I listened to this book and I quite enjoyed it on playaway. It is the story of a woman who is still dealing with the scars of being almost abducted and killed by a serial killer. He is now in jail, but someone else has decided to take the reins up where he left off. [...]
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Searching by Nora Roberts
Posted in audiobook, mystery, romance on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Posted in audiobook, historical, mystery on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Death Comes to Pemberley takes place about six years after Darcy and Elizabeth wed. Life is good for the Darcy’s and Bingley’s. Elizabeth is busy preparing for the annual ball given at Pemberley when her sister Lydia shows up, hysterical, claiming that her husband is dead. Darcy goes [...]
Plugged by Eoin Colfer
Posted in audiobook, mystery on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The first adult fiction book by popular children’s author Colfer, Plugged is a gritty mystery with an odd mishmash of characters. Daniel McEvoy was once in the army, but now works as a doorman in a strip club. He is going bald, feels his age, and is good with a knife. When people start dropping [...]
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
Posted in mystery, science fiction on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This one was a great addition to the Lt. Eve Dallas series. In this novel, Eve is being portrayed by a movie star in an upcoming film about one of her big cases. Of course, there are other actors all portraying the important people in her life from Roarke to Peabody, Dr. Mira, and others. [...]
The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews
Posted in mystery on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As always, Andrews delivers a delightfully funny mystery. This is the 12th book in the series and Meg is battling weariness while caring for her four month old twin boys. Her family is as zany as ever and this time have liberated al lthe animals from the animal shelter before they can be put to [...]
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Posted in audiobook, mystery on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After listening to a Thursday Next book, I thought I would try one of the Nursery Crimes novels. I had picked one up before but didn’t care for it. The audio, however, I loved. In this one, Jack Spratt, head of the Nursery Crime Division, is investigating a missing persons case. The missing person? Goldilocks. [...]
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
Posted in audiobook, fantasy, mystery on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This audio book was very well one. IT tells the tale of Eli Monpress who happens to be a magician and a thief. He decided to kidnap a king in order to raise the ransom on his head. Sounds crazy, but Eli’s plans make perfect sense to him. Enter another magician who is determined [...]
Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello
Posted in eBook, mystery on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Very similar to Steve Berry and Dan Brown’s books, Medusa Amulet is about the quest for a magic amulet that gives the bearer immortality. When a medieval scholar is given carte blacnhe by a mysterious rich woman to track it down for her, the hunt is on. David Franco is a scholar though, and [...]
The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
Posted in adventure, audiobook, mystery on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Jefferson Key is the newest installment in the Cotton Malone series by Berry. This time, rather than traveling the world, Malone stays in the U.S. After an attempt on the President’s life, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt are hired to uncover a plot that is hundreds of years old. The Commonwealth was given free [...]
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Posted in fantasy, mystery, vampires on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anita and Edward on the case of tracking a serial killer. Unfortunately, local authorities are less than willing to let them take over. What the locals don’t know is that the killers are the Harlequin, an elite band of assassins who answer to the Mother of All Darkness. And Anita and Edward can’t tell them [...]
