The Searcher
by Tana French, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Roger Clark, Penguin Audio This book seemed like it was going to be really good, but as I got into it, it turned out to be just okay for me. The book is … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Fiction
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride, 2023, Audiobook narrated by Dominec Hoffman, Penguin Audio I thought I would enjoy this book a lot more as everyone is talking about it. I thought it was okay, but not great. It seemed to lag and … Continue reading →
Lightning Strike
by William Kent Kruger, 2021, Atria Books, New York This book is a prequel to the Corcoran O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. The author takes us back to a time when Cork was twelve years old and his father, … Continue reading →
The Devil’s Daughter
by Gordon Greisman, 2024, Kindle Edition, Blackstone Publishing This is a gritty detective story that is set in New York City in the 1950’s. The plot centers on a missing teenage girl whose father contracts with a private detective to … Continue reading →
Norwegian by Night
by Derek B. Miller, 2013, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books, Reprint edition This book is about Sheldon Horowitz, an 82-year-old former U.S. Marine sharpshooter, who has moved in with his granddaughter and her husband in Norway. A woman who is a … Continue reading →
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon & Schuster Audio This audiobook is delightful. It’s about a 63-year-old woman who has led a very sheltered life. She is ready for a change, and she decides to try … Continue reading →
From the Low and Quiet Sea
by Donal Ryan, 2018, Kindle Edition, Penguin Books This book starts with the story of a young doctor trying to escape Syria with his family. It then leaves him and shifts to a young man in Ireland who is having … Continue reading →
The One from the Other
by Phillip Kerr, 2009, A Bernie Gunther mystery book 4, Kindle Edition, Penguin Publishing Group, G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint This is the first book that I have read by Phillip Kerr, although it is the fourth book he wrote in … Continue reading →
A World of Curiosities
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 18 by Louise Penny, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2022, Macmillan Audio This book started out at the scene of a murder many years prior. It was at this investigation that … Continue reading →
The Dubliners
by James Joyce, book originally published in 1911, Audiobook released in 2011, narrated by several persons, Tantor Audio We listened to this audiobook on our trip from Florida to Rhode Island this year. It is a collection of short stories … Continue reading →