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Murder in a Distant Land: Distant Danger
MURDER IN A DISTANT LAND - the stories for this annual collection of Mystery Writers of America were selected for their strange and exotic locales. Breathtaking suspense, cold-blooded crime, and challenging twists of plot - set in the four corners of the world - making this recording a chilling audio experience. We suggest you listen with the lights on!
"Deadhead Coming Down" by Margaret Maron, read by Andrew Stevens: There's nothing exotic about driving an 18-wheeler, but 20 minutes off the interstate is a whole different country - and a little challenge to break the monotony.
"A Little Piece of Room" by Barbara Owens, read by Peter Marshall: In the Arizona Desert, a suspicious crippled hermit forges an unlikely bond with a mysterious young visitor.
"The Matchstick Hut" by Jean Darling, read by Andrew Stevens: Macker Malloy has 10 hours of leave in Monrovia, Liberia. He can't find much in the way of entertainment until he runs into an old friend living in strange circumstances.
"The Smoke People" by Walter Satterthwait, read by Arte Johnson: A sudden death amidst the squalor of a Nigerian slum looks like simple cardiac arrest - but a persistent policeman, a member of the same tribe as the dead man, suspects otherwise.
"The Treasure of Pachacamac" by James Holding, read by Peter Marshall: Felipe de la Vega, a professor of archaeology at Lima's San Marcos University, knows that his only living relative, under the influence of an unsavory friend, means to use the professor's years of painstaking research to find a priceless treasure.
"The Vulture of Malabar" by Edward D. Hoch, read by Arte Johnson: In Bombay, bodies are sometimes left in sacred "towers of silence" to be de. . .
©1992 Audio Literature (P)2009 Phoenix
"Deadhead Coming Down" by Margaret Maron, read by Andrew Stevens: There's nothing exotic about driving an 18-wheeler, but 20 minutes off the interstate is a whole different country - and a little challenge to break the monotony.
"A Little Piece of Room" by Barbara Owens, read by Peter Marshall: In the Arizona Desert, a suspicious crippled hermit forges an unlikely bond with a mysterious young visitor.
"The Matchstick Hut" by Jean Darling, read by Andrew Stevens: Macker Malloy has 10 hours of leave in Monrovia, Liberia. He can't find much in the way of entertainment until he runs into an old friend living in strange circumstances.
"The Smoke People" by Walter Satterthwait, read by Arte Johnson: A sudden death amidst the squalor of a Nigerian slum looks like simple cardiac arrest - but a persistent policeman, a member of the same tribe as the dead man, suspects otherwise.
"The Treasure of Pachacamac" by James Holding, read by Peter Marshall: Felipe de la Vega, a professor of archaeology at Lima's San Marcos University, knows that his only living relative, under the influence of an unsavory friend, means to use the professor's years of painstaking research to find a priceless treasure.
"The Vulture of Malabar" by Edward D. Hoch, read by Arte Johnson: In Bombay, bodies are sometimes left in sacred "towers of silence" to be de. . .
©1992 Audio Literature (P)2009 Phoenix
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First published November 1, 1992
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Janwillem van de Wetering
146 books130 followersJan Willem Lincoln "Janwillem" van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch.
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