In another outstanding offering, Mosley's Easy Rawlins rambles, full of repressed rage and passion, through the burnt-out streets of post-riot Watts. Rawlins has been recruited by the LAPD to track down whoever is murdering black women who date white men. As usual, our conflicted hero, sketched deftly and vividly by Mosley and voiced with layers of honesty and outrage by Michael Boatman, faces society's demons and his own in his search. Boatman gives life to the victims and perpetrators of prejudice and hate and illuminates the cast of characters--uptight white detectives; ghetto thugs; devious, sultry women; and sullen men--who often unwittingly play a part in social evolution.
Pub Date: July 1, 2004
Duration: 7 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks
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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