• Duel to the Death

  • By: J. A. Jance
  • Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
  • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (431 ratings)

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Duel to the Death

By: J. A. Jance
Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
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Publisher's summary

From New York Times best-selling author and "grand master of the game" (The Providence Journal) J. A. Jance, an electrifying new thriller featuring Ali Reynolds.

After taking down the man responsible for his best friend's death, Stuart Ramey thinks the case is finally closed. That is, until Stu finds himself left with a multimillion-dollar fortune in Bitcoin in a desperate bid by Frigg, a rogue AI program created by the killer, to keep itself from being fully deactivated.

To sort out his situation and take Frigg down for good, Stu enlists the help of Ali Reynolds and the rest of his cyber-security colleagues at High Noon Enterprises. But they are not the only ones who know about Frigg's existence.

Graciella Miramar, an unassuming accountant to all appearances, is actually the right-hand woman to El Pescado, the leader of a dangerous drug cartel. She'll do anything to get her hands on that program. With Frigg's help, Graciella hopes to take over her father's criminal underworld and become wealthy beyond her wildest dreams. But Stu - and El Pescado and his henchmen - may not be so easily defeated.

Written in J. A. Jance's classic "take-no-prisoners" style (Kirkus Reviews), in this thriller, Stu, Ali, and their team will come to realize that everything has its price.

©2018 J. A. Jance (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

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Engaging

J. A. Jance is one of my favorite mystery authors. This is book number thirteen in the Ali Reynolds series. Usually you can start a Jance series at any point but this book is written as a continuation of the prior book “Man Overboard” so it is best to read book twelve first. Jance delves into some hot and timely topics in this book such as cyber security and bitcoins. Also, a carryover from the prior novel is the artificial Intelligence “Frigg”.

The book is well written and the plot is intriguing. As usual Jance has multiple subplots intertwining. The characters are fascinating and become the reader’s friend after a few books. Jance makes the reader part of the family. It is great to watch how the character Stuart Ramey has developed over the series. Jance is a master story teller. If you enjoy a good mystery story this is a must-read series.

I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is almost eleven and a half hours. Karen Ziemba has done an excellent job narrating the series. Ziemba won the Tony Award in 2000 for the Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Ziemba is an actress and audiobook narrator.

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the need for more of the book to be about Ali

Ali was not a major part of the storyline it was very choppy and hard to get into my least favorite of this series

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Real mind grabber

I could not put this book down. I had audible going dart and night. Coworkers were great peeps but too good to be real. But maybe that is what made it so great. Same goes for Ai.

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Love Jance and Ziemba

My favorite author love her Ali Reynolds series. Karen makes the story come alive. Give me more.

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excelent. please some more frih and aly.
i enjoyed it immensly.
savored almost every word.
bogged down in the flashbacks.

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love Frig

I love the tale of a man and his AI. she thinks like I do. Get things done.

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Narration is 5+!

I enjoy listening to J A Jance’s books. The narrator in the Ali Reynolds series doesn’t leave you wondering who’s speaking. The transition from one character to the next is seamless. Karen Ziemba, you are great!

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good story line

I enjoyed the audio. at times I was confused but it would come together later.

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Fabulous

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This series, especially with this narrator is excellent and makes for an enjoyable listening experience!!

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Always awesome

JA Jance is always great. I discovered this authors years ago and have always loved the Ally Reynolds series.

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