Michael Kilian has 7 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is The Valkyrie Project.
The Ironclad Alibi
Summary
Harrison Raines goes behind enemy lines to investigate a Confederate ship that could change the war. It's been years since Harrison Raines set foot in Richmond. Although a proud Virginian, he fled the South before the Civil War, unable to bear the evil of slavery. In 1862, battles rage on all sides of the Confederate capital, but Raines is not here as a soldier - he comes as a spy. Union intelligence, led by the formidable Allen Pinkerton, has sent him to steal the plans for a rumored Confederate superweapon: a seagoing ship clad entirely in iron that could break the Union blockade and turn the war around. Raines may be in home territory, but he is not at ease. In Richmond, they hang spies. While investigating the ship known as "the Monster", Raines' closest friend - a freed slave named Caesar Augustus - is arrested for murder. Saving Augustus from the gallows will take quick wit, daring, and influence at the highest levels of the Confederacy. The Ironclad Alibi is the third book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.
©2002 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
Murder at Manassas
Summary
A Southern gambler hunts a killer in the thick of the first great battle of the Civil War. It's July 1861, and both the Union and Confederate armies expect to win the war within 24 hours. For Harrison Raines, a Southern dandy ensconced in DC society, it's time to choose a side. Though Raines loves Virginia, he hates slavery with a passion. And joining either army would mean leaving Washington and deserting the beautiful Caitlin Howard, a British actress whose heart, sadly, lies with the eccentric thespian John Wilkes Booth. For Caitlin's sake, Raines attempts to remain neutral in a time when neutrality means death. On the morning of the battle, Raines escorts Caitlin to watch the carnage firsthand. When the First Battle of Bull Run turns into a rout, he sees one major fighting to rally his troops - a major who is later found dead far behind Union lines, branded a deserter. To clear the dead man's reputation, Raines must solve a murder as bullets continue to fly. Murder at Manassas is the first book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.
©2000 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
Antietam Assassins
Summary
A Civil War spy is pulled out of retirement to find a killer. It's 1862, and for Harrison Raines, the Civil War is finished. Since the First Battle of Bull Run, he has served the Union Army as a spy, crisscrossing the war-torn country and witnessing more death, misery, and carnage than any man should. Although a Virginian, he loathes slavery, and is proud to have served Abraham Lincoln. But Raines has had enough killing, and wishes only to retire to a tranquil patch of land. He acquires a plot in the hills of western Virginia and settles down to the life of the gentleman farmer - but Raines's days will not remain quiet for long. When a local parson known to have Union sympathies is killed, Raines fears his new neighbors may come after him next. To secure a peaceful retirement, he will have to stare down death one last time. The Antietam Assassins is the sixth book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.
©2005 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
The Shiloh Sisters
Summary
Harrison Raines hunts for a savage double murderer on the killing fields of Shiloh. General Grant's army is camped along the Tennessee River, ready to deal a crushing blow to the South. If they are able to capture Corinth, the Confederacy's railways will disintegrate, bringing its army to its knees. But first, Grant must pass through the crucible of Shiloh - the most fearsome fight of the Civil War. On the eve of the battle, a senator's wife appears, begging for permission to cross over to Confederate lines. As Grant's army marches south, he finds the woman's body inside a coffin alongside her twin sister - a death that offends him just as much as any soldier's. Finding a murderer amid an army of killers takes a subtle touch, and no Union agent is shrewder than Harrison Raines. As the field of Shiloh is soaked with blood, Raines will find the guilty party, as long as the bullets continue to pass him by. The Shiloh Sisters is the fifth book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.
©2003 Douglas Niles; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Blood of the Czars
Summary
An actress infiltrates the Soviet Union to avenge the death of an ancestor. When the Russian Revolution came to Saint Petersburg, Princess Irina went into hiding. A stunningly beautiful ballerina, she knew she had to escape the Bolsheviks - or else die. With her jewels sewn into her cloak, Irina made a mad dash for the border. But the Cheka caught up with her, stole her jewelry, and left her naked, bloody, and dead along the riverbank. Her murder was never avenged. Such is Tatiana "Tatty" Chase's heritage. A modestly successful Broadway actress, Tatty speaks Russian like a native and has never forgotten the atrocities of the revolution. When an old lover gives her a chance to go behind the Iron Curtain as a spy, Tatty leaps at the opportunity for retribution but soon finds that her noble lineage will not protect her from the evil chill of a Soviet winter.
©1984 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
A Sinful Safari
Summary
Bedford Green confronts lions, the prince of Wales, and an ugly murder in Kenya. It's a beautiful day in Greenwich Village, and for once Bedford Green is selling paintings. Business is booming, and this gossip columnist turned art dealer owes it all to his invaluable assistant, Sloane - who goes and spoils the fun by announcing that she's leaving on safari. Sloane is a Midwestern girl and has never laid eyes on any animal more exotic than a house cat, but she can't resist her uncle Dixon's invitation to visit Kenya to hobnob with everyone from the department-store king of Chicago to the prince of Wales. Green thinks it sounds dreadfully dangerous - which means he has no choice but to go with her. The safari is cut short, however, when Sloane's aunt is found dead in the arms of a married man, and Dixon is arrested for murder. Freeing him will take every ounce of Green's charm - and may end with this out-of-place gadfly in chains. A Sinful Safari is the third book in the Bedford Green Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.
©2003 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
The Valkyrie Project
Summary
A doomed journalist travels to Iceland to destroy a Soviet superweapon. Halfway between the United States and the Soviet Union, Iceland is one of the most strategic points in the Cold War and home to a NATO squadron that could wipe Moscow off the map in an instant. It's about to become the unwitting host for the most daring operation in military history. On the remote coast of this frostbound island, the Soviets are building a laser powerful enough to bring the United States to its knees. They call it Valkyrie, and once it's operational, the free world will no longer be free. When an exiled East German scientist notices a suspicious drain on the Icelandic electrical grid, the KGB sends an assassin to protect their superweapon. Halting the madness falls to Jack Spencer, an American journalist with a terminal disease - which may kill him before he gets a chance to save the world.
©1981 Michael Kilian; This 2015 edition published by MysteriousP ress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.