#77 Murder on the Links - Hercule Poirot (BBC)

John Moffatt is back as the great Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in another first-rate BBC production. One of Agatha Christies best Poirot stories. Without a doubt this one's a great whodunnit.

When Poirot arrives in France, following an urgent appeal for help, he finds he is too late. His client, a South American millionaire, has been stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Poirot launches an investigation and the baffling mystery begins to unfold.

http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Links-BBC-Audio-Crime/dp/0563510064

#76 The Adventures of Red Cloud - Radio Repertory Company of America

Radio Repertory Company of America presents The Adventures of Red Cloud featuring the voice talents of Traci Lords (Blade), James C. Leary (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Brinke Stevens (Haunting Fear) along with a full-cast. Lords proves she's a talented actress and voice talent in this production. If you like sci-fi, pirates, power hungry politicians and more action than your brain can process then here's an adventure for you.

From Radio Repertory:

Wendy McCloud (Traci Elizabeth Lords) is ordered into Anger Management Therapy. But it's not much help when pirates murder her father, Planetary President of Chromius. Now that Anne Manx has left, Chromius still needs someone else just as smart, relentless, incorruptible...and sexy.
Telling Elaine (Brinke Stevens), Wendy abandons her career in the oldest profession for a new job: spy! Going underground as "Red Cloud," she infiltrates the inner circle around vicious Jake Bloom (James Leary), the greediest outlaw in the sector. "Red" risks her life to avenge her father and end a reign of terror engulfing the whole quadrant.

Red blasts headlong into a tight orbit of action, caught in a terrifying nebula of deception, sex, robbery, extortion, torture, mass murder, and even (dare we say it?) insurance fraud.
Radio Rep Company's latest production pulls no punches. Taut writing with tongue in cheek, splendid performances and superb production, all wrapped up in a magnificent original score.

http://www.rrca.com/

Parade Magazine picks The Mark of Zorro as the #2 best audio.

Looking for a great radio drama to listen to? Want GREAT acting? Swashbuckling adventure? A great story? Look no further than The Mark of Zorro! Parade Magazine picks The Mark of Zorro as the second best audio over all for summer listening. That's an impressive rating considering the hundreds of audio books and audio dramas released in 2011.

The Mark of Zorro stars Val Kilmer, Ruth Livier, Elizabeth Pena, Armin Shimerman, Meshach Taylor and an amazing cast.

http://www.parade.com/news/summer-reading-guide/featured/top-14-audio-books.html#comment_focus

If you like Zorro or just like swashbuckling action there's two other Zorro radio dramas available. Zorro and the Pirate Raiders and Zorro Rides Again.These being produced by Colonial Radio Theatre.

#75 Anne Manx on Amazonia - Radio Repertory Company of America

Funny, action-packed radio drama. If you like your sci-fi to include political corruption, cloning, and romance then this ones right down your alley. Good acting is essential to good radio drama and this one's got it. Featuring Claudia Christian as Anne Manx, Patricia Tallman as Jean Richmond, Guest starring Barbara Harris as The Queen and Spunky Brandburn and a full-cast.

From Radio Repertory:

On Amazonia, succession to the throne is simple. The Queen (Barbara Harris) is simply cloned, thus avoiding all manner of complications. When the queen's first clone is found to be imperfect, it is discarded and they try again... but the first clone survives. When that clone goes to Earth to get the diamonds she needs to run the cloning machine back on Amazonia (which can repair her imperfections), she seeks out Anne Manx (Claudia Christian), the finest Private Eye in the galaxy, and enlists her help. Anne Manx faces more than a grumpy Queen and her addled clone, as the evil Richmond (Pat Tallman) returns to make her life much more dangerous. Manx must defend the Amazonian Queen's first clone, return some stolen diamonds, and face a very painful part of her past. Does Anne Manx have the courage to continue? Let this digital production take your mind to Amazonia to find out. Great writing, superb performances, and excellent sound design are all tied together with a complete original musical score.

http://www.rrca.com/

#74 Treasure Island - BBC

It's pirates ahoy! Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale Treasure Island will delight adventure seekers in this rousing tale from the BBC.

No one can fail to be captivated by the swashbuckling piracy of "Treasure Island". Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint's treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, led by the villainous Long John Silver, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed? The struggle of Young Jim and his friends as they do battle on the high seas is thrillingly played out in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatization which stars Jack Shepherd, Iain Cuthbertson, Buster Merryfield, Molly Weir, Robin Bailey and James McPherson as young Jim Hawkins. 

http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Island-Full-Cast-Dramatization-Childrens/dp/1602837597

#73 Captain Blood - CRT

Like high seas swashbuckling adventure? Like clashing swords and booming cannons? A vast there because you're in luck mate. Colonial Radio Theatre brings Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood to sonic life in this full-cast presentation.

From CRT:

Dr. Peter Blood is arrested and sentenced to hang for treating a wounded rebel. Instead of death, he is sent to Barbados as a slave. When the Spanish attack the port city of Bridgetown, he and his fellow slaves capture the Spanish ship and set out to sea, where he becomes the notorious Pirate, Captain Blood. Battles on Sea and on Land, daring escapes, sword duels to the death, a touch of romance, and a magnificent score by Jeffrey Gage, “Captain Blood” is a swashbuckling adventure on a very grand scale!

http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Blood-Dramatization-Colonial-Theatre/dp/1455804045/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312501138&sr=1-1

#72 Logan's Run - CRT

Colonial Radio Theater brings you Logan's Run adapted from the Blue Water comics with elements from the Logan's Run books. It's face paced action that almost feels like a comic book. If you like futuristic sci-fi this may be worth a shot. Definitely better than the TV series.

From CRT:

It’s the 23rd Century — at age 21 your life is over. Logan-6 has been trained to kill. Born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. His time is short, but before his life ends he’s got one final mission — find and destroy Sanctuary, a fabled haven for those who chose to defy the system. When Logan meets and falls in love with Jessica, he begins to question the very system he has sworn to protect. Soon they are both running for their lives. When your last day comes, will you lie down and die — or run!

http://www.amazon.com/William-Nolans-Logans-Run-Dramatization/dp/1455812889