Mystery & Fantasy Audiobooks

Stop, You're Killing Me!

Stop, You're Killing Me! by Darius John Granger - As a private eye I get a lot of screwballcases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me—and neither aware of it! It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life. I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular—except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office. We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself. At least it's the highest hill in the residential district and the highest one I know of. So out of habit I patted the brakes to test them as the car began to roll down the slight incline of the driveway. The brakes didn't hold. Had I started down Jackson Hill, down the long half mile slope which levels off at the busy intersection of MacArthur and Houston Avenues, I'd have streaked through the intersection out of control. I don't know what the odds for survival are in such a circumstance, but I'd hate to have to test them. As it was, I shook my head in surprise and pulled the handbrake, bringing the Olds to a stop at the foot of the driveway. I climbed out and bent down to take a look at the right front wheel. In a few seconds I knew what the trouble was. Brake fluid. There wasn't any. But that didn't make sense because I'd had the car—brakes included—overhauled only last week. Which meant someone had drained the brake fluid from the Olds. I checked the other front wheel and it was the same. No brake fluid. I sat there in the car for a few minutes smoking a cigarette before I went into the house to call the local service station and have them tow the Olds in. It was the third time in less than a month that someone had tried to kill me.

Darius John Granger (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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The Adventurers and the Sea of Discovery

A secret hidden deep under the sea is about to surface... Arriving in Greece on the trail of a missing friend, The Adventurers land themselves in a mystery filled with suspense. An ancient map has been discovered, but where does it lead? Who are the menacing figures pursuing them at every turn? Join Lara, Rufus and the gang as they set sail for an island-hopping escapade!

Jemma Hatt (Author), Ciaran Saward (Narrator)

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Los monstruos que merecemos

¿Los monstruos siempre se quedan en el libro en el que nacieron? ¿Están conectadas a la vida exterior sus vidas del papel y nunca ponen un pie en el mundo real? Marcus Sedgwick, autor best seller internacional, escribe sobre los monstruos que hemos creado, tanto en la literatura, como en nuestras propias mentes en esta reinterpretación del Frankenstein de Mary Shelley. 1816. Villa Diodati, a las orillas del Lago Lemán: el Año sin Verano. Mientras Byron Polidori y el Sr. y la Sra. Shelley leen viejas historias e imaginan otras nuevas, todas ellas relacionadas con fantasmas. Nacido de la imaginación de los Shelley se encuentra Frankenstein, una de las historias de terror más influyentes de todos los tiempos. En una casa de una remota montaña, en lo más alto de los Alpes Franceses, un escritor se encuentra criando a la creación de los Shelley. La realidad y la percepción de unen, alimentadas por pensamientos envenenados. La humanidad crea monstruos; pero ¿quién crea a quién realmente? Este es un libro sobre la razón, la imaginación y sobre los actos relacionados con la lectura y la escritura. Esta fantasmagórica novela de Marcus Sedgwick constituye una celebración al legado de Mary Shelley, ahora que se cumple el bicentenario de su creación. - Marcus Sedgwick nació y creció en el East Kent al sureste de Inglaterra. Actualmente vive en los Alpes Franceses. Ganador de varios premios literarios, entre los que destacan el Michael L. Printz y los dos Printz Honors en 2011 y 2016. Ha sido juez de varios premios, incluyendo el Guardian Children's Fiction Prize y el Costa Book Awards. También ha ilustrado algunas de sus propias novelas.

Markus Sedgwick (Author), Aram Delhom (Narrator)

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Paradise Planet

Paradise Planet by Richard S. Shaver - It was a nice little world; everything about it reminded Steve of Earth—except for the people. They looked as human—as steel could make them!... It was a queer looking planet. As his ship approached it, Steve Donay could see slowly rising and twisting coils of strange smoke, brown and silver and gold, like great snakes or the tenuous flesh of some creature of the air. He hated to think of setting down on that world of surface fires. But what else was there to do? He was at the end of his supplies, there wasn't fuel enough to look further. Maybe not enough to land safely. But he had to take a chance. As he burst down through the coiling layers of strange smoke, the world beneath was amazingly beautiful. Wild, maybe, no—those were planted trees, those fields of grass were too regularly curved, too well laid out. He smiled. That brown stuff, he should have recognized it. It was weather control particles. He'd read about it somewhere. Magnetized particles. When you turned on the field, they gathered, shut out unwanted light. When you reversed, to negative field projection, they caused rain to condense. When you wanted the sun, they were swept aside by another repellent field ... he should have recognized them. This was luck, a really civilized world. He swept lower, his jets thrumming softly, reassuringly. Still perking, he could pick a good landing spot. There, beyond that huge tree group. And what trees they were. That meant an old culture, a good one. The temples crowning the hills, the peaceful meadows curving between, the lazy river—he caught his breath! This was a world, some place, indeed! He set the little ship down near the great trees, and tested the air. It was normal, as he expected.

Richard S. Shaver (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Shadowseer: Rome (Shadowseer, Book Four)

“This novel succeeds—right from the start…. A superior fantasy…It begins, as it should, with one protagonist’s struggles and moves neatly into a wider circle….” –Midwest Book Review (re Rise of the Dragons) “Filled with non-stop action, this novel is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat from cover to cover….Rice is setting up for an amazing series to rival series such as Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness, with her strong female protagonist making waves in her world and building the confidence of young women in ours.” –The Wanderer, A Literary Journal (re Rise of the Dragons) From #1 bestselling author Morgan Rice, a USA Today bestseller and critically-acclaimed author of the fantasy series The Sorcerer’s Ring (over 3,000 five-star reviews) and the teen fantasy series The Vampire Journals (over 1,500 five-star reviews) comes a groundbreaking new series and genre, where fantasy meets mystery. SHADOWSEER: ROME (Book Four) continues the story of Kaia, 17, an orphan coming of age in the Victorian Europe of the 1850s. Kaia yearns to escape her horrific orphanage, to discover who her parents were, and to understand why she can sense shadows when others cannot. When the brilliant Detective Pinsley, 45, takes Kaia under his wing and enlists her help in solving the mysterious and bizarre murders sweeping over Europe, the two of them become unlikely partners. Are they part of a greater war of light versus dark? And is Kaia the only one who can stop it? Dark fantasy meets mystery in SHADOWSEER, a page-turning, atmospheric thriller packed with authentic period detail, with twists and cliffhangers that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Kaia, a broken hero, will capture your heart as she struggles to claw her way up from the depths, and to solve unsolvable crimes. Fans of books such as Spellbreaker, The Dresden Files, Mortal Instruments and Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde will find much to love in SHADOWSEER, satisfying fantasy fans who appreciate mystery and suspense, and mystery lovers who want something new, a clean hybrid that will appeal to both adult and young adult readers. Get ready to be transported to another world—and to fall in love with characters you will never forget. “Morgan Rice proves herself again to be an extremely talented storyteller….This would appeal to a wide range of audiences, including younger fans. It ended with an unexpected cliffhanger that leaves you shocked.” –The Romance Reviews (re the paranormal series Loved) “The beginnings of something remarkable are there.” –San Francisco Book Review (re the young adult fantasy A Quest of Heroes) SHADOWSEER: ATHENS (Book #5) is also available.

Morgan Rice (Author), Kevin Green (Narrator)

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Forsyte’s Retreat

Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks - Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please? At last he was second in line. He squared his shoulders and pulled at the lower edges of his black double-breasted suitcoat to erase the travel wrinkles. The applicant ahead of him exploded the words, 'Nuts! I'll leave town first. I just came from the Phony-Plaza. You can take that squirrel-cage and—' 'Next!' the employment agent called sadly. Sextus Rollo Forsyte moved up and sat in the oak chair before the oak desk and faced the oak-featured man with the jobs. 'Forsyte is the name,' Sextus reminded. The man riffled through the application cards. 'Yes. Indeed. Lucky you came back. I have a fine position for you, Mr. Forsyte. Right in your line.' He held out a blue slip. 'The general manager's position is open at the Mahoney-Plaza. Six hundred a month, board and room. Now if you will....' Sextus staggered from the employment office stunned. He could handle the job, all right. As he'd said on the application form, in his forty years he had managed half a dozen large hotels. But they were handing him this plum without comment on his failure to fill in the spaces marked: COMPLETE REFERENCES (names and addresses). He shrugged. They did a lot of things different in California. The most he had hoped for was a waiter's job or maybe a short order cook in a fry joint. But if they wanted to ignore the hotel associations' black list, he wouldn't argue. Sextus Forsyte craved anonymity with the passion that most men seek fame and glory. Beneath his suave, mature exterior beat the shrinking heart of a perennial hermit whose delight was an adventure book and a bottle of whiskey.

Winston Marks (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Small Town

Small Town by Philip K. Dick - The theme of 'the man who played God' has been used many ways in many stories, but never with more tense and chilling effect than in this tight little yarn by the very able Mr. Dick. You'll like it, we're sure. Verne Haskel crept miserably up the front steps of his house, his overcoat dragging behind him. He was tired. Tired and discour­aged. And his feet ached. 'My God,' Madge exclaim­ed, as he closed the door and peeled off his coat and hat. 'You home already?' Haskel dumped his briefcase and began untying his shoes. His body sagged. His face was drawn and gray. 'Say something!'  'Dinner ready?' 'No, dinner isn't ready. What's wrong this time? Another fight with Larson?' Haskel stumped into the kitchen and filled a glass with warm water and soda. 'Let's move,' he said. 'Move?' 'Away from Woodland. To San Francisco. Anywhere.' Haskel drank his soda, his middle-aged flabby body sup­ported by the gleaming sink. 'I feel lousy. Maybe I ought to see Doc Barnes again. I wish this was Friday and to­morrow was Saturday.' 'What do you want for dinner?' 'Nothing. I don't know.'

Philip K. Dick (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Wreck Off Triton

Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel - His plans were thorough. Every risk had been closely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure, and thrust his warped power around the entire, antagonistic EMV triangle. Ron Carnavon had been the skipper of the late Thunderbird, and it was common knowledge in every port of the EMV triangle that he had scuttled her. There was a price on his head, and the High Space Guard was combing the spacelanes for him—and for the Thunderbird. For the Thunderbird was a treasure ship. But Carnavon was a cautious man and no fool, for all that he'd committed barratry. He left the Thunderbird in a Trojan orbit a million miles off Triton, ruptured and spilling corpses into space. He took a spaceboat and jetted sunward to the Holcomb Foundation Outpost on Oberon. Then he stowed away on the mail ship to Canalopolis, still carrying the chart that showed the Thunderbird's position. In the Canal City, Carnavon evaded the lax Guard cordons and found himself a renegade Martian hypnosurgeon to change his face and fingerprints. From then on it was easy. Across Syrtis Major by sand-ski to Marsport posing as a prospector. And from Marsport down the Grand Canal to the spaceman's boneyard at Yakki. It was there that he met and hired Pop Wills and the Carefree. Ron Carnavon acted with characteristic caution when he chose Pop and the Carefree to do the ghoul work on the ship he had murdered. Pop's ship was a rusty bucket, but well enough fixed to reach Triton where the Thunderbird's corpse orbited, her vault heavy with Plutonian sapphires. And Pop needed work badly. He was almost too broke to outfit his ship for the flight. Carnavon noted with curling lip that most of Pop's assets had long ago been liquidated to buy gin.

Alfred Coppel (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner! Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R. L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Listeners will sleep with one eye open . . .

Josh Allen (Author), Erik Bloomquist (Narrator)

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Let the Monster Out

An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your fears, perfect for fans of Stranger Things and The Parker Inheritance Bones Malone feels like he can’t do anything right in his new small town: He almost punched the son of the woman who babysits him and his brothers, he’s one of the only Black kids in Langille, and now his baseball team (the one place where he really feels like he shines) just lost their first game. To make matters worse, things in town are getting weird. His mom isn’t acting like herself at all—she’s totally spaced out, almost like a zombie. And then he and his brothers have the same dream—one where they’re running from some of their deepest fears, like a bear and an eerie cracked mirror that Bones would rather soon forget. Kyle Specks feels like he can never say the right thing at the right time. He thinks he might be neurodivergent, but he hasn’t gotten an official diagnosis yet. His parents worry that the world might be too hard for him and try to protect him, but Kyle knows they can’t do that forever. Even though he’s scared, he can’t just stand by and do nothing while things in this town get stranger and stranger, especially not after he and Bones find a mysterious scientist’s journal that might hold answers about what’s going on. But when faced with seemingly impossible situations, a shady corporation, and their own worst nightmares, will Kyle and Bones be brave enough to admit they're scared? Or will the fear totally consume and control them?

Chad Lucas (Author), Ruffin Prentiss (Narrator)

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What We All Saw

Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIENDS. FOUR TRUTHS. ONE NIGHTMARE. If you wander into the wood . If you hear scratching sounds from the Old Quarry . If you go too close to the edge . WATCH. OUT.

Mike Lucas (Author), Jerome Pride (Narrator)

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Pollution Police, Folge 21: Einstein in Gefahr

Auf der ganzen Welt gehen Jugendliche für den Klimaschutz auf die Straße. Natürlich sind auch Niklas, Linus und Melissa von der Pollution Police mit dabei - und stolpern dabei über eine Gruppe radikaler Umweltschützer. Als ausgerechnet der nimmersatte Waschbär Einstein deren Pläne durchkreuzt, wird er kurzerhand entführt. Nun müssen unsere drei Pfadfinder sich bei den Aktivisten einschleichen, um Einstein zu befreien und ein noch viel größeres Verbrechen aufzudecken ...

Dominik Ahrens, Markus Topf (Author), Daniel Käser, Gerhard Fehn, Julia Fölster, Katrin Heß, Patrick Schäfer, Ralph Kaspers, Thomas Friebe, Tobias Schenke (Narrator)

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