by Don Winslow, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Ari Fliakos, Harper Audio This is a very well-written book, but I didn’t like the subject matter or the characters very much. It hit very close to home as the setting was Rhode … Continue reading →
by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published This book is written by a former executive who worked in the bank where I once worked. I know Tim as an acquaintance, but I really didn’t have any dealings with him. Tim has had … Continue reading →
by Helen Fields, 2021, Avon, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., London This book is a pretty good thriller-mystery novel about several people who are abducted. The police bring in a forensic phychoologist profiler to help find the perpetrator. The book … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 5, by Louise Penny, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio This book really fell short of what I expected from a Louise Penny book. The plot was a little … Continue reading →
by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York I wish I could like this book more than I did. I think the problem is the main character, whom I didn’t like one bit. It wasn’t that he … Continue reading →
by Walter Isaacson, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Alfred Molina, Simon & Schuster Audio My Review This book is well-researched and provides much information about the life and works of Leonardo. I gained a deeper appreciation of the character and genius … Continue reading →
by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina This book is a great view of what it was like being a Navy ROTC student at Brown University in the turbulent mid-1960’s when the culture of … Continue reading →
by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York This book is about a young woman in rural England during and after WWII who becomes involved with an American pilot whom she eventually … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 4, by Louise Penny, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio This book is different from Penny’s prior books as the plot doesn’t take place in the village of Three … Continue reading →
by Louise Penny, 2010, Good Reads Books Although this book is a “Three Pines Mystery” that is investigated and solved by Chief Inspector Gamash, it is a departure from Louise Penny’s longer books in the serires. It’s only 87 pages … Continue reading →