Private Berlin

By: James Patterson, Mark Sullivan

Narrated by: January LaVoy, Ari Fliakos

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Private Berlin has the extraordinary pace and international sophistication that has powered The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Patterson's number one best seller The Postcard Killers.

In Europe's most dangerous city.

Chris Schneider is a superstar agent at Private Berlin, Germany headquarters for the world's most powerful investigation firm. He keeps his methods secret as he tackles Private's most high-profile cases—and when Chris suddenly disappears, he becomes Private Berlin's most dangerous investigation yet.

An investigator is searching.

Mattie Engel is another top agent at Private Berlin, gorgeous and ruthlessly determined—and she's also Chris's ex. Mattie throws herself headfirst into finding Chris, following leads to the three people Chris was investigating when he vanished: A billionaire suspected of cheating on his wife, a soccer star accused of throwing games, and a nightclub owner with ties to the Russian mob. Any one of them would surely want Chris gone—and one of them is evil enough to want him dead.

And she's after more than the truth.

Mattie's chase takes her into Berlin's most guarded, hidden, and treacherous places, revealing secrets from Chris's past that she'd never dreamed of in the time they were lovers. On the brink of a terrifying discovery, Mattie holds on to her belief in Chris—in the face of a horror that could force all of Europe to the edge of destruction and chaos.

James Patterson has taken the European thriller to a masterful new level with Private Berlin, an adrenaline-charged, spectacularly violent, and sexy novel with unforgettable characters of dark and complex depths. Private Berlin proves why Patterson is truly the world's number one best-selling author.

©2013 James Patterson (P)2013 Hachette Audio

Wildest ride in many years

Hands down the best story I have read or heard in years. The suspense, joy and tears were flowing in this book. Can't speak highly enough about it 👍

In Line and Intense

This title in the "Private" series is one of the best so far, very intense, and certainly in line with the excellence of the others I have listened to in the series. I can't understand some of the negative reviews, other that being naive to some realities that truly lurk in dark places of civilization.

I enjoyed it very much

What did you love best about Private Berlin?

It had interesting information about the ramifications of the Berlin Wall coming down

What was one of the most memorable moments of Private Berlin?

Discovering about the orphanage and it's significants to the story

What about January LaVoy and Ari Fliakos ’s performance did you like?

Both good performers. I am very familiar with January

Great

Would you consider the audio edition of Private Berlin to be better than the print version?

Didn't read the book

What other book might you compare Private Berlin to and why?

All of James Patterson, huge fan

What does January LaVoy and Ari Fliakos bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I love listening to books, the readers really bring the books to life.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reaction

Any additional comments?

Like all the Private books before, I loved this one too and I am looking forward to the next one.

Exciting if you like scary voices.

I loved the story but I had to skip over the scary man voice. It was too creepy for me. Scared me.

Another Wow

Five books into this series and five great "reads". Can't wait to get on to the next one.

I like January LaVoy but some of her female voice sound like a man. But hey, you get used to it. One of the things I really liked about this was the story took place in Germany and the characters grew up in Germany. But they had had English accents. They could have easily chose a narrator with a German accent but they didn't, thank goodness.

The ending saved this book.

The bad guy was so repulsive that I was going to stop reading. Creepy is too kind a word. Disgusting repulsive even though leaves a very bad taste in one’s mouth.

It Was Ok.

It took me quite awhile to get into this book. It is by no means my favorite book in the Private series thus far, but it was ok.

Good story.

Narrators were good. Story was not really Childs largely. Believe more his coauthor Good story.

Trying

I'm trying really hard to follow this series. But the first five or so chapters make me want to stop. I like the guys voice from the first two books. The guy in this book sounded like a wimp. His voice didn't match the character. I'm going to try one more book before I give up.