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How the Light Gets In

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 29, 2023 by LarryDecember 11, 2023

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 9, by Louise Penny, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2013, Macmillan Audio This book has a lot going on, particularly regarding Inspector Gamache’s relationship with the individuals who were running the … Continue reading →

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Force of Nature

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 16, 2023 by LarryNovember 25, 2024

by Jane Harper, 2018, Audiobook Narrated by Stephan Shanahan, Macmillan Audio I was very disappointed in this book. We borrowed the audiobook from the library in Rhode Island to listen to while making our annual return to Florida for the … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Mystery

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 2, 2023 by LarryNovember 16, 2023

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 8, by Louise Penny, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2012, Macmillan Audio This mystery takes place in a remote monastery in Quebec where one of the monks is murdered. Inspector Gamashe … Continue reading →

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 29, 2023 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York This is the story of the Wager, a ship that was shipwrecked on the coast of Chile during the War of Jenkin’s Ear between England and Spain in 1740. The ship was part … Continue reading →

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The Diamond Eye

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 14, 2023 by LarryOctober 28, 2023

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 →

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The Forgiven

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 8, 2023 by LarryOctober 29, 2023

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 →

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A Trick of the Light

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 4, 2023 by LarryOctober 5, 2023

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 →

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In Morocco

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 30, 2023 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

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 →

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Relative Danger: A Mystery

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 21, 2023 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

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 →

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Bury Your Dead

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 16, 2023 by LarryOctober 5, 2023

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 →

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