Audible Picks January 10, 2024

Class: A Memoir book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Class: A Memoir

By Stephanie Land, narrated by Stephanie Land
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called “an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor” (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show!

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Genre: Finance

Wait: The Art and Science of Delay

By Frank Partnoy, narrated by Sean Runnette
Tags: Finance

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A passionate polemic in favor of pausing to think, not blink. What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world. How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation?

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Genre: Science Fiction

A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone Series Book 1)

By Scarlett St. Clair, narrated by Meg Sylvan
Tags: Science Fiction

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Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1)

By Craig Alanson, narrated by R.C. Bray
Tags: Science Fiction

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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days when humans only got killed by each other.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection

By Stephen Fry and More, narrated by Stephen Fry
Tags: Literary Fiction

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As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favorite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Water Keeper

By Charles Martin, narrated by Jonathan K. Riggs
Tags: Clean Romance

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A riveting new story of heroism, heartache, and the power of love to heal all wounds. Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he’s dedicated his life to rescuing those in peril. But as he mourns the loss of his mentor and friend, Murph himself may be more lost than he realizes.

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented.

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Genre: Mystery

Burying the Newspaper Man

By Curtis Ippolito, narrated by Kellen Boyle
Tags: Mystery

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A cop finds the body of the man who abused him long ago, in this “dark, noir thriller echoing the best works of Hammett and Lehane, [yet] altogether original” (Stephen J. Golds, author of Always the Dead). Marcus Kemp is a beat cop living a normal life in San Diego, California—until the day he makes a shocking discovery: a dead body in the trunk of a stolen car.

The Mystery of the Blue Train book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Mystery of the Blue Train

By Agatha Christie, narrated by Sean Pratt
Tags: Mystery

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When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up, as she is dead, having been killed by a heavy blow to her head, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition.

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Genre: Fantasy

Shadow's Past (Shadowstalker Series Book 2)

By Natalie Johanson, narrated by Shaina Summerville
Tags: Fantasy

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"An epic tale that has you living each scene as though you are there and wanting to know more." The award-winning sequel to Shadow's Voice is now an audiobook! Rose will learn the past never stays buried, ancient history won't be forgotten, and duties won't be ignored.

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Operation Palmetto (The Karl Gruben Spy Thriller Series Book 1)

By R.T. Breach, narrated by Covert Narrator
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The stakes are high: a career on the line and nuclear secrets loose in the wild… Karl Gruben, a junior Mossad agent thrust into a last-minute clandestine operation, takes on his first assignment as team leader. Their mission: kidnap Dr. Vahan Nafisi, a runaway Iranian nuclear physicist.

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Cornered

By Alan Brenham, narrated by Eddie Frierson
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Haunted by the memory of a kidnapping case turned deadly, Detective Matt Brady struggles to solve the disappearances of seven young women in Temple, Texas. He quickly finds himself pitted against a criminal organization that knows the investigative process all too well – an organization that will do whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of him.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Straight Up Single Dad

By Jennifer Rivers, narrated by John Carhart
Tags: Steamy Romance

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After I received the call that my beloved Aunt had been murdered, I thought things couldn’t get any worse until I ran into him! Nick Ford, my ex and now single dad! Then, I received an anonymous note targeting me as the murderer's next victim! My only option is to team up with Nick. As danger closes can I stop myself falling for the one man I shouldn't?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Mistletoe Game (Hot Holidays Book 1)

By Ellis O. Day, narrated by Summer Morton and Duncan Cole
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Ellie is done with alpha males but when her ex challenges her, she has no choice but to play The Mistletoe Game with sexy as sin, alpha-male Adrian. How bad can it be? They’re in public. It’s a game. A few innocent kisses under the mistletoe are no big deal, except nothing is ever innocent at the sex club and kisses don’t have to be on the lips.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Belador Series Box Set

By Dianna Love, narrated by Stephen R Thorne
Tags: Fantasy

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"Belador series explodes onto the urban fantasy scene with a fresh concept, complex world, and unique characters." ~PW. When a supernatural kills a human in Atlanta, Evalle is blamed. One person can help her - a Skinwalker hired to prove her guilt. The clock is ticking down to her death. *Download a free E-box set on Kindle to get the audiobook for $7.49.