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Cold Granite
- Logan McRae, Book 1
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. Three-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And he's only the first. There's a serial killer stalking the Granite City, and the local media are baying for blood. Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die.
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Absolutely brilliant!
- By Sonya on 07-03-2018
- Cold Granite
- Logan McRae, Book 1
- By: Stuart MacBride
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
Enjoyed it
Reviewed: 02-01-2021
This is an interesting detective book. Nothing too twisty but makes you guessing who'd done it until the end. Not as intriguing as some detective books but very enjoyable.
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The Law of Innocence
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Heading home after winning his latest case, Defence Attorney Mickey Haller - the Lincoln Lawyer - is pulled over by the police. They open the trunk of his car to find the body of a former client. Haller knows the law inside out. He will be charged with murder. He will have to build his case from behind bars. And the trial will be the trial of his life. Because Mickey Haller will defend himself in court.
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Faultless as always
- By Noelle N. on 16-11-2020
- The Law of Innocence
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
Brilliant
Reviewed: 13-12-2020
The only regret I have is I devoured it over only 2 days. The legal proceedings are just brilliant, I can never guess or anticipate the tactic and court room strategies used. An innocent person can be found guilty makes me feel that law is flawed and the truth should matter more than what law allows or not allows. One of Connelly's best.
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The Battlemage
- Summoner, Book 3
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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After the thrilling cliff-hanger at the end of book two, we rejoin Fletcher and his friends in the ether, where they must undertake a mortally dangerous quest, all the while avoiding capture by enemies and facing foes more terrifying than anything they have yet encountered. But this is nothing compared to what truly lies ahead for Fletcher, as his nemesis, albino orc Khan, is on a mission to destroy Hominum and everything and everyone that Fletcher loves.
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awsome story great book
- By Anonymous User on 30-08-2020
- The Battlemage
- Summoner, Book 3
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
A bit rushed
Reviewed: 06-12-2020
A good conclusion of the trilogy. However, it seems a bit rushed after the built up. It is a good in-between series for me, took me out of my normal detective/lawyer/crime genre. A bit of YA books is very entertaining.
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The Inquisition
- Summoner, Book 2
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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More demons, epic battles and fights to the death: introducing the unmissable next instalment in the Summoner Trilogy.... On trial for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must face the Inquisition, who will decide his future. The process is grueling, led by those who will do anything to see him suffer and haunted by ghosts from the past with clues to Fletcher's tragic origins.
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get it get it get it get it get it get it get it
- By Cody on 25-03-2017
- The Inquisition
- Summoner, Book 2
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
I am hooked
Reviewed: 03-12-2020
I am already listening to #3 in this series says something. It is action packed and makes you want to know what happens next. The story line and Fletcher maybe a bit cliché- Fletcher is not the best talent but has the principle of right and wrong, but it is entertaining. It kept my ear pods firmly in place for many hours.
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The Novice
- Summoner, Book 1
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Fletcher is nothing more than a humble blacksmith's apprentice when a chance encounter leads to the discovery that he has the ability to summon demons from another world. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, he must travel with his demon to the Vocans Academy, where the gifted are trained in the art of summoning. The academy will put Fletcher through a gauntlet of grueling lessons, training him as a battlemage to fight in the Hominum Empire's war against the savage orcs.
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Best new series
- By michael on 04-01-2017
- The Novice
- Summoner, Book 1
- By: Taran Matharu
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
Bought the #2 in the series already
Reviewed: 29-11-2020
Interesting story and the writer gets you hooked, well, got me hooked. It is a fantasy story, it is about good vs greedy and evil ones and "heroes" with unbending principles. One would have thought a typical story line, but this one was told well and with twists/surprises. Very enjoyable. If you like Game of Thrones, The Witcher, get it, you will like it.
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Deadly Cry
- Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller, Book 13
- By: Angela Marsons
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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In a busy shopping center, a little girl clutches a teddy bear, clinging to it in the absence of her mother, Katrina. Hours later, Katrina’s body is discovered in an abandoned building. For Detective Kim Stone, it looks like a quick, functional murder. But Kim’s instincts tell her there’s more to this senseless murder than meets the eye. What was the motive for killing a young mother out shopping with her child?
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A suspenseful story that keeps you guessing!
- By Mimosa on 09-01-2021
- Deadly Cry
- Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller, Book 13
- By: Angela Marsons
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
As always very enjoyable
Reviewed: 24-11-2020
Just like other books in this series, I get hooked instantly. I read one of the reviews that said the story is a bit far fetched, I agree when I analyzed it, however, the book is fast paced and Kim as usual is a great character, could not stop listening.
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The Hate Race
- By: Maxine Beneba Clarke
- Narrated by: Zahra Newman
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three-bedroom blonde brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke's life is just like all the other Aussie kids' on her street. Except for this one glaring, inescapably obvious thing. From one of Australia's most exciting writers and the author of the multiaward-winning Foreign Soil comes The Hate Race: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.
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Beautifully narrated and written.
- By jo Casey on 30-08-2017
- The Hate Race
- By: Maxine Beneba Clarke
- Narrated by: Zahra Newman
They say racism is getting better in Australia?
Reviewed: 15-11-2020
Very interesting read from the perspective of an Australian born British/Jamaican ancestry author. Being an immigrant, I share her experience and yes, even today. People say it is getting better? Really? Those people are not "coloured". The saddest thing was that I even felt blessed when the attention shifted from racism to religious bias- a sigh of relief that I was not targeted for a while. I work for a company that advocates equality, especially LTBGIQ, however, the Board has no other colours but white. I think it will take another generation for us truly multicultural and I only hope my children and their off-springs get a fairer go.
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How to Be Second Best
- By: Jessica Dettmann
- Narrated by: Michala Banas
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Going from one child to two is never all that easy for a family, but when Emma's husband simultaneously fathers a third child three doors up the street, things get very tricky, very fast. No longer is it enough for Emma to be the best wife and mother - now she's trying to be the best ex-wife, and the best part-time parent to her ex's love child, and that's before she even thinks about adding a new bloke to the mix. Set in an upwardly mobile, ultra-competitive suburb, this is a funny, biting, heartwarming modern comedy.
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Light and funny. I didn't want it to end.
- By Jessica Sheedy on 30-05-2019
- How to Be Second Best
- By: Jessica Dettmann
- Narrated by: Michala Banas
Enjoyed it
Reviewed: 14-11-2020
Although I can't imagine how anyone can behave like Emma towards her ex and child of ex, it was an enjoyable listening. I think the story telling was great even the premises was flawed- let's be honest, Emma is a door mat, six years is a long time to be ex' child's nanny.
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The Land Girls
- By: Victoria Purman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its future. For spinster Flora Atkins, however, nothing much has changed. Tending her dull office job and beloved brother and father, as well as knitting socks for the troops, leaves her relatively content. Then one day, a stranger gives her brother a white feather and Flora's anger propels her out of her safe life and into the vineyards of the idyllic Mildura countryside, a member of the Australian Women's Land Army.
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A Privilege to experience
- By Hawthorn🦋Cottage on 25-06-2019
- The Land Girls
- By: Victoria Purman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
A good yarn
Reviewed: 09-11-2020
Good story and gave me a glimpse of women in WWII. How different it is now for women and we should thank these women for paving the way for us today.
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A Time for Mercy
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
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Jake is the court-appointed lawyer for Drew Gamble, a young man accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance sees it another way. Once he learns the details of the case, he realises he has to do everything he can to save Drew...who is 16. His commitment to the truth puts Jake's career and the safety of his family at risk.
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An engaging read
- By Anonymous User on 28-10-2020
- A Time for Mercy
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Grisham is back
Reviewed: 07-11-2020
Can't stop listening. The background story is so enticing, the legal drama is so believable and Jake, a great person/lawyer. Grisham is again a great story teller.