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On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Baghdad, as the world waits for war, a miles-high energy wave cordons a vast area from southern Canada to northern Mexico. In a moment, 99 percent of the U.S. population has been wiped from the face of the earth.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Language in book is a bit over the top.
- By John R. Dritenbas on 07-07-10
By: John Birmingham
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66° North
- A Magnus Iceland Mystery
- By: Michael Ridpath
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Iceland, 1934. Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them and their families for generations. Iceland, 2009. The credit crunch bites. The currency has been devalued, savings annihilated, lives ruined. Grassroots revolution is in the air, as is the feeling that someone ought to pay.... And in a country where everyone knows everybody, it isn't hard to draw up a list of exactly who is responsible. And then, one by one, to cross them off.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story!
- By Far Side on 11-07-23
By: Michael Ridpath
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A Carrion Death
- Introducing Detective Kubu
- By: Michael Stanley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 129
Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour - no body, no case. But when Kalahari game rangers stumble on a human corpse midmeal, it turns out the murder wasn't perfect after all. Enough evidence is left to suggest foul play. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department is assigned to the case.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hot and Arid
- By Robert on 11-06-08
By: Michael Stanley
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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 559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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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Ramsey's Gold
- By: Russell Blake
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,522
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,143
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,120
When a forgotten journal materializes decades after Drake Ramsey's father vanished in the Amazon jungle, Drake decides to follow in his footsteps and search for the legendary treasure of the Inca empire hidden in the lost Inca city of Paititi.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining, but very cliched and derivative
- By Berkley on 12-07-16
By: Russell Blake
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Tigerman
- By: Nick Harkaway
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Story4 out of 5 stars 329
Lester Ferris needs a rest. He's spent his life being shot at, and Afghanistan was the last stop on his road to exhaustion. Mancreu is the ideal place for Lester to relax. A former British colony, soon to be destroyed because of its very special version of toxic pollution. But Lester Ferris makes a friend: a street kid with a comicbook fixation who will need a home - who might, Lester hopes, become an adopted son. But in a place like Mancreu, just what sort of hero will the boy need?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow start - but very touching
- By Cath on 08-25-14
By: Nick Harkaway
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The Deep Blue Good-By
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,830
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,280
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,287
He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before the A-Team, there was Travis McGee
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-12-16
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The Danger
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story5 out of 5 stars 71
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl jockey, disappears, followed by the young child of a derby winner and the senior steward of the Jockey Club. From Italy to England to Washington, D.C., Andrew's caseload is suddenly, violently overflowing. And he must fight triply hard to keep his own name off the growing list of victims.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but disturbing
- By oseedee on 06-08-23
By: Dick Francis
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Moscow Sting
- By: Alex Dryden
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
When Finn, a former British spy, is poisoned by a Russian assassin, his ex-boss Adrian, chief of MI6, wants vengeance. He also wants answers - information that only Finn's widow, Anna, knows. Taken to America for protection and information, the former Russian agent faces her greatest test: to ensure her freedom and protect her child, she must uncover the full truth before anyone else - even as friend and foe both set her in their sights.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Instriguing spy story. Excellent reader.
- By richard reznichek on 12-08-12
By: Alex Dryden
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Spycatcher
- By: Matthew Dunn
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 186
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 186
Matthew Dunn spent years as an MI6 field operative working on some of the West’s most clandestine missions. He recruited and ran agents, planned and participated in special operations, and operated deep undercover throughout the world. In Spycatcher he draws on this fascinating experience to breathe urgent, dynamic new life into the contemporary spy novel. Featuring deft and daring superspy Will Cochrane, Dunn paints a nerve-jangling, bracingly authentic picture of today’s secret world. It is a place where trust is precious and betrayal is cheap....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Juvenile and just bad
- By R. L. Ketcham on 08-30-11
By: Matthew Dunn
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Children of the Deterrent
- Halfhero, Book 1
- By: Ian W. Sainsbury
- Narrated by: Sam Phillips, Jaimi Barbakoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 170
The new novel by the author of the best-selling The World Walker series. 'My name is Daniel Harbin, and I'm a child of The Deterrent.' What if a superhuman turned out not to be so super...or even human? Britain's superhero, The Deterrent, was unveiled to the world in 1979 and disappeared two years later. The truth about his origins has never been revealed. The rumours about his children - those that survived - and their mysterious abilities have never been confirmed. Until now....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Everything Backstory Until Last Few Chapters
- By Sailfish on 06-30-20
By: Ian W. Sainsbury
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The Blood Strand
- Foroyar Triology, Book 1
- By: Chris Ould
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Story4 out of 5 stars 243
Jan Reyna is a murder squad detective, British by adoption and choice, Faroese by birth and history. Called back to the remote Danish Faroe Islands when his father suffers a paralysing stroke, Reyna is forced to reexamine his decades-long rejection of the past and of his father in particular. But in this now-foreign country, whose language and customs he no longer understands, Reyna is also drawn into a rare Faroese murder case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent first book
- By Dr. William J. Kass on 03-22-16
By: Chris Ould
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The Tenth Chamber
- By: Glenn Cooper
- Narrated by: Henri Lubatti
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 532
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 459
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Story4 out of 5 stars 457
Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to read the startling 14th-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it contains - and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the abbey. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc Simard and the two men go exploring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Leaves Dan Brown's "INFERNO" in the Dust
- By karinzart on 07-06-13
By: Glenn Cooper
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After the Monsoon
- An Ernst Grip Novel
- By: Robert Karjel
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
A Swedish army lieutenant drops dead on a shooting range in the desert. Was it an unfortunate accident - or something more nefarious? Ernst Grip, an agent of the Swedish security police, is sent to the Horn of Africa to find out. Once he’s on the ground, however, he quickly discovers he’s on his own. No one wants him snooping around - especially not the US Embassy’s CIA station. Which is no surprise, given that military transport planes are leaving from the base carrying untraceable pallets loaded with cash.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Difficult book to review. Pulse-pounding? Not.
- By Richard Delman on 08-18-18
By: Robert Karjel
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Lie Down with Lions
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Eric Lincoln, Lary Bradenburg, Donald Brearley, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 774
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 583
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Story4 out of 5 stars 584
Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman.... They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing from terrorist bombs in Paris to the violence and intrigue of Afghanistan - and on to the moment of truth and a deadly decision for all of them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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makes me want my money back
- By tannk on 09-30-08
By: Ken Follett
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- sherri
- 11-18-18
Better than the usual thriller
With its insight into the migrant experience and top-notch suspense, despite a few too many lost cell phones, this is a thriller worth reading. It avoids the formulaic feel that makes so many thrillers boring to all but die-hard fans, even though it does follow the accepted formula. The "OMG, how will they get out of this one" scene was especially fraught.
I object, however, to the comparisons with John Le Carre and Mick Herron. Firefly lacks the moral ambiguity and the questions that put those authors above the rest of the genre. Of course there's nothing morally ambiguous about a terrorist (and attempts to show their humanity through back-story usually fail), but this book doesn't address the systems that propel the situations found in the book the way Le Carre and Herron do. Herron is far superior, as well, at portraying female characters, i.e. making them seem like real humans.
Even though Firefly doesn't rise above the genre, as some claim, it's at the top of its class.
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- Ringrock
- 06-14-19
Espionage, current events, and rich characters
An exceptionally gifted narrator, telling a compelling story. The author brought current events into focus, while transporting readers to regions and people in the world that are living out these gruesome political realities on a daily basis.
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- Grandma Psychoanalyst
- 07-06-22
Engaging spy thriller
Lots of twists and turns in a story involving Arabic terrorists and criminals chasing an immigrant boy with incriminating information. He is aided by an off-the-books British spy and an attractive psychologist. Excellent narrator.
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- jake!
- 01-07-19
Brilliant
I read so many thrillers that they can become a bit tedious. Firefly was a total and unexpected departure from the usual formula of this genre. The character development, the exploration of moral quandaries, the cat-and-mouse quality... many elements merge successfully here making it a delightful, rewarding read!
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- Herder Deb
- 10-16-19
Memorized
loved this. couldn't stop listening. didn't want it to end.
highly recommend listening to this.
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