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Audio
Most of the current titles, including those in the Rome series, are widely available as unabridged audio books published by WF Howes. They can be found in libraries and stores around the world and bought online through Whole Story Audio Books and by download through Audible UK and Audible US. You can listen to previews of the titles below.
The Garden of Evil, read by Saul Reichlin
The Seventh Sacrament, read by Saul Reichlin, winner of the 2008 Audible Sounds of Crime award for the best unabridged audio novel
The Lizard’s Bite, read by Saul Reichlin
The Sacred Cut, read by Saul Reichlin
The Villa of Mysteries, read by Christopher Kay
A Season for the Dead, read by Sean Baker
The Promised Land, read by William Hope
Semana Santa, read by Sean Barrett
Epiphany, read by Peter Marinker
Epiphany is now available on audio
My second book, Epiphany, which first appeared in 1997, is now available on audio from WF Howes. You can read more about the audio book, narrated by Peter Marinker, here, and listen to the opening section below.
The book switches between the San Francisco of 1975 and Seattle of 1995 and tells the story of a set of students haunted by a tragedy from their college days, one that reawakens when they least expect it. The Guardian described the original on its release as ‘John Fowles on acid’.
Here’s a funny thing about this book. Though it was never published in America it got a bit of a cult following there and one day I got an email from someone who read it, loved it and said, ‘That bakery in Palo Alto you mention in the opening - my grandfather ran it!’. Er, I made it up, or so I thought. The bakery is in the clip below by the way…
Listen to a podcast about the seventh Nic Costa book
This fifteen minute podcast looks at the background to Dante’s Numbers and some of the events that shaped the book.
The Seventh Sacrament wins top audio prize
Saul Reichlin
The fifth Nic Costa novel, The Seventh Sacrament, has won the new Audible Sounds of Crime prize for the unabridged crime audiobook of the year. The award, which was based on votes from readers, was announced at the Bristol CrimeFest conference at the weekend.
I’m really honoured and flattered to get such a plaudit for the work, and delighted too that I quite rightly share it with Saul Reichlin, right, the series narrator, whose astonishing performance of the books is surely one of the main reasons for their popularity in audio.
‘Chopin’ wins the world’s top audiobook prize
The Chopin Manuscript, the audio serial thriller collaboration for which David wrote the second chapter, won the top ‘Audie’ awarded by Audio Publishers Association at its awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night.
The work, written by fifteen author members of International Thrillerwriters Inc and published by Audible, beat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and The Bible Experience to take the ultimate prize in audio publishing.
The Chopin Manuscript was the idea of Jeffrey Deaver who wrote the opening chapter and closed the book. David wrote the second chapter, and the story was then handed over to a team of top talented authors made up of Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline, Erica Spindler, Joseph Finder, Ralph Pezzullo, SJ Rosan, James Grady, John Ramsey Miller, David Corbett, John Gilstrap, Jim Fusilli (who also edited the story), Peter Spiegelman, and P.J. Parrish.
David said after news of the award, ‘It was a great honour, and an amazing amount of fun, to take part in this unique project which has, I think, helped put audiobooks firmly on the map as a vibrant and important part of the modern publishing world. It was wonderful to be able to work alongside such a talented array of authors.
‘Credit, too, has to go to Jim Fusilli and MJ Rose, as editor and ideas chief respectively, without whom the project could never have happened, and to the wonderful Alfred Molina whose narration of the finished work lends so much character and quality to the story. Congratulations and thanks to you all.’
To read more about The Chopin Manuscript, and listen to a free extract look here for the US version and here for the UK. To meet some of the team, just look below.
Books by David Hewson on audio, tape, CD and download
Most of my books are now available on audio, on tape, CD and by download, thanks to the efforts of my audio publisher, WF Howes. To buy books on CD please go to Whole Story Audio Books where you will find a specific page for titles. Please note it may take a little while for the latest titles to appear in the retail channel and for download.
Semana Santa available again
My very first book, Semana Santa, has been out of print in the UK for a few years, even though the movie of it is still available. However thanks to my very enthusiastic audio publisher you can now get it again via audio, beautifully narrated by Sean Barrett.
I’m rather proud of this book, particularly the opening which you can listen to for free on the page at Whole Story Audio. Thanks to everyone at WF Howes for making this possible.