Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic Podcast comes from Blackstone Publishing, publisher of bestselling and award-winning books and audiobooks by fantastic writers and narrators. Velvet was the night is a novel about a woman who goes searching for her neighbour, stumbles into truth that is inescapable. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a delicious, twisted treat for lovers. To listen to the whole archive of Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine, subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. An artful narration by Chípe and an ingeniously plotted thriller by Moreno-Garcia make this prime listening. Maite’s life takes a thrilling turn when the neighbor she agrees to cat-sit for never returns. The story focuses on Maite, a lonely secretary with an active imagination, and Elvis, a conflicted enforcer for a group of thugs paid by the government to keep down student protests and civil unrest.
Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Sandi Henschel discuss the fun of listening to this mystery from the author of the bestselling Mexican Gothic. Narrator Gisela Chípe successfully juggles the many characters and subplots in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Velvet Was the Night, set in 1970s Mexico. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed speculative novels Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Signal to Noise, Certain Dark Things, and The Beautiful Ones, as well as the crime novel Untamed Shore. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening.
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