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This sequel to THE EXPECTED ONE further explores the cult of Maryology, and the theory that Jesus Christ was married to and bore children with Mary Magdalene. Protagonist Maureen Pascal, one of their descendants, finds information suggesting a gospel written by Christ himself. This "Book of Love" points to the Holy Spirit being God's wife in heaven. Linda Stephens narrates in a... Read More
Graduate student Connie Goodwin stumbles upon a seventeenth-century manuscript belonging to the enigmatic Deliverance Dane. Goodwin's focus on New England witchcraft in her graduate studies at Harvard provides a platform for listeners to understand the cultural nuances behind Dane's mysterious narrative. Katherine Kellgren has a timeless voice that makes her a good choice to... Read More
Robin Miles's calypso lilt gives listeners an immediate sense of this novel’s setting: an eighteenth-century Jamaican sugar plantation. Just as quickly we get a strong sense of the lyrical voice of the author as Miles's cadences play up the imagery and poignant dialogue that threads through the story. It doesn't take long before we realize we'll need the poetry to carry us... Read More
Raúl Esparza gives a thoroughly engrossing performance, understated and subtle, with nuance to spare, in Elle Newmark's fantastical exploration of life in Venice at the end of the fifteenth century. Luciano, a cunning street urchin, finds his luck changed when he becomes an apprentice chef in the doge's palace. An accomplished eavesdropper, Luciano learns that prominent men are... Read More
Neville Jason is an acoustic acrobat and ideally suited for the diverse cast of T.H. White's retelling of the Arthurian legend. He deepens Guinevere's voice to show her maturity. King Arthur's querulous speeches evoke the good-hearted old cuckold's weakening body. Mordred sounds nasty enough to be X-rated, but this is a children's book, so Merlyn uses expletives like... Read More
Bestselling author Brad Meltzer delivers an entertaining story that asks the question: What does Cain have to do with Superman? This imaginative story establishes a link between Cain’s murder of his brother, Abel, and the 1932 murder of the father of Superman’s creator, Jerry Siegel. To reveal more than that is do listeners a disservice, except to say that the world's first... Read More
Meltzer’s novel is an intriguing collection of overlapping stories and themes. It attempts to tie together the biblical story of Cain and Abel; the unsolved murder of a man whose son created Superman; and the attempts by Cal Harper, a modern-day former police officer, to solve a mystery involving his estranged father and a deadly organization called the Leadership. Helping... Read More
Sam's father has been mysteriously missing for 10 days, and in his search for clues to his disappearance Sam discovers an ancient stone that sends him careening through time on a series of adventures. Holter Graham skillfully employs a wide range of voices to keep the many plot elements sorted out. In addition to the earnest voices of Sam, his aged grandparents, and his... Read More
THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, a traditional Buddhist scripture, is read to the dead or dying to facilitate liberation during the process of death. Both print and audio versions of the translation are included in this production and should be well received by scholars and experienced practitioners. In the introduction Fremantle explains that anyone listening with an open heart... Read More
Narrator Edwina Wren is an Australian, as are this book’s author and its heroine, Hannah Heath. So that’s a match. Hannah is flown to war-torn Sarajevo to restore an ancient, priceless Haggadah. The sacred manuscript has been sent like a cork down the bloody torrent of history. The story’s characters and accents vary widely, and Wren rises magnificently to the challenge. The... Read More
Do-it-yourself home repair can be a killer, but this eleventh addition to Graves's popular Home Repair Is Homicide series is a delight. Narrator Lindsay Ellison infuses each colorful Maine character with just the right amount of moxie and charm. Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree escapes Manhattan and her former life of laundering "dirty" money to purchase a fixer-upper in Eastport,... Read More
Wangerin's allegory of good and evil pits Chauntecleer, the mighty rooster, against the nefarious and serpentine Wyrm. In a time before humans, Chauntecleer is the only one who stands in the way of Wyrm as it breaks free from its earthly prison and enacts its devious influence upon the innocent animals of the world. Wangerin's prose proves enjoyable despite a heavy-handed... Read More
This audio begins, proceeds, and ends with an intrusive narrator who delays the story, delivers misinformation, and tries to manipulate listeners. David Pittu minimizes the annoyance factor and maximizes a story made exciting by mysteries and puzzles. Even though the narrator refuses to name the characters, we get to know the incessantly talking Max-Ernest through Pittu's... Read More
There's no faulting the messenger in Patricia Cornwell's latest thriller. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson renders the latest adventure of forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta quite perfectly. What Masterson can't do is save the novel, a pale imitation of a once robust franchise. Masterson breathes life into the colorful cast of characters that inhabit the Scarpetta world,... Read More
Kate Reading draws listeners into this Kay Scarpetta mystery, involving them in the characters' lives. Her voices are distinct and unique--even the bit part of the deaf girl is perfectly rendered. Unfortunately, the story is not typical Scarpetta, though the ever-present details of the postmortems are still fascinating. There are a number of subplots about the recurring... Read More
Stephen Hoye takes a calculated, possibly fatal, risk in his approach to narrating this thriller about a lost Shakespeare manuscript. His portrayal of the protagonist, Jake Mishkin, a self-loathing intellectual property lawyer, is arid to the point putting off the listener. It's a reasonable choice for a character we are not meant to like but does not create a person one looks... Read More
This primer from the founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group, the father of the index fund, provides a relatively simple discussion for mutual fund investors. John Bogle is considered a hero by many investors, small and large. Thom Pinto's reading makes us feel like we're taking personal instruction from our "Uncle Jack." Pinto's pacing is just right for this sometimes... Read More
This primer says that instead of buying stocks for the short-term, when prices have been run up for capricious reasons by the herd, invest for value by buying solid companies that are cheap relative to their book value, earnings, business performance, and other rational factors. The author comes from a lineage of money managers that includes Warren Buffett's partners and... Read More
Steven Crossley's soothing, precise voice leads us gently into the life of young David, whose dying mother tells him that stories are alive. David remembers this after her death when his father remarries and they move into his stepmother's home. There the strange books in his room begin to murmur, and he's lured into a dark fairy tale world by his dead mother's voice.... Read More
A complicated international doomsday scenario is capably read by Christopher Graybill, who easily handles accents from Yiddish to African to Italian. David, a Jewish professor, has the key to a plot by the evil Dark Angels to kill off all the world's good people and then repopulate the earth in their own images. David's efforts to stop the angels end in a tumultuous scene in an... Read More
This is a fleshed-out story of Samson that you won’t find in the Bible. Believing that he is a messenger of God, Samson slaughters and maims hundreds of the enemies of his people and sleeps with countless women as the body count rises. Delilah’s persistent attempts to get Samson to reveal the secret of his strength give an appreciation for why he eventually gives in to her... Read More
Years after being caught in the cross fire of a presidential assassination, Wes Holloway comes face-to-face with Ron Boyle, who supposedly died that day. In pursuit of answers, Holloway stumbles onto secret cabals and deadly plots that quickly become connected with Boyle. Scott Brick epitomizes intensity. Whether it is the energy in his voice when speaking as a character or the... Read More
The third in a trilogy, this title picks up in the middle of the story. Set, in part, in the American Museum of Natural History, where the tomb of Senef is reopened after 70 years, the story involves a villain named Diogenes, who plots murder and mayhem to destroy New York City society while Aloysius, his FBI agent brother, seeks to thwart him. Rene Auberjonois's melodramatic... Read More
Brad Meltzer’s latest entry to the NYT Bestsellers list sounds as good as it looks, thanks in large part to Scott Brick, who brings a sense of urgency to the characters. Wes Holloway is scarred in body and soul after the failed assassination of his boss, the President of the United States. Brick brings out the humanity of Meltzer’s hero, who isn’t a superman who laughs in the... Read More
Preston, Child, and Brick have done it again with a super-scary, spine-tingling nail-biter. Superbly cool FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast must once again outwit his evil-genius brother, Diogenes, but that won’t be easy. Pendergast is in prison for a series of murders he didn’t commit. The third book in the trilogy (BRIMSTONE, DANCE OF DEATH) features an Egyptian tomb, an ancient... Read More
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