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C. J. Critt
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When an executed murderer’s fingerprints turn up at a new crime scene, Kay Scarpetta investigates. Prepare for the kind of riveting suspense this best-selling author delivers so well.
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On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide—a series of disturbing clues point to Calli’s twin sister, Carme, who’s been MIA for days.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pointless, Boring, and Unsympathetic Characters
- By Emily Ensor-Shaffer on 10-12-19
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Cut to the Bone
- A Body Farm Novel, Book 0.5
- By: Jefferson Bass
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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In this long-awaited prequel to his New York Times bestselling series, Jefferson Bass turns the clock back to reveal the Body Farm's creation - and Dr. Bill Brockton's deadly duel with a serial killer. In the summer of 1992, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee senator Al Gore begin their long-shot campaign to win the White House. On a sweltering hillside in Knoxville, Dr. Bill Brockton, the bright, ambitious young head of the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Department, launches an unusual - some would call it macabre - research facility, unlike any other in existence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just Amazingly Thrilling!
- By Paula on 07-26-15
By: Jefferson Bass
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Sharp Force
- By: Patricia Cornwell
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds.
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The Seventh Victim
- By: Mary Burton
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,961
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,956
It's been seven years since the Seattle Strangler terrorized the city. His victims were all young, pretty, their lifeless bodies found wrapped in a home-sewn white dress. But there was one who miraculously escaped death, just before the Strangler disappeared. Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why a romance?
- By 🌿🌸Susynne🌸🌿 on 06-11-18
By: Mary Burton
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Ripper
- The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
- By: Patricia Cornwell
- Narrated by: Mary Stuart Masterson
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 875
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 760
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Story4 out of 5 stars 757
Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art - as well as extensive evidence - points to another name, one that's left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material - including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause - and applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I thought this was a new book.
- By Stephanie on 03-01-17
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At Risk
- By: Patricia Cornwell
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 195
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Story4 out of 5 stars 192
A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk; its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved 20-year-old murder-in Tennessee.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible
- By Patricia on 11-10-06
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Double Whammy
- A Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 1
- By: Gretchen Archer
- Narrated by: Amber Benson
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Davis Way thinks she's hit the jackpot when she lands a job as the fifth wheel on an elite security team at the fabulous Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. But once there, she runs straight into her ex-ex-husband, a rigged slot machine, her evil twin, and a trail of dead bodies. Davis learns the truth, and it does not set her free - in fact, it lands her in the pokey. Buried under a mistaken identity, her hot streak runs cold until her landlord, Bradley Cole, steps in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love completing the set with the same reader
- By Susan on 03-04-19
By: Gretchen Archer
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The Promise You Made
- By: A.J. McDine
- Narrated by: Fiona Mitchell
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 800
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 773
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Story4 out of 5 stars 772
Best friends. Broken promises. Buried secrets. Ten years ago Rose made a promise to help her goddaughter Eloise if she was ever in trouble. A promise she may live to regret. But she meant every word… until the night Eloise turns up on her doorstep covered in blood and asking for the unthinkable. Rose has buried secrets before. Only this time they're about to come back and haunt her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Despicable protagonist..
- By Kelly on 03-27-22
By: A.J. McDine
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The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73,597
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67,756
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67,597
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen!
- By Lori K. on 12-14-15
By: Allen Eskens
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The Termination Protocol
- Scott Stiletto Series, Book 1
- By: Brian Drake
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
The United States is under siege, and the enemy has help from the White House! Scott Stiletto is one of the CIA's toughest assets, a veteran of numerous missions, an operative with compassion and ruthlessness in equal parts. His enemy is the New World Revolutionary Front, a terrorist organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States and install their own puppet who is already very close to the president he wishes to replace. With freedom and justice hanging in the balance, Scott Stiletto will give the enemy a one-way ticket to hell!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brian Drake has written an excellent novel!
- By ND Roughrider on 09-14-20
By: Brian Drake
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Unspeakable
- By: Kevin O'Brien
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,763
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,545
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,545
A family of four murdered in their hotel room. A single mother and her boyfriend both stabbed to death. A sordid history of violent crimes, repeated over and over - but decades apart. Olivia Barker is a therapist with no connection to the murders. But she has heard things. Stories that keep her up at night. Details that only a killer would know. A killer who could be one of her patients…Olivia has no proof for her suspicions. But as the body count rises, so do her fears. A rock is thrown through her window, her car tires are slashed, a chilling message is scrawled on her bathroom mirror.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really great book!
- By Heather on 02-07-14
By: Kevin O'Brien
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Bastard
- Kay Scarpetta 18
- By: Patricia Cornwell
- Narrated by: Nina Petri
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 3
Ein junger Mann bricht unvermittelt auf der Straße zusammen und stirbt. Im Gerichtsmedizinischen Institut von Kay Scarpetta stellt man rätselhafte Blutungen an der Leiche fest. Ein Skandal, der Scarpettas Karriere für immer beenden könnte.
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1 out of 5 stars
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**WARNING** IT'S NOT IN ENGLISH
- By Susie on 02-03-18
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All His Pretty Girls
- Detective Alyssa Wyatt, Book 1
- By: Charly Cox
- Narrated by: Kate Zane
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,629
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,621
A woman is found naked, badly beaten and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit. It appears that Callie McCormick is the latest plaything of a shadowy psychopath that leaves a long shadow on the streets of New Mexico - an individual linked to a string of deaths but leaving no evidence. But when Alyssa makes a breakthrough that just might reveal the killer, she unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a brutal maniac - one with an old score to settle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do yourself a favor and GET THIS BOOK!!!!
- By shelley on 06-14-20
By: Charly Cox
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Stealing Shadows
- By: Kay Hooper
- Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 739
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 731
From best-selling author Kay Hooper comes a thrilling tale with a paranormal bent and a touch of romance. Cassie Neill has a powerful but troubling gift. She can see inside the minds of serial killers as they are planning their crimes. Tormented by her ability, she takes refuge in a secluded North Carolina town. But there’s no escaping her visions, and when a body surfaces just where she predicted, Cassie is suddenly a suspect.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, bad narration
- By MEOWx4 on 08-14-12
By: Kay Hooper
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The Ugly Duckling
- By: Iris Johansen
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Nell Calder is the docile, plain wife of a powerful financier. She is content to live in the shadows of his elegant international life. Suddenly one night, at a lavish party, a hit man targets her husband. Nell’s face and body are deeply marred by the same violent hand. But from the ensuing surgery and rehabilitation, Nell emerges beautiful, strong, and bent on revenge. To develop the skills she needs to face her attacker, Nell must conquer her fear and face almost impossible odds.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love Barbara R!
- By Texfla on 12-06-16
By: Iris Johansen
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- Douglas Holland
- 06-19-22
Another great book in the series.
Another great book wish the end was a little better but I'm sure it will continue.
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- Beach lifestyle
- 03-14-23
One of my favorite one!
I totally loved this story. The plot was unimaginable and thickened all the way to the end. I an anxiously onto the next bool in this series!
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- Tom P
- 07-03-24
Twisted storyline
choppy audio editing but the story was so twisted that I held out. The multiple interactions kept me guessing until the end.
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- deb84116
- 06-17-24
love the characters, you getvto know them after a few books
a few pauses in reading that repeat ..like hesitation or an old record with a scratch
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- Lynn Arends
- 11-22-24
Confusing story
The story was hard to follow. Many characters and different places. The narrator was good.
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- David Holmes
- 12-26-24
Weak plot
The plot was too complicated and unresolved. Hard to follow storyline. Guilty parties were not closed out.
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- MomOf2
- 03-15-25
just love Patricia Cornwell
Ugly villains per usual with demented preferences. All my favorite characters earlier in their histories as I've read more recent books. Really enjoyed reading about her relationship with her niece at 16 and dealing with career sabotage.
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- Gloria
- 08-27-12
Exciting
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend This book it was very exciting.
What did you like best about this story?
The story line was fantastice the charaters were very realistice and the book brought their human vulnerabilities
Which character – as performed by C. J. Critt – was your favorite?
I loved the character Benton
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Neither
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I can't wait to read the next book. I just started reading her books and each one I read I have a new appreaciation for her writing and the characters in the book.
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- Angela
- 09-12-19
Title doesn’t match the story
It was a good book. It had a lot of intrigue and kept my interest. But why it’s titled Cruel & Usual I don’t understand because for its genre, it wasn’t that cruel or unusual.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-19-21
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Love Patricia Cornwell's books! I've read them all, now it's neat being able to listen to them!
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