Dick Hill's presentation of this Swedish police procedural featuring Detective Kurt Wallander captures listeners with a suspenseful plot and an evocative setting. As Wallander searches for a brutally inventive killer, Hill smoothly imparts the uncommon place and character names. Mankell's emphasis on police procedures requires endless shop meetings. To these Hill's narration lends suspense, humor, and terrific character delineation of Wallander and his cohorts—right down to the cold-stricken voice of one policeman, which gradually improves. Hill's engrossing voice weaves the growing terror of a captive florist, the gathering of a peculiar women's support group, the tension of a hospital break-in, and the horror of the serial murders—which seem completely unrelated until Wallander's brooding nature ties together the clues.
Pub Date: Nov. 1, 2007
Duration: 17 hrs
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
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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