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Review: Still Life

“Still Life: Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 1” Author: Louise Penny; Genre: Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Rating:  [usr 4]. This is very much a character-driven contemporary murder mystery, set in a small village in southern Quebec. This is the first book in a long series starring Chief Inspector Gamache. The co-stars—villagers and other policemen—have […]

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Review: Speaks the Nightbird

Title: Speaks the Nightbird; Author: Robert McCammon; Genre: Historical Mystery (with horror); Format: Audiobook; Publisher: Audible Studios. Rating:  [usr 3] I have mixed feelings about this historical mystery. The writing was brilliant but the content was quite gruesome. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart. The setting was interesting and unique, a Carolina settlement

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Review: Dracula

Dracula Author: Bram Stoker; Genre: Gothic fiction, fantasy, horror; Format: Audiobook; Publisher: Audible Studios (2112). When this novel was first released in 1897, I can only imagine the horror it caused. We’re so inundated with vampire lore, fictional stories, and references these days that I’m afraid this one just doesn’t pack the same punch. We

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