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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of sex, lots of uncomfortable situations
- By Mark on 03-11-17
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Strega
- A Burke Novel, Book 2
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Andrew Vachss’s implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power of Strega and his own sense of justice, there is no turning back.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator is better here than on first book
- By Mark on 11-15-14
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Sacrifice
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What — or who — could turn a gifted little boy into a murderous thing that calls itself "Satan’s Child"? In search of an answer, a man named Burke travels from a festering welfare hotel to a neat frame house where a voodoo priestess presides over a congregation of assassins. For this vigilante and unlicensed private eye has made it his business to defend the small victims whom the law has failed — even a child who has been made into a killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Andrew Vachss Delivers
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 364
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Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her - so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good - I will try some more of the series.
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Down in the Zero
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- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Investigating an epidemic of apparent suicides among the teenagers of a wealthy suburb, Burke discovers a sinister connection between the anguish of the young and the activities of an elite sadomasochistic underground.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another great Burke novel
- By J. Griff Griffin on 08-14-19
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Blue Belle
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- By: Andrew Vachss
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- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of sex, lots of uncomfortable situations
- By Mark on 03-11-17
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Blossom
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- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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In the figure of Burke, Andrew Vachss has given contemporary crime fiction one of its most mesmerizing characters. An abused child raised in orphanages, foster homes, and prisons, Burke is a career criminal and outlaw who steals and scams for a living. But he draws the line at the psychopaths and predators who stalk children. Sometimes he draws that line in blood.
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Strega
- A Burke Novel, Book 2
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4 out of 5 stars 132
Andrew Vachss’s implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power of Strega and his own sense of justice, there is no turning back.
In Strega one of our most acclaimed crime writers gives us a thriller that might have been imagined by Dante. For this is a tour of hell with no stops left out, conducted by a novelist who writes with the authority of the damned.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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What — or who — could turn a gifted little boy into a murderous thing that calls itself "Satan’s Child"? In search of an answer, a man named Burke travels from a festering welfare hotel to a neat frame house where a voodoo priestess presides over a congregation of assassins. For this vigilante and unlicensed private eye has made it his business to defend the small victims whom the law has failed — even a child who has been made into a killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Unabridged
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good - I will try some more of the series.
- By Rachel on 02-20-12
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Down in the Zero
- A Burke Novel #7
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Investigating an epidemic of apparent suicides among the teenagers of a wealthy suburb, Burke discovers a sinister connection between the anguish of the young and the activities of an elite sadomasochistic underground.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another great Burke novel
- By J. Griff Griffin on 08-14-19
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Footsteps of the Hawk
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In Footsteps of the Hawk Burke himself is in danger of becoming a victim. Two rogue cops are stalking him. The coolly seductive Belinda Roberts wants him to free a man charged with a grisly string of rape-murders. The brutal and half-crazy Detective Jorge Morales may be trying to frame Burke for the same crimes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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X-Rated Family
- By Snoodely on 03-13-14
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Safe House
- A Burke Novel #10
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In Burke, Andrew Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was forged behind bars and tempered on New York’s meanest streets. In this blistering thriller, Burke is drawn into his ugliest case yet, one that involves an underground network of abused women and the sleekly ingenious stalkers who’ve marked them as their personal victims. Burke’s client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She’s trying to shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for Nazism and torture.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not for Women ...
- By Snoodely on 03-14-14
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False Allegations
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4 out of 5 stars 32
Burke, ex-con, mercenary, and rumored hit man, makes his living by preying on New York’s most vicious predators and occasionally avenging their innocent victims. But in Andrew Vachss’s mercilessly suspenseful new novel, Burke finds himself working the other side of the street, where guilt and innocence are as disposable as the sheets in a Times Square hotel . . . and as dirty. Burke’s new employer is Kite, a fanatical crusader who specializes in debunking “false allegations” of child sexual abuse.
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Choice of Evil
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
When his girlfriend, Crystal Beth, is gunned down at a gay rights rally in Central Park, Burke, the underground man-for-hire and expert hunter of predators, vows vengeance. But someone beats him to the task: a shadowy killer who calls himself Homo Erectus and who seems determined to wipe gay bashers from the face of the earth. As the killer’s body count rises, most citizens are horrified, but a few see him as a hero, and they hire Burke to track him down... and help him escape.
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Mask Market
- A Burke Novel
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: David Joe Wirth
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
They meet in a no-name diner. A shadowy man hands Burke a CD dossier of someone he wants found. Minutes later, as Burke watches from an alley, his client is gunned down by a professional hunter-killer team. Burke slips away, unsure if he's been spotted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tough, Raw, Exciting, and with a Great Ending
- By Carl on 11-21-08
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Dead and Gone
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Career criminal Burke’s skill at working the feathery edges of the law are legendary, and this isn’t the first time he’s been hired to trade cash for an abducted kid. But when the meet turns out to be an ambush, Burke’s partner is killed and he’s left for dead. Dumped on the steps of the ER, Burke hovers between life and death. While the police - and whoever wants him dead - are circling closer, biding their time.
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Pain Management
- A Burke Novel #13
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Burke is back, but still lurking in the shadows, unable to return home. He is prowling the unfamiliar streets of Portland, Oregon, in search of a runaway teen. By all accounts, Rosebud Carlin is a happy, well-adjusted girl. She doesn’t fit the profile of the runaway kids Burke knows so well... and once was. But there’s something about her father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book. More, more, more.
- By C. A. Rawson on 03-22-17
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Only Child
- A Burke Novel #14
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
It’s been years since Burke has been home, years since he’s seen his “family” and worked in the underbelly of New York City. Although his appearance has changed, his reputation grown dusty, and his wallet thin, his skills and his crew remain razor sharp. So when he is contacted by a mob boss to investigate the murder of his illegitimate daughter, Vonni, Burke takes the job and begins searching for an unspeakably vicious killer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- By Paloma on 08-29-18
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Down Here
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
For years Burke has harbored an outlaw's hard love for Wolfe, the beautiful, driven former sex-crimes prosecutor who was fired for refusing to "go along to get along." So when Wolfe is arrested for the attempted murder of John Anson Wychek, a vicious rapist she once prosecuted, Burke deals himself in. That means putting together a distrustful alliance between his underground "family of choice," Wolfe's private network, and a rogue NYPD detective who has his own stake in the outcome. Burke knows that Wolfe’s alleged "victim," although convicted only once, is actually a serial rapist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
- By C. A. Rawson on 03-22-17
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Terminal
- A Burke Novel
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: David Joe Wirth
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
When the former shot-caller of the country's most feared white supremacist prison gang contacts Burke, he comes with references...and the promise of a huge score. Terminally ill, the ex-con needs major cash to gamble on the long-shot possibility of a cure that's available only in Switzerland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Author
- By Maude Lebowski on 03-16-09
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Another Life
- A Burke Novel
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
With the Prof clinging to life in an underground hospital facility, a man named Pryce shows up to make Burke an offer: professional care for the Prof and a clean slate for everyone in his family in return for Burke's services. Even though Pryce is a merciless man, never to be completely trusted, Burke knows he has only one choice, so he takes the job.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Antihero rides again
- By Sara R. on 10-31-11
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Hit List
- By: Stuart Woods
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey.
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3 out of 5 stars
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not good
- By Kindle Customerjackie henry on 03-18-20
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With some of the most spine-chilling scenes in modern suspense fiction, Bait guarantees the listener a roller coaster ride with a hero not afraid to cross the line. Life for narcotics detective Jack Walsh is one continuous drunken binge - until one blurry night when his car veers into an oncoming car, killing the son of Boston’s premier crime boss. Now Jack must decide if he wants to hide from D’Angelo’s vengeful compatriots or reclaim his life.
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A fantastic story, told by the Master.
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A Nail Through The Heart
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- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 491
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 417
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Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great character, great narrator
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Spirit House
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 34
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A farang is dead and the Bangkok police have a confession the next morning from a young paint-thinner addict. He claims he killed Ben Hoadly, an expat Brit, but Calvino has his doubts when he sees heavy bruises on the kid's face. In no time, Calvino is working both sides, out to find the killer for Hoadly's wealthy father, and eager to clear the addict's name for a beautiful friend who runs a charity in the slums.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best
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The Cruelty
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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When Gwendolyn Bloom's father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity in a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds, she uncovers a disturbing truth. To bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Adventure
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Brighton
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 87
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Kevin Pearce - baseball star, honor student, the pride of Brighton - was 15 when he left town in the back of his uncle's cab. He and his buddy, Bobby Scales, had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn't want a pass, but he was getting it anyway. Bobby would stay and face the music; Kevin's future would remain as bright as ever. At least that was the way things were supposed to work, except in Brighton things never work the way they're supposed to.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boston Noir
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Crashed
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- By: Timothy Hallinan
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 133
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Junior Bender is a Los Angeles burglar with a magic touch. Since he first started breaking into houses at age fourteen, he's never once been caught. But now, after twenty-two years building an exemplary career, Junior has been blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into acting as a private investigator on the set of Trey's porn venture, which someone keeps sabotaging.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sympathetic thief. Fun read. Exemplary narration.
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Private
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- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25,899
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23,100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23,079
Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily - and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tedious
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Proving Ground
- By: Peter Blauner
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the US Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories. But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Natty is forced to deal with the troubled legacy of their unresolved relationship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just didn’t like anyone!
- By Sandra L. Jacob on 03-16-19
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The Monkey's Raincoat
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- By: Robert Crais
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,407
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 1,023
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,007
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye.... He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Slaughtered by sickeningly awful reader
- By Lehua of Pacifica on 06-11-09
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My Gun is Quick
- By: Mickey Spillane
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
He called her Red. She called him in from the cold. For one short moment in the big, hard city they were friends--and then the girl turned up dead. Mike Hammer will walk through walls to find out who she was and why she died, even if he doesn't like the answers he gets. Even if they are all about a seamy network of call-girls, blackmail, and hoods. Hammer owes something to Red, and he plans to make good-because in this town a friend is hard to find.
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4 out of 5 stars
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not as good as the previous, but good.
- By Mr. Meh on 04-24-18
Publisher's Summary
In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke - the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit man who metes out a cruelly ingenious vengeance on those who victimize children - is up against a soft-spoken messiah who may be rescuing runaways or recruiting them for his own hideous purposes. But in doing so, Burke becomes a target for an entire Mafia family, a whore with a heart of cyanide, and a contract killer as implacable as a heart-seeking missile. Written with Vachss' signature narrative overdrive - and with his unnerving familiarity with the sub-basement of American crime - Hard Candy is vintage Burke.
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- Rev. Bily C. Wirtz
- 12-25-19
Hardcore
Great book but very very hardcore.
murder, pedophilia, white slavery, not for family or even the easily grossed out. However, it will keep you awake on a long ride!!
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- Carl
- 10-10-14
Still great to listen to again...
I received this book back in 1991 in a care package while deployed in the military. Vachss writing style hooked me from the first few paragraphs, and I reread the book a second time immediately when finished.
Fast forward to now, and listening brought old memories and new feelings for Hard Candy. Phil Gigante does a superb job reading. He is right on voice acting wise, in my opinion with each character. Amazing work on a great book.
As a side note, not for the squeamish at heart.