When Emily Pollifax reached her 60s, she became bored with her garden club (despite her talent for growing geraniums), with volunteer work, and with life in general. Seeking adventure, she became a CIA spy with a brown belt in karate. Now on perilous assignment to the People's Republic of China, posing as a tourist, she's expected to find and help rescue a labor camp inmate. Barbara Rosenblat moves the plot slowly and effortlessly into another culture, sipping LuChar, traveling the Silk Road, past the Terracota Army of Qin Shihuang, past Kazac horsemen, and down the cliffs of Sichuan. Rosenblat's Chinese sounds convincing. Romance adds considerable pizzazz to this entrancing story of survival.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2004
Duration: 7 hrs, 15 mins
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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