish, cockney, aristocratic, male, female, judge and jury. It really pulled me into the whole experience.
It's the kind of book that keeps you cleaning the kitchen (or your particular analog) well past your bedtime so you can keep listening, and one that you'll be sorry when you finish.
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The Black Widow
- De: Daniel Silva
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
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Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin described as the most compelling fictional creation "since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond" ( Rocky Mountain News), is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
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The Prince of Fire is back
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 07-17-16
- The Black Widow
- De: Daniel Silva
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Intriguing New Character Makes This Tale
Revisado: 09-20-16
Silva introduces a badly needed new character in a topical and highly engaging story. I'm not a big George Guidall fan, he does a nice job with this one. If you've been a bit bored with the last few, this one will recapture your interest.
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The Drifter
- A Peter Ash Novel
- De: Nick Petrie
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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Peter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls his "white static", the buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming in nature, sleeping under the stars. But when a friend from the marines commits suicide, Ash returns to civilization to help the man's widow with some home repairs. Under her dilapidated porch, he finds more than he bargained for.
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Great lead in for a series until...
- De D. Kim Hamblin, PhD en 01-27-16
- The Drifter
- A Peter Ash Novel
- De: Nick Petrie
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
A New Author is Always a Risk:This is Worth Taking
Revisado: 03-08-16
My inclinations lean towards espionage and thrillers, more Jack Reacher than Mitch Rapp, more believable than superman. This book is the perfect meld of exceptionally likable characters, an intriguing story, and a narrator who was born to read this book. My only disappointment is that the next book in the series isn't available (at least not yet). If your inclinations are similar to mine, take a shot; you'll likely enjoy it as much as I did.
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