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The Audio Publishers Association has announced the winners of its 2011 Audie Awards, “recognizing the best in audiobooks.” Here are the victors in several categories of particular interest to Rap Sheet readers:

Best Original Work: The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Vol. 2: The Little Death, by Max Allan Collins from a story by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins; read by Stacy Keach and a supporting cast

Best Mystery & Suspense: The Reversal, by Michael Connelly;
read by Peter Giles

Best Thriller/Suspense: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson; read by Simon Vance

Best Classic: The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins; read by Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, and Judy Geeson

Author Max Allan Collins talked about The Little Death during an interview I conducted with him last year.

Click here to find a full list of this year’s Audie nominees.