by Anna Quindlen, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Gilli Messer, Random House Audio The story is about a family consisting of a father, mother, and four children when the mother suddenly dies in front of them from a brain aneurism. The … Continue reading →
The House on Biscayne Bay, by Chanel Cleeton, 2024, Berkely Books I have mixed thoughts about this book. It is a mystery that takes place over two time periods, one in the 1920’s and the other in 1942. There are … Continue reading →
by Lisa Gardner, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Kirsten Potter, Brilliance Audio This book has a great plot and theme. It’s about a woman whose two best friends are killed exactly one year apart. The woman thinks she is next the … Continue reading →
by Mick Herron, 2010, Soho Press, New York This book was enjoyable, but it was a bit hard to follow at first. There are a lot of references to British things and persons that I’m not familiar with. Also, the … Continue reading →
by Marjan Kamali, 2024, Gallery Books My wife and several women in our community read this book and said it was very good. I decided to give it a try and thought it might be okay, but that it was … Continue reading →
by Stephenie Meyer, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Ellen Archer, Hachette Audio When I started reading this book, I thought it looked promising. It’s about a woman (called Alex for most of the book) who is working for a government agency … Continue reading →
by Anthony Horowitz, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Nathaniel Parker, Listening Library This book is categorized as a “children’s book”, but it definitely is not that. Horowitz had mentioned his Alex Rider books frequently in his Hawthorne detective novels so I … Continue reading →
by Geraldine Brooks, 2024, Penguin Books This is an interesting and well-written novel about a thoroughbred horse called Lexington who lived in the middle of the nineteenth century. Brooks based the book on a the horse that was declared the … Continue reading →
by Anthony Horowitz, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, Harper Audio This novel is a bit different from the preceding four as it doesn’t cover a current crime being investigated by Hawthorne. Horowitz has committed to delivering five Hawthorne books … Continue reading →
by Anthony Horowitz, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, Harper Audio This book is a bit different in that the author, Horowitz, isn’t investigating a murder with Hawthorne, but is pursued as the primary suspect in a murder. When a … Continue reading →