This new series by Carolyn Hart features a ghost turned sleuth, who works out of heaven's Department of Good Intentions. With warmth and aplomb, Ann Marie Lee reads this cozy, which is blended with improbable fantasy, realistic and lovable characters, and an engrossing plot. She pulls listeners into the story gently and keeps us interested, as well as surprised and amused. Heroine Bailey Ruth, who lived in the 1960s, returns to a 2008 world of cell phones, new fashions, and computers. Lee helps us believe Hart's wonderful accounts of Bailey Ruth's antics and missteps as she solves a murder, thwarts a kidnapping, and clears the pastor's wife of murder. Lee's voice wraps us in the charms of a small town, a charming ghost, and aid sent from heaven.
Pub Date: Oct. 21, 2008
Duration: 10 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9781415936771
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Capturing the mystery and atmosphere of Old Shanghai, this audiobook is a thrilling experience.
Chang reimagines 1910s Shanghai with a Gothic flair, brought to life by Katharine Chin, Saskia Maarleveld, and Caroline Hewitt. Lisan Liu, portrayed by Chin, is hired by American heiress Caroline Stanton, portrayed by Maarleveld, as her secretary at Lennox Manor. Hewitt provides the voice of Rosalie, an ill-fated singer. The manor’s dark past and crumbling walls fill Lisan with dread as secrets from her own past begin to resurface. Nightmares of a woman in red plague Lisan, while Caroline is preoccupied with family and financial woes. When Caroline’s husband takes ill, whispers of a curse stir up fear amongst the staff.
Capturing the mystery and atmosphere of Old Shanghai, this audiobook is a thrilling experience.Pub Date: Feb. 10, 2026
Duration: 10 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063308152
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Feb. 24, 2026
A stark and driven conversation with the listener.
British actor Rory Alexander narrates this dark and mesmerizing psychological and philosophical thriller that reimagines the Faustian bargain. It’s the mid-1980s when Kristian, a promising Norwegian art student, arrives in London and sets his sights on becoming a world-renowned photographer. Alexander is never afraid to sound caustic, unbearable, and sometimes downright unlikable as the vain and self-absorbed photographer belittles his fellow students and distances himself from his family. After Kristian meets a mysterious Dutch artist who helps him out of a questionable legal predicament, his prospects brighten. Years later, Kristian has everything he ever wanted, and Alexander’s voice reflects the moment he realizes what he paid to get there.
A stark and driven conversation with the listener.Pub Date: Jan. 13, 2026
Duration: 19 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217163649
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: tomorrow
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