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Strangers on a Train
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- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world - where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.
The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction and proved her mastery of depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
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Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way. Another Country is a work that is as powerful today as it was 40 years ago - and expertly narrated by Dion Graham.
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Powerful and sad
- De Kenneth en 04-10-09
De: James Baldwin
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Perchance to Dream
- Selected Stories
- De: Charles Beaumont
- Narrado por: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer. It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for The Twilight Zone - for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes.
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- De Ralph Freaster en 06-22-16
De: Charles Beaumont
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The Keep
- The Adversary Cycle, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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"Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims. When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the problem, the men find something that's both powerful and terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on folklore - who just happens to be Jewish - to shed some light on the mysterious happenings.
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At long last, The classic horror novel on Audible
- De Shieldslinger en 07-22-20
De: F. Paul Wilson
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Death in Zanzibar
- De: M. M. Kaye
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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Dany Ashton is invited to vacation at her stepfather's house in Zanzibar, but even before her airplane takes off there is a stolen passport, a midnight intruder - and murder. In Zanizbar, the family house is Kivulimi, the mysterious "House of Shade", where Dany and the rest of the guests learn that one of them is a desperate killer. The air of freedom and nonchalance that opened the house party fades into growing terror, as the threat of futher violence flowers in the scented air of Zanzibar.
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Old Favorite Now in Audio
- De Marie en 01-13-13
De: M. M. Kaye
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The Glass Key
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett’s tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Hammett invented the noir crime novel.
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Pacing Quick & Plot was Goldilocks
- De Darwin8u en 05-16-12
De: Dashiell Hammett
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London Fields
- De: Martin Amis
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
- Duración: 21 h y 47 m
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The murderee is Nicola Six, a "black hole" of sex and self-loathing who is intent on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may be Keith Talent, a violent lowlife whose only passions are pornography and darts; or the rich, honorable, and dimly romantic Guy Clinch. As Nicola leads her suitors towards the precipice, London--and, indeed, the whole world--seems to shamble after them in a corrosively funny novel of complexity and morality.
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Big chewy novel, excellent narration
- De Sand en 08-21-14
De: Martin Amis
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The Great Gatsby
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: Tim Robbins
- Duración: 5 h y 3 m
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Set against a backdrop of jazz music, bootlegging, and lavish parties, The Great Gatsby is the story of Midwesterner Nick Carraway’s curious introduction to the decadent world of his mysterious, wealthy neighbor Jay Gatsby, whose thirst for riches is matched only by his tragic obsession with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. This dangerously propulsive tale of glitz and glamour continues to be relevant as listeners long for escapist novels—a chance to flee into Gatsby’s famed mansion and lose oneself in the rush of opulence.
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Alive and Wild! I finished it same day.
- De Brea DeMarquee en 08-27-21
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Welcome to the Monkey House
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: David Strathairn, Maria Tucci, Bill Irwin, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
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Classic Vonnegut
- De Michael Carrato en 08-17-06
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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False Pretenses
- De: Catherine Coulter
- Narrado por: Renee Raudman, Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
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Meet Elizabeth Carleton, a fascinating woman who is not only a famous concert pianist, but is also married to a wealthy international business tycoon, Timothy Carleton. She is the envy of all until her perfect life falls apart literally in a heartbeat: Timothy Carleton is stabbed in the chest with an ice pick and Elizabeth is accused of his murder. Things rapidly go from bad to worse until a surprise witness appears to give her an airtight alibi. The jury finds her not guilty. The only thing is: She’s never met the man who testified on her behalf.
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Not her best work
- De Terri en 01-21-15
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A Suspension of Mercy
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
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In A Suspension of Mercy, a masterpiece of noir fantasy, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
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- De Keedee en 02-19-18
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Patricia Highsmith
- Selected Novels and Short Stories
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 27 h y 16 m
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The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories, featuring the groundbreaking novels Strangers on a Train and The Price of Salt as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. With a critical introduction by Joan Schenkar, situating Highsmith’s classic works within her own tumultuous life, this book provides a useful guide to some of her most dazzlingly seductive writing.
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Dark, Sad and Unhappy Stories
- De Sara en 06-08-15
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The Blunderer
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
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For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. But she is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny.
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Disappointing
- De Patricia en 12-09-16
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Anatomy of a Murder
- De: Robert Traver
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the number one best seller in America, and was subsequently turned into the successful and now classic Otto Preminger film. It is is not only the most popular courtroom drama in American fiction, but one of the most popular novels of our time. A gripping tale of deceit, murder, and a sensational trial, Anatomy of a Murder is unmatched in the authenticity of its settings, events, and characters.
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Great story
- De peter en 10-05-20
De: Robert Traver
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This Sweet Sickness
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Tony Pasqualini
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In This Sweet Sickness, David Kelsey has an unyielding conviction that life will turn out all right for him; he just has to fix "the situation" of being in love with a married woman. Obsessed with Annabelle and the life he has imagined for them, David prepares to win her over, whatever it takes. In this riveting tale of a deluded loner, Highsmith reveals her uncanny ability to draw out the secret obsessions that overwhelm the human heart.
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Highly recommended!
- De nancy en 10-11-18
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Carol - The Price of Salt
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
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A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.
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I can't stop thinking about this book...
- De Shelley S. en 10-13-15
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A Suspension of Mercy
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
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In A Suspension of Mercy, a masterpiece of noir fantasy, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
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What??
- De Keedee en 02-19-18
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Patricia Highsmith
- Selected Novels and Short Stories
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 27 h y 16 m
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The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories, featuring the groundbreaking novels Strangers on a Train and The Price of Salt as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. With a critical introduction by Joan Schenkar, situating Highsmith’s classic works within her own tumultuous life, this book provides a useful guide to some of her most dazzlingly seductive writing.
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Dark, Sad and Unhappy Stories
- De Sara en 06-08-15
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The Blunderer
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. But she is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny.
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Disappointing
- De Patricia en 12-09-16
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Anatomy of a Murder
- De: Robert Traver
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the number one best seller in America, and was subsequently turned into the successful and now classic Otto Preminger film. It is is not only the most popular courtroom drama in American fiction, but one of the most popular novels of our time. A gripping tale of deceit, murder, and a sensational trial, Anatomy of a Murder is unmatched in the authenticity of its settings, events, and characters.
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Great story
- De peter en 10-05-20
De: Robert Traver
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This Sweet Sickness
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Tony Pasqualini
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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In This Sweet Sickness, David Kelsey has an unyielding conviction that life will turn out all right for him; he just has to fix "the situation" of being in love with a married woman. Obsessed with Annabelle and the life he has imagined for them, David prepares to win her over, whatever it takes. In this riveting tale of a deluded loner, Highsmith reveals her uncanny ability to draw out the secret obsessions that overwhelm the human heart.
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Highly recommended!
- De nancy en 10-11-18
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Carol - The Price of Salt
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.
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I can't stop thinking about this book...
- De Shelley S. en 10-13-15
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The Lost Village
- A Novel
- De: Alexandra Fleming - translator, Camilla Sten
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village”, since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left - a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn - have plagued her. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened.
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Mixed
- De Bitten and Seven Forever en 03-26-21
De: Alexandra Fleming - translator, y otros
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Night Will Find You
- A Novel
- De: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrado por: Karissa Vacker
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Vivvy Bouchet, daughter of a known psychic, was ten when she saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction. Now she’s an astrophysicist in Texas, devoted to science, but the boy she saved has become a cop who continues to believe she can see things no one else can. When he begs for help on the high-profile cold case of a kidnapped girl, Vivvy steps back into the ocean of voices that once nearly drowned her.
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PLEASE leave your politics out of books!!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-23-23
De: Julia Heaberlin
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The Vacation
- A Novel
- De: T. M. Logan
- Narrado por: Laura Kirman
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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It was supposed to be the perfect getaway: Kate and her three best friends, spending a week with their families in a luxurious villa in the south of France. Through the decades they’ve stayed closer than ever, and seven days of drinking crisp French wine and laying out under the dazzling Mediterranean sun is the perfect celebration of their friendship. But soon after arriving, Kate discovers an incriminating text on her husband’s cell phone. A text revealing that he’s having an affair. And that the other woman is one of her best friends. But which one?
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Horrible /beware of triggers
- De Megan M. en 04-02-21
De: T. M. Logan
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Deep Water
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Vic tries to win her back by asserting himself through a tall tale of murder - one that soon comes true.
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Classic Highsmith
- De Diana en 09-05-16
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The Rosary Girls
- De: Richard Montanari
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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A devious serial killer lays siege to the city of Philadelphia, brutally sacrificing pretty young Catholic girls on the altar of insanity. As the body count rises, an exceptional investigating partnership struggles to stop him. Detective Jessica Balzano, Philly's Homicide Unit's newest rookie, is teamed up with veteran cop Kevin Byrne, respected for his solve rate and known for his unorthodox methods.
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- De Paw Paw T en 03-06-05
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The Outlaw Ocean
- Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
- De: Ian Urbina
- Narrado por: Jason Culp, Ian Urbina
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
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There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation.
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Subject interesting, but some facts not true
- De Worldoceans en 12-09-19
De: Ian Urbina
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The Half Sister
- A Novel
- De: Sandie Jones
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Meet the half sister, and unravel the ties that blind us. The truth: Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father. The lie: But a knock at the door is about to change everything. A young woman by the name of Jess holds a note with the results of a DNA test, claiming to be their half sister. The unthinkable: As the fallout starts, it's clear that they are all hiding secrets, and perhaps this family isn't as perfect as it appears.
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- De Kailynn O'Brien en 06-29-20
De: Sandie Jones
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The Night Parade
- De: Ronald Malfi
- Narrado por: Tom Taylorson
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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A father and daughter try to survive the steady decline of all they know in this haunting thriller from award-winning author Ronald Malfi. First the birds disappeared. Then the insects took over. Then the madness began. They call it Wanderer's Folly - a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out the human race.
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Unfulfilling
- De Mo Devlin en 09-08-16
De: Ronald Malfi
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The Glass Cell
- De: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrado por: Tom Taylorson
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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Falsely convicted of fraud, the easygoing but naive Philip Carter is sentenced to six lonely, drug-ravaged years in prison. Upon his release, Carter is a more suspicious and violent man. For those around him, earning back his trust can mean the difference between life and death.
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- De Darwin8u en 12-10-19
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Grace Is Gone
- A Novel
- De: Emily Elgar
- Narrado por: Kate Rawson
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Everyone in Ashford, Cornwall, knows Meg Nichols and her daughter, Grace. Meg has been selflessly caring for Grace for years, and Grace - smiling and optimistic in spite of her many illnesses - adores her mother. So when Meg is found brutally bludgeoned in her bed and her daughter missing, the community is rocked. Meg had lived in terror of her abusive, unstable ex, convinced that he would return to try and kidnap Grace…as he had once before. Now it appears her fear was justified.
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A Hallmark story
- De Rhon S en 09-08-23
De: Emily Elgar
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The First to Lie
- De: Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
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What happens when an undercover reporter gets in too deep? And when a practiced liar has to face off with her own truth - how does she choose her true reality? Who will be the first to lie?
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Who is lying
- De Rhonda Madison en 10-17-20
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The Look-Alike
- A Novel
- De: Erica Spindler
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother’s shuttered house, an old fear that has haunted Sienna for years rears its ugly head - that it was she who had been the killer’s target that night. And now, with it, a new fear - that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake - he’s already begun. But are these fears any different from the ones that torment her mother?
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- De Gailgo en 01-28-20
De: Erica Spindler
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- Anonymous User
- 10-17-17
Great story, weird accents
I really enjoyed the story, and very much enjoy Pinchot's performance...EXCEPT FOR THE UNPLACEABLE ACCENTS. Around Chapter 10, I finally sped it up to 1.35 and that was so much better. The first half of the story only feels like it's dragging, because once the real conflict begins, the psychological horror is non-stop.
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- smart cookie
- 06-18-21
Too Dark
It was too dark for me! It made me depressed. The narration was good and suspenseful.
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- Janet Groue
- 07-13-23
Better than the movie
I love the Hitchcock movie and often rewatch it. But the book is richer and darker and is worth a listen. The suspense is still there, especially if you think you know what happens. One disappointment: Bruno never says “criss-cross”!
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- Aaron
- 03-01-22
an uncomfortable book that's just not enjoyable
it's not poorly written or anything, it just falls into that "Murphy's Law" category of books where things just endlessly get worse to the point you just lose interest and want to throttle the main character for stupid decisions and things they say. The performance is good, but every character has a southern draw to it despite mostly taking place in New England. To put it simply, if you like to connect with a character and be invested in them, avoid this book.
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- K Barnes
- 09-23-21
Decent into madness.
The protagonist is snared into the twisted double-murder plan of a man he meets on a train. From this chance meeting we see our character go to incredible and dark lengths to rid himself of him.
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- Blick Nevins
- 11-23-20
Amazing
Fantastic Patricia Highsmith and a great reading by Mr. Pinchot. Lost nothing by goosing speed 25%!
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- Chris Henson
- 05-19-21
Forget what you know from Hitch’s movie, this is something wholly other.
I’m a Hitchcock fan from way back. And “Strangers” is one of my favorite films. Its sunny charm and crackling humor and steaming, churning pace make it fun and thrilling from engine to caboose.
After reading a Hitch bio, I decided to visit some of his source material and started here. The vast difference in narrative and tone are striking. Absent are the charm and humor. In their place is a brooding, dark, psychological study that at once mirrors society at large and struggles to make sense of a post-war world. Guy and Bruno’s roles are familiar, sure. But their motivations run much, much deeper.
Patricia Highsmith has a brilliant voice that situates the reader squarely in the killing mind. I wasn’t prepared for how emotional this book is, or how introspective and even frustrating. I’m a full-fledged Highsmith fan now!
I must add how very much I enjoyed Bronson Pinchot’s performance. He brought the book alive carefully, stealthily, like a lone whistle in the distance signaling the raging locomotive on its way.
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- Penny
- 02-10-16
Very heavy but amazing
This is not for the superficial reader. But if one enjoys analysis of human emotion, behavior.. Society and individual right vs wrong, and all the grey areas in between. This is a novel that takes one deep into that grey area. Not with boring rhetoric, but full of rich discovery of individuals conscious. Differentiating between the informed conscious and the fully "formed" and heavy developed.
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- Lisa
- 03-07-21
Psychological thriller at its best!
Narration was excellent, characters brilliantly described. Story intense and well laid out. So much better than the movie by Hitchcock. Elaborate depth of characters and their personalities. Highly recommend.
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- Kattia
- 11-11-17
Highly Entertaining
Highsmith makes an accurate exploration of human nature... How about removing the only obstacle to get what you want? the price is your peace of mind! I enjoyed this book very much.
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