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 […]
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In Like a Lion: Smith’s LION PLAYS ROUGH
February 14th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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
Xe Sands to Read The Transcriptionist
January 29th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Xe Sands will narrate The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland. When Lena, the transcriptionist for big-city newspaper the Record, reads a shocking piece in the paper about a Jane Doe mauled to death by a lion, she recognizes the woman in the picture. Obsessed with understanding what caused the woman […]
Tags: algonquin·amy rowland·audiobook·Is this Tomorrow·My Accidental Jihad·narrator·newspaper·Survival Lessons·The Art Forger·transcriptionist·Xe Sands
The 48 Laws of Power
January 10th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power is an international bestseller and has served as inspiration for a number of musicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, and actors, and “regular” folks such as myself. Read by Don Leslie, the audiobook is, at its core, a practical guide for anyone who wants power, observes power, or wants to arm […]
Tags: 48 laws of power·audiobook·bestseller·celebrities·cunning·don leslie·history·law·power·robert greene·ruthless·sun tzu
Multiple Talents for The Art of Secrets
January 8th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that The Art of Secrets by James Klise will be narrated by Dan Bittner, Denise Ashlynd, Josh Rivedal, Heather Corrigan, and Anne Twomey. In The Art of Secrets, a young girl’s life is changed as the town rallies around her in the wake of a mysterious fire that destroys her […]
Tags: Anne Twomey·audiobook·Dan Bittner·Denise Ashlynd·heather corrigan·James Klise·Josh Rivedal·narrator·reader·The Art of Secrets
Featured Audio Giveaway – Jan 2014 – Sleepyhead
January 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
Sleepyhead A Tom Thorne Novel by Mark Billingham Read by Simon Prebble Mark Billingham’s Sleepyhead, an international bestseller, is a mesmerizing, psychological thriller and it introduces a stunning new talent in detective fiction. Read why this is a HighBridge Staff Pick. See what the reviewers have to say: “Who would have thought a stand-up […]
Tags: audiobook·featured audio giveaway·Mark Billingham·mystery·Simon Prebble·Sleepyhead·Tom Thorne
Mark Turetsky to Read The One Safe Place
January 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is proud to announce that Mark Turetsky will narrate The One Safe Place, a new young adult title by Tania Unsworth. Set in a near-future dystopia, The One Safe Place is a haunting page-turner about a young boy named Devin who thinks he’s finally found a safe haven, but soon realizes that it’s no […]
Tags: algonquin·audiobook·dystopia·Mark Turetsky·narrator·reader·science fiction·Tania Unsworth·The One Safe Place·young adult
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
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 […]
Tags: 47 Ronin·audiobook·AudioFile·bushido·classic·David Shih·earphones award·edo·japan·japanese·John Allyn·katana·Keanu Reeves·movie·revenge·ronin·samurai·shogun·Stephen Turnbull