Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold

Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War

De: Mystery Writers of America, Jeffery Deaver - editor, Raymond Benson - editor

Narrado por: Tom Weiner, Stephen R. Thorne, Meredith Mitchell, Barry Press, Angela Brazil, Mark Peckham, Charlie Thurston

Selected by Jeffrey Deaver and Raymond Benson, this is a collection of mystery/thriller short stories from some of today's top writers.

Nuclear brinksmanship, psychological warfare, spies, double agents, femmes fatales, and dead drops…

The Cold War - a terrifying time when nuclear war between the world's two superpowers was an ever-present threat, an all-too-real possibility that could be set off at the touch of a button - provides a chilling backdrop to this collection of all-new short stories from today's most celebrated mystery writers.

Bestselling authors Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson – the only American writers to be commissioned to pen official James Bond novels - have joined forces to bring us twenty masterful tales of paranoia, espionage, and psychological drama. In Joseph Finder's "Police Report", the seemingly cut-and-dried case of a lunatic murderer in rural Massachusetts may have roots in Soviet-controlled Armenia. In "Miss Bianca" by Sara Paretsky, a young girl befriends a mouse in a biological warfare laboratory and finds herself unwittingly caught in an espionage drama. And Deaver's own "Comrade 35" offers a unique spin on the assassination of John F. Kennedy - with a signature twist.

The list of narrators includes Tom Weiner, Stephen R. Thorne, Meredith Mitchell, Barry Press, Angela Brazil, Mark Peckham, Charli Thurston, Rachel Dulude and Amanda Dolan.

©2014 Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ehh. Mediocre at best.

There are a few stories in this collection that are pretty good (4 stars). There are a bunch of middle road stories (3 stars). A few “where is the ending” (2 stars). There are a couple “what was the point” (1 star).

Overall, I am happy to mark this finished. I will not listen a second time.

Short tales from the other side of life

Wide range of stories. Well read and interesting selection of differing plots. Great for short spans .

Interesting stories, not the best narrators

I enjoyed the wide ranging stories in this book, they were each special special in their own way. The narrators were not the best, but if you bear through through their reading I think you will enjoy the content of the stories

What the?

What happened to the words, plots, voices and editing to which we have become accustomed? The only things that got me to the end were hope and determination.

Entertaining & Interesting

Interesting to hear how numerous authors create such different stories based off the same topic - very entertaining!

Col vs Cpl

You would think a reader would know the difference between Cpl (Corporal) and Col (Colonel). Very annoying.

Don't Bother

Stories are mediocre and narration is average at best, mostly poor... Try something else instead