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Memory Man
- Amos Decker, Book 1
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Amos Decker is a former professional football player whose career was ended by a terrible hit. Now a police detective, Amos is still haunted by a side effect from the accident he can never forget. One night Decker comes home from a stakeout to find his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law horrifically murdered. Obviously scarred and nearly broken, Decker has to use his skills as a detective and his unusual brain capacity to try to catch the monster who killed his family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance was terrible and distracting.
- By Anonymous User on 2019-04-03
Written by: David Baldacci
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The Innocent: A Novel
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 208
Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career.... It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable: He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.
Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a 14-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway....
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1 out of 5 stars
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No Sale Price Can Make This a Worthwhile Purchase
- By Daryl in YEG on 2020-09-12
Written by: David Baldacci
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Memory Man
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fucking amazing!!!!!
- By Nicholas on 2019-08-18
Written by: David Baldacci
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Zero Day
- John Puller, Book 1
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, but now resides in a nursing home far from his battlefield glory. Puller’s older brother, also a military vet, is serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Puller is called out to a remote, rural area far from any military outpost to investigate into the brutal murder of a family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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stop the music
- By Vicki on 2019-07-21
Written by: David Baldacci
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One Good Deed
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 206
It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job - and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail.
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1 out of 5 stars
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An absolute waste of time
- By Miss Kelly Smith on 2019-08-07
Written by: David Baldacci
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Split Second
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
Michelle Maxwell has just blown her future with the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight to comfort a grieving widow. Then, behind closed doors, the politician whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Baldacci's Best
- By George Pickstock on 2018-10-28
Written by: David Baldacci
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Memory Man
- Amos Decker, Book 1
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Amos Decker is a former professional football player whose career was ended by a terrible hit. Now a police detective, Amos is still haunted by a side effect from the accident he can never forget. One night Decker comes home from a stakeout to find his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law horrifically murdered. Obviously scarred and nearly broken, Decker has to use his skills as a detective and his unusual brain capacity to try to catch the monster who killed his family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance was terrible and distracting.
- By Anonymous User on 2019-04-03
Written by: David Baldacci
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The Innocent: A Novel
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 208
Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career.... It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable: He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.
Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a 14-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway....
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1 out of 5 stars
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No Sale Price Can Make This a Worthwhile Purchase
- By Daryl in YEG on 2020-09-12
Written by: David Baldacci
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Memory Man
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fucking amazing!!!!!
- By Nicholas on 2019-08-18
Written by: David Baldacci
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Zero Day
- John Puller, Book 1
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, but now resides in a nursing home far from his battlefield glory. Puller’s older brother, also a military vet, is serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Puller is called out to a remote, rural area far from any military outpost to investigate into the brutal murder of a family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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stop the music
- By Vicki on 2019-07-21
Written by: David Baldacci
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One Good Deed
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 206
It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job - and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail.
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1 out of 5 stars
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An absolute waste of time
- By Miss Kelly Smith on 2019-08-07
Written by: David Baldacci
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Split Second
- Written by: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
Michelle Maxwell has just blown her future with the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight to comfort a grieving widow. Then, behind closed doors, the politician whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Baldacci's Best
- By George Pickstock on 2018-10-28
Written by: David Baldacci
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Long Road to Mercy
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- Unabridged
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe. It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. She never saw Mercy again. Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. She's the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. So when one of the Grand Canyon's mules is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the canyon - and its rider missing - Pine is called in to investigate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Readers spoiled this story
- By Nancy W. Caldwell on 2018-12-31
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The Camel Club
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
It exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric and downtrodden members whom society has forgotten. Their simple goal is to find the "truth" behind their country's actions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Painful Start. worth the wait.
- By Robert on 2019-08-09
Written by: David Baldacci
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The Whole Truth
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- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Pender Associates is a shadowy organization that specializes in managing seemingly impossible situations for its clients. Sometimes, those services extend to managing - and creating - armed conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
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Written by: David Baldacci
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The 6:20 Man
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at the city’s most prestigious investment firm. In the mornings, he gazes out the train window at the lavish homes of the uberwealthy, dreaming about joining their ranks. In the evenings, he listens to the fiscal news on his phone, already preparing for the next grueling day in the cutthroat realm of finance. Then one morning Devine’s tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book
- By leca897 on 2022-07-23
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A Minute to Midnight
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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FBI Agent Atlee Pine's life was never the same after her twin sister Mercy was kidnapped - and likely killed - 30 years ago. After a lifetime of torturous uncertainty, Atlee's unresolved anger finally gets the better of her on the job, and she finds she has to deal with the demons of her past if she wants to remain with the FBI. Atlee and her assistant head back to Atlee's rural hometown to see what they can uncover about the traumatic night Mercy was taken and Pine was almost killed. But soon after Atlee begins her investigation, a local woman is found ritualistically murdered.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story/ great narration
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Absolute Power
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman start to make love, trapping a burglar behind a secret wall. Then the passion turns deadly, and the witness is running into the night—because what he has just seen is a brutal slaying involving the president of the United States. Luther Whitney is the career break-in artist who's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alan Richmond is the charming U.S. president with the power to commit any crime. And Jack Graham is the young attorney caught in a vortex between absolute truth and... ABSOLUTE POWER.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of fun, great to read earliest Baldacci
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Written by: David Baldacci
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The Winner
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story5 out of 5 stars 54
She is 20, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when LuAnn Tyler is offered the gift of a lifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All she has to do is change her identity and leave the U.S. forever. It's an offer she dares to refuse...until violence forces her hand and thrusts her into a harrowing game of high-stakes, big-money subterfuge. It's a price she won't fully pay...until she does the unthinkable and breaks the promise that made her rich.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best I have found could not wait to each day to listen to more
- By Shirley Corris on 2019-03-05
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Simply Lies
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Mickey Gibson, mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats. When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson, she thinks nothing of Arlene’s unusual request for her to go inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer who cheated ProEye’s clients and fled. That is, until she arrives at the mansion to discover a dead body in a secret room—and that nothing is as it seems.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
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Total Control
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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5 out of 5 stars
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Complex mystery!
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 19
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Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Now Michael's brother, a cop turned attorney, is coming to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered - and what it had to do with a crime that Rufus Harms committed 25 years before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book, worth the listen
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True Blue
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great writing & story!!!
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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With vividly realized characters and a breathtaking pace, Last Man Standing is another spellbinding title from David Baldacci, best-selling author of Wish You Well. When the FBI Hostage Rescue Team is ambushed, it is up to sole survivor Web London to find the killer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Meh..
- By Neil on 2021-04-14
Written by: David Baldacci
Publisher's Summary
In his number-one New York Times best-seller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller...
THE LAST MILE
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime.
Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth.
The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now?
But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed.
What the critics say
"Its pace is relentless, and Baldacci's reworking of his perennial theme - absolute power corrupts absolutely - gives the book a sense of urgency and cultural relevance that many thrillers lack." (Richmond Times-Dispatch on The Hit)
"Brilliant use of language...vivid supporting characters and numerous sudden and unexpected plot twists...[Baldacci] doesn't let the action sag at any point...In [Chung-Cha], Mr. Baldacci has created one of his most memorable characters." (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on The Target)
"There’s nothing routine in this solid whodunit - just striking performances from superb narrators." (AudioFile)
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- Loretta
- 2020-05-04
Second novel
I very much enjoyed this book, it’s my second novel from this author, second of many!! And the narrators put a spin on it that I fully connected with. Enjoyed very much the whole experience!!
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- T. Marceniuk
- 2020-05-02
Good story overall. Narration was very good.
The story was good. Held my interest non-stop. Some language issues, but got past them.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-04-26
Love this Author!
I have now read several of David's novels and have enjoyed every single one. This was no exception. The story keeps you interested and as always, the characters are so well developed I feel like I know them. If you enjoy this genre then purchase this book, I highly doubt you will be disappointed!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Andrea
- 2019-11-26
Spellbinding!
what a brilliant story teller. I'm hooked for the series. Amos Decker and his brilliant mind.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- jane sears
- 2019-01-28
Twists and Turns to the end
Amos Decker returns with his remarkabke memory in tact. The story is gripping and keeps you wanting more. Beautiful ending!
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- Tanzim Hasan
- 2023-10-30
Good read(listen)
Another great novel by Baldacci. Performance was great too. Not going to ding a point but my only issue was Decker’s voice. Not as heavy as the last book. On to the next one…
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- Richard Robinson
- 2023-10-17
The Late Mile was fantastic
Great story telling to keep you engaged and on the edge of your seat. The reader is taken on a story of ups and downs and curves you’re not expecting.
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- pc cochrane
- 2022-08-06
the last mile
many twists and turns and very well written. great story and tough to put down
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- Ron Smallwood
- 2021-02-21
TYPICAL BALDACCI
If you can put this down you're stronger than me. I was hooked up the start.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- S Fairborn
- 2020-07-09
fantastic !!
I just love these books . The story line kept me intrigued and sometimes I laughed out loud ! 💚
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Wayne
- 2016-04-19
So, what happened to Ron McLarty?
I've struggled to separate the story from the narration performance of The Last Mile. My conclusion is that The Last Mile is a better story than Memory Man (Amos Becker Book 1). I rated the Memory Man 4 stars for the story. The Last Mile deserves 5 stars because it is a great story.
Narration is the next issue. Orlagh Cassidy's relatively small part of the female voices deserves 5 stars as usual for her. Kyf Brewer did the male dialog and the reading of the non-dialog text which is the probably 95% or more of the words in the novel. Kyf Brewer did a great job of narrating The Guilty which is Book 4 of Baldacci's Will Robie series, but his narration of The Last Mile is so bad that it is a major distraction from the superb story. Ron McLarty played exactly the same narration role in Memory Man that Kyf Brewer plays in The Last Mile. Frankly, I believe that this audiobook of The Last Mile should be withdrawn from the market to be recorded again with Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy narrating (or either of them alone). The bottom line is that I am awarding 1 star to the narration due to Brewer's performance. That is unfair to the incredible Orlagh Cassidy, but her role in the performance is small.
The overall rating presents another issue. Specifically, how much to penalize the author's story for the narrator's poor performance. This is an audiobook and the performance is important. I decided to rate overall at 3 stars because the quality pf narration is so poor that it detracts from enjoyment of the story.
Copies of all of David Baldacci's audiobooks are in my Audible library. He is one of my top 25 favorite authors. This is the lowest overall rating I have given to a Baldacci audiobook.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Dawn
- 2016-04-21
Another Baldacci winner
Let me start by saying I don't usually attack reviews. I don't understand why so many people had problems with the narrators, I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Enough said about that.
As usual David Baldacci has written another winner. The character is spot on. I have listened to every book written by Baldacci. As is the norm, there are many twists and turns. If you are a mystery/thriller fan, I highly recommend this book.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Phyllis L
- 2016-04-21
Get rid of Brewer!
The first book and narration was fantastic and I had a certain visualization of Amos based on the voice the narrator used. Apparently Brewer didn't listen to the first book because the voice he gives Amos makes him sound like a 14 year old boy. This audible version of the book was a complete waste of my money because I had to stop listening before the character I really loved was turned into someone who was grating and annoying. I ended up buying the Kindle version and reading it so I could put the original narrator's voice in my head.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 2016-06-30
FATE'S LITTLE COUSIN, SERENDIPITY
IT WAS BUCKETING OUTSIDE
Going on vacation, I needed something that both my wife and I could agree on. She is not a fan of horror or science fiction. Baldacci had been read by both of us and we both like him. Both of us felt it was a four star book and we both felt it was entertaining throughout. You will not get bored listening to this book. The story itself had a few holes and was little forced, but it was typical Baldacci. My wife already read, Memory Man, I had not, but I did not find that a problem. This is a must for Baldacci Fans. If you have not read him, it would be okay to start here, but his best is Absolute Power.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Edward J Trainor
- 2016-04-30
Very disappointed with the narrator Kfy
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No, I spent to much time wishing Amos Decker's real voice would return. Kfy was a poor substitute for Ron McLarty.
What aspect of Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy ’s performance would you have changed?
I would have never put the two together. Ron McLarty has a strong and powerful voice. Kfy is a good narrator in his own right, but not the voice to replace Ron. Why would a writer allow for different narrators for the same character.
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- Connie Bennett
- 2016-04-20
Why have a woman narrator for female dialogue?
I have nearly 100 audible books in my library, and this is the first time I have ever heard two narrators used this way. It is HORRIBLE! Brewer's text narration is okay, but he makes Decker's dialogue sound like a 14 year old kid. And then, out of nowhere, we have a woman speaking the female parts. Why???? It is BEYOND distracting. I can see using two narrators when you have two separate point of view characters, although with a really good actor at the helm, it's not necessary. But this is ridiculous.
The story grabbed me from the beginning, but I'm not sure how far I'm going to get into it. I totally agree with another reviewer who requested a re-recording. This one is terrible. Just terrible!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Kent C.
- 2016-05-19
A dissapointment
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
No, there are many better Baldacci books available.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
The story line was overly contrived. There were a number of major character behaviors that were not very logical. The conspiracy at the heart of this story was very overly complicated. The problem could have been solved much more directly. I can't say more without providing a spoiler.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Mr. Brewer does okay as a narrator. He ran out of voices with the large number of characters but I can understand that.
Ms. Cassidy has only one, maybe two discernible voices. I can't understand why Baldacci continues to use her when there are so many superior female narrators available.
The entire recorded narration needs some basic quality control.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No.
Any additional comments?
I've read all of Mr. Baldacci's books and greatly enjoyed most. This was at best a mediocre effort and well below his customary standard of excellence.
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- Michelle Harder
- 2017-04-21
Even better than the first in the series
Great storyline, great character development. The only thing that bugs me just a little about Baldacci books is that the villain gets a bit too much talk time along the lines of overexplaining their motives/methods/plans. I wish Baldacci would give the reader just a tiny bit more credit and not use that one cliched device in his books. I still give this one five stars regardless, because it wasn't quite as prominent in this book as in some of his others, and I did really like the story.
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- Trudy Owens
- 2016-04-22
MUCH BETTER THAN MEMORY MAN!
Decker is working with the FBI as part of a new task force taking on cold cases. The one they choose first quickly becomes very, very hot. Melvin Mars is a wonderful character. He gradually shows you that he doesn't fit the stereotypes, and ends up being one of the more fully-fleshed characters in the story.
The first quarter to third of the book makes you think Baldacci must have just seen The Green Mile, but after that it gets back to being Baldacci standard quality. The other characters are much more than just a foil against which Amos Decker tells us the story (as in Memory Man). Two of the three women are still very unnecessary; we could have done the story with just Decker, Mars, the Feebie, and the lawyer against all the bad guys. When the shrink disappeared, we didn't even miss her. Neither did they. The women are one dimensional, and with Orlagh Cassidy, they all sound the same. The lawyer (or was it the shrink?) was especially weird--Orlagh couldn't decide on an accent, switching between New York Jewish, Boston, and Alabama. Kyf Brewer did a great job on the main narration and the men's voices, so eased the pain of listening to Cassidy.
But after we get over the Green Mile, the book is really good, with lots of developments and complications. There was no longer the need to lecture us on hyperthymesia or synesthesia so the story was able to move along more smoothly. There are a lot of questions to think about: could you atone for a really bad mistake, like killing someone, through a lifetime of good deeds? Or should you still go to jail? What is a satisfactory recompense for someone who was wrongly imprisoned for 20 years? What can you do with your life after spending your prime years in prison, and then being released? How do you live with horrible memories when you can't forget anything and time cannot dull the memory? Decker's answer to this question is touching and worth considering.
Now I hope there will be more of Amos Decker.
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- Mary
- 2016-04-21
After reading the first book, I expected more
This author was not on my *must* read list until the first Amos Decker book. I really liked the character, and that makes up for a lot of other failings. This story didn't live up to my expectations.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good story most of the time. There are a few things that just don't work--plot wise--and that detracts. The bad guys keep showing up unexpectedly and no explanation is ever given. Some of the plot twists are so apparent that I grew impatient waiting for the heroes to finally figure it out. Some of the things that happen are incomprehensible, and the writer blames it on the bad guy's stupidity. (Reading about stupid bad guys is not interesting! I could read the news for that.)
The narration wasn't awful, but it didn't add to the story. The male narrator's voice is too young for the character. The female narrator is just irritating. Not that she's bad--she's not. Just that a female voice stuck in there for a line or two is jarring.
If you like Baldacci, you'll like this. If you aren't a Baldacci fan, this book won't change your mind.
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