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Title: Napoleon Must Die

Subtitle: A Mme. Vernet Investigation, Book 1

Author: Quinn Fawcett

Narrator: Kristen Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When her husband is unjustly accused of theft and murder in Napoleonic France, Mme. Victoire Vernet sets out to clear his name and finds herself in the middle of a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

©1993 Bill Fawcett & Associates (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Not very good

Quinn Fawcett isn't the best writer sorry to say. Kristen Potter isn't the best narrator. The story is a little 'oh hum'. The characters not quite like their historical portrayals. This isn't a good book and I am tempted not to carry on with the series. I might give it one more try but my advice is don't bother.

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Title: The Grave Blogger

Author: Donna D. Fontenot

Narrator: Andi Ackerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-13

Publisher: Donna Fontenot

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The scenic bayous and small towns of South Louisiana hold hidden dangers beyond those you might expect - in a tangled tale of mystery and suspense. Raya, a freelance writer and blogger, researches cold cases for true crime Web sites. One case in particular, the Bayou Family Slaughter case, stirs macabre memories. But are they real or imagined? Determined to uncover the truth, she heads to the small town of St. Felicity to investigate the 20-year-old Bayou Family Slaughter case. Raya gets help from Nick Simoneaux, a young St. Felicity detective who is also investigating the cold case, but is Nick hiding family secrets from Raya? Is there anyone in St. Felicity she can trust, or is a murderer still living in this quaint old town - waiting and watching?

As Raya reveals St. Felicity's secrets, she uncovers the mysteries of her own past, leading to dangers that threaten not only her own existence, but the lives of those she loves most.

The Grave Blogger is a fast-paced, riveting suspense thriller from an exciting new author. Donna D. Fontenot draws on her own experiences as a blogger and Louisiana Cajun to create a tense mystery filled with engaging characters in a setting that draws the reader in with its unique beauty and hidden dangers.

Members Reviews:

The Grave Blogger fell short on every point

I try to start any review with something positive. I understand how long it takes, how much energy, blood, sweat and tears are required to finalize a book and regardless of anything else, I want to show my respect and admiration to anyone willing and able to write a book. Ms. Fontenot should be credited for putting a somewhat cohesive story together with a professional cover and fulfilling what is an obvious dream of hers. Unfortunately, that is where anything positive I have to say about "The Grave Blogger" ends.

The crux of the story follows a blogger, Raya, as memories of a horrific quadruple murder come flashing back to her after reading a headline while doing research for her blog. After revelations from her parents and a psychiatrist, Jon, she realizes she witnessed the murders as a young child but suppressed the memories. Her parents moved away and changed their names in hopes the killer (who was never caught) would never find her (assuming he even knew she existed). Jon also packed his bags and started his life in the same city just in case her memory ever came back and she was in need of his specific guidance. The fact that he drops everything to move with the family is explained with a contrived story that she may not want to reveal herself to someone who didn't know her history. Given she didn't even know Jon existed, that explanation is only meant to justify his inclusion in the story.

There are other forced explanations for convenient plot points like the local detective, Nick, who also happened to just conveniently start looking into the case at the same time Raya returns to the scene looking for answers. This is an obvious potential love interest which isn't an issue but how quickly they fall for each other is again explained away with the fallback "I don't know why but..."

Most egregious is the poor handling of keeping the killer's identity secret.

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Title: Off the Record

Author: Bonnie Hearn Hill

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

This will be the story of her life.

Journalist Geri LaRue is outraged when she loses the paper's "Off the Record" column to an insufferable colleague. To salvage her career and her waning self-confidence, Geri needs a break -- and fast. The perfect story comes when successful businesswoman Kathleen Fowler is found dead -- her battered body dropped from the balcony of her home to the cliffs below. But Geri doesn't have to chase this story; she inherits it. Somehow she has been named the murdered woman's sole beneficiary, despite never having met her. As Geri sets out to discover why the estate has been left to her, everything leads back to her own troubled childhood. A childhood she would rather forget -- the foster homes, the painful memories. And when another person is brutally murdered, Geri realizes that the key to finding a killer may be hidden in her own mind.

Members Reviews:

Yes ,It is a page turner

Enjoyed the characters and the Half Moon Bay

Setting. Enjoyed the light Bonnie shined on

Our present Foster System. Now if only

Society would look up.

Clever!

I found it hard to put it down, a real page turner! Definitely a must for your next long-weekend or holiday!

For the record

For the record, I loved OFF THE RECORD. Geri is the perfect protagonist who knows how to find the killer. You'll be beside Geri all the way. Bonnie H. H. will keep you interested from the first paragraph to the last. If you can put the book down for a minute, you'll be thinking about it until you can turn to the next page, and the next, and the next.

strong character driven thriller

The murder of Kathleen Fowler, Half Moon Blooms landscaping founder, should have been covered by San Francisco reporter Geri LaRue, but she snuck out early and missed the call. Instead columnist Doug Blanchard covered the story. Her editor Marie is upset with her, but not for running off with the reporter Steffen Kim for a Christmas drink though that was unprofessional; she is upset because Kathleen Fowler named Geri her sole beneficiary and she never said a word to her boss especially since the murder. Geri insists she never met or even heard the name Kathleen Fowler until Steffen read her Doug's article.

Marie gives Geri time to learn why a stranger changed her trust fund three weeks ago naming the journalist as the person inheriting a fortune. Geri, whose mother is missing, plans to do more than just learn why; she will seek out her mom and also investigate the homicide as she feels she owes it to Kathleen to uncover the identity of her killer. Though Marie insists Doug interview her, Geri refuses; instead she heads to Half Moon Bay seeking the truth, not realizing the animosity she will receive from family members and the danger she has placed herself in from a killer who will target her for murder.

The third journalistic investigation (see IF IT BLEEDS) returns Geri LaRue in the spotlight (star of the first novel, CUTLINE) as she inquires into why a total stranger left her a fortune and who murdered her. The fast-paced story line switches perspectives with Geri being the first person lead in most chapters, but others mostly Half Moon Bay locals at times providing a different perspective.

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Title: Jeopardy Is My Job

Author: Stephen Marlowe

Narrator: Pete Larkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Drum looks for a missing American in a sea of degenerate expats.

An American has vanished in Spain, and its his father, not his wife, who wants him found. When Chester Drum arrives in Iberia, legs aching from the three-thousand-mile flight, he finds Andrea Hartshorn not panicked, not mourning, but hosting the party of the year. World-weary expatriates mill about the villa, guzzling her liquor and dancing, without a thought for their missing countryman. Andrea is far from sober, but finally Drum gets her to open up. Of course she wants her husband back. But more than that, she wants her daughter.

Robbie was last seen going south to Fuengirola, to confront a crippled bullfighter named Ruy Fuentes, who had been courting the Hartshorns toreador-mad daughter. Drum sets out to find the missing Hartshorns, and learns that in Spain, a bulls horn is not the only romantic way to die.

Members Reviews:

Bullfights, The Costa Del Sol, and A Hunt a For A missing Man

Another in a long line of excellent Chester Drum novels. Generally, these books have Drum get involved in a case in the States, but somehow it involves a diplomat or someone of that ilk and Drum heads overseas to find them and mete out justice. "Jeopardy," however takes place entirely in the Costa del Sol, the southern region of Spain stretching from Malaga to Gibraltar and famous for its bullfights and fabulous beaches. In 1962, when "Jeopardy" was published, this was one of the places for the rich, lazy, drunk ones to gather. And, Marlowe weaves it all into this story from the indolent, drunk, sex-crazed, wealthy expatriates to the common fishermen and smugglers. Marlowe was well-known for his attention to the details of his exotic locales, which he knew well from his many travels.

This book, like the others in this top-notch series is plain old good stuff. Here, Drum operates as a detective on a missing persons case, but without any standing whatsoever in this foreign country. The story is fast-moving and filled with action. Drum has the cynicism and wit appropriate for a hard-boiled detective, but that cynicism doesn't overwhelm the story.

Prepare for a journey to the exotic coast of Spain with its charm and manners and bullfighting. A highly recommended novel.

Missing in Spain.

This 1962 Gold Medal paperback is narrated by Chester Drum, international detective. The locale is sunny Spain where Drum has been sent to find a missing American expat named Robbie Hartshorn. Hartshorn, age 42 and married, is one of the idle rich who live the good life. And oh yes, his father is the governor of Maryland.

The convoluted plot involves a multifaceted smuggling operation which the Spanish police (La Guardia) are only too happy to allow flourish.

Drum seems to have nine lives and demonstrates a degree of erudition above and beyond that generally seen among your standard literary gumshoes.

Jeopardy is My Job is a more than competently written mystery with some rather "far out" plotting. I rate it at 3 stars, though those readers wishing to award it 4 stars wouldn't get much argument from me.

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Title: Murphy's Revenge

Author: Colin Bateman

Narrator: Stephen Armstrong

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-13

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

If you found the person who brutally murdered a loved one, what would you do? Forgive and forget? Or take the law into your own hands?

Detective Martin Murphy is the law and he's back with a vengeance....

Someone has started killing the killers - who just happen to have been under the surveillance of 'Confront', a support group for relatives of murder victims who believe that therapy conies through empowerment. Suspecting the group of revenge killings, Murphy goes undercover and joins them. But it seems that Confront have been doing their own detective work....

Members Reviews:

a lingering thinker of a story

well 'no'

I did not like this one too much and

it is a very very good story

After hearing this I wonder if I need to re listen to, re read my other Bateman stories.

It is a well read provocative story

A flat spot for Bateman

In general I have liked Colin Bateman and given his books positive reviews, as you may be gleaning from the wind up I am going to ding this one a bit. Bateman generally has a lead character that is a bit of a smart a__ , and eccentric, there is humor and a fun story. In this book the sarcastic tone is gratuitous and falls flat and the lead character, in contrasts to his others is just not a likable person. I thought the storyline was good enough to pull me through to the ending but followed a totally predictable trajectory from start to finish.

If you are a Bateman fan and have read his other books you will find this work to be formulaic, if you are looking to read a work from Bateman do not start here, he has written some very good books and is an author worth delving into, this is just not the one to start with.

For a recommendation I would advise to go with another work by Bateman first, then if you like him, and that is a strong possibility, come back and revisit this option. Not the best work done by Colin Bateman

Good story

You have to concentrate or you could loose the plot. Well worth the reading though lots of twists and turns.

Two dimensional

What disappointed you about Murphy's Revenge?

I never felt anything for the main character, or any character, for that matter. There were basic, "Creative Writing 101" mistakes like: "Get out", he hissed. I listened on the heels fo a Michael Robotham novel... a very hard act to follow.

Has Murphy's Revenge put you off other books in this genre?

No.

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Title: Spider Webs

Author: Margaret Millar

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A yacht captain is on trial for murdering a woman he hired with more than the boat's cooking in mind. Circumstantial evidence abounds, so the slick defense attorney coaches his client in ways to influence the jury. Millar is more interested in developing engaging, three-dimensional characters than in solving the crime here. The judge, the lawyers, the clerk, and several witnesses all have different reasons for being concerned with the outcome, and the listener gets to see that justice can be very fragile in a realistic courtroom setting. A surprise ending concludes this skillfully told story, one of the author's wittiest.

Members Reviews:

Life's Quirky Turns

If you like following a trial, with simple explanations, much dry humor, and true suspense, then Margaret Millar's "Spider Webs" fills the bill. We get a close look at the judge, at the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, the court clerk, and the accused murderer, who seems to be a magnet for all the others.

He is a copper-colored black man, from the Islands, a skipper of a million dollar yacht, who has sailed to Santa Felicia County, California from the Islands, with two crew members, in preparatiion for their next big race to Hawaii. But Cully, that's his name, gets taken in by a middle-aged lady, brings her aboard the ship and what follows, the good Lord only knows, for the lady disappears, and is eventually found in a forest of kelp, off-shore, lifeless. That is what the trial is all about.

The book has a surprise ending. There is something for the young, the middle-aged and the old, to mull over in this tightly plotted book - for the best laid plans of "mice and men" are easily toppled by life's quirky turns.

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Title: Bodies of Water

Author: J. S. Borthwick

Narrator: Christina Thurmond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Sarah Dean, self-described "accident crime-prone English teacher", and her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie, are longing for a vacation. No classes, students or conferences for her-no patients, beepers or night calls for Alex.

The two-week cruise aboard the Pilgrim, a luxury yacht owned by millionaire evangelist David Mallory, seems the perfect gateway...until one of the passengers turns up murdered...and those left on board are now both suspects and potential victims.

Could the killer be the eccentric Mallory? His stern secretary Gracie (also sister of the victim)? The voluptuous chef, Andrea Elder? Ezra, the deckhand? Or even Sarah's younger brother Tony, the other member of the crew? Sarah and Alex must find out quickly, or they could become the next victims....

Members Reviews:

Great story

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I love these books. The characters are terrific, the stories of this author are entertaining. i have a bone to pick with the narrator. She is quite good with the different voices and inflection. However, she needs to do her homework on pronunciation. It is amazingly irritating to be listening to a gripping story and be interrupted by mispronunciations. She never bothered to learn the proper pronunciation of New England place names or nautical terms. There were even some regular vocabulary words mispronounced. Filene's, Monhegan, Mt. Katahdin, Concord, and more. Very irritating

What aspect of Christina Thurmonds performance would you have changed?

Do her homework before she reads and find out how to pronounce all the words in the books.

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Title: Perfect for Framing

Subtitle: An Appalachian Adventure Mystery, Book 2

Author: Maggie Bishop

Narrator: Norma Guerra-Stueber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-13

Publisher: Maggie Bishop

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Returning for a second suspense-filled mystery, Jemma Chase and Detective Tucker find themselves embroiled in a Property Owners Association power struggle.

When winter arrives in the North Carolina Mountains, Jemma's need to find lucrative work leads her to turn to her love of cabinet making and photography. Having heard of Jemma's skill from another member of the association, the POA president Petula Windsor, hires Jemma to build cabinets in her guest house. Jemma struggles with her CSI wannabe urges to refrain from investigating a robbery that occurred in Petula's main house, where cash and an investigator's file was stolen.

Upon completion of her task, Jemma stops by the main house to pick up her pay from Petula's husband, Ward. On her way back to her truck she smells smoke coming from the guest house. She races to find a way to put the fire out and discovers Petula inside, unconscious. Jemma risks her life to save Petula, but is too late. A simple break-in has escalated to murder.

Detective Tucker finds suspects aplenty when files on the residents and those associated with the POA are found in Petula's locked file cabinet, leading him to suspect her of blackmail. Detective tucker tries his best to keep Jemma's interest at bay, but when Petula's husband is found dead and Tucker's life is jeopardized, Jemma won't be stopped until she finds the murderer.

Members Reviews:

MURDER IN A COZY NEIGHBORHOOD

Power struggles, small town characters, and breath-taking North Carolina scenery add just the ingredients to keep the reader turning the pages in this compelling whodunit.

A woman with zero popularity is found dead and, of course, the list of suspects is long. Jemma Chase, who loves a mystery and happens to be dating the detective on the case, finds herself smack in the middle of the adventures. Not only does she love searching out clues, she is a talented carpenter/cabinet-maker and photographer to boot. She gives new meaning to the word Renaissance woman.

Perfect for Framing (An Appalachian Adventure Mystery)is a cozy, sometimes humorous story that hooks the reader, even as the clues begin piling up. But just when I thought I had it all figured out, a new clue would surface and I would end up back at square one.

Sprinkle in a cast of quirky and homey characters that make up the membership of the Property Owners' Association, and you not only have a list of potential killers but possibly the guest list for your next neighborhood party. Even when you're considering that many of these people could have killed the victim, you find yourself hoping against their guilt because they're all so likeable...well, most of them, anyway!

This book is one in a series with some of these characters, and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Five stars for this read!

Perfect for Framing

I love this author, Maggie Bishop. I live not far from Boone, NC (but in Tennessee). It was good reading about the area and places I recognize.

Good read!

Love the setting! Characters are interesting and have grown to love them. Maggie has done it again! Love all her books!

Really likable characters!

I really like the Chases, Alma, Tucker & Graves.

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Title: The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 4 (Dramatized)

Author: M. Saylor Billings

Narrator: Colin Cahill, Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, Becky Carlisle, Taisha Rucker, Ty Garafalo, Jonathan W. Wind

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-13

Publisher: Billibatt Productions

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprise the complete dramatization of the short story mystery series. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book 4 features episodes: 13. "Robbed by Numbers", 14. "Secret Santa", 15. "Book Club Scandal", and 16. "Trailer Park Tango".

Set on Ohlone Island in the San Francisco Bay, island inhabitants Lorna and Annie have a penchant for discovering fraud, corruption,and murder. In episode 13, "Robbed by Numbers", Lorna's strategy to avoid joining the island book club backfires when she drags Roberta and Annie to a painting class at the local art gallery. The class should be an outlet for them as they deal with a crashing economy and Christmas around the corner, but when the class is robbed, the added stress of surviving such an attack may be too much for their friendship.

In episode 14, "SecretSanta", every Christmas Sally has to come up with a new way to trick Lorna into not opening her presents before it's time. As Annie tries to convince Lorna to relax and enjoy the holiday she too has become a pawn in Sally's master plan.

In episode 15, "Book Club Scandal", Lorna gets caught up in burglary and grand theft when she reluctantly joins the local book club and a rare Jane Austen is stolen from the nearly bankrupt independent book store.

And finally, in episode 18, "Trailer Park Tango", Lorna and Sally visit Sally's grandmother in a desert retirement village and find the community in a dither about home break-ins happening during their planned activities. With the thief in her sites, Lorna sets out to convince a young man caring for his grandfather to seek help from his elders.

Following in the footsteps of classic radio dramas, The O Line Mystery Shorts brings to life new stories for the digital age.

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Titolo: Senza respiro: I delitti della Royal Society [Breathless: The Crimes of the Royal Society]

Autore: Leon Dacoste

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 01-22-13

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Riepilogo Editore:

Terzo romanzo della serie dei delitti della Royal society, anche in questo caso assistiamo ad una miscela di thriller, ragionamento investigavo, e accurata ambientazione storica della Londra della seconda metà del 1600, in fase di ricostruzione dopo il Grande Incendio. Ulysses Unt, linvestigatore che grazie alla soluzione del caso del demone rosso e del caso Vaughan ha acquistato grande credito presso la Royal Society, viene da questa incaricato di investigare sulla misteriosa morte di un piccolo erede al trono. Anche questa volta sarà aiutato dal piccolo Cricket, ladruncolo londinese, e anche questa volta la soluzione dellenigma non mancherà di stupire il lettore, che potrà proseguire il racconto nel libro successivo, ultimo della serie: Il boia di Drogheda.

Cornice musicale: Concerto Brandeburghese n.2, Johann Sebastian Bach

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.