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5 out of 5 stars
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Boston's premier P.I. investigates the murder of a prominent local banker with family ties to the Mayflower - and perhaps the mob. It's hard not to imagine the victim's young bride as the one with her finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she's guilty. But Mary Smith is entitled to the best defense she can afford - and thanks to her late husband's millions, she can afford plenty - so Spenser hires on to investigate.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great narrative, slow story
- By jbx2usa on 08-22-05
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1 out of 5 stars
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Parody of Parker--Pass it by!
- By Dan on 04-15-05
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In 1974, a revolutionary group calling itself the Dread Scott Brigade held up the old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle. Money was stolen. And a woman named Emily Gordon, a visitor in town cashing traveler's checks, was shot and killed. No one saw who shot her. Despite security camera photos and a letter from the group claiming responsibility, the perpetrators have remained at large for nearly three decades. Now it's up to Spenser to solve her murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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...he's Baa-a-ack!
- By Ruth on 04-30-03
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Bad Business
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is pure Parker
- By Jennifer on 04-01-04
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Rough Weather
- By: Robert B. Parker
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Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well-connected - and she needs Spenser's help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious golddigger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego, for her daughter's wedding. Spenser is unsure of what his role as personal bodyguard will entail, but he consents when it's decided that he can bring his beloved Susan Silverman along.
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3 out of 5 stars
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He Said, She Said
- By Stephen on 12-06-08
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- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really good listen
- By Jacko45 on 06-04-05
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Widow's Walk
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- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great narrative, slow story
- By jbx2usa on 08-22-05
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- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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When Spenser's closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and soul. Hawk, always proud, has never been dependent on anyone. Now he is forced to make connections: to the medical technology that will ensure his physical recovery, and to reinforce the tenuous emotional ties he has to those around him.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Parody of Parker--Pass it by!
- By Dan on 04-15-05
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Back Story
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
In 1974, a revolutionary group calling itself the Dread Scott Brigade held up the old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle. Money was stolen. And a woman named Emily Gordon, a visitor in town cashing traveler's checks, was shot and killed. No one saw who shot her. Despite security camera photos and a letter from the group claiming responsibility, the perpetrators have remained at large for nearly three decades. Now it's up to Spenser to solve her murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By Ruth on 04-30-03
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- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 252
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is pure Parker
- By Jennifer on 04-01-04
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3 out of 5 stars
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He Said, She Said
- By Stephen on 12-06-08
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The Professional
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- By: Robert B. Parker
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- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 154
A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named Gary Eisenhower- and now he's blackmailing them for money.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another wonderful Spencer book
- By Mike From Mesa on 01-26-10
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School Days
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Lily Ellsworth, erect, firm, white-haired, and stylish, is the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts, and possesses an iron will and a bottomless purse. When she hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting, Spenser is led into an inquiry that grows more harrowing at every turn. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Spenser at his Best
- By A. L. DeWitt on 10-18-05
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Now & Then
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 339
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 149
Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a good one!
- By Elaine on 03-26-08
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Hundred-Dollar Baby
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 315
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
Once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle, a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. Now, April Kyle's return in Hundred-Dollar Baby is nothing short of shocking.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't go the route of LeCarre and King
- By Deborah on 10-28-06
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Sudden Mischief
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: William Windom
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Brad Sterling - former Harvard football player, ne¿er-do-well, and Susan Silverman's long out-of touch ex-husband, is by all appearances a successful businessman. But when, in the course of running a vast fundraiser called Galapalooza, he is charged with sexual harassment, he turns to Susan for help.
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1 out of 5 stars
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THIS READER CANNOT DO PARKER's RHYTHM
- By Indy on 08-28-09
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Sixkill
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 386
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. Things don't look so good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's become its biggest liability...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommend !
- By Karen on 05-12-11
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Painted Ladies
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen. Convinced that Ashton Prince played a bigger role than just ransom delivery boy, Spenser enters into a daring game of cat-and-mouse with the thieves....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommend
- By Karen on 10-19-10
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Hush Money
- Spenser Series, Book 26
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: Burt Reynolds
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
When Robin Nevins, the son of Hawk's boyhood mentor, is denied at an exclusive university, Hawk asks Spenser to investigate. It seems the denial is tied to the suicide of a young gay activist, and as Spenser digs deeper, he is nearly drowned in a multicultural swamp of politics: black, gay, academic, and feminist. At the same time, Spenser's inamorata, Susan, asks him to come to the aid of an old college friend, K.C. Roth, the victim of a stalker. Spenser solves the problem a bit too effectively when K.C. turns the tables and begins to stalk him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Parker + Spencer + Reynolds = magic I
- By Joe Hampton on 01-15-17
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Double Deuce
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 110
Spenser is forced by loyalty into an alien world where violence is a way of lie and outsiders enter at a lethal risk. When Spenser's cohort Hawk is hired by the tenants of a gang-plagued Boston housing project known as "Double Deuce," he enlists his friend's aid. A friend's girl and her infant daughter have been gunned down. Though the act at first appears to be an accidental drive-by shooting, it soon becomes clear that it was premeditated murder.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, mediocre narrator
- By Townsend on 12-30-17
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Thin Air
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
When the bride of a Boston police detective vanishes, he hires Spenser to find her. His path leads from a New England college campus to glamorous L.A. sports clubs. When the trail turns to a world of prostitution, drug abuse, and self-destruction, Spenser must enter ghetto tenements to continue his search. Ultimately, Spenser must hire a Chicago hitman to help him free the girl from a sociopathic ex lover.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Book Ruined By an Awful Narrator
- By Me & My Girls on 03-07-15
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Paper Doll
- A Spenser Novel
- By: Robert B. Parker
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 134
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Hired by Loudon Tripp, an aggrieved Boston aristocrat who believes his late wife Olivia's brutal street slaying to be something other than random violence, Spencer immediately senses that his client's picture-perfect portrayal of his family life is false. For starters, the victim's reputation is too saintly, her house is as lived-in as a stage set, and her troubled children don't appear to be the product of a happy home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dark & Deep Story
- By Anne Lemon on 04-07-15
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Walking Shadow
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- By: Robert B. Parker
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- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 104
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Spenser is investigating the Port City Theater Company, where the director claims he's being stalked. When an actor is shot dead during a performance, all clues lead to the local Chinese Mafia, whose roots run deep in this drab waterfront city. With Hawk and ex mobster Vinnie assisting, Spenser eventually triumphs in one of his most compelling adventures.
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1 out of 5 stars
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IF YOU LIKE SPENSER, DON'T BOTHER!
- By Amy on 09-10-09
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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In a low-down, high-society caper, sleuth Archie McNally investigates a family that is as mysterious as the House of Usher - and twice as twisted. By the author of McNally's Puzzle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Um, This One Drags A Little
- By Ted on 06-02-15
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Traitor's Purse
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Campion investigates once more, but this time he is on the run from the police - classic British crime writing at its best. Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancée
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Allingham's best
- By Bookwormish on 11-21-15
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Colours Aloft
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. What lies ahead is the grim reality of war at close quarters - where Bolitho will be called upon to anticipate the overall intention of the French fleet. But the battle has also become a personal vendetta between himself and the French admiral who formerly sailed the Argonaute.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another top flight tale from Mr Kent!
- By Ray on 05-10-13
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Honour this Day
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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September 1804: England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, anticipating invasion. Vice-admiral Richard Bolitho has his own troubles to settle at home too. But his time on land is broken by an urgent summons from the King. Once more Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran 74-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail - this time with a new squadron headed for the Caribbean.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why Has Jayston Changed Bolitho to Boleetho?
- By Frank F. Sommers IV on 12-05-18
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One Fearful Yellow Eye
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 8
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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How to you extort $600,000 from a dying man? Someone had done it very quietly and skilfully to the husband of Travis McGee's ex-girlfriend. McGee flies to Chicago to help untangle the mess and discovers that, although Dr. Fortner Geis had led an exemplary life, there were those who'd take advantage of one "indiscretion" and bring down the whole family. McGee also discovers he likes a few members of the family far too much to let that happen....
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3 out of 5 stars
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McGee Does the Second City
- By Darwin8u on 12-04-17
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Darker Than Amber
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 7
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 349
Travis McGee never shies away from damsels in distress. But this Eurasian beauty was different. When Travis and Meyer rescued her from the water, she had a block of cement wired to her feet, and she wasn't so much grateful as ready to snare them in a murder racket to end all murders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A man from the first half of the 20th century
- By Bonnie on 05-09-12
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Coroner's Pidgin
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman. At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring his powers of protection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderfully exciting
- By Sally Dobbs on 11-14-16
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Sweet Danger
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: Franis Matthews
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Way back during the Crusades, Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan state of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it extremely strategically important to the British government. They hire unconventional detective Albert Campion to recover the long-missing proofs of ownership - the deeds, a crown, and a receipt - which are apparently hidden in the village of Pontisbright.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Campy Campion
- By Marie on 01-12-15
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A Purple Place for Dying
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 3
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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A Purple Place for Dying finds Travis McGee witness to a murder he can't prove and a kidnapping nobody wants to believe. McGee becomes a pawn between a wealthy Southwestern patriarch, the law, and a mysterious gang bent on insurance fraud. Just the kind of thing McGee revels in!
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4 out of 5 stars
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A man from the first half of the 20th century
- By Bonnie on 05-09-12
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Flowers for the Judge
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Scandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife's lover, the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration comedy come to feature in the tragedy? And what of the odd disappearance of another director twenty years before?
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5 out of 5 stars
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ALWAYS A PLEASURE
- By peter on 11-27-17
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Billy Boyle
- A World War II Mystery
- By: James R. Benn
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4 out of 5 stars 163
What's a 22-year-old Irish American cop who's never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, hed barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to fight and perhaps die for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best Kept Secret
- By Mary on 11-23-10
Publisher's Summary
Boston P.I. Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town recently reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires looking for a place to escape the pressures of their high-flying lifestyles. When a band of modern-day mountain men, led by a charismatic individual known as The Preacher, takes over the town, even the local police are powerless to defend the residents in the face of the clever, dangerous gang. Spenser assembles a group of his own, including the redoubtable Hawk, to beat the gang at their own dangerous game and form the nucleus of a real police force to watch over the town when he's gone.
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- Jon Evans
- 04-13-17
Parker's Best!
In my opinion this is the best Robert Parker book with his character the private eye Spenser. Great storyline and of course with Hawk by his side, the dialogue abounds with wit and satire.
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- Teresa DeRenzo
- 03-26-20
awesome story and narration
this was origionaly my first audio book and it was excellent. Joe Montagna was awesome and story was great....
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- Sacheen
- 07-29-19
POTSHOT is an easy 5 ☆☆☆☆☆
While I adore all of the Spencer Novels, some more than others, it is Joe Mantegna's narration that ultimately bring Spencer's wit and charm to life. I always enjoy the books that bring together Spencer's buddies, making this one pure gold!
It goes without saying that he gives that same
"humanity" to all of the characters, making his narration of the Robert B. Parker novels my favorite.
Maybe whitty, snarky comebacks come naturally to Mr. Mantegna? Whatever the source of his brilliance, color me in love!
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- FELIPE
- 04-12-19
Man I love Spencer stories.
R.Parker & J.Mantagna at their best, I just can't get enough of this duo.
""Can I please have some more sir""
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- Alex M. Tuffile
- 01-30-19
Robert b Parker does it again
It's like the Magnificent Seven only tougher and much cooler. Spenser assembles the dream team from previous novels and they do what they do best.
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- Kanteese
- 12-06-18
All-time favorite story of the Spenser series
As a big fan of the author, particularly the Spenser stories, I love this entry. Throughout the series, Spenser encounters (and sometime works with) some interesting characters, though their appearances are usually limited to one or two per book. Potshot gathers a group of his past comrades as a hardened posse, headed by Spenser, to clean up a town in the spirit of a modern-day western. Spenser is the same wisecracking Boston toughie he's always been, but what makes this story stand out is how his cohorts interact with each other, often comically, to become brothers-in-arms. Definitely a fun read that I recommend highly.
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- Barbara
- 09-05-18
Loved the writing and story line.
Only complaint I have is the use of God’s name in vain. Plenty of other words you could use.
Actually, my favorite author, William Kent Krueger, uses no curse words. His knowledge of words is so awesome, no need for cursing.
Cursing just distracts from the story.