Audiobooks by Lee Kelly

The Midnight Show: A Novel

"An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy-and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears. "An utterly addictive read."-Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie ONE OF MARIE CLAIRE'S BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR SO FAR In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a group of college improv comedians gets the chance to join a new late-night show, it's Lillian Martin who stands out. The new show was called The Midnight Show and it would air every Friday night, live from New York, and change the landscape of TV and comedy forever. But first it would change Lillian's and her friends' lives. When the show becomes a runaway hit, the cast is thrown into the spotlight. Suddenly, they're skipping the line at the city's hottest clubs and posing on the cover of Rolling Stone. Lillian, in particular, seems destined for bigger things-until one winter night in Lower Manhattan, she vanishes, leaving nothing behind but questions. Was Lillian a victim of her own excesses? Was it a mugging gone wrong? Or could she have been killed by someone in her own inner circle? Forty years later, Lillian's disappearance has still never been solved. But when a budding journalist looking to examine Lillian's story from a modern lens begins asking questions, she stirs up decades-old drama-as well as tightly-held secrets some comedy legends would much rather stay buried. A propulsive story of fame and friendship told through a variety of media-compiled interviews, articles, transcripts-The Midnight Show takes readers behind the scenes of the cutthroat world of comedy in 1980s New York and asks if the rush of getting a laugh is all it's cracked up to be."

Jennifer Thorne, Lee Kelly (Author), Barton Caplan, Dan Bittner, Hillary Huber, Lee Osorio, Lisa Flanagan, Marni Penning, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Nayib Felix, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Sophie Amoss, Vas Eli (Narrator)

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My Fair Frauds: A Novel

"A high society fraud and a scrappy swindler team up to take down Gilded Age New York in this tale of intrigue, drama, and female friendship. The Grand Duchess Marie Charlotte Antonie of Würrtemberg--a turmoil-plagued Germanic nation with closely guarded emerald mines--has taken Gilded Age high society by storm. Little does the upper crust know that Würrtemberg's mines are a sham and its 'deposed duchess' is actually a con woman named Alice, a fallen woman out for revenge against the five ruthless robber barons who destroyed her father and left her family in shambles. Alice's long investment con finally clicks into place when she meets a scrappy magician's assistant named Cora, a drifter who has lofty aspirations of her own, a malleable young lady who proves the perfect debutante pawn to lure in Alice's final, and otherwise unattainable, target. With the help of insider and society maestro Ward McAllister, among others, Alice and Cora launch into the social season of 1884, scheming their way through grand balls, private dinners, and opera nights, ensnaring Alice's targets one by one. But as they hurtle toward their ultimate swindle, a sprawling orchestrated scheme at their fabricated embassy to rob their targets blind, pressures close in from all sides. Mutiny within the ranks, hidden moles, crises of conscience . . . This sting is sure to be the event of the season. Or else ruin Alice and Cora both."

Jennifer Thorne, Lee Kelly (Author), Megan Trout (Narrator)

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The Starlets: A Novel

"One perfect island. Two rivals. A star-studded cast. But underneath the glitter, disaster is brewing. Summer, 1958. Vivienne Rhodes thinks she's finally landed her break playing Helen of Troy in Apex Pictures' big-budget epic, A Thousand Ships, an anticipated blockbuster meant to resurrect the failing studio. Naturally, she's devastated when she arrives on the remote Italian island of Tavalli and finds herself cast as the secondary character, Cassandra-while her nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Lottie Lawrence, America's supposed "sweetheart," is playing the lead role instead. The tension on set, though, turns deadly when the ladies discover that members of the crew are using the production as a front for something decidedly illegal-and that they are willing to kill to keep their dealings under wraps. When the two women find themselves on the run and holding key evidence, Vivienne and Lottie frantically agree to work together to deliver the proof to Interpol, hoping to protect both their lives and their careers. Staying one step ahead of corrupt cops and looming mobsters, the archrivals flee across the seas. Their journey leads them into Monaco's casinos, Grace Kelly's palace, on a road trip through the Alps-even onto another film set, before a final showdown back on Tavalli, where the lives of the entire cast and crew hang in the balance. Vivienne and Lottie finally have the chance to be real heroines-to save the day, the film, maybe even each other-but only if they can first figure out how to share the spotlight. - "A spry and suspenseful crime novel set just after Hollywood's golden age" (starred Publishers Weekly review) - Stand-alone novel - Book length: 84,000 words - "A sheer delight! This fast-paced caper is fresh, fun, and exactly the escape readers need right now." -Marie Bostwick, New York Times bestselling author of Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly - Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Clive Cussler - Includes discussion questions for book clubs"

Jennifer Thorne, Lee Kelly (Author), Gail Shalan (Narrator)

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The Antiquity Affair: A Novel

"An archaeologist's estranged daughters. 1907: The dawn of Egyptology is a time of imperialism and plunder, opulence and unrest, and Dr. Warren Ford, esteemed archaeologist, is the man of the hour. His daughters-intellectual Lila, on the eve of her debut as a Manhattan socialite, and nonconformist Tess, who dreams of following in his footsteps-have always lived in his shadow, and their lives couldn't feel more different. But when a secretive organization seeks to find a lost relic legendary for its dangerous power, it isn't Dr. Ford they turn to-it's his two remarkable daughters. A legendary artifact known as the Serpent's Crown. Rumored to reside in the mysterious Tomb of the Five Ladies, the Serpent's Crown will only be found by solving a seemingly impossible riddle that will open the tomb-and the organization believes that one of the Ford daughters holds the key to deciphering the code. What was supposed to be an elegant debutante ball for elder sister Lila quickly turns sinister when Tess is kidnapped and put on a ship across the Atlantic. When Lila and her father realize that Tess's life is in danger, they must act quickly to track her down and stop the Serpent's Crown from falling into the wrong hands. A puzzle three millennia in the making. A race for the Crown begins, with Lila and her father in hot pursuit of the organization and Tess. With lives at stake, the fractured family must keep their wits about them, find the artifact, and escape the ruthless men who are also determined to possess the Crown and use it to their own advantage-no matter the cost. In this women-centered nod to the beloved Indiana Jones stories, The Antiquity Affair is a high-stakes, trans-Atlantic thrill ride, with the page-turning excitement and romance of classic adventure novels and a poignant story of sisterhood at its core. - An exciting turn-of-the-century adventure - Stand-alone novel - Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Laurie King, Clive Cussler, and Indiana Jones - Maps, diagrams, and hieroglyph clues are included in the audiobook companion PDF download."

Jennifer Thorne, Lee Kelly (Author), Brittany Pressley, Holly Linneman (Narrator)

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