the Best Audio Stories in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & Detective

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incel Author: Lori A. Witt Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Walker & Arruda, Book 1 Detective Damian Arruda thought his partner was just too distraught to accept his wife’s murder as a random act of violence. Then the devastated widower got too close to the truth, and now Damian is grieving his best friend. As his conscience threatens to eat him alive, he’ll stop at nothing to find the killer. Special Agent Melissa Walker’s partner met a violent end as well, and his death is almost certainly connected. When she joins forces with Damian, the investigation takes them into the vile underbelly of the Internet: the incel community and its toxic forums full of misogynists who consider themselves “involuntarily celibate” and feed off each other’s vitriol and hatred. As the pieces come together, there’s no denying the three deaths and the poisonous, cultlike community are part of a wave of murders, grisly assaults, and bombings. Damian and Melissa are running out of time to take the killers down before more innocent people fall victim—and before someone decides that one victim at a time isn’t enough.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Widow Series: #1 of A Billie Walker Novel Author: Tara Moss Narrator: Corinne Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young immigrant man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she'd left behind in Europe in this thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in glamorous postwar Sydney.  Sydney, 1946. Though war correspondent Billie Walker is happy to finally be home, for her the heady postwar days are tarnished by the loss of her father and the disappearance in Europe of her husband, Jack. To make matters worse, now that the war is over, the newspapers are sidelining her reporting talents to prioritize jobs for returning soldiers. But Billie is a survivor and she's determined to take control of her own future. So she reopens her late father's business, a private investigation agency, and, slowly, the women of Sydney come knocking.  At first, Billie's bread and butter is tailing cheating husbands. Then, a young man, the son of European immigrants, goes missing, and Billie finds herself on a dangerous new trail that will lead up into the highest levels of Sydney society and down into its underworld. What is the young man’s connection to an exclusive dance club and a high-class auction house? When the people Billie questions about the young man start to turn up dead, Billie is thrown into the path of Detective Inspector Hank Cooper. Will he take her seriously or will he just get in her way? As the danger mounts and Billie realizes that much more than one young man’s life is at stake, it becomes clear that though the war was won, it is far from over.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vantage Point Series: #4 of MacNeice Mysteries Author: Scott Thornley Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 15, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: MacNeice and his team hunt a sophisticated serial killer who draws his inspiration from classic works of art.Two bodies have been found in the master bedroom of a mansion in Dundurn’s old-money neighbourhood under themountain. Howard Terry and his son, Matthew, have both been shot twice in the chest. Under Matthew’s body is a doll with blood-redcotton wadding spilling out of its head. Nearby, a mannequin in a nightshirt lies on its back, with two bullet holes in its chest.On the other side of town, a body is discovered below the Devil’s Punchbowl waterfall. Leaning against an enormous rock is a man ina cotton nightshirt wearing a papier mâché donkey’s head. Two rounds in the chest. Something about the way the three bodies have been arranged suggests the murders are connected and triggers a memory inDetective Superintendent MacNeice of an image he saw years before …

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Butcher's Daughter: A Foundlings Novel Series: #3 of The Foundlings Author: Wendy Corsi Staub Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 9 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub is the master of psychological suspense. In her latest thriller, an investigative genealogist digs for her own biological roots, well aware that some secrets are better left buried. Investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw solves clients’ genetic puzzles, while hers remains shrouded in mystery. Now she suspects that the key to her birth parents’ identities lies in an unexpected connection to a stranger who’s hired her to find his long-lost daughter. Bracing herself for a shocking truth, Amelia is blindsided by a deadly one.  NYPD Detective Stockton Barnes had walked away from his only child for her own good. He’ll lay down his life to protect her if he and Amelia can find out where—and who—she is. But someone has beat them to it, and she has a lethal score to settle.   Amelia and Stockton’s entangled roots have unearthed a femme fatale whose family tree holds one of history’s most notorious killers. And the apple never falls far…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Less Dead Author: Denise Mina Narrator: Katie Leung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this "thought-provoking" thriller from the author of the Reese Witherspoon book club pick and national bestseller Conviction, a woman in crisis finds herself on the hunt for her own mother's murderer (People). Dr. Margo Dunlop is at a crossroads. Her adoptive mom just passed away, and Margo misses her so much she can't begin to empty the house-or, it seems, get her brother on the phone. Not to mention she's newly single, secretly pregnant, and worried about her best friend's dangerous relationship. In an effort to cheer herself up she goes in search of her birth mother. Instead she finds Nikki, her mother's sister. Aunt Nikki isn't what Margo expects, and she brings upsetting news: Margo's mother is dead. Worse, she was murdered years ago, and her killer is still at large—and sending Nikki threatening letters. Margo is torn. Should she stay out of this mess, or try to find justice? But then Margo receives a letter, too. Someone out there has been waiting and watching, and in Margo sees the spitting image of her mother . . . Darkly funny and deeply affecting, The Less Dead is a sharply modern new thriller from the bestselling author of Conviction, and a surprisingly moving story of daughters and mothers, secrets and choices, and how the search for the truth—and a long-hidden killer—will lead one woman to find herself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Falcon Always Wings Twice: A Meg Langslow Mystery Series: #27 of Meg Langslow Mysteries Author: Donna Andrews Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Terns of Endearment. When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work: Meg handles the blacksmithing, Michael and the boys will be performing, and no one misses the opportunity to dress up in full regalia. More exciting to Grandfather is the pair of rare falcons he discovers breeding at the fairgrounds. Concerned for their well-being amid all the activity, he appoints himself their protector. When one of the actors performing at the fair is found dead—an actor suspected of mistreating one of the falcons, among other sins—Grandfather is a prime suspect. Donna Andrews’s long-running Meg Langslow series continues to be beloved by its fans, who loyally listen to every new installment. The Falcon Always Wings Twice is a perfect new addition, full of laughter, adventure, and Andrews's wonderful cast of wacky characters. A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hollow Ones Author: Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A horrific crime that defies explanation, a rookie FBI agent in uncharted territory, and an extraordinary hero for the ages: an investigation spirals out of control in this heart-pounding thriller. Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her core. Devastated, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles Odessa isn't the tragedy itself -- it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agent's body after his death. Questioning her future with the FBI and her sanity, Hardwicke accepts a low-level assignment to clear out the belongings of a retired agent in the New York office. What she finds there will put her on the trail of a mysterious figure named Hugo Blackwood, a man of enormous means who claims to have been alive for centuries, and who is either an unhinged lunatic, or humanity's best and only defense against unspeakable evil. From the authors who brought you The Strain Trilogy comes a strange, terrifying, and darkly wondrous world of suspense, mystery, and literary horror. The Hollow Ones is a chilling, spell-binding tale, a hauntingly original new fable from Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Chuck Hogan featuring their most fascinating character yet.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vanishing Falls: A Novel Author: Poppy Gee Narrator: Caroline Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: One of CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of the Year! ''This literary thriller paints as vivid a landscape as any book coming out this summer...Gee creates a lush, tantalizing world that readers will want to travel into deeper and deeper.''—CrimeReads Celia Lily is rich, beautiful, and admired. She’s also missing. And the search for the glamorous socialite is about to expose all the dark, dirty secrets of Vanishing Falls… Deep within the lush Tasmanian rainforest is the remote town of Vanishing Falls, a place with a storied past. The town’s showpiece, built in the 1800s, is its Calendar House—currently occupied by Jack Lily, a prominent art collector and landowner; his wife, Celia; and their four daughters. The elaborate, eccentrically designed mansion houses one masterpiece and 52 rooms—and Celia Lily isn’t in any of them. She has vanished without a trace.… Joelle Smithton knows that a few folks in Vanishing Falls believe that she’s simple-minded. It’s true that Joelle’s brain works a little differently—a legacy of shocking childhood trauma. But Joelle sees far more than most people realize, and remembers details that others cast away. For instance, she knows that Celia’s husband, Jack, has connections to unsavory local characters whom he’s desperate to keep hidden. He’s not the only one in town with something to conceal. Even Joelle’s own husband, Brian, a butcher, is acting suspiciously. While the police flounder, unable to find Celia, Joelle is gradually parsing the truth from the gossip she hears and from the simple gestures and statements that can unwittingly reveal so much.   Just as the water from the falls disappears into the ground, gushing away through subterranean creeks, the secrets in Vanishing Falls are pulsing through the town, about to converge. And when they do, Joelle must summon the courage to reveal what really happened to Celia, even if it means exposing her own past…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until It's Over: A Novel Author: Nicci French Narrator: Natalie Britton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of the Frieda Klein series, Nicci French, comes this steamy and suspenseful stand-alone thriller about a group of housemates who must determine the killer among them when a series of murders occur. Be careful of the ones closest to you… London cycle courier Astrid Bell has known most of her housemates for years, but while they have a tangled history together—romantic pairings, one-night stands, friendships—they each have secrets. Astrid is on her way home one day when her neighbor accidentally knocks her off her bike. Suffering a few bruises, her roommates help her home. The next day, they learn that same neighbor was bludgeoned to death only hours after the accident. Each of them tells the police what little they know and are dismissed. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a wealthy woman called Ingrid de Soto. When she arrives, the client is lying in the hall of her luxurious home—and it’s apparent she’s also been murdered. For the police, it’s more than bad luck. For Astrid and her six housemates, it's the beginning of a nightmare: suspicious glances, bitter accusations, and a growing fear that the worst is yet to come. As the difference between friend and stranger grows harder to judge, the line between attraction and danger thins. The housemates—unsure if there’s a killer in their midst—guard themselves against becoming the next victim. Because if it’s true that bad luck comes in threes—who will be the next to die?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Better Deals Author: Joe R. Lansdale Narrator: Brad Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the Edgar Award-winning author of the Hap and Leonard series, a hard-boiled novel set in 1960s Texas in which a no-nonsense car salesman faces a tempting decision, a dangerous deal, and an alluring affair. Ed Edwards is in the used car business, a business built on adjusted odometers, extra-fine print, and the belief that 'buyers better beware.' Burdened by an aging, alcoholic mother constantly on his case to do something worthier of his lighter skin tone and dreaming of a brighter future for himself and his plucky little sister, Ed is ready to get out of the game. When Dave, his lazy, grease-stained boss at the eponymous dealership Smiling Dave's sends him to repossess a Cadillac, Ed finally gets the chance to escape his miserable life. The Cadillac in question was purchased by Frank Craig and his beautiful wife Nancy, owners of a local drive-in and pet cemetery. Fed up with her deadbeat husband and with unfulfilled desires of her own, Nancy suggests to Ed -- in the throes of their salacious affair -- that they kill Frank and claim his insurance policy. It is a tantalizing offer: the girl, the car, and not one, but two businesses. Ed could finally say goodbye to Smiling Dave's, and maybe even send his sister to college. But does he have what it takes to see the plan through? Told with Joe Lansdale's trademark grit, wit, and dark humor, More Better Deals is a gripping tale of the strange characters and odd dealings that define 1960s East Texas.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404053 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Cage: A novel Author: Camilla Läckberg Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: An over-the-top psychological thriller that tells the story of the scorned wife of a billionaire and her delicious plot to get revenge and bring him to his knees—a 'sexy, deliciously dark journey' (Los Angeles Times) from a global superstar. Faye has loved Jack since they were students at business school. Jack, the perpetual golden boy, grew up wealthy, unlike Faye, who has worked hard to bury a dark past. When Jack needed help launching a new company, Faye left school to support him, waitressing by day and working as his strategist by night. When the business took off, Faye stayed home and cared for their daughter. Now, she is wealthier than she ever imagined, but more and more removed from the excitement of the business world. And none of the perks of wealth make up for the fact that Jack has begun to treat her coldly. When Faye discovers that he's having an affair, the polished façade of their life cracks wide open. Faye is alone, emotionally shattered, and financially devastated—but hell hath no fury like a woman with a violent past bent on vengeance. Jack is about to get exactly what he deserves—and so much more. In this splashy, electrifying story of sex, betrayal, and secrets, a woman's revenge is a brutal but beautiful thing.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark August: A Novel Author: Katie Tallo Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: “Dark August is a tightly-paced cauldron of a thriller about small town corruption, murder and mayhem, in the vein of Sharp Objects and All The Missing Girls. A macabre and confidently twisty debut.” — Lisa Gabriele, internationally bestselling author of The Winters An electrifying, page-turning debut about a young woman haunted by her tragic past, who returns to her hometown and discovers that there might be more to her police detective mother’s death—and last case—than she ever could have imagined. Augusta (Gus) Monet is living an aimless existence with her grifter boyfriend when she learns that her great grandmother—her last living relative—has just died. Ditching her boyfriend, Gus returns to the home she left as a young girl. Her inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated house and an old dog named Levi. While combing through her great grandmother’s possessions, Gus stumbles across an old trunk filled with long-lost childhood belongings. But that’s not all the trunk contains. She also discovers cold case files that belonged to her mother, a disgraced police detective who died in a car accident when Gus was eight. Gus remembers her mother obsessing over these very same documents and photographs, especially a Polaroid of a young ballerina. When Gus spots a front-page news story about the unearthing of a body linked to one of the cold case files from her childhood trunk, she can’t resist following her mother’s clues. As she digs deeper, determined to finish her mother’s investigation, her search leads her to a deserted ghost town, which was left abandoned when the residents fled after a horrific fire. As Gus’ obsession with the case grows, she inadvertently stirs up the evils of the past, putting her life in danger. But Gus is undeterred and is committed to uncovering long-buried secrets, including the secrets surrounding a missing geology student, the young ballerina in the Polaroid, a prominent family’s devastating legacy, and a toxic blast that blew an entire town off the map.  But is Gus ready to learn the truths that culminated on one terrible August night, more than a decade earlier, when lives were taken, and secrets were presumed buried forever…?  Dark August introduces a bold new voice and will leave readers guessing until the final startling conclusion.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken: A Novel Series: #4 of Will Trent Author: Karin Slaughter Narrator: Kathleen Early Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This chilling mystery is just begging to be read in one sitting.”—Cosmopolitan Broken features the return of New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s most compelling characters and introduces memorable new ones in a tale of corruption, murder, and confrontation that will leave more than one life destroyed . . .   When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner’s death. He doesn’t understand why Officer Lena Adams is hiding secrets from him. He doesn’t understand her role in the death of Grant County’s popular police chief. He doesn’t understand why that man’s widow, Dr. Sara Linton, needs him now more than ever to help her crack this case. While the police force investigates the murder of a young woman pulled from a frigid lake, Trent investigates the police force, putting pressure on Adams just when she’s already about to crack. Caught between two complicated and determined women, trying to understand Linton’s passionate distrust of Adams, the facts surrounding Chief Tolliver’s death, and the complexities of this insular town, Trent will unleash a case filled with explosive secrets—and encounter a thin blue line that could be murderous if crossed. Spellbinding and keenly paced, Broken is Karin Slaughter at her best. Here is an unforgettable story of raw emotions, dangerous assumptions, the deadly and layered game of betrayal, and a man’s determination to expose the most painful of human truths—no matter how deeply they’re hidden . . . or how devastating.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Noël Coward Quintet: Detective. Spy. The entirely fictional adventures of Noël Coward Author: Marcy Kahan Narrator: Tam Williams, Full Cast, Malcolm Sinclair, Eleanor Bron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The Master turns sleuth and spy in this quintet of radio dramas Actor, playwright, songwriter, director, author and star – as far as we know, Noël Coward never added ‘detective’ or ‘undercover agent’ to his astonishing achievements. But could the intriguing gaps in his memoirs be hiding a thrilling secret life? Design for Murder In this wry backstage whodunit set just before World War II, Coward must put aside the play he’s writing to track down a murderous psychopath in London’s West End. Blithe Spy This Second World War espionage adventure finds Coward in New York, where he turns secret agent and uses his talent to amuse to help Britain battle the Nazis. A Bullet at Balmain’s 1948, and the celebrated playwright is in post-liberation Paris to take the lead role in his play Present Laughter. But the murder of a fashion-house mannequin provides a stylish distraction. Death at the Desert Inn 1955. When $300,000 is left in a satchel in Noël Coward's Las Vegas suite, it’s the prelude to a baffling murder mystery, complete with Judy Garland, a showgirl, a Broadway agent, an unlikely croupier, and a US Congressman. Our Man in Jamaica 1961. Reconciled to being out of fashion, Noël Coward is determined to finish his first novel – until his neighbour Ian Fleming sets him a challenge: become a spy once more to help destabilise Fidel Castro… Written by Marcy Kahan and starring Malcolm Sinclair as Coward, Eleanor Bron as his devoted secretary Lorn Loraine and Tam Williams as his devoted valet Cole Lesley, these light-hearted thrillers see Noël Coward solving crimes and foiling villains with his favourite weapon: wit. Cast and credits Written by Marcy Kahan Starring Malcolm Sinclair as Noël Coward, Eleanor Bron as Lorn Loraine and Tam Williams as Cole Lesley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fresh Kill Series: #6 of Jimmy McSwain Files Author: Adam Carpenter Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 17, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Jimmy McSwain returns, but the question lingers, now that he has finally solved the fifteen-year-old murder of his NYPD cop-father, Joseph, who has he become? Busy concentrating on family issues, Jimmy hasn't taken a new case in nearly three months, and when a call comes in from Philip Connelly, who wants proof of his wife, Myra's, cheating, Jimmy is torn. Take the case, or say no. He rejects it, only to learn a week later that Philip has been found dead in a park on Staten Island. The police believe it was suicide, but Myra—a self-admitted adulteress—is convinced he was murdered. Jimmy agrees to take the case. But it seems his decision to rejoin the world has also affected the other areas of his life: his sister is facing a health crisis, an old friend from his father's past has resurfaced, and his lover, Captain Francis X. Frisano, is working a difficult case in Chelsea where gay men are being attacked. If that wasn't enough, Jimmy is on the hunt to bring down his new nemesis, the criminal mastermind Mr. Wu-Tin. A fire at one of his warehouses stirs fear in Jimmy that the man is trying to destroy evidence of his crimes. That's when life throws him a twist, and suddenly Jimmy feels that just as he's hoping to find answers, new mysteries emerge about whether the path he's on leads to a fresh start, or a fresh kill.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Distant Dead: A Novel Author: Heather Young Narrator: Eva Kaminsky, Charlie Thurston, Cassandra Campbell, Jim Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel * Nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel A BookPage Best Book of the Year * A People Magazine Best Book of Summer * A Parade Best Book of Summer * A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of Summer ''Powerful...a breathtaking read, with flawed and authentic characters who hit so close to home that at times it is impossible not to root for them.'' — San Francisco Chronicle A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day’s end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core.   Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly unremarkable man, he connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. The two outcasts developed a tender, trusting friendship that brought each of them hope in the wake of tragedy. But it is Sal who finds Adam’s body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles’ compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school’s social studies teacher, dreamed of a life far from Lovelock only to be dragged back on the eve of her college graduation to care for her disabled father, a man she loves but can’t forgive. She sensed in the new math teacher a kindred spirit--another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After Adam’s death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him and finds a dark history she understands all too well. But the truth about his murder may lie closer to home. For Sal Prentiss’s grief seems heavily shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he’s telling about how his favorite teacher died. As she tries to earn the wary boy’s trust, she finds he holds not only the key to Adam’s murder, but an unexpected chance at the life she thought she’d lost. Weaving together the last months of Adam’s life, Nora’s search for answers, and a young boy’s anguished moral reckoning, this unforgettable thriller brings a small American town to vivid life, filled with complex, flawed characters wrestling with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forever Haunt Series: #5 of Jimmy McSwain Files Author: Adam Carpenter Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Fifteen years ago, NYPD officer Joseph McSwain was gunned down while trying to stop a robbery. His murder was never solved. Until now. For his son, Hell's Kitchen private detective Jimmy McSwain, his father's death has defined him, defied him, and denied him his chance at happiness. But the shooting death of a young officer named Denson Luke has reignited the investigation into the mysterious Blue Death conspiracy. Jimmy still must earn a living, so he cannot ignore a family in distress. New neighbors Carmen Ramirez and her young son, Sonny, are clearly running from danger. Overnight, their case becomes one involving a missing father, a Chinese crime syndicate, and an abduction which threatens to overwhelm Jimmy's mission of solving his father's case. His relationship status with Frank Frisano on and off again, Jimmy tries to do double duty, jeopardizing his own safety. It's only when another murder occurs that Jimmy finally finds the path that has eluded him. His investigation finally leads him back home, where a devastating family secret overshadows all he's learned, and the cost to the McSwain family may never be repaid. Jimmy realizes the blood on his hands will forever haunt him.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hush Series: #4 of Harriet Blue Author: Candice Fox, James Patterson Narrator: Kathryn Hartman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 106 Ratings of Narrator: 3.54 of Total 13 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Top cop, devoted sister, and now Inmate 3329: even prison bars won't stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop -- as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Persuasion Series: #26 of Eve Duncan Author: Iris Johansen Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: When she becomes a madman's target, Eve Duncan's daughter Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy Seal Joe Quinn are about to give Seth Caleb their trust for the most important duty of his life: keeping their daughter, Jane, safe at any cost. Her talent as an artist has caught the attention of a brilliant psychopath with a violent past. Seth, Jane's strongest ally and fiercest protector, is determined to keep her out of danger, but that becomes nearly impossible when Jane is forced to take matters into her own hands and confronts the madman who wants her for himself . . . and wants Seth Caleb dead. As Jane and Seth chase down their bloodthirsty adversary, they finally commit to a life together -- in the culmination of the epic love story that fans have been eagerly anticipating. As the two come face to face with danger, one thing is made clear: it will take both of them working together to confront and defeat this evil.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Angel Series: #3 of Santero and Rein Thriller Author: Bernard Schaffer Narrator: Neil Hellegers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: In this powerful psychological thriller, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer reunites detective Carrie Santero with manhunter Jacob Rein—to plumb the depths of a madman's obsession . . . 'I am The Master . . .' Fifteen years ago, a deranged young man abducted a teenage girl in a parking lot. He chose her for her innocence. Punished her for her beauty. Dowsed her with gasoline and tried to purify her with fire. Detective Jacob Rein managed to stop the lunatic and lock him up for life. Now the girl who survived that horrible ordeal has been found dead, an apparent suicide. Near her body is a letter from 'The Master'—a bloodchilling promise to finish what he started. 'I long to relive everything we had before . . .' Now The Master has chosen new objects of desire—all dear to Carrie—and he is about to be released from a mental facility. Carrie reaches out to the one man who knows The Master better than anyone else. Jacob Rein understands the depths of his psychosis. He knows that the only way to anticipate The Master's next move is to enter his delusions. Indulge his obsessions. And follow his lead to the very edge of madness—and beyond.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fair Warning Series: #3 of Jack McEvoy Author: Michael Connelly Narrator: Zach Villa, Peter Giles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 173 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 33 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar—until now.  Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack investigates—against the warnings of the police and his own editor—and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets. Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he's ready to strike. Terrifying and unputdownable, Fair Warning shows once again why "Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers" (Chicago Sun-Times). A Kirkus Best Book of 2020

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guardian Angel Series: #4 of Jimmy McSwain Files Author: Adam Carpenter Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The dual forces of good and evil take center stage in the fourth installment in the Jimmy McSwain Files, one that finds the tortured, sexy detective battling an unforeseen enemy: happiness. Yet murder will soon rear its desperate chill, hurtling Jimmy into the highest society and the lowest of lives. Winter is nearly upon Manhattan, the holidays right around the corner. Jimmy is hired to escort the infamous tabloid favorite Serena Carson to a charity benefit, intent on guarding her from an abusive ex. Yet the job takes a brutal turn as lothario Henderson Carlyle is found sliced to death outside of Serena's brownstone. The cops warn Jimmy away from the case, including his former lover, Captain Francis X. Frisano. Jimmy has his hands full anyway, as his visiting cousin Kellan was found beaten by one-time family friend, Mickey Dean, a Hell's Kitchen thug with a dark past. As the snow falls and answers remain buried, Jimmy finds himself thrown into the midst of two conflicting cases, one of which will expose a dormant clue to the long-unsolved murder of his father, NYPD cop Joseph McSwain. Complicating matters is a new man in Jimmy's life, who promises Jimmy security and safety, neither word easy for him to accept. When fate sends Jimmy's world into turmoil, he realizes there's a devil at work in a season usually owned by angels.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Down Days Author: Ilze Hugo Narrator: Gideon Emery, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: In the vein of The Book of M comes a “dynamic, fast-paced debut” (Publishers Weekly) and character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak—reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the Tangayika Laughter Epidemic—a city at the tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations and paranoia. Is it simply another episode of mass hysteria, or something more sinister? In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound. During these strange days, Faith works as a fulltime corpse collector and a freelance “truthologist,” putting together desperate pieces of information to solve problems. But after Faith agrees to help an orphaned girl find her abducted baby brother, she beings to wonder whether the boy is even real. Meanwhile, a young man named Sans who trades in illicit goods is so distracted by a glimpse of his dream woman that he lets a bag of money he owes his gang partners go missing—leaving him desperately searching for both and son questioning his own sanity. Over the course of a single week, the paths of Faith, Sans, and a cast of other hustlers—including a data dealer, a drug addict, a sin eater, and a hyena man—will cross and intertwine as they move about the city looking for lost souls, uncertain absolution, and answers that may not exist. The Down Days is a “fascinating story” (HelloGiggles) that demonstrates “one of the most accurate depictions of the strange realities of life during a pandemic” (The A.V. Club) that you won’t want to put down.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Good Turn: A Novel Series: #2 of Jackson Brodie Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders. The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme. Kate Atkinson 'writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway,' writes Laura Miller for Salon. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 20th Victim Series: #20 of A Women's Murder Club Thriller Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 100 Ratings of Narrator: 4.59 of Total 17 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Sergeant Lindsay Boxer tackles an ambitious case that spans San Francisco, L.A., and Chicago in this pulse-pounding thriller of 'smart characters' and 'shocking twists' (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters' aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country. The victims were no angels, but are the shooters villains . . . or heroes?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midnight Club Author: James Patterson Narrator: Corey Carthew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: 'The Midnight Club is the novel I wrote just before Along Came A Spider. I'm certain that both Alex Cross and Sampson originated in ideas I had while writing this story. It's one of my favorites.' - James Patterson Bestselling author James Patterson weaves a suspenseful tale of a powerful mobster who runs up against a very determined cop and his faithful crime fighters. A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional. All bound by the chains of secrecy, wealth, and crime formed by the cabal called The Midnight Club.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stage Fright Series: #3 of Jimmy McSwain Files Author: Adam Carpenter Narrator: Joel Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: All the world's a stage, but in Stage Fright, Hell's Kitchen private detective Jimmy McSwain learns that life upon its wicked boards can be a killer. The Harold Calloway Theatre on West 47th Street is home to the new play Triskaidekaphobia, and its playwright has been receiving threatening messages. Theater owner and lead producer Wellington Calloway has hired Jimmy to investigate, but it's a case not without its complications. His mother is the head usher there, and Jimmy grew up on its aisles. His ex, Remy, is also the costume designer for the show, a man he hasn't seen in years. Further making his life difficult is the mysterious Seetha Assan, who is connected—albeit tentatively—to the case that forever haunts Jimmy—his own father's murder. She may just have the clue to help him finally solve the cold case. As Opening Night for the play looms, Jimmy finds himself involved in a nest of egos and personalities, all while seeking to find the missing Seetha. Toss in his on-again, off-again relationship with Captain Francis X. Frisano, and suddenly Jimmy's life is edging toward tragedy. That's when a murderer strikes, and suddenly nothing is pretend anymore. Life on the stage has turned all too real, and all too deadly. Just like on the mean streets of Manhattan.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stolen Letter Series: #5 of Scottish Bookshop Mystery Author: Paige Shelton Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground. Delaney's hapless victim's name is Mary, and she and Delaney can't help but notice that they bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. According to Mary, they both also look like the long-beheaded Mary Queen of Scots. Even stranger, Mary believes she is reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaney's doppelganger is, she doesn't have time to dwell on it: on her arrival to the bookshop, she learns the Edinburgh city council wants to close the Cracked Spine, citing code violations, and she's determined to stop them. But when Mary's husband dies in a car explosion—and Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshop's construction—she starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasn't an accident. Edinburgh has become as filled with intrigue and deception as any European court, and Delaney is determined to get to the bottom of this royal mystery.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revenge Author: Andrew Holmes, James Patterson Narrator: Gavin Osborn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a story of revenge as a former SAS soldier is ready to settle into civilian life when he's hired to solve the mysterious death of a daughter, diving into a seedy world that a parent never expects to see their child in. Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces. Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold. The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help. When they discover that Emma had fallen into a dark and seedy world of drugs and online pornography, the father demands retribution. But his desire for revenge will make enemies of people that even Shelley may not be able to protect them from, and take them into a war from which there may be no escape.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cutting Place Series: #9 of Maeve Kerrigan Author: Jane Casey Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The gripping thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author, shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards *Don’t miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller – A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY – out now!* Rumours… Everyone’s heard the rumours about elite gentlemen’s clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are outrageous…and what goes on behind closed doors is darker than you could possibly imagine. Scandals… Paige Hargreaves was a young journalist working on a story about a club for the most privileged men in London. She was on the brink of exposing a shocking scandal. Then she disappeared. Secrets… DS Maeve Kerrigan must immerse herself in the club’s world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour to find out what happened. But Maeve is keeping secrets of her own. Will she uncover the truth? Or will time run out for Maeve first? What people are saying about The Cutting Place: Jane Casey’s best book yet – and that’s really saying something’ Erin Kelly ‘A really gripping, timely plot’ Elly Griffiths ‘Jane Casey is among our very best crime novelists and this is her best book’ Liz Nugent ‘Her best yet. Heartpounding and SO MOVING!’ Marian Keyes ‘Complex and gripping’ The Times ‘Jane Casey is a masterful storyteller’ Charlotte Philby ‘The best police procedurals I've read’ Claire Allan 'A superb crime novel' Sharon Bolton ‘Truly the gold standard for police procedurals’ Catherine Ryan Howard ‘Terrifying, intense and devastatingly astut’ Sarah Hilary ‘Engrossing crime fiction with heart’ Olivia Kiernan ‘Tense, dramatic and sharply written’ Sinéad Crowley ‘A must read’ Patricia Gibney ‘I ripped through it, unable to stop myself’ Sam Baker ‘Superb’ Will Dean ‘I couldn’t love Maeve Kerrigan or Josh Derwent more’ Cressida McLaughlin ‘Pacy plotting’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘Chilling and inventive’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Simply stunning’ Heat ‘A chilling read’ Woman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War And Peach Series: #3 of Georgia Peach Mystery Author: Susan Furlong Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Nola Mae Harper is too busy restocking the jars of preserves and chutney flying off the shelves of her shop, Peachy Keen, to keep up with all the gossip about the upcoming mayoral election, but she does know the debate is sure to be a real barn burner. Local farmer Clem Rogers claims he has a bombshell that could take small business owner Margie Price out of the running. But before Clem can reveal his juicy secret at the debate, his actual barn goes up in flames—with him inside of it. The town casts its vote against Margie, but Nola isn't convinced the hardworking woman is capable of murder. Now to clear Margie's name Nola will have to work fast under pressure, before Margie gets taken in by the fuzz . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diamonds & Deception Series: #3 of Karina Cardinal Mystery Author: Ellen Butler Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The rainbows-and-unicorns period of her friends-to-lovers relationship with Mike Finnegan officially over, Karina Cardinal is taking a tactical retreat. No way is she calling him for rescue from one of her infamous 'scrapes.' Too bad trouble, if not her middle name, is a close relative. Sadira Manon, friend and colleague of Karina's sister Jillian, has been dropping way too much cash on designer labels for a middle school teacher. Even one who moonlights as a jewelry store clerk. But when she's accused of theft, the loose diamond falling out of her purse is enough for the police to sing the song of their people—'Miranda Rights.' Karina, Jilly, and Silverthorne Security join forces to investigate who's setting Sadira up to take a fall, and why. They dig up a shady tangle of Russian mob ties and gambling debts. By the time Karina realizes they've dug too deep—and maybe a little too far outside the law—Jillian's in trouble, and the only way out of this particular pot of hot water is to make that phone call . . . and hope Mike doesn't let it go to voice mail.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revenge is Sweet Series: #1 of Vintage Sweets Mystery Author: Kaye George Narrator: Callie Beaulieu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: In the picturesque tourist town of Fredericksburg, Texas, Tally Holt has opened a new candy store with a vintage twist . . . but there's no sugar-coating a nasty case of murder . . . Tally Holt has poured her heart, soul, and bank account into Tally's Olde Tyme Sweets, specializing in her grandmother's delicious recipes. Tally's homemade Mallomars, Twinkies, fudges, and taffy are a hit with visiting tourists—and with Yolanda Bella, the flamboyant owner of Bella's Baskets next door. But both shops encounter a sour surprise when local handyman Gene Faust is found dead in Tally's kitchen, stabbed with Yolanda's scissors. The mayor's adopted son, Gene was a handsome Casanova with a bad habit of borrowing money from the women he wooed. It's a sticky situation for Yolanda, who was one of his marks. There are plenty of other likely culprits among Fredericksburg's female population, and even among Gene's family. But unless Tally can figure out who finally had their fill of Gene's sweet-talking ways, Yolanda—and both their fledgling businesses—may be destined for a bitter end . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lavender Blue Murder Series: #21 of Tea Shop Mysteries Author: Laura Childs Narrator: Barbara Mcculloh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley are guests at a bird hunt styled in the precise manner of an English shooting party. Which means elevenses (sloe gin fizzes), gun loaders, the drawing of pegs, fine looking bird dogs, and shooting costumes of tweed, herringbone, and suede. But as gunshots explode like a riff of Black Cat firecrackers, another shot sounds too close for comfort to Theodosia and Drayton. Intrigued but worried, Theodosia wanders into the neighbor's lavender field where she discovers their host, Reginald Doyle, bleeding to death. His wife, Meredith, is beside herself with grief and begs Theodosia and Drayton to stay the night. But Theodosia awakens at 2:00A.M. to find smoke in her room and the house on fire. As the fire department screams in and the investigating sheriff returns, Meredith again pleads with Theodosia for help. As Theodosia investigates, fingers are pointed, secrets are uncovered, Reginald's daughter-in-law goes missing presumed drowned, and Meredith is determined to find answers via a seance. All the while Theodosia worries if she's made a mistake in inviting a prime suspect to her upscale Lavender Lady Tea.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rest In Peach Series: #2 of Georgia Peach Mystery Author: Susan Furlong Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia's biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town—even though she's busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never expected that plans for the cotillion would end up in the pits because of the cutthroat competition between local debutantes. When Vivien Crenshaw, insufferable church organist and despised mother of the town's spoiled-rotten Peach Queen, is stabbed to death, the police turn to Nola's friend Ginny as prime suspect. Apparently the two had fought over a one-of-a-kind cotillion gown. As Nola steps in to prove Ginny's innocence she soon finds herself picking through a bushel of suspects, twice as many motives, and at the mercy of a killer all too keen on killing again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here Comes the Body Series: #1 of Catering Hall Mystery Author: Maria Dirico Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: After her philandering husband's boat went down, newly single Mia Carina went back to Astoria, the bustling Queens neighborhood of her youth. Living with her nonna and her oversized cat, Doorstop, she's got a whole new life—including some amateur sleuthing . . . Mia is starting work at Belle View, her father's catering hall, a popular spot for weddings, office parties, and more—despite the planes that occasionally roar overhead on their way to LaGuardia and rattle the crystal chandelier. Soon she's planning a bachelor party for a less-than-gentlemanly groom. But it goes awry when the gigantic cake is wheeled in and a deadly surprise is revealed . . . Since some of her family's associates are on the shady side, the NYPD wastes no time in casting suspicion on Mia's father. Now, Mia's going to have to use all her street smarts to keep him out of Rikers Island . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble is What I Do Series: #6 of Leonid McGill Author: Walter Mosley Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Morally ambiguous P.I. Leonid McGill is back -- and investigating crimes against society's most downtrodden -- in this installment of the beloved detective series from an Edgar Award-winning and bestselling crime novelist. Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Working to protect his client and his own family, Leonid must reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth -- no matter the cost.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blindside Series: #12 of A Michael Bennett Thriller Author: James Patterson, James O. Born Narrator: Danny Mastrogiorgio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 201 Ratings of Narrator: 3.57 of Total 23 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: When New York City's Mayor is desperate to find his missing daughter, Detective Michael Bennett steps in to help the Mayor and strike a deal to save his son in prison. Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. Just one father helping another. The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation—and also to the mayor's missing daughter, Natalie, a twenty-one-year-old computer prodigy. The murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. Michael Bennett has always been an honorable man, but sometimes—when the lives of innocents are at stake—honor has to take a back seat. Survival comes first.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Saint: Three BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations Author: Leslie Charteris Narrator: Fiona Fullerton, Patsy Kensit, Full Cast, Paul Rhys Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Leslie Charteris’ square-jawed, blue-eyed hero loved, fought and stole his way through Europe from the 1930s to the 1970s, endlessly pursuing blondes, baddies and boodle. Adored by women and feared by his foes, he was renowned for both his heroic exploits and his nefarious reputation - and he always left his trademark calling card at the scenes of his crimes: a sketch of a stick figure with a halo. This collection includes three classic cases: In The Saint Closes the Case, The Saint is confronted by arch-villain and armaments dealer Dr Rayt Marius as he enters into a deadly struggle to save the world from a dastardly new weapon…. In Saint Overboard, a villain plans to steal a shipment of sunken treasure. Simon Templar will go to any lengths to stop him - even under the sea. The Saint Plays with Fire sees our hero investigating a country house fire - and uncovering a Fascist conspiracy to seize power in France. Starring Paul Rhys as Simon Templar, and also featuring Patsy Kensit and Fiona Fullerton, this thrilling drama has all the verve and excitement of the original story. It is dramatised by Roger Danes and directed by Matthew Walters.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401351 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fatal Legislation Series: #2 of Karina Cardinal Mystery Author: Ellen Butler Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Lawmaking can be a murderous affair. If any day calls for a soothing glass of wine, it's today. One moment, Capitol Hill lobbyist Karina Cardinal is having a heated discussion with Senator Harper, who just torpedoed her latest health care legislation initiative. The next, after a cryptic remark, the senator is dead at her feet. Hours later, she's still so rattled she wakes to a freezing apartment because she forgot to close her back door. Or did she? When her boyfriend, FBI cybercrimes expert Mike Finnegan, is suddenly reassigned to work a new case, he's got bad news and worse news. The bad: the senator's death was no heart attack—it was assassination by a hacker disabling his pacemaker. Worse: Karina's a 'person of interest.' Certain that status could change to 'suspect' at any moment, Karina begins her own back-channel investigation into who could have wanted the senator dead. Of course, in Washington, that means playing politics and following the money trail. A trail that leads to more murders . . . and possibly leaving the door open for a killer to change her status to 'dead.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death of a Gigolo Series: #17 of Jaine Austen Mystery Author: Laura Levine Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: After a dry spell, freelance writer Jaine Austen's life is suddenly full of romance. For one thing, she's reconnected with her ex—though her cat, Prozac, isn't happy about it. And Jaine's also got a new ghostwriting gig, working on a steamy novel called Fifty Shades of Turquoise . . . Daisy Kincaid is in her sixties and heiress to a fortune. Now she wants to make a name for herself as a romance author . . . with a little help from Jaine, that is. As Jaine labors away on love scenes, she gets to know the wealthy woman's gentleman friend, her household staff, and her social circle—every one of whom is horrified when Daisy falls under the spell of a much younger stud named Tommy, a rude, crude lothario who's made himself a fixture in Daisy's Bel Air mansion. After Tommy and Daisy shock everyone by announcing their engagement, it doesn't take long for someone to stab him in the neck—with the solid gold Swiss Army knife that Daisy gave him as a gift. The challenging part is trying to narrow down the list of suspects. Jaine's going to have to put a bookmark in that love story and focus all her creative talent into untangling a tale of money and murder . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burn Series: #2 of Detective Betty Author: Kathleen Kent Narrator: Christie Moreau Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: In this "deeply satisfying" thriller, Detective Betty Rhyzyk is up against a string of mysterious assassinations, an increasingly reckless partner, and her worst fear—desk duty—when she decides to go rogue . . . heading straight into the dark underworld of Dallas's most dangerous drug cartel  (The Washington Post). 2021 Edgar Award Nominee - G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award Not much can make Detective Betty Rhyzyk flinch. But when forced into therapy, a desk assignment, and domestic bliss following a terrifying run-in with an apocalyptic cult, she’s having trouble readjusting to life as it once was. At home, she struggles to connect with her loving wife, Jackie. At work, someone has been assassinating confidential informants. To make matters worse, Betty’s partner seems to be increasingly dependent on the painkillers he was prescribed for injuries he sustained narrowly rescuing her. Betty’s at the point of breaking when she decides to go rogue, on a chase that will lead her to the dark heart of a drug cartel terrorizing Dallas, and straight to the crooked cops who plan to profit from it all. "A labyrinth of a police procedural punctuated by non-stop action . . . Gripping." —Associated Press

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peaches and Scream Series: #1 of Georgia Peach Mystery Author: Susan Furlong Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: To help run the family peach farm during her parents' absence, Nola Harper returns to her childhood home of Cays Mill, Georgia, and soon discovers that things back at the farm aren't exactly peachy. A poor harvest and rising costs are threatening to ruin the Harpers' livelihood, and small-town gossip is spreading like blight thanks to Nola's juicy reputation as a wild teenager way back when. But Nola really finds herself in the pits when she stumbles upon a local businessman murdered among the peach trees. With suspicions and family tensions heating up faster than a cobbler in the oven, this sweet Georgia peach will have to prune through a list of murder suspects—before she too becomes ripe for the killer's picking . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kabbalistic Murder Code Author: Nathan Erez Narrator: Josh Bloomberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: A professor from Jerusalem, an expert in decoding ancient Hebrew manuscripts, is hired to carry out a mysterious task, one that sends him to three continents. He becomes entangled in a web of murders that leave him deeply puzzled. However, he quickly discovers that if he does not succeed in deciphering the enigmatic manuscripts, through his in-depth knowledge of Kabbalah, the lives of many people—including his own family—will be endangered. Interwoven within this exciting tale are curious passages reviewing the many conquests that the city of Jerusalem has endured during its long history. Their relevance and significance become clear only at the end of the book. The Kabbalistic Murder Code is an exciting and fast-paced thriller. Thanks to its unique structure and enriching subject matter (the secret wisdom of Kabbalah), you simply cannot put it down. The drama's surprising solution integrates Kabbalistic elements and weaves the whole to a magical picture, leaving the listener almost breathless. It has been translated to date into four languages.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Collision of Lies Author: Tom Threadgill Narrator: Alma Cuervo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 201 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 60 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: The case was tragic. But it was an accident. Right?Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. If she's correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie.With time running out, Amara must convince others—and herself—that despite all evidence to the contrary, the boy is alive. And she will do everything in her power to bring him home.A fresh voice in suspense, Tom Threadgill will have you questioning everything as you fly through the pages of this enthralling story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isabella's Painting Series: #1 of Karina Cardinal Mystery Author: Ellen Butler Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Peeling back layers of lies could save a masterpiece or reveal a killer. After a long week lobbying on Capitol Hill, all Karina Cardinal wants to do is chill with Netflix and her boyfriend, Patrick Dunne. Instead, she's slipping her aching feet into red stilettos for his parent's annual holiday bash. When she accidentally interrupts Patrick's father in his study, her embarrassment is tempered by suspicion that Martin Dunne and his dapper, secretive guest are hiding something. Maybe the painting she barely glimpses right before it disappears behind a secret panel. An internet search raises her curiosity to full-blown alarm. If she's right, Martin is in possession of a stolen masterpiece. Infamous because everyone close to it has turned up dead. As in Mafia-style-execution dead. As she's chewing over which instinct to follow—back off while she still can, or dig deeper for the truth—she crosses paths with FBI agent Mike Finnegan. An old friend and not-quite flame from her college days. When she looks into his warm, mocha eyes, she's tempted to tell him everything. Trouble is, she's already being watched. And the next move she makes could destroy innocent lives including her own.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Foresight: The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung Series: #2 of Uncle Chow Tung Author: Ian Hamilton Narrator: Michael Braun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: 1980: A pivotal year in modern Chinese history as Premier Deng Xiaoping begins what he intends to be the transformation of China into an economic superpower. The most visible evidence of Deng's policy is the creation of Special Economic Zones, and one has been set up in Shenzhen, next door to Hong Kong and on Fanling's doorstep. Among Triad leaders, Uncle is the only one who recognizes that Deng's intentions could have profound repercussions on their organizations. To protect his gang and their interests, he acts to not only minimize the danger, but to turn events to his advantage.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Little Children: A Novel Author: Sophie Hannah Narrator: Laura Kirman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a sharp, captivating, and expertly plotted tale of psychological suspense. All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn’t mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn’t seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn’t want to see her today—or ever again. But she can’t resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House, watches from across the road as Flora arrives and calls to her children Thomas and Emily to get out of the car. Except . . . There’s something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt, but they haven’t changed at all. They are no taller, no older. Why haven’t they grown? How is it possible that they haven’t grown up?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked River Series: #19 of Agent Pendergast series Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Narrator: Jefferson Mays Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 158 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 42 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors: Racing to uncover the mystery of several severed feet found floating in the Gulf of Mexico, Agent Pendergast is faced with the most inexplicable challenge of his career. A startling crime with dozens of victims. Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beach—each one with a crudely severed human foot inside. A ghastly enigma with no apparent solution. Called away from vacation elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the crime scene—and, despite himself, is quickly drawn in by the incomprehensible puzzle. An early pathology report only adds to the mystery. With an ocean of possibilities confronting the investigation, no one is sure what happened, why, or from where the feet originated. And they desperately need to know: are the victims still alive? A worthy challenge for a brilliant mind. In short order, Pendergast finds himself facing the most complex and inexplicable challenge of his career: a tangled thread of evidence that spans seas and traverses continents, connected to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern medical science. Through shocking twists and turns, all trails lead back to a powerful adversary with a sadistic agenda and who—in a cruel irony—ultimately sees in Pendergast the ideal subject for their malevolent research.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambitious City Series: #2 of MacNeice Mysteries Author: Scott Thornley Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: As a local biker war rages ? seven shrink-wrapped corpses have been found buried on a farm just outside of Dundurn ? an ambitious waterfront project meant to revive the dying industrial city is underway. Dredging is nearly complete when six more bodies turn up at the bottom of the lake. With the body count rising, the situation in Dundurn escalates as a serial killer begins targeting the city's successful young women of colour. Outgunned by the bikers and outmaneuvered by the serial killer, MacNeice convinces Fiza Aziz, the young Muslim detective who burned out on their last case together, to come back to the force. Things go well until Aziz deliberately puts herself in the killer's sights. The Ambitious City is the smart and suspenseful second installment in Scott Thornley's critically acclaimed MacNeice Mysteries series.