{"id":5401,"date":"2010-08-24T05:04:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2011-09-04T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T22:10:11","slug":"great-narrators-of-mystery-books-on-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/great-narrators-of-mystery-books-on-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Narrators of Mystery Books on Tape… Pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous entry I talked about\u00a0Barbara Rosenblat<\/strong> and Derek Jacobi<\/strong>, two\u00a0people who really know how to narrate a\u00a0mystery book on tape!\u00a0Today I want to add the following people\u00a0to my list of\u00a0(mystery) book narrators who help bring a book to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davina Porter
\n<\/strong>Davina Porter narrates best selling books in a manner that allows the listener to enjoy every aspect of the mystery novel. Porter is one of the pioneers in audio books. Her ease with mastering accents (whether for male or female protagonists) is truly an art form. She narrates the Isabel Dalhousie (non-mystery) series by Alexander McCall Smith<\/a>, the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt mystery series by Anne Perry<\/a>, Cynthia Riggs’ <\/a>Martha’s Vineyard mysteries, and mysteries by such masters as Ruth Rendell<\/a> and Elizabeth George<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barbara Caruso
\n<\/strong>Mystery fans who have listened to audio books by Edna Buchanan<\/a> or James Patterson<\/a> have no doubt enjoyed the narrations of Barbara Caruso. Caruso is also an actress, which helps explain her rich portrayals. Caruso first started narrating audio books for the American Foundation for the Blind. She received the Alexander Scrouby Award, which is a very high award given by the American foundation for the Blind for excellent work in audio books.<\/p>\n

John McDonough
\n<\/strong>Perhaps a lot of people visually recognize John McDonough as the second Captain Kangaroo, but a lot of people also recognize his voice as the terrific narrator of Jan Karon<\/a>‘s Mitford (non-mystery) series. McDonough’s voice is so peaceful to listen to, with very soothing qualities. Once you have heard McDonough, he will become instantly recognizable to you.<\/p>\n

Joan Hickson
\n<\/strong>Joan Hickson is a treat to watch and hear. She portrays Miss Jane Marple in the BBC’s Miss Marple mystery series. She also narrates several of the Agatha Christie<\/a> Miss Marple novels. What a treat! She is a perfect choice for the Miss Marple readings and portrayals. Agatha Christie actually thought she would be a perfect Miss Marple.<\/p>\n

David Suchet
\n<\/strong>Who better to narrate Agatha Christie<\/a>‘s Hercules Poirot mystery books than the actor who personified the fictional detective? In 1991, Suchet was nominated for the BAFTA (comparable to the Emmy) for his portrayal of Hercules Poirot, and in 2008, he won an Emmy for his roll in “The Way We Live Now. His narrations are true treats to hear.<\/p>\n

Part 1 of Audiobook Narrators<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3 of Audiobook Narrators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous entry I talked about\u00a0Barbara Rosenblat and Derek Jacobi, two\u00a0people who really know how to narrate a\u00a0mystery book on tape!\u00a0Today I want to add the following people\u00a0to my list of\u00a0(mystery) book narrators who help bring a book to life.\u00a0 Davina Porter Davina Porter narrates best selling books in a manner that allows the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-audio-books","7":"category-authors","8":"category-cozy-mystery-administrators-observations","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-1p7","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}