Synopses & Reviews
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents
Sounds Like Murder
original, unabridged mysteries available on audio
1 cassette / 110 minutes
Unabridged
Read by Patricia Kalember
"This is old-fashioned story-telling at its best. Interesting and involving tales from some of the masters of mysteries."
-Michael Connelly, author of Blood Work
Private investigator Lydia Chin infiltrates New York's Chinatown to stop a dealer in valuable, and illegally obtained, animal parts - the sexual organ of the male tiger, to be exact - believed to have miraculous powers in the mysterious world of Chinese medicine. The tiger, in danger of becoming extinct, is revered by the Chinese people. And Lydia Chin will do her best to stop the criminals in questions.
Other titles in the SOUNDS LIKE MURDER series include:
Driving Lessons by Ed McBain
The Case of the Scottish Tragedy by June Thompson
Clean American Fun by Christopher Newman
The Poster Boy by Stephen Solomita
The Sedgemoor Stranger by Peter Lovesey
Synopsis
Private investigator Lydia Chin infiltrates Nw York's Chinatown to stop a dealer in valuable, and illegally obtained. animal parts -- the sexual organ of the male tiger, to be exact -- believed to have miraculous powers in the mysterious world of Chinese medicine. The tiger, in danger of becoming extinct, is revered by the Chinese people. And Lydia Chin will do her best to stop the criminals in question.
About the Author
S.J. Rozan's novel No Colder Place - whose protagonist is also P.I. Lydia Chin - was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mysteries of 1997.
About the Reader
Patricia Kalember has appeared in such films as A Far Off Place and Jacob's Ladder. She was a series regular on television's Thirtysomething. She has previously read The Purification Ceremony for Random House AudioBooks.