A Cruise to Die For
An Alix London Mystery, Book 2
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This should be the cushiest job Alix London's ever had.
The second Alix London Mystery finds the art restorer in a world brimming with idle luxury, spectacular locations, and deadly intrigue.
Surrounded by art and wealth and the sun-drenched Greek isles, she's aboard a sumptuous mega-yacht with no responsibilities save the occasional lecture to the guests of her temporary employer, Panos Papadakis, one of the world's richest men. But there's a catch: Papadakis has long been suspected of being at the center of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme and Alix is actually there as an undercover operative of FBI special agent Ted Ellesworth, a member of the Bureau's Art Crime Team. They hope Alix can gather the inside information they need to finally put the cagey Papadakis away.
Alix's exposure to the enormous wealth of high-end collectors and the shadier aspects of the art trade - the avarice, naked greed, and ingenious scams - somehow brings her closer to her charming, "reformed" rogue of a father, and helps crystalize in her own mind just where she fits into the mix.
Moguls, murders, a forged Manet, and the Albanian mafia all play a role and send this pleasure cruise into brutally dangerous waters.
Set on the Aegean - Homer's fabled "wine-dark sea" - with stops at enchanted islands where ancient legends still live, A Cruise to Die For delivers a witty blend of suspense and mystery, as well as an insider's take on the contemporary art world and its eccentric characters. It's all served up with the style and sophistication with which Charlotte and Aaron Elkins have rewarded mystery listeners for the past 30 years.
©2013 Charlotte and Aaron Elkins (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Murder at the Kennedy Center
- De: Margaret Truman
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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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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Truman
- De Barbra en 01-01-08
De: Margaret Truman
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Manhattans and Murder
- The Murder, She Wrote Mysteries, Book 2
- De: Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
- Narrado por: Beth Porter
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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Promoting her latest books brings best-selling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, chat-show appearances, department store shopping...and murder. But it all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition.
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- De Dorise en 02-01-19
De: Jessica Fletcher, y otros
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Three Fates
- De: Nora Roberts
- Narrado por: Bernadette Quigley
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
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When the Lusitania sank, more than one 1,000 people died. One passenger, however, survived to become a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief but keeping a small silver statue that would become a family heirloom to future generations. Now, nearly a century later, that heirloom, one of a priceless, long-separated set of three, has been snatched away from the Sullivans.
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Good, Entertaining "Trilogy" -- Under One Cover!
- De pewter en 08-24-12
De: Nora Roberts
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The Forgery of Venus
- De: Michael Gruber
- Narrado por: Eric Conger
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he's offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he is at first, skeptical - he immediately sees it is more a forgery than a restoration. But he is soon seduced by the challenge and throws himself into the work, doing the job brilliantly.
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art sci fi psychological thriller
- De Susan en 11-06-11
De: Michael Gruber
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The Color of Night
- De: David Lindsey
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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Harry Strand is living a quiet life as an art dealer in Houston. But until four years ago, he was an intelligence agent for the foreign service. His nemesis was Schrade, a ruthless international criminal who arranged the "accident" that killed Harry's wife. Now Harry has met a mysterious, beautiful woman who may have critical information about Schrade. And Harry begins to bait a trap for his enemy. The more Harry learns, however, the more he feels pulled into a much deeper conspiracy.
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Excellent and intriguing!
- De Gail Kisellus en 01-15-18
De: David Lindsey
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Bangkok 8
- De: John Burdett
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep - a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I. - is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones....
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Very dissapointing
- De Dennis en 05-29-13
De: John Burdett
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Homicide in Hardcover
- A Bibliophile Mystery
- De: Kate Carlisle
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn't be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration. With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless - and supposedly cursed - copy of Goethe's Faust for safekeeping.
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NICE TYPICAL COZY mystery
- De CarmelaC en 02-06-17
De: Kate Carlisle
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Cloche and Dagger
- Hat Shop Mystery Series # 1
- De: Jenn McKinlay
- Narrado por: Karyn O'Bryant
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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Not only is Scarlett Parker's love life in the loo - as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say - it's also gone viral with an embarrassing video. So when Viv suggests Scarlett leave Florida to lay low in London, she hops on the next plane across the pond. Viv is the proprietor of Mims's Whims, a ladies' hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business. But a few surprises await Scarlett in London.
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Charming story. Disappointing ending.
- De happydisabledmom en 05-27-20
De: Jenn McKinlay
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Decked
- Regan Reilly Mystery Series, Book 1
- De: Carol Higgins Clark
- Narrado por: Mary Higgins Clark
- Duración: 3 h y 1 m
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When Athena disappeared from St. Polycarp's College at Oxford, her friends assumed she had run away - to hide from her overbearing, wealthy Greek family, or even to marry some unacceptable young man. To their shock, they find out at their 10-year reunion that her body has been discovered in an excavation. Private investigator Regan Reilly, Athena's former college roommate, is determined to track down her friend's killer.
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- De Linda en 09-21-09
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The Merlot Murders
- A Wine Country Mystery
- De: Ellen Crosby
- Narrado por: P. J. Davis-Oran
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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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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Wine & history w/ your mystery!
- De Cracker1951 en 03-27-08
De: Ellen Crosby
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Layover in Dubai
- A Novel
- De: Dan Fesperman
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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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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Dubai Dubai Doo
- De itinerant en 02-14-12
De: Dan Fesperman
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Ten Beach Road
- De: Wendy Wax
- Narrado por: Amy Rubinate
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover their life savings have vanished, along with their trusted financial manager - leaving them with nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle beachfront house. Throwing their lots in together, they take on the challenge of restoring the historic property. But just as they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of friendship, secrets threaten to tear down their trust.
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Terrible narrator
- De Kindle Customer en 10-17-18
De: Wendy Wax
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A Crafty Killing
- Victoria Square Mystery, Book 1
- De: Lorraine Bartlett
- Narrado por: Jorjeana Marie
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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The last thing Katie Bonner wanted was to become the manager of Artisans Alley. But when her business partner Ezra Hilton is found bludgeoned to death, she has no other choice. Business under Ezra had been faltering - but was it enough to provoke someone to murder? Only Katie can find the answer.
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So-so
- De Kathi en 04-30-15
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A Wicked Slice
- A Lee Ofsted Mystery
- De: Aaron Elkins, Charlotte Elkins
- Narrado por: Julia Farhat
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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Aaron Elkins, the author of the Edgar-winning Old Bones, teamed up with his wife, Charlotte, to fashion this lighthearted mystery - a fictional look at the less glamorous side of a golf tour. In this first Lee Ofsted mystery, Lee is a "rabbit" golfer in the Pacific-Western Women's Pro-Am. She made it into the tournament by the skin of her teeth and suddenly she can't keep her long drives from slicing - veering sharply to the right. She is hitting the ball perfectly and it simply isn't going where it is supposed to.
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- De Lifeisshort en 07-18-14
De: Aaron Elkins, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Cruise to Die For
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- Bibliopa
- 11-14-17
Charming Art Mystery
I really enjoy these books. The background of art forgery and the characters are great! I look forward to listening to all of them!
The narrator is excellent. She handles men's and women's voices, as well as a diverse array of accents and artist and artwork names. Great job!
I highly recommend these mysteries to art lovers and mystery lovers. Really interesting and informative books!
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- Kathy in CA
- 11-07-17
Enjoyable
This second installment in the series is even more enjoyable than the first, with many tidbits about art and the area around Greece. The narrator is a wonderful reader and does voices well, but her English accent falls short and mispronunciation of several words should have been caught by an editor. These are small distractions from a pleasant tale, though.
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- CrunchySocks
- 09-26-15
Hard to start
The beginning was a bit painful, mostly due to the narrator. But after a while it settled down and became a standard mystery.
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- Merike S.
- 10-23-17
too much of book 1 included in book 2.
Convoluted story line, the ending didn't make much sense to me. I love series books and the art aspect of this series but am reluctant to get the third book.
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- Jackie Houchin
- 06-13-22
What a fun exotic mystery.
Charlotte and Aaron Elkins (husband & wife team) have created a wonderful art world mystery with characters you love (except the bad guys, of course) and a
gorgeous super posh setting aboard a mega yacht in the beautiful Aegean Sea among the Greece islands. (Bracketed by brief times in New York and DC.)
Alex, daughter of a famous art forger - who's paid for his crime with 8 years in prison - and who is an art expert in her own right and can spot a forgery at a single glance, has been asked by the FBI to attend a week long art auction on the above yacht, owned by a super rich Greek dealer in Old World art. She is to observe and report on the art as well on the wealthy patrons on board. That's all.
But she is barely on board before she identifies the first painting she sees - a Manet - as a forgery. Amateur sleuth that she is, she expresses her opinion to the crowd. It's not long before she is attacked and the painting slashed. Who did each? And why?
As she gets to know and like the fellow cruisers a astonishing secret operation is revealed.
The climax is action packed, with Alex literally in the middle with her life in dire danger.
When all the pieces are later sorted, she is astonished at the evil, and the getting away with crime. At the very end, back home in New York she receives an even over-the-top grand surprise that will have readers cheering and maybe weeping for joy. I kid you not!
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- James W.
- 09-18-19
An okay short story padded with hours of verbiage
This is the second book in the Alix London series and a definite step down from the opening book. I like the writing style of these authors, but large swathes of this book seemed to be filler that didn’t hold my interest or contribute to the story. In the end, there was a mystery and even some action, but really this book could have been edited down by half without losing anything. Speaking of editing, other reviewers are correct that there is a glaring editing error near the end, but it didn’t affect my rating as it could have been fixed very quickly and easily. It is sloppy but you can easily make the corrections in your imagination and the story holds together. All in all, if this was my first read of the series, it would be one and done, but I did enjoy the first book so I’ll continue.
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- David I. Williams
- 05-17-15
Good fun
Alix London is back. This time the young art restorer is working as an undercover consultant for the FBI. What starts out as a mission to just keep her eyes open turns into a serious affair involving theft, murder, and forgery. All in a day's work for our intrepid art expert.
Free business tycoon Panos Papadakis is holding an exclusive art auction aboard his luxury yacht. He plans to sell off a few of his personal paintings and has invited a few of his personal friends to join him on the cruise. He has also invited Alix London along as an art expert to make the trip more informative. Unknown to Panos Alix is there at the request of the FBI. They want her to keep her ears open for any shady financial dealings that Panos may be involved in. Her job quickly becomes complicated when she begins to doubt the authenticity of one of the paintings. Alix has learned to trust to her instincts when it comes to art, but will they serve her well when dealing with people who will stop at nothing, including murder?
The Art Whisperer is the second book in the Alix London series by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins. The book is a lighthearted mystery and is a lot of fun. The characters are enjoyable and the pacing is quite nice. This is a perfect book to take along to the beach or to just curl up with.
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- F. Burke
- 12-21-13
Fun and light
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, for any friend that wants a pleasant, silly thriller/mystery read/listen.
Who was your favorite character and why?
All the characters are well formed, but Alix is very relatable for an art expert, which makes the book easy to get into.
What three words best describe Kate Rudd’s voice?
Light, easy to listen to, melodious.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I did - it was great background noise for household chores.
Any additional comments?
The narrator really needs to brush up on her pronunciation of some more obscure words. Alix, a well-bred, well-travelled art expert would never pronounce "Lyons" as Lions. Or rapprochement as REproachment. It happened just often enough to grate. She nailed the pronunciations of all the artists and artwork, which is why is stood out.
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- Debbie
- 04-03-16
Albania, Aegean, Art and Alix
Alix London returns in Book 2, assigned as undercover op for the FBI to take an art cruise on the Aegean Sea with high roller, self-absorbed Panos Papadakis, long suspected of running a Ponzi scheme, selling off stakes on his expensive art works . . . but no sooner than Alix boards the ship, she notices that the prize of the upcoming art auction, a Manet, is a fake . . . the deeper she gets, the more dangerous . . . and soon FBI special agent Ted Ellesworth joins her on the cruise, unexpectedly . . . and the sparks fly in more ways than one . . . fun, interesting and different . . . looking forward to Book 3!
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- Phelisha's Fire
- 06-12-21
Great fun!
Another intriguing adventure by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins. The armchair traveler in me is thoroughly satisfied.
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