Thanks to Ballerini’s excellent pacing, the attentive listener walks away with the biggest profit.
In this amusing thriller, narrator Edoardo Ballerini brings listeners inside Omnium, a privately owned international corporation. Omnium’s elderly patriarch has just died, and because the Maybach family were also prolific money launderers, his passing triggers a whirlwind of conspiracies involving espionage, deep-seated political vendettas, and murder. The novel's particular focus is Albion, a New York publishing house that is part of Omnium’s media holdings, where various heirs and editors jockey for power. The author, himself a publishing veteran, has fun satirizing the modern media company, complete with a "sensitivity department" and its volunteer snitches, known as the Vigilance Committee. While international crime rings duke it out, listeners get to know some of the players both inside and outside the publishing house, all of whom have skin in this game. Eventually, everyone gets their just deserts.
Thanks to Ballerini’s excellent pacing, the attentive listener walks away with the biggest profit.Pub Date: tomorrow
Duration: 11 hrs
DD ISBN: 9798874864200
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2026
Anne McCaffrey's matter-of-fact and straightforward storytelling makes credible this tale of a universe being colonized by humans, a few of whom have telekinetic and telepathic powers. Jean Reed-Bahle's skillful narration is as fast-paced as the storyline, and she has a broad range of voices. The use of an echo effect when characters communicate telepathically is appropriate and effective. Brilliance has produced a program that listeners from teenagers to adults will enjoy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 10 hrs
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Robin Cook's medical thriller will have a built-in audience which, for the most part, will not be disappointed with this story. Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery is certain there is a connection in a series of Yuppie deaths. Technically the production is of high quality; no intrusive sound effects or music detract from the listening experience, and the narration is well-paced. However, narrator Peters's British accent and pronunciations are, at best, out of character and are downright ludicrous when she tries to impersonate Italian-American gangsters. The choice of narrator is inexplicable since the story is set in New York, and all major characters are Americans. Regardless, larger collections will want to have this because of Cook's popularity.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 12 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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