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AUTHOR Evanovich, Janet. TITLE Eleven on top [sound recording] / Janet Evanovich. EDITION Unabridged. IMPRINT Hampton, NH : Sound Library/BBC Audiobooks America, p2005. DESCRIPT 7 sound discs (7 hr., 44 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. FORMAT CD. NOTE "A Stephanie Plum novel"--container. Read by Lorelei King. SUMMARY Hoping to discontinue her career as a bounty hunter for something safer, Stephanie Plum is inadvertently drawn into a case that is complicated by her tangled love life, her chaotic family, and her penchant for wrecking cars. SUBJECT Plum, Stephanie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Women private investigators -- Fiction. Bounty hunters -- Fiction. New Jersey -- Fiction. Audiobooks. Books on CD. ALT AUTHOR King, Lorelei. ISBN 079273646X.previous info is for the cd version- below is the info from my downloaded Audible.com copyEleven on Top (Unabridged)Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei KingProgram Format: UnabridgedAudio Renaissance, 20057 hours and 48 min.Publisher's SummaryAmerica's favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, is back in her eleventh adventure!Trouble seems to find Stephanie Plum no matter where she goes, and once again she's struggling with her tangled love life, her chaotic family, and her God-given gift for destroying every car she drives. This time, Stephanie has decided to quit her job as a bounty hunter. She wants something safe. She wants something normal. She's tired of creeps, weirdos, and stalkers. But just when she thinks she's out, they pull her back in!This latest novel is packed full of Janet Evanovich's trademark wit, adventure, and sly comedy. So fasten your seatbelt and hang on...Stephanie's back in town!

Fire Sale
Edition: Unabridged
Sara Paretsky
Sandra Burr
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s):
Mystery
Excerpt(s):

Title, Author, Dedication (WMA format)
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
File size:
210343 KB
Duration:
14 hours, 37 minutes
Reader version:
OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
Digital Book ISBN:
1597109185
Digital Book Publication Date:
Jun 02, 2005

Description
V. I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V. I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms, who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes.Through young Josie Dorrado, V. I. meets the girl's mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn't know how she'll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down.The elder Dorrado's fears are realized when the plant explodes; V. I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V. I. begins to investigate, she finds herself confronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. Founder William "Buffalo Bill" Bysen, now in his eighties, has four sons who quarrel with each other and with him; the oldest, "Young Mr. William," is close to sixty and furious that his father doesn't cede more power to him. And then, there's "Billy the Kid," Young Mr. William's nineteen-year-old son, whose Christian idealism puts him on a collision course with his father, his grandfather, and the company as a whole.When Billy runs away with Josie Dorrado, V. I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.

AUTHOR Leon, Donna. TITLE Anonymous Venetian. Dressed for death / Donna Leon. IMPRINT New York : Penguin Books, 2005. DESCRIPT 342 p. ; 18 cm. NOTE Originally published: The anonymous Venetian. London : Macmillan, 1994. "A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery"--Cover. SUBJECT Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Police -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction. Venice (Italy) -- Fiction. Mystery fiction. ISBN 0143035843.
Review from Publishers Weekly
The third in Leon's richly evocative mysteries set in Venice and starring police Commissario Guido Brunetti reveals several flaws in Brunetti's character--some endearing, some disquieting, all intriguing. A man's body is found near a place popular with prostitutes. His legs and chest are shaved; his shoes are red, high-heeled and brand new. But what initially looks like the violent death of a transvestite whore may be a different sort of murder ineptly disguised: the victim is middle-aged, his body has been inexpertly shaved and his face is battered beyond recognition. In a tougher story than the previous Death at La Fenice, the Commissario's sensitivity is challenged by his dealings with demimonde creatures to whom he has not previously given much thought. A coincidence directs him, perhaps too easily, toward a villain who is soon covering tracks with more killing; lawyers, laundered money--and sodomy--also figure in the case's resolution. While struggling with his prejudices, Brunetti must hide his glee as the wife of his hated superior makes a highly visible departure into the arms of a famed pornographer. Venice takes on a deep noir tint in Leon's latest well-crafted work.

AUTHOR Roberts, Nora. TITLE Northern lights / Nora Roberts. EDITION Jove premium ed. IMPRINT New York : Jove Books, 2005, c2004. DESCRIPT 656 p. ; 19 cm. SUBJECT Police -- Alaska -- Fiction. Women air pilots -- Fiction. Bush pilots -- Fiction. Alaska -- Fiction. Love stories. ISBN 0515139742 (pbk.)
from the book-
Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'd watched his partner die on the street-and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town. Aside from sorting out a run-in between a couple of motor vehicles and a moose, he finds his first weeks on the job are relatively quiet. But just as he wonders whether this has been all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss on New Year's Eve under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit and convinces him to stay just a little longer. Meg Galloway, born and raised in Lunacy, is used to being alone. She was a young girl when her father disappeared, and she has learned to be independent, flying her small plane, living on the outskirts of town with just her huskies for company. After her New Year's kiss with the Chief of Police, she allows herself to give in to passion-while remaining determined to keep things as simple as possible. But there's something about Nate's sad eyes that gets under her skin and warms her frozen heart. And now, things in Lunacy are heating up. Years ago, on one of the majestic mountains shadowing the town, a crime occurred that is unsolved to this day-and Nate suspects that a killer still walks the snowy streets. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. And his discovery will threaten the new life-and the new love-that he has finally found for himself.