Baccarat

Das Hörbucher sind nicht nur gut gelesen, die sind so ausgezeichnet gelesen, dass sich der Hörer in die Welt des James Bond wiederfindet, auch, wenn diese mehr als 50 Jahre zurückliegt. Es ist wieder ein Genuss Oliver Siebeck zuzuhören, wie er das Hörbuch präsentiert. Denn es handelt sich hier wirklich um eine Präsentation und nicht nur um ein Vorlesen. Oliver Siebeck ist vielleicht nicht James Bond, aber Oliver Siebeck ist definitiv Ian Flemming!

On 4 CD's: For James Bond and the British Secret Service the stakes couldn't be higher. 007's mission is to neutralise the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table and forcing his Soviet masters to 'retire' him. As Le Chiffre hits a losing streak Bond finds his luck is in - until he meets the glamorous agent Vesper Lynd who might yet prove his downfall.

When a handsome swindler working the French Riviera meets a beautiful heiress on the beach at Cannes, sparks fly. But so do bullets – and soon he’s forced to flee the country with both the police and the heiress on his trail. From the casinos of Monaco to the jungles of Brazil, from Tangier to Marrakech to Peru, the chase is on. And not even a veteran of Monte Carlo’s baccarat tables would dare to place odds on where it will end…

Over 30 days in early 2009, Richard Roeper risked more than a quarter-million dollars on practically every method of gambling currently available in America. Bet the House chronicles his wild journey. Follow Roeper as he travels from celebrity-filled Vegas tournaments to podunk dog races, negotiates illegal sports bets with shadowy bookies, trolls overseas-based Internet gaming sites, wagers against a radio comedian, haunts blackjack tables, and flips coins at a bar.