In a Kaminsky mystery featuring Russian Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov, you typically find several more or less interrelated police stories running more or less concurrently. So it is here, as Rostnikov tries to find a cosmonaut missing after returning from an accident--maybe--on the Mir space station, while some of his colleagues investigate a murder and others seek a stolen film about Tolstoy. Everything comes together at the end in a most satisfactory way. Equally satisfactory is the work of reader Nick Sullivan, who expertly captures Russian pronunciation (he had help, for which Chivers Sound Library gives credit in the narration) and dramatically involves himself in the story he is telling. He enjoys it, and so will his listeners, especially if they're already Kaminsky fans. This is good stuff, writing and reading. T. H. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2001
Duration: 8 hrs, 36 mins
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
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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