Our favorite characters, Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, and Bernadette Manuelito are all present in this short novel, the newest in Hillerman's bestselling series about the Navaho Tribal Police. Chee is called in to solve the murder of a man without identification, found at the edge of the Jicarilla Apache natural gas field, and immediately gets embroiled in a complex case involving American and Mexican drug lords and corrupt federal officers. It won't spoil anything to let you know that the good guys win. While George Guidall's reading is perfectly good, it's not on par with his best performances. He handles Leaphorn and Leaphorn's female housemate, an anthropologist, capably, as well as many of the minor characters. He is less consistent in his characterizations of Chee and Manualito. Still, all in all, a fine listen.
Pub Date: Feb. 4, 2003
Duration: 5 hrs, 45 mins
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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