Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie

The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/260061 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/260061] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pier Falls Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Daniel Weyman, Clare Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 5, 2016 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: 'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.’ The Times A Spectator Book of the Year An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve. In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.

Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262263 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262263] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law Author: Joe Abercrombie Narrator: Steven Pacey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 14 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law. The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta. Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is. Shevedieh, the self-styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp. And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There's only one obstacle left -- his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . .

Silvermane: A Western Quartet by Zane Grey

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/260027 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/260027] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silvermane: A Western Quartet Author: Zane Grey Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: From beloved author Zane Grey come four thrilling tales of the West. The very essence of the American West can be found in the stories of Zane Grey, an author whose popularity has not flagged since his first novel was published. 'Silvermane' is concerned with the efforts of two Mormon mustangers, brothers Lee and Cuth Stewart, to capture a wild stallion in the Sevier range country. 'Tappan's Burro,' with the text restored from the author's handwritten manuscript, tells of the life of a desert prospector and his burro, Jenet. Tappan dreams of finding gold—and does. When he is pursued by claim jumpers, it is Jenet who guides him across the floor of Death Valley when it is beset by suffocating gales of nocturnal heat and gas. 'Ca├▒on Walls,' also restored according to the author's holographic manuscript, is the story of outlaw Smoke Bellew, who enters a remote Mormon settlement only a jump ahead of a posse. Finding employment as a ranch hand working for a dowager Mormon, Smoke is able to make her ranch a financial success while simultaneously falling in love with her wanton daughter, Rebecca. But it is too good to last. 'From Missouri,' its text restored as well, is a story about a schoolteacher from the East who is discouraged from coming to Arizona Territory by letters forged by three cowhands. But the mysterious Frank Owens' love letters convince her she must come anyway. When Jane Stacey does arrive, to the amazement of the three cowhands, she is not the middle-aged matron they had expected but a young and very attractive woman. However, the lecherous Beady Jones has his own idea of how the new schoolmarm should be introduced to the West.

Toss the Bouquet: Three Spring Love Stories by Ruth Logan Herne, Amy Matayo, Janice Thompson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255779 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255779] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toss the Bouquet: Three Spring Love Stories Series: Part of A Year of Weddings Novella Collection Author: Ruth Logan Herne, Amy Matayo, Janice Thompson Narrator: Windy Lanzl, Amber Quick, Julie Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: They’ve helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection. All Dressed Up in Loveby Ruth Logan Herne Tara walks into Elena’s Bridal and finds her dream job—and a handsome man to match. Greg Elizondo is working at the shop, trying to keep it afloat after his mother’s passing. But can their growing attraction take root amidst juggling Bridezillas, wedding dress orders, and an upcoming gala for the shop? Can God orchestrate their desires and goals into one happy ending? In Tune with Loveby Amy Matayo April Quinn loves her sister and wants to make sure the week of her wedding is the happiest of her life, even if it means putting up with Kristin’s every crazy whim. But when Kristin hires April’s ex-boyfriend Jack Vaughn as the wedding singer, all sisterly devotion flies out the window. As April and Jack keep appearances for the sake of Kristin’s happiness, they rediscover a chemistry that never quite fizzled out. But will they be able to rewrite two solos into a timeless duet? Never a Bridesmaidby Janice Thompson Mari Hays’s older sister Crystal is getting married, and Mari is ecstatic to be part of the wedding. But she soon finds her expected role of maid of honor has been delegated to the worst possible choice: Sienna Jameson. With the wedding day looming, an emotional and sensitive sister, and a selfish maid of honor, can Mari keep the waters calm until the bride and groom jet over for their honeymoon? And will she allow herself to be caught by Houston’s most eligible bachelor?

Partners: A Rogue Lawyer Short Story by John Grisham

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262210 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262210] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Partners: A Rogue Lawyer Short Story Author: John Grisham Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 106 Ratings of Narrator: 3.77 of Total 13 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: AN ORIGINAL E-SHORT • This standalone prequel to the #1 bestseller Rogue Lawyer tells the story of how Sebastian Rudd finally found someone he could trust to be his driver, bodyguard, law clerk, and partner.   Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won't go near. It's controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard/assistant/sidekick: Partner. So if Sebastian is just about the most unpopular lawyer in town, why is Partner so loyal to him? How did they meet? And what's the real story of this man of few words who's as good with a gun as he is with the law? The surprising answers are all in PARTNERS, John Grisham's first exclusively digital short story. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!