Anticipating a relaxing getaway at a lavish Acapulco resort, travel writer Lily Moore is instead unsettled by trouble in paradise that she can't quite identify. The vast hotel is eerily vacant, a fellow writer has suddenly disappeared, and an old rival makes a surprise appearance as the general manager. When Lily attempts to leave the resort, she begins to suspect an elaborate trap. Narrator Hilary Huber supplies refined accents for most of the Mexican characters. As she delivers subtly dark portrayals of one potentially evil person after another, the listener's suspicions become as jumbled as Lily's. Huber adeptly personifies Lily's increasing confusion as she attempts to replace her growing fear with her hallmark cleverness as she unravels the hotel's secrets.
Pub Date: March 5, 2013
Duration: 10 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781624060830
Publisher: Dreamscape
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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