Bones of the Barbary Coast (by Daniel Hecht)

BONES OF THE BARBARY COAST by Daniel Hecht (unabridged) is presented by Blackstone Audio and comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available (see FEATURES, below).

“Anna Fieldss narration…is haggard, gasping, and entirely believable.” (AudioFile)

Cree is asked to help investigate a recently unearthed human skeleton—apparently a victim of the 1906 San Francicso earthquake—whose anatomical deformities have earned it the nickname Wolfman. Her research is illuminated by the 1889 diary of Lydia Schweitzer, a Victorian woman with her own secrets.

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NOTICE: This app includes the exact same 5-star recording offered elsewhere at much higher prices. It was professionally recorded by Blackstone Audio’s Audie®-winning narrator Anna Fields. You are not buying yet another amateur or volunteer narration. No clicks, background noises, throat clearing, mispronunciations, tinny voices or monotones will be found here.

•EXPERIENCE. About 14.5 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio™ edition, this book includes extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

•PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/reverse, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter- and bookmark browser. There is also a “scrub” bar that finds any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

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RATING: 9+ Suitable for adults who enjoy thrilling mystery novels.

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In this third novel of the Cree Black mystery series, a friend and homicide inspector asks Cree to help investigate a human skeleton recently unearthed in the foundation of an old San Francisco home, apparently the bones of a victim of the 1906 earthquake. The bones have intrigued the forensic anthropology team at UC Berkeley with their peculiar anatomical deformities. They call the skeleton Wolfman. Who was the Wolfman?

Cree’s historical research takes her back to the unholy glory days of the Barbary Coast, old San Francisco’s infamous red-light district. Her narrative is illuminated by entries from the 1889 diary of Lydia Schweitzer, a Victorian woman with her own secret interest in the Wolfman. As the mystery unravels, both women must face human nature’s darkest aspects with courage and compassion.