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Great Listen - Good Series
- By Patricia on 02-15-10
By: Chris Knopf
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Cash Landing
- A Novel
- By: James Grippando
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Every week a hundred million dollars in cash arrives at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through customs and loads them into armored trucks.
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Good Start To The Series
- By Lia on 10-21-18
By: James Grippando
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Crash and Burn
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- By: Allison Brennan, Laura Griffin
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Kate Rudd
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Three years ago LAPD Detective Scarlet Moreno and rookie cop Krista Hart were nearly killed during a botched sting operation. Now, they're best friends and partners in the Orange County private investigation firm of Moreno & Hart. But their routine assignments are anything but safe…
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Great storytelling
- By KP on 11-13-22
By: Allison Brennan, and others
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Casanegra
- A Tennyson Hardwick Story
- By: Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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In this hot and steamy mystery, Tennyson is an actor struggling to hang on to his career and redeem his sex-for-pay history, which estranged him from his family, especially his father, a decorated LAPD captain who raised Tennyson to call him "Sir". Now, in the wake of his father's sudden stroke, Tennyson has to save himself from taking the fall for a murder. In the process, he discovers his hidden talents - the hard way.
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What's The Beef?
- By James Gordon on 11-24-07
By: Blair Underwood, and others
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Trust Your Eyes
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- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
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Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen. Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon - but has not - in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered.
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One of 2013's best!
- By karen on 09-07-13
By: Linwood Barclay
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The Watchman
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- By: Robert Crais
- Narrated by: James Daniels
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At last, the enigmatic partner of Elvis Cole (The Two Minute Rule) takes center stage in this pulse-racing thriller. When Joe Pike is charged with safeguarding a wealthy heiress, he discovers protecting the sole witness to a crime is nothing compared to protecting an LA party girl from her own self-destruction.... Larkin Conner Barkley lives like the City of Angels is hers for the taking. Then suddenly she sees another car’s metal-on-metal explosion of a terrible accident and, dazed, finds herself the single witness in a secret federal investigation.
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Joe Pike is a real person: no longer a cartoon.
- By Richard Delman on 05-05-17
By: Robert Crais
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
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- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- By Sean on 03-05-16
By: Cory Doctorow, and others
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Cash City
- By: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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It is an obsession that has haunted Nick Malick for seven years - to avenge the murder of his young son. In his gut Malick knows who did it. But the psychopath is in prison for another crime, scheduled to be released in a year. All Malick has to do is wait...and survive.
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Great New Series
- By Lia on 08-21-17
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Faces of the Gone
- Carter Ross, Book 1
- By: Brad Parks
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Four bodies, each with a single bullet wound in the back of the head, stacked like cordwood in a weed-choked vacant lot: That's the front-page news facing Carter Ross, investigative reporter with the Newark Eagle-Examiner. Immediately dispatched to the scene, Carter learns that the four victims - an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mama's boy - came from different parts of the city and didn't seem to know one another.
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Wish Brad Parks were more prolific!!!!
- By shelley on 02-16-18
By: Brad Parks
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The Fallen
- By: T. Jefferson Parker
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My life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am 29 years old. I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector.
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OK, but...
- By Robert E. Orlando on 01-01-14
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Great Listen! Superb!!
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Fast Paced-Very Entertaining!
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A Complete Waste of Time
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Way too long
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WOW!! Excellent Debut Novel!!
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A Complete Waste of Time
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In your hands is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter, if you will, into the world of the undead.
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Freakin' AWESOME!
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- shelley
- 04-19-16
This book is WILD!! Easy 5 STARS...
What does Jay Snyder bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Jay Snyder did a fantastic job with this book.
Any additional comments?
Wow, this book is like "The Firm" on speed!! I have had this book my wish list since it came out on Audible and sat on the fence with it because of some of the feedback. I sometimes wonder how many GOOD books I pass by because someone doesn't share my taste for books. It's really unfortunate when you think about it, how many authors go unread or listened to because the first person to read/listen to a book didn't like it.
Anyway, this book according to me has everything going for it. Corrupt powerful law firm that digs up dirt on the most influential politicians only to be used to corrupt them, a young newly hired lawyer just starting out who is forced to revert to his street smarts in order to survive. There is a background story going on that just feels like filler to give a little history, pay attention, it has a conclusion that will knock your socks off and fills in missing pieces from the main plot.
This book was so well written, very coherent, very believable and a consistent pace that runs on high speed through out the book.
I am very impressed and my next book will be THE DIRECTIVE, the next on the series.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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- James S
- 12-17-12
Author wrote himself into a corner
What did you like best about The 500? What did you like least?
The premise of this book was really good and I enjoyed getting to know the main characters and the set up but as the book gets closer to the end it becomes clear the author wrote himself into a corner and didn't know how to credibly get out. The main character goes this incredible metamorphosis into a super spy - yeah, right!He manages to escape from impossible-to-escape trap after trap - fully unscathed. Give me a break!
Would you ever listen to anything by Matthew Quirk again?
Will definitely read more reviews about his next book before wasting my time
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Good narration. Engaging and good voices.
Did The 500 inspire you to do anything?
Find another book to listen to.
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- Jonesy Qua
- 08-08-12
A refreshing break
Would you listen to The 500 again? Why?
I almost never listen to a book twice. But in this case, I think I would make an exception.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Why is it that we have gotten away from protagonists who work hard and outwit their opponents? Instead, we have mostly dormant characters who allow the world to spin around them, and out of control, until they make one decision to do something or other that potentially fixes the mess of a life they have made. Gone are the days of brilliant Forsyth characters who proactively make complicated plans to defeat their foes. At least until now. Quirk's quirky, ex-con character Ford fits the bill. He's wily, sarcastic, cynical and engaging. I loved every minute of this book.
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- Lois
- 08-16-12
Buyer Beware
Would you try another book from Matthew Quirk and/or Jay Snyder?
No!
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
This book was disappointing on so many levels.
Any additional comments?
How did this guy get published? The plot is a total rip-off, the characters are stereotypes, and most of the narrator's voices made my skin crawl. I don't usually write reviews but I believe that most of these rave reviews are planted. Stop the insanity! Do not waste your credit on this insult to your intelligence.
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- tomselina
- 06-28-14
Just couldn't stand to finish it...
A decent storyline to start, but it gets more and more ridiculous after the half-way mark. I'm a big fan of Grisham and Michael Connelly, but Quirk's novel just crosses too many lanes of proverbial traffic to hold up. Maybe I'll have the stomach to finish it some day!
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- Logan
- 04-27-14
Excellent first audible release
Would you consider the audio edition of The 500 to be better than the print version?
I enjoy listening more than actually reading books these days. At the park listening while I walk the puppy works better for me. This book gets you invested in the characters and the story.
What about Jay Snyder’s performance did you like?
As is the case with all audible reviews, you have to like the narrators job if the book hooks you.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I liked following the main character not quite being the honest young attorney falling in onto the bad site and then trying to outwit other bad guys to survive.
Any additional comments?
I for one would like to see if the character comes back in a second book as I would give it a listen.
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- Florida Mom
- 09-11-13
A Good Listen - Lots of Action
I really enjoyed this book. It had a lot of action, suspense, and I enjoyed the characters. I would say its a good suspense for sure. Some the story content was occasionally a bit un-believable, so that is why I gave it a 4. But as a whole, I'd recommend this book and enjoyed the author's imagination and creativity.
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- Patrick McGrath
- 05-07-13
Great First Novel From a New Writer
Would you listen to The 500 again? Why?
I don't usually listen to books twice all that often but maybe in a year or so I would. Honestly, I'm just looking forward to his next one.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Actually, I almost did.
Any additional comments?
This was the author's first book and it's as good as any of John Grisham's. I think he's only going to get better.
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- JackMargo
- 11-08-12
How to Get Out of the Washington Toilet
An exciting and somewhat plausible tale of what could happen when one man knows too many secrets about too many other men.
A mystery, adventure, and love story that will hold your attention.
An enjoyable stretch of the imagination.
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- R. Thomas
- 09-24-12
A real page turner, exciting, great thriller.
If you believe in the corrupting influence of power, and misappropriation of knowledge in Washington DC, you'll love this novel.
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