Welcome to India, the workaday, middle-class India in which a slightly bemused and timid Inspector Ghote persistently asks questions and solves crimes. In his narrative voice, Green sounds exactly as one expects a veteran of Her Majesty's service in India to sound. He's also perfectly at home in the dialect that most of the characters speak. This reviewer is not sure if this is a dialect of English spoken in India or an attempt to echo the rhythm and structure of some native language. Either way, the effect of local color is at once strong but unforced. A large part of the text is subtle verbal fencing between Ghote and other characters. These dialogues are consistently vivid and effortless to listen to. One has from the beginning of this audiobook the sense of hearing a rather idiosyncratic text taken perfectly in stride and given the voice the author intended.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 1997
Duration: 7 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Dual Dolphin Publishers
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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