BOOK REVIEW – Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (audiobook)
by Agatha Christie (Author), Anna Massey (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) Audiobook Review I’ve never read an Agatha Christie Poirot mystery written in such a way with a female telling the story instead of Hastings or Poirot himself. In MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA, a nurse, Amy Leatheran, is charged with writing up the account of this very perplexing murder from her own…
BOOK REVIEW – Halloween Parade Peril (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery Book 10)
by Victoria Tait (Author) Although this cozy mystery is listed as a Dotty Sayers Antique mystery, author Victoria Tait has combined two of her series’ characters in this book. Dotty, returning from antique work in other parts of the country, has only recently settled down again in the Cotswolds to open her own shop. Sergeant Keya Varma…
BOOK REVIEW – I Am In Here
by Creston Mapes (Author), Drew Bott (Narrator), Rooftop Press (Publisher) An Audiobook “Little do they know, I can hear and see everything” is how this tragic, hopeful, and very suspenseful book begins. Creston Mapes writes I AM IN HERE with several POVs (points of view), but the main characters are Hale, 18 years old and presumed brain-dead from a…
BOOK REVIEW – The Bones Remember, Book 2 of the Alexa Glock Forensics series
by Sara E. Johnson (Author), Sarah Naughton (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review The Bones Remember is another fascinating, suspenseful adventure into the wild parts of New Zealand with forensic “teeth” specialist Alexa Glock. She’s an American on a work visa stationed at a forensics lab in Auckland. She is called out to a remote island to identify…
BOOK REVIEW – Unplugged
by Gordon Korman (Author), A.J Beckles (Narrator), Maxwell Glick (Narrator), Vikas Adam (Narrator), Reba Buhr (Narrator), Sarah Mollo-Christensen (Narrator), Barrett Leddy (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review —“A middle-grade novel about a group of kids forced to “unplug” at a wellness camp – where they instead find intrigue, adventure, and a whole lot of chaos.”— This book and its author are a part of the reason I love reading middle-grade…
BOOK REVIEW – Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus, book 2
by Dusti Bowling (Author) Dusti Bowling’s “Life of a Cactus” book series is so well written and immersive that truly, you can’t put the books down once you’ve begun them. I read one afternoon, evening, and into the night to finish MOMENTOUS EVENTS. It was so worth it. Her characters are very believable, and although I have…
Book Review – The Hurtwood Village Murders, A Marius Quin Mystery, book 2
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Storm Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook review Benedict Brown’s characters in all his books. including The Hurtwood Village Murders, are well-drawn and consistent. I like Marius’s often self-effacing attitude, especially with Bella, but also his curious and quick comebacks. I enjoy how Brown writes pet dogs into the stories, giving them character and sometimes…
BOOK REVIEW – Forbidden City – #3 in the City Spies series
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) An audiobook. This is the third in the fantastic City Spies series that I have read, and it is absolutely not put-downable! I listened to this fast-paced book late at night in bed, while cooking dinner, walking, gardening… completely immersed in the world of these 12-15-year-old MI-6 spies,…
BOOK REVIEW – Golden Gate, Book 2 of City Spies
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review “This mission is hot! It’s a go!” GOLDEN GATE is the second of the City Spies books I’ve read, and I love them! Smart kids (I mean VERY smart kids), super-special skills (but natural, no hocus-pocus), wild adventure, world travel, secrets, villains, danger, complex…
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