Audible Picks April 20, 2022

Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life

By Delia Ephron, narrated by Delia Ephron
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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The best-selling and well-loved author of romantic comedies such as You've Got Mail shares her own late-in-life love tale, replete with tragic second act and happy ending.

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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Sergei Magnitsky, an emaciated young lawyer, is chained to a bed rail and beaten to death by eight police officers in a frigid isolation cell in a Moscow prison. What was his crime? To testify against Russian Interior Ministry officers accused of stealing $230 million in taxes from one of the world's most successful hedge funds.

Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back book cover
Genre: Business

Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back

By Gary John Bishop, narrated by Gary John Bishop
Tags: Business

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Bishop shows how our destructive cycles are caused by our genetic makeup. He then goes on to describe many types of people and how we f—k ourselves up. Bishop examines why we act the way we do, as well as the common grenades that blow up our lives, and then illustrates how we can break the pattern and cease self-sabotaging our lives.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Slingshot

By Darren Wearmouth, narrated by Stacy Carolan
Tags: Science Fiction

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Joey Hawke's world is turned upside down when he is dragged into a restroom stall by a future version of himself. They have 72 hours to save humanity if they work together. And they have to do it in the face of the world's biggest, most absurd fraud. Failure will result in the poisonous annihilation of every metropolis on the planet.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Cape Doctor

By E. J. Levy, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The Cape Doctor is a "beautiful, intelligent, tragic" historical tale about one man's journey from a destitute Irish girl to one of history's most recognized and accomplished characters.

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Genre: True Crime

The Killer Across the Table

By John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, narrated by Jonathan Groff
Tags: True Crime

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In The Killer Across the Table, John E. Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times best-selling author, and inspiration for Netflix's Mindhunter, delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, revealing never-before-seen details about his profiling process and the strategies used to help crack some of America's most difficult cases.

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Genre: Mystery

An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young Book 1)

By Carol Wyer, narrated by Henrietta Meire
Tags: Mystery

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A serial killer is outsmarting the cops. A detective on the verge of losing control. DI Kate Young is on sabbatical. She's the best detective on the force, but her superiors are aware that she's under duress, on medicine, and dealing with trauma. When Staffordshire Police call her back to work on a murder case, she returns as a tougher, more skeptical Kate Young.

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Genre: Mystery

The Family Holiday

By Shalini Boland, narrated by Katie Villa
Tags: Mystery

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Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for. The Italian villa with its whitewashed walls is ideal. I was worried that living at a stranger's house for the summer would be strange, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I begin to feel at ease. Then, in the back of a closet, I discover something that completely changes everything...

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Genre: Mystery

Vanishing Girls

By Lisa Regan, narrated by Eilidh Beaton
Tags: Mystery

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Isabelle Coleman has gone missing, and everyone in Denton is searching for her. So far, they've only discovered her phone and another girl who they had no idea was missing. Mute and completely unresponsive to the world around her, it's clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair. All Detective Josie Quinn can get from her is a name: Ramona.

The Secrets of the Kings book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

The Secrets of the Kings

By Nora Delzelle, narrated by Laura Horowitz
Tags: Clean Romance Fantasy

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No mask can hide the truth. Alex leads a quiet life. Her free time is spent with friends like Emma Bastian, who wants to meddle in Alex’s love life. That’s what friends do, right? But Alex is preoccupied with a letter she’s received – one that grants her an inheritance from a stranger, including a magical mask that will change Alex’s life forever.

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The Twins

By J. S. Lark, narrated by Sarah Lambie
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Susan and Sarah, sisters, best friends forever. Until they meet him. He can only choose one... Now Susan has found them, and she's determined to reclaim everything Sarah took. Her home, her husband, even her life?

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Honor Thy Mother - Book 1

By Maurice Draine
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Working on an unsanctioned investigation, Rue Patton relentlessly tries to solve a 25-year-old cold case where her mother was brutally attacked. In the process, she makes many enemies, goes down a rabbit hole she cannot return from, and also makes an earth-shattering discovery that will change her for the rest of her life...

Turn Back Time (The Full Circle Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Turn Back Time (The Full Circle Series Book 1)

By Annette G. Anders, narrated by Naomi Rose-Mock
Tags: Steamy Romance

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The award-winning debut novel, Turn Back Time, explores the nature of second chances and how we often struggle to believe in ourselves. Both protagonists struggle quietly with their breakup and — after unexpectedly crossing paths in France — are trying to trust each other and believe in their feelings again.

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Hatchet (Memories of Murder Book 1)

By E.L. Reed, narrated by Michael Le Blanc
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One determined detective. One thorough medical examiner. And the serial killer that brings them together. Detective Wesley Dawson and medical examiner Ali Jenson will stop at nothing until this maniac serial killer is locked up. When the killer starts hitting a little too close to home, the stakes are higher than either of them ever imagined.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Nixon's Promise (Gemini Group Book 1)

By Riley Edwards, narrated by Joe Arden, Erin Mallon
Tags: Steamy Romance

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McKenna Wilson was living. Every day was the same. But in an instant, her world changed. She had no idea falling for the sexy former SEAL Nixon Swagger would be so dangerous. Now, she was going head-to-head with the small-town’s dirty sheriff. She’d lost her heart, but losing her life wasn’t part of the plan.

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Genre: Fantasy

A Wizard's Forge (Woern Saga Book 1)

By A.M. Justice, narrated by Leah Casey
Tags: Fantasy

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A wizard is forged—not born—in this epic blend of dark fantasy and science fiction. Once Vic wanted to explore the world settled by her spacefaring ancestors. Now she thinks only of revenge against the tyrant who enslaved her. An alien race holds a legendary power that could free Vic from the shackles of her past if it doesn't kill her first.

Dragon's Fate (Reaping of Ragond Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Dragon's Fate (Reaping of Ragond Book 1)

By Ava Richardson, narrated by Rebek Nemethy
Tags: Fantasy

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A tragedy, a plague, and a dragon rider’s destiny... Kira and her dragon hatchling, Gilda, embark on a journey across the country to heal a sick dragon. Kira and Gilda may be young, but they are far from ordinary, and as they begin to uncover the reasons for the sickness, they discover a secret that threatens not only the dragons but Ragond itself.