4 audiobooks with a sense of place

From N.J. to Japan, here are four stories rich in ambience.

3. "Malice: A Mystery," by Keigo Higashino

(Read by Jeff Woodman, Macmillan Audio, 6 CDs, 7 hours and 30 minutes)
A bestselling Japanese novelist is found murdered in his locked office, in his locked house. A canny detective plays an intellectual cat-and-mouse game with a possible suspect, in a novel intriguingly different from most American crime fiction. Jeff Woodman is a seasoned narrator, but his accent does not sound Japanese.  Grade: B

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