In the twelfth installment of the series, Billy Boyle, the young Boston detective, teams up with Kaz, a Polish baron, to stop Nazis from accumulating, laundering, and hiding their ill-gotten gains in Swiss banks. They're joined by Anton Lasho, a member of the Sinti (Romani) ethnic group, whose family was destroyed by the Nazis. Narrator Peter Berkrot delivers a credible Boyle, complete with Boston accent, and performs a multitude of European and American accents for the other male characters, some of whom are real historic figures. The female characters, however, present more of a challenge for his gruff voice. The listener should be prepared to spend many hours moving from one tense scene to the next in a world turned upside down.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2017
Duration: 11 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781501965081
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Ayla, one of the "others," is adopted by a clan of Neanderthal cave people. She struggles to conform to their ways, but her advanced human traits overwhelm and threaten their primitive culture in this initial installment of an immensely popular series. Although the story might benefit from abridgment, Rowena Cooper easily carries out the formidable task of enlivening the mostly silent and stereotypical characters with consistent, diverse personalities and human dimension. Through skillful phrasing and inflection, she maintains the reader's interest and suspense, especially with Ayla and her plight, throughout this rambling and imaginative story.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 22 hrs
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
This lyrical, sensual novel of woman's lot in Manchu, China, is as well researched as it is well written. Authentic in tone, it's nonetheless written for Westerners by a Western expert on China. Moreover, Susan Clark performs the demanding text superbly, with only occasional signs of fatigue. For the most part she not only sustains the quaint diction and Asian atmosphere, but also, creates whole worlds with her voice. She acts the book, rather than reads it, and, in so doing, turns a pretty trifle into a stupendous beauty.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 4 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Audio Literature
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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