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Julia Haeberlin's Playing Dead is a rich, complex family saga that is as moving as it is suspenseful. The perfume-scented letter that turns Tommie McCloud's world upside down arrives from a stranger only days after her father's death. The woman who wrote it claims that Tommie is her daughter--and that she was kidnapped as a baby thirty-one years ago. Tommie wants to believe it's all a hoax, but suddenly a girl who grew up on a Texas ranch finds herself inextricably linked to a horrific past: the slaughter of a family in Chicago, the murder of an Oklahoma beauty queen, and the kidnapping of a little girl named Adriana. 

Are you permanently in a cowboy state of mind? Check out the Great Classic Westerns audio anthology, with stories from some of the most well-known authors of the genre, including Zane Grey and Max Brand! With sixteen unabridged classic tales, you'll have enough great listening to keep your ears busy till the cows come home...

Order your copy from Iambik here. (Coming soon to Audible.)

We're a little late to celebrate Bloomsday this year, but it's always a good time for a little Ulysses as far as we're concerned. This dramatized reading of James Joyce's masterpiece adapted for BBC Radio 4, starring Stephen Rea and Sinead Cusack is timelessly evocative, The story of Stephen Dedalus' journey through Dublin, it is a huge, rich portrayal of human life. In this magnificent recording, which includes the famous Molly Bloom soliloquy, the power and truth of Joyce's vision is as potent as ever.

Spend your Sunday with the South African detective duo Kramer & Zondi! Tollie Erasmus, an unsavory bank robber on the run, is hung from the neck until dead. Unfortunately, execution was administered without the benefit of South African judge or jury. Somewhere there's a killer who knows far too much about the hangman's craft, and Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and his Bantu assistant Mickey Zondi must find him before his trail of death continues. Penned in 1977, The Sunday Hangman is the fifth tale starring the odd couple sleuths.

Matt's mother kept all his childhood memories in a small box, amongst the many photos of Matt as a child. But something about those photos has always puzzled Matt. Is that really him? Why does he not remember those clothes and toys? And where, in the photos, is his sister Imogen? Imogen, meanwhile, is living with her husband and their baby in a rented cottage. Ever since her childhood she has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of a beautiful and ancient house on Exmoor, and now they have the chance of buying it. But the Summer House provides the key to the strange and tragic secret which has affected Matt's whole life. 

Hey, food network junkies! You'll totally want to check out this one-of-a-kind audio, Steven Raichlen's Martha's Vineyard -- it's a cooking show for your ears! TV host and food expert Steve Raichlen takes you on a guided tour of Martha's Vineyard's farms and local vendors, then cooks up a delectable meal from his debut novel (Island Apart). But grab a snack first--the sizzle of that frying pan will make your mouth water!