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Title: Pepper and Longstreet Mysteries: The Beginning, Volume 1

Author: J.T. Lewis

Narrator: Big Daddy Abel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-13

Publisher: Trestle Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Pepper Jones and her mysterious sidekick Jacob Longstreet are investigating a string of burglaries in her neighborhood when they get a little too close!

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Title: Grey Dawn

Subtitle: A Dulcie Schwartz Feline Mystery

Author: Clea Simon

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-13

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When grad student Dulcie Schwartz hears a wolf late one night she tries to dismiss it, but the noises, the dark building, and an unnerving sighting of her adviser all combine to give her the creeps. The next morning Dulcie learns that a university student was savagely attacked that very night. A woman who looks like Dulcie. Aided by the cryptic advice from her kitten Esme and the ghost of her late, great cat Mr. Grey, Dulcie investigates.

Members Reviews:

A Sound Four Stars

This novel is the 6th in a Dulcie Schwartz feline Mystery series. If you enjoy Gothic-Regency era novels you will get behind this series. It reminds me often of Georgette Heyer novels.

We have a Doctoral student, Dulcie Schwartz, who is working on her thesis, and finds herself at a new passage of discovery, which sets her mind, and outside settings to the spooky, dark, and gothic when the moon is almost full, and she sees persons in abnormal circumstances, and a woman is brutally attacked.

The series has taught us that Dulcie has a couple of gothic friends, her cats. There is Mr. Grey, now deceased but still guiding Dulcie through her life, and little Esme, her current cat. The cats are able to speak with Dulcie, but Dulcie has difficulty interpreting their warnings and messages. The two cats work as a team.

As I've written before, these novellas, novels are sometimes above my educational level. Yet, I feel challenged by them and stretch myself to understand the content and get the feeling that I'm often in the same quandary (interpreting,) as Dulcie. I like to learn and Ms. Simon makes certain I will. I learned a great deal about the changing viewpoints of the academic English department. I'm still digesting that and am not sure which viewpoint I support. Had I not read this novella, I would not have had some excellent and enriching discussions with friends about it.

So, I enjoyed the book. Yes, I did figure out the culprit but was interested in the 'why?' more than the 'who?' this time. I learned a lot. This book is a sound four stars to me.

Mr. Grey and Dulcie in another mystery!

This is not the best of the Mr. Grey mysteries. While it is nice that no one dies, the story bogs down with Dulcie's thoughts as she goes from one thought to another. Not enough of the thesis novel gets uncovered and not enough interaction with thr cats. Did like the introduction od a new kitten character. Although not my favorite, it is still a good read.

Grey Dawn

I have two cats and would have liked the story to be about the cat solving mysteries, not the human.

Gothic Romance

And by the title, I mean a romance with the gothic genre. Dulcie Schwartz is a graduate English major working on her thesis which involves an unfinished gothic novel written in the eighteenth century. In the first couple of books, it really helped to be an English major or at least remember what it was like to be one, to appreciate the books. Simon has loosened up in this latest offering, making it more accessible to the general reader but retaining the literate tone. I think of it as a sort of re-worked Northanger Abbey with a ghost cat: a heroine obsessed with gothic novels lets her imagination run away with her. On the other hand, Simon gives us a dollop of supernatural doings with Dulcie's psychic mother; her dearly departed cat Mr.

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Title: A Bitch Called Hope

Author: Lily Gardner

Narrator: Reay Kaplan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A Bitch Called Hope is the poker term for drawing the queen-eight in Texas Hold Em. Theres not enough luck in the world to build a winning hand with those cards, but its so tempting to try.

Meet Lennox Cooper. Shes a smart poker player, a smart detective, but shes got issues. A year ago her affair with a married cop got her fired from the Portland Police. Now shes trying to build a new life as a private investigator, but all shed landed so far are surveillance gigs.

The murder of a wealthy developer gives her a chance to reestablish herself as a homicide detective. During the course of the investigation she meets Mr. Right. Only problem, hes on the short list of suspects. Lennox bets on her lovers innocence. The odds arent much better than drawing A Bitch Called Hope.

Members Reviews:

Tantalizingly Dark but Lightened Up With a Few Welcome Laughs

I'm not much of a mystery or thriller reader; my tastes lie in the direction of general mainstream fiction. But I do love Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mysteries. When I happened to pick up A Bitch Called Hope, recommended by a friend, I immediately got a hit of style as sassy and hip as Grafton's. I was hooked. It's no sin to compare one author to another; in this case I mean it as a big compliment. The characters are flawed, they don't all tell the truth, and they do stupid things -- all of which made me care about them and how it all turned out. I loved the turns of the plot and how the characters danced and slipped through it in their own crazy ways. Don't get me wrong, it's not a comedy -- it's tantalizingly dark. But I did laugh out loud several times, which made it all the more enjoyable.

Perfect Title and Execution

They say you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover or title. But with a novel like A Bitch Called Hope, how can you not? I liked this one before I ever cracked the spine. (Figuratively speaking, since I pretty much exist entirely in the digital these days.)

A Bitch Called Hope, with its clever play on words, is Lily Gardner's debut and the story of Lennox Cooper, disgraced former cop forced to play PI, who's drawn into investigating the murder of a family friend, which may or may not involve her girlhood crush. I love the private detective genre, but there always needs to be a reason beyond just a job. Chandler taught us that any job worth doing is worth doing right, but in Marlowe he also gave us one of the most richly complex characters in literature (and the real trick there was the veneer that he wasn't).

Lennox isn't just doing a job. For one, it's not a job she loves. She wants to be a cop but messed up a little while back, first by having an affair with a fellow married detective, and then by letting her heart get in the way on the job, a double whammy. But that's precisely what makes Lennox and Bitch so compelling. You're not reading about an ace detective cracking a case in rainy Portland; you're reading about a flawed human being unsure what she's doing with her life (and ain't we all?)

Sketchy priests. Underachieving sons. Out of touch mothers. The Boys Club. This is the world Lennox must navigate if she's to both solve the mystery and come out with her soul and sense of purpose in tact.

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Title: Babylon South

Author: Jon Cleary

Narrator: Shaun Grindell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In 1966 Sire Walter Springfellow, head of Australian intelligence, vanished mysteriously and without a trace. As a young constable, Scobie Malone investigated the disappearance. Years later some bones are found up in the hills which are presumed to be Sir Walters, and Detective Inspector Malone finds himself back on the case. His first task is to break the news to Venetia Springfellow, Sir Walters glamorous widow, whose ruthless ambition has made the Springfellow Corporation a hugely successful company.

Then comes news that there has been another death in the family, and one of the Springfellows is to be charged with murder. The Police Commissioner turns out to have every reason for talking a close interest in the case, but emotional involvement results in his putting unfair pressure on Scobie Malone. Always a straight cop and a decent man, Malone finds his divided loyalties extremely troubling.

Critic Reviews:

"A mystery chock-a-block with Aussie color." (Publishers Weekly)

"The ever-readable Cleary is, as always, ingratiating, with wry police/con humor and sturdy plotting. Smooth and steady reading." (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Great story, bad narration

What would have made Babylon South better?

A better narrator. why use a New Zealander to narrate and Australian book? The accents and pronounciations are all wrong.

What other book might you compare Babylon South to and why?

Any of the Robert G Barrett books. Good local knowledge and police procedure

What didnt you like about Shaun Grindells performance?

Shallow, wrong accent. multimple mispronounciations which just made me wince

Any additional comments?

I loved the story but just wanted the torment of the poor narration to end.

Another great book in series

Another great read in the series. Good story and fantastic narration distinguishing between all the characters

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Where does Babylon South rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Liked the book and the story, but Shaun Grindell ruined it for me, read the book like it was a children's nursery story, is this guy even Australian??

How could the performance have been better?

Have some one else narrate the book

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Title: Why Did You Die in the Park?

Subtitle: A Marge Christensen Mystery, Book 2

Author: Patricia K. Batta

Narrator: Darla Middlebrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-31-13

Publisher: Patricia K. Batta

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When Marge Christensen discovers a body buried in a park in Bellevue, Washington, she has no intention of getting involved. Until her best friend Lori's husband is accused of the crime, that is. He claims his arrest is Marge's fault because she told the police what she knew about his activities. So Marge and Lori set out, with perseverance and a disregard for their own safety, to discover what really happened.

Members Reviews:

Sketching Leads to a Corpse

WHY DID YOU DIE IN THE PARK? is a question recently widowed Marge Christensen asks herself many times.

A year after Marge's husband, Gene, was murdered she is in the process of finding a way to secure her financial future, stay out of her children's lives while creating a new life for herself.

Moving from the family home into an apartment wasn't easy, but she could neither endure living in the same space or afford to keep the house. The new apartment is stretching her savings, but it is within walking distance of a park where her acute artistic abilies have plenty of subect matter. That is until a rustle in some bushes leads her to discover a hand protruding from newly turn earth.

Her find brings detective Pete Peterson back into her life and her questioning mind leads him down several unexpected paths. The story picks up steam when Marge gets a frantic phone call from her best friend. The friend's wandering husband has been arrested in a motel with a prostitute for the murder of the young bank examineer. Lisa wants Marge's help to find who has framed her husband.

One of the funniest scenes in the book is when the two go on the streets to locate the prostitute. Neither is prepared for the underside of Seatle night life or its tragic consequences.

A great afternoon read with an old friend with plenty of twists and turns to keep your attention.

Nash Black, author of SANDPRINTS OF DEATH.

Unfortunately, Not As Good As The First Book

I enjoyed the first book in the Marge Christensen series and was very interested in see what has happened to her in the year since her husband's death.

This second book, however, was not as compelling as its predecessor. While the mystery aspect itself had potential to be great, I felt it was weighed down by too much dry rhetoric about accounting reports, etc.

Some of the activity in the book was simply goofy. Marge and her friend dressing up as hookers to go investigate in a bad area of town? Please...

Another point that confused me was why Marge felt such a sense of responsibility for her friend, Lori, when Lori was pretty much an ungrateful hag throughout most of the book. At the same time Marge's poor son was dealing with some really rough issues in his life and while Marge kept feeling the urge to hug him and offer her support, she didn't until the very end. I was left wondering what was up with Marge's priorities.

One thing that did carry over from the first book was Marge's denseness. We are asked to believe that this woman can investigate deaths much more efficiently than the local police force, and yet she seems to overlook some extremely obvious clues and dangerous people.

Finally, religion creeps into this book in a much more blatant way than it did in the first book.

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Title: The Fourth Wall

Author: Barbara Paul

Narrator: Romy Nordlinger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Other than a critic, who'd kill a Broadway play? Playwright Abigail James has long been fascinated by "revenge tragedies", those theatrical classics about getting even. But all of a sudden, she's living in one: The set of her latest Broadway hit has been vandalized, actors horribly attacked, a designer blinded with acid, the brilliant director terrified into hiding. Clearly, they have all committed some grievous wrong, terrible enough to prompt this orgy of destruction. But whom did they wrong? The police are clueless, so James and her colleagues see only one option: They'll examine their collective sins and pinpoint the injured party. And then they'll exact some revenge of their own.

Members Reviews:

Excellent read

The hook goes in and you can't stop reading. It has an excellent plot with a peek into the backstage world of theater.

Two Stars

I have to confess I didn't finish. I found the violence too graphic.

A taut and beautifully written murder mystery.

Although I first read this book many years ago I have never forgotten its cast of characters and genuinely shocking but satisfyingly believable denouement. The theatre world of New York is rocked when a number of prominient professionals become the victims of viciously personal attacks. A stage manager loses his hand-an actress is disfigured when her face cream is laced with acid... Gradually the link emerges; many years in the past all of them were members of a one theatre group-but why are they being targetted now? Who wants revenge so badly and why? None of them can imagine who holds this grudge. While being a real page-turner this is a genuinely profound character study and the central characters are well-rounded and complex. The plot turns are credible as well as fascinating and the finale is truly explosive. I strongly recommend this to any-one with an interest in detective stories, whodunnits, strong female leads or just fresh and insightful writing.

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Title: Blast from the Past

Subtitle: A 'Where Are They Now?' Mystery

Author: Toni L.P. Kelner

Narrator: Gayle Hendrix

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Before becoming an action film star, John Laryea appeared on The Blastoffs, a Saturday morning kid's show about a rock band in space. His former co-star, Pete Ellis, now drives a limo for a living. So when someone tries to run Laryea over, Ellis becomes the prime suspect - and it's up to Tilda to clear his name.

Members Reviews:

Multiple mysteries for Tilda

Satisfying third entry to the "Where Are They Now" series. Good mysteries, yes there are several for Tilda to figure out, and she does her them solved, finally. Lots of humour, characters from the previous books making appearances, and very little Nicole helped make this a fun read. I'm hoping there will be a fourth book.

A Comic Reunion

I found this book by Toni L.P. Kelner to be a 'Blast from the Past.' The setting is a small town in Cape Cod area, and the event involved is a film adaptation of an old comic strip.

There is the usual cast associated with making a film, security, and our female sleuth, Tilda who is a journalist with a great chance to do an article about the originator of the comic strip and stars of the film version.

It is a reunion of sorts, until, walking back to her rented room, Tilda sees the murder/ and attempted murder of the main Male Star and his Personal Assistant. Tilda squeaks away from being a casualty herself. What is going on?

This book moves at a great pace and I truly enjoyed reading it.

Great as usual

In this series, I keep trying to recognize characters. Kelner has such a fresh way of developing her people, both from a southern and from a Boston perspective.

Another winner...

Toni Kelner has written another smart, funny mystery about entertainment writer Tilda Harper. This series is getting better and better.

Another winner from Kelner!

Freelance writer Tilda Harper's specialty is tracking down former stars and writing profiles of what they are doing at present. But when she's offered the opportunity to observe the filming of Pharos, a graphic novel-turned live action film, she jumps at the chance. The lead actor, John Laryea, may be popular now, but as a child he did star in a popular Saturday-morning kids show.

Then she realizes that the driver of the limo that picks them up at the airport is another of the stars of that show, though he's not admitting it. When she meets the film's director, Joni, Tilda is surprised to be asked to track down the reclusive creator of the graphic novel that is the basis of the film, known only as "Leviathan".

The investigator in Tilda accepts eagerly (besides, she's getting a free pass to Comic-Con!), but even she runs into a brick wall.

Tilda is such a well-realized character, and her relationships with her friends and family are so incredibly human and honest and funny. It's a pity that Ms. Kelner is so busy writing short stories and editing collections, because it prevents the amazing writer from creating more novels.

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Title: Hugh Monn : Private Detective

Author: Lee Houston

Narrator: Pete Milan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-13

Publisher: Dynamic Ram Audio Productions

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Even in the future, dames still need help, criminals still need capturing, and men still hire out to do both! Hugh Monn, Private Detective, the debut collection from author Lee Houston is a New Pulp mash up of two classic genres-the hard boiled detective and science fiction!

Join Hugh as he walks the glittering, yet dark streets of Galveston 2 and finds as much mayhem and corruption in the future as there's ever been!

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Title: Booze and Burn

Subtitle: The Mangel Series, Book 2

Author: Charlie Williams

Narrator: James Clamp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In the second installment of Charlie Williamss violent and darkly comedic Mangel series, Royston Blakes gig as head doorman at Hoppers finds him yet again mired belly-deep in trouble. Blake has noticed a change in the behavior of Hoppers already dodgy clientele - the norm of beery violence and lechery has given way to trance-like stares and nonsensical blatherings. And when Doug the shopkeeper offers him a bounty of four hundred cans of lager and four hundred smokes to bounce his teenage daughters undesirable boyfriend - an enigmatic outsider with a curious pull on the youth of Mangel - Blakes solace looks to be in the bag for at least a couple of weeks. But nothing in Mangel ever went according to plan. So begins Blakes journey from pillar of the Mangel community to local pariah. He remembers all too well the last time he lost his reputation; earning it back nearly killed him. And Blakes not so sure hell survive a second go....

Critic Reviews:

"Writing in a pitch-perfect voice, Charlie Williams has created a stunningly original noir world of his own." (Jason Starr, author of Tough Luck)

Members Reviews:

A great follow-up to DEADFOLK

"Royston Blake don't wipe arses for no f******. I'm just being meta...you know, meta...I'm just saying like." BOOZE AND BURN has solidified the Mangel Series as some of my favorite books. I spent far too much time away after reading DEADFOLK...But I'm happy to say that BOOZE AND BURN held it's own and I'll be reading the next three books before the year is out. In BOOZE AND BURN, another outsider has arrived in the city of Mangel and kids are causing all kinds of disorderly mess. As Blake says so eloquently, "I'm Royston f****** Blake, and every c*** knows where I stands on outsiders. They don't scare us and I ain't fooled by their ways." The book takes place a couple of years after DEADFOLK, and Williams does a brilliant job making it stand on its own without dumping information about the events in DEADFOLK on the reader. Readers interested in a truly unique voice and a heavy dose of black humor should look no further.

Fags and lager ennit?

Hilarious sequel to Deadfolk, but you don't need to have read that first to appreciate this mad story of Royston Blake. A great page turner/swiper of a black comedy. Looking forward to reading the third one, King of the Road.

It was a painful read but might make a good movie

The main character is painfully inept. Almost like one of the supporting characters in TRAINSPOTTING. The writing is decent but not inclined to read the rest of the series.

Four Stars

Fascinating read - very different characters!

Booze and Burn by Charlie Williams

Don't let the title of the book deceive you. It may be the worst-named book of 2010. Instead, think of Dadaism, the artistic movement that flourished post-WWI and was seen by its participants as a protest against the barbarism of the war and an intellectually stagnant society. To many Dadaism appeared to be gibberish, but others gleaned insights that they believed broadened their minds and appreciation of art. So it is with Booze and Burn.

Charlie Williams might be a genius. Even after reading the book and dwelling on some of its intricacies, I don't know the answer. The protagonist is anti-heroic (to say the least).

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Title: Ginger Dead House

Subtitle: Ginger Lightley Short Novel Mystery Series, Book 2

Author: Robert Burton Robinson

Narrator: Ginger Cucolo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-13

Publisher: Robert Burton Robinson

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Ginger and her fellow Domino Girls pool their funds to buy an old Colonial-style home on the outskirts of town and convert it into a bed and breakfast. The house is rumored to be haunted - which enables them to get the place at a bargain. They name it "Ginger Bread House" banking on Ginger's notoriety as a famous cake baker to bring in the guests. She will provide a daily supply of her freshly-baked cakes to sweeten their stay.

But on the very first night, guests begin to see and hear strange things. Ginger manages to settle them down - until one of the guests is found dead. News quickly spreads, and gossipers rename the new bed & breakfast, "Ginger DEAD House". Now every phone call is another cancellation.

The Domino Girls see their life savings about to go down the drain. So, Ginger proposes that the four of them work together to solve the mystery of the ghosts and the murder. "Domino Sleuth Club" is born.

But their task may prove more difficult and dangerous than anyone could have imagined.

Members Reviews:

Second in a series, but it can stand alone

I read 'Ginger Dead House' immediately upon finishing 'Sweet Ginger Poison'.

Like the first, this story was fun and interesting. I liked the continuation of characters and the plot that kept me guessing.

As a stand alone story, it is a great cozy read and I barely put it down. As the second in a series, it was disconcerting.

I had to stop reading to check to see if I had missed a book in-between. From the end of SGP and the start of GDH, it seems that a great deal of time has gone by in Coreyville.

The beginning of GDH opens with the surprise of the ladies having already started a B&B. There had been no lead up or background for this venture. I guess the ladies just had a whim and ran with it. Although Ginger can be impulsive, she didn't strike me as flighty in the first book. I don't know why they would give up their homes and previously profitable businesses to do something so risky, and the author didn't explain.

I adjusted my mental picture and read GDH house as a stand alone story, ignored my previously imagined backdrop, and make a conscious effort to accept changes that seemed unbelievable. Taken individually, this tale is just as interesting as the first, but I do hope the author builds bridges instead of leaping over gaps in future books.

Good Easy Read- Cozy Series? or not?

I agree w/ Jill K. when it comes to wondering if I missed something in between the two books. Although, Ginger has not given up her shop... It is very briefly mentioned but she does still own the cake shop- Addie now has 10% ownership in it since the last fiasco. Jane and the others did though give up a lot to go into the B&B it seems. This story line, again good but rolled a bit quickly in bringing out character development and it was more of Ginger doing sleuthing than a lot of the great "cozy mystery camaraderie" that I truly love in cozies. I will still look for the next as this is an intriguing bunch of ladies... I am still waiting to see a recipe or two at least in a future book. Preferably, Sweet Ginger Cake... Mr.