Oh, Mr. Billingham, you fooled me again. You seem so forthcoming in Scaredy Cat, your follow-up to the Tom Thorne series opener Sleepyhead. And narrator Simon Prebble has such a trustworthy voice, doesn’t he? Yet I don’t even get through the prologue before I see you’re up to your tricks again—and Mr. Prebble is clearly in […]
Entries from December 30th, 2013
Fooled Me Twice: Mark Billingham’s SCAREDY CAT
December 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Hot Stuff: Robert Olen Butler’s THE HOT COUNTRY
December 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I confess that I’ve read (or listened to) almost nothing in the historical thriller genre, but if The Hot Country by Robert Olen Butler is in any way indicative of the quality of work to be found there, I need to get busy. Because this novel is as well-written, with characters as three-dimensional and interesting […]
Tags: audiobook·Chirstopher Marlowe Cobb·HighBridge·historical thriller·Mexican Civil War·mysterious press·Ray Chase·Robert Olen Butler·The Hot Country·war correspondent
From a shameless dog lover: Spend some pleasant moments listening to Songs of the Cat
December 16th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I have been listening to the old scout since I was a boomer kid. Prairie Home has been a part of my life. Well, a big part of my radio listening life. In the early 1970’s I listened to the King Biscuit Flour Hour and National Lampoon’s short-lived radio program. Then a family member told […]
Tags: A Prairie Home Companion·cat video festival·frederica von stade·garrison keillor·npr driveway moments cat tales·prairie home·songs of the cat
47 Ronin: Serving a Cold Dish of Honorable Revenge
December 13th, 2013 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
Now a major motion picture starring Keanu Reeves (release date December 25), John Allyn’s definitive telling of this unforgettable tale has been the gold standard of this story for almost 50 years. Allyn lived in Japan for a number of years studying Japanese literature and theater, later earing his PhD in theater history (with an […]
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Kim Mai Guest to Narrate The Axe Factor
December 11th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Kim Mai Guest will be reading The Axe Factor, the third and final installment in Colin Cotterill’s Jimm Juree series. With a major storm headed their way and a potential serial killer on the loose, it looks like journalist Jimm Juree, her eccentric family, and the whole town of […]
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Billingham’s Sleepyhead: A First-in-Series That Will Keep You Awake
December 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Having listened to Mark Billingham’s Sleepyhead, read by Simon Prebble, I believe I may have discovered the perfect way to determine whether you’ve come across a truly outstanding mystery: Try to explain what you like about it to someone. If you realize you can’t without the explanation being a spoiler of some kind, you’ve got […]
Tags: Mark Billingham·mystery·Scaredy Cat·Simon Prebble·Sleepyhead·thomas thorne·Tom Thorne
The Unforgettable Tom Keith: Sound Effects Man
December 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With the second anniversary of Tom Keith’s unexpected passing retreating all too quietly as winter approaches, I’m reminded there’s one CD in our home that keeps both my eight year old son and my sixty-nine year old mother-in-law in stitches, consistently, and on any given listen. And by “in stitches” I mean unbridled laughter – […]
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