The "boomerang box," a high-tech computer program designed to save a plane experiencing flight trouble, is Dr. Ben Cole's baby. After a test run over the Gulf of Alaska goes awry, he suspects someone has sabotaged the plane's computer systems. And mysteriously, and almost simultaneously, April Rosen is horrified to learn that her father's plane has narrowly escaped a mid-air collision over the same patch of sea. While Dr. Cole considers the uncomfortable notion that someone within his own company might wish him harm, Rosen begins her search for the cause of her father's hair-raising "near miss." But what both don't know is this: their fears have a common source. They are being watched by people in the Pentagon, who believe that the two might stumble upon the secret that will destroy them all before Skyhook has a chance to succeed. What is Skyhook's real purpose? Is it commercial or military? And will its early implementation compromise the safety of flyers everywhere?Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: John J. NanceNarrator: John J. NanceISBN: 1597107158Download Price: $24.95
The destruction of duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine, becomes more than a mere curiosity to Sherlock Holmes when a murder is committed during the commission of one of the crimes. The case begins at the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and statues in the Kennington Road. The burglaries and destructions escalate until, with the brutal slaying, it becomes obvious that the value of the plaster effigies extends beyond a mere hatred of the little Emperor of France. "...to refer to David's Sherlock Holmes productions as simply dramatic readings is a major understatement, as he brings a wonderful range of distinctly unique voices into play as he essays each of the characters, creating a marvelously layered and rich listening experience that showcases Arthur Conan Doyle's masterful use of language." - Charles Prepolec, bakerstreetdozen.com "...David Ian Davies's reading of The Tangled Skein is a full-blooded theatrical performance that does justice to his near-namesake's gripping narrative. - Roger Johnson, Editor District Messenger Newspaper, The Sherlock Holmes Society of London "...To call this only a reading of the classic Sherlock Holmes story, would be to devalue the beauty of this performance. Although you may have heard recordings of the Sherlock Holmes work read before with distance and haughty affectation, none of that is present in Mr. Davies storytelling performance. This features one man, many voices and a hefty portion of talent. This performance is fresh, approachable and inviting. - Sam Buvala, Storyteller.net, Reviews "Mr. Davies's reading of The Hound of the Baskervilles adds mastery to a masterpiece! Mr. Davies is an absolute virtuoso of voices and dialects. It is difficult to believe that this unabridged narration of Sir Arthur's most famous Holmes case is done only by one man and not being performed by a troupe of actors and actresses. Limited space doesn't allow us to do full justice to describe this recording, but suffice it to say that Mr. Davies's performance has received "raves" from independent reviewers. Even when you hear it, you won't believe it! - sherlock-holmes.comPublisher: One Voice RecordingsAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNarrator: David Ian DaviesISBN: Download Price: $5.00
"Beneath all the surface action and adventure…the author subtly explores the effects of culpability and remorse. He extols ideals of heritage and courage even as he depicts often misguided individual motives with grim naturalism. This is a book as philosophically engaging as it is entertaining."--Publishers Weekly "The legend of the Silvertree family comes to life in vivid detail….Each tale stands alone, yet together the stories form a cohesive whole that tells of a family curse and its surprising end."--Library Journal The Silvertree stronghold is the family estate of the feared Silvertree dynasty, whose wizardly powers and political cunning has survived through many generations. But with their power comes a curse, an inward corruption of the soul that binds one’s power to a downward spiral of madness and magic. The stronghold goes by the name of The Silent House. Two daring treasure hunters hope to profit from unlocking the secrets of its past and harvesting the powers of its bounty. But unbeknownst to them, an observer watches their every move and waits to make his presence known from the halls of eternity. Filled with sorcery and battles between the dead and the undead, as well as plots of sinister deception and insidious manipulation, The Silent House gives a sweeping overview of the world of Aglirta. Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Ed GreenwoodNarrator: Simon VanceISBN: 0-7861-2792-9Download Price: $29.95
Colonial Radio Theatres thrilling 15 chapter serial set on the high seas! Packed with nail-biting suspense, action, and adventure, Yankee Clipper will have you hooked until its thrilling conclusion!StarringJ.T.TurnerJoseph Zamparelli Jr.Jeremy BensonShane ClarkeCraig CiampaLincoln ClarkSam DonatoJim MurphyAnd the Colonial Radio PlayersIn this episode,Captain Hawk and Dalton are accused of murder while docked at Cypress.Executive Producer Mark Vander BergMusic By Jeffrey GageWritten, Produced and Directed By Jerry RobbinsPublisher: Colonial Radio Theatre On The AirAuthor: Jerry RobbinsNarrator: Full Cast ProductionISBN: Download Price: $1.50
Read by Christopher Lee.Four demanding, even life-threatening adventures for a much loved amateur detective, who, with faithful Watson by his side, has earned his place in our national life and social history.This collection of short stories, taken from 'The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes', sees Baker Streets most famous resident investigating a mysterious maritime murder a tragic crime of passion, a surprising elopement and the unexpeected windfall promised to a reclusive collector. ReviewsChristopher Lee is a worthy inheritor of the deerstalker headwear and S-bend pipe. His tones are august and measured and he can break off to do the character voices nicely.Ham & High on The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Publisher: Harper Collins UKAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNarrator: Christopher LeeISBN: 0007125925Download Price: $12.75
An artist in glass and light, Angel has loved with passion and fire - and learned the true depths of sadness when what she loved was taken from her. When she first meets Miles Hawkins - a solitary, distant man - their mutual mistrust seems insurmountable. Hawk has never known what Angel has freely enjoyed, having experienced only cruelty and betrayal from the women in his life. But Angel is willing to risk everything that proud, silent Hawk cannot, as she strives to bring truth and love to a tormented soul who believes in neither. Yet giving her heart again could be a gamble with stakes too high and too painful for her to endure - for she fears that, by loving Hawk, she will surely lose him. Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Elizabeth LowellNarrator: Laural MerlingtonISBN: 9781423324041Download Price: $24.95
It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier - though still able to talk. All went well - until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michel Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection! High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive. That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . .Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Terry BrooksNarrator: Dick HillISBN: 978-1-4233-0275-9Download Price: $24.95
"Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow" takes us to the beginnings of World War One and opens with the clandestined meeting between agents of the German Empire -- one a sleeper who has established himself in England for the purpose of gathering military intelligence, one the chief secretary of the legation, here to collect that intelligence that will lead to the invasion and overthrow of England. These are details which will compromise civil defense, British weapons, coastal defenses, and military forces. The impending meeting with an anti-British American of Irish descent shall complete their plans for a successful invasion of the British Isles that will help bring the free world under German domination. This topical, suspenseful story is one of the most intense Holmes stories written by the master, A. Conan Doyle, and will have the listener holding their breath for the startling conclusion.Publisher: One Voice RecordingsAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNarrator: David Ian DaviesISBN: Download Price: $5.00
Fifth Book in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series Former Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday was proud and happy. And why not? The Magic Kingdom of Landover, which he ruled as High Lord, was finally at peace, and he and his wife, the sylph Willow, could watch their daughter Mistaya grow. And grow she did - shooting through infancy in months, learning to walk and to swim in the same week. Mistaya had been born a seedling, nourished by soils from Landover, Earth, and the fairy mists, come into being in the dank, misty deadness of the Deep Fell. With dazzling green eyes that cut to the soul, she was as lovely as her mother, and Ben wanted nothing more than to enjoy his daughter's childhood and his peaceful kingdom forever. But his idyll was interrupted when Rydall, a king of lands beyond the fairy mist, assembled armies on Landover's border and threatened to invade unless Ben was able to defeat Rydall's seven champions. Some counseled the High Lord to refuse Rydall's challenge, but Holiday could not, for Mistaya had been snatched from her guardians by foul magic. And Rydall held the key to her fate . . .Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Terry BrooksNarrator: Dick HillISBN: 978-1-4233-0267-4Download Price: $24.95
Wealthy art collector Lord Hector Darlington's priceless painting, "The Adoration", has disappeared. The facts Darlington relates at 221-B surrounding the theft are the classic 'closed room' conundrum within his private viewing chamber. When Holmes and Watson arrive at Darlington's luxurious residence to gather facts and evidence for this new case, his lordship happily annonces that the painting has somehow suddenly reappeared in his spot behind its velvet curtain. The matter seems solved, but evidence Holmes finds when he examines the painting points to something insidious and criminal. Connecting this with the names upon calling cards Holmes has noted while waiting for their client to meet them upon their arrival, Holmes investigates later that day in disguise. The case takes a very dark turn involving organized crime figures from America, a rejected son, Lady Darlington, mounting gambling debts, stolen paintings, forgeries, and, at last, a tragic murder. Author David Stuart Davies unravels the story with uncanny skill equal to Doyle's, and all the characters portrayed by David Ian Davies in this recording are pitch perfect. "...to refer to David's Sherlock Holmes productions as simply dramatic readings is a major understatement, as he brings a wonderful range of distinctly unique voices into play as he essays each of the characters, creating a marvelously layered and rich listening experience that showcases Arthur Conan Doyle's masterful use of language." - Charles Prepolec, bakerstreetdozen.com "...David Ian Davies's reading of The Tangled Skein is a full-blooded theatrical performance that does justice to his near-namesake's gripping narrative. - Roger Johnson, Editor District Messenger Newspaper, The Sherlock Holmes Society of London "...To call this only a reading of the classic Sherlock Holmes story, would be to devalue the beauty of this performance. Although you may have heard recordings of the Sherlock Holmes work read before with distance and haughty affectation, none of that is present in Mr. Davies storytelling performance. This features one man, many voices and a hefty portion of talent. This performance is fresh, approachable and inviting. - Sam Buvala, Storyteller.net, Reviews "Mr. Davies's reading of The Hound of the Baskervilles adds mastery to a masterpiece! Mr. Davies is an absolute virtuoso of voices and dialects. It is difficult to believe that this unabridged narration of Sir Arthur's most famous Holmes case is done only by one man and not being performed by a troupe of actors and actresses. Limited space doesn't allow us to do full justice to describe this recording, but suffice it to say that Mr. Davies's performance has received "raves" from independent reviewers. Even when you hear it, you won't believe it! - sherlock-holmes.comPublisher: One Voice RecordingsAuthor: David Stuart DaviesNarrator: David Ian DaviesISBN: Download Price: $15.00
After four brutal years under the rule of the insane Russian New Order, America is finally free again. With his fearless battle skills, a one-man army pulled his country out of the ashes of defeat: top-gun jet fighter, Hawk Hunter. But a terrifying, new threat looms on the southern border. A power-mad army of neo-Nazis is gatherinq strength, breeding hatred, and recruiting allies by the thousands. "The Twisted dross" has taken the world hostage, and the only way to stop them is to destroy their South American stronghold. It's a do-or-die mission for America's awesome warrior of the skies. Because if Hawk Hunter can't stop the fanatics of "The Cross" from flourishing, the newly reborn U.S. will die in its infancy! Written by Mack Maloney and read by Terence Aselford Terence Aselford has narrated over 150 audiobooks. His acting career has included regional theater roles ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, on-camera work in NBC's Unsolved Mysteries, national television commercials, industrial videos and voice-overs. Director: Richard Rohan Produced in the studios at The Cutting Corporation Abridgment: Geoff Schackert Executive Producers: Alisa Weberman, Alfred Martino, Anji Cornette Cover Art: Broeck Steadman Cover Design: Dan Sorge, The Cutting CorporationPublisher: Defiance AudioAuthor: Mack MaloneyNarrator: Terence AselfordISBN: Download Price: $5.99
With a plot up to its neck in blood and guts, this is adventure naked and unashamed.Mail on Sunday (London) Sharpes mission had seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleons supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpes old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits Sharpes arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies. Outmaneuvered by Ducos treachery and abandoned by his own navy, Sharpe has only two choices: to escape with the aid of the charming, unscrupulous American mercenary, Cornelius Killick, or die. Bernard Cornwell was born in London. He worked for the BBC and Thames Television before coming to the United States to write full time. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod. Frederick Davidson is a recipient of the Golden Voices Award and numerous Earphones Awards. After performing for years in many BBC radio plays, he came to America in 1976. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Bernard CornwellNarrator: Frederick DavidsonISBN: 0-7861-5027-0Normal Price: $34.95Download Price: $23.95
It is 1809 and Lieutenant Sharpe, who belongs to a small British army that has a precarious foothold in Portugal, is sent to look for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper. But before he can discover the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto falls.Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, he has his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer. Together, they have to find the missing girl and extricate themselves from the entanglements cast by Colonel Christopher, a mysterious Englishman who has his own ideas on how the French can be ejected from Portugal. Those ideas are as fantastic as they are dangerous, but the French are rampant, Lisbon is threatened and Christopher sees Sharpe and his riflemen as the only obstacles to his subtle scheme.But there is a newly arrived British commander in Lisbon, Sir Arthur Wellesley, and just when Sharpe and his men seem doomed, Sir Arthur mounts his own counter-attack, an operation that will send the French army reeling back into the northern mountains. Sharpe becomes a hunter instead of the hunted and he will exercise a dreadful revenge on the men who double-crossed him.Sharpe's Havoc is a classic Sharpe story, a return to Portugal in the company of Sergeant Patrick Harper, Captain Hogan and Sharpe's beloved Greenjackets. ReviewsCornwell is a terrific storyteller and Sharpes adventures in and around Porto in 1809 are stirring stuff. Daily Telegraph Publisher: Harper Collins UKAuthor: Bernard CornwellNarrator: Paul McGannISBN: 0007217722Download Price: $12.75
They call it the Academy.A secluded, cliff-top mansion overlooking the rugged Pacific coast.A school for children gifted - or cursed - with extraordinary minds.Children soon to come under the influence of an intelligence even more brilliant than their own - and unspeakably evil.For within this mind a dark plan is taking form.A plan so horrifying, no one will believe it.No one but the children.And for them it is already too late.Too late, unless one young student can resist the seductive invitation that will lead...into the shadows.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: John SaulNarrator: J. CharlesISBN: 9781597376044Download Price: $24.95
Obadiah Demurall is a sorceror who is seeking to control the highest power in the universe. He will stop at nothing. The only people in his way are Raphah, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane. Packed full of history, folklore and smuggling, this tale of their epic battle will grip both young and old. The thrills, suspence and danger are guaranteed to grab the attention and stretch imaginations to the limit. Publisher: BBC Audiobooks LtdAuthor: G P TaylorNarrator: Robert GlenisterISBN: 0563523840Download Price: $26.99
Adam Whistler has spent his entire life within the shadowy region populated by government operatives and contract killers - first those employed by his father, and then in the service of his own country under the sinister Felix Aubrey. At the age of 34, he has put that life behind him and to ensure he will walk away unharmed, he has taken as security Aubrey's ledger containing a list of prominent people who received money from illegal search-and-seizures. Adam is unaware that the ledger he took contains a secret far more explosive than the theft of drug money. And certain people will stop at nothing to silence him forever. "Maxim is a pro." Denver PostPublisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: John R. MaximNarrator: Dick HillISBN: 1597109789Download Price: $24.95
"Steady, Borgen," said a terrible and familiar murmur behind him. "Steady, man. If you turn, I shoot." There was a tidal wave of crime, of murder, of robbery. Here and there, separated at distances of five hundred or even a thousand miles, crimes were committed which were carefully prepared with a painful and laborious hand; and then they were executed in an instant by one or two bold spirits directed by one man - one quiet-voiced, uncannily brilliant outlaw who seemed to know everything before it happened - the Whisperer. Who was this whispering outlaw who could so easily slip through the hand of the lawmen Kenworthy and even baffle the seasoned and brutal gunman Lew Borgen, whom he drew to his ranks? What dark vengeance choreographed the far-flung criminal schemes of such a mysterious and evil genius? Find out in Max Brand's masterful classic western - The Whispering Outlaw.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Max BrandNarrator: Jim BondISBN: 9781423335054Download Price: $24.95
In the first gray of a mid-September morning, Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty's Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the tenant of the house, the beautiful and notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari, who falls under the shadow of suspicion. Pitt's orders, emanating from Prime Minister Gladstone himself, are to protect-at all costs-the good name of the third person in the garden: senior cabinet minister Saville Ryerson. This distinguished public servant, whispered to be Ayesha's lover, insists that she is as innocent as he is himself. Could it be true? In the dead man's less-than-stellar reputation, Pitt finds hope. But in ancient Alexandria, where the victim was once an army officer, hope grows dim. For there, Pitt receives intimations of deadly entanglements stretching from Egyptian cotton fields to Manchester cotton mills, from the noxious London slum known as Seven Dials to the madhouse called Bedlam. Meanwhile, in a packed courtroom at the Old Bailey, time is ticking away for Ayesha and Saville. With Pitt and his clients racing against the hangman, the trial reaches its pulse-pumping climax.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Anne PerryNarrator: Michael PageISBN: 1597106879Download Price: $24.95
The children were waiting. Waiting for centuries. Waiting for someone to hear their cries. Now nine-year-old Christie Lyons has come to live in the house on the hill - the house where no children have lived for fifty years. Now little Christie will sleep in the old-fashioned nursery on the third floor. Now Christie's terror will begin...When the Wind Blows the children must die!Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: John SaulNarrator: Joyce BeanISBN: 978-1-4233-0263-6Download Price: $24.95
I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. and Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. Now there are those among us who whisper I am more. And who can blame them? I've awakened the dazzling magic that's slumbered in them for thousands of years. But the thing is, I can't figure out why. My aunt, Queen of Air and Darkness, is no longer distracted by her sadistic hobbies. Her obsession has turned unwaveringly to me. The mission to get me pregnant and beat my cousin Prince Cel to the crown is taking longer than expected. Even though I spend each night with the Queen's Ravens, my immortal guards, no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something else is happening. My magic courses through me uncontrollably. And as I lock my half-mortal body with their full-Sidhe-blooded ones, the power surges like never before. It all began with a chalice. I dreamed of it, and it appeared, cool and hard, beside me when I awoke. My guards know the ancient relic well - its disappearance ages ago stripped them of all of their vital powers. But it is here with us now. My touch resonates with its force, and they're consumed with it, their Sidhe essences lit up by it. But even as they cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it. Me, a mongrel, only half fey and part mortal. The Unseelie court has suffered for so long, and there are some who would not have it weakened further by an impure queen. My enemies grow in number every day. But they do not know what I am capable of. Nor, for that matter, do I...Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Laurell K. HamiltonNarrator: Laural MerlingtonISBN: 159710681XDownload Price: $24.95
The most talked-about international bestseller of the year ! Tightly paced and atmospheric, The Secret Supper is a dazzling historical thriller with a unique vision of both Leonardo da Vinci's genius and his masterpiecewhich you will never look at in the same way again. Milan, 1497: Leonardo is completing The Last Supper . Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling and blasphemous message that he is driven to decode. The Holy Grail and the Euchristic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table, and the apostles, shockingly, are portraits of well-known heretics and none of them are depicted with halos. And why has the artist painted himself into the scene with his back turned toward Jesus? The clues to Leonardo's greatest puzzle are right before your eyes.... Javier Sierra lives in Malaga on the Costa del Sol, Spain. He has written on the secrets of the Templars, the mystical nun Maria Jesus of Agreda and the enigmas of lost civilizations . All of his novels have a "secret" common purpose: to solve historical mysteries based on real documentation and extensive field research. A bestseller throughout the Spanish-speaking world, The Secret Supper is now being published in thirty-five countries. Simon Jones's Broadway credits include: The Real Thing, Benefactors, The School for Scandal, The Herbal Bed , and Waiting in the Wings (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Off-Broadway credits include: Woman in Mind, Terra Nova, Privates On Parade (Drama Desk nominee). Film and TV highlights; Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, The Devil's Own, Brideshead Revisited, PBS's Liberty and HBO's Oz. Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor: Javier SierraNarrator: Simon JonesISBN: 0-7435-5413-2Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $17.95
The brutal slaying of Boulder's controversial DA strikes deep in the heart of everything clinical psychologist Alan Gregory holds dear: after all, Gregory's wife, Lauren, worked for the dead man. But the bloodied body is just the first in a series of high-voltage incidents in a gripping story of crime and punishment, tragedy and retribution - and of human beings caught in the shattering cross fire of forces beyond their control ... forces sometimes within themselves. Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Stephen WhiteNarrator: Dick HillISBN: 1597109681Download Price: $24.95
In this compelling and ingenious thriller, award-winning writer Lee Child proves again that he is more than a match for the genre’s established names Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. They’re both high-flying army career women, they’re both victims of sexual harassment by their superiors, they’re both forced to resign from the service. And now they’re both dead. They’re discovered in their own homes, naked, in baths filled with army-issue camouflage paint, their bodies completely unmarked. Expert FBI psychological profilers start the hunt for a serial murderer, a smart guy with a score to settle, a loner, an army man, a ruthless vigilante known to them both. Jack Reacher, former US military cop, is a smart guy, a loner and a drifter, as tough as they come. He knew both victims. For Agent-in-Charge Nelson Blake and his team he’s the perfect match. They’re sure only Reacher has the answers to their burning questions: how did these women die? Any why?Publisher: Harper Collins UKAuthor: Lee ChildNarrator: Kerry ShaleISBN: 0-00-711357-9Download Price: $12.75
"The exquisite truth and delicacy, both of the humour and the pathos of those stories, I have never seen the like of."Charles Dickens"It is a first-rate novel, and its author takes rank at once among the masters of the art."Times (London)This work, George Eliot's fiction debut, contains three stories, all of which aim to disclose the value hidden in the commonplace. "The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton," through vignettes of his life, portrays a character who is hard to like and easy to ridicule. Many people do ridicule as well as slander and despise him, until his suffering shocks them into fellowship and sympathy. In "Mr. Gilfil's Love-Story," Eliot brings forth conflicting value systems revolving around a young woman Caterina and two men, Wybrow who is capable of loving only himself, and Mr. Gilfil, whose love for Caterina is selfless and perceptive. The story "Janet's Repentance" is an account of conversion from sinfulness to righteousness achieved through the selfless endeavors of an Evangelical clergyman.George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann or Marian Evans (1819-1880), was an English novelist of the first rank among Victorian novelists. She was born near Nuneaton, the daughter of a land agent. After her father's death, she became an assistant editor for the Westminster Review from 1851 to 1854. She wrote her first fiction in 1857 and her first full-length novel, Adam Bede, in 1859. Her novels presented a beautifully observed world of peasants and townsfolk, but her greatest preoccupation was with moral problems, especially the moral development of her characters.Nadia May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently lives.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: George EliotNarrator: Nadia MayISBN: 0-7861-4070-4Normal Price: $39.95Download Price: $26.95
A young woman gives birth to an illegitimate child in seventeenth century New England and she must endure public condemnation and the burden of a terrible secret.Publisher: In AudioAuthor: Nathaniel HawthorneNarrator: Anne WautersISBN: 1 58472 319 XNormal Price: $34.95Download Price: $21.50
Successful Hollywood movie producer Wolf Willettis stunned when he happens to read his own New York Times obituary--victim of a sordid triple homicide amid a steamy méage à trois with his young bride and best friend. Who's the corpse? Who wants him dead? And why has Wolf blacked out the entire evening of the grisly crime? Unfortunatly, the Santa Fe D.A. thinks Wolf has all the answers. With the means, the motive and an inexplicable memory loss, he is promptly arrested--star suspect in a murder case that's making headlines from coast to coast. Then another murder complicates the scenario. With help from hot shot criminal attorney Ed Eagle and with New Mexico's death penalty as an incentive, Wolf races to clear his name--and dodge the real killer--in this thrilling novel of mazes, mystery and murder. Publisher: Harper Collins USAuthor: Stuart WoodsNarrator: Tony RobertsISBN: 1 559 94628 8Normal Price: $16.00Download Price: $14.95
Seven years ago, Sarah Masons five-year-old daughter vanished during an outing at a park in Beaufort, South Carolina. Despite a frantic search, little Lexie was never found, and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and go on the best she could. Then, one hot August night, Sarah comes home to hear the phone ringing. When she picks it up, a childs terrified voice whispers, Mommy, help, come and get me . . . The call is cut off, but not before Sarahs heart goes into overdrive: she is sure the voice belonged to Lexie. Five-year-old Lexie. Though seven years have passed, she sounds exactly the same. Frantic, Sarah turns to the police, the FBI, and her co-workers at the County Prosecutors office, none of whom takes the call seriously. The only person she can count on to help her is Jake Hogan, her closest friend in the world, the man who has provided a strong shoulder for her to lean on throughout the long search. A former FBI agent, Jake is now a P.I., and though he is skeptical about the authenticity of the call, the attraction he feels for Sarah pushes him to help her. He is convinced someone is deliberately tormenting the grief-stricken mother. Their long friendship explodes into a romance as they try to figure out who, and why - and what happened to Lexie. When the torment escalates to murder, Jake is the only one who can keep Sarah safe. Together, they are caught up in a nightmare search for Lexie that just might end with Sarahs death.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Karen RobardsNarrator: Joyce BeanISBN: 978-1-4233-0563-7Download Price: $24.95
'We call you Saint.' The name ignited a light in Carl's mind. Saint. He'd been covertly recruited for Black Ops and given his life to the most brutal kind of training any man or woman could endure. He was here because he belonged here. To the X Group. An assassin. The most effective killer in the world. And yet... Carl Strople struggles to retain fleeting memories that betray an even more ominous reality. He's been told part of the truth - but not all of it. Invasive techniques have stripped him of his identity and made him someone new - for this he is grateful. But there are some things they can't take from him. The love of a woman, unbroken loyalties to his past, the need for survival. From the deep woods of Hungary to the streets of New York, Saint takes you on a journey of betrayal in a world of government cover-ups, political intrigue, and one man's search for the truth. In the end, that truth will be his undoing.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Ted DekkerNarrator: Kevin KingISBN: 1423326830Download Price: $24.95
The setting is Miami. Rookie cop Tito Morales arrives at the Trianon hotel to investigate a routine disturbance call and, to his shock and horror, watches as a wealthy oil man plunges ten stories and impales himself on a nearby fence. Soon Morales is joined by detective Jimmy Paz, famous throughout the city for solving -- or at least providing a plausible solution to -- the so-called Voodoo Murders that left Miami burning months earlier. Together Paz and Morales enter the hotel and discover in the dead man's room a most unusual suspect, an otherworldly woman by the name of Emmylou Dideroff. She emerges from a prayerlike state and says she wants to confess and asks for a pen and several notebooks. What Emmylou writes is nothing like what Paz expects; he enlists psychologist Lorna Wise in an effort to make sense of things that go beyond Emmylou's explanation of the murder: details of childhood abuse, of other crimes committed, of regular communion with saints -- and with the devil. Is she mentally disturbed? Does she really believe herself to be an instrument of God? And why is it that so many people -- including Paz's biological father -- are suddenly interested in the contents of these notebooks and in preventing them from becoming public? Emmylou's "confession" leads Jimmy Paz, Lorna Wise, and Tito Morales down a series of unexpected and dangerous turns that forces them each to confront questions about faith, love, and the possibility of the miraculous.Publisher: Harper Collins USAuthor: Michael GruberNarrator: Kate Forbes and Jonathan DavisISBN: 0 06 075930 5Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $19.95
Twenty-year-old Jessie Warfield is branded a disgrace for riding as a jockey on her father's racehorses, wearing men's clothing, exposing her skin to the sun and, in general, not acting like a lady at all. James Wyndham, eligible widower and owner of a nearby horse farm, is Jessie's rival on the race track. Outwardly competitive to the extreme with James, she is secretly in love with him. James, having known her since she was fourteen, sees her only as a little sister and a bratty one at that. Together they are the unlikeliest romantic duo among their native Baltimore riding set. When Jessie sets out to protect James from a marriage entrapment, she ends up compromising her own reputation and is pressured into leaving town. She flees to an unlikely haven: the estate of James's British cousins, the Earl and "Duchess" of Chase. There she is pampered, dressed, and transformed into a lady. Smitten by the new Jessie, James proposes and they marry. Their new, shared passion results in hideous nightmares - nightmares that soon reveal themselves to be recovered memories of a long-ago attempted rape and murder. When connections are made between those events and the pirate Blackbeard's diaries, the hunt is on for his buried treasure.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Catherine CoulterNarrator: Eleanor SwindonISBN: 1597109495Download Price: $24.95
John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers. Now, in The Unquiet, private detective Charlie Parker returns to untangle a horrifying story of betrayal, unclean desires, and murder - a story of never-ending evil whose conclusion is still unknown. Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has gone missing. His daughter insists that he killed himself after allegations surfaced that he had betrayed his patients - but when a killer obsessed with uncovering the truth behind his own daughter's disappearance comes seeking revenge, long-forgotten secrets begin to emerge. Hired by Dr. Clay's daughter to protect her from the predator on the loose, tortured and ingenious private detective Charlie Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth to be revealed and those who will go to any length to keep it hidden. John Connolly masterfully intertwines secret lives and secret sins with the violence that so often lies beneath the surface of the honeycomb world in this gripping narrative. fast-paced, hypnotic, and elegantly told, The Unquiet is John Connolly at his chilling best.Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor: John ConnollyNarrator: Jay O. SandersISBN: 0743561589Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $17.95
The classic novel of spellbinding suspense only the mind of Ira Levin could have imagined. She is a housewife - young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor - charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sun-filled apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is their dream home - a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare... Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin - where terror is as near as your new neighbours and where evil wears the most innocent face of all.... Ira Levin was born and lives in New York City. His novels - A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary's Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and Sliver - have all been international bestsellers. Mr. Levin also wrote the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap, and the lyrics of the Barbra Streisand classic "He Touched Me" A two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, he recently received the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement. Mia Farrow, in addition to extensive stage work on Broadway and the West End, starred on television in Peyton Place, and in such films as Rosemary's Baby, The Great Gatsby, Hannah and Her Sisters, Alice (Golden Globe award), and Reckless; she is the author of the memoir What Falls Away.Publisher: Harper Collins USAuthor: Ira LevinNarrator: Mia FarrowISBN: 0060898100Normal Price: $34.95Download Price: $21.95
The romantic story of Lucy Honeychurch set in Italy and England is a cherished classic. Earphone Award - AudioFile MagazinePublisher: In AudioAuthor: E.M. ForsterNarrator: Wanda McCaddonISBN: 1 58472 317 3Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $18.50
First published in 1719, 'Robinson Crusoe' is the story of an adventurous young man who ignores the sound and sensible advice of his father and sets off to see the world. However, Crusoe's ship founders in a storm, and he is the only survivor. Washed ashore on a desert island, he is faced with the challenge of providing food and shelter for himself, and is forced to invent afresh many things that he had previously taken for granted. Long years of hardship and struggle follow, but eventually Crusoe becomes contented with his lot, proud of the kingdom that he has created for himself. Then, one day, he discovers that he is not alone on the island. ReviewsMartin Shaw convincingly recounts this story which, above all, describes the strength the human spirit can muster under desperate circumstances.Sunday Times 19/1/97 Publisher: Harper Collins UKAuthor: Daniel DefoeNarrator: Martin ShawISBN: 0007124902Download Price: $12.75
The Sheriff of Nottingham is determined to punish Robin for his defiance of authority. He holds the villagers of Locksley hostage, threatening to cut out a villager’s tongue every hour until Robin is found. Robin has no choice but to give himself up to protect them. But with his gang of outlaws on his side, all is not lost… An action adventure read by Richard Armitage, who plays Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood, and featuring Robin and his loyal band of brothers, as seen in the hit BBC TV series. This exciting new adaptation of the classic tale, starring Jonas Armstrong, is crammed with action, humour, wit and romance, bringing the legendary outlaw hero to life for a whole new generation. Also included is a bonus interview with Richard Armitage, giving an exclusive behind-the-scenes account of filming for the TV series. A must-have for the Robin Hood fan!Publisher: BBC Audiobooks LtdAuthor: VariousNarrator: Richard ArmitageISBN: 1405665063Download Price: $18.49
"Moving and impressive, strongly atmospheric. A remarkable achievement."Penelope Lively". . . skillfully evokes a sense of impending doom . . . with a finale that Daphnedu Maurier herself would have been proud of."Daily Mail(London)"All the more poignant for being set amid beautiful countryside, and full of broodingsadness right up to the unexpected horror of the ending."Times(London)During the summer of 1958 in the English village of Cameldip, two children drown while playing in a leaky boat on the river. Their parents, Isabel and Robert, are bound together in guilt and anger. Thirty years later, a young woman secretly pregnant and determined to make a new start for herself arrives in Cameldip. Taken in by Isabel, she slowly uncovers the secrets of the village's past and is inexorably drawn into the conflict.A story of families, old secrets, and new beginnings, The River is a lyrical and haunting tale of betrayal, failure, love, and fortitude.Tricia Wastvedt was born in London in 1954. She lives in Bath, England.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Tricia WastvedtNarrator: Kate ReadingISBN: 0-7861-3715-0Normal Price: $34.95Download Price: $19.95
Upscale interior designer Zoe Luce has found peace and contentment in Whispering Springs, Arizona. She has a thriving business, and she's settling into newlywed life with private investigator Ethan Truax. The threat that brought Zoe and Ethan together is finally over, ancient history, or so Zoe believes. Very few people know of her uncanny ability to sense the dark secrets hidden within the walls of a house, and she wants to keep it that way, even from Ethan. But someone is stalking Zoe - someone who knows all about her, and who shadows her every move. Is it the same person who is threatening her closest friend, Arcadia Ames, the only other person in Whispering Springs who knows the truth about Zoe? Or are Zoe and Arcadia getting tangled in a web spun by someone more dangerous than they could ever have imagined? As a private investigator, Ethan is paid to find the truth, yet he has secrets of his own that are better left buried. He can't let the threats to Zoe go unchallenged, although he fears that the truth may be a bigger burden than their still-fragile relationship can handle. And Ethan isn't alone with his fears: instead of setting her free, Zoe dreads that the truth will only imprison her once more within her darkest nightmares, this time with no escape in sight.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Jayne Ann KrentzNarrator: Joyce BeanISBN: 1597108065Download Price: $24.95
From the author of the #1 bestseller 'Chill Factor' New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal—and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct. When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove, treatment are the key to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job. At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self-defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise's innocent act. And further investigation quickly puts Duncan's career in jeopardy—because he cant deny his increasing attraction to Elisa Laird, even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect. Ricochet's plot twists—as only Sandra Brown can write them—make this a gripping thriller, in which a decent cop's worst enemy may be his own conscience... and crusting the wrong person could mean the difference between life and death. Sandra Brown is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Chill Factor; White Hot; Hello, Darkness; Envy ; and The Switch . She and her husband live in Arlington, Texas. Dennis Boutsikaris won an OBIE Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and played Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. Among his films are *batteries not included, The Dream Team , and Boys On the Side . His many television credits include And Then There Was One, Chasing the Dragon and 100 Center Street . Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor: Sandra BrownNarrator: Dennis BoutsikarisISBN: 0743561813Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $17.95
"A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key."Washington Post Book WorldAn unexpected gift has arrived for Carol Farley this Christmas: an envelope bearing a newspaper clipping and no return address. There, blurred but unmistakable, is a photo of a man missing for years and feared deadCarol's father. It is a siren calling her to a world she has never known, to a place of ancient majesty and blood-chilling terror. Now, surrounded by towering pyramids on Mexico City's Walk of the Dead, a frightened yet resolute young woman searches for a perilous truth and for the beloved parent she thought was gone forever. But there are dark secrets lurking in the shadows of antiquity, a conspiracy she never imagined, and enemies who are determined that Carol Farley will not leave Mexico alive.Elizabeth Peters, whose New York Times best-selling novels are often set against historical backdrops, earned a Ph.D. in Egyptology at the University of Chicago. She also writes best-selling books under the pseudonym Barbara Michaels. She lives in Frederick, Maryland.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Elizabeth PetersNarrator: Grace ConlinISBN: 0-7861-5051-3Normal Price: $32.95Download Price: $16.95
Rose Lloyd was the last to suspect that Nathan, her husband of over twenty years, was having an affair, and that he was planning to leave her. But the greatest shock was yet to come, for his mistress was Rose's colleague and friend, Minty. So Rose was left alone in their once-happy family home, where she and Nathan had brought up their children. Then she started thinking — about the man she'd married, and how well she really knew him. About the carefree yet studious girl she had been before she met him. Twenty years ago Rose had to make the choice between two very different lives. Could she recapture what she nearly chose back then, and bring new meaning to her life now? ' Wise, melancholy, funny and sophisticated, Buchan's new novel is more satisfying than a romance ' — The Times 'Gorgeously well-written... funny, sad, sophisticated ' — Independent 'A finely written, highly intelligent romance, without any of the slushiness usually associated with the genre ' — Mail on Sunday Barbara Flynn has worked steadily across stage, film and television, most notably as Jill Swinburne in the Beiderbecke trilogy , Robbie Coltrane's wife in Cracker , and Mary Queen of Scots . She featured regularly in Open ALL House and appeared alongside Bill Paterson in Sea of Souls . She has acted on many prestigious theatre stages, including the National , the Gate in Dublin , the Sheffield Crucible and the Donmar . She is a frequent reader and actor on BBC Radio. Publisher: Orion Publishing GroupAuthor: Elizabeth BuchanNarrator: Barbara FlynnISBN: 9780752885582Download Price: $14.25
Erin...After years of searching for the brother she'd never known, Erin O'Shea had finally found his San Francisco address. She stood on the doorstep, unaware that she was about to walk into a shocking drama of family lies - and to meet an intriguing, infuriating man who would change her life. Lance...He was a G-man for the government's toughest cases - like the big-money scam involving Erin's long-lost brother. But although Lance was immediately attracted to her, he never dreamed that his feelings would drive him to break every rule in the book - and put his career and even Erin's future on the line.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Sandra BrownNarrator: Joyce BeanISBN: 9781597107976Download Price: $24.95
Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are bored - ever since they solved the Monkeewrench case, the Twin Cities have been in a murder-free dry spell, as people no longer seem interested in killing one another. But when elderly Morey Gilbert is found dead in the plant nursery he runs with his wife, Lily, the crime drought ends - not with a trickle, but with a torrent. Who would kill Morey, a man without an enemy, a man who might as well have been a saint? His tiny, cranky little wife is no help, and may even be a suspect; his estranged son, Jack, an infamous ambulance-chasing lawyer, has his own enemies; and his son-in-law, former cop Marty Pullman, is so depressed over his wife's death a year earlier he's ready to kill himself, but not Morey. The number of victims - all elderly - grows, and the city is fearful once again. Can Grace McBride's cold case-solving software program somehow find the missing link?Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: P. J. TracyNarrator: Buck SchirnerISBN: 1597104620Download Price: $24.95
"[Pollen] hits the spot every time with her funny and frank observations of modern London life."Sunday Times (London)"This two-voice reading works quite well. Cazenove, who can sound tetchily upper crust with the best of them, brings a world-weary drawl to his interpretation. De Cuir is up-tempo and admirably quick with the zingers that pierce Rory's reserve."AudioFileThe patrician Bevan family clings to British tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and family skeletons. Rory, the youngest son, runs a business that rents out the grand mansions for weddings and tours to help the owners pay upkeep on their dilapidated estates. Enter Maggie, an American TV journalist sent to London to do an expos on the aristocracy. She hires Rory to get her access to the most private families. The two immediately clash, bickering until a romance springs up where it seemed least likely. A delightfully funny love story exploring loyalty and family, Hunting Unicorns is ultimately about having the courage to risk everything in the pursuit of what really counts.Christopher Cazenove's distinguished career includes starring roles on Broadway and in London's West End, extended stints in such TV series as Dynasty, and roles in films including Eye of the Needle and A Knight's Tale.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Bella PollenNarrator: Christopher Cazenove and Gabrielle de CuirISBN: 0-7861-5351-2Download Price: $19.95
"Connors handles her material beautifully."Washington Post Book World"Connors smartly keeps her sleuthing tight and her courtroom acrobatics succinct for another excellent, fast-moving courtroom drama headed by a plucky, energetic heroine."Publishers Weekly"A quick read with plenty of interesting twists and turns, this fourth outing by established trial attorney Connors is sure to please courtroom-drama fans."Booklist"Even on the dangerously overcrowded current calendar of legal thrillers, there's room for this kind of sprightly stuff."Chicago TribuneWhat does a lawyer do with a client who may be a liar, or worse? Marty Nickerson struggles with that issue as she defends two men who are surely guiltyor are they? Charles Kendrick, a senior U.S. senator, is a suspect in the disappearance of a young female staff member. A multistate manhunt is already underway, and the district attorney is pressuring Kendrick for an interview, which his lawyer, Marty, doesn't want to grant. At the same time, Marty and her law partner and lover, Harry Madigan, are preparing the defense of a man accused of murdering a priest. Both defendants are lying, but to whom? And can their actions be justified? Marty and Harry must confront the law in all its maddening complexity, battling for and against their own cagey clients in order to see justice served.Rose Connors received her law degree from Duke University in 1984 and has been a trial attorney for two decades. She is the author of Absolute Certainty, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best first novel. She lives with her family on Cape Cod, where she spends summers commercial shell fishing with her two teenage sonsPublisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Rose ConnorsNarrator: Bernadette DunneISBN: 0-7861-3815-7Normal Price: $29.95Download Price: $14.95
". . . an entertaining tale of conspiracy, murder, magic, diplomacy, and an emotion-filled exiles return."--Carolyn Cushman, Locus magazine In this, book three of the Nightrunner series, wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have spent the past two years in self-imposed exile, far from their adopted homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But as the war rages on, their time of peace is shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idrilain, asking them to aid her daughter on a mission to Aurenen, the very land from which Seregil was exiled in his youth. Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skalas desperate need and the ancient intrigues of the Aurenfaie, they soon find themselves snared in a growing web of treachery and betrayal.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Lynn FlewellingNarrator: Raymond ToddISBN: 0-7861-2933-6Download Price: $39.95
“…a high-energy and entertaining performance.” —AudioFile “A book to appreciate as we peer at the faces of strangers outside our windows and wall ourselves in.”—Boston Globe “A compelling story of myopic misunderstanding and mutual tragedy.”—Chicago Tribune Winner of the 2007 Audie Award Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: he is a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican illegals Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine. From the moment a freak accident brings Candido and Delany into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding. Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: T. C. BoyleNarrator: T. C. BoyleISBN: 0-7861-4632-XDownload Price: $23.95
A red scarf. A roller coaster. A tidal wave of blood. Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Belvedere, a pioneer in the field, recognized her unique talent for what he calls Level Five lucid dreaming - and rescued her from a dead-end job at the psychic dreamer hotline. It's satisfying, lucrative work, but it can be emotionally draining at times. Especially when one of her anonymous subjects, known only as Client Number Two, captures her imagination through his compelling dream narratives. Secretly, she thinks of him as "dream man." Client Number Two's real name is Ellis Cutler. A loner who learned long ago not to let anyone get too close, he works for a highly classified government agency with an interest in the potential value of lucid dreaming. And he has just been ordered by his boss to make contact with Isabel, who's been fired after the sudden death of Dr. Belvedere. Heading to California, he pushes his own fantasies out of his mind, determined to maintain a professional relationship with the woman who reads his dreams, the mysterious figure he has come to think of as "Tango Dancer." But when they meet in the flesh, the dream becomes real enough to touch. And a waking nightmare begins - when a suspicious hit-and-run leads them into a perilous web of passion, betrayal and murder, and forces them to walk the razor-thin line between dreams and reality. . . .Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: Jayne Ann KrentzNarrator: Laural MerlingtonISBN: 159710275XDownload Price: $24.95
In this riveting new novel, bestselling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin. What led Darwin to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write On the Origin of Species? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival? These are some of the questions driving Darntons richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view: Darwins own as he sails around the world aboard the Beagle; his daughter Lizzies as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and Darwin scholar Beth Dulcimer, whose obsession with Darwin (and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research. What Hugh and Beth discover - Lizzies diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of Darwins autobiography - is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution.Publisher: Brilliance Audio IncAuthor: John DarntonNarrator: VariousISBN: 978-1-59710-520-0Download Price: $24.95
"Where has Benoit been hiding? With a debut novel this good, it's hard to believe he hasn't published at least ten previous books. Every element of this rollicking adventure shines, from its suspenseful, globetrotting plot to its nicely rounded characters."Booklist (starred review)"Smashingly good.Benoit is a rare discovery."Publishers WeeklyYoung Doug Pearce, just fired from his steady job in the brewery, has never strayed far from home. But he's always been fascinated by stories of his dead Uncle Russ, the family black sheep. So when an old friend of his uncle invites him up to Toronto, he accepts. On arrival, he learns that wealthy and glamorous Edna has an agenda: she has assembled enough clues to solve the murder of Russell Pearce and to recover a legendary red diamond he was thought to be smuggling. Doug, nervous but game, jets off to Morocco to play detective. But by the end of his first day in Casablanca, he knows he's made a mistake. From Morocco to Egypt to Singapore, Doug stumbles on. And whether he's escaping across Cairo rooftops, ducking bullets in a high-speed desert chase, or killing time in a crowded Egyptian jail cell, Doug is sure of just one thing: he has no clue what he's doing.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Charles BenoitNarrator: Patrick LawlorISBN: 0-7861-4758-XNormal Price: $39.95Download Price: $16.95
"Nadia May's voice truly captures the whirlwind excitement of life in Catherine LeVendeur's household in twelfth-century Paris.May is up to the challenge of Latin chapter introductions and the snarls of the nastiest villains."AudioFile After an absence of a year, Catherine LeVendeur and her husband Edgar are glad to return to Paris. When they enter the house, however, they are shocked by the discovery of the dead body of a Knight Templar. Although innocent, Catherine fears that she or her family will be incriminated. Her father Hubert has recently announced his Jewish roots, and twelfth-century Europe is not a safe place for Jews. She particularly fears the powerful knight, Jehan of Blois. Catherine must penetrate the secrets of the Knights Templar in order to vindicate her family. Catherine and Edgar's loving relationship is warmly described against the mesmerizing sights and sounds of medieval Paris in this engrossing tale of mystery.Publisher: Blackstone Audio IncAuthor: Sharan NewmanNarrator: Nadia MayISBN: 0-7861-2301-XNormal Price: $39.95Download Price: $26.95
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