Friday, January 27, 2012
THE LADY IN THE VAN by Alan Bennett, read by Maggie Smith
Bennett allowed an eccentric street person to temporarily park her broken-down camper in his London driveway--she stayed 15 years! This BBC Radio production features Maggie Smith as the beguiling, exasperating, and always indomitable Miss Mary Shepherd.
Listen now. Time 2:48 
Download now an excerpt as an mp3 file. Size: 1.6 MBSoundReview support comes from Harper Audio and Hachette Audio.
Comment here: Thursday, January 26, 2012
THE RETURN by Håkan Nesser, read by Simon Vance
Swedish writer Håkan Nesser crafts another police procedural with Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren who does much of his sleuthing about the killing of a murder from a hospital bed. Narrator Vance is facile with the Swedish setting and names, and he thrives with well-written dialogue. Listen now. Time 2:31 Download now an excerpt as an mp3 file. Size: 1.4 MBSoundReview support comes from Harper Audio and Hachette Audio.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
NEW YORK TO DALLAS by J.D. Robb, read by Susan Ericksen
New York City's top murder cop, Eve Dallas, is plunged back into her own private nightmare when she must go to Dallas, Texas, the city where she was found as a child. Narrator Ericksen is attuned to the characters of Robb's futuristic romantic suspense In Death series. Listen now. Time 4:59 Download now an excerpt as an mp3 file. Size: 2.3 MBSoundReview support comes from Harper Audio and Hachette Audio.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
THE WRECKAGE by Michael Robotham, read by Sean Barrett
A banker disappears in London. His notebook, revealing massive banking scandals, is missing. Listeners will swear Sean Barrett invited all the flesh-and-blood characters into the recording booth. The chess-game plot is first-class listening. Listen now. Time 2:34 Download now an excerpt as an mp3 file. Size: 1.5 MBSoundReview support comes from Harper Audio and Hachette Audio.
Monday, January 23, 2012
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO by Boris Pasternak, read by John Lee
The popularity of the classic film should entice listeners to Pasternak's epic love story set amid the Russian Revolution. Narrator John Lee matches the book's lavish descriptions with moving expression and depth of feeling. Listen now. Time 4:49 Download now an excerpt as an mp3 file. Size: 2.3 MBSoundReview support comes from Harper Audio and Hachette Audio.
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