by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An audiobook review. I believe I’ve read all of Benedict Brown’s Lord Edgington and Christopher books, set in the 1920s in Jolly Olde England. I love the unusual pair, the eccentric posh and fumbling schoolboy combination of murder solving. It’s perfect for any kind of mystery. The older,…
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) James Ponti delivers another great City Spies mystery, set in Cairo this time. The team gets a 6th member, but is he good… or evil? Only time (and the next book) will tell. (The reader is pulled either way as the story progresses.) Meanwhile, the youngest team member,…
by James Ponti (Author), Brian Holden (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) James Ponti is hands down one of the most terrific kids’ books writers out there. Framed! and Vanished! are the first two in this series, and then this one. I’m glad he tied up all the loose ends of the first two stories in this stupendous finale. Very satisfying! …
by Ashley Weaver (Author), Alison Larkin (Narrator), Dreamscape Media (Publisher) An Audiobook review Ashley Weaver‘s fourth Electra McDonnell mystery continues the espionage story set in London during WWII. It features the handsome Major Gabriel Ramsey and the wily, beautiful ex-cat burglar “Ellie” McDonnell. They always seem to defy capture and win the day, except “the day” is not over, and…
by James Ponti (Author), Brian Holden (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook I loved Framed. It’s perfect reading for middle schoolers or older. It has adventure, danger, good thinking, friendship, and a few wild mysteries. Author James Ponti writes one of my other favorite series and he knows how to tell stories that kids love. Can a 12-year-old…
by J. Michael Orenduff (Author), Austin Rising (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) An Audiobook There is always a lot of talking in J. Michael Orenduff’s books. Still, the conversations, usually between Hubie and his sarcastic but true friend, Suzanna, are humorous and often educational as they discuss life and the ridiculous situations Hubie gets himself into. I think discussing his problems…
by JJ Marsh (Author, Publisher), Jill Prewett (Narrator) An Audiobook Two octogenarian ladies from the nearby cruise ship are picnicking on a hillside above the bay on a beautiful Greek island. One of them is gazing through the viewfinder of her camera, using it as a “spyglass.” She sees an older woman, one from their group on…
by Alan Bradley (Author), Jayne Entwistle (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) Audiobook Review So many people have heard of Alan Bradley‘s fabulous Flavia mysteries that I hardly have to describe them. I have read many of them out of order, but now I’m trying to fill in the spaces of the unread, so I can go on to his newest…
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…
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…
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