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There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel Audiobook— narrated by Jelani Alladin
Rasheed Newson's There's Only One Sin in Hollywood is a 1950s-set historical fiction novel about a studio fixer who spends his career burying other men's secrets and finally turns that skill on the people who killed the actor he loved.
Why the audiobook wins
Jelani Alladin narrates a 1950s studio fixer who spent a career burying other men's secrets, and the casting is precise: Alladin has the polish the job requires and the fatigue underneath it, which is the whole character.
Newson writes period dialogue that sounds spoken rather than researched, and a fixer's narration — discreet, controlled, occasionally letting something slip — is native to first-person audio. Nine and a half hours makes it a tight listen with no sag, and the Hollywood machinery is more vivid heard than read.
One Audible credit gets the full confession. If you came to Newson through My Government Means to Kill Me, this is the same voice pointed at a different institution.
Audiobook questions
- Who narrates the There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel audiobook?
- Jelani Alladin narrates the audiobook edition of There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel.
- How long is the There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 9 hr 23 min.
- Is the There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel 4.4 out of 5. Jelani Alladin narrates a 1950s studio fixer who spent a career burying other men's secrets, and the casting is precise: Alladin has the polish the job requires and the fatigue underneath it, which is the whole character.
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- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.Listen free with Audible
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- Is There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on September 29, 2026.
- What formats is There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel available in?
- On Amazon, There's Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel comes as a Kindle ebook and a hardcover.
