Bibliomysteries Volume 1

By: Jeffery Deaver, C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Blauner, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, William Link, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Andrew Taylor, David Bell

Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May

Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A must-listen collection of 13 bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors

Bibliomysteries Volume 1 includes:

"An Acceptable Sacrifice" by Jeffery Deaver

"The Final Testament" by Peter Blauner

"What's in a Name?" by Thomas H. Cook

"Book Club" by Loren D. Estleman 

And many others

Copyright 2012 by Jeffery Deaver ("An Acceptable Sacrifice"); copyright 2012 by C. J. Box ("Pronghorns of the Third Reich"); copyright 2011 by Ken Bruen ("The Book of Virtue"); copyright 2011 by Reed Farrel Coleman ("The Book of Ghosts"); copyright 2013 by Peter Blauner ("The Final Testament"); copyright 2013 by Thomas H. Cook ("What's in a Name?”); copyright 2012 by Loren D. Estleman ("Book Club"); copyright 2012 by William Link ("Death Leaves a Bookmark"); copyright 2012 by Laura Lippman ("The Book Thing"); copyright 2011 by Anne Perry ("The Scroll"); copyright 2013 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins ("It's in the Book"); copyright 2013 by Andrew Taylor ("The Long Sonata of the Dead"); copyright 2013 by David Bell ("Rides a Stranger")

©2012 See description (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Some were good

As with any short story collection, some are good while others are…not. It was about half and half for me. Some of them ended abruptly, were dull or I didn’t know what it was about.

Predominantly male writers

I appreciated the number of short stories, the book had a variety of writing styles. Some stories seemed to drag on and by the time I reached the end I had lost a little bit of my interest in the story. Other stories flowed and held my interest. I found it funny that a character in one of the stories was a TV character; as I read on I could picture the characters voice and mannerisms. A good way to kill a rainy day. Not a jaw dropping seat of your pants collection but it has enough in it to give a slightly above average rating.

Great collection!

Weird section towards the middle where all the stories were about Nazis, but in general, it was very eclectic. The narrator was great until he tried to do women’s voices, and then … not so much. But overall a strong collection of stories.

Boring

Most of the stories were not interesting 3 stories were okay not worth a credit

Good Listen

This book is all about books. There are some good stories here, My favorites were C.J. Box, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman and Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins stories. Daniel Thomas May was okay on most male voices, but some of the female voices were a little sketchy. Check it out if you have Audible Plus, you have nothing to lose.

Yuck

Awful retro narration. Stories are baffling… what’s this about anyway? Oh reverting. Try the next one… same.

Riddle me this...

Question:
How does a renowned writer/editor inspire a group of known authors to create a complete story from a single word?

Answer:
I haven't a clue and neither does Mr. Deaver.

It's a bunch of ill-conceived, overthought and underwritten groups of words amplified by a half spoken/half-act group of performances.