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| Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; narrated by Marin IrelandWhat happens: A white family staying in a rented Hamptons home finds their idyllic vacation cut short by the arrival of the owners, an older Black couple hoping to take refuge from a blackout in New York City.
Narration: In this AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, narrator Marin Ireland's nuanced reading captures the tensions between the two families as they try to understand the cause of the blackout. |
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The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins; narrated by Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne and Lauren Fortgang
What it's about: Supplementing her modest income by stealing small valuables from her gated-community clients, a broke dog-walker endeavors to win the heart of a wealthy bachelor before learning his late wife’s own rags-to-riches story.
Narration: A trio of narrators brings this story of domestic suspense with a Gothic twist alive.
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The Children's Blizzard
by Melanie Benjamin; narrated by Cassandra Campbell
What it's about: The best-selling author of The Aviator’s Wife draws on oral histories of the Great Plains blizzard of 1888 to depict the experiences of two teachers, a servant and a reporter who risk everything to protect the children of immigrant homesteaders.
Narration: Campbell has narrated hundreds of audiobooks, and is perhaps best known for her work narrating the bestseller, Where the Crawdads Sing.
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Spin
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell; narrated by January LaVoy
What happens: Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Narration: Actress January LaVoy has narrated other popular books, such as The 20th Victim by James Patterson/Maxine Paetro.
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Before She Disappeared
by Lisa Gardner; narrated by Hillary Huber
What it's about: Investigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, Frankie Elkin navigates resident and police resistance as well as the challenges of her own sobriety before risking her life to uncover the truth.
Narration: Hillary Huber is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.
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| The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab; narrated by Julia WhelanWhat it's about: Three centuries after she makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but to be unremembered, adventurous young French woman Addie Larue discovers that one person, New York bookstore owner Henry, may be the exception.
Narration: Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan wields an impressive array of character accents (including French and New York) in her leisurely-paced reading of this sweeping fantasy. |
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