Where to Start with Sam Eastland
- Best entry point → Eye of the Red Tsar
- What fans keep coming back to → The Red Coffin (Inspector Pekkala Book 2)
- Best narrator for Sam Eastland → Siberian Red
- Highest rated by listeners → Berlin Red (Inspector Pekkala #7)
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Berlin Red
Inspector Pekkala • Book 7
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 4.01 ABR Score (913 ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (840) ★ 4.52 Audible (73)10h 33m listening time • Released 2016Steven Pacey's voice work transforms this WWII espionage thriller into something hypnotic—his ability to shift between Russian, German, and British characters makes you forget you're listening to one man.
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The Beast in the Red Forest
Inspector Pekkala • Book 5
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.97 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (985) ★ 4.5 Audible (62)9h 32m listening time • Released 2015Steven Pacey transforms this Soviet wartime thriller into something genuinely haunting—his command of accent and tension makes the fog-shrouded forest feel claustrophobic and inescapable.
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Red Icon
Inspector Pekkala • Book 6
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.94 ABR Score (902 ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (840) ★ 4.44 Audible (62)10h 26m listening time • Released 2015Steven Pacey transforms this Soviet-era mystery into something genuinely haunting—his ability to shift between characters and capture the paranoia of Stalin's Russia makes the 10-hour runtime vanish.
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Archive 17
Inspector Pekkala • Book 3
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Paul Michael
★ 3.89 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.48 Audible (94)8h 55m listening time • Released 2012 - 5
Siberian Red
Inspector Pekkala • Book 3
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.75 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.33 Audible (12)8h 56m listening time • Released 2012 - 6
The Red Coffin (Inspector Pekkala Book 2)
Inspector Pekkala • Book 2
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.74 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.25 Audible (16)10h 20m listening time • Released 2012 - 7
Eye of the Red Tsar
Inspector Pekkala • Book 1
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Paul Michael
★ 3.56 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 3.92 Audible (395)9h 4m listening time • Released 2010
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