Audible Picks June 9, 2021

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Genre: Children

The Bad Seed

By Jory John, narrated by Andrew Eiden
Tags: Children

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An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Month from the New York Times best-selling author of the "Goodnight Already!" series. With Jory John’s charming and endearing text, here is The Bad Seed: a funny yet touching tale that reminds us of the remarkably transformative power of will, acceptance, and just being you.

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Genre: Children

When You Trap a Tiger

By Tae Keller, narrated by Greta Jung
Tags: Children

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Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. A New York Times bestseller.

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Genre: Finance

The House of Morgan

By Ron Chernow, narrated by Robertson Dean
Tags: Finance

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The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written", the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world.

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Genre: True Crime

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By Kate Winkler Dawson, narrated by Kate Winkler Dawson
Tags: True Crime

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From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air, comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the 20th century. In a lab filled with curiosities sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least 2,000 cases in his 40-year career. Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes", Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's first forensic scientists.

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Genre: Mystery

A Dark and Secret Place

By Jen Williams, narrated by Lorna Bennett
Tags: Mystery

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For fans of Kathleen Barber and Julia Heaberlin, comes a chilling psychological suspense from award-winning author Jen Williams about a woman who discovers her late mother had a decades-long secret correspondence with a serial killer, begging the question: how well do we know our own family and even ourselves?

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The Disappearing Act

By Catherine Steadman, narrated by Catherine Steadman
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody comes “an unputdownable mystery about the nightmares that abound in the pursuit of Hollywood dreams” - Caroline Kepnes, author of the You series. "One of the best thrillers of the summer." - Entertainment Weekly.

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Genre: Business

R.E.D. Marketing

By Greg Creed & Ken Muench, narrated by Greg Creed & Ken Muench
Tags: Business

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Create breakthrough marketing campaigns that achieve staggering consumer response rates by harnessing the power of R.E.D. Marketing: a transparent and flexible methodology from the CEO and CMO of marketing powerhouse Yum! Brands - Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut - with a genuine track record of success.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

One Two Three

By Laurie Frankel, narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, & Rebecca Soler
Tags: Literary Fiction

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From Laurie Frankel, the New York Times best-selling author of This Is How It Always Is, a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick, comes One Two Three, a timely, topical novel about love and family that will make you laugh and cry...and laugh again.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Hola Papi

By John Paul Brammer, narrated by John Paul Brammer
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer John Paul Brammer comes a hilarious, heartwarming memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Rabbits

By Terry Miles, narrated by Christine Lakin
Tags: Science Fiction

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A deadly underground game might just be altering reality itself in this all-new adventure set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast. “Seemingly benign coincidences become clues to a mind-bending scavenger hunt in [Terry] Miles’s outstanding debut technothriller...It’s a wild ride and it proves impossible to put down.” — Publishers Weekly.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Wolf and the Woodsman

By Ava Reid, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Tags: Fantasy

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In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national best seller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut - inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology - follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

When You're Mine (The Gallaghers Book 2)

By Layla Hagen, narrated by Joe Arden & Maxine Mitchell
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Dylan Gallagher wants to steer clear of serious relationships. Mel keeps talking him into doing things, like watching the sunset and slowing down to enjoy life. Between her dad’s sickness and her ex ghosting her after she loaned him money, Mel's faced a few challenges. But she loves looking on the bright side of life, and she’s determined to get Dylan to do the same.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Ruby's Risk

By Marisa Masterson, narrated by Caroline Turner Cole
Tags: Clean Romance

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A matchmaker convinces lonely Ruby Hastings to take a risk on Ezra King. After all, the man is helping fulfill the nation's destiny of settling the west. It should be a convenient arrangement. What happens when the mail-order wife begins to push past the walls guarding Elias’s heart, challenging him spiritually and emotionally?