29 Best books to read aloud to seniors
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A Songbird in Wartime
- By: Karen Dickson
- Narrator: Jess Nesling
- Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.54(48 ratings)
4.54(48 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA wartime family saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Val Wood Shaftesbury, 1936. Mansfield House Hotel has been a refuge for Emily ever since she was orphaned at the age of 16. Not only did they give her employment as a chambermaid, butA wartime family saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Val Wood
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Shaftesbury, 1936.
Mansfield House Hotel has been a refuge for Emily ever since she was orphaned at the age of 16. Not only did they give her employment as a chambermaid, but it’s also where she met her fiance Tom.
When theatre agent Roland stays at the hotel and hears Emily singing, he is determined to take her away to Bristol and make her a star. But knowing she’d never leave her fiance, he hatches a plan to get Emily away from Tom.
Six years later, Emily has made a name for herself as ‘The Bristol Songbird’. Her love for Tom is still as strong as ever, but she’s not heard from him since that fateful night so long ago. And with the world enveloped in a war, it seems unlikely the two will ever meet again.
Will Emily and Tom ever find their way back to one another? Or will the war – and Roland – succeed in keeping them apart?
Praise for Karen Dickson:
‘A compelling saga that will hold you fast from the first page to the last. Loved it’ VAL WOOD, author of The Lonely Wife
‘This rollercoaster of a novel draws you in from the first page… I devoured this in one sitting and look forward to more from this author. In short a gem of a read’ FIONA FORD, author of Wartime at Liberty’s
‘A delight to read… Lily Hayter is a wonderful heroine whose resilience and integrity shine through as she struggles to claim a life of her choosing and find a family. At the heart of the story is a warmth and humanity that makes it a truly uplifting read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was sorry when I reached the end because I wanted to linger in Dickson’s world. I eagerly await more from Karen Dickson’ VICKI BEEBY, author of The Ops Room Girls
‘An exciting, fresh and talented new voice – a five-star read!’ CAROL RIVERS, author of Molly’s Christmas Orphans
‘The characters in this novel are so believable that I cared deeply about them from the first chapter. A heartfelt, hopeful account of one young woman’s fight to keep her child safe when all the odds are against her. Atmospheric and beautifully written’ JAN CASEY, author of The Women of Waterloo Bridge -
Agincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator: Charles Keating
- Length: 16 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 20, 2009
- Language: English
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4.15(20403 ratings)
4.15(20403 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDdata-redactor-tag=”em”>Agincourt is classic Cornwell…[with] attention to historical detail, well-paced action, and descriptive writing that is a pleasure to read.”data-redactor-tag=”em”>Agincourt is classic Cornwell…[with] attention to historical detail, well-paced action, and descriptive writing that is a pleasure to read.” —data-redactor-tag=”em”>Bostondata-redactor-tag=”em”> Globe
Bernard Cornwell, the data-redactor-tag=”em”>New York Times bestselling “reigning king of historical fiction” (data-redactor-tag=”em”>USA Today), tackles his most thrilling, rich, and enthralling subject yet–the heroic tale of data-redactor-tag=”em”>Agincourt. The epic battle immortalized by William Shakespeare in his classic data-redactor-tag=”em”>Henry V is the background for this breathtaking tale of heroism, love, devotion, and duty from the legendary author of the Richard Sharpe novels and the Saxon Tales. This extraordinary adventure will captivate from page one, proving once again and most powerfully, as author Lee Child attests, that “nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell.”
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrator: Michael York
- Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 24, 2005
- Language: English
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4.23(2476136 ratings)
4.23(2476136 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDDon’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. Four adventurous siblings–Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie–step through a wardrobe door and into the land ofDon’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Four adventurous siblings–Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie–step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, follow up with The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Air Battle Force
- By: Dale Brown
- Narrator: William Dufris
- Length: 15 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 30, 2005
- Language: English
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4(1392 ratings)
4(1392 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDOn America’s newest combat base, U.S. Air Force aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan and his crew of daring engineers are devising the air combat unit of the future. Known as Air Battle Force, it can launch concentrated,On America’s newest combat base, U.S. Air Force aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan and his crew of daring engineers are devising the air combat unit of the future. Known as Air Battle Force, it can launch concentrated, stealthy, precision-guided firepower to any spot on the globe within hours. And soon McLanahan and his warriors will have their first target.
Chased out of Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are planning to invade the neighboring oil-rich Republic of Turkmenistan, an isolated and wealthy central Asian state. As alliances form and forces collide, the impending battle for control of the world’s largest oil deposits threatens to tear apart the tenuous peace created by America’s victories in Afghanistan. It’s up to McLanahan and a handful of American commandos half a world away, aided by an untested and unproven force of robotic warplanes, to win a war in which everyone — even “friendly” forces at home — wants them to fail.
Performed by David McCallum.
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Copperhead
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 16 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 22, 2022
- Language: English
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4.04(3579 ratings)
4.04(3579 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDNate, a Yankee-turned-Confederate, finds his loyalties tested at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, 1862 It is the summer of 1862 and the Northern army is threatening to capture Richmond, the Confederate capital. Bloodied but victorious at theNate, a Yankee-turned-Confederate, finds his loyalties tested at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, 1862
It is the summer of 1862 and the Northern army is threatening to capture Richmond, the Confederate capital. Bloodied but victorious at the battles of Ball’s Bluff and Seven Pines, Nate suddenly finds himself accused of being a Yankee spy. Proving his innocence and finding the real spy will require courage and endurance rarely seen even in the brutal fog of war. Failure could mean the fall of Richmond and a career-ending defeat for Robert E. Lee.
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Death and the Maiden
- By: Samantha Norman
- Narrator: Kate Reading
- Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 20, 2020
- Language: English
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3.71(694 ratings)
3.71(694 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USD“Superb…an appropriate homage”–Marilyn Stasio, New York Times The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the author’s“Superb…an appropriate homage”–Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the author’s daughter after her death.
England. 1191. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England’s vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft–sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband . . . if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts.
When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer. But when Allie arrives, all is chaos. A village girl has disappeared–and she’s not the first. Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. When the body of one of the missing is discovered, Allie manages to examine the remains before burial. The results lead her to suspect that a monstrous predator is on the loose. Will her training and her stubborn pursuit of the truth help her find the killer…or make her the next victim?
A richly detailed, twisty thriller, Death and the Maiden is historical mystery at its finest–and a superb final episode in Ariana Franklin’s much-loved, much-acclaimed series.
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A Pale Horse
- By: Wendy Alec
- Narrator: Wendy Alec
- Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Harper Inspire
- Publish date: June 26, 2018
- Language: English
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4.51(424 ratings)
4.51(424 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA new order. An ancient evil. A battle about to begin. It is the near future. Adrian De Vere, President of the European Union, oversees the signing of an unprecedented international treaty, ushering in a new era of one-world government. Jason DeA new order. An ancient evil. A battle about to begin.
It is the near future. Adrian De Vere, President of the European Union, oversees the signing of an unprecedented international treaty, ushering in a new era of one-world government.
Jason De Vere, media mogul, finds himself forced out of the empire he helped create. With friends, allies and even family turning against him, help comes from an unexpected quarter…
Nick De Vere, archaeologist and playboy – and newly returned from the dead – leads Jason into an underground world of hidden knowledge and forbidden secrets. Together they must face down the most ruthless of adversaries: their own brother.
As the Antarctic ice gives up a grisly secret, and shadowy figures are plotting behind the scenes, armies of good and evil are being marshalled for the conflict to come. Operation Pale Horse is underway…
“There could be no bigger canvas for film-making.” – Mark Ordesky (Executive Producer – Lord of the Rings)
Alec not only re-frames pre-history; she also imaginatively illustrates how the realm of spirit impacts the contemporary material world.” Ileen Maisel (Executive Producer for the Golden Compass)
This is the best work of fiction I have read since the last installment of Dean Koontz’ Frankenstein series” Jim McDonald – 1340Mag – Online Entertainment Magazine.
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The Hobbit
- By: J.R.R. Tolkien
- Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.31(5741 ratings)
4.31(5741 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDTHE GREAT MODERN CLASSIC AND PRELUDE TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum–as dark as darkness, exceptTHE GREAT MODERN CLASSIC AND PRELUDE TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who
or what he was. He was Gollum–as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little
boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a
band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent,
a large and very dangerous dragon.This brand-new unabridged recording is narrated by the acclaimed actor, director and author, Andy Serkis.
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A Perfect Shot
- By: Robin Yocum
- Narrator: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.19(245 ratings)
4.19(245 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA local basketball star in a small Ohio town tries to remake his life in middle age, but instead must confront a murderer and the prospect of leaving his hometown and giving up everything that once gave his life meaning. Nicholas “Duke”A local basketball star in a small Ohio town tries to remake his life in middle age, but instead must confront a murderer and the prospect of leaving his hometown and giving up everything that once gave his life meaning.
Nicholas “Duke” Ducheski is the most important man in the eastern Ohio steel town of Mingo Junction. Nearly two decades after he made the winning shot in the state championship basketball game, he remains much adored and the focal point of community pride. Hardly a day passes when someone doesn’t want to talk about “the game.” Now approaching forty, Duke no longer wants to be defined solely by something he did when he was eighteen. So he decides to parlay his local popularity into a successful restaurant–“Duke’s Place.” But no sooner does he get his restaurant up and running than disaster strikes.
“Little Tony” DeMarco, Duke’s brother-in-law and a known mob enforcer, comes into the restaurant and murders Duke’s oldest friend. Now Duke faces the hardest decision of his life. DeMarco thinks he’s untouchable, but Duke discovers a way to take him down, along with his mob superiors. To do so, however, means leaving Mingo Junction and sacrificing his treasured identity as the town legend. And if he follows through, what will remain of his life?
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After the Monsoon
- By: Robert Karjel
- Narrator: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 03, 2018
- Language: English
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3.64(48 ratings)
3.64(48 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDFrom the author of the international bestseller The Swede comes an electrifying thriller set in the terrorist- and pirate-infested world of the Horn of Africa–where the sea caresses the desert, alliances shift like sand, and a SwedishFrom the author of the international bestseller The Swede comes an electrifying thriller set in the terrorist- and pirate-infested world of the Horn of Africa–where the sea caresses the desert, alliances shift like sand, and a Swedish detective can count on nothing but his own shrewdness to survive.
A Swedish army lieutenant drops dead on a shooting range in the desert. Was it an unfortunate accident–or something more nefarious? Ernst Grip, an agent of the Swedish security police, is sent to the Horn of Africa to find out. Once he’s on the ground, however, he quickly discovers he’s on his own. No one wants him snooping around–especially not the U.S. Embassy’s CIA station. Which is no surprise, given that military transport planes are leaving from the base carrying untraceable pallets loaded with cash.
What’s more, Grip’s investigation is complicated by another dangerous situation. Somali pirates have kidnapped a wealthy Swedish family during the adventure of a lifetime: a sailing trip from Sweden to the Great Barrier Reef. Why, Grip wonders, is no one back home willing to pay the ransom in order to save these innocent lives?
Solving the mystery of the soldier’s death isn’t the end of Grip’s involvement–it’s a tipping point that leads him deep into a web of intrigue, greed, and dark dealings ensnaring both allies and enemies . . . and a world where no one can be trusted.
After the Monsoon explores the tough compromises made every day in pursuit of the greater good. How do you know which is the lesser of two evils? And what is the cost of betraying one interest to save another? In this provocative, pulse-pounding, and sophisticated thriller, Robert Karjel vividly creates a world in which the stains of innocent blood cannot be cleansed, and the sins of good men forced to make impossible choices cannot be washed away.
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Heretic
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 13 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 25, 2014
- Language: English
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4.17(12107 ratings)
4.17(12107 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond–the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on aFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond–the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward’s army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow. Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been dispatched to capture the castle of Astarac. But more than duty to his liege has brought him to Gascony, home of his forebears and the hated black knight who brutally slew Thomas’s father. It is also the last place where the Holy Grail was reported seen. Here, also, a beautiful and innocent, if not pious, woman is to be burned as a heretic. Saving the lady, Genevieve, from her dread fate will brand Thomas an infidel, forcing them to flee together across a landscape of blood and fire. And what looms ahead is a battle to the death that could ultimately shape the future of Christendom.
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James Jones Reading from The Thin Red Line
- By: James Jones
- Narrator: James Jones
- Length: 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDThe Thin Red Line, Jones’ second war novel, is set in Guadalcanal and is notable for its explicit and harrowing depiction of battle. As in From Here to Eternity, its characters are enlisted men and officers who feel trapped in a situation theyThe Thin Red Line, Jones’ second war novel, is set in Guadalcanal and is notable for its explicit and harrowing depiction of battle. As in From Here to Eternity, its characters are enlisted men and officers who feel trapped in a situation they can neither control nor often understand. The book is a telling commentary on the violence done to soldiers, as well as by them.
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Altar of Eden
- By: James Rollins
- Narrator: Paula Christensen
- Length: 11 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2009
- Language: English
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4.03(15820 ratings)
4.03(15820 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem, throat-clutching suspense, high-style adventure, and a terrific story told terrifically.”–Steve Berry, author of The Romanov Prophecy The thriller king praised for his“Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem, throat-clutching suspense, high-style adventure, and a terrific story told terrifically.”
–Steve Berry, author of The Romanov ProphecyThe thriller king praised for his “edge-of-your-seat excitement” (San Francisco Chronicle), James Rollins storms the New York Times bestseller list with every novel he writes. With his latest breathtaking blockbuster, Altar of Eden, Rollins takes a breather from his Sigma Force adventures (Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, et al) while delivering all the action, surprise, and intensity for which he’s well known–and loved. Combining science, history, and breakneck suspense–and a secret tied to the Book of Genesis–Altar of Eden is sure to satisfy every James Rollins fan while winning over a slew of new converts.
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Amber Beach
- By: Elizabeth Lowell
- Narrator: Robin Rowan
- Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 08, 2009
- Language: English
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3.98(5579 ratings)
3.98(5579 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDDeadly secrets are buried on Amber Beach … Donovan International is a power to be reckoned with in the dazzling and cutthroat worldwide gem trade — and is therefore a target for the murderous greed of unscrupulous competitors. Though aDeadly secrets are buried on Amber Beach …
Donovan International is a power to be reckoned with in the dazzling and cutthroat worldwide gem trade — and is therefore a target for the murderous greed of unscrupulous competitors. Though a shrewd businesswoman, Honor Donovan has been effectively shut out of the dangerous family enterprise by the Donovan males — until her favorite brother, Kyle, mysteriously vanishes along with a fortune in stolen amber.
Now, linking up with “fishing guide” Jake Mallory — whose previous association with the Donovans has bred mistrust and suspicion — Honor sets out for the Pacific Northwest in search of answers. But old wars and new politics have lured ruthless, high-stakes players from around the globe into a deadly game. And suddenly, elusive trust can be the only salvation — and death the penalty for deceit — if Honor and Jake hope to survive the perilous intrigues surrounding a breathtaking lost Czarist treasure known as the Amber Room …
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Point Omega
- By: Don Delillo
- Narrator: Campbell Scott
- Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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3.44(7151 ratings)
3.44(7151 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDA brief, unnerving, and exceptionally hard-hitting novel about time and loss as only the bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of White Noise and Underworld can tell it.In this potent and beautiful novel, the writer The New York TimesA brief, unnerving, and exceptionally hard-hitting novel about time and loss as only the bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of White Noise and Underworld can tell it.
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In this potent and beautiful novel, the writer The New York Times calls “prophetic about twenty-first-century America” looks into the mind and heart of a scholar who was recruited to help the military conceptualize the war.
We see Richard Elster at the end of his service. He has retreated to the desert, in search of space and geologic time. There he is joined by a filmmaker and by Elster’s daughter Jessica–an “otherworldly” woman from New York. The three of them build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event turns detachment into colossal grief, and it is a human mystery that haunts the landscape of desert and mind. -
Double Minds
- By: Terri Blackstock
- Narrator: Terri Blackstock
- Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: February 10, 2009
- Language: English
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4.01(2754 ratings)
4.01(2754 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe young girl with the Bohemian style was on the floor where she’d fallen, between Parker’s computer case and her file cabinet. She wore a long, flowing skirt–lavender, the color of calm–and camel-colored Uggs. She lay onThe young girl with the Bohemian style was on the floor where she’d fallen, between Parker’s computer case and her file cabinet. She wore a long, flowing skirt–lavender, the color of calm–and camel-colored Uggs. She lay on her back, her long, wavy blonde hair matted with blood. For struggling singer/songwriter Parker James, the music business has just turned deadly. Her desk in the reception area of a busy recording studio has become a crime scene, and Parker finds herself drawn into a mystery where nothing is as it seems. Unraveling the truth puts her own life at risk when she uncovers high-level industry corruption and is terrorized by a menacing stalker. As the danger escalates, Parker begins to question her dreams, her future, and even her faith. Double Minds is a double treat–combining a compelling suspense novel with an inside look at the world of the Christian music industry in Nashville. Terri Blackstock grabs readers at page one and keeps them riveted until the final plot twist is untangled.
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Easy Target
- By: Kay Thomas
- Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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3.95(87 ratings)
3.95(87 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDAEGIS: an elite team of ex-military men who will do anything for their country…and their women Fighting to clear her brother of murder, freelance reporter Sassy Smith is suddenly kidnapped and thrown into a truck with other women who are aboutAEGIS: an elite team of ex-military men who will do anything for their country…and their women
Fighting to clear her brother of murder, freelance reporter Sassy Smith is suddenly kidnapped and thrown into a truck with other women who are about to be sold…or worse. When she sees an opportunity for escape Sassy takes it, but she may have just jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
Former Marine Bryan Fisher (aka Hollywood) is no stranger to dangerous situations, or to his best friend’s little sister. When he rescues Sassy, Bryan is determined to keep her safe…if he can keep his hands off of her. Because Sassy is all grown up and not at all like the girl he used to know. But he’s got bigger problems. And with enemies coming at them from every corner, Bryan and Sassy will need to work together if they’re going to survive.
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Black Water Rising
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrator: Dion Graham
- Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 09, 2009
- Language: English
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3.56(5273 ratings)
3.56(5273 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDAttica Locke–a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire–delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)Edgar Award Nominee (Best FirstAttica Locke–a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire–delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)“A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot…. Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”
— Los Angeles Times“Atmospheric… deeply nuanced… akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane…. Subtle and compelling.”
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Faithless in Death
- By: J. D. Robb
- Narrator: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.5(9855 ratings)
4.5(9855 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USD“[Narrator Susan] Ericksen’s quick pacing matches the intensity of the story. Whether one is new to the series or a longtime listener, Ericksen’s presentation will entertain.” — AudioFile Magazine In the new Eve Dallas“[Narrator Susan] Ericksen’s quick pacing matches the intensity of the story. Whether one is new to the series or a longtime listener, Ericksen’s presentation will entertain.” — AudioFile Magazine
In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb, what looked like a lover’s quarrel turned fatal has larger–and more terrifying–motives behind it…The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wineglasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don’t add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fiance as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the body–but why did it take an hour to report it? And why is she lying about little things?
As Eve and her team look into Gwen, her past, and the people around her, they find that the lies are about more than murder. As with sculpture, they need to chip away at the layers of deception to find the shape within–and soon they’re getting the FBI involved in a case that involves a sinister, fanatical group and a stunning criminal conspiracy.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press
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Fire Dancer
- By: Colleen Coble
- Narrator: Colleen Coble
- Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.64(50 ratings)
4.64(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDWhen a serial arsonist known as The Fire Dancer strikes in the wilds of Arizona, Tess finds herself fighting more than wildfires. Tess Masterson’s parents died in a terrible barn fire. The tragedy drover her to become one of the best smokeWhen a serial arsonist known as The Fire Dancer strikes in the wilds of Arizona, Tess finds herself fighting more than wildfires.
Tess Masterson’s parents died in a terrible barn fire. The tragedy drover her to become one of the best smoke jumpers in the business. Though she makes a living jumping out of planes into roaring wildfires, she’s never found the courage to face the wounds of her past–or to deal with the anger that flares whenever she encounters Chase Huston.
When a serial arsonist known as The Fire Dancer strikes near her old homeplace in Arizona, Tess must examine her past. Can she confront her own demons and put a stop to the terror that has the area in flames?
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Forgotten in Death
- By: J. D. Robb
- Narrator: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: September 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.47(8489 ratings)
4.47(8489 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USD“After narrating more than 50 audiobooks in this series, Susan Ericksen displays her comfort with the characters without lacking any vitality.” –AudioFile Magazine In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series,“After narrating more than 50 audiobooks in this series, Susan Ericksen displays her comfort with the characters without lacking any vitality.” –AudioFile Magazine
In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer.
The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change–and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.
Then Eve is summoned away to a nearby building site to view more remains–in this case decades old, adorned with gold jewelry and fine clothing–unearthed by recent construction work. She isn’t happy when she realizes that the scene of the crime belongs to her husband, Roarke–not that it should surprise her, since the Irish billionaire owns a good chunk of New York. Now Eve must enter a complex world of real estate development, family history, shady deals, and shocking secrets to find justice for two women whose lives were thrown away…
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The Girls in Navy Blue
- By: Alix Rickloff
- Narrator: Dylan Moore
- Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.11(323 ratings)
4.11(323 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA gripping and compelling dual timeline novel about three women who joined the Navy during WWI to become yeomanettes and the impact their choices have on one of their descendants in 1968. 1918 – America is at war with Germany, and, for theA gripping and compelling dual timeline novel about three women who joined the Navy during WWI to become yeomanettes and the impact their choices have on one of their descendants in 1968.
1918 – America is at war with Germany, and, for the first time in history, the US Navy has allowed women to join up alongside the men. Ten thousand of them rush to do their part. German-American Marjory Kunwald enlists in the Navy to prove her patriotism. Suffragette Blanche Lawrence to prove that women are the equal of men. And shy preacher’s daughter Viv Weston in a desperate attempt to hide from the police.
Even as the US military pours into France and the war heats up, the three yeomanettes find friendship and sisterhood within the Navy. But all their plans for the future are thrown into chaos when Viv’s dark past finally catches up with her.
1968 – Newly divorced and reeling from a personal tragedy, Peggy Whitby unexpectedly inherits her estranged great-aunt Blanche’s beach cottage outside Norfolk Virginia. But her fragile peace is rattled when she begins to receive mysterious postcards dated from 1918 when Blanche served as a Navy yeomanette.
Curious to learn more about her mysterious aunt and uncover the truth behind the cryptic messages, Peggy is drawn deeper into the lives of the three young Navy girls. But her digging uncovers more than she bargains for, and, as past and present collide, Peggy must decide if finding out about her aunt is worth the risk of losing herself.
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The Huntress
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 19 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 26, 2019
- Language: English
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4.29(75645 ratings)
4.29(75645 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0042.99 USDFrom the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, aFrom the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.
In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted…
Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.
Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancee, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother’s past–only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.
In this immersive, heart-wrenching story, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth.
This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Kate Quinn about The Huntress.
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The Librarian of Saint-Malo La bibliotecaria de Saint-Malo
- By: Mario Escobar
- Narrator: Estela Benita
- Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 10, 2020
- Language: Spanish
Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDUn corazon puro puede iluminar aun la noche mas oscura. Y en el mas terrible de los momentos de la historia. Jocelyn es la guardiana de la Biblioteca de Saint-Malo, una mujer huerfana que se aferra a la literatura y a su marido Antoine. Pero ambosUn corazon puro puede iluminar aun la noche mas oscura.
Y en el mas terrible de los momentos de la historia.
Jocelyn es la guardiana de la Biblioteca de Saint-Malo, una mujer huerfana que se aferra a la literatura y a su marido Antoine. Pero ambos corren peligro: la llegada de las tropas alemanas a la ciudad, en especial aquella del comandante Adolf Bauman, empenado en robar algunos de los incunables que tan celosamente guarda la bibliotecaria, quiere acabar con su felicidad.
El capitan Hermann von Choltitz, amante de los libros, es enviado por las autoridades alemanas para expurgar las bibliotecas de la region, pero se resiste a destruirlos. Jocelyn y Hermann comenzaran una amistad imposible: los libros les unen, pero la violencia y la guerra los separa.
Destinados a ser enemigos y obligados a vivir en un mundo en el que se ha desatado la locura, los inolvidables protagonistas de esta hermosa y emocionante historia se convertiran en heroes cuyo amor vencera incluso a la guerra.
Los lectores que disfrutaron con La luz que nos puedes ver, de Anthony Doerr o El Ruisenor, de Kristin Hannah, no podran perderse esta historia de amor, pasion y suspense.
<<[Escobar] escribe historias que llegan al corazon>>.
–Jesus Alejo Santiago, Revista Milenio
MARIO ESCOBAR es novelista, historiador y colaborador habitual de National Geographic Historia, ha dedicado su vida a la investigacion de los grandes conflictos humanos. Sus libros han sido traducidos a mas de doce idiomas, convirtiendose en bestsellers en paises como los Estados Unidos, Brasil, China, Rusia, Italia, Mexico, Argentina y Japon. Es el autor mas vendido en formato digital en espanol en Amazon y fue otorgado el Premio de Novela Empik (Polonia, 2020).
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The Pale Horseman
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 02, 2014
- Language: English
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4.3(37524 ratings)
4.3(37524 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)–the basis for The Last Kingdom, theThe second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)–the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series.
As the last unvanquished piece of England, Wessex is eyed hungrily by the fearsome Viking conquerors. Uhtred, a dispossessed young nobleman, is tied to the imperiled land by birth and marriage but was raised by the Danish invaders–and he questions where his allegiance must lie. But blood is his destiny, and when the overwhelming Viking horde attacks out of a wintry darkness, Uhtred must put aside all hatred and distrust and stand beside his embattled country’s staunch defender–the fugitive King Alfred.
The Pale Horseman is a gripping, monumental adventure that gives breathtaking life to one of the most important epochs in English history–yet another masterwork from New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell.
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The Pale Horseman
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 02, 2014
- Language: English
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4.3(37524 ratings)
4.3(37524 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)–the basis for The Last Kingdom, theThe second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)–the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series.
As the last unvanquished piece of England, Wessex is eyed hungrily by the fearsome Viking conquerors. Uhtred, a dispossessed young nobleman, is tied to the imperiled land by birth and marriage but was raised by the Danish invaders–and he questions where his allegiance must lie. But blood is his destiny, and when the overwhelming Viking horde attacks out of a wintry darkness, Uhtred must put aside all hatred and distrust and stand beside his embattled country’s staunch defender–the fugitive King Alfred.
The Pale Horseman is a gripping, monumental adventure that gives breathtaking life to one of the most important epochs in English history–yet another masterwork from New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell.
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The Siege Winter
- By: Ariana Franklin
- Narrator: Kate Reading
- Length: 12 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 24, 2015
- Language: English
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3.95(2235 ratings)
3.95(2235 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue, a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women whose fates areA powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue, a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women whose fates are intertwined in twelfth century England’s devastating civil war.
1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps the ginger-haired girl from her village and leaves her for dead. When an archer for hire named Gwyl finds her, she has no memory of her previous life. Unable to abandon her, Gwyl takes the girl with him, dressing her as a boy, giving her a new name–Penda–and teaching her to use a bow. But Gwyn knows that the man who hurt Penda roams free, and that a scrap of evidence she possesses could be very valuable.
Gwyl and Penda make their way to Kenilworth, a small but strategically important fortress that belongs to fifteen-year-old Maud. Newly wedded to a boorish and much older husband after her father’s death, the fierce and determined young chatelaine tempts fate and Stephen’s murderous wrath when she gives shelter to the empress.
Aided by a garrison of mercenaries, including Gwyl and his odd red-headed apprentice, Maud will stave off Stephen’s siege for a long, brutal winter that will bring a host of visitors to Kenilworth–kings, soldiers . . . and a sinister monk with deadly business to finish.
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