Jaye's Picks

Still Life

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Book #1

By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Monsieur L'Inspecteur Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, a modern Poirot who anchors this beloved traditional mystery series

Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of... Read more

Moonwalking with Einstein

The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

By: Joshua Foer
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory

“Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

“Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe

An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking... Read more

The Gods of Gotham

A Timothy Wilde Novel: Book #1

By: Lyndsay Faye
Narrated by: Steven Boyer
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating... Read more

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: The Amulet of Samarkand

Bartimaeus Sequence: Book #1

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

The first audiobook in a thrilling new trilogy about an apprentice magician and the powerful djinni he summons.

Nathaniel is a young magician with only one thing on his mind: revenge.

As an apprentice to the great magician Underwood, Nathaniel is gradually being schooled in the traditional art of magic. All is well until he has a life-changing... Read more

The Once and Future Witches

By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

“Alix Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January was my favorite book last year, so I had incredibly high expectations when I picked up The Once and Future Witches. This book is very different, but I adore it just as much! Set in the late 1800s in a world with a slightly alternate history from ours, women are fighting for the vote and losing.... Read more

Fortune Favors the Dead

A Novel

A Pentecost and Parker Mystery: Book #1

By: Stephen Spotswood
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

“Not since Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have I so enjoyed the page-turning yarn of a New York private detective and a wisecracking sidekick! Stephen Spotswood simultaneously nails the tone of classic detective stories and stands them on their head — because the brilliant gumshoe is Lillian Pentecost, a middle-aged woman with a disability, and... Read more

Girl Waits with Gun

Kopp Sisters: Book #1

By: Amy Stewart
Narrated by: Christina Moore
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

In 1914, collisions between motor cars and horse-drawn carriages are an everyday occurrence on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey. But when an out-of-control driver smashes into a buggy driven by Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp, their lives change forever. Constance, the oldest, demands payment for the damages, but quickly realizes that... Read more

Spoiler Alert

A Novel

Spoiler Alert: Book #1

By: Olivia Dade
Narrated by: Isabelle Ruther
Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

National BestsellerOlivia Dade bursts onto the scene in this delightfully fun romantic comedy set in the world of fanfiction, in which a devoted fan goes on an unexpected date with her celebrity crush, who’s secretly posting fanfiction of his own. Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. The world may know him as Aeneas, star of the biggest show on... Read more

Mexican Gothic

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“If what you loved about "Northanger Abbey" was its sly twist on the gothic romance, you're going to love this new setting for an old gem. Set in 1950's Mexico, it follows a capable but callous young woman who agrees to check on a cousin in exchange for tuition for a master's degree, then begins to discover what inspired the cousin's apparent... Read more

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: The Golem's Eye

Bartimaeus Sequence: Book #2

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

When a seemingly invulnerable clay golem begins making random attacks on London, Nathaniel and Bartimaeus must travel to Prague to discover the source of its power Meanwhile Kitty and the Resistance attempt their most audacious plot yet…robbing the beloved magician Gladstone's tomb in Westminster Abbey. London is now in an uproar; the golem is... Read more

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate

Bartimaeus Sequence: Book #3

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 15 hours 31 minutes

Three years have passed since the magician Nathaniel helped prevent a cataclysmic attack on London. Now an important member of the British government, he grapples with numerous problems: foreign wars are going badly, Britain’s enemies are mounting attacks close to London, and rebellion is growing among the commoners. Increasingly imperious and... Read more