Could your Mondays use a little intrigue? AudioFile Magazine editors share their favorites each week.
Deftly performed by two narrators, this story of a detective’s search for the hit-and-run killer of a little boy will keep you listening.
I LET YOU GO by Clare Mackintosh read by Nicola Barber & Steven Crossley
Author Clare Mackintosh weaves together police procedural, family drama, and the anatomy of a murder.Two narrators, Nicola Barber and Steven Crossley, deliver this psychological puzzle. Intrigued? Find out more by reading our full review and listening to a sound clip HERE.
AudioFile reviewer Jessie Grearson adored Janet Metzger’s narration of AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING and kept re-listening.
Behind the mic for AudioFile Magazine today, narrator Janet Metzger entices us into wanting to know more about AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING and to soak up the atmosphere of a beach cottage in 1948.
“Elizabeth Poliner’s genius is the way that she delivers throughout the book tiny bits of information. I could, through her descriptions, taste and smell the salt air and feel the warm sun of those lazy days.” -Janet Metzger
AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING
by Elizabeth Poliner, read by Janet Metzger Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
We are delighted to discover this great summer listen, and we recommend it as an audiobook that will stay with you. Janet Metzger masterfully narrates Elizabeth Poliner’s captivating, nuanced story of a tragedy that strikes at the heart of a close-knit Jewish family. Metzger adopts the perfect tone of reflective meditation from the novel’s portentous first sentence: “The summer of 1948 my brother Davy was killed in an accident with a man who would have given his own life rather than have it happen.” Listen to a sound clip and read our full review HERE. To find more audiobooks narrated by Janet, click HERE.
From DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS to CHARCOAL JOE, Walter Mosley just keeps writing mysteries that are great to listen to. Longtime Mosley fans and new ones alike will take another drive or walk around the block just to listen a little longer.
CHARCOAL JOE
by Walter Mosley, read by Michael Boatman
Easy Rawlins is back, and Michael Boatman knows his swagger. Easy knows from the start that the case will be an uphill battle, but he’s not prepared for the level of danger he steps into. Read the full review and listen to a sound clip HERE.
I LET YOU GO
