James L. Shelton
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Follow Me to Hell
- McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, throwing cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals into jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending 26 Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle—taking on hundreds of Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them “McNelly’s Rangers.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Evan's Review
- By Evan on 05-01-23
- Follow Me to Hell
- McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
not a fan of George Newburn
Reviewed: 07-15-23
Story was good and informative, but i do not like George Newbern as reader. He mispronounces so many words it gets distracting (Bexar, Kiowa, beeves to name a few).
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Hunter Killer
- Pike Logan, Book 14
- By: Brad Taylor
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,302
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,171
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,167
Pike Logan and the Taskforce were once the apex predators, an unrivaled hunting machine that decimated those out to harm the United States, but they may have met their match. While Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill prepare to join their team on a counter-terrorist mission in the triple frontier - the lawless tri-border region where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet - they are targeted in Charleston, South Carolina. A vicious explosion kills a friend, and the perpetrators have set it up to look like an accident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This might just be the best in the series!!!!
- By shelley on 01-08-20
- Hunter Killer
- Pike Logan, Book 14
- By: Brad Taylor
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
Another great one by Brad Taylor
Reviewed: 01-26-20
Brad Taylor never disappoints and this one is no exception. An unexpected death early on begins a thrilling adventure with all of our favorites on board. Veep is not in this one very much, but plays an important role. Now the clock has to begin again until the next Pike Logan story is here. We need another short story soon in the vein of "Exit Fee".
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The Night Fire
- A Ballard and Bosch Novel: Harry Bosch, Book 22
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,650
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,258
Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, Excellent Narration !!
- By R. Pontiflet on 10-30-19
- The Night Fire
- A Ballard and Bosch Novel: Harry Bosch, Book 22
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
Another excellent Bosch book.
Reviewed: 12-10-19
Bosch, Ballard and Haller all in one. A lot of cases covered in this one. It may be time for a Bosch stand alone book, but given his official status makes that very difficult unless he becomes a full time PI or something similar so the partnership with Ballard makes a lot of sense. At least Maddie was not in this one much.
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Red Square
- A Noah Wolf Thriller, Book 9
- By: David Archer
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Team Cinderella has been sent into Russia to fake an assassination of a Russian Deputy Minister, in order to cover up the fact of his defection to the United States. They accomplish the mission, but then are compromised during their own escape and captured. They are quickly disavowed by the US Secretary of State, and sentenced to a public execution in Red Square only a week hence. Noah, at Neil's urging, convinces Allison to let Team Camelot put together a fast rescue mission, but complications require Noah and Marco to break into Lefortovo Prison, where they are also captured.
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5 out of 5 stars
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David Archer is a very prolific author...
- By shelley on 05-10-18
- Red Square
- A Noah Wolf Thriller, Book 9
- By: David Archer
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
Decent Book, but it is MI6, not M16
Reviewed: 09-28-19
The book continues the adventures of Team Camelot and Team Cinderella, but the narrator continually calls it M16, not MI6 This is like fingernails on a chalkboard or someone continually saying irregardless. I cannot take it. If the MI6 agent appears in future books, I hope the narrator learns to say it properly. It is a British government agency, not a military rifle. Other than that, it was another good romp with the teams.
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Rules of War
- A Thriller (The Logan West Thrillers, Book 4)
- By: Matthew Betley
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 338
The vice president of the United States is missing, the director of the National Security Agency has been assassinated, and the mysterious organization orchestrating global instability is in tatters. While John Quick recovers from a gunshot wound that nearly killed him, Logan West is on the hunt to bring the vice president back to the United States to face justice for his treason. The final stakes have never been higher and Logan and his task force are left with little to no options. Will it be this warrior’s end?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Betley keeps topping himself
- By stuartjash on 07-18-19
- Rules of War
- A Thriller (The Logan West Thrillers, Book 4)
- By: Matthew Betley
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Good story, bad narrator
Reviewed: 08-28-19
I listened to part of this book, but then read most of it on Kindle. I do not like George Newbern as the narrator. This is the 4th book in the series that I have listened to on Audiobooks, but will likely just read any future installments unless George Newbern is replaced. His voice is not right for an edge of the seat thriller.
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The Shameless
- A Quinn Colson Novel, Book 9
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Erin Spencer, Romy Nordlinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Twenty years ago, Brandon Taylor was thought to be just another teen boy who ended his life too soon. That's what almost everyone in Tibbehah County, Mississippi, said after his body and hunting rifle were found in the Big Woods. Now two New York-based reporters show up asking Sheriff Quinn Colson questions about the Taylor case. What happened to the evidence? Where are the missing files? Who really killed Brandon?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much political commentary
- By James L. Shelton on 08-07-19
- The Shameless
- A Quinn Colson Novel, Book 9
- By: Ace Atkins
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Erin Spencer, Romy Nordlinger, Brittany Goodwin, Joy Nash, Emily Rankin, Frankie Corzo
Too much political commentary
Reviewed: 08-07-19
Ace Atkins has inserted more political commentary in each book in the Quinn Colson series. This one went over the top. He even paints the Jaycees as a subversive group. Just about at the point of ending my reading/listening to Quinn Colson books because of it.
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Time to Hunt
- A Noah Wolf Thriller, Book 8
- By: David Archer
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Working in deep cover, Noah and the team are fully aware of the danger that surrounds them as they prepare for the most comprehensive mass elimination in E&E's history, but things may not be exactly as they seem. At the same time, Noah must deal with Monique, the seemingly untouchable mole that has tentacles in every government agency, but it's while dealing with her threats that he realizes there's something amiss. Who stands to benefit most if the Morgan Mafia is eliminated? Even more importantly, whose hands will he be playing into if the mission is carried out?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not your cookie cutter operative...
- By shelley on 02-16-18
- Time to Hunt
- A Noah Wolf Thriller, Book 8
- By: David Archer
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
Bad accent
Reviewed: 07-26-19
The book was fairly good, but the Cajun accent from one of the characters was so bad and distracting, I would have likely not finished the book if it had been used much more.
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Mission Critical
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,194
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,935
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,868
Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. They want to kick Gentry off the flight but are overruled by CIA headquarters. The mystery man is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley. When they land in an isolated airbase in the UK, they are attacked by a hostile force who kidnaps the prisoner. Only Gentry escapes. His handlers send him after the attackers, but what can one operative do against a trained team of assassins?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greaney at his Best (with Jay Snyder)!!!!
- By shelley on 02-20-19
- Mission Critical
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
The Gray Man never disappoints.
Reviewed: 02-28-19
Another great book by Mark Greaney and narration by Jay Snyder. There was a lot more of other characters than just Court in this one, but not a disappointment. The 6 foot 9 inch giant of a man took Court to the woodshed too many times which may take some time to recuperate from. Either Court, Zoya or Zack need to make Suzanne Brewer disappear soon either with Hanley's approval or not.
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Out of the Dark
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 4)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,789
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,014
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,971
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets - i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past is catching up to him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SMOAKIN' HOT!!!!
- By shelley on 01-30-19
- Out of the Dark
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 4)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Another good one, Evan Smoak
Reviewed: 02-07-19
This one continues the string of excellent Orphan X novels. The story was excellent and the always great Scott Brick did his usual outstanding job of performing the novel. The Nowhere Man's client was in the story some, but not as much as in previous books, but, in this case, that was a good thing. Gregg Hurwitz, Evan Smoak and Scott Brick never disappoint. I am getting a bit weary of the Asst District Attorney story line however.
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The Kill Artist
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,843
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,117
After the assassination of his wife and son, Gabriel Allon retires from his brutal anti-terrorist career and loses himself in his previous cover job: art restoration. But when Tariq al-Hourani, the Palestinian terrorist responsible for his family’s death, begins a killing spree designed to destroy Middle East peace talks, Gabriel once again slips into the shadowy world of international intrigue. In a global game of hide-and-seek, the motives of Gabriel and Tariq soon become more personal than political.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Reluctant Assassin
- By Snoodely on 10-30-13
- The Kill Artist
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
I don't get how this guy is considered badass
Reviewed: 12-21-18
I thought Daniel Silva's Mossad assassin was supposed to be a real bad guy to have after you. Based on this book, I do not see how the series has gotten popular. Will have to try at least one more to see if they get better. So many other assassins would kick his butt.
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