The Summer of Dead Toys
People who bought this also bought...
-
The Truants
- By: Kate Weinberg
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 41
Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers - Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak; Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat; and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
<br />nothing to see he re
- By Donna on 01-29-20
-
The Wolf and the Watchman
- A Novel
- By: Niklas Natt och Dag
- Narrated by: Matt Addis, Caspar Rundegren, Clara Andersson
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 164
It is 1793. When Mickel Cardell, a crippled ex-soldier and former night watchman, finds a mutilated body floating in the Stockholm’s malodorous lake, he feels compelled to give the unidentifiable man a proper burial. For Cecil Winge, a brilliant lawyer turned consulting detective to the Stockholm police, a body with no arms, legs, or eyes is a formidable puzzle and one last chance to set things right before he loses his battle to consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell scour Stockholm to discover the body’s identity, encountering the sordid underbelly of the city’s elite.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
WAY too dark and gruesome
- By Patrick Greiffenstein on 11-13-19
-
The Suspect
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden, Fiona Hardingham, Nicholas Guy Smith, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 432
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 406
When two 18-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth - and this time is no exception. But she can’t help but think of her own son, whom she hasn’t seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Ending was a jaw dropper for me!
- By Richard on 01-24-19
-
Judgment
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Finder
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 498
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 467
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 465
Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to be in consideration for the federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel, she meets a gentle, vulnerable man and has an unforgettable night with him - something she’d never done before. They part with an explicit understanding that this must never happen again. But back home in Boston, Juliana realizes this was no random encounter. The man from Chicago proves to have an integral role in a case she's presiding over....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Secrets buried in secrets!!!!
- By shelley on 02-01-19
-
The Bone Clocks
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball, Leon Williams, Colin Mace, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,602
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,244
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 3,257
Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
a masterful writer, an uneven narration
- By S. Weaver on 11-13-14
-
Bearskin
- A Novel
- By: James A. McLaughlin
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,059
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,051
Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He’s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It’s hard work, and totally solitary - perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he’s so desperately sought is suddenly at risk.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
The cover art is friggin’ awesome but...
- By Riley on 09-25-18
-
The Truants
- By: Kate Weinberg
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 41
Jess Walker has come to a concrete campus under the flat gray skies of East Anglia for one reason: to be taught by the mesmerizing and rebellious Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon transform Jess's thinking on life, love, and Agatha Christie. Swept up in Lorna's thrall, Jess falls in with a tightly knit group of rule-breakers - Alec, a courageous South African journalist with a nihilistic streak; Georgie, a seductive, pill-popping aristocrat; and Nick, a handsome geologist with layers of his own.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
<br />nothing to see he re
- By Donna on 01-29-20
-
The Wolf and the Watchman
- A Novel
- By: Niklas Natt och Dag
- Narrated by: Matt Addis, Caspar Rundegren, Clara Andersson
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 164
It is 1793. When Mickel Cardell, a crippled ex-soldier and former night watchman, finds a mutilated body floating in the Stockholm’s malodorous lake, he feels compelled to give the unidentifiable man a proper burial. For Cecil Winge, a brilliant lawyer turned consulting detective to the Stockholm police, a body with no arms, legs, or eyes is a formidable puzzle and one last chance to set things right before he loses his battle to consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell scour Stockholm to discover the body’s identity, encountering the sordid underbelly of the city’s elite.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
WAY too dark and gruesome
- By Patrick Greiffenstein on 11-13-19
-
The Suspect
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden, Fiona Hardingham, Nicholas Guy Smith, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 432
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 406
When two 18-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth - and this time is no exception. But she can’t help but think of her own son, whom she hasn’t seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Ending was a jaw dropper for me!
- By Richard on 01-24-19
-
Judgment
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Finder
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 498
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 467
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 465
Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to be in consideration for the federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel, she meets a gentle, vulnerable man and has an unforgettable night with him - something she’d never done before. They part with an explicit understanding that this must never happen again. But back home in Boston, Juliana realizes this was no random encounter. The man from Chicago proves to have an integral role in a case she's presiding over....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Secrets buried in secrets!!!!
- By shelley on 02-01-19
-
The Bone Clocks
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball, Leon Williams, Colin Mace, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,602
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,244
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 3,257
Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
a masterful writer, an uneven narration
- By S. Weaver on 11-13-14
-
Bearskin
- A Novel
- By: James A. McLaughlin
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,059
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,051
Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He’s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It’s hard work, and totally solitary - perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he’s so desperately sought is suddenly at risk.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
The cover art is friggin’ awesome but...
- By Riley on 09-25-18
Publisher's Summary
A riveting crime thriller set during a sultry Barcelona summer, introducing Inspector Hector Salgado.
Inspector Hector Salgado is a transplanted Argentine living in Barcelona. While working on human trafficking case, Salgado’s violent temper got the best of him and he beat a suspect within an inch of his life. Ordered on probation, he fled to Argentina to cool off for a few months.
Now he’s back in Barcelona and is eager for another big case. But his boss has other plans. He assigns Salgado to a routine accidental death: A college student fell from a balcony in one of Barcelona’s ritzier neighborhoods. As Salgado begins to piece together the life and world of the victim, he realizes that his death was not all that simple: His teenage friends are either overly paranoid or deceptively calm, and drugs might be involved. Hector begins to follow a trail that will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona’s high society where he’ll come face-to-face with dangerous criminals, long-buried secrets, and, of course, his own past. But Hector thrives on pressure, and he lives for this kind of case - dark, violent, and seemingly unsolvable.
Gripping, sophisticated, and wickedly entertaining, The Summer of Dead Toys introduces a charismatic new detective and announces Antonio Hill as a new master of the crime thriller.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars4
-
4 Stars12
-
3 Stars2
-
2 Stars3
-
1 Stars2
Performance
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars8
-
4 Stars7
-
3 Stars1
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
Story
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars4
-
4 Stars9
-
3 Stars2
-
2 Stars2
-
1 Stars2