Audio Editions

Library Bookwatch, August, 2004

Audio Editions

PO Box 6930, Auburn, CA 95604

www.audiopartners.com

Audio Editions adds to their excellent holdings of revealing audio guides, providing cd and cassette listeners with powerful authors backed by notable readers. David Colacci is a veteran narrator with theatre performances across the U.S. to his thirty-year credit, making him the perfect choice to pair with Donna Leon's Doctored Evidence (1572704179, $31.95), telling of an elderly household woman's murder and a Cmmissario Brunetti's investigation of a seemingly open and shut case. Red Stout's Too Many Cooks (1572-70392X, $32.95) receives L.A. actor Michael Prichard's strong background in stage and audio recordings--over 350 to his name in the later endeavor--as it tells of Nero Wolfe's participation in a gourmet gathering gone deadly. Agatha Christie's The Clocks (1572703946, $29.95) receives the narrative skills of one Robin Bailey, who enjoyed a 50-year career in British TV and film, as it tells of a baffling case involving a terrified young woman, a murdered body, and clocks which have all stopped simultaneously during the event. Donna Leon's Uniformed Justice (15727-04187, $34.95) also benefits from veteran David Colacci's strong acting skills as it tells of an apparent suicide which leads Commissario Brunetti on an investigation at an elite military academy. Agatha Christie has five complete short mysteries to enjoy with her Witness For The Prosecution And Other Stories (1572703989, $24.95), with narrator Christopher Lee providing the reading of murders ranging from an elderly woman's problems with a suitor and a mysterious blue jar. Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night (1572704012, $39.95) receives Ian Carmichael's studied voice and background as a BBC-TV broadcaster, bringing to life the unabridged story of an Oxford writer's reunion which ensnares a poison pen. This presentation on cassette will delight those who have cassette players in their cars. All are lively, excellent listens.