
The Love Talker
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Narrator: Grace Conlin
Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 12/03/2007
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Narrator: Grace Conlin
Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 12/03/2007
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013) was one of the pseudonyms of American writer Barbara Louise Mertz, whose New York Times bestselling Amelia Peabody mysteries are often set against historical backdrops. In 1952, Peters earned a PhD in Egyptology at the University of Chicago. She was named grand master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention.
I love how dated this book was. Published in the 1980s, it lacked all the current technological advances. No cell phones, lap tops, pda's, pagers, internet, etc. I found it refreshing. And the story was fun, too. Peters' heroines are always sharp-witted, driven, and fallible in a way that makes sens......more
Nice, slower-paced suspense novel originally written in 1980, so lacking (refreshingly so) the influx of technological advances. Having read The Cottingley Secret earlier this year and thoroughly enjoying it, the idea of reading another "fairy photo" story was intriguing. There were many twists and......more