Book Treats for Your Ears

There are 30 categories among the Audio Publishers Association’s lists of finalists for the 2015 Audie Awards (“the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment”). However, two group of nominees are likely of most interest to Rap Sheet readers. They are:

Mystery:

• The Dead Will Tell, by Linda Castillo; narrated by Kathleen McInerney (Macmillan Audio)

• Hounded, by David Rosenfelt; narrated by Grover Gardner (Listen & Live Audio)

• Malice, by Keigo Higashino; narrated by Jeff Woodman (Macmillan Audio)

• Missing You, by Harlan Coben; narrated by January LaVoy (Brilliance)

• Providence Rag, by Bruce DeSilva; narrated by Jeff Woodman (Audible)

• The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith; narrated by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)

Thriller/Suspense:

• The Avengers, Lost Episodes, Vol. 1: Hot Snow, adapted by John Dorney; narrated by Various (Big Finish Productions)

• Dead Six, by Larry Correia and Mike Kupari; narrated by Bronson Pinchot (Audible)

• In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, by Adrian McKinty; narrated by Gerard Doyle (Blackstone Audio)

• The Lost Key, by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison; narrated by Renee Raudman and MacLeod Andrews (Brilliance)

• Those Who Wish Me Dead, by Michael Koryta; narrated by Robert Petkoff (Hachette Audio)

• Wayfaring Stranger, by James Lee Burke; narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster)

In addition, Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes (narrated by Will Patton, released by Simon & Schuster) appears among the Audies’ Fiction contenders. Winners are set to be announced on May 28.