Fareeda Pasha skillfully narrates the second book in the Blackwater Falls series, featuring Detective Inaya Rahman and her boss/love interest, Lieutenant Waqas Seif. Both are from the Community Response Team. This time they are investigating two separate shootings of young men of color by two separate white police officers. Pasha captures the Colorado community's despair and rage at the grave injustice of the shootings while also conveying the agony and incredulity of the police officers involved. The victims' mothers' heartbreak will pierce listeners' souls as the community comes together to protect its own. As before, Rahman and Seif will have to navigate the narrow spaces between being officers and being people of color with swift and deft feet and fearless hearts.
Pub Date: Nov. 7, 2023
Duration: 10 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9781705072158
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
A master crime writer is paired with a narrator at the top of his game.
Narrator Will Damron returns to masterfully deliver this second installment of the Catalina series. As the audiobook kicks off, listeners are immediately drawn into a supposed smuggling drop at a remote airport in the Catalina hills. After the fallout from the airport operation, Detective Sergeant Stilwell, frustrated to be sidelined, focuses on a cold case that has him partnering with a crossover character from Connelly's other series, detective Renée Ballard. Fans will be delighted by the cameo appearance of Harry Bosch. Damron expertly differentiates the many characters, male and female, and powerfully ratchets up the tension.
A master crime writer is paired with a narrator at the top of his game.Pub Date: May 19, 2026
Duration: 7 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668655771
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2026
Listeners will be convinced that they’re listening to a full-cast performance.
Narrator January LaVoy is truly a vocal shape-shifter. She skillfully voices female and male characters of all ages and ethnicities in this thriller. A man desperately searching for his teenage daughter approaches journalist Cindy Thomas to enlist her help. Meanwhile, detective Lindsay Boxer is investigating the recent murders of several young women, leading her into the dark world of human trafficking. As with the previous books in this series, the pace is high-speed, and chapters alternate among multiple points of view. Thanks to LaVoy's ability to differentiate the numerous characters, listeners will track the plotlines as they twist and turn and as each member of the Murder Club shares their professional and personal lives.
Listeners will be convinced that they’re listening to a full-cast performance.Pub Date: May 4, 2026
Duration: 8 hrs, 5 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668655788
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2026
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