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Charlie & Mouse

By: Laurel Snyder
Narrated by: Christopher Carley
Length: 9 minutes
Abridged: No

Four hilarious stories, two inventive brothers, one irresistible story! Join Charlie and Mouse as they talk to lumps, take the neighborhood to a party, sell some rocks, and invent the bedtime banana. With imagination and humor, Laurel Snyder and Emily Hughes paint a lively picture of brotherhood that children will relish in a format perfect for... Read more »

Last Looks

By: Howard Michael Gould
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No

A razor-sharp, exquisitely paced, madly fun debut thriller that gleefully lampoons Hollywood culture and introduces the highly eccentric yet brilliant ex-detective gone rogue: Charlie Waldo.

There are run-of-the-mill eccentric Californians, and then there's former detective Charlie Waldo.

Waldo, a onetime LAPD superstar, now lives in solitude deep... Read more »

Fun and Games

By: Duane Swierczynski
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No

The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski.

Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll suffer the same fate.

Languishing in self-imposed... Read more »

Deadly Gamble

By: Connie Shelton
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No

This series looks sharply at those who perceive themselves as the rich - the elite, and revolves around expensive cars, clothes and posh country clubs. Fans of Sue Grafton, J.A. Jance, and Sara Peretsky will find Shelton's female sleuth captivating. Devout in her dedication for the underdog, Charlie Parker gets drawn into perilous predicaments... Read more »

The Darkness Knows

By: Cheryl Honigford
Narrated by: Julie McKay
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No

Bright lights. Big city. Brutal murder. Chicago, 1938. Late one night before the ten o'clock show, the body of a prominent radio actress is found dead in the station's lounge. All the evidence points to murder.and one young, up-and-coming radio actress, Vivian Witchell, as the next victim. But Viv isn't the type to leave her fate in the hands of... Read more »

Charlie Small 1: Gorilla City

By: Charlie Small
Narrated by: Andrew Dennis
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Abridged: No

No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight. And yet .... Read more »

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

By: Tommy Greenwald
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No

Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe... Read more »

Every Dead Thing - Abridged

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Titus Welliver
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Tortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.

Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of madness. Tortured by the unsolved slayings of his wife and young daughter, he is a man consumed by guilt, regret, and the desire for revenge. When his... Read more »

Don’t Point That Thing at Me

By: Kyril Bonfiglioli
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No

A cult classic in the United Kingdom since its first publication there in the 1970s, Don’t Point That Thing at Me is the first of a series of hilarious and dark-humored crime thrillers featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai, degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and acknowledged coward.

With his... Read more »

Exceeding Expectations

By: Lisa April Smith
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No

Palm Beach, 1961. Socialite, irresistible rascal, and devoted father Jack Morgan stages his suicide to shield his beloved daughters from scandal and disgrace. His daughter Charlotte (Charlie) is an over-indulged twenty-three-year-old girl struggling to cope with the loss of her beloved father, her sister’s resulting mental breakdown, and the... Read more »

Killer Instinct

By: Zoe Sharp
Narrated by: Angele Masters
Length: 10 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No

KILLER INSTINCT: Charlie Fox’s Book One, is the first in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed crime thriller series, now available with previously deleted scenes and a Foreword by Lee Child. “Susie Hollins may have been no great shakes as a karaoke singer, but I didn't think that was enough reason for anyone to want to kill her." Charlotte 'Charlie'... Read more »

The Loot

By: Craig Schaefer
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No

She fought for her country. Now she’s fighting for her family.

When Sergeant Charlie McCabe returns from fighting in Afghanistan, she hopes to leave the war behind. Instead, she comes home to a father whose gambling has put him in deep trouble with a violent loan shark. She finds work as a professional bodyguard, but to save her father, she needs... Read more »

Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows

By: Ryan Calejo
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America.

Charlie Hernández has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the art, and especially the myths. Thanks to his abuela's stories,... Read more »

L.A. Outlaws

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci & Susan Ericksen
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, here is the first thrilling adventure in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, now featuring an excerpt from his novel The Room of White Fire.

In this town, it pays to be bad…

Allison is an L.A. celebrity, a folk hero, and a modern-day Jesse James... Read more »

Below the Line

By: Howard Michael Gould
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No

Eccentric private eye Charlie Waldo is back in another wildly fun and fast-paced thriller lampooning Southern California.

Former LAPD detective Charlie Waldo was living in solitude deep in the woods, pathologically committed to owning no more than one hundred possessions, until his PI ex-girlfriend Lorena dragged him back to civilization to solve... Read more »

Paradise Misplaced

By: Lisa April Smith
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

All the twists, suspense, danger, crime, romance, and sizzle that kept readers of Exceeding Expectations turning the pages long into the night are back in Paradise Misplaced, along with Charlie, Jack, and Naomi—three unforgettable characters.In Manhattan, being recently dumped by her soulmate becomes the least of Charlotte (Charlie) Morgan’s... Read more »

Black Night Falling

By: Rod Reynolds
Narrated by: John Moraitis
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

Having left Texarkana for the safety of the West Coast, reporter Charlie Yates finds himself drawn back to the South, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, as an old acquaintance asks for his help investigating the mysterious deaths of three women. On arrival, he discovers that his contact has perished in a hotel fire and that nobody in the place seems to... Read more »

Charlie Hernández & the Castle of Bones

By: Ryan Calejo
Length: 12 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

Inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America, this bold sequel to Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows, which Booklist called "a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan" in a starred review, follows Charlie as he continues on his quest to embrace his morphling... Read more »

Vacations Can Be Murder

By: Connie Shelton
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Charlie's last case left her tired and emotionally drained, so her office staff convinces her to vacation in Kauai. Charlie is riding in a helicopter when she and the pilot spot a dead body lying on the rugged rocks of Kauai's NaPali coast. Mack Garvey, the owner of the helicopter tour company, is accused of the murder. Charlie wants to avoid... Read more »

The Renegades

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No

Some say that outlaws no longer exist, that the true spirit of the American West died with the legendary bandits of pulp novels and bedtime stories. Charlie Hood knows that nothing could be further from the truth. These days he patrols vast stretches of the new American West, not on horseback but in his cruiser. The outlaws may not carry... Read more »

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

By: Tommy Greenwald
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No

There’s a fine line between getting extra credit and having no life. Here are a few sure signs you’re doing too much extra credit: You don’t use up your maximum allowed text messages for the month. You haven’t thought about Hannah Spivero for six straight hours. The screen on your television is cold. Teachers actually smile when they see you... Read more »

Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy

By: Laurel Snyder
Narrated by: Christopher Carley
Length: 10 minutes
Abridged: No

In this heartwarming sequel to Laurel Snyder's beginning chapter book Charlie & Mouse, the two brothers enjoy a special visit from their grandpa, Grumpy. Follow along as they discuss being medium, pounce each other, sing the wrong songs, build blanket forts, and more. Paired with effervescent illustrations by Emily Hughes, this touching,... Read more »

The Dark Door

By: Kate Wilhelm & Cedar House Audio
Narrated by: Anna Fields
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No

Private investigator Charlie Meiklejohn is called in by insurance companies to follow the trail of a suspected serial arsonist. The arsonist, Carson Danvers, has been on a fanatical crusade since the loss of his wife and son, burning down a series of old, shut-up wooden buildings in which random outbreaks of madness and murder have been... Read more »

Homicide for the Holidays

By: Cheryl Honigford
Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No

Christmas has come to Chicago and Vivian Witchell is looking forward to nothing more than spending the holidays with family and friends--and maybe spotting her picture in a few radio magazines. But the discovery of a mysterious envelope stuffed with cash in her late father's study sets Vivian into a tailspin, as she discovers that her beloved... Read more »

Hell and Gone

By: Duane Swierczynski
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No

The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.

Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. Drugged, bound and... Read more »

Something Nasty in the Woodshed

By: Kyril Bonfiglioli
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No

Life always seems to be more complicated than it should be for Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and confirmed coward.

Something Nasty in the Woodshed finds Charlie exiled from London due to his growing unpopularity on account of some shady art deals. Taking refuge in a country... Read more »

Dark Hollow

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Length: 14 hours
Abridged: No

“Connolly has crafted one of the most darkly intriguing books this reviewer has encountered in more than three decades of reading crime fiction.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The second thriller in John Connolly's bestselling, chilling series featuring haunted private investigator Charlie Parker.

Charlier Parker, a former New York City... Read more »

The Second Best Time

By: Lisa April Smith
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

The title for The Second Best Time comes from a Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." And it suits a story of three people at a crossroads in their lives: Jack Caine (a.k.a. Jack Morgan), former lothario and sometimes con man, now the owner of a successful gallery in the United... Read more »

Dig Deep My Grave

By: Cheryl Honigford
Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No

The third book in the Viv & Charlie mystery series raises the stakes for Viv beyond anything she could have imagined. Viv finally gets up the courage to invite Charlie to meet her extended family at their luxurious cottage on Geneva Lake, but the visit goes terribly wrong when an old flame of Viv's turns up dead--and it looks like Charlie... Read more »

Murder In A Hot Flash (Charlie Greene, Book 3)

By: Marlys Millhiser
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

Charlie Greene gets a call from her mom, Edwina, a biologist advising on the set of a nature documentary film in the Utah desert. Edwina is the prime suspect in a murder involving the death of a shock horror film director with whom Edwina had a running battle over environmental concerns. To clear her mom's name, Charlie teams up with hunky movie... Read more »

Partnerships Can Kill

By: Connie Shelton
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No

Sharon Ortega, an old school chum of Charlie's, hires Charlie to prove that her dead restaurant partner, David, didn't commit suicide. David's recent, keyman life insurance policy won't pay for suicide, and Sharon needs the money to keep the business going. Charlie uncovers evidence of tax fraud, high level political connections, and two... Read more »

Iron River

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the third thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White Fire.

Along the U.S./Mexico border, a man named Finnegan wakes up in the border-town of Buenavista after a hit and run-eerily aware of events he should... Read more »

The Killing Kind

By: John Connolly
Length: 12 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

Troubled ex-cop turned private investigator Charlie Parker returns in the latest “compulsively readable” (Publishers Weekly) thriller from #1 internationally bestselling author John Connolly.

John Connolly takes battered ex-cop Charlie Parker on his third outing after Every Dead Thing and Dark Hollow. Still struggling with the horrific ghosts of... Read more »

Cold Desert Sky

By: Rod Reynolds
Narrated by: John Moraitis
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No

1946. Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles. But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the disappearance of two aspiring Hollywood starlets, he finds it leads him right back to legendary Mob boss Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. With Charlie caught between the FBI and the mob, can he... Read more »

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

By: Tommy Greenwald
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 3 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

It’s finally summer vacation! But instead of hanging out with his friends and playing with his dogs, Charlie Joe Jackson has to face his worst fear: academic summer camp. Camp Rituhbukkee is exactly how Charlie Joe pictured it: books and nerds as far as the eye can see. It’s like permanent opposite day, where the dorks are the cool kids and the... Read more »

Charlie & Mouse Even Better

By: Laurel Snyder
Narrated by: Christopher Carley
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No

In this heartwarming follow-up to Laurel Snyder's award-winning beginning chapter book Charlie & Mouse, the two brothers prepare to celebrate one very special birthday: their mom's! Follow along as they choose the best pancakes, hunt for presents, decorate with snakes, and more. Things don't go exactly as planned . . . but with plenty of... Read more »

After You with the Pistol

By: Kyril Bonfiglioli
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No

Kyril Bonfiglioli’s wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai—degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Picadilly—have been cult classics in the UK since their first publication there in the 1970s.

Charlie’s back in After You with the Pistol, along with his new... Read more »

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

By: Tommy Greenwald
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No

Loveable slacker Charlie Joe Jackson is back. This time he’s trying to devise ways to make money—and fast.

Charlie Joe’s weekly allowance just isn’t cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school. Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible. After... Read more »

The Border Lords

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No

ATF agent Sean Ozburn is deep undercover, supporting the sicarios of the North Baja Cartel, when he suddenly goes completely dark, leaving Charlie Hood and the support team from Operation Blowdown with a safe house full of bodies and no explanation. Sean’s only communication in the following days consists of a series of haunting digital videos... Read more »

The White Road

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Paul Birchard
Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

Internationally bestselling author John Connolly takes readers into the dark world of private detective Charlie Parker, whose deadly fight against evil begins when the daughter of a South Carolina millionaire is raped and murdered.

In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter... Read more »

Small Towns Can Be Murder

By: Connie Shelton
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No

Charlie Parker is asked to look into a controversial series of miscarriages in a small town in New Mexico that's heavily populated by Mexicans. The town has one medical clinic. Her first assumption is to look for some type of environmental problem such as pesticides but that draws a blank. Then she shifts her suspicions onto the medical industry... Read more »

Charlie and Mouse Outdoors

By: Laurel Snyder
Narrated by: Christopher Carley
Length: 9 minutes
Abridged: No

Join Charlie and Mouse as they: take a long drive, have a quick hike, defeat a big lion, hide in a small tent, and conquer the great outdoors. Charlie and Mouse are going camping! And there are so many adventures to be had along the waytelling stories, fighting monsters, crashing their tentas well as the joy of sharing it all with each other. Read more »

It's Murder Going Home (Charlie Greene, Book 4)

By: Marlys Millhiser
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No

Charlie has reluctantly returned to her childhood home of Boulder, Colorado to be with her mother who just had major surgery. Boulder evokes decidedly mixed feelings in Charlie. She left after her daughter Libby was conceived 16 years ago, and hasn't returned until now. There's plenty to keep her emotions occupied, though, since her mother seems... Read more »

The Border Lords - Abridged

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes

ATF agent Sean Ozburn is deep undercover, supporting the sicarios of the North Baja Cartel, when he suddenly goes completely dark, leaving Charlie Hood and the support team from Operation Blowdown with a safe house full of bodies and no explanation. Sean’s only communication in the following days consists of a series of haunting digital videos... Read more »

Seven Kinds of Death

By: Kate Wilhelm
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn are an unlikely pair of detectives. He is a former arson detective; she is a psychologist. Together, the husband-and-wife team has a knack for unraveling a mystery. Seven Kinds of Death is a famous sculpture, but the name takes on new meaning when bodies start turning up at the creator’s art colony.

A party... Read more »

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl

By: Tommy Greenwald
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No

There's a crisis at Eastport Middle School! It appears that everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend except . . . Charlie Joe Jackson??!? Yup-he's the only single guy out of all his friends. How is this possible? Even Pete Milano snagged a girl! Well, Charlie Joe refuses to be left out. He quickly goes looking for help in the last place anyone... Read more »

Memories Can Be Murder

By: Connie Shelton
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No

Upon returning to her New Mexico home after visiting her fiance in Hawaii, private investigator Charlie Parker discovers that her mother and father, a scientist at Sandia Labs, were killed in a suspicious small plane crash. When Charlie starts asking questions, a series of theft ensues, and the body count begins climbing. The trail takes her... Read more »

Nobody Dies In A Casino (Charlie Greene Mystery Series, Book 5)

By: Marlys Millhiser
Narrated by: Lynda Evans
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No

Literary Agent Charlie Greene needs a break from her mother and her clients. A vacation in Las Vegas seems ideal until she sees a murder on the Strip. Charlie decides not to be involved in the investigation but is drawn in when the cop who took her eyewitness account dies in a suspicious “accident.” To solve the case Charlie must deal with... Read more »

The Jaguar - Abridged

By: T. Jefferson Parker
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Erin McKenna, a beautiful songwriter married to a crooked Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, is kidnapped by Benjamin Armenta, the ruthless leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel. But his demands are as unusual as the crumbling castle in which Erin is kept. She is ordered to compose a unique narcocorrido, a folk ballad that records the exploits of... Read more »

Wasted Years

By: John Harvey
Narrated by: Ron Keith
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No

Faced with current crimes copied from past wrongdoings, Resnick fights to catch the criminals even as he deals with a flood of unsettling memories. Read more »