Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Grave Endings
Edition: Unabridged
by Rochelle Krich
Deanna Hurst
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s): Mystery
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 156163 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 1597103322
Digital Book Publication Date: Sep 28, 2004
Description
Stabbings, even fatal ones, are not uncommon in Los Angeles. But the stabbing death of Aggie Lasher - a vibrant young woman dedicated to helping others and, it seemed, deeply loved by everyone who knew her - was especially tragic. For almost six years crime writer Molly Blume has been obsessed by the mystery of her best friend's murder: If she had been with Aggie, would the killer have chosen another victim? Will the killer ever be caught?
When Molly's LAPD pal Detective Andy Connors shows her a locket found on the body of a dead man, suddenly the case seems solved. Molly had given that locket to Aggie. Still coiled inside it is the red-thread good-luck charm that Molly had brought back years ago from Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, a thread with the reputed mystical power to protect its wearer.
The presumed murderer - a good-looking aspiring actor named Randy Creeley - was found dead of an overdose in his shabby Hollywood apartment. But Molly is plagued by unanswered questions. And though she should be focused on her wedding, only weeks away, she is driven to find out more - about Creeley; about his nervous sister, Trina; about his missing girlfriend, Doreen. About Aggie, who, it turns out, didn't tell her best friend everything. The more Molly discovers, the more she wonders: Was Aggie's life snuffed out so an addict could shoot up? Or has Creeley been framed? What if Aggie was deliberately murdered by someone else, someone who is ready to kill again to ensure that his motives stay buried with Aggie and Randy Creeley?
Molly's search for the truth sends her scurrying for answers in an L.A. tourists seldom see. But closure is elusive, and seeking it can exact a stiff price - sometimes even a life.
Rochelle Krich's third Molly Blume mystery is irresistible: an inexorably compelling chiller.
Edition: Unabridged
by Rochelle Krich
Deanna Hurst
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s): Mystery
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 156163 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 1597103322
Digital Book Publication Date: Sep 28, 2004
Description
Stabbings, even fatal ones, are not uncommon in Los Angeles. But the stabbing death of Aggie Lasher - a vibrant young woman dedicated to helping others and, it seemed, deeply loved by everyone who knew her - was especially tragic. For almost six years crime writer Molly Blume has been obsessed by the mystery of her best friend's murder: If she had been with Aggie, would the killer have chosen another victim? Will the killer ever be caught?
When Molly's LAPD pal Detective Andy Connors shows her a locket found on the body of a dead man, suddenly the case seems solved. Molly had given that locket to Aggie. Still coiled inside it is the red-thread good-luck charm that Molly had brought back years ago from Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, a thread with the reputed mystical power to protect its wearer.
The presumed murderer - a good-looking aspiring actor named Randy Creeley - was found dead of an overdose in his shabby Hollywood apartment. But Molly is plagued by unanswered questions. And though she should be focused on her wedding, only weeks away, she is driven to find out more - about Creeley; about his nervous sister, Trina; about his missing girlfriend, Doreen. About Aggie, who, it turns out, didn't tell her best friend everything. The more Molly discovers, the more she wonders: Was Aggie's life snuffed out so an addict could shoot up? Or has Creeley been framed? What if Aggie was deliberately murdered by someone else, someone who is ready to kill again to ensure that his motives stay buried with Aggie and Randy Creeley?
Molly's search for the truth sends her scurrying for answers in an L.A. tourists seldom see. But closure is elusive, and seeking it can exact a stiff price - sometimes even a life.
Rochelle Krich's third Molly Blume mystery is irresistible: an inexorably compelling chiller.
Land of Echoes
Edition: Unabridged
by Daniel Hecht
Anna Fields
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Subject(s): Mystery
Suspense
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 229317 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 0786131535
Digital Book Publication Date: Nov 09, 2004
Description
Nothing in Cree's training as a Harvard-trained clinical psychologist or her experience as a paranormal investigator has prepared her for Tommy Keeday's case. A talented young Navajo, Tommy has recently been exhibiting bizarre symptoms that his family believes are signs of possession by a chindi, a hostile spirit. As Cree struggles to find answers, she becomes increasingly aware that Tommy and the people who surround him have some deep and disturbing secrets.
The follow-up to City of Masks, a Booksense 76 pick, and Daniel Hecht's latest novel, the second in the Cree Black series is a thrillingly plausible supernatural mystery, a passionate love story, and a thoughtful exploration of Navajo culture and identity in modern America.
Edition: Unabridged
by Daniel Hecht
Anna Fields
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Subject(s): Mystery
Suspense
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 229317 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 0786131535
Digital Book Publication Date: Nov 09, 2004
Description
Nothing in Cree's training as a Harvard-trained clinical psychologist or her experience as a paranormal investigator has prepared her for Tommy Keeday's case. A talented young Navajo, Tommy has recently been exhibiting bizarre symptoms that his family believes are signs of possession by a chindi, a hostile spirit. As Cree struggles to find answers, she becomes increasingly aware that Tommy and the people who surround him have some deep and disturbing secrets.
The follow-up to City of Masks, a Booksense 76 pick, and Daniel Hecht's latest novel, the second in the Cree Black series is a thrillingly plausible supernatural mystery, a passionate love story, and a thoughtful exploration of Navajo culture and identity in modern America.
Forests of the Night
A Novel
Edition: Unabridged
by James W. Hall
Laural Merlington
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s): Suspense
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 158457 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 1597103020
Digital Book Publication Date:Dec 15, 2004
Description
Patrol woman Charlotte Monroe has cop instincts. Scratch that. There isn't a name for the intuition she possesses, something that borders on psychic, an ability to read people's faces and body language like the morning headlines to size up their intentions and act before they do. But none of that prepares her for the stranger who shows up on her doorstep with a chilling warning for her husband, a mysterious note scrawled in Cherokee hieroglyphics and a promise of things to come: You're Next.
The warning becomes more ominous as Charlotte and her husband, Parker, discover the complex truth about this man, including his position on the FBI Most Wanted list and his connection to their family.
When Charlotte's deeply troubled teenage daughter runs away to join the charismatic outlaw, she follows them to the spectral mists of the Great Smoky Mountains, and to the beating heart of a 150-year-old blood feud that will endanger everything she loves and challenge everything she believes.
A Novel
Edition: Unabridged
by James W. Hall
Laural Merlington
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s): Suspense
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size: 158457 KB
Reader version: OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN: 1597103020
Digital Book Publication Date:Dec 15, 2004
Description
Patrol woman Charlotte Monroe has cop instincts. Scratch that. There isn't a name for the intuition she possesses, something that borders on psychic, an ability to read people's faces and body language like the morning headlines to size up their intentions and act before they do. But none of that prepares her for the stranger who shows up on her doorstep with a chilling warning for her husband, a mysterious note scrawled in Cherokee hieroglyphics and a promise of things to come: You're Next.
The warning becomes more ominous as Charlotte and her husband, Parker, discover the complex truth about this man, including his position on the FBI Most Wanted list and his connection to their family.
When Charlotte's deeply troubled teenage daughter runs away to join the charismatic outlaw, she follows them to the spectral mists of the Great Smoky Mountains, and to the beating heart of a 150-year-old blood feud that will endanger everything she loves and challenge everything she believes.
The Kite Runner (Unabridged)
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Narrator: Khaled Hosseini
Unabridged Fiction
Audio Length: 11 hours and 53 min
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara - a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope for redemption.
Provider: Simon & Schuster Audio
Year Published: 2003
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Narrator: Khaled Hosseini
Unabridged Fiction
Audio Length: 11 hours and 53 min
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara - a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope for redemption.
Provider: Simon & Schuster Audio
Year Published: 2003
