Sara Paretsky CD Collection 2: Bleeding Kansas, Hardball

Publisher Marketing:"Bleeding Kansas" Two farm families, the Grelliers and Schapens, can trace their Kansas roots back to the 1850s, a time of violent clashes between antislavery and proslavery forces. Their shared history and family rivalry is tested with the arrival of Gina Haring, a lesbian Wiccan, who moves into a nearby farmhouse and starts practicing pagan rites. The Grellier s and Schapens have always wondered who stands better with the Lord. Then the Griellier s suffer a family tragedy and the Schapens are convinced that God favors them when one of their cows gives birth to a Perfect Red Heifer a sign of the second coming. Passion, prejudice, and religious fervor rise to a fever pitch and then erupt at a pagan festival in celebration of summer s end. "Hardbal" V. I. Warshawski is asked to find Lamont Gadsden, a man who s been missing for four decades. The search turns up old skeletons from the Chicago s racially charged history, as well as haunting family secrets her own and those of the elderly sisters who hired her. New information emerges about V. I. s father s role in a politically and racially charged trial almost forty years ago. Afraid to discover that her adored father might have been a bent cop, V. I. takes the investigation all the way to its frightening end." Contributor Bio:  Paretsky, Sara Sara Paretsky is the author of fourteen previous books, including twelve V. I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers Association. She lives in Chicago. Contributor Bio:  Ericksen, Susan Susan Ericksen, an Audie Award and "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, has recorded many audiobooks, including "Naked in Death" by J. D. Robb. Contributor Bio:  Gigante, Phil Phil Gigante is an APA Audie Award winner (The Dark Highlander, The Stainless Steel Rat, and The Watch That Ends the Night), and winner of over a dozen Audiofile Magazine Earphones Awards. He has narrated and directed more than 250 books, and was twice named a "Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense" by Audiofile Magazine. He has been named a Best Male Narrator in the categories of Romance, Science Fiction, Militaria, and Mystery/Suspense, as well as "Favorite Dual Narrator" (with Natalie Ross). Phil also works in film, TV and radio, and is the Producer/Director of Gigantic Productions theatre company. He makes his home in the Midwest. Contributor Bio:  Bond, Jim Bond is a producer and host of radio talk shows, with an extensive background in theatre and the musical stage.