Bookshop Mysteries: Five Bibliomysteries by Bestselling Authors

John Harvey · Ian Rankin · Joyce Carol Oates · Peter Lovesey · Laura Lippman

Mar 2021 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Joel Richards, Hillary Huber, and James Cameron Stewart

About this audiobook

Dead Dames Don't Sing by John Harvey: Looking for a big payday but finding big trouble instead, ex-London-cop-turned-private-investigator Jack Kiley attempts to uncover the true origins of a controversial, pseudonymously written pulp novel. The Travelling Companion by Ian Rankin: A young Scotsman in Paris is drawn into a shocking mystery that resides within the pages of an unpublished manuscript allegedly penned by Robert Louis Stevenson. Mystery, Inc. by Joyce Carol Oates: When an obsessive collector of bookstores discovers a charming new shop, he decides he must have it at any cost-even if he has to commit murder. Remaindered by Peter Lovesey: For some nefarious reason, the widow and former associates of a slain gangster are determined to keep the Precious Finds Bookstore open following the unfortunate demise of the shop's owner. The Book Thing by Laura Lippman: Private investigator Tess Monaghan must help the irascible proprietor of a Baltimore children's bookstore keep her business afloat by unmasking an elusive and utterly ingenious book thief.

About the author

John Harvey is the author of more than one hundred books, as well as poetry and scripts for television and radio. Harvey debuted his most famous character, Charlie Resnick, in 1989's Lonely Hearts, which the English Times called one of the finest crime novels of the century.

Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.

Joyce Carol Oates is the award-winning author of such national bestsellers as The Falls, Blonde, and We Were the Mulvaneys. Her other titles include Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, and Jack of Spades.

Peter Lovesey is the author of the Peter Diamond mysteries, the Sergeant Cribb mysteries, and the Bertie, Prince of Wales books. He has received the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, and the Ellery Queen Readers' Award, among many other honors. Peter lives in Chichester, England.

Laura Lippman is the New York Times bestselling author of Lady in the Lake and the Tess Monaghan novels. Lippman has won more than twenty awards for her crime fiction, including the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Strand Critics Awards.

Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 150 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences.

Hillary Huber is a multiple Audie Award finalist, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice. She has recorded over 550 titles, spanning many genres.

Trained at Hull University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, James Cameron Stewart is a veteran actor whose performances include roles in theater, film, and television. His credits include Outlander, Jericho, Flying Blind, Golden Years, Emmerdale, London's Burning, Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Holby City.