Once Upon a River Author: Diane Setterfield; Genre: Literary fiction (Novel) with Magical Realism; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Juliet Stevenson; Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (2018); Rating: . This was a highly-anticipated work of fiction from the author of “The Thirteenth Tale,” a very popular gothic novel from 2006. That work has always been a favorite of mine, […]
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The Cuckoo’s Calling Author: Robert Galbraith; Genre: Mystery, Detective fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Robert Glenister; Publisher: Hachette Audio; Rating: . An excellent mystery involving the death of a famous model in London. The main character, Cormoran Strike, is a private investigator on the downside of luck, interesting and flawed, and the reader is definitely invested
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Pickpocket’s Apprentice Author and Publisher: Sheri Cobb South; Genre: Historical fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Joel Froomkin; Rating: . This novella introduces the reader to teenager John Pickett, left behind to fend for himself on the streets of Regency London after his criminal father is sentenced to transportation to Australia. It’s a fun story about a
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A Land Remembered Author: Patrick D. Smith; Genre: Historical Fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: George Guidall; Publisher: Recorded Books (2011); Rating: . This is truly enjoyable historical fiction story about a couple who moved from Georgia to Florida in the 1850s and literally cut a living out of the wilderness. Dirt poor, the MacIveys found a
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You’re Going to Mars! Author: Rob Dircks; Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Khristine Hvan; Publisher: Audible Studios (2018); Rating: . I’ve already read several of Rob Dirck’s books and loved them, so I jumped at the chance to read this one. It’s a fun underdog story set in a future U.S. where a huge
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Thornwood House Author: Anna Romer; Genre: Novel; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Eloise Oxer; Publisher: Bolinda Publishing (2014); Rating: . Set in Queensland, Australia in both 2006 and 1946, this is a novel of amateur detection with a little woo-woo thrown in. Young mother Audrey is surprised that the late father of her child and her once-lover,
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Edinburgh Dusk (#2 Ian Hamilton Mysteries) Author: Carole Lawrence; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Simon Mattacks; Publisher: Brilliance Audio (2018); Rating: . This is the second in a series of detective novels set in Victorian Edinburgh, Scotland; the first is “Edinburgh Twilight” (read my review). Ian Hamilton is a likable main character, and the
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) Author: Martha Wells; Genre: Science Fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Kevin R. Free; Publisher: Recorded Books (2018); Rating: . This is the second in a series of award-winning sci-fi novellas from master storyteller Martha Wells. This one, like the first, “All Systems Red,” is relatively short, only 3 hours and 21 minutes long
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