by Kate Quinn, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio This is an historical novel portraying Mila Pavlichenko, a Russian librarian who decided to become an expert marksman and was subsequently recruited to be a sharpshooter in the Russian … Continue reading →
by Lawrence Osborne, 2012, Kindle edition, Hogarth I chose this book as something to read about Morocco because I would be traveling there. I didn’t finish it until a few days after returning, and I am glad that it worked … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 7, by Louise Penny, 2011, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2011, Macmillan Audio The book centers around the murder of a woman in a garden during a party. The investigation reveals that … Continue reading →
by Edith Wharton, 1920 This book is an account of Edith Wharton’s journey in Morocco in 1917. I decided to read this book because I would be in Morocco myself as I was reading it. It turned out that while … Continue reading →
by Charles Benoit, 2006, Poison Pen Press I was looking for books on Morocco as we were going on a tour to that country. I searched our local library’s Libby app for “Morocco” and this book came up. I had … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 6 by Louise Penny, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio I was really surprised by this book as I had pretty much trashed Book 5, The Brutal Telling, in … Continue reading →
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 →