Tanya Eby’s performance is effervescent as she plays Stephanie Plum, wise-cracking New Jersey bounty hunter who is back in Evanovich’s seventh whodunit. (This listener was cautioned by aficionados to take in this author’s first six, but that was not really necessary.) Plum, who works for her cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman, and her cast of characters, who include her hip 83-year-old grandmother, vice cop and boyfriend Joe Morelli, and Ranger, a truly magnificent dude, track a missing senior citizen. Eby, as Plum, often sounds like Popeye’s Olive Oyl; she is portrayed as brassy, bold, and sassy and has the New Jersey idiom down almost perfectly. Her SEVEN UP portrayal sparkles and never fizzles out.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2001
Duration: 8 hrs
Publisher: Brilliance 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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