A Merry Band of Murderers, Claudia Bishop
A Merry Band of Murderers, Claudia Bishop
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A Merry Band of Murderers
An Original Mystery Anthology of Songs and Stories

Author: Claudia Bishop, Don Bruns

Narrator: Tom Weiner, James Adams, Pam Ward

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

This entertaining collection features thirteen short mystery stories from some of our finest writers, all based on some piece of music. Editors Claudia Bishop and Don Bruns present the stories with two essays, discussing the short mystery and the musical mystery.Enjoy stories from Mary Anna Evans, Jim Fusilli, Bill Moody, Rupert Holmes, Rhys Bowen, John Lescroart, Nathan Walpow, Peter Robinson, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Corcoran, Val McDermid, Claudia Bishop, and Don Bruns. Each story is accompanied by a short introduction, song lyrics, and an interview with the writer. Finally, the book is packaged with a music cassette or CD with recordings by the authors, making it a one-of-a-kind audiobook.

About Claudia Bishop

Claudia Bishop is the author of the popular Hemlock Falls mystery series, the Casebooks of Dr. McKenzie series, and a collection of short stories.

About Don Bruns

Don Bruns is an ad executive and a USA Today bestselling author. As a former road musician, he performed with Ricky Nelson, the Four Seasons, Ray Charles, and others. Bruns has authored seventeen published novels including the Quentin Archer Mystery series. Casting Bones has been optioned for a motion picture by Nine Ton Entertainment. He makes his home in Southern Florida.

About Tom Weiner

Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

About James Adams

James Adams is one of the world’s leading authorities on terrorism and intelligence, and for more than twenty-five years he has specialized in national security. He is also the author of fourteen bestselling books on warfare, with a particular emphasis on covert warfare. A former managing editor of the London Sunday Times and CEO of United Press International, he trained as a journalist in England, where he graduated first in the country. Now living in Southern Oregon, he has narrated numerous audiobooks and earned an AudioFile Earphones Award and two coveted Audie Award for best narration.

About Pam Ward

Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shanna

Some of these were awesome, most were just meh. The concept is interesting - write a story based on the song, but it fell a little flat because there were some that just were not great stories.......more

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“A great collection of short stories about murder and music." MyShelf.com 

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