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Killing Floor
- Jack Reacher, Book 1
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 379
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Killing Floor by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding....
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3 out of 5 stars
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HE SAID, SHE SAID killed it.
- By Kindle Customer on 17-10-2018
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The Pillars of the Earth
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 1
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 550
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....
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5 out of 5 stars
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my favourite book!
- By Matt on 09-01-2016
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Die Trying
- Jack Reacher, Book 2
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Die Trying by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thing are not always what they seem!<br />
- By mforlong44 on 08-02-2018
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The Crossroad
- By: Mark Donaldson
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 872
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 811
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Story5 out of 5 stars 809
On 2 September, 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By craig on 07-01-2016
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Killing Floor
- Jack Reacher, Book 1
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 379
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Killing Floor by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding....
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3 out of 5 stars
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HE SAID, SHE SAID killed it.
- By Kindle Customer on 17-10-2018
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The Pillars of the Earth
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 1
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 550
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....
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5 out of 5 stars
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my favourite book!
- By Matt on 09-01-2016
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Die Trying
- Jack Reacher, Book 2
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Die Trying by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thing are not always what they seem!<br />
- By mforlong44 on 08-02-2018
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The Crossroad
- By: Mark Donaldson
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 872
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 811
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Story5 out of 5 stars 809
On 2 September, 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By craig on 07-01-2016
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Past Tense
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story4 out of 5 stars 407
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Past Tense by Lee Child....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration Annoying
- By Hamish Burke on 21-11-2018
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When the Lion Feeds
- The Courtneys, Book 1
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
It is the 1870s, and twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney are born into the wilds of Natal. They could not be more different, and fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart....
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it
- By steve budarick on 09-02-2019
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Persuader
- Jack Reacher, Book 7
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Never forgive, never forget. That's Jack Reacher's operating principle. And Quinn was one of the worst guys he ever had the misfortune to meet. He had done unforgivable things....
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5 out of 5 stars
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love the suspense
- By Anonymous User on 10-04-2018
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Celtic Empire
- By: Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
The murder of a team of UN scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great adventures
- By Anonymous User on 14-04-2019
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King of Kings
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him....
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Rage
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Shasa closed his mouth slowly. The very foundations of his political beliefs and principles were shaken and the walls cracked through....
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The Nowhere Man
- Orphan X, Book 2
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Ambushed and drugged, Evan Smoak wakes up in a locked room with no idea where he is or who has captured him....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Went on and on but finished well
- By Mark on 04-05-2017
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Masters of War
- Danny Black, Book 1
- By: Chris Ryan
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cliche story.
- By Pat on 19-10-2017
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Hungry as the Sea
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance....
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Long Road to Mercy
- Atlee Pine, Book 1
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4 out of 5 stars 112
Her name is Atlee Pine, the latest creation from best-selling author David Baldacci. She has unstoppable tenacity, always a fighter who is unwilling to cede any ground....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Typical Baldachi Conspiracy Theory Theme<br />
- By Peter Beckerleg on 04-12-2018
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World Without End
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 2
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 350
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 352
Murder, intrigue, plague, and pestilence all play a part in this stunning sequel to the international best seller The Pillars of the Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful follow up
- By Michelle on 29-06-2017
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Courtney's War
- By: Wilbur Smith, David Churchill
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Paris, 1939. Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives....
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant as always
- By Teena on 02-10-2018
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Forever and a Day
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It's time for a new agent to step up. It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Kathryn Peta Eady on 07-11-2018
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The Ghost Brigades
- Old Man's War, Book 2
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The mastermind behind this lethal alliance is a traitor....
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4 out of 5 stars
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build up
- By Jasia Hawkins on 03-12-2017
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Heads You Win
- By: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and best-selling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Clifton Chronicles Revisited
- By Hugh on 16-11-2018
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A Wanted Man
- Jack Reacher 17
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 189
When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - it isn't easy to hitch a ride....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not one of his best
- By Hugh on 03-05-2015
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The Last Mile
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 242
Melvin Mars awaits his fate on death row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged 20 years old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulously fast moving
- By wendy sauer on 11-08-2016
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Fear Is the Key
- By: Alistair MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: $10.25 million in gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy....
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Out of the Dark
- Orphan X, Book 4
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz....
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4 out of 5 stars
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So satisfying
- By John on 22-02-2019
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The Hard Way
- Jack Reacher 10
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 286
Late at night in a New York café army-cop-turned-drifter Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another classic JR
- By Micheal on 21-01-2016
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Tom Clancy's Line of Sight
- By: Mike Maden
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tom Clancy's Line of Sight by Mike Maden, read by Scott Brick....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bit slow
- By Tim on 17-09-2018
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Inferno
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 539
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 534
Dan Brown’s new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Powerful story that ran out of puff
- By Swarup on 29-12-2015
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Birdsong
- By: Sebastian Faulks
- Narrated by: Peter Firth
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! A book that just grabs you and lives with you
- By Woolfe on 04-02-2016
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The Lost Symbol
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 266
The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling - a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes and unseen truths...all under the watchful eye of a terrifying villain....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Thriller ... Bit weird end
- By Brian on 19-04-2015
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Viper's Blood
- Master of War, Book 4
- By: David Gilman
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
England, 1346. For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or join the king's invasion....
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant narration. excellent storylines,
- By Grahame Davis on 03-06-2017
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All Quiet on the Western Front
- By: Erich Maria Remarque
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story5 out of 5 stars 85
The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Harrowing
- By Anonymous User on 03-04-2018
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The Visitor
- Jack Reacher, Book 4
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 184
Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common. Both were army highflyers. Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher....
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3 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed the first two books more.
- By Blue Snowflake on 04-03-2018
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What She Saw Last Night
- By: Mason Cross
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Jenny Bowen is going home. Following an acrimonious split from her husband, she is quitting her job and moving back from London to the small town in the Scottish Highlands where she grew up....
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The Burning Land
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 5
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Story5 out of 5 stars 56
In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes smell opportunity....
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5 out of 5 stars
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gateaux series
- By Joshua R. on 02-10-2018
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Medusa
- NUMA Files: Book 8
- By: Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret, US government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly disappears....
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The Sound of Thunder
- Courtney, Book 2
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
The second novel in Wilbur Smith's The Courtneys series, The Sound of Thunder is a powerful story of family tragedy set against the backdrop of the ravages of the Second Boer War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wilbur Smith has excelled!
- By Anonymous User on 21-04-2019
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Dark Age
- Dark Age, Book 2
- By: James Wilde
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
It is AD 367, and Roman Britain has fallen to the vast barbarian horde which has invaded from the north. Towns burn, the land is ravaged and the few survivors flee....
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The Scorpion's Strike
- Empire X
- By: Anthony Riches
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
With his compelling Centurions trilogy complete, Anthony Riches returns to his best-selling Empire sequence of novels with his storytelling skills polished to perfection. Set in the second century AD, The Scorpion's Strike continues the story of Marcus Aquila's fight for justice for a family ripped asunder by imperial assassins. Still seeking revenge, Marcus finds himself thrown back into the heart of the chaos that is shaking the Roman Empire to its roots.
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Rome's Sacred Flame
- By: Robert Fabbri
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been ordered to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 200 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers tensions spilling over into bloody chaos. Battling thirst and exhaustion, Vespasian must help the Romans escape, their only route to survival a desperate race across a barren desert with a hoard of heavily armed rebels at their backs. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Rome's elite fear for their lives as Emperor Nero's extravagance goes unchecked.
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The Lost Ten
- By: Harry Sidebottom
- Narrated by: Duguld Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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When Valens, a junior officer in the Roman Army, joins a crack squad of soldiers on a dangerous mission, little does he know what's in store for him. Tasked with rescuing the young Prince Sasan, who has been imprisoned in the impenetrable Castle of Silence, the troops set out across Mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the Caspian Sea. Deep in hostile territory, inexperienced Valens finds himself in charge. And as one by one his soldiers die or disappear, he begins to suspect that there is a traitor in their midst and that the rescue is fast becoming a suicide mission.
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The Ice Maiden
- By: Sara Sheridan
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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1842. Stranded on Deception Island in the South Atlantic, her whaling captain husband lost at sea, Karina is destitute and desperate. Disguised as a cabin boy, she stows away on a British ship. But Karina is about to get a nasty surprise. As she grows closer to ship's surgeon Joseph Hooker, Karina and the rest of the crew find themselves pushed to the limits both physically and emotionally as conditions worsen on board.
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Rage
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams only of uniting his divided, beloved country. Against all his principles, he allows his half brother Manfred to persuade him to join South Africa's right-wing National Party, hoping to moderate from within their dangerous policies of apartheid. But Shasa's wife is working against everything he's working for while Manfred has deadly secrets he cannot afford to be revealed, either to his family or the public who are on the brink of war.
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What She Saw Last Night
- By: Mason Cross
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Jenny Bowen is going home. Following an acrimonious split from her husband, she is quitting her job and moving back from London to the small town in the Scottish Highlands where she grew up. After tying up some last-minute loose ends, she rushes to Euston and boards the Caledonian Sleeper, headed north on a 500 mile, 10-hour journey through the night. As Jenny is getting settled in her cabin, she hears a commotion outside in the corridor.
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The Scorpion's Strike
- Empire X
- By: Anthony Riches
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
With his compelling Centurions trilogy complete, Anthony Riches returns to his best-selling Empire sequence of novels with his storytelling skills polished to perfection. Set in the second century AD, The Scorpion's Strike continues the story of Marcus Aquila's fight for justice for a family ripped asunder by imperial assassins. Still seeking revenge, Marcus finds himself thrown back into the heart of the chaos that is shaking the Roman Empire to its roots.
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Rome's Sacred Flame
- By: Robert Fabbri
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been ordered to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 200 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers tensions spilling over into bloody chaos. Battling thirst and exhaustion, Vespasian must help the Romans escape, their only route to survival a desperate race across a barren desert with a hoard of heavily armed rebels at their backs. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Rome's elite fear for their lives as Emperor Nero's extravagance goes unchecked.
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The Lost Ten
- By: Harry Sidebottom
- Narrated by: Duguld Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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When Valens, a junior officer in the Roman Army, joins a crack squad of soldiers on a dangerous mission, little does he know what's in store for him. Tasked with rescuing the young Prince Sasan, who has been imprisoned in the impenetrable Castle of Silence, the troops set out across Mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the Caspian Sea. Deep in hostile territory, inexperienced Valens finds himself in charge. And as one by one his soldiers die or disappear, he begins to suspect that there is a traitor in their midst and that the rescue is fast becoming a suicide mission.
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The Ice Maiden
- By: Sara Sheridan
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
1842. Stranded on Deception Island in the South Atlantic, her whaling captain husband lost at sea, Karina is destitute and desperate. Disguised as a cabin boy, she stows away on a British ship. But Karina is about to get a nasty surprise. As she grows closer to ship's surgeon Joseph Hooker, Karina and the rest of the crew find themselves pushed to the limits both physically and emotionally as conditions worsen on board.
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Rage
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams only of uniting his divided, beloved country. Against all his principles, he allows his half brother Manfred to persuade him to join South Africa's right-wing National Party, hoping to moderate from within their dangerous policies of apartheid. But Shasa's wife is working against everything he's working for while Manfred has deadly secrets he cannot afford to be revealed, either to his family or the public who are on the brink of war.
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What She Saw Last Night
- By: Mason Cross
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Jenny Bowen is going home. Following an acrimonious split from her husband, she is quitting her job and moving back from London to the small town in the Scottish Highlands where she grew up. After tying up some last-minute loose ends, she rushes to Euston and boards the Caledonian Sleeper, headed north on a 500 mile, 10-hour journey through the night. As Jenny is getting settled in her cabin, she hears a commotion outside in the corridor.
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King of Kings
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings.
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Maiwa's Revenge
- By: H. Rider Haggard
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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When hunter Allan Quatermain invited his old friends over to shoot grouse they started relating stories and anecdotes of their time in Africa. Allan draws his friends in with a tale encompassing a beautiful African warrior princess, the hand of a murdered babe, a treasure and a war. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of H. Rider Haggard’s tale of action and adventure in darkest Africa.
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Avenger
- Intrepid, Book 3
- By: Chris Allen
- Narrated by: Ric Herbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Alex Morgan - policeman, soldier and spy for Intrepid, the black ops division of Interpol - is hunting the Night Witch, the head of a shadowy criminal empire spanning the four corners of the globe. When Morgan is sent to China to shadow Intrepid's newest agent, Elizabeth Reigns, he soon discovers she's been sold out and the triads are after their pound of flesh. With Reigns in his corner, Morgan must find a way through a complex labyrinth of scattered connections and corporate takeovers to find the real Night Witch, and crush an empire built on trading in human life.
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Celtic Empire
- By: Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
The murder of a team of UN scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack from tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie with the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father 3,000 years ago. From the desert sands of Egypt to the rocky isles of Ireland to the deepwater lochs of Scotland, only Dirk Pitt can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could change the very future of mankind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great adventures
- By Anonymous User on 14-04-2019
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Sleeper: The Red Storm
- Sleeper, Book 2
- By: J.D. Fennell
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
1943. Sleeper spy Will Starling has been drafted in to the SOE, joining forces with the French Resistance in the fight against the Nazis; but Will's memory is fractured, and only occasional flashbacks reveal fragments of his past. Despite this, he has not forgotten his pledge to find and rescue his sister, Rose - if she is still alive. When his mission in France is compromised, Will suspects he's been betrayed.
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The Chemical Detective
- Jacqueline Silver Adventures, Book 1
- By: Fiona Erskine
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr Jaq Silver. Skier, scientist, international jet-setter, explosives expert. She blows things up to keep people safe. Working on avalanche control in Slovenia, Jaq stumbles across a problem with a consignment of explosives. After raising a complaint with the supplier, a multinational chemical company, her evidence disappears. Jaq is warned, threatened, accused of professional incompetence and suspended. Taking her complaint further, she narrowly escapes death only to be framed for murder. Escaping from police custody, she sets out to find the key to the mystery.
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Hungry as the Sea
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his arch-rival's luxury liner is trapped in the tempestuous Antarctic, Nick stakes all to pit his powerful salvage tug, the Warlock, in a desperate race against time and the elements....
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Gringo
- By: Nelson Nye
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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His memory lost, his horse shot and his clothes bloodstained, Walt Parras fetches up in a pumpkin ranch, where he’s offered work by the drunkard owner’s daughter, Teresa. Will their love blossom, even as the ramrod Olivares takes over the ranch?
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Elephant Song
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Dr Daniel Armstrong, ecologist and documentary maker, has dedicated his life to protecting Africa's animals and rain forests. But when a gang of poachers murders his childhood friend, Chief Warden of the National Park, and steals the government-protected ivory stores, Daniel's quest of passion becomes one of revenge....
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The Fourth Man
- A Jack Reacher Short Story
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
Jack Reacher, ex-military drifter of no fixed abode, is stalked and tracked down by an FBI agent. She tells him that in a house raid in Sydney, Australian law enforcement found a list. There were four people on it, including him. The other three are dead. Hours later, Reacher is in the air, on his way to Sydney. What was the evil buried 25 years ago that has now resurfaced? Will Reacher be able to find the killers before they find him?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not his best work
- By Aunty K on 21-03-2019
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Dodging Red Cloud
- By: Richard S. Wheeler
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Three disparate travellers, thrown together, brave the Bozeman Trail but must do their utmost to avoid the fearsome Oglala warrior Red Cloud - for the trail is his bloody hunting ground.
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The Eye of the Tiger
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
From best-selling novelist Wilbur Smith, The Eye of the Tiger is an exciting adventure set amongst the peaceful islands of the Indian Ocean, where a man's past returns to hunt him down. Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck.