Meet Barbara Rosenblat
While her style isn’t entirely comedic, Barbara Rosenblat exudes a genuine wit,
which plays especially well in her most popular works.
Top Performances
Greatest Hits
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.
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Masterful writing and incredible narration
- By Barbara on 01-14-12
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
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Nice break from the usual-
- By Carrie on 12-18-04
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Murder at an English Séance
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Hidden beneath her British reserve, Edwina has a secret: she’s finished her novel and is bravely mailing the manuscript to a publisher. Beryl also has a secret: as thanks for solving a case, the American adventuress has been gifted an airplane. After swooping over the fields and hedgerows of Walmsley Parva, livestock scattering beneath her, she flamboyantly lands the plane on the village green, prompting a startled Edwina to consider a stiff gin fizz. Beryl’s aircraft is not the only disruption of village peace. Miss Dinsdale, a psychic medium, has started holding séances.
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Love this series.
- By Jan H. Wolfe on 07-24-24
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Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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A safari expedition in Zambia is the disguise Emily employs in order to locate a professional assassin among her fellow explorers. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary man named Cyrus.
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At last!
- By Got My Book on 05-14-11
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.
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Masterful writing and incredible narration
- By Barbara on 01-14-12
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
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Nice break from the usual-
- By Carrie on 12-18-04
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Murder at an English Séance
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Hidden beneath her British reserve, Edwina has a secret: she’s finished her novel and is bravely mailing the manuscript to a publisher. Beryl also has a secret: as thanks for solving a case, the American adventuress has been gifted an airplane. After swooping over the fields and hedgerows of Walmsley Parva, livestock scattering beneath her, she flamboyantly lands the plane on the village green, prompting a startled Edwina to consider a stiff gin fizz. Beryl’s aircraft is not the only disruption of village peace. Miss Dinsdale, a psychic medium, has started holding séances.
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Love this series.
- By Jan H. Wolfe on 07-24-24
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Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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A safari expedition in Zambia is the disguise Emily employs in order to locate a professional assassin among her fellow explorers. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary man named Cyrus.
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At last!
- By Got My Book on 05-14-11
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The Falcon at the Portal
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 11
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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Join spunky Amelia and her charming family for a thrilling new archaeological adventure in Edwardian Egypt. Even on the joyous occasion of the marriage of their Egyptian "son" David to their beloved niece Lia, trouble finds Amelia and hunky hubby Emerson. And this time it is personal.
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Perhaps Best of Series
- By Kermit on 12-21-05
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The Curse of the Pharaohs
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 2
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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The sun rides high over the British Empire and the light still sparkles brightly in Amelia Peabody's eye as she returns for her second adventure in archaeology and romantic mystery as recounted in her lively journal, The Curse of the Pharaohs.
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Wonderful!
- By Leanna on 04-20-11
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He Shall Thunder in the Sky
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 12
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
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In her best-selling Amelia Peabody mysteries, author Elizabeth Peters has created an award-winning mixture of vivid archeological detail, finely-tuned suspense, and witty romance. This, the 12th Amelia Peabody mystery, opens in 1914. As the tides of war rise, Egypt is threatened by attacks. Espionage abounds, pulling in several members of the Peabody Emerson household even as they embark on a new archeological season.
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Excellent!
- By Trishk on 06-11-04
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Murder in an English Village
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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The year is 1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress Beryl Helliwell never fails to surprise and shock. The last thing her adoring public would expect is that she craves some peace and quiet. The humdrum hamlet of Walmsley Parva in the English countryside seems just the ticket. And, honestly, until America comes to its senses and repeals Prohibition, Beryl has no intention of returning stateside and subjecting herself to bathtub gin.
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Must read Historical Mystery
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 02-20-18
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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Emily Pollifax is one of a precious few gray-haired female sleuths who solve their cases through unflagging determination, moral courage and wisdom that comes with age. In "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax", Emily answers the call of that “nice Mr. Carstairs” to go to Istanbul as a courier and search for a missing agent.
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Wonderful story, perfect narration!
- By Coffee Lover on 09-08-11
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Murder Flies the Coop
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on the two old school chums, but money is still tight in these years following the Great War. So when the local vicar - and pigeon-racing club president - approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity, the ladies accept. There's been a spot of bother: The treasurer has absconded with the club's funds and several prized birds. But when they visit the man's loft, they find their elusive quarry lying in white feathers and a pool of crimson blood - the only witnesses cooing mournfully.
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I Do So Love This Pair Of Sleuths..!!..Hilarious Highbrow Hijinks..!!
- By John on 10-22-18
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The Last Camel Died at Noon
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 6
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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Amelia and Emerson leave the calm of Victorian England in search of an estranged father's son and a lost kingdom buried deep in Sudan.
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Barbara Rosenblat's narration is here!
- By Alexandra on 05-24-09
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Lion in the Valley
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 4
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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Amelia Peabody, archaeologist and woman extraordinaire, should have greeted the approaching excavation with transports of joy. Nothing in the world could compare with exploring the muddy, musty corridors of some bat-infested pyramid. And at Dahshoor, to which she was headed, there existed some particularly fine specimens.
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A Delicious Confection
- By Coffee Lover on 11-24-05
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The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Mrs. Pollifax has a new hat, and only she and Mr. Carstairs know it conceals eight false passports which she must smuggle into Bulgaria.
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Another Delightful Adventure
- By Nancy J on 03-17-13
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Seeing a Large Cat
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 9
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Best-selling mystery author Elizabeth Peters has captured the hearts of thousands of readers with her spunky Victorian Egyptologist, Amelia Peabody Emerson. In Seeing a Large Cat, Amelia must ensnare a modern-day killer, a bogus spiritualist, and a predatory debutante in the awesome Valley of the Kings. Someone is sending ominous messages: "Stay away from tomb Twenty-A!" Intrigued, parasol-wielding Amelia won't rest until she finds the forbidden burial site.
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Like Old Times
- By Jimmy on 03-12-05
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Murder in an English Glade
- Beryl and Edwina Mysteries, Book 5
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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The year 1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress Beryl Helliwell never fails to surprise and shock. The last thing her adoring public would expect is that she craves some peace and quiet. The humdrum hamlet of Walmsley Parva in the English countryside seems just the ticket. And, honestly, until America comes to its senses and repeals Prohibition, Beryl has no intention of returning stateside and subjecting herself to bathtub gin.
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Not the best Beryl and Edwina adventure
- By Susan on 10-27-21
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The Mummy Case
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 3
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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The indomitable Amelia Peabody and her husband, known to many as "the Father of Curses", are into archaeology and mischief again. This third in the series brings the reader once more into Egypt and the shady world of black market antiquities. The winter excavation season has hardly yet begun when Amelia stumbles onto what looks suspiciously like a ring of thieves.
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Excellent!
- By Leanna on 04-20-11
Editor's Pick
"Smart, snappy, cozy series with sublime narration."
"Barbara Rosenblat is one of my favorite narrators. Nowhere does she elevate a story more than with The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax. Dorothy Gilman started the series in 1970—the story of a garden-club wife from New Brunswick, NJ who joins the CIA in a madcap series of events—and Barbara Rosenblat narrates a dozen titles, all available at Audible. If you love John D. MacDonald or Rhys Bowen, may I suggest your next audio binge?"