It’s Richard Chizmar.

He’s one of those writers who send you searching for rheir whole book of business because he’s always great, but sometimes he really gets to you.

This collection is a nice, long, slow listen. You’ll get a little creeped out, and you’ll laugh, and you’ll meet characters who remind you of people you know.

When I started listening to Donald Stifel’s narration, I thought his voice would be too distinctive, and that it would be hard to distinguish characters. That notion evaporated very quickly as I soon found myself listening to a conversation between two cops and a woman without a moment’s doubt as to who was whom. Characters? Mr. Stifel’s got a million of ’em, and I enjoyed his narration a lot.