Head Cases is one of my favorite books this year and it is coming out in January 2025. I read the audio version with excellent narrator Will Damon presenting.Gardner Camden and his colleagues in the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit are FBI agents who each have committed some petty faux pas that landed them in … Continue reading Head Cases – John McMahon (Audio Narrator – Will Damon)
Trust – Hernan Diaz (Audible Audio Narrators – a cast. Well narrated!)
I listened to this novel, which was read by a cast of characters. For those who chose not to finish the novel, in my opinion, "you lose." I agree that the first narrative of three in the book could be dry and dense. A tycoon who is a loner in a marvelous mansion in New … Continue reading Trust – Hernan Diaz (Audible Audio Narrators – a cast. Well narrated!)
Hotel Lucky Seven – Kotaro Isaka (Audio Narrator – Pun Bandhu)
If you like creepy, well-developed, fun to love/hate characters and a great plot about various competing groups of apparent sociopaths, this is the book for you. I don't know what it says about me, but I loved, Hotel Lucky Seven, which I read in audio. Unfortunately, it is the fourth and apparently final book in … Continue reading Hotel Lucky Seven – Kotaro Isaka (Audio Narrator – Pun Bandhu)
Silent Are the Dead – D.M. Rowell (Audio Narrator – Katie Anvil Rich)
It is her cousin Denny's fault that Mud Sawpole got the nickname "Mud" on her Kiowa reservation. We eventually learn how that happened. Mud has long been gone from her reservation and her indigenous roots, running a successful operation in California. Her business seems to be a marketing firm that creates stories for the brands … Continue reading Silent Are the Dead – D.M. Rowell (Audio Narrator – Katie Anvil Rich)
Bonded in Death – J.D. Robb (Audio Narrator – Susan Ericksen)
I came late to the Eve Dallas books, at least to the desire to grab and read them as they come out. I think I read some early ones. Bonded in Death is a story of "The Twelve," a group of European underground activists who ran important, dangerous missions during the Urban, a war that … Continue reading Bonded in Death – J.D. Robb (Audio Narrator – Susan Ericksen)
Murder in Highbury – Vanessa Kelly (Audio Narrator Polly Lee)
What a pleasure it was to read a super faithful to Jane Austen's writing mystery, featuring Emma (formerly Woodhouse) Knightly as our sleuth. The plot is delicious and a bit silly.. The characters we love are all all present and accounted for, albeit one is dead. Yes. Ms. Kelly, who I have never read because … Continue reading Murder in Highbury – Vanessa Kelly (Audio Narrator Polly Lee)
Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng (Audio Narrator – Jennifer Lim)
Writing about a novel I love, particularly one so well known and so well loved, is so hard I just sit on it for weeks. I'm not usually one for a story about family dysfunction but there's so much more here. This is not a linear novel, but one that takes a whole lot of … Continue reading Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng (Audio Narrator – Jennifer Lim)
Spirit Crossing – William Kent Krueger (Cork O’Conner, Book 20)
I only discovered William Kent Krueger and the Cork O'Conner series in 2023 or 2024. I listened to one audiobook (book 8) and was hooked. He is such an eloquent writer, the characters are appealing and the setting and cultural challenges between the Ojibwe tribe and the local non-indigenous community is always engaging. I then … Continue reading Spirit Crossing – William Kent Krueger (Cork O’Conner, Book 20)
See Them Run (Detective Clare Mackay, #1)- Marion Todd (Audio Narrator the author)
"See them Run" is an exceptional police procedural, set in Scotland. Detective Clare Mackay has moved to Saint Andrews from Glasgow after a bad experience as an armed police officer there. She's rented an apartment and is just getting to know her community when the first victim of a hit and run murder, a cab … Continue reading See Them Run (Detective Clare Mackay, #1)- Marion Todd (Audio Narrator the author)
The Life We Bury – Allen Eskens (Joe Talbert/Max Rupert #1) (Audio Narrator Zach Villa)
I was moved and impressed by this first entry in the Joe Talbert and Max Rupert Series. Allen Eskens is a wonderful storyteller and highly gifted writer and darn it. Now I have to fit in at least the rest of this series with my huge audible or kindle library. Still, The Life We Bury … Continue reading The Life We Bury – Allen Eskens (Joe Talbert/Max Rupert #1) (Audio Narrator Zach Villa)
They Called me Bookworm 