Laurie King, author of the bestselling Mary Russell series, offers a new stand-alone, this one set on the vivid stage of Jazz-Age Paris. Narrator Jefferson Mays portrays Harris Stuyvesant, an American private investigator who is on the trail of a beautiful young American who's gone missing. Mays attempts a hard-boiled drawl but falls short overall with his workmanlike reading. He conveys an appropriate world-weary attitude but sounds too fresh and youthful to be as seasoned and cynical as King's suspenseful, well-researched prose demands. The detective uncovers an unsavory plot of sexual depravity linked to the modernist art world, and within it a devious serial murderer.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2013
Duration: 13 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9781464046339
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
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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