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Detective John Spader (nickname: Jack of Spades) has a reputation for catching serial murderers, a reputation that gets tested in this new thriller from James Hankins. This time, Spader is up against a strange new nemesis: a psychotic killer who dresses up as the children's cartoon alien Galaxo, Starboy Avenger! Award-winning voice actor Arthur Morey brings a remarkable range of voices to his performance, from the gritty, masculine tones of Spader, to the metallic, high-pitched, and bizarrely menacing voice of Galaxo. A tense listen that delivers a mix of chills and intrigue, Jack of Spades will compel fans of crime thrillers and comic book villains alike.
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Just two years ago, the media turned Detective John Spader into a hero. He'd caught a twisted serial killer terrorizing Massachusetts, and the "Jack of Spades," as the media dubbed Spader, was born. But when the murderer walked free on a technicality - free to kill again - the public turned on Spader. Now a new serial killer is on the loose. He wears the silly, gap-toothed, grinning mask of Galaxo, Starboy Avenger! - a cartoon alien of unparalleled popularity with children. With Galaxo's body count rising, and the public's fear growing, it's up to the Jack of Spades to find the man beneath the mask and stop the killing.
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When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene – the prior victim’s severed hand.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Distracting subplot and uninteresting characters
- By Ed on 05-13-10
By: J. T. Ellison
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NYPD Red
- By: James Patterson, Marshall Karp
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jay Snyder
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,673
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,679
It's the start of Hollywood on Hudson, and New York City is swept up in the glamour. Every night, the red carpet rolls out for movie stars arriving at premieres in limos; the most exclusive restaurants close for private parties for wealthy producers and preeminent directors; and thousands of fans gather with the paparazzi, hoping to catch a glimpse of the most famous and beautiful faces in the world. With this many celebrities in town, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert - and they can't afford to make a single mistake.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best, if not the best audio books ever
- By Ann M. Lambert on 10-18-12
By: James Patterson, and others
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Last Girl Standing
- By: Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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At Bristol High they were an elite clique known as the Five Firsts: Amanda, Bailey, Carmen, Delta and Zora...ABCD & Z. They could have accepted their classmate, Emmy, as "E", but with her bookish disposition and her embarrassing status of scholarship student to boot, they rejected her and chose wealthy Zora instead. At a pre-graduation party just before the end of senior year, Lance Ventura, the hottest guy in school, falls down an embankment toward the river and is barely rescued in time to save his life. One of the Five Firsts, Carman, rushes to save him, but isn't so lucky.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Real life
- By lisa on 06-09-20
By: Lisa Jackson, and others
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A Killing in the Hills
- A Novel (Bell Elkins, Book 1)
- By: Julia Keller
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 168
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What’s happening in Acker’s Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker’s Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful treat!
- By Joanne on 09-11-12
By: Julia Keller
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Inherit the Bones
- A Detective Gemma Monroe Mystery, Book 1
- By: Emily Littlejohn
- Narrated by: Harper Landry
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Secrets and lies can’t stay buried forever in Cedar Valley. In the summer, hikers and campers pack the small Colorado town’s meadows and fields. And in the winter, skiers and snowboarders take over the mountains. Season by season, year after year, time passes, and the lies, like the aspens and evergreens that surround the town, take root and spread deep. Now, someone has uncovered the lies, and it is his murder that continues a chain of events that began almost 40 years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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intriguing
- By Anonymous User on 06-26-19
By: Emily Littlejohn
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The Boy from the Woods
- Wilde, Book 1
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,888
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22,874
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,757
Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn't know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing. No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father - with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde - with whom she shares a tragic connection - to use his unique skills to help find Naomi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Coben could do a whole series on Hester!!!!
- By shelley on 03-18-20
By: Harlan Coben
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In the Bleak Midwinter
- By: Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 448
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4 out of 5 stars 359
Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady"; she's a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ice Cold Complex Small Town Police Procedural/Mystery
- By Sara on 12-27-14
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Walking the Perfect Square
- A Moe Prager Mystery
- By: Reed Farrel Coleman
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 115
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 115
Recently retired due to a freak accident, NYPD officer Moe Prager is lost. In pain and without the job he loves, Moe relunctantly settles on the notion of going into the wine business with his brother. But when a suburban college student vanishes off the streets of Manhattan, Prager's universe is turned upside down and his life changed forever. Hired by the student's desperate family, Moe plunges deep into the world of New York's punk underground, sex clubs, and biker bars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever, Interesting, Satisfying
- By Ted on 06-12-12
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Paranoid
- By: Lisa Jackson
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,084
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,889
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,887
There are people in Edgewater, Oregon, who think that twenty years ago, Rachel Gaston got away with murder. But Rachel still has no idea how a foolish teenaged game turned deadly - or who replaced her soft pellet air gun with a real weapon. When a figure jumped out at her from the darkness, she fired without thinking. By the time she recognized her half-brother, Luke, it was too late.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was an awesome book!
- By Leigh on 07-16-19
By: Lisa Jackson
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A Hard Ticket Home
- By: David Housewright
- Narrated by: Brent Hinkle
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more money, than he knows what to do with. In fact, when he’s willing to admit it to himself (and he usually isn’t), Mac is downright bored. Until he decides to do a favor for a friend facing a family tragedy: Nine-year-old Stacy Carlson has been diagnosed with leukemia, and the only one with the matching bone marrow that can save her is her older sister, Jamie. Trouble is, Jamie ran away from home years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally on Audible...
- By shelley on 03-14-20
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The Cutting
- A McCabe and Savage Thriller, Book 1
- By: James Hayman
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 344
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 305
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Story4 out of 5 stars 303
Detective Mike McCabe moved from a top homicide job with the NYPD to Portland, Maine, to leave his failed marriage and suspicions of wrongdoing behind, and to find a more peaceful life for himself and his 13-year-old daughter. But the small New England city is not nearly as safe as he thought. On a warm September night, a missing high school athlete is found dead in a scrap-metal yard, her heart removed from her body with surgical precision. As outrage over the killing spreads, a young businesswoman disappears while out on a morning jog.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Is It The Story? Or Its Telling? Hmmmm...
- By Ted on 12-01-15
By: James Hayman
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- Bruce Watford
- 10-26-22
Not Very Believable
This book started out very interesting. But, when the detective started narrowing down suspects, it quickly went beyond the limits of believability.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Ms. January926
- 08-13-17
Enjoyed the story..
Enjoyed the story but didn't care for the narrator
He made the story weak in a way. Otherwise I would recommend it to other readers/listeners.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Wolf
- 04-02-17
Cartoon or crime novel? Here you get it both.
I am a fan of well constructed intrigue, subtle language, real mystery and psychologically interesting insights into main characters. This was the first Hankins I listened to and while I thought the narration was excellent, the story could have been thought out by a kid watching too many teenage horror movies. Storyline reminded me of a bad cartoon, flat, obvious und unrealistic. I found the use of bad language disturbing (the use of f-word and s-word seem to be a preferred stylistic tool of the author). Mor of this? No, thanks. My first and last Hankins.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- debi
- 03-31-16
Fantastic!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This was a well written and read book.
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I have found another great author to follow! This is the 3rd book of his I have listened to and all have been great, they keep you guessing to the end. You think you know then he twist it alittle and you second guess yourself!! James Hankins leaves you wanting more after each book!
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- Brian A
- 04-14-16
Great Author
Really good read. I've read 3 books from him and have enjoyed every one. Recommended for anyone who enjoys a hood cop and criminal book. H
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Kathy
- 03-03-19
Good book terrible narration
This is a really good story but the narration was very difficult to get through. The narrator makes the lead detective sound like a whiny girl. I love James had guns but he really needs to be careful who he chooses As a narrator
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Wayne
- 06-11-18
Excellent modern detective novel!
I've now listened to all seven novels by James Hankins in random order. All are outstanding. THE JACK OF SPADES is set in Salem MA and is a serial murder case. Narration is superb. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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- John
- 03-03-15
Great story
If you are a cops chasing serial killer fan then you must read or listen to this book, it's fantastic! Twist and turns galore!
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Sekai Shakoor
- 12-05-17
I wasn't a fan.
I loved the prettiest one & Shasdy cross This one was a very horrible disappointment Too slow.
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