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Kingdom of the Blind

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 5, 2024 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 14, by Louise Penny, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2018 Macmillan Audio  As this book begins, Inspector Gamache is suspended from his position as Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, and … Continue reading →

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The Sentence is Death (Book 2 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries)

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 25, 2024 by LarryJanuary 1, 2025

by Anthony Horowitz, 2019, HarperCollins books This is the second book in the Detective Hawthorne series. The murder mystery unfolds very slowly this time. It’s about a man who is killed in his home beaten over the head and eventually … Continue reading →

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Glass Houses

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 10, 2024 by LarryFebruary 25, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 13, by Louise Penny, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2017 Macmillan Audio This addition to Louise Penny’s Three Pines Series finds that Inspector Gamache is now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté … Continue reading →

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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 6, 2024 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

by Nicholas Dawidoff, 1995, 2011, Vintage Reprint Edition I really did not like this book! It was selected for our book club and the verdict was that it wasn’t written very well, but that they “all” liked the story. I … Continue reading →

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 11, 2024 by LarryFebruary 19, 2024

by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage Candice Millard has done a very good job portraying the life and death of President James Garfield. I knew very little about Garfield and was very surprised to find out what an outstanding human being … Continue reading →

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A Great Reckoning

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 6, 2024 by LarryFebruary 19, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 12, by Louise Penny, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2016 Macmillan Audio Gamache has come out retirement and has taken over leadership of the Sûreté academy, hoping to weed out further … Continue reading →

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The Nature of the Beast

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 29, 2023 by LarryJanuary 1, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 11, by Louise Penny, 2015, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2015, Macmillan Audio A young boy who has a penchant for fantasy comes into the Bistro in Three Pines and announces that … Continue reading →

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The Word is Murder (Book 1 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries)

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 22, 2023 by LarryJanuary 1, 2025

(, by Anthony Horowitz, 2028, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, HarperAudio The book is an entirely innovative approach to a mystery novel. The author, Anthony Horowitz, inserts a fictional character to accompany a crime investigator solving a murder. That fictional … Continue reading →

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The Great Alone

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 16, 2023 by LarryJune 28, 2024

by Kristin Hannah, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Julia Whelen, Macmillan Audio This is a good book that could have been better. It’s about a young girl living in a disfunctional family. The father is a Viet Nam veteral who was … Continue reading →

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The Long Way Home

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 11, 2023 by LarryDecember 12, 2023

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10, by Louise Penny, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio This book takes a step back in pace. It’s about the search for Peter Morrow who was supposed to … Continue reading →

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