Grave on Grand Avenue

Naomi Hirahara

May 2023 · Officer Ellie Rush Mystery Book 2 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Catherine Ho

About this audiobook

LAPD bicycle cop-and aspiring homicide detective-Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane and the Japantown Mysteries. Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles's premier concert halls. A few minutes later she's shocked to discover him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable. Nearby, the father of Xu, a Chinese superstar classical musician, claims Fuentes was knocked down while attempting to steal his son's multimillion-dollar cello-a story Ellie has trouble believing. Meanwhile Ellie has issues of her own to deal with-like the curious theft of her car, a 1969 Pontiac Skylark. But after the gardener takes his last breath and Xu mysteriously disappears, it's clear to Ellie she must act quickly before someone else falls silent . . .

About the author

Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai Mysteries and Murder on Bamboo Lane. Her historical Japantown Mystery, Clark and Division, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, is followed by Evergreen. She has also written a mystery series set in Kauai and a middle-grade novel, 1001 Cranes.

Catherine Ho is a Midwesterner living in NYC. She's an AudioFile Best of 2021, Earphones Award winner, and AA2022-nominated voice actor. She's voiced hundreds of characters for the Big 5 publishers, Nickelodeon, Havas, TedLive, Macy's, IBM, and more.