TRUE CRIME places the listener on Death Row in the company of Frank Beachum during his last 17 hours and 40 minutes. Steven Everett is to interview Beachum, covering the assignment for a co-worker at the St. Louis newspaper where they work. Everett's obsessive pursuit of murder-scene discrepancies seems his only redeeming quality. William Dufris is terribly convincing as the philandering, duplicitous journalist. Dufris gives Beachum a troubled voice that earns sympathy. In addition, Klavan offers many tormented, often weak men and worse women. Dufris portrays all with different voices and is especially whiny, sulky, or austere with the women. Listeners will be strapped down with Beachum until his last minute despite the depravities related by Dufris.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 1997
Duration: 12 hrs, 12 mins
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Novelist Benet Archdale and housemaid Carol Stratford are two young, single parents who have no reason to know each other. They become tangled in a nightmarish spiral of kidnap, fraud, family violence and death. Ruth Rendell creates psychological suspense in thrillers that are compulsively readable or, in this case, listenable. British actress Imelda Staunton's reading is perfectly paced, and the characters are well defined. You'll have a hard time turning it off.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 9 hrs
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Emerson and Peabody are at it again! Uncovering antiquities takes a back-seat as the romantic archaeologists track down the master criminal who is stealing Egypt's ancient treasures. With the help of their precocious son, Ramses, the intrepid pair unravel this mystery in crowded bazaars, desert camps and the heart of the Black Pyramid. Barbara Rosenblat's reading fully measures up to the tale. She is a master of timing and nuance. Rosenblat's power for character interpretation has grown with each book in this amusing series. This is the best one yet.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 12 hrs
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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