{"id":27302,"date":"2026-07-25T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27302"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:05:25","slug":"secrets-typed-in-blood-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27302","title":{"rendered":"Secrets Typed in Blood, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9780385549271\"><em>Secrets Typed in Blood<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Spotswood_Stephen.php\">Stephen Spotswood<\/a> narrated by Kirsten Potter (Pentecost &#038; Parker #3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9780385549271\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Secrets-Typed-in-Blood.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Secrets Typed in Blood\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Secrets-Typed-in-Blood.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Secrets-Typed-in-Blood.jpg?w=659&amp;ssl=1 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>Set in NYC in 1947<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019ll say this, though\u2014she refused to meet my eyes. That screams someone with something to hide.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>My boss shook her head. \u201cI don\u2019t think that was intentional,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe she is merely someone who finds eye contact uncomfortable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I find her lack of it uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I slipped Hiram an envelope containing a handful of bills. It was more than on previous visits since we were buying Sam Lee\u2019s cooperation as well. It would go in the expense report under \u201cSpecialist Consultation,\u201d which was my preferred spelling of \u201cbribe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I hadn\u2019t had much in the way of expectations for the offices of a nationally distributed magazine of detective fiction, but what I had held were deflated. Most of it was contained in a single room with half a dozen desks spaced in a pattern Mrs. Campbell would refer to as higgledy-piggledy. In one corner was a door with a hand-lettered sign taped to it: cabinet of mysteries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018National\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean much when you\u2019re a one-title shop,\u201d Brent explained. \u201cIt was different before the war. Along with Strange Crime, we had Midnight Detective, High Class Crime, Dark Romance. This place was really jumping then.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I asked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was the paper rationing, of course,\u201d Brent explained. \u201cAnd then I and quite a few of our regular contributors got to go on a tour of Europe. That really put a crimp in things.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I mean, yeah, it was one of our frequent topics, as well. But when we discussed murder, it was more like a pair of exterminators talking cockroaches. This crew were writing the vermin fan mail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe thinks he\u2019s better than other people. Smarter. More talented,\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019ve found that men like that can be particularly fragile, especially when confronted with someone who refuses to recognize their superiority.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Willowjean \u201cWill\u201d Parker, Lillian Pentecost, Holly Quick, Michael Perkins, Connor \u201cConny\u201d Haggard, Flavio Checchetto, Darryl Klinghorn, Brent And Marlo Chase, Jessup Quincannon, Detective Donald Staples, Lieutenant Nathan Lazenby, Eleanor Campbell, Sam Lee Butcher, Ken Shirley, Olivia Waterhouse<\/p>\n<p>Cover by Michael J. Windsor<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Random House Audio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secrets Typed in Blood, Audio Book (2022) Stephen Spotswood narrated by Kirsten Potter (Pentecost &#038; Parker #3) Set in NYC in 1947 &#8220;I\u2019ll say this, though\u2014she refused to meet my eyes. That screams someone with something to hide.\u201d My boss shook her head. \u201cI don\u2019t think that was intentional,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe she is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,37,33,8,608,742,43,148,41,936],"tags":[508,581,923,568,992,567],"class_list":["post-27302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-historical","category-mystery","category-neurodiversity","category-physical-health","category-private-eye","category-queer","category-reread","category-single-point-of-view","tag-asd","tag-bisexual","tag-kirsten-potter","tag-pentecost-and-parker","tag-post-world-war-ii-era","tag-stephen-spotswood"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-76m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25856,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25856","url_meta":{"origin":27302,"position":0},"title":"Fortune Favors the Dead, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"February 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Fortune Favors the Dead, Audio Book (2020) Stephen Spotswood narrated by Kirsten Potter (Pentecost and Parker Mystery #1) Set in NYC in 1945 \u201cI trust you to use your best judgment. 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