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 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…
by Victoria Tait (Author) CHAMOMILE TEA AND A COPYCAT CRIME is the fourth in Victoria Tait‘s Waterwheel Cafe Mystery series. It’s a fun, cozy police procedural with an added course in business management! Sergeant Keya Varma is a part-time police officer at the Cirencester Police Station in Cotswold. Her other life is as owner…
by Jay Gill (Author), Sam Booth (Narrator), QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd (Publisher) An Audiobook review As the author, JAY GILL, introduces in his prelude, MURDER IN FULBRIDGE VILLAGE is a unique whodunnit, set in a quaint British village in the 1920s. It’s a refreshing departure from the norm, with no ‘bedroom shenanigans or foul language,’ making it…
By Dorothy Gilman (Author), Barbara Rosenblat (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review Mrs. Pollifax on Safari is a totally fun, cozy mystery. It’s true, Mrs. Pollifax is a woman of a certain age, but a livelier character you couldn’t find. In this book she leaves her geraniums and volunteer hospital work to find an assassin in the dark…
By Lee Goldberg (Author), Angela Brazil (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) An audiobook review Two different Monks! I’d never read that Adrian Monk turned into “The Monkster” when he took his phobia-calming drug before flying. It was hilarious. It was also interesting to see how he solved murders as Mr. Monk, a consultant to the San Francisco Police Department, and…
by Dusti Bowling (Author) A startling book for middle-grade kids about a girl who refuses to believe she is a freak or disabled. In fact, Aven Green is very capable of doing just about everything she wants despite being born without arms. She has a very cool can-do attitude that will change readers’ opinions about…
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