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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Finders Keepers Subtitle: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million Author: Mark Bowden Narrator: Mark Bowden Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-02 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Joey Coyle was down and out - the affable, boyish South Philadelphian hadn't found dock work in months, he was living with his ailing mother, and he was fighting a drug habit and what seemed like a lifetime of bouncing into and out of bad luck. One morning, while cruising the streets just blocks from his home, fate took a turn worthy of Hollywood when he spotted a curious yellow tub he thought might make a good toolbox. It contained $1.2 million in unmarked bills - casino money that had just fallen off the back of an armored truck. Detective Pat Laurenzi, with the help of the FBI, was working around the clock to track it down. Joey Coyle, meanwhile, was off on a bungling, swashbuckling misadventure, sharing his windfall with everyone from his girlfriend to total strangers to the two neighborhood kids who drove him past it. To hide the money, Joey turned to the local mob boss - a shadowy, fearsome man who may or may not have helped launder it. But as adrenaline-filled nights began taking their toll, Joey Coyle's dream-come-true evolved into a nightmare: Whom could he trust? By one of our most evocative and versatile chroniclers of American life, Finders Keepers is not only a gripping true-life thriller; it is the remarkable tale of an ordinary man faced with an extraordinary dilemma, and the fascinating reactions - from complicity to concern to betrayal - of the friends, family, and neighbors to whom he turns. Critic Reviews: "Bowden's quick and intense story is like a joyride in print." (Library Journal) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Demon in the Freezer Subtitle: A True Story Author: Richard Preston Narrator: James Naughton Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-02 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 227 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Peter Jahrling, the top scientist at USAMRIID, has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top-secret information of bioweapons. His most urgent priority is to develop a drug that will take on smallpox - and win. Eradicated from the planet in 1979, the smallpox virus now resides, officially, in only two high-security freezers - at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, and in Siberia, at a Russian virology institute called Vector. But the demon in the freezer has been set loose. It is almost certain that illegal stocks are in the possession of hostile states, including Iraq and North Korea. Jahrling is haunted by the thought that biologists in secret labs are using genetic engineering to create a new superpox virus, a smallpox resistant to all vaccines. USAMRIID went into a state of Delta Alert on September 11 and activated its emergency response teams when the first anthrax letters were opened in New York and Washington, D.C. Preston reports, in unprecedented detail, on the government's response to the attacks and takes us into the ongoing FBI investigation. His story is based on interviews with top-level FBI agents and with Dr. Steven Hatfill. Critic Reviews: "This book will give you nightmares. Preston...turns a story about science and medicine into a theme-park ride of a thriller." (The New York Times) "As exciting as the best thrillers, yet scarier by far, for Preston's pages deal with clear, present and very real dangers." (Publishers Weekly) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Over the Edge Author: Greg Child Narrator: Armand Schultz Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 04-05-02 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 87 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: In Over the Edge, the four climbers-Jason "Singer" Smith, John Dickey, Tommy Caldwell, and Beth Rodden-finally tell the complete story of their nightmarish ordeal. In riveting detail, author Greg Child re-creates the entire hour-by-hour drama, from the first ricocheting bullets to the climactic and agonizing decision the climbers had to make in order to gain their freedom and survival. Set in a powder-keg region of narcotics trafficking and terrorism, this is a deeply compelling book about loyalty and the unshakeable human will to survive. Critic Reviews: "A charged and unforgettable look into the many faces of international terrorism and human nature itself." (Amazon.com) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Every Breath You Take Subtitle: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder Author: Ann Rule Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 01-04-02 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 228 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: When beautiful, blond Sheila married the charming, handsome Blackthorne, she was convinced she had found her perfect soul mate, and helped him reach his goal of living the privileged life of the country club set. But behind Allen's smooth facade, she discovered a violent, controlling sociopath - a liar, a scam artist, a sexual deviant. When she finally fled with their two young daughters, she was skeletally thin, bruised, and beaten. Although Sheila recovered, remarried, and was starting a new life and family, she still felt she was doomed. Joyously pregnant, she and her new husband expecting quadruplets, Sheila still feared Blackthorne, who had sworn to her he would monitor her every move and "every breath you take." And, in fact, Blackthorne inevitably tracked her down, as did her killer, who left her in a pool of blood marked by the tiny footprints of her two-year-old toddlers. The questions remained: Could the authorities ever link Sheila's murder to Blackthorne himself? Was his true obsession high-stakes golf and his extravagant pink mansion - or was it to destroy Sheila? Following a trail of deception from Oregon and Hawaii to Texas and Florida, Ann Rule gained complete access to Sheila's family, friends, and neighbors, as well as to the detectives and prosecutors on the case. With Every Breath You Take, Ann Rule has written a heart-pounding account of obsession, revenge, and murder that will enthrall readers from beginning to end. Critic Reviews: "As usual, Rule excels at painting psychologically perceptive portraits of all the characters in this stranger-than-fiction but nevertheless real-life drama." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Orchid Thief Subtitle: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Author: Susan Orlean Narrator: Jennifer Meyers Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 08-03-01 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 244 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: New Yorker writer Susan Orlean followed Laroche through swamps and into the eccentric world of Florida's orchid collectors, a subculture of aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Along the way, Orlean learned the history of orchid collecting, discovered an odd pattern of plant crimes in Florida, and spent time with Laroche's partners, a tribe of Seminole Indians who are still at war with the United States. There is something fascinating or funny or truly bizarre on every page of The Orchid Thief: the story of how the head of a famous Seminole chief came to be displayed in the front window of a local pharmacy; or how 700 iguanas were smuggled into Florida; or the case of the only known extraterrestrial plant crime. Ultimately, however, Susan Orlean's book is about passion itself, and the amazing lengths to which people will go to gratify it. That passion is captured with singular vision in The Orchid Thief, a once-in-a-lifetime story by a truly original journalist. Critic Reviews: "Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detached...It shows Orlean's gifts in full bloom." (New York Times Book Review) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Genesis of Justice Author: Alan M. Dershowitz Narrator: Alan M. Dershowitz Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 02-19-01 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 64 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: What if an angel hadn't stopped Abraham from sacrificing his son Isaac? What does Genesis seem to be telling us about taking revenge? Or what is it saying about capital punishment? Drawing on biblical commentary from throughout the ages and his own actual court battles, Alan Dershowitz shines a brilliant legal light on the stories that comprise the foundation of our society. What he reveals is how our shared tradition has formed our attitude toward modern-day justice - and why we are all engaged in a never-ending quest to separate right from wrong. Critic Reviews: "A thoughtful, provocative book." (New York Times Book Review) "Stimulating and enriching." (Elie Wiesel, author of Night) "...should be [heard] by all who are interested in religion, justice, or both." (Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Spy Wore Red Author: Aline, Countess of Romanones Narrator: Grace Conlin Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 10-20-00 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 151 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: When Aline Griffith was born in Pearl River, New York, in 1923, one might have guessed from her exceptional beauty that a career as an actress or model might be in her future. Few would have imagined that twenty-one years later, she would find herself in Spain as a deep-cover OSS agent, infiltrating the highest levels of Spanish society, or that five years later still, she would marry a Spanish grandee and become one of the most watched, most admired, most fascinating women of international society. This is the story of Aline, Countess of Romanones, a story of courage, beauty and success that is far more exciting than any fictionalized thriller. ©1987 by Aline, Countess of Romanones (P)1995 by Blackstone Audiobooks Critic Reviews: "Her narrative reflects sensitively and accurately the clandestine intrigue and strategic maneuvers that marked the struggle between the secret services" (William Casey, Former CIA Director) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Actual Innocence Author: Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, Jim Dwyer Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-00 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Tragically, this is no movie script, but reality for hundreds of American citizens. Our criminal justice system is broken, and people from all walks of life have been destroyed by its failures. But science, and a group of incredibly dedicated crusaders are working to repair the damage. In the last ten years, DNA testing has uncovered some stone-cold proof that 65 completely innocent people were sent to prison and death row. But the criminal justice system only frees prisoners in cases where there is physical evidence after a torturous legal process. Incredibly, according to many trial judges, "actual innocence" is not grounds for release from prison. At the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld have helped to free 37 wrongly-convicted people, and have taken up the cause of hundreds more. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jim Dwyer has been covering innocence cases for a decade. In Actual Innocence, Scheck, Neufeld, and Dwyer relate the harrowing stories of ten innocent men - convicted by sloppy police work, corrupt prosecutors, jailhouse snitches, mistaken eyewitnesses, and other all-too-common flaws of the trial system - and tell of the heroic efforts to free them. Critic Reviews: "This may be the most important book on American criminal justice in a decade." (William Bernhardt, editor of Legal Briefs) "[A] timely, troubling book...compelling." (New York Times Book Review) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Professor and the Madman Author: Simon Winchester Narrator: Simon Jones Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 109 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery. Professor James Murray was the distinguished editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Minor, an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War, was one of the most prolific contributors to the dictionary, sending thousands of neat, hand-written quotations from his home. After numerous refusals from Minor to visit his home in Oxford, Murray set out to find him. It was then that Murray would finally learn the truth about Minor - that, in addition to being a masterly wordsmith, he was also an insane murderer locked up in Broadmoor, England's harshest asylum for criminal lunatics. The Professor and the Madman is the unforgettable story of the madness and genius that contributed to one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. (P) and ©1998 HarperCollins Publishers Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers Critic Reviews: "Madness, violence, arcane obsessions, weird learning, ghastly comedy " (Literary Review) "An extraordinary tale...a splendid book." (The Economist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Other Side of the River Author: Alex Kotlowitz Narrator: Stanley Tucci Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Two Michigan towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, separated by the St. Joseph River, are geographically close, yet worlds apart: St. Joseph is a 95% white, prosperous lakeshore community, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and 92% black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the 2 towns' populations surface as well. The investigation into Eric McGinnis' death inevitably becomes a screen onto which each community projects its resentments and fears. Beautifully written and painstakingly reported, The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the town's citizens as they wrestle with this mystery and others - and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America. Critic Reviews: "A riveting portrait of a racially troubled America in the 1990's." (Publishers Weekly) "A vivid American microcosm, a telling tableau of the way we are." (The New York Times) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Homicide Subtitle: A Year on the Killing Streets Author: David Simon Narrator: Reed Diamond Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 586 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Baltimore recorded 234 murders during that year, and the homicide unit investigated dozens of those murders. Homicide, a harrowing, sometimes brutal, and always fascinating look at the dozens of murders investigated by these detectives, is the book that sparked the critically acclaimed television series. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Subtitle: JonBenet and the City of Boulder Author: Lawrence Schiller Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 75 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Nothing written about the death of JonBenet Ramsey can possibly prepare the listener for the revelations in this audio. Here, acclaimed writer Lawrence Schiller reveals for the first time the uncensored true story of the events that unfolded on Christmas night of 1996 and the unthinkable damage suffered by a community in the aftermath. This gripping definitive account finally answers the question: What happened in the town of Boulder, Colorado? With meticulous research, attention to detail, and masterful writing, Schiller creates a portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of public suspicion and an affluent, tranquil city torn apart by a crime it was unprepared to deal with. (P) & ©1999 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Professor and the Madman Author: Simon Winchester Narrator: Simon Winchester Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3472 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery. Professor James Murray was the distinguished editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Minor, an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War, was one of the most prolific contributors to the dictionary, sending thousands of neat, hand-written quotations from his home. After numerous refusals from Minor to visit his home in Oxford, Murray set out to find him. It was then that Murray would finally learn the truth about Minor - that, in addition to being a masterly wordsmith, he was also an insane murderer locked up in Broadmoor, England's harshest asylum for criminal lunatics. The Professor and the Madman is the unforgettable story of the madness and genius that contributed to one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. ©1998 Simon Winchester; (P) 1999 HarperCollins Publishers Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers Critic Reviews: "The linguistic detective story of the decade." (New York Times Magazine) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Murder In Greenwich Subtitle: Who Killed Martha Moxley? Author: Mark Fuhrman Narrator: Len Cariou Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 48 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Retired L.A. police detective and witness in the O.J. Simpson trial Mark Fuhrman investigates the murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley. Martha was bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club on the grounds of her family's Greenwich, CT, estate on the night of October 30, 1975. The club belonged to the Skakel family, whose 2 sons, Thomas and Michael, had been with Martha the night she died. But this prominent family - Ethel Skakel Kennedy was the boys' aunt - refused to cooperate with the police and the murder has remained unsolved. Fuhrman's new book covers the case from its beginning and reveals explosive new information, including how local police mishandled information, how the murder weapon was found - and then lost, how wealth and influence interfered with the investigation, and how authorities tried to stop Fuhrman's investigation. (P) and ©1998 HarperCollins Publishers Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers Editorial Reviews: On a late October night in 1975, young Martha Moxley was brutally murdered, and for nearly a quarter of a century, no charges were levied. In 2002, a prime suspect, Michael Skakel, was convicted of murder. Now, thanks in part to a Connecticut judge granting Skakel a new trial, this audiobook from Mark Fuhrman has taken on an even greater weight. Performed with a rich authority from veteran Len Cariou, Murder in Greenwhich is the complicated and tragic story of murder, wealth, and influence. Fuhram, a retired L.A. police detective, presents a thorough and gripping account of what happened that fateful night and the mistakes that let the killer roam free for so long. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author: John Berendt Narrator: Anthony Heald Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 12-02-97 Publisher: Random House AudioBooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A prominent antiques dealer who hangs a Nazi flag from his window to disrupt the shooting of a movie. And a redneck gigolo whose conquests describe him as a "walking streak of sex". These are some of the real residents of Savannah, Georgia, a city whose eccentric mores are unerringly observed, and whose dirty linen is gleefully aired, in this utterly irresistible audio. At once a true-crime murder story and a hugely entertaining and deliciously perverse travelogue, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is as bracing and intoxicating as half-a-dozen mint juleps. ©1994 by John Berendt; (P)1995 by Random House Audio Publishing, Inc., All Rights Reserved Under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions, Reproduced by Arrangement with Random House Audio Publishing, Inc. Critic Reviews: "Uproarious...a rich, irresistible mix of snobbery, mayhem, sex, mind-boggling parochialism, and mildewed magnolias....A glorious vanity fair of human folly." (The Boston Globe) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com