He looks across the spines, which are, for the most part, black and red with all capitalized fonts in silvers and whites. An occasional burst of fluorescence breaks up the monotony. A. J. thinks how similar everything [looks]. Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A. J. decides, because they […]
Entries Tagged as 'audiobook'
Living and Loving by the Book: Zevin’s THE STORIED LIFE OF A. J. FIKRY
March 31st, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: audiobook·bookstores·fiction·Fikry·publishing·scott brick·staff pick·The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Sandrine’s Case: The Mystery of Self
March 27th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In Thomas H. Cook’s most recent novel, Sandrine’s Case (a Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio, read by Brian Holsopple), the first-person narrator, English literature Professor Samuel Madison, is on trial for his life for the premeditated murder of his wife Sandrine, also a professor at tiny Coburn College. Madison contends Sandrine’s death was suicide; the prosecution is certain […]
Tags: audiobook·Brian Holsopple·crime fiction·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·Thomas H. Cook
Ray Chase Returns for The Empire of Night
March 26th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Ray Chase will be reprising his role as narrator for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler’s latest entry in his thrilling Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, The Empire of Night. The historical spy thriller series stars Christopher Marlowe “Kit” Cobb, a World War I–era American journalist turned Allied Spy. Ray […]
Tags: audiobook·Christopher Marlowe Cobb·historical·Kit Cobb·mysterious press·narrator·Ray Chase·reader·Robert Olen Butler·spy·The Empire of Night·The Hot Country·The Star of Istanbul·thriller·World War I
Seeing Red: Star Wars: Crimson Empire Audio Drama
March 14th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Tags: art·audio drama·audiobook·comic book·comics·crimson empire·dark horse·full cast·radio drama·sci-fi·star wars
Narrators selected for upcoming MP-HA classics
March 12th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce narrators for the forthcoming Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Digital Classics: R. C. Bray will be reading The Mordida Man by Ross Thomas, and Donna Postel will be reading 77th Street Requiem by Wendy Hornsby, both available in June. In addition, Derek Perkins will be reading Dark Nantucket Moon by Jane Langton, available […]
Tags: 77th Street Requiem·audiobook·classic·Dark Nantucket Moon·digital·Donna Postel·download·Jane Langton·mordida man·mysterious press·mysterious press-highbridge audio classic·mystery·narrator·R. C. Bray·Ross Thomas·Wendy Hornsby
In Like a Lion: Smith’s LION PLAYS ROUGH
February 14th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Lion Plays Rough by Lachlan Smith, read by R. C. Bray, is Smith’s second entry in his Leo Maxwell Series, and proves that the series definitely has staying power. Publishers Weekly called the novel a “finely paced mystery” and went on to say it is “full of intelligent plot twists and should appeal to any […]
Tags: audiobook·Bear is Broken·Lachlan Smith·Leo Maxwell·Lion Plays Rough·mysterious press·mystery·narrator·noir·R. C. Bray·thriller
Simon Vance to Read The Zhivago Affair
February 12th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Award-winning audiobook narrator Simon Vance will be reading The Zhivago Affair by Peter Finn and Petra Couvée. The Zhivago Affair is the dramatic real-life story of how Russian poet Boris Pasternak’s first novel, Doctor Zhivago, became a CIA secret weapon and the centerpiece of an ideological battle between East […]
Tags: audie·audiobook·AudioFile·CIA·Cold War·Doctor Zhivago·mystery·narrator·Simon Vance·thriller·Zhivago
When Books Could Change the World: The Travail and Triumph of Doctor Zhivago
February 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
I’m excited to announce that HighBridge will produce the audio edition of The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn & Petra Couvée, a story that is part Cold War spy thriller, part mesmerizing literary biography, part secret history of the blockbuster book that shook the […]
Tags: audiobook·Boris Pasternak·Cold War·Doctor Zhivago·literary history·Perter Finn·Petra Couvée·Russian history·Russian literature·Simon Vance