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  Two Weeks in August

  Frank M. Robinson

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  Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson - The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance! 
  I suppose there's a guy like McCleary in every office. 
  Now I'm not a hard man to get along with and it usually takes quite a bit more than overly bright remarks from the office boy to bother me. But try as I might, I could never get along with McCleary. To be as disliked as he was, you have to work at it. 
  What kind of guy was he? Well, if you came down to the office one day proud as Punch because of something little Johnny or Josephine had said, it was a sure cinch that McCleary would horn in with something his little Louie had spouted off that morning. At any rate, when McCleary got through, you felt like taking Johnny to the doctor to find out what made him subnormal. 
  Or maybe you happened to buy a new Super-eight that week and were bragging about the mileage, the terrific pickup, and how quickly she responded to the wheel. Leave it to McCleary to give a quick run-down on his own car that would make you feel like selling yours for junk at the nearest scrap heap. 
  Well, you see what I mean. 
  But by far the worst of it was when vacation time rolled around. You could forgive a guy for topping you about how brainy his kids are, and you might even find it in your heart to forget the terrific bargain he drove to work in. But vacation time was when he'd really get on your nerves. You could pack the wife and kids in Old Reliable and roll out to the lake for your two weeks in August. You might even break the bank and spend the two weeks at a poor man's Sun Valley. But no matter where you went, when you came back, you'd have to sit in silence and listen to McCleary's account of his Vacation in the Adirondacks, or his Tramp in the Canadian Wilds, or maybe even the Old French Quarter.

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  Max Carrados

  Ernest Bramah

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  When Max Carrados first appeared in the pages of Ernest Bramah in 1913, readers were invited to reconsider one of the most enduring assumptions in detective fiction: that seeing is knowing.
   
  Carrados is blind. Yet he is never portrayed as diminished. Instead, his lack of sight sharpens the faculties upon which most of us scarcely rely. A faint irregularity in a footstep, the texture of paper beneath the fingers, the almost imperceptible hesitation in a voice—these become, in his hands, instruments of revelation. Where others look, Carrados listens. 
   
  In the early twentieth century, when fictional detectives were multiplying across popular magazines and drawing rooms alike, Carrados stood apart. He is neither the flamboyant eccentric nor the brooding man of action, but something subtler: a cultivated intelligence at ease in both society and solitude. His investigations unfold not in thunderclaps but in quiet deductions, guided by patience, courtesy, and a dry, understated wit.
   
  Head Stories Audio presents the first volume of Max Carrados stories by Ernest Bramah.
   
  Read by Simon Hester and with original music.

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  Queen of Humboldt

  Tagan Shepard

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  Marisol Soltero's life is built on big scores and fast women. From her nightclub she rules over the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago with ruthless calculation. Though everyone knows her as the Queen of Humboldt, Marisol lives part of her life in the shadows. When she hears of an impending assassination attempt against the Governor of Illinois, those shadows threaten to ruin everything she's built. 
   
   
   
  Governor Sabrina Sloane has spent her life cleaning up the streets, first as State's Attorney in Chicago and then as Governor of Illinois. Every criminal to cross her path has ended up behind bars—except one. When that criminal saves her life, she's forced to shine new light on everything she thought she knew. 
   
   
   
  As a mutual enemy forces them together, Marisol and Sloane must work as a team in a fight for their lives. Can they overcome their differences and their growing attraction to find their way to freedom? And can Governor Sloane ever bring herself to trust the Queen of Humboldt?

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  Darkest Fate

  Jenna Wolfhart

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  The moment I met Caim Stone, everything changed. Now, I'm no longer stuck in a dead-end job, and I'm dating the sexiest billionaire in all of New York. My future is finally looking bright. Except for the pesky fact that the Cult of Lilith has thrown me into a dungeon. 
   
   
   
  The demon worshipers sense a darkness growing inside of me. One that calls to Hell. I'm becoming the very thing Caim hates most. 
   
   
   
  Even if I escape, our reunion will be marred by darkness. And I fear only one of us will make it out alive. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Without Aiden

  Dianne Hartsock

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  Is a gift of love enough to open Aiden's heart and let Tris back in?
  
  
  After the car accident that killed his parents and left his sister paralyzed, Tris is left with nothing. His family is destroyed. His reputation is shot. And all he has is the guilt of knowing it was all his fault. People in town know he'd been drinking that night, and know he should never have gotten behind the wheel. And even Aiden, the man he thought he'd be with forever, blames him too much to stay.
  
  
  But Tris can't let him just disappear. After months of loneliness and isolation, Tris brings Aiden a gift on his birthday, a hawk he's carved from a chunk of wood they'd found in the forest during an afternoon of love. A small chink seems to open in Aiden's heart, the first sign of forgiveness. With renewed hope, Tris takes a job renovating one of the older homes in town and tries to rebuild his life. But the townspeople have long memories, and when his sister's condition worsens, forgiveness -- and Aiden -- seem to slip even further out of reach ...

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  Cornell Dyer and The Eerie Lake

  Denise M. Baran-Unland

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  A cry for help. A glowing green ball. An old tired town with a mysterious old dump. A tale of heartbreak. Before supernatural super sleuth Cornell Dyer can figure out the questions, one man disappears and another dies. To find the answers, Cornell must cross the lake - but all who tried never came back. Will Cornell survive and solve the mystery?

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