Narrator Alex Tregear reprises her role as Sarah Bain, an amateur investigator and trained photographer, and her partner, Lord Hugh Staunton. The second installment of the series finds the duo, with erstwhile urchin Mick O'Reilly, struggling to make ends meet. Driven in part by financial pressures, they accept a job investigating the kidnapping of a wealthy family's child. Tregear moves smoothly among British accents reflective of the social classes and attitudes held by household members and staff, constables, and other characters. Plausible motives and antagonistic behavior from everyone involved confound the sleuths, as do the tangles of their romantic lives. Woven throughout are clues relating to the disappearance of Sarah's father, which suggest the likelihood of a third book.
Pub Date: Jan. 9, 2018
Duration: 11 hrs
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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