The latest in the Anna Pigeon series flashes back to the park ranger’s first job in 1995. Anna awakens dazed, naked, and thirsty, with one arm dislocated, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. She gulps thirstily from the canteen of water beside her and discovers she’s at the bottom of a smooth-sided canyon, known as a “jar,” with no way out. There’s no way to know her water has been drugged. Joyce Bean’s careful pacing gives authentic flavor to Anna’s sense of fear and entrapment. With gritty skill Bean captures Anna’s terror at finding a dead girl in the dirt beside her. Her voice shifts to motherly concern when Anna finds a baby skunk trapped, too. With gripping staccato rhythm Bean reflects the story’s building suspense as a simple hike on a day off from work turns into a living nightmare.
Pub Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Duration: 12 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781441816139
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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