Simple Genius [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK]

Simple Genius [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] Author: Baldacci, David McLarty, Ron (Narrator) McLarty, Ron ISBN: 1-59483-901-8

Category: Baldwin, James - Prose & Criticism

Audio CD Hachette Audio

 Last seen in Split Second (2003), former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have reached a crisis in their relationship in this less than compelling Washington political thriller from bestseller Baldacci. When Maxwell instigates a fight with the most intimidating bruiser she could find at a local bar and lets herself be beaten unconscious, despite her superior fighting skills, her partner suggests she voluntarily commit herself to a psychiatric facility. While Maxwell reluctantly undergoes treatment to find the childhood roots of her death wish, King probes the suicide of a scientist found on the grounds of Virginia's Camp Peary, a mysterious CIA facility.

Best Kept Secrets [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED]

Best Kept Secrets [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED] Author: Brown, Sandra Hill, Dick (Narrator) Hill, Dick ISBN: 1-4233-2483-8

Category: Mystery And Suspense Fiction

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 Alexandra Gaither is an attorney who finally has the power to get the justice she needs. Twenty-five years before, her mother had died a scandalous death. Alex believes one of three powerful men murdered her. Each is charming, each is a suspect, and each tries to shield her from his past. But not one of them can stop her passionate search for the truth. Like her mother before her, Alex sparks controversy and excitement in this remote Texas town. Now, as she investigates her mother's former lover, his best friend, and the father figure to them both, she will risk everything to uncover their best kept secrets.

Woods, The [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [CD]

Woods, The [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] Author: Coben, Harlan Brick, Scott (Narrator) Brick, Scott ISBN: 1-59737-643-4

Category: Mystery And Suspense Fiction

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 Paul "Cope" Copeland, acting county prosecutor for Essex County, N.J., and Lucy Gold, his long-lost summer camp love, are still haunted by a fateful night, decades earlier, when their nighttime tryst allowed some younger campers, including Cope's sister, to venture into the nearby forest, where they apparently fell victim to the Summer Slasher, a serial killer. Cope's intense focus on a high-profile rape prosecution of some wealthy college students shifts after one of the Slasher's victims, whose body was never found, turns up as a recent corpse in Manhattan, casting doubt on the official theory of the old case. Cope's own actions on that night again come under scrutiny, even as the highly placed fathers of the men he's prosecuting work to unearth as many skeletons as possible to pressure him into dropping the rape case.

The Witch of Portobello CD [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK]

The Witch of Portobello CD [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] Author: Coelho, Paulo Rita, Wolf (Narrator) Wolf, Rita ISBN: 0-06-134910-0

Category: Brazilian Novel And Short Story

Audio CD HarperAudio

 Multimillion-seller Coelho (The Devil and Miss Prym, etc.) returns with another uncanny fusion of philosophy, religious miracle and moral parable. The Portobello of the title is London's Portobello Road, where Sherine Khalil, aka Athena, finds the worship meeting she's leading--where she becomes an omniscient goddess named Hagia Sophia--disrupted by a Protestant protest. Framed as a set of interviews conducted with those who knew Athena, who is dead as the book opens, the story recounts her birth in Transylvania to a Gypsy mother, her adoption by wealthy Lebanese Christians; her short, early marriage to a man she meets at a London college (one of the interviewees); her son Viorel's birth; and her stint selling real estate in Dubai. Back in London in the book's second half, Athena learns to harness the powers that have been present but inchoate within her, and the story picks up as she acquires a "teacher" (Deidre O'Neill, aka Edda, another interviewee), then disciples (also interviewed), and speeds toward a spectacular end. Coelho veers between his signature criticism of modern life and the hydra-headed alternative that Athena taps into.

Leopards Kill [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [CD]

Leopards Kill [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] Author: DeFelice, Jim Dufris, William (Narrator) Dufris, William ISBN: 1-4233-3155-9

Category: Thrillers

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 DeFelice has fashioned a powerful quest novel out of what could have been just a clever homage to Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Mercury "Merc" Conrad, on a shadowy assignment into present-day Afghanistan, has disappeared with $2 million of CIA money, which the agency wants back. Since Merc saved the life of his friend and business partner, ex-Special Forces soldier Jack Pilgrim, on three earlier occasions, Jack sets out to find and rescue Merc. The journey takes Jack deep into Afghanistan, a heart of darkness if there ever was one, propelling him to the very edge of civilization and beyond. Jack fights for his life on almost every page with the action slacking off only in the rare moments when he can sit back to rest and ponder questions of morality, loyalty and honor. DeFelice has coauthored many novels with such thriller writers as Stephen Coonts and Larry Bond, but this and his other solo efforts, including Threat Level Black and Coyote Bird, prove that he can write and fight with the best of them.

The Blue Zone CD [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK]

The Blue Zone CD [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] Author: Gross, Andrew Ilyana, Kadushin (Narrator) Kadushin, Ilyana ISBN: 0-06-128561-7

Category: American Mystery & Suspense Fiction

Audio CD HarperAudio

 Having coauthored five bestsellers with James Patterson (Lifeguard, etc.), Gross makes a solo debut superior to his collaborative efforts, if short of the first thriller rank. His engaging heroine, Kate Raab, a medical researcher in the Bronx, is shocked when the Feds arrest her beloved gold trader father, Benjamin, and charge him with laundering money for a Colombian drug cartel. A hit team's attempt to kill the entire Raab family prompts all of them, except Kate, to start their lives anew in the witness protection program. Kate's choice, predictably, places her in continuing danger, even as she begins to suspect that her father's involvement with the narco traffickers was more deliberate and extensive than he's willing to admit. The secret revelations at the heart of the plot

Lightning [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED]

Lightning [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED] Author: Koontz, Dean Lane, Christopher (Narrator) Lane, Christopher ISBN: 1-4233-3896-0

Category: American Horror Fiction

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Since the night she was born, Laura Shane has been continually saved by a mysterious guardian who appears and disappears without a trail. Through the years, these random encounters prove more and more life-threatening, sending Shane down a dark path to which her savior, Stefan, has unintentionally led her and her family. But as Shane realizes when not where Stefan is from, she must scramble for her life as her enemies seek her out. Her only hope is in the knowledge that when lightning strikes, her enemies are near. Koontz isn't the first author to incorporate lightning with time travel, but he certainly shines new light on the subgenre of time travel. Koontz's 1988 novel gains new life in this unabridged production. Christopher Lane captures listeners with a stern and serious voice that can still lighten up, especially when voicing Shane's son, Chris, or other colorful characters.

Savage Garden, The [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED]

Savage Garden, The [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED] Author: Mills, Mark Stuart, Ian (Narrator) ISBN: 1-4233-3793-X

Category: Fiction

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 Two murders separated by centuries make up the heart of this excellent literary mystery. Set in the beautiful Tuscan countryside during the summer of 1958, Mills's novel tells the story of Adam Strickland, an art history major researching the 16th-century garden on the grounds of the Villa Docci. As Strickland studies the intricate sculptures and inscriptions in the garden, he deciphers a series of clues that hint at a murder committed more than 400 years ago. He also discovers evidence of another murder, this one only 14 years in the past. Unraveling the former mystery will find him a place in academic history, but solving the latter will place his life in danger. Stuart brings just the right touch to his reading of this intelligently written story. With an excellent use of his vocal talents, he moves easily from one character to another, never overplaying the accents or gender. His descriptive narration uses Mills's prose to sweep the listener into a classic world of intrigue and suspense. Fans of P.D. James and the like will enjoy.

The 6th Target [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED]

The 6th Target [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] Author: Patterson, James McCormick, Carolyn (Narrator) McCormick, Carolyn ISBN: 1-59483-895-X

Category: Mystery And Suspense Fiction

Audio CD Hachette Audio

 When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt. And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies-- but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsay juggles the possibility of a new love with an unsolvable investigation, and the knowledge that one member of the club could be on the brink of death. And just when everything appears momentarily under control, the case takes a terrifying turn, putting an entire city in lethal danger. Lindsay must make a choice she never dreamed she'd face--with no certainty that either outcome has more than a prayer of success. --

Lethally Blond

Lethally Blond Author: White, Kate Raudman, Renée (Narrator) Raudman, Renee ISBN: 1-4233-3455-8

Category: Mystery And Suspense Fiction

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 In this stylish, funny fifth caper (after 2005's Over Her Dead Body) from Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief White, Buzz gossip mag reporter Bailey Weggins takes a moment off from tracking celebrity crime to hunt down a missing actor. Her one-time hunky fling, Chris Wickersham, calls on her for help finding his friend Tom Fain, who appears with Chris on the TV show Morgue, a C.S.I.-type drama shooting in New York City. Bailey and Chris learn that Tom had been having an affair with the producer's girlfriend and that he withdrew $7,000 in cash before he disappeared. Bailey's dogged pursuit of Tom's trail leads to his family home in upstate New York, where she discovers his rotting remains. Even when another member of the Morgue cast is murdered and Bailey also becomes a target of a very theatrical killer, her lively love life continues with a renewed flirtation with Chris and lingering attraction to another fling, documentary filmmaker Beau Regan. White's flair for pop culture and affection for single career women make this trendy romantic suspense cocktail an addictive read.