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| Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Thomas Clavin; narrated by John Bedford LloydAdult Nonfiction. 1870s Dodge City, Kansas was a supply center, a railhead, and a host to gigantic stockyards. It existed on the fuzzy boundary between law and lawlessness, where tough and fearless men, among them Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, kept order. In this vivid, well-researched portrait of the city and its denizens, award-winning journalist Tom Clavin traces Masterson's and Earp's careers, while narrator John Bedford Lloyd "makes this a delightful listening experience" (AudioFile). |
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| Universal Harvester: A Novel by John Darnielle; narrated by the authorAdult Fiction. This intricate, disturbing novel explores the darker side of 1990s small town Iowa. After several Video Hut customers complain about seeing extraneous footage in their VHS rentals, clerk Jeremy Heldt starts viewing the tapes, which draw him into a decades-old tragedy. Universal Harvester (narrated by author and singer/songwriter John Darnielle) boasts a strong sense of place, compelling turns of phrase, a menacing atmosphere, and an absorbing, lyrical portrayal of grief. |
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Since We Fell : A Novel
by Dennis Lehane; read by Julia Whelan
Retreating from the world in the aftermath of a traumatizing reporting assignment, Rachel finds happiness with a raffish businessman before witnessing activities surrounding a conspiracy that tests the limits of her fragile psyche. By the best-selling author of Mystic River.
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| The Girl Before: A Novel by JP Delaney; narrated by Emilia Fox, Finty Williams, and Lise AagaardAdult Fiction. The Girl Before unfolds in two time periods, each focusing on a young woman who has seized the opportunity to live in a one-of-a-kind home, which comes with some rather strict and unusual rules. Their stories emerge in parallel, as the second learns what happened to the girl before her and unwittingly follows the same path. The audiobook features three narrators, who portray the two young women and the building's control-freak architect, together capturing the terrifying character of the building itself. |
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| Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach; narrated by Jorjeana MarieAdult Fiction. Ava Antipova doesn't quite believe that her twin sister Zelda has died in a fire, especially after she starts receiving cryptic emails supposedly from Zelda. In this twisty suspense plot, Ava feels compelled to find out what happened to her sister, while her quest is hampered by her alcoholic, dementia-addled mother, her estranged father, and her hypercritical grandmother. Narrator Jorjeana Marie presents a "pitch-perfect" (Publishers Weekly) reading that distinguishes clearly between the twins' personalities in this complex story. |
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| Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James; narrated by Susan DuerdenAdult Fiction. In this absorbing Regency historical romance, Edward "Ward" Reeve needs someone who can handle his rambunctious younger half-siblings. Enter widowed Lady Eugenia Snowe, who supplies the upper classes with England's finest governesses. Ward is so frantic to find an effective governess that he kidnaps Eugenia to make her sort out his child-rearing problems. Narrator Susan Duerden, a veteran of author Eloisa James' Desperate Duchesses series, provides an upbeat tone that enlivens this recording of Seven Minutes in Heaven. |
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Into the Water
by Paula Hawkins; narrated by Imogen Church, Daniel Weyman, and Rachel Bavidge
When a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict. By the best-selling author of The Girl on the Train.
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| My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King; narrated by Phylicia Rashad and January LaVoyAdult Nonfiction. In My Life, My Love, My Legacy, Coretta Scott King's close friend Barbara Reynolds transcribes recordings King made about her life and experiences. After Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded Miss Scott to marry him, she gave up her ambition to be a professional musician and joined her husband as a leader in the Civil Rights movement. This graceful narrative, compellingly voiced by narrators Phylicia Rashad and January LaVoy, brings both Kings to life for the listener. |
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Contact your librarian for more great audiobooks!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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