No matter how high narrator George Guidall sets the bar, he's over it with daylight showing and off to the showers while the rest are still getting their shoes on. This audiobook needs a pro, too, as the intercut past-and-present structure of it offers plenty of scope for confusion. A very old man dies in his bed, but not a natural death. Who would bother to murder a nonagenarian? When you learn that the deceased once investigated a never-solved murder in the "shadow district" of Reykjavik during the war, you know where you're going, roughly. Guidall, with his warm, patient, world-weary voice makes an exotic world immediate, both strange and accessible. Indridason is a practiced maker of noir puzzles. This is a fine one.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2017
Duration: 9 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781501935312
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
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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