Arte Johnson has narrated 32 audiobooks on Listento.it by 58 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 84 ratings. The most-rated is V Wars.
The Vanishing Men
Summary
This superb collection of nine detective stories focuses on the police procedural genre where crime investigation takes on a sense of reality. Written by masters of the genre, these classic stories include: "Death Makes a Comeback" by James O'Keefe, "Squealer" by John D. MacDonald, "Jode's Last Hunt" by Brian Garfield, "The Man in the Red Flannel Suit" by Jan Grape, "The Vanishing Men" by Edward D. Hoch, "A Contest Fit for a Queen" by Susan Dunlap, "Chee's Witch" by Tony Hillerman, "Ghost Station" by Carolyn Wheat, and "J" by Ed McBain. Edited by Martin Greenberg. Full cast of narrators includes William Sanderson and Shauna Zurbrugg.
©1999 Martin Greenberg (P)1999, 2017 Audio Literature / Phoenix Books
Trust Me on This
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What would it take to lure a serious young newswoman from a respectable New England paper to the most notorious supermarket tabloid in America? The call of journalistic adventure? How about a promise of a salary that's triple what she's making? En route to her new job at the Weekly Galaxy, Sara Joslyn stumbles across a bloody corpse in a Buick Riviera. A big story? Not at this paper. The problem is compounded when the dead man vanishes, Buick and all.
©1991 Donald E. Westlake (P)2009 Phoenix
Dance of the Reptiles
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If you think the wildest, wackiest stories that Carl Hiaasen can tell have all made it into his hilarious, best-selling novels, think again. Dance of the Reptiles collects the best of Hiaasen's Miami Herald columns, which lay bare the stories - large and small - that demonstrate anew that truth is far stranger than fiction. Hiaasen offers his commentary - indignant, disbelieving, sometimes righteously angry, and frequently hilarious - on burning issues like animal welfare, polluted rivers, and the broken criminal justice system as well as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Bernie Madoff's trial, and the shenanigans of the recent presidential elections. Whether or not you have read Carl Hiaasen before, you are in for a wild ride.
©2014 Carl Hiaasen (P)2014 Random House Audio
Dave Barry Talks Back
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When Dave Barry writes funny, you write back. And when you write funny, Dave Barry talks back! Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist Dave Barry gets more response from readers than any other writer in the United States. And now the absolute best of Dave Barry is available, complete with those items sent in by Dave's legion of Alert Readers all across the country. But Dave Barry doesn't only talk back to readers. He talks back to traffic cops, dentists, doctors, Congress, and his very dumb dogs. Dave Barry Talks Back is a very funny, quintessentially Barry book that talks back to everybody, including your mom.
©1991 by Dave Barry (P)1991 by Dove Audio
The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 3
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Breathtaking suspense, cold-blooded crime and challenging twists of plot make this collection a chilling audio experience. Featuring the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present, including: "The Perfect Crime" by Ben Ray Redman, "Quitters, Inc. by Stephen King, "High Darktown" by James Ellroy, "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch, "Clerical Error" by James Gould Cozzens, "The Gettysburg Bugle" by Ellery Queen , "Last Spin" by Evan Hunter, "Karen Makes Out" by Elmore Leonard , "The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle.
©1998 Otto Penzler (P)1998, 2017 Dove Audio / Phoenix Books
Claw Your Way to the Top
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Sick of working your way to the top? Take Dave Barry's advice and you'll have keys to the executive washroom in no time flat. If you're highly motivated and want the fast track, you can't afford to fritter away valuable time working diligently and competently on the job. America's most popular humorist, Dave Barry, shows you the alternate route, giving you tools to become the head of a major corporation in roughly a week. His surefire tips, from what shirt to wear to how to deal with pesky subordinates, will keep you laughing all the way up the corporate ladder.
©1986 by Dave Barry (P)1993 Dove Audio, Inc.
Drowned Hopes
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Arriving home at dawn after another failed burglary, John Dortmunder - the anti-hero of Donald Westlake's popular comic crime series - is shocked to find his apartment occupied by a notorious cellmate everyone had supposed (and hoped) had been jailed for life. Tom Jimson needs Dortmunder's help. Thirty years ago, before his last prison stretch, Tom had pulled a big job up near Albany - a very big job - that left a cool $700,000 in cash buried under a water reservoir in an upstate New York valley. Being the nasty sort of fellow he is, Tom's plan is to blow up the dam, flood the surrounding countryside, and grab the cash. With the fate of 900 small town nobodies hanging in the balance, Dortmunder races against Tom's itchy dynamite finger to formulate an alternative plan for retrieving the loot. Thus begins a convoluted caper, in the Westlake tradition, of misadventure and hilarity.
©1990 Donald E. Westlake (P)2009 Phoenix
Primary Whites
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Harry Beltway, idealistic young conservative and grandson of a famous evangelist, has just come back from a two-years tour as a missionary when he is persuaded to join the campaign staff of Tim Duncannon, an arch-conservative television commentator who has set his sights on the Republican nomination for presidency so that he can build a barbed wire fence around America. As a candidate, Duncannon wows conservative fundamentalist Americans with his promises to protect them from Zulus and wetbacks and his reassurances that school prayer will someday return and abortionists will disappear. Harry must run interference when Duncannon's campaign starts to fall apart after accusations of campaign bullying (Duncannon's brothers are harassing and beating up his opponents), sexual misconduct (Duncannon is discovered having semi-weekly rendezvous with a mysterious blonde), and devil worship (Duncannon is caught channeling the spirit of Richard Nixon, his former boss). Along the way Harry starts a confusing love affair with a fellow campaign worker that turns out to be, literally, a drag.
©1996 C.E. Crimmins (P)2009 Phoenix
Pussy Tales
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Intrigue, crime, and murder create suspense in this edge-of-your-seat collection of cat mystery stories whose plots are all centered on a beloved feline, written by some of the finest, best-selling mystery writers of all time. Full list of authors includes Bill Cridermore and Carolyn Wheat.
©1998 Dove Audio (P)2019 Phoenix Books
The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 6
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The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 6 is an exciting addition to this series, featuring the most acclaimed writers, past and present. This unique collection of master writers, including Wilkie Collins, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, edited by multi-award winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.
©1998 Phoenix (P)1998 Phoenix
The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People
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Better than CliffsNotes, funnier than Monarch Notes, and shorter than the originals - here is a collection of all the best sellers you've heard about! "The Fridges of Marin County": A hip California housewife finds brief happiness in the arms of an Iowa refrigerator "Embarrassed by the Light": A guide for people who are self-conscious about near-death experiences "A Year in Pompeii": Fond pre-Vesuvius anecdotes and recollections "Iron Tom": Help your neutered cat regain his masculinity "The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People": Annoying strategies for getting what you want "The 'Baby You're Hot' Zone": A deadly flesh-eating virus affects Hollywood agents "Listening to Pringles": A psychologist/grocer chronicles his experience in treating depressive patients with prescription junk food And more!
©1996 Cathy Crimmins and Tom Maeder (P)1996, 2017 Dove Audio / Phoenix Books
Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
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Now is not the time to start that fitness program! Instead, laugh along with humorist Dave Barry as he debunks, demotivates, and delights on the subject of fitness. Hear his inimitable views on exercise ("the best time would be the first thing after Easter, but not the one coming up"), weights ("big-time lifters have turned into 400-pound hairy sweaty shapeless grunting masses of tissue. And the men are even worse"), and much more.
©1985 Rodale Press (P)1996 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.