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Title: The Other Hoffmann Sister

Author: Ben Fergusson

Narrator: Suzannah Hampton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Short-listed for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015, Ben Fergusson's critically acclaimed debut, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 and the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award.

The Other Hoffmann Sister is a gripping, evocative story about two sisters set in pre-WWI Germany which will appeal to fans of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry.

For Ingrid Hoffmann, the story of her sister's disappearance began in their first weeks in Southwest Africa....

Ingrid Hoffmann has always felt responsible for her sister, Margarete, and when their family moves to German Southwest Africa in 1902, her anxieties only increase. The casual racism that pervades the German community, the strange relationship between her parents and Baron von Ketz, from whom they bought their land, and the tension with the local tribes all culminate in tragedy when Baron von Ketz is savagely murdered. Baroness von Ketz and their son, Emil, flee with the Hoffmanns as the Baron's attackers burn down the family's farm.

Both families return to Berlin, and Ingrid's concerns about Margarete are assuaged when she and Emil von Ketz become engaged on the eve of the First World War. But Margarete disappears on her wedding night at the von Ketzes' country house. The mystery of what happened to her sister haunts Ingrid, but as Europe descends into chaos, her hope of discovering the truth becomes ever more distant.

After the war, in the midst of the revolution that brings down the Kaiser and wipes out the aristocracy that her family married into, Ingrid returns to the von Ketzes' crumbling estate determined to find out what really happened to her sister.

Members Reviews:

A fascinating read

A really interesting book set in German controlled Namibia and then in Berlin. It centres around the Hoffman family who are trying to raise both their status and their wealth which becomes inextricably tied with the aristocratic Von Ketz family.

This book was fascinating although some of the events covered made it difficult to read since it deals with both an uprising in Africa and a revolution in 1918 within Germany. Indicative of its time, some of the attitudes towards women and staff are abhorrent but not gratuitously described. The lines between heroes and villains here are very much blurred and I wonder if perhaps we all have a little of both within us.

Themes include family, power, secrets, control, love, freedom and rebellion - plenty to get your teeth into.

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Title: The Girl from Simon's Bay

Author: Barbara Mutch

Narrator: Chipo Chung

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: Rosa Audio

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A seashell, a sealed letter from a tenuous connection to a forbidden wartime romance...

Union of South Africa, 1937: Louise Ahrendts, daughter of a shipbuilder, nurtures the idea that through hard work, she could step beyond a destiny of domestic service. When the Second World War breaks out and the port becomes a hub of activity, Louise's path crosses with that of Lieutenant David Horrocks. Despite the gulf in their backgrounds, Louise and David are determined to be together. But as the end of the war approaches, will they find their way back to each other?

Critic Reviews:

"I found her writing gripping and soul searching." (Leah Fleming, author of The Last Pearl)

"The work of a born storyteller." (Sydney Morning Herald)

Members Reviews:

The Girl from Simon's Bay

Lovely descriptions of this small town at the most southern tip of Africa are background to a tragic story, the love born between an English naval officer and a beautiful young nurse. As a resident of this area I can vouch for the accuracy of the descriptions, and of the 'difficult' years.

Four Stars

Enjoyable

Four Stars

We know Simon's Town well, which made this book quite special.

The girl from Simons bay

I really loved this book. Lovely weather and bird descriptions. Easy reading couldnt easily put the book down excellent pre-research

Five Stars

A sensitively written account of a sensitive issue.

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Title: My Last Lament

Author: James William Brown

Narrator: Tandy Cronyn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-17

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A poignant and evocative novel of one Greek woman's story of her own - and her nation's - epic struggle in the aftermath of World War II.

Aliki is one of the last of her kind, a lamenter who mourns and celebrates the passing of life. She is part of an evolving Greece, one moving steadily away from its rural traditions. To capture the fading folk art of lamenting, an American researcher asks Aliki to record her laments, but in response, Aliki sings her own story.

It begins in a village in northeast Greece, where Aliki witnesses the occupying Nazi soldiers execute her father for stealing squash. Taken in by her friend Takis' mother, Aliki is joined by a Jewish refugee and her son, Stelios. When the village is torched and its people massacred, Aliki, Takis, and Stelios are able to escape just as the war is ending.

Fleeing across the chaotic landscape of postwar Greece, the three become a makeshift family. They're bound by friendship and grief but torn apart by betrayal, madness, and heartbreak.

Through Aliki's powerful voice, an unforgettable one that blends light and dark with wry humor, My Last Lament delivers a fitting eulogy to a way of life and provides a vivid portrait of a timeless Greek woman whose story of love and loss is an eternal one.

Members Reviews:

My Last Lament is a novel that should be read ...

My Last Lament is a novel that should be read more than once. As he did in Blood Dance, James Brown uses a Greek woman (Aliki) as the narrator. Th reader is drawn into her world so completely that she/he is driven to read rapidly through the action in each chapter to find out how Aliki and those who are dear to her will get through the chaos of war and foreign occupation.

The rich scene descriptions in the novel (which include references to Greek history, culture and literature. as well as descriptions of rural landscape and urban street life) require a second reading to absorb all the information. Since the story line allows readers to see these settings before, during and after war and occupation, it is not difficult to see similarities between events in this novel and daily news reports of conflicts currently raging in countries not far from the borders of Greece.

Good book

Interesting & great charecters

Couldn't put it down.

Plot and characters propelled me through this novel of historical fiction and coming of age. The engaging Aliki narrates her story of post WW2 Greece, death, love, and family in all its incarnations.

A beautiful tale of a heartbreaking life

In My Last Lament, James William Brown allows us to hear Aliki's tragic tale of growing up in Greece during WW2 when Germany invaded and left her and her two friends, Stelios and Takis, orphaned with no one to care for them. We hear this tale from Aliki's lips when she is asked to tape stories of her work as a lamenter and in a very real sense, the tapes are her own lament.

It's also a coming of age story in a harsh world filled with death and starvation and betrayal. Aliki struggles with her burgeoning feelings for Stelios as she struggles to feed and care for younger Takis, a foster brother whose mind has been fractured by witnessing so many tragic deaths, including his own mother's.

Although the entire tale is filled with unimaginable tragedies, there are moments of beauty and joy and boundless human kindness.

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Title: An Unholy Alliance

Subtitle: The Second Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-23-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In 1350 the people of Cambridge are struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death - and with a high mortality rate among priests and monks, the townsfolk are vulnerable to sinister cults that have sprung up. At Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians when the body of a friar is found in the massive chest that the university uses to store precious documents. While investigating, Bartholomew stumbles across a derelict church being used as a meeting place for the mysterious sect he believes is at the heart of a web of blackmail and deceit - with intention to overthrow the established religion.

Members Reviews:

An exceptional alliance

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

A great story told by a master of characterisation. He brings medieval Cambridge to life.

Who was your favorite character and why?

It's got to be Michael! I always imagined him looking something like Dara O' Brian, but David Thorpe added an extra dimension with that slightly lispy upper class accent.

Which character as performed by David Thorpe was your favourite?

There are so many.... Cynric the Welshman, Agatha the cook, random yokels.... love the variations.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Take a punt on the Cam. If the plague doesn't get you, a mad monk will.

Any additional comments?

Only recently tapped into audios, when diagnosed with eye cancer. Lay in bed chuckling through my radiotherapy. Always loved Gregory.... tended to flick through the descriptive bits but David Thorpe is a genius and every word was a jewel. Thank you so much.

bit over-explained

I really enjoyed the atmosphere created by the storytelling but felt that the writing goes a bit overboard on spelling out the plot towards the end.

walk in to the past and join in with the adventure

I love the way the charaters in these books gets brought to life by David Thorp I love Mitchell. I love the books the story line and the voices and all thank you. I miss the characters inbetween credits specially now only takes me a day or two and have to wait a whole month for the new please turn to a tv series

A fascinating chronicale of medieval Cambridge.

Well written and excellently portrayed my the reader. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Excellent

Another excell

ent story and as usual the narration is very well done. I can image the monks walking around the back streets.

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Title: Gods, Kings & Slaves

Subtitle: The Siege of Madurai

Author: R. Venketesh

Narrator: Sagar Arya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

War is coming....

Peninsular India, 14th century. The Pandyan Empire is at its peak, its enemies subdued and its people at peace. Having left behind his stepbrother Sundar in the race to the throne, Crown Prince Veera Pandyan is set to rule from Madurai, reputed to be the richest city in the subcontinent. But invisible fractures within the kingdom threaten to destroy it, and a new enemy approaches, swifter than anyone can imagine.

In Delhi, Sultan Alauddin Khilji's trusted general, the eunuch Malik Kafur, has trained his eyes on the distant south, fabled for its riches. A slave captured by the Khiljis, Kafur is renowned for his ambition and cunning. None, not even the mighty Mongols, have defeated him - no empire can withstand the trail of destruction he leaves in his wake. And all he wants is to see Madurai on its knees, its wealth pillaged, its temples destroyed.

As an ancient city combusts in flames of treachery, bloodlust and revenge, brother will battle brother, ambition will triumph over love, slaves will rise to rule, cities will be razed to dust and the victor will be immortalized in history.

Members Reviews:

great work by the Author

Gods, Kings & Slaves: The Siege of Madurai by R. Venketesh... A fiction on reality, great work by the Author. Two parallel Kingdoms in the 14th Century and their fates determined by the Gods, Kings & a Slave is the story-line. With the birth of a child in Gujarat the astrologers predict his future to be a nefarious monarch, who by fate is castrated and sold as slave. The torments in the eunuch's life while at the harem and the intelligence leads the eunuch to coveted positions in any kingdom. Converts to the Mohammedan way of life and as a general of the Sultanate of Delhi plans and attacks Madurai one of the richest kingdom in the world for its wealth.

The author has intertwined the happenings in Pandyan kingdom with the sultanate of Delhi. The Pandyan kingdom under Kulashekara Pandyan and Veera Pandyan is at its hey time. The golden era brought in a lethargy that they were invincible, having the Cholas and Cheras as Vassals, inbreeding animosity among siblings leads to the ultimate defeat of the Kingdom with no war.

Not many books have been written on the South Indian History in English. Though the first book in English by the author no where had he declined in his descriptive tone, be it the story line or the depiction of the cultures with the historical significance backdrop. Kudos to the author who elicits the reader to read more on the South Indian History. One of the BEST READS of 2014....

An awesome debut by R Venkatesh

This is an exceptional debut novel from R Venkatesh. R Venkatesh is a renowned Tamil author and Gods , Kings and Slaves - the Siege of Madurai is his first novel in English.

This book is a historical fiction and deals with the history of Madurai. Not much is known about the history of South India and this is one of the main reasons why I picked up this book.

The plot revolves around 2 central characters - Veera and Malik Kafur. Veera is a Pandyan Price and the ruler of Madurai. Malik is an enuch who due to his great strategic skills becomes the commander of Allaudin Khilji's army in Delhi. The story starts from their birth and spans across many generations when finally Veera and Malik meet during the siege of Madurai. Veera's story starts as that of a young boy who is the illegitimate son of Madurai emeperor Kulashekharan.

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Title: The Kingdom

Author: Emmanuel Carrère, John Lambert - translator, Claire Bloom - director

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A sweeping fictional account of the early Christians, whose unlikely beliefs conquered the world.

Gripped by the tale of a Messiah whose blood we drink and body we eat, the genre-defying author Emmanuel Carrère revisits the story of the early Church in his latest work. With an idiosyncratic and at times iconoclastic take on the charms and foibles of the Church fathers, Carrère ferries listeners through his "doors" into the biblical narrative. Once inside, he follows the ragtag group of early Christians through the tumultuous days of the faith's founding.

Shouldering biblical scholarship like a camcorder, Carrère recreates the climate of the New Testament with the acumen of a seasoned storyteller, intertwining his own reckoning of the central tenets of the faith with the lives of the first Christians. Carrère puts himself in the shoes of Saint Paul and above all Saint Luke, charting Luke's encounter with the marginal Jewish sect that eventually became Christianity and retracing his investigation of its founder, an obscure religious freak who died under notorious circumstances.

Boldly blending scholarship with speculation, memoir with journalistic muckraking, Carrère sets out on a headlong chase through the latter part of the Bible, drawing out protagonists who believed they were caught up in the most important events of their time.

An expansive and clever meditation on belief, The Kingdom chronicles the advent of a religion and the ongoing quest to find a place within it.

Critic Reviews:

"A provocative book, expertly read, this is a historical reconstruction for believers, and even more so, for nonbelievers." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

The Gospel of Emmanuel

A brilliant foray back to and through the early days of the Christian Church (before it was known as such) by way of the singular shortcut of meandering through Carrere's bottomless self-absorption.

For me it was worth the sometimes arduous and repetitive trip. There's an heroic honesty in the self-aggrandizing way Carrere puts every single card (and seemingly every stray thought he's had) on the table, laying bare his methods, assumptions and biases.

Less but not entirely enlightening is the way he puts every other stakeholders' cards on the table for them. His scholarship and thoughtfulness is impressive. He places all the dots laid down on this table 2,000 years in the making, and connects many of them. What emerges most clearly is a portrait of the author's inner life. It is at once astonishing in its arrogance yet paradoxically appealingly humble. Maybe that is ultimately the only way a study, deconstruction or fictionalisation of this enduring mystery. I can't entirely reject the idea that had Carrere devoted a similar amount of years of thought, study and debate on any other subject, like the earliest known history of the physical universe or the evolutionary deadend of the dinosaurs, from premordial seas to their date with a meteorite, Carrere himself would emerge most clearly and prominently.

Carrere is omnipresent throughout this long book, even when he deigns to put words and thoughts and emotions into ancient men and women. He repeats and other times contradicts himself often. He sometimes, whether consciously or not, catches himself and does not extracate or reconcile his own conflicts.

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Title: The Fortunate Ones

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ellen Umansky

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

One very special work of art - a Chaim Soutine painting - will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles.

It is 1939 in Vienna, and as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer's parents are desperate. Unable to get out of Austria, they manage to secure passage for their young daughter on a kindertransport and send her to live with strangers in England.

Six years later, the war finally over, a grief-stricken Rose attempts to build a life for herself. Alone in London, devastated, she cannot help but try to search out one piece of her childhood: the Chaim Soutine painting her mother had cherished.

Many years later the painting finds its way to America. In modern-day Los Angeles, Lizzie Goldstein has returned home for her father's funeral. Newly single and unsure of her path, she also carries a burden of guilt that cannot be displaced. Years ago, as a teenager, Lizzie threw a party at her father's house with unexpected but far-reaching consequences. The Soutine painting that she loved and that had provided lasting comfort to her after her own mother had died was stolen and has never been recovered. This painting will bring Lizzie and Rose together and ignite an unexpected friendship, eventually revealing long-held secrets that hold painful truths.

Spanning decades and unfolding in crystalline, atmospheric prose, The Fortunate Ones is a haunting story of longing, devastation, and forgiveness and a deep examination of the bonds and desires that map our private histories.

Members Reviews:

A sad but worthwhile read

The Fortunate Ones was a very different book than I thought I was going to be reading. I love art and art mysteries so I was geared up to read that type of book. Instead, The Fortunate Ones is more a tale of loss, family bonds, and betrayal with a side story about a painting. While it was not what I was initially hoping for, I did like the book and felt that it was both entertaining and well-written.

The story takes place in two time periods, Europe in the 1930âs and 1940âs and Los Angeles in the 2000âs. I much preferred the story involving Rose Zimmer in the 1930âs and 1940âs. As her story begins, Rose and her brother Gerhard are living in Austria with her parents. They are Jewish, and Hitler is preparing to annex Austria. Her forward-thinking parents secure passage for their children to England on a kindertransport to save them from Hitlerâs reign. After the war is over, Rose spends years trying to determine what happened to her parents and their belongings, particularly her motherâs favorite painting, The Bellhop. The second story takes place in Los Angeles in the 2000âs. Lizzie Goldstein has returned home for her fatherâs funeral. At the funeral, she meets Rose who now lives in L.A. Years previously, The Bellhop was purchased by Lizzieâs dad and subsequently stolen on Lizzieâs watch. Lizzie and Rose develop a friendship that leads Lizzie to discover devastating secrets about her family. Lizzie is a tough character to like; she is very needy and insecure.

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Title: The Dressmaker's Dowry

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Meredith Jaeger

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Barrie Kreinik

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

For listeners of Lucinda Riley, Sarah Jio, or Susan Meissner, this gripping historical debut novel tells the story of two women: one an immigrant seamstress who disappears from San Francisco's gritty streets in 1876 and the other a young woman in the present day who must delve into the secrets of her husband's wealthy family only to discover that she and the missing dressmaker might be connected in unexpected ways.

An exquisite ring, passed down through generations, connects two women who learn that love is a choice, and forgiveness is the key to freedom.

San Francisco: 1876

Immigrant dressmakers Hannelore Schaeffer and Margaret O'Brien struggle to provide food for their siblings while mending delicate clothing for the city's most affluent ladies. When wealthy Lucas Havensworth enters the shop, Hanna's future is altered forever. With Margaret's encouragement and the power of a borrowed green dress, Hanna dares to see herself as worthy of him. Then Margaret disappears, and Hanna turns to Lucas. Braving the gritty streets of the Barbary Coast and daring to enter the mansions of Nob Hill, Hanna stumbles upon Margaret's fate, forcing her to make a devastating decision - one that will echo through the generations.

San Francisco: Present Day

In her elegant Marina apartment overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, Sarah Havensworth struggles to complete the novel she quit her job for. Afraid to tell her husband of her writer's block, Sarah is also hiding a darker secret - one that has haunted her for 14 years. Then a news headline from 1876 sparks inspiration: "Missing Dressmakers Believed to be Murdered". Compelled to discover what happened to Hannelore and Margaret, Sarah returns to her roots as a journalist. Will her beautiful heirloom engagement ring uncover a connection to Hanna Schaeffer?

Members Reviews:

Even two good narrators can't redeem this

Awful ! Trite story, stereotyped characters, totally predictable plot. It was a waste of the two excellent narrators. A complete waste of listening hours.

Charming Historical Fiction

I just finished listening to The Dressmaker's Dowry and really enjoyed it! In fact, the ending brought tears to my eyes. The two timelines were perfectly intertwined and the story was both fresh and fascinating. This is the debut of a new author and I look forward to reading anything else she writes. The selected narrator clearly distinguishes between characters with her voice and dialects. All in all I found it a delightful book and definitely worth a Credit!

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Title: Summary & Analysis: The Devil in the White City

Author: Book Junkie

Narrator: Doug Greene

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-24-17

Publisher: S&S Publishing

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Devil in the White City tells two different stories, of two different men. One is Daniel Burnham, architect and organizer of the 1893 World's Fair. The other is H. H. Holmes, the serial killer who found his prey in the fair's crowds.

Soon to be a Martin Scorcese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Devil in the White City is an entertaining book with a unique way of looking at an important moment in US history.

Disclaimer: This book serves as an accompaniment to the best-seller The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. It is meant to broaden the listener's understanding of the book and to offer insights which can easily be overlooked. You should order a copy of the actual book before listening to this summary.

Members Reviews:

Not OK.

I think it should be illegal for a mere review to use a book's copyrighted cover to advertise itself. I thought I was buying the book! Foul!

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Title: The Midnight Cool

Author: Lydia Peelle

Narrator: Don Hagen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Whiting Award-winning author of the story collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing delivers her enchanting debut novel, set in 1916 Tennessee: a rich and rewarding tale of two flawed yet endearing grifters who pursue women, wealth, and a surprisingly valuable commodity for the troops in Europe: mules.

A middle-aged Irish immigrant, Billy has a gift for illusion - making damaged objects look new. His companion, Charles, the smooth-tongued teenage son of a prostitute, is a natural salesman, just like the mythical father he's never met. Longtime horse traders and partners, they've recently turned their talents to trading mules. But in the summer of 1916, these seasoned grifters skilled in the art of the underhanded deal have just been swindled themselves. They're saddled with the one thing they may not be able to unload: a gorgeous, murderous black mare named The Midnight Cool.

Charles should have listened to Catherine, the beautiful, rebellious daughter of Leland Hatcher, the richest man in Richfield, Tennessee, and the former owner of The Midnight Cool. The horse would be worth a fortune - if she weren't a verified man-killer who attacks on sight. Charles and Billy are rooted in this muggy town until they can miraculously retrain their recalcitrant mare, and in the shadow of the growing inevitability of war, their bond begins to fray. Falling in love with Catherine - and under the spell of the deceitful, wealthy Leland, the vision of himself he'd like to be - Charles pulls away from the older man.

Despite their growing distance, Billy and Charles find their business thriving when the war in Europe pushes the demand for mules sky-high and the United States enters the fight. But when a trade goes terribly wrong, Charles is forced to reevaluate his allegiance to his country, the moral implications of his lifestyle, his relationship with Catherine, and, ultimately, his mysterious and surprisingly deep connection to Billy.

Populated by spirited, memorable characters, The Midnight Cool is a startlingly profound tale of aspiration, loyalty, and love - and the eternal search for something lasting in a transitory world.

Members Reviews:

Engrossing

Powerful...thought-provoking, the story will remain in your mind , I urge you to listen...not disappointing.