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Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston

Title: Micro Author: Michael Crichton & Richard Preston Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Series: N/A Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 11/22/11 Length: 13 hours, 53 minutes Format: Unabridged Digital Audiobook Genres: Fiction, Sci-fi, Thriller Source: Purchased Purchase: Audio CD | Digital Audiobook Rating: 3/5 Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton’s 1990 thriller, snared a triple triumph: it was a coast-to-coast number bestseller, earned stellar reviews, and inspired a film classic. … Continue reading »

The Devil’s Elixir by Raymond Khoury

Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin, heroes of Raymond Khoury’s best-selling Templar thrillers, return in an edge-of-your-seat story that reaches from the present day back to 1800s Mexico – and possibly beyond.

What if there was an herb, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that herb, and launched a violent, uncompromising pursuit to be the first to exploit it?

And what if FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, Tess Chaykin, were, unknowingly, the only two people who could keep the lid on this existential Pandora’s box, one that’s capable of destabilizing the world?

Guest Review: Death Benefit by Robin Cook

Behind the prim gates of the Greenwich, Connecticut, McMansions, Wall Street whizzes turn their attentions from mortgages to another possible profit source: the $25 trillion life-insurance industry. By securitizing the policies of the old and sick, they hope to make another financial killing.

At the same time, Natalie Savondnik and Ronald Goodall-two exceptional yet aloof medical residents-are working closely with their medical center’s premier scientist on cutting-edge diabetes research. When their mentor dies suddenly, they launch a quiet investigation. As they dig deeper, it becomes clear that the scientist’s death was not from natural causes. Is it possible someone is manipulating private life insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?

Dark Places

Dark Placesby Gillian Flynnread by Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, Robertson DeanPublished 2009 by Random House Audio13 hours, 43 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 3/5 Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas”. As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the … Continue reading »

The Passage

The Passage(The Passage #1)by Justin Croninperformed by Scott BrickPublished 2010 by Random House Audio36 hours, 46 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 4/5 “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, … Continue reading »

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