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BIOGRAPHY The Mantegna Library INTERVIEWS A complete list of books on tape performed by Joe Mantegna FILMOGRAPHY All titles are available for purchase through Amazon.com COMING SOON PHOTO GALLERY AUDIO LINKS DOWNLOADS REGISTER EMAIL HOME Art Of War by Sun-Tzu, et al Sun Tzu's Art of War, written approximately twenty centuries ago, is the first recorded study of military strategy. AFTER DARK MY SWEET by JIM THOMPSON 180 minutes, abridged, An ex-boxer who's been committed to an asylum joins up with a couple planning to kidnap a prominent politician's child. What he doesn't know is that he's the fall guy. AGAINST THE WIND by J.F. FREEDMAN 180 minutes, abridged A once successful criminal attorney who's losing the battle with the bottle gets a second chance at redemption when he takes on the defense of a biker gang charged with murder. BURGLAR WHO TRADED TED WILLIAMS by LAWRENCE BLOCK 180 minutes, abridged Bernie has the blues. His new landlord is raising the rent, his best friend has saddled him with an unwanted cat, and to top it off, he's got the urge to burgle again. When an easy score presents itself, Bernie finds much more than he bargained for. CLEOPATRA GOLD by WILLIAM J. CAUNITZ 180 minutes, abridged When some New York City cops are murdered by a powerful heroin syndicate, the NYPD enrolls its secret weapon: a nightclub singer with no past and only one mission: Vengeance. CLOCKERS by RICHARD PRICE 180 minutes, abridged Rocco Klein is a homicide detective dissatisfied with his job and his life. He's a hard drinker, and his marriage on the rocks. Strike is a teenage crack dealer, an apprentice and lieutenant to a major drug distributor, and a young man with money, employees, and world of worry. A murder case will bring them together and, before it's solved, transform both of their lives. COFFIN DANCER by JEFFREY DEAVER 27 minutes, abridged Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, is on the hunt for an elusive murderer, a brilliant hit man who changes his appearance faster than he adds to his trail of victims. The stakes reach a new high when he targets three federal witnesses with 48 hours to go before their grand jury appearances. CONTAGION by ROBIN COOK 360 minutes, abridged A terrifying and deadly epidemic is spread by sinister sabotage. Enter the uncharted consequences of managed health care in an age when even the wariest consumer can never truly beware. DAY OF CONFESSION by ALLAN FOLSOM, et al [UNABRIDGED] This massive thriller pits a scheming prince of the Church who believes he was once Alexander the Great against the Addison brothers--Harry, a Hollywood lawyer, and Danny, a Vatican priest. It seems that Danny had the bad luck to hear another cardinal's confession outlining a heinous plot to poison China's water supply in order to win the Vatican bankers a multi-billion-dollar contract to rebuild it--and of course to take advantage of the opportunity to convert a quarter of the world's population and ensure the Church's world domination into the next century. DEADLY EVIDENCE by HARRISON ARNSTON 180 minutes, abridged A man lies dead in his palatial mansion, the victim of a massive coronary. The last person to see him alive stands accused of murder. Her weapon: a body to die for. ELMORE LEONARD VALUE COLLECTION by ELMORE LEONARD 540 minutes, full length For 20 years Harry Arno has operated a sports book in Miami Beach, taking bets on all the pro games. And for 20 years Harry has been skimming off the top of the profits, short-changing his silent partners, the local wiseguys. Harry is ready to retire to a villa on the Italian Riviera with his girlfriend Joyce, when he becomes the fall guy in an FBI assault on organized crime and ends up running for his life. EMPTY CHAIR by JEFFERY DEAVER 300 minutes, abridged When a sleepy Southern community sees a local teen murdered and two young women abducted, Detective Lincoln Rhyme is their best chance to find the girls alive. FAREWELL MY LOVELY by RAYMOND CHANDLER 180 minutes, abridged Philip Marlowe moves deftly among Southern California's straight and crooked cops, dangerous ladies, aimless drifters, two-bit hoods, and slick operators. When he stumbles on a plague of murder, only his mix of wits and bravery can finally bring an end to the violence. GET SHORTY by ELMORE LEONARD 180 minutes, abridged Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark who always gets paid. Hollywood produce, Harry Zimm, has lost $200,000 that was earmarked for his next production and his investors want an accounting. The two form an uneasy partnership as Chili meets starlets, and even pitches a movie idea of his own. But people want their money, not deals, and someone wants Chili out of the picture… Forever. THE GODFATHER by MARIO PUZO 360 minutes, abridged The Godfather's command post is a fortress on Long Island, from which he presides over a vast underground empire that encompasses the rackets, gambling, bookmaking, and unions. With an influence that pervades all levels of American society, he extends his friendship to those who dare not refuse it- from the cop on the beat to the nation's elite. HUGGER MUGGER by ROBERT B. PARKER 390 minutes, full length Spenser is asked by the president of Three Fillies Stables to find out who is threatening his horse, Hugger Mugger, he disregards local law enforcement and takes the case. Things take a deadly turn, however, when the attacker claims a human victim, causing Spenser to revise his take on the whole situation. LAST DON by MARIO PUZO 240 minutes, abridged Domenico Clericuzio is a ruthless old man who is determined to secure his family's future via legalized gambling and motion picture investments. The Don is close to achieving his vision when secrets buried in his family's past threaten to spark a war between two blood cousins. MAN OF THE HOUR by PETER BLAUNER 360 minutes, abridged All his life, schoolteacher David Fitzgerald has wanted to live up to the legacy left by his war-hero father. A bus explosion and a moment of selfless courage provides the opportunity. Suddenly, he's a local celebrity - until authorities begin to suspect him of planning the incident himself. MINUTE MYSTERIES VOL. 1 by PATRICK FRALEY 90 minutes, full length Lt. Harry Rhyne tracks a variety of brain-teasers in this exceptional audio performance with mysteries to solve for the whole family. Cool jazz interludes allow time to discuss and solve each puzzle before the answer is revealed. MINUTE MYSTERIES VOL. 2 by PATRICK FRALEY 80 minutes, abridged An all-new collection of twenty fast-lane brain teasers that engage and entertain the whole family. Cool jazz interludes allow time to discuss and solve the puzzle before the answer is revealed. OMERTA by MARIO PUZO 300 minutes, abridged Don Aprile's retirement presents a business opportunity by his Mafia rival and a quandary for the FBI. As the FBI mounts a campaign to wipe out the Mafia once and for all, Aprile finds himself in the midst of one last war. In a conflict in which some have violated omerta, the Sicilian "code of silence," it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish who, if anyone, is on the right side of the law. OUT OF SIGHT by ELMORE LEONARD 360 minutes, abridged While serving a summons and complaint on a Florida prison, Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is disarmed by celebrity-con, Jack Foley, disarms her, and invites her to climb into the trunk of her car. When Karen escapes and joins the Federal task force hunting the escapees, She cruises the mean streets, one step behind Foley and his buddies who are plotting the biggest heist of their careers. PERSONAL INJURIES (CD) by SCOTT TUROW 360 minutes, abridged Robbie Feaver is a successful personal injury lawyer with a burgeoning practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife with a terminal illness. He also has a secret bank account where he deposits funds that make their way into the pockets of the judges who decide his client's cases. POTSHOT by ROBERT B. PARKER [UNABRIDGED] Maybe Spenser's driven all the bad guys out of Boston. Which is too bad because on his home ground, the tough and tender PI and Hawk, his trusty sidekick, don't need a gang of other guys to do their work. And the hired guns they round up to help them clean out a nest of ne'er-do-wells who have the desert town of Potshot, Arizona, terrified aren't nearly as amusing as, say, John Dortmunder's criminal colleagues in Donald Westlake's caper novels. PRONTO by ELMORE LEONARD 180 minutes, abridged For 20 years, Harry Arno has run a sports book in Miami Beach. And for 20 years Harry's been skimming the profits, shortchanging his partners. Just as Harry's ready to retire, the FBI sets him up in a sting. Caught between a rack and a hard place, Harry takes off to the Italian Riviera pursued by mob enforcers and a determined U.S. marshal. RIDING THE RAP by ELMORE LEONARD 180 minutes, abridged Slick pacing, razor-edged dialogue and deadeye wit help spin the tale of Harry Arno, as the perpetually missing bookie disappears yet again. RUM PUNCH by ELMORE LEONARD 180 minutes, abridged Ordell Robbie, a vicious Palm Beach gunrunner, looks to retire with a million in the bank; Louis Gara, an antsy ex-con, wants nothing more than to keep his nose clean; Max Cherry, bail bondsman, aches for something like action; and Jackie Burke, a stewardess and smuggler's mule, schemes to keep herself out of jail. Each will do anything for a hot, up-for-grabs $550,000. Let the games begin… SLEEPERS by LORENZO CARCATERRA 180 minutes, abridged When what begins as a harmless scheme goes horrible wrong, the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. Over the course of that year, brutal beatings, and unimaginable humiliation changes their lives. Years later, one is a lawyer, one a reporter, and two have grown up to become violent career criminals. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within, and only one thing can erase it: Revenge. THIN RED LINE by JAMES JONES 360 minutes, abridged The men of Charlie Company are about to land on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane for the mad. THINNER by STEPHEN KING 720 minutes, full length Billy Halleck, a good husband and loving father, lives the American Good Life. He has a beautiful home, a great family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer. He is also fifty pounds overweight and heading for a heart attack. When in a moment of carelessness his car sideswipes an old gypsy woman, his life changes forever. "Thinner," whispers the ancient father of the woman. Just one word… but six weeks and ninety-three pounds later, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He's terrified. Widows Walk by Robert B. Parker Throw Joe Mantegna into the part of smart mouthed, sassy and surprisingly sensitive Spenser and you've got an entertaining hit. If you don't guffaw in several parts, there's got to be something wrong with your humor bone.

BIOGRAPHY                                       The Mantegna Library
INTERVIEWS                     A complete list of books on tape performed by Joe Mantegna
FILMOGRAPHY                  All titles are available for purchase through Amazon.com
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PHOTO GALLERY
AUDIO
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Art Of War by Sun-Tzu, et al
Sun Tzu's Art of War, written approximately twenty centuries ago, is the first recorded study of military strategy.

AFTER DARK MY SWEET by JIM THOMPSON
180 minutes, abridged,
An ex-boxer who's been committed to an asylum joins up with a couple planning to kidnap a prominent politician's child. What he doesn't know is that he's the fall guy.

AGAINST THE WIND by J.F. FREEDMAN
180 minutes, abridged
A once successful criminal attorney who's losing the battle with the bottle gets a second chance at redemption when he takes on the defense of a biker gang charged with murder.

BURGLAR WHO TRADED TED WILLIAMS by LAWRENCE BLOCK
180 minutes, abridged
Bernie has the blues. His new landlord is raising the rent, his best friend has saddled him with an unwanted cat, and to top it off, he's got the urge to burgle again. When an easy score presents itself, Bernie finds much more than he bargained for.

CLEOPATRA GOLD by WILLIAM J. CAUNITZ
180 minutes, abridged
When some New York City cops are murdered by a powerful heroin syndicate, the NYPD enrolls its secret weapon: a nightclub singer with no past and only one mission: Vengeance.

CLOCKERS by RICHARD PRICE
180 minutes, abridged
Rocco Klein is a homicide detective dissatisfied with his job and his life. He's a hard drinker, and his marriage on the rocks. Strike is a teenage crack dealer, an apprentice and lieutenant to a major drug distributor, and a young man with money, employees, and world of worry. A murder case will bring them together and, before it's solved, transform both of their lives.

COFFIN DANCER by JEFFREY DEAVER
27 minutes, abridged
Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, is on the hunt for an elusive murderer, a brilliant hit man who changes his appearance faster than he adds to his trail of victims. The stakes reach a new high when he targets three federal witnesses with 48 hours to go before their grand jury appearances.

CONTAGION by ROBIN COOK
360 minutes, abridged
A terrifying and deadly epidemic is spread by sinister sabotage. Enter the uncharted consequences of managed health care in an age when even the wariest consumer can never truly beware.

DAY OF CONFESSION by ALLAN FOLSOM, et al
[UNABRIDGED]
This massive thriller pits a scheming prince of the Church who believes he was once Alexander the Great against the Addison brothers--Harry, a Hollywood lawyer, and Danny, a Vatican priest. It seems that Danny had the bad luck to hear another cardinal's confession outlining a heinous plot to poison China's water supply in order to win the Vatican bankers a multi-billion-dollar contract to rebuild it--and of course to take advantage of the opportunity to convert a quarter of the world's population and ensure the Church's world domination into the next century.

DEADLY EVIDENCE by HARRISON ARNSTON
180 minutes, abridged
A man lies dead in his palatial mansion, the victim of a massive coronary. The last person to see him alive stands accused of murder. Her weapon: a body to die for.

ELMORE LEONARD VALUE COLLECTION by ELMORE LEONARD
540 minutes, full length
For 20 years Harry Arno has operated a sports book in Miami Beach, taking bets on all the pro games. And for 20 years Harry has been skimming off the top of the profits, short-changing his silent partners, the local wiseguys. Harry is ready to retire to a villa on the Italian Riviera with his girlfriend Joyce, when he becomes the fall guy in an FBI assault on organized crime and ends up running for his life.

EMPTY CHAIR by JEFFERY DEAVER
300 minutes, abridged
When a sleepy Southern community sees a local teen murdered and two young women abducted, Detective Lincoln Rhyme is their best chance to find the girls alive.

FAREWELL MY LOVELY by RAYMOND CHANDLER
180 minutes, abridged
Philip Marlowe moves deftly among Southern California's straight and crooked cops, dangerous ladies, aimless drifters, two-bit hoods, and slick operators. When he stumbles on a plague of murder, only his mix of wits and bravery can finally bring an end to the violence.

GET SHORTY by ELMORE LEONARD
180 minutes, abridged
Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark who always gets paid. Hollywood produce, Harry Zimm, has lost $200,000 that was earmarked for his next production and his investors want an accounting. The two form an uneasy partnership as Chili meets starlets, and even pitches a movie idea of his own. But people want their money, not deals, and someone wants Chili out of the picture… Forever.

THE GODFATHER by MARIO PUZO
360 minutes, abridged
The Godfather's command post is a fortress on Long Island, from which he presides over a vast underground empire that encompasses the rackets, gambling, bookmaking, and unions. With an influence that pervades all levels of American society, he extends his friendship to those who dare not refuse it- from the cop on the beat to the nation's elite.

HUGGER MUGGER by ROBERT B. PARKER
390 minutes, full length
Spenser is asked by the president of Three Fillies Stables to find out who is threatening his horse, Hugger Mugger, he disregards local law enforcement and takes the case. Things take a deadly turn, however, when the attacker claims a human victim, causing Spenser to revise his take on the whole situation.

LAST DON by MARIO PUZO
240 minutes, abridged
Domenico Clericuzio is a ruthless old man who is determined to secure his family's future via legalized gambling and motion picture investments. The Don is close to achieving his vision when secrets buried in his family's past threaten to spark a war between two blood cousins.

MAN OF THE HOUR by PETER BLAUNER
360 minutes, abridged
All his life, schoolteacher David Fitzgerald has wanted to live up to the legacy left by his war-hero father. A bus explosion and a moment of selfless courage provides the opportunity. Suddenly, he's a local celebrity - until authorities begin to suspect him of planning the incident himself.

MINUTE MYSTERIES VOL. 1 by PATRICK FRALEY
90 minutes, full length
Lt. Harry Rhyne tracks a variety of brain-teasers in this exceptional audio performance with mysteries to solve for the whole family. Cool jazz interludes allow time to discuss and solve each puzzle before the answer is revealed.

MINUTE MYSTERIES VOL. 2 by PATRICK FRALEY
80 minutes, abridged
An all-new collection of twenty fast-lane brain teasers that engage and entertain the whole family. Cool jazz interludes allow time to discuss and solve the puzzle before the answer is revealed.

OMERTA by MARIO PUZO
300 minutes, abridged
Don Aprile's retirement presents a business opportunity by his Mafia rival and a quandary for the FBI. As the FBI mounts a campaign to wipe out the Mafia once and for all, Aprile finds himself in the midst of one last war. In a conflict in which some have violated omerta, the Sicilian "code of silence," it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish who, if anyone, is on the right side of the law.

OUT OF SIGHT by ELMORE LEONARD
360 minutes, abridged
While serving a summons and complaint on a Florida prison, Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is disarmed by celebrity-con, Jack Foley, disarms her, and invites her to climb into the trunk of her car. When Karen escapes and joins the Federal task force hunting the escapees, She cruises the mean streets, one step behind Foley and his buddies who are plotting the biggest heist of their careers.

PERSONAL INJURIES (CD) by SCOTT TUROW
360 minutes, abridged
Robbie Feaver is a successful personal injury lawyer with a burgeoning practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife with a terminal illness. He also has a secret bank account where he deposits funds that make their way into the pockets of the judges who decide his client's cases.

POTSHOT by ROBERT B. PARKER
[UNABRIDGED]
Maybe Spenser's driven all the bad guys out of Boston. Which is too bad because on his home ground, the tough and tender PI and Hawk, his trusty sidekick, don't need a gang of other guys to do their work. And the hired guns they round up to help them clean out a nest of ne'er-do-wells who have the desert town of Potshot, Arizona, terrified aren't nearly as amusing as, say, John Dortmunder's criminal colleagues in Donald Westlake's caper novels.

PRONTO by ELMORE LEONARD
180 minutes, abridged
For 20 years, Harry Arno has run a sports book in Miami Beach. And for 20 years Harry's been skimming the profits, shortchanging his partners. Just as Harry's ready to retire, the FBI sets him up in a sting. Caught between a rack and a hard place, Harry takes off to the Italian Riviera pursued by mob enforcers and a determined U.S. marshal.

RIDING THE RAP by ELMORE LEONARD
180 minutes, abridged
Slick pacing, razor-edged dialogue and deadeye wit help spin the tale of Harry Arno, as the perpetually missing bookie disappears yet again.

RUM PUNCH by ELMORE LEONARD
180 minutes, abridged
Ordell Robbie, a vicious Palm Beach gunrunner, looks to retire with a million in the bank; Louis Gara, an antsy ex-con, wants nothing more than to keep his nose clean; Max Cherry, bail bondsman, aches for something like action; and Jackie Burke, a stewardess and smuggler's mule, schemes to keep herself out of jail. Each will do anything for a hot, up-for-grabs $550,000. Let the games begin…

SLEEPERS by LORENZO CARCATERRA
180 minutes, abridged
When what begins as a harmless scheme goes horrible wrong, the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. Over the course of that year, brutal beatings, and unimaginable humiliation changes their lives. Years later, one is a lawyer, one a reporter, and two have grown up to become violent career criminals. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within, and only one thing can erase it: Revenge.

THIN RED LINE by JAMES JONES
360 minutes, abridged
The men of Charlie Company are about to land on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane for the mad.

THINNER by STEPHEN KING
720 minutes, full length
Billy Halleck, a good husband and loving father, lives the American Good Life. He has a beautiful home, a great family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer. He is also fifty pounds overweight and heading for a heart attack. When in a moment of carelessness his car sideswipes an old gypsy woman, his life changes forever. "Thinner," whispers the ancient father of the woman. Just one word… but six weeks and ninety-three pounds later, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He's terrified.

Widows Walk by Robert B. Parker
Throw Joe Mantegna into the part of smart mouthed, sassy and surprisingly sensitive Spenser and you've got an entertaining hit. If you don't guffaw in several parts, there's got to be something wrong with your humor bone.