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 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 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 →
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 →
The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 3, by Louise Penny, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham, released in 2015, Macmillan Audio Once again Inspector Armond Gamash is thrown into another murder in the small Quebec town of Three Pines. This … Continue reading →
by Barbara Kingsolver, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Charlie Thurston, HarperAudio I had high expectations for this book as it had won the Pulitzer Prize and it was being compared to Huck Finn and Catcher in the Rye. Although Kingsolver did … Continue reading →
The Lincoln Lawyer Series, Book 2, by Michael Connelly, 2008, Audiobook narrated by Peter Giles, Hachette Audio Usually the second book in a series isn’t quite as good as the first one. I didn’t find that to be the case. … Continue reading →
by Louise Penny, 2006, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Coshan released in 2014, Macmillan Audio This is the second Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery by Louise Penny. He is called to investigate a new homicide that takes place at a curling … Continue reading →
by Donna Leon, 1994, Audiobook produced 2009, narrated by David Colacci, Blackstone Audio, Inc. This book is about a murder of a supposed transvestite man whose face is bashed in. Guido Brunetti is called to Mestre (near Venice) to investigate … Continue reading →