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Narrated by:
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Sion Dayson
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Ray Ford
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Shea Taylor
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By:
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John Copenhaver
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When a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer in award-winning John Copenhaver’s new novel set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC.
*A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year*
*A Washington Post and TODAY.com must-read book selection*
*A Novel Suspects Best Mystery & Thriller of the Year*
In May 1954, Lionel Kane witnesses his apartment engulfed in flames with his lover and writing partner, Roger Raymond, inside. Police declare it a suicide due to gas ignition, but Lionel refuses to believe Roger was suicidal.
A month earlier, Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson—the tenacious and troubled heroines from The Savage Kind—attend a lecture by Roger and, being eager fans, befriend him. He has just been fired from his day job at the State Department, another victim of the Lavender Scare, an anti-gay crusade led by figures like Senator Joseph McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover, claiming homosexuals are security risks. Little do Judy and Philippa know, but their obsessive manhunt of the past several years has fueled the flames of his dismissal.
They have been tracking their old enemy Adrian Bogdan, a spy and vicious serial killer protected by powerful forces in the government. He’s on the rampage again, and the police are ignoring his crimes. Frustrated, they send their research to the media and their favorite mystery writer anonymously, hoping to inspire someone, somehow, to publish on the crimes—anything to draw Bogdan out. But has their persistence brought deadly forces to the writing team behind their most beloved books?
In the wake of Roger’s death, Lionel searches for clues, but Judy and Philippa threaten his quest, concealing dark secrets of their own. As the crimes of the past and present converge, danger mounts, and the characters race to uncover the truth, even if it means bending their moral boundaries to stop a killer.
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Philippa Watson, a good-natured yet troubled 17-year-old, has just moved to Washington, DC. She’s lonely until she meets Judy Peabody, a brilliant and tempestuous classmate. The girls become unlikely friends and fashion themselves as intellectuals, drawing the notice of Christine Martins, their dazzling English teacher, who enthralls them with her passion for literature and her love of noirish detective fiction. When Philippa returns a novel Miss Martins has lent her, she interrupts a man grappling with her in the shadows.
By: John Copenhaver
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By Way of Sorrow
- By: Robyn Gigl
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, William E. Townsend, Jr., son of a New Jersey state senator, was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a 19-year-old transgender prostitute, is in custody, and given the evidence against her, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict. Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open, and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet as a trans woman, she feels uniquely qualified to help Sharise.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book
- By Adrienne on 07-03-25
By: Robyn Gigl
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Scorched Grace
- A Sister Holiday Mystery
- By: Margot Douaihy
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 95
When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding community are thrust into chaos. Unsatisfied with the officials' response, sardonic and headstrong Sister Holiday becomes determined to unveil the mysterious attacker herself and return her home and sanctuary to its former peace. Her investigation leads down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets in the sticky, oppressive New Orleans heat, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start to a new series!
- By todd wonders on 02-22-23
By: Margot Douaihy
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Smoke Kings
- A Novel
- By: Jahmal Mayfield
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Smoke Kings is a powerful and propulsive novel with a diverse and unforgettable cast of characters. Like Steph Cha's Your House Will Pay it explores decades of racial tensions through a fictional landscape where the line between justice and revenge is blurred.
By: Jahmal Mayfield
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Bright Objects
- By: Ruby Todd
- Narrated by: Casey Withoos
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Sylvia Knight is losing hope that the person who killed her husband will ever face justice. Since the night of the hit-and-run, her world has been shrouded in hazy darkness—until she meets Theo St. John, the discoverer of a rare comet soon to be visible to the naked eye. As the comet begins to brighten, Sylvia wonders what the apparition might signify. She is soon drawn into the orbit of local mystic Joseph Evans, who believes the comet’s arrival is nothing short of a divine message.
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5 out of 5 stars
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what an incredible read
- By Ben Johnson on 09-26-24
By: Ruby Todd
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The Winner
- A Novel
- By: Teddy Wayne
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 64
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 64
Conor O’Toole has never been anywhere like Cutters Neck, a gated community near Cape Cod. It’s a sweet deal for the summer: in exchange for tennis lessons, he receives free lodging in a luxurious guest cottage, far from the cramped Yonkers apartment he shares with his diabetic mother.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Good
- By Suzanna on 06-04-24
By: Teddy Wayne
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Havoc
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Bollen
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 119
Eighty-one-year-old widow Maggie Burkhardt came to the Royal Karnak to escape. But not in quite the same way as most other guests who are relaxing at this hotel on the banks of the Nile. Maggie, a compulsive fixer of other people’s lives, may have found herself in hot water at her last hotel in Switzerland and just might have needed to get out of there fast. But here at the Royal Karnak, under the hot Saharan sun, she has a comfortable suite, a loyal confidante in the hotel manager, Ahmed, and a handful of sympathetic friends. One morning, however, Maggie notices a new arrival at check-in.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not for animal lovers
- By Erin G on 01-11-25
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Swallow the Ghost
- A Novel
- By: Eugenie Montague
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Dan Bittner, Jennifer Pickens, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 32
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 32
Things are going well for Jane Murphy, or so it seems. She’s making it in New York, a sort of wunderkind at the social media marketing startup where she works. She’s put an experimental writer, Jeremy Miller, on the map by helping him concoct a viral internet novel, told in fragments through various fake social media accounts. But privately, Jane feels trapped, ruled by her routines and her compulsions, caught up in an endless cycle of soothing and punishing herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange and intriguing book - not your typical murder mystery
- By Lela Ellsworth on 08-31-24
By: Eugenie Montague
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What Happened to Nina?
- A Novel
- By: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Stacey Glemboski, Lisa Flanagan, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,659
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,560
Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family’s cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Careful someone put spoilers in reviews!
- By Kelly on 05-07-24
By: Dervla McTiernan
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The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,477
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tangled Mystery Overloaded with Characters and Confusing Time Jumps
- By unknown on 08-09-24
By: Liz Moore