
The Pied Piper
A Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews Mystery #5
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $25.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Dale Hull
-
By:
-
Ridley Pearson
About this listen
Boldt is the first to establish that behind the kidnappings is a well-financed and brilliantly planned network, and his investigation soon attracts the FBI, which also brings heavy manpower - and political competition - that Boldt fears could slow them down until the trail runs dry. As long as the kidnappings continue, there may be a chance of getting the children back alive. Or is it already too late?
Solve another case with Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews.©2007 Ridley Pearson (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Undercurrents
- A Lou Boldt - Daphne Matthews Novel, Book 1
- By: Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle’s Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer - but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something?
-
-
Waste of a credit
- By Elizabeth on 08-07-12
By: Ridley Pearson
-
The Kill Artist
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the assassination of his wife and son, Gabriel Allon retires from his brutal anti-terrorist career and loses himself in his previous cover job: art restoration. But when Tariq al-Hourani, the Palestinian terrorist responsible for his family’s death, begins a killing spree designed to destroy Middle East peace talks, Gabriel once again slips into the shadowy world of international intrigue. In a global game of hide-and-seek, the motives of Gabriel and Tariq soon become more personal than political.
-
-
Reluctant Assassin
- By Snoodely on 10-30-13
By: Daniel Silva
-
Triple Homicide
- From the Case Files of Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women's Murder Club
- By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, James O. Born
- Narrated by: Ty Jones, Kate Russell, Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
James Patterson's greatest detectives together for the first time! Three electrifying thrillers with Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women's Murder Club. Detective Cross: An Alex Cross Story - An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story - A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. Manhunt: A Michael Bennett Story - Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family.
-
-
Be warned
- By Casey Sutton on 07-21-18
By: James Patterson, and others
-
The Short Drop
- Gibson Vaughn
- By: Matthew FitzSimmons
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard - then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency - disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation's history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession. For legendary hacker and marine Gibson Vaughn, the case is personal - Suzanne Lombard had been like a sister to him.
-
-
Incredibly wonderful thriller! Magnificant!
- By Wayne on 03-15-16
-
Second Hand Curses
- By: Drew Hayes
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Marc Vietor, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When your fairy godmother threatens to enslave you with a curse - when a malevolent piper solves your rat problem but steals your children - when you seek revenge on the prince who turned you into a frog - who can you turn to in your hour of need? The band of scoundrels known far and wide as the Bastard Champions - the swashbuckling trio who travel a world of legend, seeking adventure and righting wrongs - as long as there's enough gold to be earned.
-
-
Second Hand Curses is First Rate Storytelling!
- By Tony E. on 11-22-17
By: Drew Hayes
-
Play Dirty
- By: Sandra Brown
- Narrated by: Victor Slezak
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Griff Burkett has a multimillion-dollar contract with the Dallas Cowboys. But at the end of his football career, deep in debt, a crime kingpin offers him a chance to resolve his loans by throwing a game. Griff agrees, and walks into an FBI sting. After serving time, he finds only closed doors. Then he is summoned by eccentric millionaire Foster Speakman. Speakman, a recluse since a car accident left him crippled, is impotent. Deadly consequences ensue when he hires Burkett to impregnate his wife.
-
-
Typically satisfying Sandra Brown novel
- By Amazon Customer on 04-06-10
By: Sandra Brown
-
Undercurrents
- A Lou Boldt - Daphne Matthews Novel, Book 1
- By: Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle’s Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer - but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something?
-
-
Waste of a credit
- By Elizabeth on 08-07-12
By: Ridley Pearson
-
The Kill Artist
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the assassination of his wife and son, Gabriel Allon retires from his brutal anti-terrorist career and loses himself in his previous cover job: art restoration. But when Tariq al-Hourani, the Palestinian terrorist responsible for his family’s death, begins a killing spree designed to destroy Middle East peace talks, Gabriel once again slips into the shadowy world of international intrigue. In a global game of hide-and-seek, the motives of Gabriel and Tariq soon become more personal than political.
-
-
Reluctant Assassin
- By Snoodely on 10-30-13
By: Daniel Silva
-
Triple Homicide
- From the Case Files of Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women's Murder Club
- By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, James O. Born
- Narrated by: Ty Jones, Kate Russell, Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
James Patterson's greatest detectives together for the first time! Three electrifying thrillers with Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women's Murder Club. Detective Cross: An Alex Cross Story - An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story - A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. Manhunt: A Michael Bennett Story - Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family.
-
-
Be warned
- By Casey Sutton on 07-21-18
By: James Patterson, and others
-
The Short Drop
- Gibson Vaughn
- By: Matthew FitzSimmons
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard - then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency - disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation's history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession. For legendary hacker and marine Gibson Vaughn, the case is personal - Suzanne Lombard had been like a sister to him.
-
-
Incredibly wonderful thriller! Magnificant!
- By Wayne on 03-15-16
-
Second Hand Curses
- By: Drew Hayes
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Marc Vietor, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When your fairy godmother threatens to enslave you with a curse - when a malevolent piper solves your rat problem but steals your children - when you seek revenge on the prince who turned you into a frog - who can you turn to in your hour of need? The band of scoundrels known far and wide as the Bastard Champions - the swashbuckling trio who travel a world of legend, seeking adventure and righting wrongs - as long as there's enough gold to be earned.
-
-
Second Hand Curses is First Rate Storytelling!
- By Tony E. on 11-22-17
By: Drew Hayes
-
Play Dirty
- By: Sandra Brown
- Narrated by: Victor Slezak
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Griff Burkett has a multimillion-dollar contract with the Dallas Cowboys. But at the end of his football career, deep in debt, a crime kingpin offers him a chance to resolve his loans by throwing a game. Griff agrees, and walks into an FBI sting. After serving time, he finds only closed doors. Then he is summoned by eccentric millionaire Foster Speakman. Speakman, a recluse since a car accident left him crippled, is impotent. Deadly consequences ensue when he hires Burkett to impregnate his wife.
-
-
Typically satisfying Sandra Brown novel
- By Amazon Customer on 04-06-10
By: Sandra Brown
-
The House Next Door
- Thrillers
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Peter Ganim, Christopher Ryan Grant
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world's number-one best-selling writer - three pulse-pounding thrillers in one audiobook: The House Next Door, The Killer's Wife, and We. Are. Not. Alone.
-
-
Save your money/credit.
- By Amy on 01-26-19
By: James Patterson
-
Trustee from the Toolroom
- By: Nevil Shute
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Keith Stewart, a retiring and ingenious engineer, could not have been happier in his little house in the shabby London suburb of Ealing. There he invented the mini-motor, the six-volt generator, and the tiny Congreve clock. Then a chain of events sweeps him into deep waters and leads him to his happiest discovery yet.
-
-
Hologram of a Decent Man
- By Jim In Texas! on 05-28-12
By: Nevil Shute
-
Under Cover of Darkness
- By: James Grippando
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The youngest lawyer ever to grab the helm of Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success - as well as money, power, and prestige. He thinks nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top. Until his wife, Beth, vanishes. Beth's disappearance coincides with a series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the "bookend killings". They think Beth is the killer's latest victim...or his willing accomplice. But Gus knows his wife would never ally herself with a cold-blooded killer.
-
-
Excellent book and narrator
- By GrannieW on 03-20-17
By: James Grippando
-
Lady of Shadows: A Forbidden Forest Prequel
- By: Amber Argyle
- Narrated by: Lynn Bradford
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Can you hear him? The beast is coming for you...Lady Caelia has shut herself in her manor house for months, hiding from her town’s stinging gossip, and her father’s bitter disappointment. She's convinced her life couldn't possibly be any worse. And then her only remaining friend is taken by the beast. On the night of the girl's funeral, Caelia stumbles upon something wicked. Something that leaves her only one possible escape. The Forbidden Forest and the beast within. But Caelia's not the only one on the run from the shadows of the past.
By: Amber Argyle
-
Midnight Rambler
- By: James Swain
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Years ago, South Florida cop Jack Carpenter beat up a murder suspect named Simon Skell, a dangerous predator with a penchant for playing the Rolling Stones' "Midnight Rambler" as he tortured young women. When Jack lost his temper, he lost his job and marriage, too; so as Skell's early release from prison draws near, the tarnished hero, now a specialist in missing-child cases, sees an opportunity to make things right.
-
-
Not one of James Swain's best
- By Maryfrances on 12-04-07
By: James Swain
-
Privileged Information
- Alan Gregory, Book 1
- By: Stephen White
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alan Gregory is a clinical psychologist with a thriving practice in Boulder, Colorado. His life begins to unravel when one of his female patients is found in an apparent suicide and the local paper begins printing accusations from an unnamed source of sexual impropriety between the woman and Dr. Gregory. He launches a psychological and personal quest for the truth that rapidly intensifies when more of his patients die untimely deaths, and Gregory suspects not only that the deaths are related but that another one of his patients may be somehow involved. Lacking facts but roused by suspicion and troubled by seemingly random acts of terror around him, Gregory starts to fear for the safety of the people he loves. The question of the inviolability of confidential disclosures made to Gregory by his patients - privileged information - becomes crucial as the psychologist pursues an unsettling romance with Lauren Crowder, a lovely deputy district attorney investigating one of the deaths. Bound to silence, Gregory follows the psychological tracks of someone he fears may be a cunning and disturbed killer, while turning to his enigmatic but supportive partner, Diane Estevez, for counsel, and to his tart-tongued female urologist neighbor for support. The sinister, surprising drama unfolds against Boulder's Rocky Mountain backdrop, in the arresting natural beauty of Aspen, and in the midst of a baroque Halloween costume party in downtown Boulder. Finally, in a lonely mountain lodge enshrouded in menace, the story comes to its breathtaking climax.
-
-
Four and a half stars, actually....
- By karen on 10-11-13
By: Stephen White
-
Cane and Abe
- By: James Grippando
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Samantha died too soon. Abe Beckham's new wife has helped him through the loss, but some say it was a step back for Abe to marry Angelina, a love from his past. Abe doesn't want to hear it, and he's even managed to remain a star prosecutor at the Miami State Attorney's Office through his ups and downs. Then everything goes wrong. A woman's body is discovered dumped in the Everglades, and Abe is called upon to monitor the investigation.
-
-
Well crafted story with some weakness
- By Big jim Picotto on 01-21-15
By: James Grippando
-
Land of Careful Shadows
- By: Suzanne Chazin
- Narrated by: Armando Durán
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the dead body of a Latino woman is found in a reservoir about 50 miles north of Manhattan, with a photo of a baby in her purse nearby, the police try to determine who the child is and if it is still alive. Along with the photo, they also find a disturbing note in the purse: "Go back to your country. You don't belong here."
-
-
Stereotypes & no content
- By Colorado-reader on 11-08-20
By: Suzanne Chazin
-
Invasion of Privacy
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Reich
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One woman's quest to discover the truth behind her husband's death will pit her against a new generation of cutting-edge surveillance technology and the most dangerous conspiracy in America - Invasion of Privacy is the riveting, new standalone suspense novel from New York Times best-selling author Christopher Reich.
-
-
Hard to stand up with all the eye-rolling
- By Dave Staats on 07-17-15
-
Demolition Angel
- A Novel
- By: Robert Crais
- Narrated by: Patricia Kalember
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The latest thriller from the best selling author of L.A. Requiem is a real blast to listen to! Follow L.A.'s retired bomb squad technician Carol Starkey when she returns to investigate a series of explosions that are meant to target who else but her!
-
-
Made to be a movie
- By Bob on 03-25-03
By: Robert Crais
-
Penance
- A Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Classic
- By: David Housewright
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Holland Taylor is comfortable in interrogation rooms. For years the cold dark cells of the St. Paul Police Department homicide squad were his turf, and with the help of his partner he wrung confessions out of countless killers. But that was long ago. Tonight Taylor is on the other side of the desk. Tonight he is the suspect.
-
-
Excellent modern detective novel!
- By Wayne on 04-23-20
-
Cash Landing
- A Novel
- By: James Grippando
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every week a hundred million dollars in cash arrives at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through customs and loads them into armored trucks.
-
-
Good Start To The Series
- By Lia on 10-21-18
By: James Grippando
What listeners say about The Pied Piper
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- A Customer
- 01-28-21
Enjoyed listening to the audiobook!
I read this book yonks ago, so I listened to the audiobook this time ‘round and enjoyed the narrator. Ridley Pearson always has good mysteries, although the events/timeline dates this book, cuz it’s now January 2021 during the COVID pandemic. I still like the Lou Boldt-Daphne Matthews crime fiction series, including this one which has a complex and often convoluted storyline with several good subplots. The personal/domestic subplot involves Boldt’s two children, and his wife Liz, who is hospitalized w cancer.
3.5 stars overall
4 stars for the audiobook
3 stars for the Kindle version
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Gwen
- 06-30-12
A great find
Any additional comments?
I am new to Ridley Pearson books. I am so enjoying this series. I started with the first Lou Bolt/Dalphne Matthews book and they just seem to get better. I really enjoy the characters and thought the reading was very fine. If you are trying this author for the first time I suggest beginning with the first in the series. The character development stretches and grows nicely from one book to the next. I found many hours of enjoyable listening in this book and the series.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Coolrbreeze
- 04-26-22
way too long for what it had to say
I made it to the end but it wasn't easy. Many times I nearly kicked it out of my tablet, but there was a pretty good story embedded in there and I wanted to know how it ended. This book would have been really good if it had been condensed to about 1/4 as long.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!