THE RARE COIN SCORE

Here is a full-length audiobook that even listeners who favor abridged versions will love. That is because the entire book, another installment in the author's Parker series, is just three tapes long. Parker masterminds a heist at a coin collector's convention. You don't have to wait long to discover what happens when the robbery goes awry. Michael Kramer's tense style fully captures Parker and his fellow criminals as they plan and carry out the unusual robbery. The listener is believably transported to a world unfamiliar to most. Slightly annoying are Kramer's un-called-for pauses in the middle of lines. Nonetheless, this performance manages to win out. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 02]