Listen free for 30 days
-
Orphan X
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: Orphan X (Evan Smoak), Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
People who bought this also bought...
-
I Am Watching You
- By: Teresa Driscoll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it - until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls - beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard - has disappeared.
-
-
Wonderful from start to finish.
- By MO on 03-02-18
-
The Poet
- Jack McEvoy, Book 1
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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.
-
-
A must if you are into the Harry Bosch series
- By Nigel Hill on 24-12-12
-
You're Next
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
‘I know you, don’t I?’ Five words - that’s all it takes to plunge Mike Wingate and his family into mortal danger. Mike doesn’t recognise the crippled stranger who approaches him at a party... but the stranger seems to know all about him. What has Mike done? Do they have the wrong man? Overnight, the threats become attacks, and Mike, his wife, and their young daughter learn they aren’t safe anywhere - especially not their own home. He doesn’t know who they are. He doesn’t know what they want.
-
-
An exciting and unique rollercoaster …….
- By Madgey on 29-10-11
-
We Know
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him...until a SWAT team smashes into his place in the middle of the night. He's told that a terrorist has seized control of a nuclear power plant and is threatening to blow it up... Unless he can talk to Nick. As Nick rockets toward the truth, peeling back layer after layer of lies and deception, only one thing is certain: the long-buried secret, tied to the traumas of his own past, threatens his life at every turn.
-
-
Excellent thriller
- By JillyB on 24-09-16
-
The Night Manager
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The night manager is Jonathan, a veteran of clandestine operations. In flight from a failed marriage and his own past, he has taken refuge in the luxury hotel trade. Yet he finds no escape from his demons. Driven by a desire for atonement and by an inherited patriotism, Jonathan allows himself to be recruited as a British secret agent with a mission to expose the murderer of the woman he himself betrayed. His odyssey takes him across Britain and Canada to the Caribbean and the jungles of Panama.
-
-
Demands your attention, then rewards
- By Nils on 07-04-15
-
Tell No Lies
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Daniel Brasher left a high-paying job as a money manager to work at a job he loves, leading counselling sessions with recently paroled ex-cons. Now he's ready to move on and start a private practice. But before he leaves, he finds an envelope in his mailbox - one intended for someone else. Inside is an unsigned note that says: "admit what you've done or you will bleed for it. you have 'til november 15 at midnite." The deadline has already passed and the person to whom the envelope was addressed was brutally murdered. Is Daniel next?
-
-
Greg Hurwitz at his best
- By Sally on 05-10-13
-
I Am Watching You
- By: Teresa Driscoll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it - until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls - beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard - has disappeared.
-
-
Wonderful from start to finish.
- By MO on 03-02-18
-
The Poet
- Jack McEvoy, Book 1
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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.
-
-
A must if you are into the Harry Bosch series
- By Nigel Hill on 24-12-12
-
You're Next
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
‘I know you, don’t I?’ Five words - that’s all it takes to plunge Mike Wingate and his family into mortal danger. Mike doesn’t recognise the crippled stranger who approaches him at a party... but the stranger seems to know all about him. What has Mike done? Do they have the wrong man? Overnight, the threats become attacks, and Mike, his wife, and their young daughter learn they aren’t safe anywhere - especially not their own home. He doesn’t know who they are. He doesn’t know what they want.
-
-
An exciting and unique rollercoaster …….
- By Madgey on 29-10-11
-
We Know
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him...until a SWAT team smashes into his place in the middle of the night. He's told that a terrorist has seized control of a nuclear power plant and is threatening to blow it up... Unless he can talk to Nick. As Nick rockets toward the truth, peeling back layer after layer of lies and deception, only one thing is certain: the long-buried secret, tied to the traumas of his own past, threatens his life at every turn.
-
-
Excellent thriller
- By JillyB on 24-09-16
-
The Night Manager
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The night manager is Jonathan, a veteran of clandestine operations. In flight from a failed marriage and his own past, he has taken refuge in the luxury hotel trade. Yet he finds no escape from his demons. Driven by a desire for atonement and by an inherited patriotism, Jonathan allows himself to be recruited as a British secret agent with a mission to expose the murderer of the woman he himself betrayed. His odyssey takes him across Britain and Canada to the Caribbean and the jungles of Panama.
-
-
Demands your attention, then rewards
- By Nils on 07-04-15
-
Tell No Lies
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Daniel Brasher left a high-paying job as a money manager to work at a job he loves, leading counselling sessions with recently paroled ex-cons. Now he's ready to move on and start a private practice. But before he leaves, he finds an envelope in his mailbox - one intended for someone else. Inside is an unsigned note that says: "admit what you've done or you will bleed for it. you have 'til november 15 at midnite." The deadline has already passed and the person to whom the envelope was addressed was brutally murdered. Is Daniel next?
-
-
Greg Hurwitz at his best
- By Sally on 05-10-13
-
The Survivor
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the 11th storey of a Los Angeles high-rise, Nate looks out on the city - the traffic, the trees, and the beach beyond. He breathes deeply. And then he moves one foot off the ledge and into thin air. But before he can jump, gunshots ring out from within the building. A robbery is in progress. And Nate, with nothing to lose but the life he was about to give up, decides to intervene. What happens next plunges Nate into mortal danger…and reunites him with the family he hasn't known for years - a family he will do anything to protect.
-
-
A most enjoyable read
- By Pauline on 23-09-12
-
The Snow Killer
- The DI Barton Series, Book 1
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A family is gunned down in the snow, but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge, and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. 50 years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather - each time it snows, another person dies.
-
-
Outstanding
- By Andromeda's Twin on 28-11-19
-
Absolute Proof
- By: Peter James
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What would it take to prove the existence of God? And what would be the consequences? This question and its answer lie at the heart of Absolute Proof, an international thriller from best-selling author Peter James. The false faith of a billionaire evangelist, the life’s work of a famous atheist and the credibility of each of the world’s major religions are all under threat. If Ross Hunter can survive long enough to present the evidence....
-
-
The Proof of the Pudding is in the Reading!
- By Simon on 07-10-18
-
Amok
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Sebastian Fitzek
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone, Adrian Lester, Rafe Spall, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at a radio station where a psychopath is playing a morbid game.
-
-
The Case of the Missing "I"
- By Simon on 31-07-18
-
Patriot Games
- Jack Ryan
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
CIA analyst Jack Ryan, historian and former Marine, is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter. Suddenly, right before his eyes, a terrorist group launches its deadly attack. Instinctively, Jack dives forward to intervene. By his impulsive act, he gains both the gratitude of a nation and the enmity of its most dangerous men who will not sit on their hate. In an explosive wave of violence, Jack's new enemies will seek to make him pay for his act of salvation...with his life.
-
-
Great storyline terrible narration
- By Jo on 08-04-15
-
The Bone Farm
- A Jane Hawk Case File
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers, James Anderson Foster
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An audio original novella featuring bestselling author Dean Koontz’s compelling new heroine, Jane Hawk. From the case files of the former FBI agent before she became the nation’s most wanted fugitive - The Bone Farm details a desperate man-hunt for a serial killer before he murders again.
-
-
Short story perfect for fans of Jane Hawk
- By Anne bonny book reviews on 20-03-19
-
Red Storm Rising
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 31 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Moslem fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralise NATO. Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuvers to cloak a crash military build-up. When Soviet tanks begin to roll, the West is caught off guard. What looks like a thrust turns into an all-out shooting war, possibly the climactic battle for control of the globe.
-
-
Realistic view on what could have been
- By Charlie on 15-08-14
-
The Englishman
- By: David Gilman
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jeremy Summers, a British banker with a secret that could reveal MI6 intelligence sources involved in the war against drug-funded terrorism, has been seized at gunpoint, in broad daylight, on the streets of west London. An old contact, Raglan - an Englishman who served in the French Foreign Legion - is on his trail. Raglan's pursuit will lead him to the winter-ravaged wasteland of a remote Russian penal colony. A place that holds Russia's most brutal murderers. A place of death and retribution. How will he get in? More importantly, how will he get out...alive?
-
-
Brilliantly written book, and well narrated.
- By nev kidd on 15-07-20
-
Alphabet House
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How long can you pretend to be mad without going mad? Two English pilots are forced to find out when they are shot down behind enemy lines in 1944. The area is swarming with German troops, so, unable to escape, they ditch their clothing and personal belongings, pose as German soldiers, and board a train carrying wounded SS men home from the eastern front.
-
-
gripping page turner
- By Richenda on 30-08-15
-
The Woodcutter
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wolf Hadda's life was a fairytale - successful businessman and adored husband. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, Wolf retreats into silence. Seven years later Wolf begins to talk to the prison psychiatrist and receives parole to return home. But there's a mysterious period in Wolf's past when he was known as the Woodcutter. Now the Woodcutter is back, looking for truth and revenge...
-
-
The Woodcutter
- By jackie Hammond on 23-05-11
-
Good Omens
- By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
-
-
Jarvis versus Briggs
- By Pandorarising on 12-08-19
-
Pines
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels...off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers.
-
-
Simmering suspense
- By Derek on 26-06-14
Summary
Do you need my help?
It was always the first question he asked.
They called him when they had nowhere else to turn.
Raised and trained as part of a top-secret programme, he was sent to the worst places in the world to do things his government denied any knowledge of.
Then he broke with the programme and disappeared. But now someone's on his tail. Someone who knows he was once known simply as Orphan X.
Critic reviews
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Orphan X
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Alan
- 25-01-17
Outstanding
One of the best books I've listened to in a long time!
Fantastic performance
Exceptionally written
Non stop action & suspense from beginning to end
43 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Clare
- 29-11-16
Yep, I'll be back for more...
Good premise, pace & writing... definitely more going on and more twists and turns than I expected. Kept me hooked and I'm looking forward to book 2 now!!
34 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- sarah
- 28-12-16
READ THIS BOOK!!!
This book is legend! Read it and give yourself the most amazing literary experience ever.
From start to finish; captivating, nail biting page turning genius.
Greg Hurwitz, you are the man!!
31 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Salter
- 05-04-17
wow, Orphan X is very good...
Any additional comments?
An excellent vigilante / government conspiracy thriller. Wasn't sure I'd enjoy this given its not my preferred genre, however I found it very gripping, and really didn't want to put it down.
Once again Scott Brick turns in a flawless performance.
I'll be looking out for more Hurwitz stories for sure.
12 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Amazon Customer
- 19-12-16
Action packed
Orphan X is packed with action from start to finish, I highly recommend this book.
18 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Angela
- 22-03-17
Gripped from word 1
This is a book you want to end so you know what happens but you don't want to end because it's so good. Scott Brickputs his usual enthusiasm into the narration and I bought the next book of the series before even getting to the end of this one as I want to know what happens to Evan next.
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- anne
- 07-10-16
Good but not his best.
This is a complex and gripping story by an excellent writer. I've been waiting quite a while for a new release from Greg Hurwitz and I wasn't disappointed. But in my opinion it was not his best. But still very enjoyable! It finished with plenty of space for a follow on or a series of the nowhere man. Here's hoping we're that lucky!
13 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Alexander
- 19-05-17
Became tedious!
I only really finished this because I'd started it. It seemed like it was going to be an intriguing story, at first, but it was just the same old thing I've read before. There was not enough description of the early life of the main character, who was supposed to be some sort of genius assassin, but who actually made dumb decisions all the time and he wasn't all that interesting. I suppose this story seems exciting and interesting, if you're 15 and you've not had a chance to do that much reading yet.
I'm going to have to start taking audible reviews with a massive pinch of salt. The highest rated views are always shown first, I can't see a way to skip to the lower rated reviews for a balanced view.
Anyway, if you're young and looking for a bit of an adventure in a book, go ahead, you'll probably enjoy it. But I wouldn't recommend this to a more experienced reader.
32 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Fiona Keates
- 08-10-16
good, spolt with overacted main character
a good plot and entertaining characters. some of the situations were a bit far fetched though and it did twist and turn with characters turning up that were only briefly mentioned at the start with an expetion for you to remeber who they were and what the relationship was.
16 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- rev
- 29-10-16
great story
captivating action. great narration. plot sometimes a bit contrived. great concept. looking forward to sequel.
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Alexandra
- 23-06-18
reasonable crime thriller
Not super sold on the character as an actual human being (bit of a Mary Sue) but not bad for an exciting self-insert spy book. Most female characters lacking in dimension though.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Michiel
- 01-02-17
Great story with plot twists.
Loved this book, can't wait for the sequel. Enough action and great story. Sad and feel good moments alike.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Nikki
- 15-04-19
Excellent
The first of Evan Smoke the dark superhero. The narrator is good, the story is great. If you like thrillers, romance, and kind and vulnerable assassins, this is your book.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Marisia Robus
- 17-06-18
Exceptional!
This book is definitely one of my top 5 this year. The story was so unexpected and the twists and turns kept me glued.
Scott Brick must be ONE OF THE BEST narrators! Exceptional and he made the characters come alive.
This is a book you mustn't miss
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Nellene
- 16-11-17
Excellent!
I love action and spy and good guy kicking bad guy's butt. This is all that and much more. And...and...it is well written. Which is not always a given. I do not like to compare characters, so suffice it to say, if you like action, read this
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Sue
- 18-06-17
Orphan X had me on edge from the start.
This is a great storyline, very well narrated & I can't wait for the next installment. Look out Jack Reacher & Greyman, there's a new kid on the block - Orphan X !