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Absent in the Spring
Author: Agatha Christie, writing as Mary Westmacott, Reader: Ann Beach

Written under the pen name of Mary Westmacott, this insightful fictional work shows us another side of the multifaceted talent of the Queen of Mystery. Stranded in the Iraqi desert, waiting for a train, a middle-aged married woman reevaluates her life. How much does she know or understand about herself? How much of what she thinks about herself is a delusion? Writing as Westmacott, Christie's answers to these compelling questions force us to consider our own lives in these terms. "A gem of a psychological portrait."—The New York Herald Tribune

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Unabridged, 4 cassettes, Fiction-Modern, M41199, 9781572701991, ~~$24.95~~ Now $9.95
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Absolute Truths
Author: Susan Howatch, Reader: Robert Whitfield

A stirring story of a man who, to his intense chagrin, discovers his fallibility. Preaching against what he sees as the hedonism of the 1960s, Bishop Ashworth suddenly experiences a crisis of faith when his wife dies. He quickly sees that his strict morality is only a façade. Spiraling downwards, Ashworth knows he must find his way out of the maze of his own psyche. "Powerful... miraculous."—Booklist

Unabridged, 17 CDs, Fiction-Modern, M9B884, 9780786178841, ~~$120.00~~ Now $108.00
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Action!
Author: Robert Cort, Reader: Grover Gardner

This racy delight tells how movies are really made, and how the industry has evolved, often at the cost of its collective soul. It's not talent that counts, but politics. A fictional family saga with colorful historical characters: Bing Crosby, Adolph Zukor, Steve McQueen, and more. "Appalling [and] fascinating... Gardner gives it all the gravitas good acting can."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 12 CDs, Fiction-Modern, M9B143, 9780786191437, ~~$96.00~~ Now $86.40
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Ain't She Sweet?
Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Reader: Kate Fleming

Former bad girl Sugar Beth Carey has come home to Parrish, Mississippi, where everyone she once slighted is happier than she is. She wants to right old wrongs, but a modern-day dark prince wants revenge. He has other plans. From the authorof Breathing Room. "Sassy [and] sexy... simple perfection."—Booklist

Unabridged, 8 cassettes, Fiction-Modern, M8H437, 9780060594374, ~~$34.95~~ Now $17.50
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Alentejo Blue
Author: Monica Ali, Reader: Anna Fields

They want things to be different, but they can't figure out how to change. Instead, the people in these stories set in Portugal's Alentejo province decide to wait and see: maybe the returning millionaire will make a difference. By the author of Brick Lane. "Supple prose and acute insights... It is made of intriguingly beautiful bits and pieces."—Entertainment Weekly

Unabridged, 7 CDs, Fiction-Modern, M7B134, 9780786171347, $27.95
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All Aunt Hagar's Children
Author: Edward P. Jones, Reader: Peter Francis James

Washington, D.C. – the site of heartbreak and secrets, families opening to one another, and complex relationships. This resonating collection of 14 short stories is rife with characters that will stay with you. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World. "James' reading... follows the ebb and flow of Jones' stories like the score of an opera."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 13 CDs, Fiction-Modern, M9H290, 9780060852900, ~~$44.95~~ Now $24.75
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All the Dead Lie Down
Author: Mary Willis Walker, Reader: Judith Ivey

This emotionally-charged double mystery will leave you begging for more. Twenty-five years after her father's suicide, a true-crime reporter unearths evidence that it may have been murder. Meanwhile, a homeless woman reveals a conspiracy to kill everyone in the Texas legislature – and it may be too late to derail the plan.

Abridged, 4 cassettes, Fiction-Modern, M4C795, 9780553477955, $22.95
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