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Title: The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat

Subtitle: Casebooks of Dr. McKenzie, Book 3

Author: Claudia Bishop

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Animals - and justice - have found their hero in Dr. McKenzie.

When a randy milk inspector is found dead in 400 gallons of goat milk, veterinarian Austin McKenzie and his wife, Madeline, will have to cull a killer from a herd of suspects. And along the way, the vet might just save some bleating hearts.

Members Reviews:

Light and Entertaining

This is a fun, light, quick and entertaining book. The characters and situations are believable and there is a good amount of humor. This is a good series. The only bad thing about the book is Norman Dietz as narrator. He has a difficult time with female voices. I have listened to the two books that came before it and I will read the next one if it is available through Audible.

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Title: For Sale with Corpse

Author: J. M. Gregson

Narrator: Richard Aspel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Lydon Hall is a house full of character, as the estate agent's literature claims. But its many interesting features should surely not include a corpse in the elegant drawing-room....

Is this death the suicide it appears to be? The investigation centres upon a tight-knit village community. Both the glamorous French widow of the deceased and the man who lives rough on the moor after a mental breakdown seem to know more about this death than is at first apparent. Moreover, it gradually emerges that the staff of the estate agency he owned all had their different reasons for disliking the dead man.

Superintendent John Lambert and Sergeant Bert Hook bring to the unravelling of the mystery their customary combination of insight, humanity and humour.

Members Reviews:

Two titles

I read this book under another title, MAKING A KILLING. It wasn't bad to start out, but it went downhill somewhat about 2/3 of the way through. Superintendent Lambert became irritating, unnecessary red herrings were thrown in, and then suddenly the killer is produced. Hopefully, other books in the series are better.

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Title: Dying Art

Author: Shirley Wells

Narrator: Romy Nordlinger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-12

Publisher: Carina Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Portrait of a mystery

Dylan Scott vowed never to return to the dreary town of Dawson's Clough. But one visit from a beautiful ex-lover and he's back in Lancashire, investigating a possible murder. The police think Prue Murphy died during a burglary gone wrong, but her sister isn't so sure - and neither is Dylan. After all, the killer overlooked the only valuable thing in Prue's flat.

So who could have wanted the quirky young woman dead, and why? Dylan's search for answers takes him to France, where he discovers Prue's family didn't know her as well as they thought they did. And the more he digs, the more secrets he unearths - secrets someone would kill to keep buried.

Members Reviews:

Riveting story and excellent narrator!

Would you listen to Dying Art again? Why?

I'm normally not a fan of this genre but I was blown away by this story. The characters were so diverse, rich and vivid and it was both suspenseful and heartbreaking. The narrator was brilliant - she really sensitively brought the characters to life in her lovely rich voice and she was very believable with her british accent. I'm from London so I'm a pretty tough judge of accents. What a fantastic listening experience!

Poor choice of narrator

What did you like best about Dying Art? What did you like least?

The story was good, however I am sure there are sufficient genuine English narrators around that could have done this book. This American's attempt at an English accent was woeful and the pronunciation of several places and colloquialisms not even close.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Appalling English accent

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Title: Death in the 12th House: Where Neptune Rules

Subtitle: A Starlight Detective Agency Mystery, Book 2

Author: Mitchell Scott Lewis

Narrator: John Lescault

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Someone is bumping off rocks wrinkled royalty. After the death of the third aging rock star58-year-old Freddie Finger, lead singer for multiplatinum band Rocket Fireastrologer-detective David Lowell is brought into the case.

Freddie wasnt well liked, and Lowell has his hands full with plenty of suspects:There are Freddies ex-wives, who seem willing enough to kill each other; his disgruntled band members, angry because Freddies solo career was threatening their future; his greedy manager, now busily promoting the death of the rock star; and the musician whose career Freddie sabotaged many years ago.

Freddies daughter, movie actress Vivian Younger, has retained Lowells services to help catch her fathers killer. She seems intrigued with Lowell and his bizarre profession. As they search for the truth, could there be romance in the stars for this stoic detective?

Lowell and Vivian have the help of his staff: vivacious, red-haired assistant Sarah, master hacker and psychic Mort, and driver and bodyguard Andy. Together they must sift through the detailed astrological charts of the suspects for any clues in the stars that could point to a killer.

Mitchell Scott Lewis has been a New Yorkbased professional astrologer for more than 20 years. He is the author of the Starlight Detective Agency series.

Critic Reviews:

"A killer is targeting aging rock stars in Lewiss diverting second mystery featuring David Lowell, New York City astrologer and proprietor of the Starlight Detective Agency. Astrologically inclined cozy fans will find a lot to like." (Publishers Weekly)

"Shrewdly plotted, full of signs, surprises, and the pungent tastes of Manhattan. The American music industry is on the brink of collapse, and its stars, groupies, feuding agents, and ex-wives provide the perfect setting for a story that never lets up." (Paul Goldstein, author of Havana Requiem)

Members Reviews:

11th House Was Better

Not as great as his first book in the series. There were too many characters which made the story confusing. And, the rock and roller theme was a little boring. But, the ending was good. Hoping the next in the series is better.

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Title: The Dream of the Broken Horses

Author: William Bayer

Narrator: Dan Bernard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-12

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A man and a woman are making love....

One hot summer afternoon a quarter century ago, a wealthy socialite and her young lover, a private school teacher, were gunned down in a cheap hotel room on the outskirts of the Midwestern city of Calista.

Now, forensic sketch artist David Weiss has returned to his hometown to cover a routine celebrity murder trial for ABC. For someone who has earned a reputation for cracking high-profile cases with his portraits of suspects based on eyewtiness accounts, chruning out courtroom sketches is merely pedestrian work. But Calista holds other attractions for David. First, there are the welcome attentions of CNN reporter Pam Wells. Then there's the notoriously unsolved double murder at the Flamingo Court motel that has haunted him since boyhood.

Like his psychoanalyst father before him, David becomes obsessed with one of the Flamingo victims, Barbara Fulraine - who was as fascinating as she was enigmatic - and with the bizarre circle of friends, gangsters, columnists, and lovers who surrounded her. David's father believed that if he could unlock Barbara's troubling, recurring nightmare - which she called "the dream of the broken horses" - his solution would mark a watershed in his career. Now David, armed with old news clippings and police interviews, as well as an extraordinary psychological case study of Mrs. Fulraine recently discovered among his deceased father's effects, seeks to use his highly honed professional skills to reassemble the face of her killer. But with each eyewitness interview and each fresh stroke of his pencil, David finds himself being hurled down a path of ever-darkening mystery, obsession and dread.

One of our most elegant and commanding writers of psycho-erotic suspense, William Bayer has crafted a riveting, sharp-edged psychological thriller, perhaps his finest, most compelling work to date.

Members Reviews:

A real head-scratcher here

The symbolism of dreams is examined ad nauseum here, and the characters are a little odd, but on the whole, worth finishing.

Superb reading of terrific novel

Dan Bernard does a great job bringing this fascinating novel to life. The story is complex, even serpentine, with numerous characters. Bernard makes it work. For lovers of psychological crime fiction at its best, this audio is highly recommended recommended.

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Title: Death of a Lovable Geek

Author: Maria Hudgins

Narrator: Eliza Jane Schnider

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-12

Publisher: Maria B. Hudgins

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

American medieval history professor Dotsy Lamb and her best friend, Lettie Osgood, are working an archaeological dig in the Scottish Highlands on the grounds of Dunlaggan Castle when murder strikes. The victim is genial, well-liked graduate student Froggy Quale, the on-site pollen and spore expert. His roommate, the dig's media man, is the prime suspect, but Dotsy, quite fond of both boys, is convinced otherwise.

When the head of the dig, Dr. John Sinclair, dies of unnatural causes soon thereafter, Dotsy shovels a little deeper, suspecting there are some buried secrets in a dark family history. Closing in on a clever and desperate killer, Dotsy makes a stunning connection to poisoned mushrooms, ghostly noises echoing through the halls, and the discovery of a centuries-old gold coin that could rewrite the history of the 11th century.

Members Reviews:

The narration was GREAT!

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

Yes. It's a murder mystery with lots of twists and turns with an unpredictable ending.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dottsie Lamb, of course... the heroine.

What does Eliza Jane Schnider bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

She brings a soft voice with just the right amount of acting thrown in. The dialects are very helpful to differentiate the characters, and she doesn't sound like someone who is "trying to imitate "British" or "Scottish."

Her accents, nor her read distract from the story. They enhance it. It's as if she's experiencing the story with us.

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

"The Butler Didn't Do It!"

Any additional comments?

I will be specifically looking for more books by Eliza Jane Schneider.

bit obvious

The story is a little bit obvious , but the narrator is brilliant and that made me stay with it.

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Title: Harlot's Moon

Subtitle: A Robert Payne Mystery, Book 3

Author: Edward Gorman

Narrator: Mark Douglas Nelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-12

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Catholic priest has been found half-naked and dead in a seedy motel room, with his tongue cut out. Ex-FBI profiler Robert Payne has been called in to investigate by his childhood friend Steve Gray, now a monsignor. With a fund-raising drive coming up, Steve wants to squelch a scandal. But all the signs point to unholy doings in the tightly knit parish.

Why did the pugnacious president of the Parish Board remove a gold earring from the scene of the crime? Was his beautiful blonde wife doing more than confessing to the profligate priest? And why was the dead priest hoarding newspaper stories about two other brutal murders? As Payne examines the evidence and pieces together the profile of a subtle and devious killer, it's clear that there will be hell to pay - with no end in sight...

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Title: False Witness

Author: Helen Nielsen

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Markham Grant knew he was sane. He knew he had seen a murder. But two days later he fell passionately in love with the woman who had been killed. Who was the man he had seen strangling her? Or was she going to be strangled?

Doubt piled on doubt, question on question, as he blundered on alone, unable to gain the help of foreigners who thought him mad.

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Title: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

Author: Charles Runyon

Narrator: Ray Porter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In the sterile white corridors of a mental ward - and the unexplored passages of the mind - unfolds a novel of heart-clutching terror, with a cast of characters caught inextricably in its lurking mystery:

Dan Bollinger - Ex-Vietnam vet drifting on a marijuana cloud. Women came to his wilderness cabin, one after another, and never left. He insisted he never killed them - until terrifying mental images made him realize, with startled horror, that he knew the burial sites of each girl, though their deaths remained shrouded in mystery!

Elizabeth Bodac - Charmed and challenged by Dans enigmatic, elusive personality and the riddle locked in his brain, she vowed to discover Dans secret - and save him. But was she trying to save a madman, a murderer, or both?

Debra Bollinger - Dans twin sister, a brooding eccentric consumed by a long-standing psychic love for her brother - and a smoldering passion for him that yet threatened to erupt.

Dr. Jeffrey Kossuth - Head of the mental hospital, he swore Dan was the killer even as he began to write Dans "exclusive" story to sell to the highest bidder. Was he treating a patient, or protecting an investment?

With explosive force and pulsing tension, Charles W. Runyon has created a novel combing the dark mysteries of the mind and the breathless excitement of a first-rate thriller.

Members Reviews:

Five Star Read: Murder, Craziness, Hippies, Poetic Prose: A Work Of Art

"Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die" has a title which makes the book sound like a second-rate, campy horror film. You would be mistaken if you thought that Charles Runyon had merely created a cheap, second-rate horror film. This book is filled with poetic words and imagery which are equaled in few other books. It is a story about a serial murder, about drugs and acid trips, about hippies, about mental illness and conning the psychiatrists, about the death penalty, about childhood and family relations.

It is a story which on the surface has some things in common with both John D. MacDonald's "Dress Her In Indigo" (hippies in Mexico, vulnerable people losing touch with the outside world and getting used and taken advantage of of in the malestrom that was the drug-using, free-love, no connections culture) and Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (a criminal placed in psychiatric hospital with the cuckoos and the shock treatment and is he crazy or just faking it) and even has a nod to Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" (sharing water, sharing thoughts).

However, this is no pastiche and no imitation. Instead, it is a five-star read all its own that stands as a terrific piece of prose writing with some of the most vivid imagery ever penned whether it is talking about the crazy guy being arrested by the local police, the bodies unearthed in the mud behind the cabin, the hippie women who flocked around Dan Bollinger like so many moths to the flame, or the wild trip through Mexico that takes the reader on a journey to the hippie commune by the sea and the orgies and drug trips by the Pacific Ocean led by a sort of charismatic cult leader.

Just what is so terrific about the imagery here? For one thing, Runyon goes inside Bollinger's mind and explains: "Questions, like lumps of cold clay, plonked his skull.

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Title: The Black Rose of Florence

Author: Michele Giuttari

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-12

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A strikingly beautiful young woman is found dead in her Florence apartment. She lays on her bed, naked, a black rose between her legs. And the murders do not stop there: shortly afterwards, a woman is burned to death in a church, and a man is shot on the Ponte Vecchio. Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara is all too familiar with the dark side of Florence. But he has never seen anything of this magnitude before he is up against a mysterious, powerful enemy who would do anything to hide his identity, and manages to control events at every turn. As more violent deaths occur, Ferrara has to face the most dangerous investigation in his entire career and must confront deadly secrets from his own past.

Members Reviews:

Whetting a reader's appetite!

Marvellous characters, twists, turns and portrayal of characters.

I enjoyed every page and have been led back to the beginning of this series of Michele Ferrera's particular battle.

And WHAT a reader is Mr.Barrett!!

Left me anticipating the next one.

Gripping story, and Sean Barrat marvellous as usual.

Have only recently discovered this series and recommend heartily.