Michael Lister has 17 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is And the Sea Became Blood.
Double Exposure: John Jordan Mysteries
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A wildlife photographer’s camera traps capture a killer committing a murder frame by frame. Now’s he’s running for his life deep in the river swamp. Lyrical, literary, told in poetic, photographic impressions, Double Exposure is a pause-resister with a soul. Includes a special introduction by Michael Connelly! A Florida Book Award winner, soon to be a major motion picture. Following his dad's death, Remington James returns to the small North Florida town where he grew up to assume his father's life - taking care of his dying mother and running the local gun and pawn shop. Picking up a camera again after a long hiatus, Remington returns to his first love, pursuing in earnest his lifelong dream of becoming a wildlife photographer. One fateful fall evening, as the sun sinks and the darkness expands, Remington ventures deep into the river swamp to try out some new equipment and check his camera traps. While checking his camera traps, scanning the eerie images of overexposed deer and bats and foxes, Remington comes across the most haunting images of his life - the frame-by-frame capture of a shocking crime. By exposing the criminal, Remington has exposed himself to danger, even possible extinction. Hunted like an animal, by the predator and his psychotic friends, Remington must do two things: Make it through the night, and make it to the river - and the odds of doing either are slim to none. Join the chase through the wild wonder of North Florida today!
©2009 Michael Lister (P)2020 Michael Lister
Power in the Blood
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The difference between murder, accident, or suicide is sometimes indistinguishable. Ex-cop John Jordan, now a prison chaplain in the Florida Panhandle, witnesses the bloody death of Potter Correctional Institution inmate Ike Johnson. But what exactly did he witness? Murder, accident, or suicide? Jordan discovers that in the closed society of captives and captors no act goes unseen, and no one takes kindly to a cop in a collar. He soon finds his reputation, his career, and even his life are at stake. Newly revised with an introduction by Michael Connelly.
©2017 Michael Lister (P)2017 Michael Lister
Blood Oath
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A missing young man. A sadistic serial killer. John Jordan is once again carrying a gun and a badge - and he’s going to need them. Balancing family life with being a cop and a prison chaplain takes grit and grace - and John has plenty of both. Working two cases that may or may not be connected, John is investigating the disappearance of a young army ranger home on leave and one of the most sadistic serial killers he’s ever encountered. Includes a special note from Michael Connelly. "Michael Lister is a giant talent with a unique vision. His landmark John Jordan Mystery series is a treasure of contemporary literature." (Florida Weekly) "Lister gives fair clues for the surprise solution, thus combining a compelling account of his hero’s spiritual struggle with a top-notch whodunit." (Publishers Weekly) "Another great ride with a very assured driver behind the wheel." (Michael Connelly) The John Jordan series, from award-winning author and New York Times and USA Today best seller Michael Lister. Visit MichaelLister.com to download a free box set of John Jordan mysteries.
©2016 Michael Lister (P)2018 Michael Lister
The Big Hello
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Find out Soldier and Lauren's fate in the thrilling conclusion to Michael Lister's landmark Big noir series. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted knight errant in Michael Lister's resonant new noir series Publisher's Weekly calls "a promising private detective series set in 1940s Florida", and Library Journal says "peppered with snappy dialog, this hard-boiled mystery by award winner Lister is a swell read."
©2014 Michael Lister (P)2014 Michael Lister
Double Shot
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A School Shooting. A Police Shooting. A brilliant Detective. Two complete books - Bloodshed and Blue Blood. What would you do to stop a school shooting? An active shooter leads John Jordan on a riveting chase into a stunning mystery. While attempting to prevent a school shooting, sheriff’s investigator John Jordan must confront a cold, cruel killer the likes of which he's never seen before. When the echoes of the gunfire cease and the smoke clears the biggest mystery of all still waits to be solved. Who planned and perpetrated this devastating deed and how did he hide his identity? But a cunning killer isn’t the only thing John is battling. Old demons have resurfaced to threaten everything he’s worked so hard for. Can John expose the killer or will he die trying? Listen to this thrilling stand-alone mystery today and find out! What would you risk to prevent a murder? Private investigator Merrill Monroe enlists the services of detective John Jordan to protect Malia Goodman, a civil rights and police shooting activist with a target on her back. But Merrill doesn’t just want John to help protect Malia, he wants him to find out who’s trying to kill her and help him stop them. Malia is surrounded on all sides by suspects - rogue cops, homegrown terrorists, right-wing militants, and even some supposed friends very close to her - and Merrill wonders if even John Jordan, with his considerable skills and experience, can figure out who the killer is before it’s too late. Can John save a life? What about the would-be killer’s very soul? Or is Malia fated to be another martyr for the cause of justice and equality?
©2018 Michael Lister (P)2019 Michael Lister
Rivers to Blood
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Would you risk your life to save a family member even if you knew they had committed a serious crime? What do a daring prison escape and a shocking lynching have in common? Only the inimitable John Jordan can figure it out! John Jordan searches for an escaped prisoner, investigates a shocking murder, and confronts a sadist forcing his victims to violate themselves - but as he closes in on the criminal, a harrowing river rescue may take more than the depleted detective has left to give.
©2014 Michael Lister (P)2020 Michael Lister
Cold Blood
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A young woman hundreds of miles from where she's supposed to be, surrounded by several witnesses, vanishes from the face of the earth in just seven minutes. Can John Jordan find her or the person responsible for her disappearance? Or has he finally met his match? The answers will shock you! On Thursday, January 20, 2005, the day of George W. Bush’s second inauguration, Randa Raffield, a 21-year-old student at the University of West Florida, crashed her car on a secluded stretch of Highway 98 near the Gulf of Mexico. The location of the wreck was hundreds of miles from where she was thought to be. A witness who came upon the scene moments after the accident testified that Randa was fine and not in need of assistance. But when the first Gulf County Sheriff’s Deputy arrived at the car seven minutes later, Randa was gone, vanished without a trace. And has never been seen again. From award-winning author and The New York Times and USA Today best-seller Michael Lister. The John Jordan series: 1. Power in the Blood 2. Blood of the Lamb 3. Flesh and Blood 4. The Body and the Blood 4.5. Double Exposure 5. Blood Sacrifice 6. Rivers to Blood 6.5 Burnt Offerings 7. Innocent Blood 7.5 Separation Anxiety 8. Blood Money 9. Blood Moon 9.5. Thunder Beach 10. Blood Cries 10.5. A Certain Retribution 11. Blood Oath 12. Blood Work 13. Cold Blood 14. Blood Betrayal 15. Blood Shot 16. Blood Ties 17. Blood Stone 18. Blood Trail
©2017 Michael Lister (P)2018 Michael Lister
Written in Blood, Volume 1
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Three novels in the critically-acclaimed John Jordan series from award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Michael Lister. Includes a special introduction by Michael Connelly Power in the Blood A missing mom and a suspicious death force a reluctant detective out of self-imposed exile in this fast-paced mystery thriller. Detective John Jordan thought he had put murder investigation behind him for good — his own good. Leaving Atlanta, he returns to Florida in search of the serenity that has so long eluded him. Until he witnesses the shocking and bizarre death of an inmate in state prison custody and is asked to find a missing mom by her young children. John realizes he can't run from his true calling any longer. Now he must determine if the suspicious death he witnessed is murder, accident, or suicide and what really happened to Candace Miles on the night she vanished off the face of the Earth — even if it costs him his life to do so. Blood of the Lamb What if you couldn't protect the vulnerable, innocent young girl in your care? Old ghosts resurface to haunt detective John Jordan when a vulnerable young girl he's trying to protect is murdered in what seems an impossible manner. John Jordan’s search for serenity is interrupted by the unimaginable murder of Nicole Caldwell, the adopted daughter of televangelist Bobby Earl Caldwell. The inconceivable murder is committed inside John’s own locked office while he’s trying to protect her. The Body and the Blood Could you betray yourself for someone you love? Can John solve an impossible murder committed in a locked cell right before his very eyes? Will he be willing to once he learns the price he’ll have to pay? In one of the most baffling murder cases of his career, John Jordan actually witnesses the murder of artist Justin Menge and still has no idea how it was done or who did it.
©1997 Michael Lister (P)2020 Michael Lister
The Big Beyond
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Someone's trying to kill PI Jimmy “Soldier” Riley. And he's inclined to let them. But before sleeping the big sleep and journeying to the undiscovered country to discover what dreams may come, there’s blood work to be done. Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of The Big Goodbye, The Big Beyond finds Soldier near death with one hell of a big score to settle and more than a few injustices to square along the way - all while searching wartime Panama City for a dangerous serial killer who combines art and murder. Stylish, retro, and highly entertaining, Michael Lister's The Big Beyond continues the romantic, mysterious, adventures of one of the most interesting and compelling classic hard-boiled detectives to come along in a very, very long time.
©2013 Michael Lister (P)2013 Michael Lister
Blood Work
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Was America’s most notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy, responsible for the Broken Heart Murder? If not, who was, and can John Jordan figure it out and redeem his childhood hero? John’s dad is still haunted by a murder he couldn’t solve four decades ago. On the same weekend Janet Leigh Lester was crowned Miss Valentine at the pageant and Queen at the Sweethearts dance, she disappeared, her car found in an empty field, its interior covered in blood. The case is decades cold now, but a new clock is ticking, and John Jordan has one last chance to get it right. With no jurisdiction, no support, and no real hope of solving such an old, cold case, John isn’t taking no for an answer. Can John do what his father was unable to? Get Blood Work today and find out. The John Jordan series: From award-winning author and New York Times and USA Today best seller Michael Lister. 1) Power in the Blood 2) Blood of the Lamb 3) Flesh and Blood 4) The Body and the Blood 4.5) Double Exposure 5) Blood Sacrifice 6) Rivers to Blood 6.5) Burnt Offerings 7) Innocent Blood 7.5) Separation Anxiety 8) Blood Money 9) Blood Moon 9.5) Thunder Beach 10) Blood Cries 10.5) A Certain Retribution 11) Blood Oath 12) Blood Work 13) Cold Blood 14) Blood Betrayal 15) Blood Shot 16) Blood Ties 17) Blood Stone 18) Blood Trail 19) Bloodshed
©2016 Michael Lister (P)2018 Michael Lister
Blood Betrayal
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What would you do to the man who killed your best friend? A murder without a body. A murderer without a memory. John Jordan must determine whether Angel Diaz was murdered by her boyfriend after a magical night together or if he was wrongly convicted and who the real killer is. January 16, 1999: It was a magical night for a group of high school seniors in Panama City, Florida. They listened to Maya Angelou read poetry. They danced. They celebrated life. By the time they noticed their friend Angel Diaz was missing, it was too late - she was never seen again. Her boyfriend, convicted of her murder, has been in prison for 18 years. Their friends have never looked at each other the same way again. Can John Jordan, mired in his own crises, solve the mystery of what happened that night and uncover the truth that has remained hidden so long, or will he fail, leading to more loss of lives? Get Blood Betrayal now and find out.
©2017 Michael Lister (P)2019 Michael Lister
Innocent Blood
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John Jordan's first case is also his most heartbreaking. And one that will haunt him for the rest of his life! When John Jordan was 12-years-old, he came face-to-face with the man who went to prison for the Atlanta Child Murders. Six years later, John returns to Atlanta to discover the truth. As he battles his demons and embarks on his first murder investigation, Jordan learns the ropes from the one and only Harry Bosch. Witness the beginning of one of crime fiction's most fascinating detectives. Every great character has a past, and ex-cop turned prison chaplain turned cop again John Jordan's is equal doses tragedy and inspiration. Innocent Blood is both a standalone thriller and the true first book in an electrifying series that features a special introduction by Michael Connelly.
©2015 Michael Lister (P)2017 Michael Lister
Blood Sacrifice
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Do you believe demon possession could lead to murder? Was the troubled young Tammy Taylor a victim of an exorcism gone horribly wrong or cold-blooded murder? John Jordan must exorcise his own demons to find out. Following a particularly brutal and costly case, John Jordan goes to a secluded retreat center and encounters one of the most bewildering and haunting cases of his career: the suspicious death of a troubled and sexualized young woman undergoing exorcism. In spite of all his training and preparation, is John dealing with forces not even he can understand? Get Blood Sacrifice today and find out! "Michael Lister may be the author of the most unique series running in mystery fiction. It crackles with tension and authenticity." (Michael Connelly, author)
©2007 Michael Lister (P)2020 Michael Lister
The Big Goodbye
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Someone is following Lauren Lewis. She ducks into the office of PI Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, not to hire him, but to find out if he's the one following her. Back when they were lovers he told her if he ever decided to, she'd never know he was there. It's 1940s Panama City, Florida. The world is at war, and the growing panhandle paradise is doing its part. Tyndall Field is training pilots. Wainwright Shipyard is building battleships. The Naval Section Base is protecting vessels in the Gulf. The Dixie Sherman Hotel is hosting celebrities such as Clark Gable. Harry Lewis, a wealthy banker, is running for mayor, unaware his wife is running for her life. With a secret to hide and a husband running for mayor in a city exploding and expanding like no other time in history, Lauren doesn't want trouble, but she's about to get a double-barrel full of it. Only one man can help her, and though it might destroy him, he doesn't mind. Better to die than be the walking wounded. The story of a guy, a girl, and a gun, The Big Goodbye is Florida Noir at its finest.
©2011 Michael Lister (P)2012 Michael Lister
Bloodshed
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Would you stop a school shooting if you could? An active school shooter leads John Jordan on a riveting chase into a stunning mystery. While attempting to prevent a school shooting, sheriff’s investigator John Jordan becomes an unwitting witness to the evolution of a particular type of evil. When the echoes of the gunfire cease and the smoke clears, the biggest mystery of all still waits to be solved. Who planned and perpetrated this devastating deed, and how did he hide his identity? But a cunning killer isn’t the only thing John is battling. Old demons have resurfaced to threaten everything he’s worked so hard for. Can John expose the killer, or will he die trying? Listen to Bloodshed today and find out.
©2018 Michael Lister (P)2018 Michael Lister
Blue Blood
Summary
What would you risk to prevent a murder? Private Investigator Merrill Monroe enlists the services of Detective John Jordan to protect Malia Goodman, a civil rights and police shooting activist with a target on her back. But Merrill doesn’t just want John to help protect Malia, he wants him to find out who’s trying to kill her and help him stop them. Malia is surrounded on all sides by suspects - rogue cops, homegrown terrorists, right-wing militants, and even some supposed friends very close to her - and Merrill wonders if even John Jordan, with his considerable skills and experience, can figure out who the killer is before it’s too late. Can John save a life? What about the would-be killer’s very soul? Or is Malia fated to be another martyr for the cause of justice and equality? Start Blue Blood now and find out today!
©2018 Michael Lister (P)2019 Michael Lister
And the Sea Became Blood
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Can he survive long enough to catch a killer? The murder of retired priest Andrew Irwin begins like any other homicide investigation for sheriff’s Investigator John Jordan. But it is soon interrupted by an existential superstorm of apocalyptic proportions that threatens to destroy both John and his family. Can John catch a killer under such extreme and extraordinary circumstances? Will he live long enough to even be able to try? The stakes have never been higher, survival never more in question. Don’t miss this thrilling stand-alone mystery adventure if your heart can take it.
©2019 Michael Lister (P)2019 Michael Lister