Edward James Beesley has narrated 11 audiobooks on Listento.it by 8 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Valley of Fear.
Valley of Fear
Summary
“The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.” Sherlock Holmes is one of the most talented investigators in the world, and has solved case after case with his intelligence and intuition. When he is sent a mysterious coded message from a spy working for his enemy Professor Moriarty, Sherlock takes it upon himself to crack the code and begin investigating a crime that has yet to happen against a man named John Douglas. The case gets more complicated every step of the way, with Sherlock always being just a few steps behind the enemies. He follows clue after clue across the city attempting to track down and determine the fate of John Douglas, to bring resolution to the case and to Douglas’ loved ones. Douglas’ wife thinks his disappearance has something to do with the “Valley of Fear”, a mysterious reference to his past life in America. It’s up to Sherlock to find out what that Valley of Fear may be, what has become of John Douglas, determine Moriarty’s involvement, and tie every loose end together with the help of his trusted companion, John Watson. With Arthur Conan Doyle’s signature wit and flare for the dramatic, Valley of Fear is a masterful mystery sure to keep listeners guessing to the last second.
Public Domain (P)2021 InAudio
The Legendary Duke
Summary
"Terrific storytelling with lots of wit, derring-do, and tugging on the heartstrings!" (Grace Burrowes, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author) "Locke seamlessly blends hints from classics like The Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, and Arthurian legend into an utterly enjoyable Regency romance." (Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize) From RITA® finalist and USA Today best-selling author Margaret Locke comes The Legendary Duke, the second in her Put Up Your Dukes Regency historical romance series. For a Knight to win the princess, he first must slay his dragons.... A tragic event in his youth led Gavin Knight’s mother to whisk him to Rome, where he lived a simple but secluded life - until, on her deathbed, she revealed who he truly was: the duke of Cortleon. Now 29, Gavin has returned to England, determined to learn what happened all those years ago. Despite charming his fellow lords and ladies alike, the new duke disregards any notion of nuptials, as his honor first demands resolution - and retribution. Then he meets Lady Elinor Greene. For seven years, renowned beauty Elinor has refused all proposals, fearing marriage would curb her freedom. But when her family falls on hard times, Nelle must sacrifice herself to save them by marrying a man of means. A wealthy widower seems the logical choice, a passionless union perfect. Until she meets the duke of Cortleon and learns one Knight can be legendary. Soon Gavin and Elinor must each decide which quest is worth more: that for honor, or that for love.... While second in the series, The Legendary Duke can easily be listened to as a stand-alone novel - especially because this story turned out to take place before that of The Demon Duke. (Oops.) Loosely based on the Arthurian legend Gawain and the Green Knight, The Legendary Duke provides adventure, mystery, desire, and betrayal in this satisfying blend of Regency historical romance with a hint of medieval flavor...and Arthurian Easter eggs pop up throughout! You don't have to give a hoot about Arthurian legends to fall for this love/hate triangle for the ages, however; that's just an added bonus for geeks like me. Length: 108,000 words
©2018 Margaret Locke (P)2019 Margaret Locke
The Long Road to Auschwitz
Summary
Pre-war Europe - May 1939. A couple meet and fall in love on a Parisian street. Max is a British Territorial soldier, and Zia is a Jewish girl from the south of France. Zia's grandmother is a wealthy socialite, privy to a dark secret that can harm the Nazi leadership. After Zia is kidnapped by the Gestapo and Max is hospitalized, he awakes to find no trace of his beloved, who he had planned to marry in England. The Red Cross suspect that she was trafficked across the border and delivered to Sachsenhausen Labor Camp at Oranienburg, not far from Berlin on the night of May 26th, 1939. A criminal act, 343 days before the Wehrmacht attacked France. June 6th, 1944 - four years later. Max is one of 150,000 Allied troops headed toward the Normandy beaches. He has two options - find the woman he could never forget or kill the people responsible for her death. From the very beginning, Berlin had ordered SS Hauptsturmführer Dieter Baumann to deal harshly with their VIP captive, but never to kill her. Through three concentration camps, ending in Auschwitz, Zia wishes she had been killed many times over. Traumatized, she has no idea that Max and a few unlikely friends are battling their way through Nazi-occupied Europe in a crazy attempt to rescue her. This novel explores the dark depths that humans can sink to in times of war. It is for adults only and even then, it is not for listeners of a sensitive disposition. Whatever you listen to in this novel of extraordinarily graphic Holocaust content, consider this - it was immeasurably worse, a 100,000 times so.
©2019 Anthony Vincent Bruno (P)2020 Anthony Vincent Bruno
The Assassin
Summary
Is it ethical to fight terror with terror? The British government's crisis committee, known as Cobra, met in emergency session when a jihadist terror cell struck at the heart of the United Kingdom causing massive loss of life. Coordinated attacks took place around the world creating an atmosphere of fear, unprecedented since 9/11. Cobra called upon a unit of former Special Forces to track and eliminate the terrorists as the country ground to a halt. While the West used all justifiable and intolerable means to prevent further atrocities, the rumours began to circulate once more of an assassin who had no name, no image and no past - just a reputation. Publisher's note: This work was previously published under the titles - SAS Assassin and SAS Target Sheikh.
©2018 Anthony Vincent Bruno (P)2021 Anthony Vincent Bruno
The Demon Duke
Summary
A USA Today best seller, Publishers Weekly starred review recipient, and 2018 RITA® Finalist, The Demon Duke is the first in Margaret Locke's new Put Up Your Dukes Regency historical romance series. A duke tormented by a painful secret meets the bookish miss who just might save him from himself.... Banished to Yorkshire as a boy, Damon Blackbourne had vowed never to return to his family's estate. However, when his father and brother die in a carriage accident, it falls on him to take up the mantle of the Malford dukedom and chaperone his sisters through the London Season - his worst nightmare come to life. He never planned on Lady Grace Mattersley. She stirs him body and soul - until she stumbles across his dark secret. Bookish Grace much prefers solitude and reading to social just-about-anything. Her family may be pressuring her to find a husband, but she has other plans, such as writing a novel of her own. She has no idea, however, how to deal with the all-too-alluring Duke of Malford. Will she betray him to the world? Or will she be his saving Grace?
©2017 Anne Tjaden writing as Margaret Locke (P)2018 Anne Tjaden writing as Margaret Locke
Vanished? A Swedish Crime Novel
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She: a very hot 30-something Swedish woman. He: a native of Berlin, on vacation in rural Sweden, seeking solace for his broken heart. They meet. He finds her irresistible. But before their relationship can get off the ground, she vanishes mysteriously, having apparently been abducted. So Martin sets out to rescue Liv from her captors, with the aid of two Swedish detectives in a race against time - and across Sweden. In so doing, Martin and his intrepid detective duo put their very lives on the line. Vanished? is the first book in the Stockholm Sleuth series and where we meet the two private investigators: Elin and Lars. If you like fast action and surprising twists, then you'll love Christer Tholin's Swedish crime novels.
©2017 Christer Tholin (P)2019 Christer Tholin
Pretense
Summary
A dark cloud hangs over Europe after the brutal murders of two heads of state just days apart. Growing civil unrest erupts across major cities as protests grow, threatening the stability of national governments.
Tasked with finding the perpetrators, federal police of several countries combine forces with Interpol. A tense game of cat-and-mouse is soon underway as the violence escalates. One fact quickly becomes obvious: behind the political assassinations lies a diabolical plot which appears to stretch westward to the United States, implicating the CIA. But do the facts reflect reality or is there yet a more sinister unseen force working behind the scenes to destabilize Europe and NATO?
The team of investigators led by Interpol’s Marek Frakas, "The Wolf", moves quickly to track the perpetrators and uncover the identity of the unseen mastermind behind the conspiracy. This cadre includes the lovely Adrianna, a young forensic weapons expert who can hold her own on the male-dominated international team of investigators.
Together they seek to understand reality versus the shattered mirror-like reflections meant to obfuscate the truth and shroud the mastermind’s identity and ultimate purpose. With the perpetrators always one step ahead, the series of false trails and frustrating missed opportunities to apprehend the three suspects plants seeds of doubt and distrust within the investigative team.
Imbroglio - an extremely confused and complicated scenario
A definite must-listen for anyone who enjoys realistic, thought-provoking, and believable political suspense thrillers.
©2018 John Di Frances (P)2018 Reliance Books Publishing, LLC
Julius Caesar
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“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Julius Caesar is at the height of his power. He has just defeated his top rival and is basking in the glory of his triumph. Some believe that he is abusing his power, though, and behind his back, a conspiracy is developing to assassinate him. Even his close advisor Brutus is swayed to participate in the murder plot. Once Caesar is murdered, the conspirators are forced to explain themselves to Rome’s citizens and explain their intentions and attempt to convince them that this murder was necessary to create peace. While many people understand their reasoning and agree that the murder was a tragic necessity, Caesar’s death exacerbates the conflicts and power struggles, and the rest of the tragedy demonstrates the bloody aftermath of the conspirators’ act of violence. Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known history plays and is revered for its profound writing and thought-provoking perspective on this famous historical event. Shakespeare’s humanization of these real-life characters gives listeners a peek into both sides of the story in an unforgettable way.
Public Domain (P)2020 InAudio
Secrets?: A Swedish Crime Novella
Summary
"Dammit! She’d made a huge mistake. She’d never make it out of here - they were going to kill her."
In the crime novella Secrets?, fledgling private investigator Elin Bohlander takes on what looks like an easy assignment - at first: to determine if her client’s boyfriend is having an affair with another woman. To do this, Elin follows him to a secluded cabin in the woods, where she soon discovers that what’s actually transpiring is stranger than anyone thought. Having ventured too far, she’s stumbled upon a hornet’s nest and put her life at risk. But it’s too late. Can Elin win the unequal fight against a gang of brutal child molesters?
Secrets? is the second, standalone book from Christer Tholin’s Stockholm Sleuth Series. In the previous novel Vanished?, Elin and her colleague Lars solve their first case together.
If you like fast-paced action and surprising twists and turns, then you will love Christer Tholin's sleuth series.
Buy Secrets? to see how this suspenseful case is solved!
©2017 Christer Tholin (P)2019 Christer Tholin
Awakened Runes
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“Eyes to the horizon” were the last words the king spoke to his wife before the abrogator channeled dark power and murdered them both. Their deaths activated an enchantment that concealed their two sons’ identity and allowed the king’s brother, Kaellor, to escape from Aarindorn with the heirs to the Southlands. For 12 years, Kaellor raises the boys in relative anonymity. Without explanation, the barrier concealing their identity frays. The abrogators renew their hunt, and the three begin a journey fraught with otherworldly dangers. Back in Aarindorn, Karragin, daughter of the Regent, ascends to leadership among the Outriders, but political intrigue threatens her family at every step. She survives one assassination attempt but uncovers something even more sinister threatening the kingdom. Between them all, Laryn struggles to find her path in the Valley of the Cloudwalkers. Her fate is entwined with the others, but first, she must survive the dangers at the summit of the Korjinth Mountains. How will the brothers react to the trappings of destiny? What hope do two teenagers and a middle-aged map maker have against those aligned with the forces of the underworld? When you strip everything from a man not once but twice, what are the limits to his vengeance? Enter Book 1 of the Rune Fire Cycle.
©2020 Lance VanGundy (P)2020 Lance VanGundy
Sweet Virginia
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Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars). What’s a woman to do when she fails to live up to feminine ideals? It depends on what she’s willing to give up in this darkly comic short story by Caroline Kepnes, the bestselling author of You. Shelby is struggling with parenthood, marriage, a passive-aggressive mother, and unemployment. But she also has a sweet escape in her beloved Hallmark movies. When a secret admirer promises to sweep her away into a world of those same romantic tropes, the temptation is so heady, Shelby can already smell the pumpkin spice. But this rom-com dream has a whiff of conspiracy.... Caroline Kepnes’s Sweet Virginia is part of Out of Line, an incisive collection of funny, enraging, and hopeful stories of women’s empowerment and escape. Each piece can be listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.
©2020 Caroline Kepnes (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.