🎧 Murder At 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter @susanwalter.bsky.social #ScottBrick @blackstonepub.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimited

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🎧 Murder At 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter @susanwalter.bsky.social #ScottBrick @blackstonepub.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimitedMurder At 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter
Narrator: Scott Brick
Published by Blackstone Publishing on April 18, 2026
Genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Length: 10 hours
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher
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It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 with nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off to a destination wedding. A team of high school baseball players are headed to a tournament. The plane is packed with people eager to escape their lives, and others who can’t wait to return to their beloved home.

But sweet anticipation turns to terror when a lightning strike short-circuits the avionics and plunges the plane into darkness. When the lights come back on, a passenger is found brutally murdered, with only a bewildered air marshal to solve the crime. He soon realizes that several passengers are harboring dark secrets, but the identity of the murderer eludes him. There’s only one certainty: the killer is on the plane.

Thousands of feet above the earth with thunderstorms closing in, the danger outside is as grave as the mounting threat within. Can the captain outrun the storm? Or will the murderer among them bring the plane down first?

So many different issues and problems, all come to a head in Murder at 30,000 Feet.  There’s the hit and run of a freshman high school baseball star which is unsolved after 3 years.  A drug ring is using the plane route for smuggling. The weather is storming, turbulent with lightening.  Two women who love their husbands have separated from them. A woman is marrying a man hoping it will make him love her. Another woman was recently raped.  Another woman schemes to get her son the best exposure to scouts for baseball.

The air marshal on the plane is somewhat inexperienced and totally focused on a flight attendant he usually sees after this flight. But she has been moved to a different flight and there are two newbie attendants along with a more experienced one.  The pilot is also well seasoned and knowledgeable which will save their lives.

The suspense builds throughout with all these negative emotional aspects keep hitting. It’s tragic feeling and the situations become life and death which is where the people show their true selves.  It was exciting and I liked the ending with things clearly resolved.

 

Narration:

Scott Brick is always a pleasure for listening. Most of the times I have listened to him are thrillers, certainly with a fast pace and action.  He imparts the tension and emotion to the characters and situation. His voice and words are clear and easy to understand.   Male and female voices are similar in tone with the females being a bit higher. I listened at my usual 1.5x speed.

Listen to a clip: HERE

 

About Scott Brick

Actor, writer and award-winning audiobook narrator Scott Brick certainly knows how to tell a story, in a way that keeps publishers, best-selling and award-winning authors, critics and the public at large begging for more. Hailed by Audible in 2012 as their most prolific narrator, Brick has narrated almost 900 audiobooks including titles such as: Jurassic Park, the Jack Reacher series, Alexander Hamilton, the Hunt For Red October, The Passage trilogy, In Cold Blood, the Bourne trilogy, Atlas Shrugged, Helter Skelter, Fahrenheit 451 and the Dune series.

Born on January 30, 1966 in Santa Barbara, California, Brick studied both acting and writing at UCLA, and joined the ranks of working professionals upon leaving school in 1989. Lauded by critics for his stage work, Brick spent ten years with the LA-based traveling Shakespeare troupe, Will & Company, appearing in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and many others, and went on to appear in films such as Hit Parade, written and directed by comic book writer and co-Ben 10 creator, Joe Casey.

During this time, Brick continued writing. Having written hundreds of articles in a variety of genre publications such as WIZARD MAGAZINE, TOYFARE, COMICS BUYER’S GUIDE and CREATIVE SCREENWRITING, Brick was then hired by Morgan Freeman and Revelations Entertainment in 2000 to write the screen adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama, with David Fincher attached to direct. In 2005, he collaborated with author Orsen Scott Card to adapt a collection of the author’s short stories for the stage in a production titled (and printed in hardcover as) Posing as People.

Having just celebrated his 20th Audioversary, Brick’s venture into audiobooks is now considered legendary. To date he’s won over 60 Earphones Awards for his narrating skills, as well as five Audie Awards, five SOVAS Awards for voiceover, and a Grammy nomination for the multi-cast recording of The Mark of Zorro (2011). After recording 250 titles in his first five years, AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy,” and proclaimed him a Golden Voice, but it was the WALL STREET JOURNAL that sealed the moniker with a front-page article in November, 2004. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY then honored Brick as Narrator of the Year in both 2007 and 2011. That honor was followed up with another feature in the WSJ in 2019 and a recent appearance on the CBS Sunday Morning news show. And the ultimate distinction – being inducted into the Audible Narrator’s Hall of Fame in 2018. Having now recorded over 900 audiobooks, Brick has no intention of slowing down. He obviously won’t be happy until he’s recorded every book ever published.

Born to make a killer first impression, Brick’s newly completed debut novel, INSIGHT, is bound to leave people gasping for more from this innovative writer who is finally telling his own story. No news on who will narrate the audiobook.

Rating Breakdown
Plot
One StarOne StarOne StarOne Star
Writing
One StarOne StarOne StarOne StarHalf a Star
Characters
One StarOne StarOne StarOne StarHalf a Star
Narration (Audio)
One StarOne StarOne StarOne StarHalf a Star
Overall: One StarOne StarOne StarOne Star
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