Other Worlds - Barbara Michaels

Written by Barbara Michaels
Read by Barbara Rosenblat
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: 1999, Recorded Books
Length: Approx 7 hrs

One foggy evening, the most famous crime specialists in the world meet in an exclusive club, their minds on murder. On the agenda: two tantalizing unsolved cases of ghostly terror.

The smoky room glows with a mix of cigars, brandy, and genius. Those present include Harry Houdini, king of illusion; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, father of the modern detective novel; Dr. Nandor Fodor, a psychoanalyst of international acclaim; and an elegant writer who can rival them all with her sleuthing talent. These masters of mystery put their minds to a pair of gripping stories of families beset by poltergeistly pranks and bewitched by inexplicable horrors.

Gripping puzzles, yes, but the terror is all too vicious and all too real. In the hollows of Tennessee, a dire spirit whose predictions of despair and death come frighteningly true threatens a family. In a small Connecticut town, a newly married widow and her children move into her second husband’s home to find their lives possessed by an unimaginable demon. For the gathering at the club, a brilliant battle of wits is at hand. Were these villains phantoms from beyond or evildoers of flesh and blood? Each expert has a theory. Which of them is correct?

Whether writing as Barbara Michaels or Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Mertz was a master chef crafting richly atmospheric, suspense-filled delights. Other Worlds is an up all nighter guaranteed to still haunt in the morning, a tale as chilling by daylight as it is by darkness.

“Barbara Michaels presents two vexing ghost stories in this exceptional treatment of the supernatural. Rosenblat expertly sneaks the listener into the dark and shrouded library where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and other noted friends offer their solutions to the ghastly and gripping tales of spirits haunting unsuspecting families. Rosenblat brings the stories themselves to life with her incredible sense of timing and ability to capture the hysteria that seizes each cast of characters. After each mystery, Doyle and company analyzes clues and offers their own “solutions.” Whether telling the tale itself, or reading the dissection and possible conclusion for each, Rosenblat, through her lively and eloquent reading, will make you a believer.”—AudioFile