Oct. 29, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Audible Inc., a leading provider of premium digital audio and an Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the launch of “The Copper Bracelet,” a new thriller created exclusively for digital audio. A collaboration of 16 leading thriller writers, including Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline and Joseph Finder, “The Copper Bracelet” is the sequel to “The Chopin Manuscript,” which was honored by the Audio Publishers Association as its 2007 Audiobook of the Year. The audio production also features narration by Alfred Molina, who brought “The Chopin Manuscript” to life, and has starred in numerous films, including ”The Da Vinci Code” and ”Spider-Man 2.” “The Copper Bracelet” is available today, only at www.audible.com, www.audible.co.uk and the iTunes Store.

“We were thrilled when ‘The Chopin Manuscript The Chopin Manuscript won Audiobook of the Year, so you can imagine our excitement when so many of the authors wanted to work together again. The returning writers and new participants have pooled their talent to write a really tight adventure. Thriller fans are going to love listening to it!” said Beth Anderson, Executive Vice President and Publisher, Audible Inc.

“I can't think of a more enjoyable writing experience in my 25 years of being a fiction author than writing ’The Copper Bracelet’ and its predecessor, ‘The Chopin Manuscript.’ We writers spend way too much time by ourselves in dark rooms, and it was a delight to emerge from the cave and hang out, so to speak, with my peers,” said Deaver, author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including “Roadside Crosses” and “The Bone Collector.”

“The Copper Bracelet” again features former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his team of “Volunteers” as they face a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. As with “The Chopin Manuscript,” “The Copper Bracelet” is an original novel written in serial fashion. Deaver wrote the opening chapter, and then passed it to Gayle Lynds (“The Coil,” “Masquerade”), who wrote Chapter 2. After 14 more authors each wrote a chapter in turn, the manuscript returned to Deaver to write the explosive conclusion.

“This was like playing on an all-star team, and all the hits were home runs ... we were really up for it," added Lee Child, whose New York Times bestsellers include “Gone Tomorrow” and “Nothing to Lose.”

“The Copper Bracelet” was created as a co-production with International Thriller Writers Inc., a leading organization of professional writers whose mission is to bestow recognition on and promote the thriller genre. The Audible-ITW relationship began with “The Chopin Manuscript,” the breakthrough work that was the first original thriller created exclusively for audio.