Audible Picks March 23, 2022

Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

By Marie Yovanovitch, narrated by Marie Yovanovitch
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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The memoir of the former US ambassador to Ukraine, a trailblazing diplomat who spent her career championing democracy in the post-Soviet world and electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during President Trump's first impeachment.

The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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The extensively examined story of how one creative, ruthless investor altered American finance forever, from the host of NPR's Planet Money.

Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think) book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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Reshma Saujani dismantles the idea of "having it all" and relieves the weight we place on individual women to be main caretakers and work around a system constructed for and by men in her urgent and inspiring call to arms.  The time has come, she argues, for innovative corporate leadership, government intervention, and sweeping culture shift; it’s time to Pay Up.

And Then She Vanished (The Joseph Bridgeman Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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Joseph Bridgeman's life has fallen apart due to the abduction of his younger sister, Amy, almost 20 years ago. Joseph discovers he can time travel when a buddy convinces him to consult hypnotist Alexia Finch for help with his sleeplessness. Although his initial trip only lasts a few minutes, his newfound talent provides him with something he hasn't felt in a long time: hope.

The Kaiju Preservation Society book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

The Kaiju Preservation Society

By John Scalzi, narrated by Wil Wheaton
Tags: Science Fiction

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When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.

November 9 book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

November 9

By Colleen Hoover, narrated by Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The day before her cross-country transfer, Fallon meets Ben, an ambitious novelist. Their unforeseen attraction leads them to spend Fallon's final day in Los Angeles together, and her colorful life provides Ben with the creative inspiration he's been looking for in his novel.

Send Down the Rain book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Send Down the Rain

By Charles Martin, narrated by Adam Verner
Tags: Clean Romance

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When Allie loses her second husband in a tragic highway accident, she is still reeling from the loss of her family's cherished waterfront restaurant on Florida's Gulf Coast. She shudders to think about the future - until a beloved person from her past reappears.

ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling book cover
Genre: True Crime

ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling

By Ron Franscell, narrated by Patty Nieman, Chris Berger
Tags: True Crime

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A seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana campground where her family was staying on June 25, 1973. Someone had sliced the back of their tent open and kidnapped her from right in front of their eyes. Nothing was seen or heard by any of them.  Susie Jaeger had vanished into thin air, plucked by a shadow.

High Stakes book cover
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High Stakes

By Iris Johansen, narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers
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In her latest thrilling thriller, number-one New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen delves into the world of high-stakes gambling.

Back Blast: A Gray Man Novel book cover
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Back Blast: A Gray Man Novel

By Mark Greaney, narrated by Jay Snyder
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The CIA's best agent was Court Gentry. Until the day the organization turned on him and issued a kill-on-sight order. That's when the Gray Man, a mysterious worldwide assassin, was created, and Court has been working for himself ever since.

The Cartographers book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Cartographers

By Peng Shepherd, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, & More
Tags: Mystery

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A highly imaginative thriller from the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M about a young woman who discovers an incredible, deadly secret hidden in a strange map in her deceased father's belongings - one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and reveal the truth about her family's dark history. What is the map's purpose?

The Cat Came Back (The 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Cat Came Back (The 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)

By Louise Clark, narrated by Rebecca H. Lee
Tags: Mystery

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Frank Jamieson is missing. So is his trust fund. His wife Christy wants to find him, but she needs help. Enter sexy journalist Quinn Armstrong. As Christy and Quinn search they discover no one can be trusted, not his friends, not his trustees, not the aunt who raised him. Then, Stormy, the Cat arrives and the case takes a whole new direction.

Lost Love's Return book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Lost Love's Return

By Alfred Nicols, narrated by Eric Altheide
Tags: Clean Romance

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When a young English nurse and an American soldier fall in love during World War I, their lives change forever. When Peter is unexpectedly shipped home to the U.S. at the war's end, they lose contact despite desperate efforts. When you're united by war, separated by oceans, and at the mercy of decades and circumstance, can second chances truly exist?

Ferocious (Secret of Ceres Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Ferocious (Secret of Ceres Book 1)

By Stella Williams, narrated by Kylah Williams
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Follow the fierce and fabulous Farrah Andromeda as she battles politics, mythical creatures, and an unwanted but sexy partner to find a missing teen.

Bittersweet Surrender (Bittersweet Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Bittersweet Surrender (Bittersweet Book 1)

By Q. B. Tyler, narrated by Lacy Laurel featuring Alexander Neal
Tags: Steamy Romance

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They say love is patient and kind of course, but what happens when that love comes at the cost of everything? Love was a force that took no prisoners when it decided to strike and Charlotte had been hit - hard. By a man that wasn’t her husband - by the very man who was supposed to save her marriage.

Taste (Terraway Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Taste (Terraway Book 1)

By Mary E. Twomey, narrated by Carrie Goodwiler
Tags: Fantasy

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As the death toll rises daily, October finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat world where fairytale creatures run wild… and every day is a new bloody battle.

My Second Chance Mate book cover
Genre: Fantasy

My Second Chance Mate

By Anna Gonzales, narrated by Abbey Turner
Tags: Fantasy

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A sweet experience turns sour when Harmony's mate rejects her, so she stays away to heal. But when she feels shivers down her spine upon seeing Trevor, she thinks the Moon Goddess must be playing her tricks, especially when he rejects her too. Is Harmony done with mates, or is she finally getting the love of her life with her second chance?