The Kingdoms of Savannah, George Dawes Green
The Kingdoms of Savannah, George Dawes Green
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The Kingdoms of Savannah
A Novel

Author: George Dawes Green

Narrator: Ariel Blake, Jeanette Illidge, Karen Commins, Kathleen McInerney, Lee Osorio

Unabridged: 11 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/19/2022


Synopsis

"The narrators form a kind of tag team as they voice the florid descriptions of the city, its people, and a murder investigation led by the unlikeliest of characters, high society's Morgana Musgrove, portrayed by Karen Commins." - AudioFile on The Kingdoms of Savannah

Savannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city’s history. But look deeper and you’ll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It’s the story at the heart of George Dawes Green’s chilling new novel, The Kingdoms of Savannah.

It begins quietly on a balmy Southern night as some locals gather at Bo Peep’s, one of the town’s favorite watering holes. Within an hour, however, a man will be murdered and his companion will be “disappeared.” An unlikely detective, Morgana Musgrove, doyenne of Savannah society, is called upon to unravel the mystery of these crimes. Morgana is an imperious, demanding, and conniving woman, whose four grown children are weary of her schemes. But one by one she inveigles them into helping with her investigation, and soon the family uncovers some terrifying truths—truths that will rock Savannah’s power structure to its core.

Moving from the homeless encampments that ring the city to the stately homes of Savannah’s elite, Green’s novel brilliantly depicts the underbelly of a city with a dark history and the strangely mesmerizing dysfunction of a complex family.

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books

About George Dawes Green

George Dawes Green, founder of The Moth, is an internationally celebrated author. His first novel, The Caveman’s Valentine, won the Edgar Award and became a motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson. The Juror was an international bestseller in more than twenty languages and was the basis for the movie starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. Ravens was chosen as one of the best books of 2009 by the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Mail of London, and many other publications. George Green grew up in Georgia and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About Ariel Blake

Ariel Blake is a Black and Guyanese (American) theater artist, teacher, abolitionist & birth keeper based in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her voice can also be heard narrating An Abolitionist’s Handbook by Patrisse Cullors and Raven Leilani’s Luster, among other titles.

About Kathleen McInerney

Kathleen McInerney has narrated numerous audiobooks by bestselling authors such as Emily Giffin, Danielle Steel, Jeffrey Stepakoff, Mary Kay Andrews, and Linda Castillo. Her narration of Just One Day by Gayle Forman won an AudioFile Earphones Award. In reviewing Mary Kay Andrew’s Ladies’ Night, AudioFile magazine said, “McInerney makes each of the characters distinct and recognizable and gives each the perfect voice, accent, and vocal mannerisms. Most enjoyable and well performed.” She has appeared onstage in New York and around the United States in both classical and contemporary theater. Her credits also include television commercials, daytime drama, radio plays, and animation voice-overs.


Reviews

**Many thanks to NetGalley, @CeladonBooks, and George Dawes Green for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 7.19!!** When you step outside of your genre comfort zone, one of two things normally happens: 1) You are pleasantly surprised, intrigued, and grateful you took a chance on something new OR 2)......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

”Flannery knew. Flannery got out, what a lucky girl.” I was just thinking about Wise Blood the other day. Who among us can forget Hazel Motes? Or the fragile creature, Flannery O’Connor, who brought him to life? Morganna Musgrove, doyenne of Savannah society, might think that Flannery got out, but p......more

As someone who has visited Savannah, I was so excited to pick this book up. Beginning at “Miss Bo Peep’s,” a bar, the locals find out a man is murdered and his friend mysteriously disappears. Morgana Musgrove is not really a detective, though she finds out she owns a detective agency, but she’s dete......more


Awards

  • Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year