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Title: Grace Among Thieves

Subtitle: Manor House Mystery Series #3

Author: Julie Hyzy

Narrator: Emily Durante

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When Grace Wheaton's former professor calls to warn her that there have been a rash of thefts at various historical sites, Grace isn't surprised, because Marshfield Manor has been targeted, too. She wonders if it has something to do with the film crew roaming the grounds, digitally immortalizing the manor. But then she gets distracted by an incident much more dire: the shooting of one guest and the murder of another. Grace does her best not to go looking for trouble, but with a murderer on the loose, she can't seem to leave the dirty work to the cops - especially since the killer still seems to be lurking around town, waiting to finish the job of making Grace history.

Critic Reviews:

"Hyzy's story is also well crafted with the many twists and turns that readers demand in a mystery, paired with an eccentric cast of characters." (RT Book Reviews)

Members Reviews:

More!!!!

I loved the book, and the series. I just wish Audible would quit recommending series for which they don't have all the books.

A theft ring comes to Marshfield Manor

Julie Hyzy writes another strong mystery set at Marshfield Manor, the giant estate where Grace Wheaton works as curator, in Grace among Thieves. Seeing a member of the public tour stray from the open area and get into a private closet, Grace and the security staff order that this woman not be allowed back onto the estate the next day unless she is accompanied at all times by someone else to keep her from entering restricted areas. The next day Grace gets a phone call from Nadia, a good friend who serves as curator of an estate in California similar to Marshfield Manor. Nadia's place has recently experienced a number of thefts that first began as minor and worked up to major thefts that took place during a distraction of the security guards. Nadia wants to warn Grace of the possibility of similar activity in Grace's North Carolina Emberstown.

Later that afternoon, Grace gets a radio message to rush to the red stairs. The woman who caused the disturbance the day before lies dead at the bottom of the stairs, with the member of her tour group who is acting as her escort having been shot in the arm. Suddenly realizing this could be a diversion, Grace orders an immediate inventory and discovers that a gold horn has been taken. Getting a glimpse of a man whom she is certain committed the murder, Grace begins to fear, especially as he makes appearances around her.

This book has a compelling, fast-moving plot with many layers of depth to the plot and the characters. Details that appear minor early in the book suddenly become significant. I also really enjoyed seeing the internal conflict of Grace as she tries to understand the nature of her relationship with Jack, who has hidden away from her and the rest of the world in the aftermath of the previous book. She then gets faced with a suitor in Mark Elroy, the man who was earlier shot. The book explores the nature of romance and coming to find in ourselves what we are looking for in a date. I also liked getting to see the attitude of Francis, Grace's secretary who at first viewed her with extreme hostility, change as she comes to recognize the strengths of Grace.

I enjoyed the audiobook performance of Emily Durante, who plays the part of Grace effectively in the book, as well as giving good voices for the other characters in the book as well.

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Title: Icarus

Subtitle: Benny Griessel, Book 5

Author: Deon Meyer

Narrator: Saul Reichlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-15

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A gripping new Benny Griessel thriller from one of the world's finest crime writers.

When Captain Benny Griessel is called in to investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to his breaking point. A former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home, and his relationship with his singer girlfriend, Alexa. He moves into a hotel and starts drinking again.

But his help is required to investigate a high-profile murder of a graphic designer and MD of a new tech start-up whose body was discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town. Can Benny pull together the strands of his life in time to catch the killer?

Members Reviews:

Gripping storyline, excellently narrated

My husband and I are big Deon Meyer fans and opted to download this audiobook for a road trip. We were sceptical as to how the various accents would be portrayed but we were very impressed. I would highly recommend this book - Deon Meyer at his best.

Saul Reichlin is THE best narrator for this series

What did you love best about Icarus?

Those South African accents and expressions, which are SO successfully performed by Saul Reichlin. He brings the characters to life, even larger than life. He brings the unique languages to life.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I don't have a favourite, I find myself equally attached to all of them, I guess because deon Meyer fleshes them each out with unique characteristics that help you to understand and imagine them, and to connect with them too. Meyer is very good at this indeed.

Which character as performed by Saul Reichlin was your favorite?

I don't have a favourite, and Reichlin is very good at giving all the characters a unique sound, so you never get confused about who's talking.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not an extreme reaction, but a constant appreciation for how well it was written and narrated. I've listened to the entire series and they're all fantastic when Reichlin narrates.

Any additional comments?

It's clear that Meyer does a lot of research when he writes his books. I always learn something, and you never get the sense that he's just making up convenient details. It all feels legit. And he provides wonderfully rich details about a characters quirks and strengths and weaknesses and other detail about them without waffling on with unnecessary and boring information. It's always entertaining.

Incomplete story on audiobook

The audio book with 50 chapters is not the complete book. Chapter 50 ends the audio book, with all loose ends: The du Toit son Paul, is diagnosed as psychopath by the school shrink, Griesel & the Hawks team are still in mid investigation and no closer to who or why the victim was murdered, etc. The audiobook of Icarus, is half a book, of 50 chapters.

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Title: The Girl in the Glass

Subtitle: A McCabe and Savage Thriller, Book 4

Author: James Hayman

Narrator: Stephen Mendel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 200 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Two identical women. Two identical murders. Two lives brutally cut short 108 years apart.

June 1904.

Aimée Garnier Whitby, a beautiful French artist and wife of one of Maine's richest and most powerful men, is found near death on the Whitby family's private summer island, the letter "A" mysteriously carved into her chest.

June 2012.

Veronica Aimée Whitby, the 18-year-old descendant and virtual double of the first Aimée, becomes the victim of a near perfect copycat murder. With another beautiful, promising young Whitby woman slain, the media begin to swarm and pressure builds for Mike McCabe and Maggie Savage to bring the killer quickly to justice. But the key to solving Aimée's death just might have been buried with her beautiful ancestor.

The latest McCabe and Savage thriller from USA Today best-selling author James Hayman is a crackling, twisty novel of suspense, perfect for fans of J.A. Jance and John Sandford.

Members Reviews:

Good Murder Mystery!

I was not expecting The Girl in the Glass to be as good as it is. The book is a complex murder mystery.

Good. Quite Good... But, be warned...

From my cozy seat here on the edge of the mystery story spectorium I get-off peering inside of detectives McCabe and Maggies minds. I wish that Maggie Savage hadnt slipped to a supporting role this time, and itd be cool if next go-round she got more of the star turn she deserves.

James Hayman is more an expert engineer than an artist. He constructs plots the way Lear builds jets. Its a miracle that so many tons of density can fly through the air But engineers arent artists, or wizards. They put together the parts so that their creations dont, um, land spontaneously. Yknow?

I like the way Haymam and Stephen Mendel make me like Maine, and the people who swirl around Portland police detectives. Detectives who incidentally generally like and support one another as a team. Hayman, unlike a lot of mystery authors apparently doesnt think theyre inept clowns riven by Peter-Principle promotions where only dung rises politically to the top.

And this time Hayman takes some clever risks as a writer, swirling together twin murders committed over a century apart. And it works. This jet flies!

Warning though, start the series with The Cutting and work your way here. Me? Ill pre-order the next in this series as soon as the team records it.

NOT AS GOOD AS THE OTHERS

Very disappointing. The storyline was clumsy and the character development was nonexistent. I am glad I read the other books in the series first.

Too much Historical Data - Very Slow moving...

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. I absolutely love James Hayman's books. The McCabe & Savage series has been awesome but this book was a total let down. There was just too much historical data regarding the going on's in the 1920's. They could have developed more "real time" content and character development. The book was just not what I thought it was going to be. I was so let down.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The story had so much potential but for me it just fell very flat in comparison to the other books in this series. I am sadly disappointed with this book.

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Title: Sin and Swoon

Subtitle: Blood and Bone, Book 2

Author: Tara Brown

Narrator: Amy Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 190 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Not even the warning label on the experimental project could have prepared Jane Spears for the nightmare she would walk into when the Ashley Potter case landed in her lap. Deep inside the victim's mind, Jane finds clues hinting at the worst crimes she has ever come upon. But the bread crumbs don't lead anywhere, and in the waking light Jane discovers nothing is as she believed. The conspiracy goes deeper than she can reveal, and the crimes are too hideous to leave unsolved. But can she stop it all in time, or will she be sucked in - trapped by the deranged mastermind?

Members Reviews:

true detective

could,t put this one down. T he plot was wouldn't let me go to bed

scary and bizarre

it took a little while to figure out what was going on. I had not listened to the 1 st book in the series so don't know how much that would have helped. good twist on crime fighting.

Better than the first book!

Now I can't wait to read the next one! Jane is such a great character, can't wait to see what happens next.

weird, strange, I don't get it.

The first one was great. Maybe I expected too much from a sequel, but I got to the end and was going: Huh? No spoilers here, but the twist reminded of M. Night Shamaylan about the plants poisoning people, not the "I see dead people."

Good storyline

Really enjoyed this story and the narration, only negative I can think of is that the accents need a bit of work.

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Title: Isolation

Subtitle: The Faye Longchamp Mysteries, Book 9

Author: Mary Anna Evans

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole, and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she's out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse.

In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family - Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler son he adores; and his father, who hasn't gotten around to telling Joe how long he's been out of prison or how he got there - yet Joe has never felt so helpless or alone.

Then a close friend at the local marina is brutally murdered, the first in a string of crimes against women that rocks Micco County. Joe, desperate to help Faye, realizes she is in danger from both her inner demons and someone who has breached the island's isolation. Local law and environmental officials say they want to help, but to Faye and Joe they feel more like invaders. A struggling Faye reaches back over a century into her family's history for clues. And all the while, danger snakes further into their lives, threatening the people they love, their cherished home, even the very ground - some of it poisoned - beneath their feet.

Members Reviews:

Great story

I really love these stories and they are great to listen to while driving. Can't wait for the next book.

I Love This Series

I have read and enjoyed every book in this series. Faye is a great character and I hope to read about her again.

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Title: The Library: Where Life Checks Out

Author: Carmen DeSousa

Narrator: Michelle Babb

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-15

Publisher: Carmen DeSousa

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In 1934, the body of a beautiful, but poor young woman was found alongside a riverbank near The Depot. Beaten to a pulp, only recognizable by a tattoo on her ankle, and yet, days after the discovery, the story all but disappears.

Eighty years later, locals claim The Depot is haunted. But in all the years homicide detective Mark Waters has visited the abandoned1800s train station turned restaurant, he's never seen proof. Until now.

As he sifts through evidence of a supposed suicide by train, he learns a murder that took place eighty years ago may directly affect his case.

Six months after the strange occurrences at The Depot, there's another murder. This time, The Library holds secrets of several murders, and the dead won't rest until the murderer checks out too.

Members Reviews:

The Haunted Detective

If you could sum up The Library: Where Life Checks Out in three words, what would they be?

Ghostly Crimesolving Adventures

What other book might you compare The Library: Where Life Checks Out to and why?

I don't compare books with each other.

Have you listened to any of Michelle Babbs other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have listened to many of her performances and will most likely listen to many many more! She is one of my favorite narrators :) Her performances are always really good. I can't wait to start another of her projects! They are always a really fun listen no matter what the genre or subject matter.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Ghostly Intervention Just In Time

Any additional comments?

This series must be listened to (or read) in order. The first book is The Pit Stop: This Stop Could be Life or Death and as far as I know is unavailable in Audible Audio Edition format. The second book is The Depot: When Life and Death Cross Tracks and is included in this edition though not listed in the description as far as I could tell. This is the third (and it seems final) book in this series.

Mark has been trying to deny the existence of ghosts for quite some time now. It keeps getting harder and harder for him to pretend they are not real and that they are figments of his imagination. His fiancée's life was saved by her greatgrandmother's ghost after all. Can he keep denying the supernatural's existence? Or will he just take the extra help to solve this odd string of crimes spanning generations? Will he be able to stop the killing before it lands too close to home? How can he trust his instincts when he half believes henis cracking up? What is really going on in their town?

***This book is suitable for mature young adult through adult listeners (and readers) who enjoy short supernatural mysteries with a bit of romance and ghostly intervention :)

A haunting story...

I received this audio book as a gift in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. The Library by Carmen DeSousa is a well written and thought out story about a murder from 80 years ago and now the Depot is claimed to be haunted. I really enjoyed listening to this audio book! There is danger, thrills, excitement, mystery and even love! This book has an original plot and the characters are so likable, even the ghosts.

The author, Carmen DeSousa did a great job writing this story.

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Title: Morgue Drawer: Clink or Cooler?

Author: Jutta Profijt, Erik J. Macki (translator)

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Amateur sleuth and restless spirit Pascha gets the chance of a post-lifetime when a reporter turns up dead. Detective Gregor Kreidler - a friend of Pascha's crime-fighting partner, coroner Martin Gänsewein - tops the list of suspects for the murder of Susanne Hauschild, who also happens to be Gregor's ex-wife. Martin already has his hands full with his girlfriend - who's ready to give birth any day - and he's too distracted to comb the streets, so Pascha decides to play ghost cop with gusto. He discovers that Susanne had been investigating a cluster of mysterious deaths at a retirement home before her own death. And retracing her steps leads Pascha to a shady nightclub owner with his own reasons for evading the law. With his unique ability to do detective work undetected, can Pascha solve the case?

Members Reviews:

I love this series

I can't wait to hear the next book

I enjoy the sense of humor in it

The Ghost of a Car Thief Turned Detective

Pascha, before he was murdered was a car thief with a fairly narrow range of interests-- women, action films, drinking, and cars. Since he has become a ghost who has not gone into the light, he has added solving crimes to this list. In this entry into the series one of the friends of the only person Pascha can reliably communicate with, Martin the forensic pathologist, is arrested for a crime and doesn't seem to be trying to help himself at all. So Pascha tries to help. Meanwhile Martin is focused more on his partner's developing pregnancy and the prospect of becoming a father, than on helping Pascha detect.

Translated from the German, this series has really captured my interest. It's a bit uneven, but I thought this one was one of the stronger entries. Pascha is at his crude, snarky best and the poor beleaguered Martin has to put up with Pascha and the revolt of his partner again Martin's efforts to wrap her in cotton wool for the duration of her pregnancy.

This is a new narrator but I didn't really notice until I finished listening to the book, which is the best outcome possible when a series has reached its fifth book with the same reader for the first four. I remember how annoyed I was with the change of narrators in the Jasper Fford Thursday Next series and that was only after the first book.

Best in Series

This is a really fun and entertaining series, and this one is my favorite so far... Yeah, it's not high literature, or edge of your seat thriller, but all all the same it's some great mind and ear candy... It's an easy listen, the narration is perfect, and the silliness works... Even though Pasha is largely juvenile you can't help but like him... This is the best so far due to the nice underlying mystery, and the back and forth in time while Pasha is trying to figure things out... I also like that the author has become inventive in how he can communicate w/ more than Martin the coroner... I didn't want to stop, and when I did I kept finding a way to get back to it...

Great Story, but I Really Miss the Old Narrator

Any additional comments?

Great story as always! The narrator was ok, but wasn't as good as MacLeod Andrews. It wasn't just the change in having a new narrator after 4 other books in the same series (which, don't get me wrong, is annoying).

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Title: Meow If It's Murder

Subtitle: Nick and Nora Mysteries, Book 1

Author: T. C. LoTempio

Narrator: Rebecca Mitchell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 114 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Back in her hometown, Nora reconnects with old friends and makes some new ones - like Nick, the charming feline who seems determined to be her cat. But not everything about Cruz is friendly. Writing for a local online magazine, Nora investigates the curious death of socialite Lola Grainger. Though it was deemed an accident, Nora suspects foul play. And it seems that her cat does too.

Apparently, Nick used to belong to a P.I. who disappeared while investigating Lola Grainger's death. The coincidence is spooky, but not as spooky as the clues Nick spells out for her with Scrabble letters - clues that lead her down an increasingly dangerous path. Whether fate put her on this case or not, solving it will take all of Nora's wits, and maybe a few of Nick's nine lives.

Members Reviews:

Terrific Read, Lots of Fun!

A fun and relaxing read with a bit of a twist as the writer is a former big city crime reporter with a resonably sensible head on her shoulders, until she meets a certain detective, that is!

Oh and Nick the Cat is Meow Out Loud awesomely funny!!

Great new series!

Love the characters and the plot. It was a wonderful start to hopefully a long-running series! Absolute great!

Good Start

This was an entertaining book with interesting characters and a lot of twists and turns. I look forward to the next book.

Good read . Great cat.

Had problems with audible, but went right back to finish. Convoluted plot lines but great characters & good reader.

stilted reader

i couldn't listen. reader was like a human robot. sorry may have been good but I just couldn't enjoy it.

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Title: Castle Cay

Subtitle: Julie O'Hara Mystery Series, Book 1

Author: Lee Hanson

Narrator: Paula Slade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-15

Publisher: Karen Lee Hanson

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 113 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When her best friend is murdered, Julie O'Hara, a body language expert, packs up her suspicion and flies to Boston for his funeral.

Who could have killed rising artist Marc Solomon, and what does Castle Cay, the Solomons' mysterious Caribbean island, have to do with it? Before long, Julie's sixth sense pulls a hidden string that unravels a deadly conspiracy and her own troubled past.

Members Reviews:

OK

I had a hard time focusing on the storyline due to the performance. There were too many characters for one narrator.

Terrible writing

This is the most terribly written book I've ever encountered. I never leave a book half read, but half way into this one, I realized I am getting aggravated by clumsy writing. I kept editing it in my mind instead of following the story line and finally gave up.

Books should have ratings like movies

I prefer not to have vulgar language or explicit sexuality in the books I read. It's even worse in audio.

I did not like the reader's voice or presentation.

I already requested a refund and will delete the book from my library.

You've gotta' be kidding..

This is a really stupid story. It was back and forth and back and forth from the 1990's to 2007, as far as I listened. I hate back and forth books, just tell us a little something about the dead guy don't go to and from the 1990's. He's dead, for pete's sake. I don't care how he and Julie met, just solve the murder! And how much sense does it make for Julia to have sex with someone she's hated for over 2 years just because Dan said he was sorry for being a jerk. Geez!

I hate when a narrator sounds the same whether it's a male of female talking. One reviewer said Ms. Slade deserved an award? Really? When a man sounds just like a woman THAT'S deserving of an award? Ummm, NO! Ms. Slade only narrated 12 books in 2 years and I can see why. If you can't even try to sound like a man you shouldn't be a narrator.

good story/storyteller. narrator needs Improvement

I thoroughly enjoyed this story but found myself missing parts or having to rewind and turn up the volume when the narrator whispered, which was often.

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Title: Deadly Dreams

Author: Kylie Brant

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Risa Chandler's prescient dreams of death and murder haunted her nights. They also proved invaluable for Adam Raiker's brilliant team of forensic criminologists, the Mindhunters, until a tragic end to one case shattered Risa's confidence and drove her into seclusion. But for Risa, there's no hiding from death - or from her dreams.

Members Reviews:

great

very intriguing and keeps you guessing. just when you think you may have it all figured out, they put a twist in it.