On the Line, S. J. Rozan
On the Line, S. J. Rozan
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On the Line

Author: S. J. Rozan

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2010

Synopsis

PI Bill Smith is sent on a high-stakes chase when an electronically modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now, if Bill wants to keep Lydia alive, he'll have to play an elaborate game of the kidnapper's devising. The first move sends him to an abandoned building, where Bill finds the corpse of a small Chinese woman dressed like Lydia and the building being rapidly surrounded by police. Now he's on the run from the cops and in the worst trouble of his very troubled life.

About S. J. Rozan

S. J. Rozan is the author of the popular Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mystery series, as well as several stand-alone novels and novellas. She has won multiple awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon, and the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

About William Dufris

William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathryn

The Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mysteries have always been a joy. First person narratives from, in alternate books, young hip American Born Chinese Lydia and middle-aged battered Southern-roots White Guy Bill, unlikely sometime partners as licensed detectives, the books have always been engaging and engro......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Not really one of the best of this series. This is a Bill Smith book and shows him at his worst, and his worst goes on for way too long. Refreshingly for the mystery genre lately, she does get a lot of the social network and computer stuff right, but that's a small island in a sea of troubles for th......more

Quotes

“Exciting…Neat twists keep the reader guessing to the surprise kick ending.” Publishers Weekly

“[Rozan] manages to kick it up a notch or two every time…If you long for heart-stopping action and the most original characters outside of P. J. Tracy’s Monkeewrench Gang, look no further.” Library Journal

“A high-velocity entry in a reliable series.” Booklist

“Fast-paced and clever, with zippy dialogue and suspenseful chase scenes, this lively thriller will leave you breathless and giddy.” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)

“All the twists you’d expect from Rozan.” Kirkus Reviews

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