Audiobooks narrated by Peter Outerbridge

"“The Northern is both a tender-hearted, contemplative coming-of-age novel and adventure-filled road trip story that brings a unique time in sports history to life.” — Zoe Whittall, author of The Fake and The Best Kind of People “W.P. Kinsella has company: Jacob Mooney has written another classic Canadian novel about baseball.” — Ben Lindbergh, co-host of Effectively Wild and author of The MVP Machine and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work It is the summer of 1952 and three men — well, one man and two boys — are on a spiritual and commercial mission. Dispatched from Minnesota to Western Ontario, they have been hired by an upstart Mormon baseball card company to find licensees for their products among the young men filing out Korean War–era rosters in the Northern League, at the bottom-most rung of professional baseball. What the Northern has for them, and the secrets and deceptions they have for each other, will drive their two weeks in Canada into ever-growing chaos. With a world shaped by the trauma of World War II and the generations of deflated adults and orphaned children left behind by it, The Northern sets out on a clear-eyed and psychologically precise character study taking on grief, fantasy, adolescence, and family. As the narrator for this story of salesmen and ambitious athletes, 12-year-old Chris is a budding acerbic, able to be carried away by the — often empty — hopes of others and put his feet in the ground to stop them. A novel concerned with sports, labor, growing up, and God, The Northern is a funny and heartbreaking book about the series of disappointments that characterize the progress of growing up."

Jacob McArthur Mooney (Author), Peter Outerbridge (Narrator)

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Acts of Murder

""Screw a fresh lightbulb into your bedside lamp, lucky reader, and snuggle in for a nonstop, cover-to-cover ride." -The Vancouver Sun "A wonderful, dense and detailed story with murder, mayhem and a serial killer. … [In Acts of Murder,] everyone has a past." -The Calgary Herald From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the final Karl Alberg detective story-is he the detective or the suspect? The gentle paradise of the Sunshine Coast town of Sechelt, B.C., is once again beset by crime and only Karl Alberg can solve the mystery. Three people have been found murdered, by someone known as 'the avenging Angel,' a killer who has assumed the responsibility of ridding the village of those who sin, those who betray. This latest case also brings with it some life-changing surprises for Alberg and his romantic interest and soon-to-be wife, town librarian Cassandra Mitchell. But theirs are only two of the lives that will be irreparably changed by the murderous activities of an angel straight from hell. With the help of his striking new sergeant, Edwina Henderson, Alberg must race against time to prevent the killer from claiming another victim."

L. R. Wright (Author), Caleb Stull, Derek Kwan, Ellora Patnaik, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Kristin Kreuk, Lisa Bunting, Mya Lowe, Peter Outerbridge, Rachel Cairns, Sonia Vaillant, Veronica Hortiguela (Narrator)

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Mother Love

""Wright has become a master of the psychological thriller. Her characters are totally recognizable people whose actions are the result of complex motivations and who strive to rebuild their lives on the rubble of too many demolished dreams. Powerful reading for all readers, not just mystery fans." -Booklist "A psychological novel in the tradition of P.D. James." -Books in Canada From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the eighth Karl Alberg detective story-is he the detective or the suspect? Maria Buscombe was a housewife living in Sechelt, British Colombia, until seven years ago when she suddenly abandoned her family. Now it seems she has returned-just in time to be murdered. What made her leave? What made her return? And who was sending her money and photographs of her daughter all that time? These are the questions nagging at Sergeant Karl Alberg as he searches for Maria's killer. Meanwhile, Alberg's longtime romantic interest interest, Cassandra Mitchell, is doing some nagging of her own. Alberg had promised, after all, to hang up his Sergeant's hat. Deftly weaving past and present, Mother Love lays bare the deep secrets hidden in all human relationships, winning Wright her second Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel of the Year. Mother Love was also the first mystery novel ever to win the Canadian Authors' Association Literary Prize for Fiction."

L. R. Wright (Author), Derek Kwan, Jacob MacInnis, Johnna Wright, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Sheldon Elter, Veronica Hortiguela (Narrator)

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Strangers Among Us

""Wright's style is lyrical and lucid. Her characters are rich psychological portraits." -The Montreal Gazette "From first page to final sentence, Strangers Among Us holds the reader to the story." -The Globe and Mail From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the seventh Karl Alberg detective story-is he the detective or the suspect? Sullen and withdrawn, homesick and angry, fourteen-year-old Eliot Gardener has been headed for trouble ever since his family moved from Nova Scotia to the quiet coastal Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. But not like this. He's also, apparently, a double-murderer, having whacked both of his parents with a machete. Only, he can't remember why! Some say Eliot is a bad seed. Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg doesn't buy that. But the case weights heavily on him, for he knew the Gardeners and he should have seen something coming. And now, poisoning the joy of his and Cassandra Mitchell's wedding plans, a piece of his own past-the survivor of another shattered family-is stalking him. Someone else he's failed. Someone who wants revenge. And until he can lay to rest the madness of that past, Alberg cannot hope to enter the silent mind of Eliot, where a time bomb is ticking away."

L. R. Wright (Author), Caleb Stull, Derek Kwan, Elva Mai Hoover, Jacob MacInnis, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Rebecca Auerbach, Sheldon Elter (Narrator)

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Fall from Grace

"It's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's hot. Murderously hot, as RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg finds when his day at the beach with his ex is cut short by the discovery of a fresh corpse. And back in Sechelt, a nuisance call from an eccentric redneck swiftly leads Alberg into a psychological Gordian knot and a second crime a decade old. Redneck Herman Ferguson is unkempt, unpleasant, and possibly dangerous. His long-suffering wife wants nothing to do with his assortment of caged wild animals, concentrating instead on feeding the kids and dodging blows. But Herman has it in for another misfit--a mumbling elderly woman who lives alone with innumerable cats. And the wife, well, she has it bad for Bobby Ransome, a muscular, charismatic high school dropout and ex-con. In her masterful style, award-winning author L.R. Wright weaves a chilling tale of jealousy, gossip, and the tangled affairs of young men and women who loved one another long ago. And she shows once again why her mysteries have been praised as 'every bit as good as the novels of Ruth Rendell and P.D. James' by People magazine."

L. R. Wright (Author), Ben Blais, Jani Lauzon, Justin Miller, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Rebecca Auerbach, Susan Roman, Wesley French (Narrator)

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Prized Possessions

"From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Suspect and A Chill Rain in January comes another spellbinding novel of psychological suspense set on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia - a superbly crafted story of love, hate, and murder… In the seaside village of Sechelt, Emma O'Brea prepares a dinner to celebrate six years of marriage: a union she has polished to gleaming perfection, along with her showcase home. The next morning her husband leaves for work, never to return. At the same time, in nearby Vancouver, a simple-minded stock boy named Eddie Addison defends his tattered pride against the unwitting slights of a college girl, unleashing his rage in an act that will have far-reaching consequences. RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg is facing his own losses. As he copes with the recent death of his father, his concerns about his elderly mother, and his own inexorable slide into middle age, he must make a decision about where his relationship with Cassandra Mitchell, his lover of eight years, is headed. Restless and in desperate need of distraction, Alberg uses his bereavement leave to probe the disappearance of Charlie O'Brea. As Alberg deals with Charlie O'Brea's vanishing act, Eddie Addison's very messy life spills over into Sechelt. It is Emma O'Brea who will bring both cases to a chilling conclusion as several lives converge in an explosive climax of shocking, unforgettable violence."

L. R. Wright (Author), Alex Paxton-Beesley, Ben Blais, Caleb Stull, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Rebecca Auerbach, Thom Nyhuus (Narrator)

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A Touch of Panic

"The acclaimed author of haunting crime novels of the Pacific Northwest reaches new heights of suspense. Four times in his 10-year search for the perfect woman, Gordon Murphy has been wrong. Now, he's set his sights on Cassandra Mitchell--despite the fact that she's living happily with Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg of the RCMP. Murphy is educated, attractive, wealthy--and a killer."

L. R. Wright (Author), Caleb Stull, Jani Lauzon, Justin Miller, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Rebecca Auerbach, Robin Wilcock, Ronica Sajnani, Wesley French (Narrator)

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The Suspect

"From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the first Karl Alberg detective story, where life on the Sunshine Coast isn't as sunny as it seems. Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. To Karl Alberg a quiet coastal town is exactly what he needs to soothe a psyche that's been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets. Bees buzz among the roses, and the local librarian is attractive, intriguing, and unattached. Perhaps he has at last come in from the cold. But a murder in small town can conceal a lot of secrets --some of them bleak enough to make a man yearn for some nice straightforward urban crime. Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore."

L. R. Wright (Author), John Nelles, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge (Narrator)

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Sleep While I Sing

"From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the second Karl Alberg detective story--is he the detective or the suspect? Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. Karl Alberg used to be a big-city cop solving crimes involving gangsters, drug lords, real low-lifes. He can't possibly be stumped by a murder in small town? But he is. The woman was found propped against a tree, her pretty face scrubbed clean, and her slender neck slit from one side to the other. And that is all anyone can tell Alberg. Her name? Not so much. So Alberg hires a local artist to draw her picture; maybe someone will recognize her…without, you know, the sliced-up neck. It's a brilliant idea. The answers pour in. And they all point to one potential suspect, which should make Alberg very happy. But it doesn't. This gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets."

L. R. Wright (Author), Anders Yates, Athena Karkanis, Ben Blais, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge (Narrator)

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A Chill Rain in January

"From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the third Karl Alberg detective story, where a new resident ties Alberg's life up in knots. Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. Although Alberg is effectively the police chief, the most pressing thing on his desk right now is the spunky old lady who has apparently escaped from her retirement home. Zoe Strachan has a comfortable house, built on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast: secluded, private, far away from the past she has left behind. Beautiful and enigmatic, Zoe has no friends and seemingly no family. Until her brother shows up one day and threatens to reveal the secret she thought was buried forever. Against his will, Karl Alberg finds himself being drawn deeper and deeper into these women's lives to the detriment of his on-again, off-again relationship with the alluring librarian Cassandra Mitchell. And then suddenly he realizes the danger that lies ahead--a danger he must do everything to avert before it's too late."

L. R. Wright (Author), Davin Babulal, Katey Wright, Kristin Kreuk, Maggie Huculak, Peter Outerbridge (Narrator)

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