Clare Cotton
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Bitter Wash Road
- By: Garry Disher
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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Hirsh was a promising metropolitan officer - until he blew the whistle on a case of police corruption. Now he’s been exiled to a one-cop station in South Australia’s wheatbelt. Called a dog by his own cop brothers. So when he’s sent to investigate gunfire up isolated Bitter Wash Road he suspects his backup might be the one to put a bullet in him. He’s wrong. But the events that unfold turn out to be a lot more sinister.
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Disappointed
- By MARION L de HENNIN on 15-12-2019
- Bitter Wash Road
- By: Garry Disher
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
the narrator spoiled it for me
Reviewed: 16-02-2021
What a pity that an Australian book is narrated by an Englishman making an attempt at an Aussie accent. Shame on you Audubon. Surely your readers deserve an authentic Aussie voice.
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Outlander: International Edition
- Outlander, Book 1
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Intrigue, danger and desire merge in this lush novel of loyalty and time travel. In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon. Their blissful reunion is shattered when she touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone ruins and is instantly transported to a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans - in 1743.
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Like waiting for Donald Trump to finally shut up.
- By elena collins on 27-04-2020
- Outlander: International Edition
- Outlander, Book 1
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
Oh, really!
Reviewed: 21-05-2020
A great concept, time travel, but the "love story" was teduous. I don't
know what all the fuss was about Outlander the TV Series but I would not recommend this book.
1 person found this helpful

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Outlander
- Outlander, Book 1
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins
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Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....
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Like waiting for Donald Trump to finally shut up.
- By elena collins on 27-04-2020
- Outlander
- Outlander, Book 1
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
Oh, really!
Reviewed: 21-05-2020
A great concept, time travel, but the "love story" was teduous. I don't
know what all the fuss was about Outlander the TV Series but I would not recommend this book.
1 person found this helpful
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The Rules of Backyard Cricket
- By: Jock Serong
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Darren has two big talents: cricket and trouble. It is no surprise, then, that he becomes an Australian sporting star of the bad-boy variety - one of those men who's always got away with things and just keeps going...until the day we meet him, middle aged and in the boot of a car, and everything pointing towards a shallow grave.
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Not for the squeamish
- By Kirsty on 06-02-2020
- The Rules of Backyard Cricket
- By: Jock Serong
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
beyond my expectation
Reviewed: 21-03-2020
Totally gripping and the narrstor was a perfect match for the story if you will pardon the pun.
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Fake
- A Startling True Story of Love in A World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies
- By: Stephanie Wood
- Narrated by: Claudia Karvan
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet, sophisticated man who owns land and businesses, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about the future with her. She falls in love. She also becomes increasingly beset by anxiety at the lavish three-act plays he offers her in the form of excuses for frequent cancellations and no-shows. She begins to wonder, who is this man? When she ends the relationship Stephanie switches back on her journalistic nous and uncovers a story of mind-boggling duplicity and manipulation.
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Interesting story but scattered and lacking sound engagement
- By Neil on 10-07-2019
- Fake
- A Startling True Story of Love in A World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies
- By: Stephanie Wood
- Narrated by: Claudia Karvan
Hard to put this book down
Reviewed: 24-07-2019
A must read for anyone interested in human behaviour. Stephanie tells her very personal story with gut wrenching honesty. The stories of otbers similar to hers are skilfully interwoven with well-researched knowledge of behavioral characteristics of narcissistic sociopaths. This reader came away with a greater understanding of how and why otherwise smart people are susceptible. Some beautiful lyrical passages of prose shine in what might have been heavy reading. I love the final chapter, The Getting of Wisdom which makes for a very positive ending for the author as it is for her readers.
2 people found this helpful
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Behold the Dreamers
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. Behold the Dreamers is a dazzling debut novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - and of what we're prepared to sacrifice to hold on to each of them. 'We all do what we gotta do to become American, Abi.' New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the newly arrived and the long established jostle alike for a place on the ladder of success.
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a fable of our times
- By Clare Cotton on 12-06-2017
- Behold the Dreamers
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
a fable of our times
Reviewed: 12-06-2017
These people were all credible. living at the time of the failure of banks which precipitated what became to us the Global Financial Crisis I thought the author assumed the reader would understand how this affected the main players. The interaction and contrast between the lives of rich and poor was cleverly depicted. on many levels. In the end dreams do not always turn out as we hoped
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
- By: Monica Wood
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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A one-in-a-million story for anyone who loves to laugh, cry, and think about how extraordinary ordinary life can be. Not to be missed by those who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Elizabeth Is Missing or The Shock of the Fall. Miss Ona Vitkus has - aside from three months in the summer of 1914 - lived unobtrusively, her secrets fiercely protected. The boy, with his passion for world records, changes all that. He is 11. She is 104 years, 133 days old (they are counting).
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A one in a million book.
- By Sallyanne Aarons on 14-05-2016
- The One-in-a-Million Boy
- By: Monica Wood
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
disappointing
Reviewed: 06-01-2017
If there was a point to this tedious book i
I missed it entirely .Brevity can be a virtue.
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2 people found this helpful
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Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia
- By: David Hunt
- Narrated by: David Hunt
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock", and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.
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A terrible performance and annoying content
- By Jen on 30-11-2016
- Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia
- By: David Hunt
- Narrated by: David Hunt
Thanks for the birthday treat
Reviewed: 18-11-2016
What made the experience of listening to Girt the most enjoyable?
Audible sent me this book to celebrate their birthday. How good is that? What a great choice. There is something in this irreverant historical narrative for everyone. I have been listening whilst pulling weeds in my garden. It has certainly put a smile on my face. I love the humour and the author/narrator's voice is just right.
What did you like best about this story?
The humour. The lightheartedness. Ability to laugh or gently poke fun at all sorts of Australia "icons" and long held and long believed historical un-truths whilst setting the record straight. The author has done a lot of research.This is dry self-depracating Aussie humour at its best with a sense of purpose behind it.
Have you listened to any of David Hunt’s other performances? How does this one compare?
no
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The history they never taught you at school.
Any additional comments?
Will certainly buy the sequel True Girt also by David Hunt
3 people found this helpful
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No Child of Mine
- By: Susan Lewis
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
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Alex Lake’s day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in little Ottilie’s life, but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger.
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A confronting story
- By Clare Cotton on 10-11-2016
- No Child of Mine
- By: Susan Lewis
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
A confronting story
Reviewed: 10-11-2016
The bottom line is that this could be a true story. A chilling hought. It was completely ruined for me by the narrator's often harsh and abrasive voice. Either give me a person who reads well or if you want a dramatic effect a series of appropriate voices for the multiple characters. Ms Franklin was a poor choice making too much effort to dramatise the narrative. The male voices were strained. This is the first time for me that an audible book has failed to deliver.
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Nutshell
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature. A bravura performance, it is the finest recent work from a true master. To be bound in a nutshell, see the world in two inches of ivory, in a grain of sand. Why not, when all of literature, all of art, of human endeavour, is just a speck in the universe of possible things?
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Very enjoyable Ian McEwan
- By Philip Manidis on 22-09-2016
- Nutshell
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
Ian Mcewan never fails
Reviewed: 01-11-2016
I particularly loved the narrator voice - a wise yet innocent and unknowing, unborn baby in the womb, hearing all and interpreting for us what he heard and surmised, A clever device that really worked for me.