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- Narrated by: Katherine Moennig
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Chasing the Dime: Booktrack Edition
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The Black Echo: Harry Bosch Series, Book 1
- Written by: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam.
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moved a little slow for me
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-03-03
Written by: Michael Connelly
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- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write - and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets: homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card: a quotation from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy himself.
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awesome book
- By GMcG on 2020-10-31
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The Lincoln Lawyer
- Written by: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense pro who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, to defend clients at the bottom of the legal food chain. It's no wonder that he is despised by cops, prosecutors, and even some of his own clients. But an investigator is murdered for getting too close to the truth and Haller quickly discovers that his search for innocence has taken him face to face with a kind of evil as pure as a flame.
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- By Traci Lu on 2018-09-13
Written by: Michael Connelly
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- Written by: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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In L.A., Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfect heist goes very wrong, and suddenly Cassie is on the run - with a near-psychotic Vegas "fixer" killing everyone who knew about the job.
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Written by: Michael Connelly
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The Reversal
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- Written by: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.
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An ending please
- By Kim Pancoast on 2022-10-04
Written by: Michael Connelly
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Chasing the Dime: Booktrack Edition
- Written by: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The phone messages waiting for Henry Pierce clearly aren't for him: "Where is Lilly? This is her number. It's on the site." Pierce has just moved into a new apartment, and he's been "chasing the dime" - doing all it takes so his company comes out first with a scientific breakthrough worth millions. But he can't get the messages for Lilly out of his head. As Pierce tries to help a woman he has never met, he steps into a world of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions.
Written by: Michael Connelly
Publisher's Summary
From New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD.
Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none, as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.
But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her own partner's wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the cases entwine, they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won't give up her job, no matter what the department throws at her.
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- ms fiki
- 2018-09-19
Worth the Time and Money
#Audible1 After reading a dull, obviously hastily written, Harry Bosch novel a few years back, I stopped buying Connelly's books. Recently, I decided he had been punished enough and gave him another try with this audiobook. So glad I did! The Late Show was a gripping police procedural with well-defined characters. Sadly, the performance was just okay. I get that the reader kept to a "just the facts" dispassionate style of narration that a homicide detective might use but, ultimately, it became monotonous. Overall, definitely worth the money.
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- A.B.
- 2019-02-10
Good story but absolutely the worst narrator ever
Good Michael Connelly story. I like Renee Ballard’s character, she’s pretty complex and I look forward to seeing how he develops her. Nice plot twist at the end.
But the narrator was terrible. It was a very flat delivery, which completely robbed the story of any excitement or emotion. Further, her enunciation and pronunciation were awful. You’d think an audiobook reader would be chosen based on their ability to read clearly and actually pronounce words correctly... but in this case you’d be wrong.
I’d recommend buying the book instead svdcreadjng it yourself, and choosing a different audiobook.
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- Jan
- 2018-11-23
Boring Narrator
This was disappointingly cookie cutter book with a narrator who sounded like she was reading a shopping list. It was really hard for me to get to the end of this book but I made it. Just a sigh that it was over.
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- oldchick
- 2020-05-13
Worst Narrator Ever
This is an excellent book. I love Michael Connelly but to listen to this narrator is just plain painful. She adds nothing to this book. She has the most monotone delivery I have ever heard. She offers no difference between the narrative portions of the piece and the dialogue. She reads as if bored and she is not invested in the job at hand whatsoever. Every character is read as if they are of no consequence to the plot and the plot becomes lost in the narrators lack of enthusiasm. If I ever see this woman's name associated with any audio book - I will take a pass thanks. That was a brutal 9 hours and 23 minutes. I would have stopped after the first few minutes but I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't.
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- Amanda B
- 2020-04-26
Fantastic listen
Great suspense and wonderful twists. Just when you think you have it all figured out they change it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-10-04
not one of my favorites
found it difficult to connect with the story. not sure if it was the narrator or the main character. i'm a big Connelly fan but his one was a bit difficult for me to follow.
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- Penny Mabley
- 2019-05-30
good book.
Liked the book a lot. Narrator was a little flat. Story was interesting and kept me entertained.
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- Ricky
- 2019-04-25
Great New Character
Love the new character and voice.. really feels like I'm hearing Renee Ballard. Too bad not same voice in second Ballard novel.
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- TT
- 2018-12-07
Great story.
I loved it. It was a riveting story. I hated for it to end. Recommend.
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- Heidi Staddon
- 2018-09-16
Love Michael Connelly and now Renee Ballard!!
I’m a longtime fan of Michael Connelly and all his characters: Bosch, Haller, and now Ballard!! I have read and re-read all of them. Can’t begin to pick favourites - that’s like choosing a fave child. Each one is so well developed and different, yet all still carry the same “Connelly traits” that make them so enjoyable, never predictable.
The Late Show is the character Renee Ballard’s debut, and it doesn’t disappoint. Ballard is tough, smart, fiercely loyal to her beliefs and her family. She’s dogged, independent, and still knows when to play by the rules in order to get the job done.
I CAN NOT WAIT!!!! For Connelly’s next instalment, when Ballard and Bosch team up. Knowing these two characters as I do, I know it will be EPIC!!
#Audible1
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- MickeyMarie
- 2017-07-19
Audible and Amazon need to screen narrators better
I am a huge Michael Connelly fan and ordered this book pre order without knowing who the narrator would be. I won't ever make that mistake again. This woman is a horrid narrator and miss reads or miss pronounces so many words that it grates on the nerves. Two examples I can think of right off are video-ographer (that's how she pronounces it) and even worse tactile when trying to say tactical channel.
It is a shame that these kind of poor narrators are ruining perfectly good novels and I am sure the writers are cringing when they hear these narrations.
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- Destry
- 2017-07-20
Oh, the narration!
Katherine Moennig is a terrific actress. She does a great turn on Ray Donovan. Maybe my favorite character on that show. But this narration isn't good. It's disappointing. She just reads it and reads it fast. I wish she had listened to a few audiobooks ahead of time to see how its done. Such a good voice, such a good actress, this should be better.
As far as the story goes, it's hard to tell. Couldn't get past the narration.
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- Spoons
- 2017-07-18
Uggg the narration
It's an audiobook so before the story, the narrator is the most important thing. Here we have been waiting for (1) a new book from my favorite author (2) a new series/character...why than oh why would it narrated soooo very flat!!!
Disappointed.
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- Yong Choi
- 2017-07-18
who is who??
The reading voice and the speed are the same to all the characters in the book.
The same voice for male/female/old/young.
One size does not fit at all. It is very confusing if you are not reading the book together.
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- H. Jamieson
- 2017-08-12
Noooooooooooooooooo!
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I love Connelly- read every last one of his books. So, imagine my excitement when there's a new series with a female protagonist...woot! Then i started to listen and now I have a rage headache. Who thought it was a good idea to cast Katherine M. as the narrator? WHO??? I want names. And why did no one apparently listen to her performance and edit it?? There are words that are mispronounced. Ugh. So angry. I can't tell if I liked the story or not because the character came across as insufferable.
If you’ve listened to books by Michael Connelly before, how does this one compare?
I have no idea since I hated the narration so much...
What didn’t you like about Katherine Moennig’s performance?
Everything. She's a competent actress but she ruined this book. Wooden, one note, can't pronounce words the correct way...
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I'd listen to it again if they got a new narrator and production staff, that doesn't mess it up.
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- Eva Gannon
- 2017-08-06
Not Another Rave Review
This book is getting rave reviews. I can't go along with the gusher. As a long time fan of the Bosch series, perhaps my expectations were too high, or there was too much comparison with that series.
Renee Ballard doesn't enthrall me. Sleeping on the beach with her rescue dog as a guardian just doesn't engage my emotions in a positive way. Speaking of Lola, Ballard is somewhat neglectful of the dog. I hate that she leaves the dog alone on the public beach while she's paddling. and that the dog sits outside her tent all night, again on a public beach, again without protection. She leaves Lola with daycare too long too, and the pet minder tells her off about it. So that's strike one for Renee Ballard,
Her strength of character is written by a man from a man's perspective, and maybe that's why I'm having a hard time warming up to her. She's too hard, too eager/willing to bypass the police department she works for in a blatant manner, and without concern for herself or others. She doesn't even give a nod to it, as Bosch did. Her pursuit of a suspect is reckless; failure to pay attention to details, and to anticipate criminal behavior, results in her capture by a sociopath, who may or may not have raped her. I don't like the possible rape angle either. It's too stereotyped, obviously written by a man. Totally unnecessary to the story too.
Her failure to take basic precautions also results in a shootout, and one of the other cops who was involved complained about it. Justifiably so, because she put him and his partner in harm's way without much thought.
Her independence and strength of character sometimes comes across as merely abrasive. She hangs up on people regularly, butts in on conversations and interrogations when she shouldn't. Again, it's a strong woman written from a man's perspective, perhaps one who finds strong women abrasive.
The story is OK, a good plot twist at the end. Easy enough to follow. However, I didn't find it to be as absorbing as the reviewers obviously did.
Connelly's reliance on three-letter acronyms for various aspect of the LAPD was a bit much too. At times, I didn't know what they meant and so a portion of the storyline was lost to confusion.
Finally, the narrator doesn't do voices, so it's often hard to tell who is speaking.
Will I read the next book in the series? Probably. Some of the reviews say Connelly hasn't written good women characters in the past. I'm not sure he's succeeded with Renee Ballard. Time will tell this story.
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- kelliwithani
- 2017-07-20
Another Michael Connelly win!!
once again, Michael Connelly gives us another great story and character. It kept me listening for three days straight. if I had the book in print, I would have read it in one day. Unfortunately, the narrator was so doll that it was hard to listen to. At one point, there is a conversation between three of the characters. I couldn't tell which one was which. I listened and realest and four more times to try to figure out who was saying what. The narrator has a lower voice but did nothing to decipher whether it was a man, woman, or child talking.
that's sad, the narration did not ruin the integrity of the book. there is a great twist in the book, which even added more thrilled to it. I will be looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
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- C. R. Witzel
- 2017-08-12
Flattest narration ever. Ever.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A narrator who could make audible distinctions between characters. They all sound exactly the same, so it wasn't easy to figure out who was talking. Really really really really poorly done.
Would you recommend The Late Show to your friends? Why or why not?
No. At least not the audio book. I suspect that reading it might have been okay.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Not only was there no distinction in voice/tenor/etc between characters, the reading overall was really really flat.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Read it from paper. Don't listen to it.
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- Mo in So Fl
- 2017-07-30
I hope The Late Show is the first in a series
If you like the Bosch books, chances are you'll like The Late Show!! The lead female character is flawed, like Bosch. The narrator was just ok! The story grabbed my attention right away. I would have given it 5 stars, but the ending was choppy and a little abrupt. I had to replay a section to "transition" to the end. Michael Connelly, if you're reading this please start writing Book 2!
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- Linda
- 2017-07-19
A Really Good One
No falling asleep on this book. Great story line. Would definitely recommend to any who enjoy crime solvers. A very slight problem with narrator not changing the male/female voice as well as some. But I am sold on the author, & look forward to others written by Connelly.
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