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Title: Sleep Baby Sleep

Subtitle: Pieter Vos, Book 4

Author: David Hewson

Narrator: Saul Reichlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-17

Publisher: W F Howes

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty-two-year-old Annie Schrijver works in the picturesque Albert Cuyp flower market. But then she goes missing, only to be found barely alive, tied to a stone angel in a graveyard. But Annie seems to have been the lucky one, as a body is found nearby.

Detective Pieter Vos knows that if he is to outwit the murderer, he will need to employ everything he has to avert a greater tragedy.

Members Reviews:

Best of series, Hewson at his best!

Excellent thriller, - roller coaster from beginning to end. A triumph for Fos, a triumph for Hewson. Enjoy.

Brilliant

Brilliant, enjoyed every twist Anand turn, Foss fantastic, David Hewson best yet ,Saul Reichlin what a voice, draws you in. Loved it.

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Title: The Eight Curious Cases of Inspector Zhang

Author: Stephen Leather

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-17

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Crimes are rare in Singapore, but when there's one that has the police baffled, it is Inspector Zhang that they turn to.

From locked-room mysteries to murders disguised as suicide, Inspector Zhang is able to draw on his experience as a detective along with tricks he has learned from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. See if you can solve the crimes before the Inspector - the clues are there!

Members Reviews:

My favorite character: Inspector Zhang.

I have read all of Stephen Leather's Inspector Zhang books. Inspector Zhang is the Singapore version of Detective Columbo. The books are an easy read and well written. Excellent and definitely one of my favorite authors.

Zhang doesn't fly the Los Angeles to Honolulu run

"Our endeavour is to be the cutting edge in crime fighting. We will be an exemplary investigation agency which is tenacious in its search for the truth to uphold justice." â Vision statement of the Singapore CID, from the Singapore Police Force website

In case you haven't come across this cop on the beat before, THE EIGHT CURIOUS CASES OF INSPECTOR ZHANG by Stephen Leather introduces you to another ongoing literary hero in his active stable. He joins MI5 operative Dan "Spider" Shepherd and the private investigator of the Dark Side Jack Nightingale.

Inspector Zhang is of the Singapore Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) working out of the Police Cantonment Complex on New Bridge Road.

In the first of the eight chapters, Zhang complains to his faithful sidekick, Sergeant Lee, that the low crime rate in Singapore means that there are too few murders of quality to require his investigatory skills. Bummer! Then, in the remainder of the book, he proceeds to nimbly cope with a veritable crime wave.

Sergeant Lee, though described as one of the CID's most promising sergeants, appears to be nothing more than a stenographer for the taking of notes while Zhang does the heavy lifting. Her character offers little.

Zhang is a great fan of those detective stories featuring Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and the heroes of John Dickinson Carr. He dreams of a caseload just like theirs. Perhaps this says more about the author Stephen Leather than Zhang. In any case, Leather has fashioned here eight short mysteries of reasonable cleverness for his hero to solve and Lee to record in her notebook. The eight are nicely distributed in different locales, one even taking place aboard an airliner in flight â a "locked room" mystery if there ever was one.

As a young reader, I started out devouring all the Hardy Boys books, and then graduated to Sherlock Holmes and a smattering of Carr's works. Finally, before drifting away from the genre, I most enjoyed following Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie pursue Fu Manchu around London's foggy East End. (Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series is nowadays considered oh so politically incorrect because of its stereotyping of the "evil Chinaman." So, the PC point is? I love that Fu annoys some people so much.)

While I read very little in the way of detective fiction anymore (except Jack Nightingale), THE EIGHT CURIOUS CASES OF INSPECTOR ZHANG provided welcome diversion on recent flights to and from Hawaii. It certainly beat the airline's self-adulatory magazine in the seat pocket in front of me.

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Title: Where Gable Slept

Subtitle: A Celia Landrey Mystery, Book 1

Author: Irene Bennett Brown

Narrator: Mara Lynne Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-17

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Celia Landrey, walking-tour guide and innkeeper, must deal with a mysterious female newcomer to her small town; a woman bent on destroying their most famous structure, a house where Clark Gable lived as a young man. She dons an additional role as sleuth, and struggles through a maze of secrets and lies, murder and romance to save Gable House, her town, and her life.

Members Reviews:

Just ok

Celia is an annoying character and it ended on a sickingly sweet note. Other than that it was OK. I'm not sure I'll get the next one.

2 and a half stars

Where Gable Slept: A Celia Landrey Mystery is an ok book. Celia is an annoying character, but the story is ok.

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Title: Mahu

Author: Neil Plakcy

Narrator: Joel Leslie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: MLR Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Mahu -- a generally negative Hawaiian term for homosexuals -- introduces a unique character to detective fiction. Kimo Kanapa'aka is a handsome, mixed-race surfer living in Honolulu, a police detective confronting his homosexuality in an atmosphere of macho bravado within the police force. A man of intelligence, strength, honesty, resourcefulness, and intense dedication to the people of Hawaii, Kimo is a hard-boiled hero you will never forget. Fast-paced, intricately plotted, thoroughly enjoyable, this is a sexy, surprisingly moving mystery about discovering oneself as much as catching a killer.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful Example of the Coming Out Experinence

Two things I really really liked about this book. First it wasn't filled with gratuitous sex. The other was the fact that it gave a very authentic depiction of the struggles of man being coming out to his world. It showed the very real challenges to develop a new working relationship with his family that he has always loved but now feels estranged from. Joel Leslie did an awesome job as usual. He is probably the best man to man numerators out there.

Another Brilliant Performance!

Joel Leslie could make the phone book exotic and interesting. Excellent, fantastic audio experience.

Good mystery,

The narration: I am a big fan of Joel Leslie. I have listened to thirty-three books narrated by him and though Im sure that is no record or anything, I have enjoyed all of those books. He has provided dozens of accents for the characters in previous books and is great at modulating voices within the same accent so that each character has his or her own sound. In Mahu, over half of the characters in the book speak with an Asian accent, since it takes place in Hawaii. Unfortunately, I didnt enjoy some of the narrators accents in this book. The Asian accents sound too strong and just a little too broken for me. It did make the experience a little less enjoyable, but that doesnt reflect on Joels ability to pull me into a story with his voice acting. He emotes so well. And though I have some critique for the narration in Mahu, I know that will not effect my purchasing audiobooks narrated by Joel Leslie in the future. I am still a big fan.

The story: I looked up the word Mahu before I started listening to the book and discovered it is a Hawaiian term for people who embody both the male and female spirit. Its also known as a third gender. The Hawaiian culture was ahead of time when it came to gender identity. From reading this book, it seems like it is used as an insulting name for gay and lesbian women at the time the story was written. The original publication of this story was in 2005, I believe, and I think the story takes place around that time as well. Kimo running to find a pay phone makes me believe that this story takes place before everyone carried cell phones, but after the AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s.

The main character of this story is Kimo Kanapaaka. At the beginning of the story he is very closeted and a bit in denial of his sexuality. He is an undercover detective who has only had relationships with women. He and his team go out for a drink after a bust goes bad, but what happens after that changes Kimos whole life. Kimo stumbles across a body outside a gay bar and he starts to compromise himself in order to protect his secret. Only he cant continue to keep silent about that either. Not completely.

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Title: The Run Out Groove

Subtitle: Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 2

Author: Andrew Cartmel

Narrator: Finlay Robertson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a mint copy of the final album by Valerian - England's great lost rock band of the 1960s - surfaces, all hell breaks loose. Finding this record triggers a chain of events culminating in our hero learning the true fate of the singer of Valerian, who died under equivocal circumstances just after...or was it just before the abduction of her two-year-old son?

Along the way the Vinyl Detective finds out what happened to the missing child, and it wasn't what anyone expected - or wanted - to hear.

Critic Reviews:

"A quirky mystery of violent death and rare records." (The Sunday Times)

Members Reviews:

2nd time around

I loved the 1st book. The characters were great and the link in with music and vinyl worked well. This 2nd book carried on for another adventure and was a really cool mystery. Thoroughly enjoyed it and hope a 3rd book comes out!!

Bit quirky but fun listen

What other book might you compare The Run Out Groove to, and why?

Can't think of a book but ...a bit of a low key Colin Bateman, which means funny in a dry way and rather addictive

What does Finlay Robertson bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

Didn't notice the reader which means he must be good!

Any additional comments?

Easy to listen to in a good way

I am bereft to have finished

This is the second in a series that ticks all my boxes. Vinyl, cats, mystery, coffee and charity shops. Fantastic. I enjoyed it a little more than the first book. Andrew, what do I have to do to get you to write another very quickly?

Even better than the first Vinyl Detective Mystery

Would you listen to The Run Out Groove again? Why?

This was one of those books that I couldn't wait to finish but regretted it when I did. It was great fun from beginning to end and had me chuckling out loud on several occasions. I was surprised to find how much I had come to regard the characters as friends.

An easy and rewarding listen - well written, equally well narrated, and definitely one of my favourite audiobooks.

not as good as the last one

Shame this didn't match up to the last book for me. The story wasn't as good. I will check out the next one, as long as the Author drops the Cleanhead nickname, it's worn thin in this book and used too often

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Title: Now You See Him

Subtitle: Roy Ballard, Book 4

Author: Ben Rehder

Narrator: Johnny Peppers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-17

Publisher: Benjamin Michael Rehder

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Jeremy Sawyer was having a great time on a party barge on Lake Travis, and then he was suddenly nowhere to be found. Had he jumped? Fallen off? Been pushed? Roy Ballard - an expert in catching insurance cheats - intends to find out. After all, Jeremy Sawyer was the nephew of one of his biggest clients, and she can't shake the suspicion that it wasn't an accident. It isn't long before Roy and his partner Mia Madison begin to draw the same conclusion.

Members Reviews:

Another 5 Star Roy Ballard... Great Series!!!!

This is the forth book in the Roy Ballard series. I've listened to the other three as well and they are equally as good. I had been hesitant about purchasing another book from this author because I had originally purchased a book from his "Blanco County" series and I couldn't even finish the book. This series is written so differently if I didn't know better I would swear it was written by a different author.

Anyway, in this book a young man goes overboard off of a party barge in a very large lake. After that all of the party goers claim no knowledge and no one sees him again. Later that night another man who was at the party is assaulted in his home. Little is stolen but his cell phone is one of the items.

Roy Ballard is a videographer who films people committing insurance fraud. That is not the case here but a relative of the missing man is one of Ballard's clients and she doesn't believe it was an accident.

Ballard picks up clues a little bit at a time, each clue points his investigation in a different direction giving the reader multiple plausible scenarios throughout the book. It's not until almost the end when he gets the final clue pointing to what really happened on the barge that night and whether or not a crime was committed.

Johnny Peppers narrates this and the other Roy Ballard books. He does an excellent job.

This book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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This one is the best!

I've read the first 4 Roy Ballard books, and this one is the best but you won't find out why until the very end.

My only quibble with this (& it's quite minor albeit perplexing sometimes), is that the narrator, as good as he is, doesn't often properly distinguish between a male and a female voice. It's hard sometimes to tell when she is speaking and when he is speaking.

Other than that, this is a great series I can't wait for book 5 even though I will probably have to! So I shall start Reading his other series of Texas mysteries - I can't wait!

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Title: Cause to Hide

Subtitle: An Avery Black Mystery, Book 3

Author: Blake Pierce

Narrator: Elaine Wise

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-17

Publisher: Blake Pierce

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

From number-one best-selling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: Cause to Hide.

Bodies are being found in the outskirts of Boston, their corpses burned beyond recognition, as the police realize a new serial killer is roaming the streets. As the media converges and the pressure is upped, the Boston Police Department must turn to its most brilliant - and controversial - homicide detective: Avery Black.

Avery, still trying to pick up the pieces of her own life - her budding relationship with Ramirez, her reconciliation with Rose - suddenly finds herself thrown into the most challenging case of her career. With scant evidence to follow, she must enter the mind of a psychotic killer, try to understand his obsession with fire, and what clues that offers into his personality. Her trail leads her deep into Boston's worst neighborhoods, to confrontations with its worst psychopaths - and finally, to a twist she could never possibly imagine.

In a game of psychological cat and mouse, a frantic race against time, Avery is led too deep into the maze of a killer's mind, and to places darker than she'd ever wish to see.

A psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Hide is book three of a riveting new series - with a beloved new character - that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

Members Reviews:

Love, Love, Love This Author

Blake Pierce's books are fantastic. They grab you from the opening lines and keep you reading until the end. Avery Black is an outstanding detective and main character.......I feel like I know her and would like to meet her to talk over a cup of coffee. The way she gets into the minds of the criminals is amazing. The storylines Blake Pierce writes are fast paced, hard gripping and thrilling. He has moved to my list of favorite authors!

UNBELIEVABLE

I can't believe how intense these books are. Once you start one it's like you're as caught up in the insanity as Black or the killer. I'll probably have some very intense dreams.

Great writer to read

I am addicted to Blake Pierce right now. Have read Riley Paige, Mackenzie White, Avery Black and Keri Locke and preordered the next in each of these series. I just like the way he write. Stories believable, character interaction is interesting and the books are easy to read. I usually finish them in one sitting because I just want to know what happens

The best yet

This was the best in this series yet. A great story with none of the expected easy turns, instead, twist and turns to an exciting ending. Awesome book!

the usual

the usual dramas Avery deals with in EVERY book.

Watch out for the really good action scene almost at the end.

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Title: The Lighthouse Secret

Subtitle: Amelia Moore Detective Series, Book 7

Author: Linda Weaver Clarke

Narrator: Diane Lehman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-17

Publisher: Red Mountain Shadows Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Amelia Moore, the founder of the Moore Detective Agency, specializes in missing persons. With the help of her partner, Rick Bonito, the business is flourishing. Amelia and Rick are newlyweds and just beginning life as a married couple, which gives them a new insight in their relationship. Their new assignment is more personal this time. Rick Bonito's uncle supposedly drowned five years ago and his body was never found, but something did not seem right about the report. Uncle Antonio was an excellent swimmer. His disappearance seems quite suspicious to Rick's father. He never felt the complete truth had come out about his brother. It is now up to Amelia and Rick to find out the truth about his uncle.

Members Reviews:

Great Mystery!

This Audible version of Linda Weaver Clarke's book was wonderful! I love her narrator, Diane Lehman. She is so full of expression and very talented! I loved listening to someone "tell me a story". I could listen as I drove to and from work and as I commuted on the train and even while fixing dinner. It's a great way to "multi-task".

I loved Linda's book! It's a great cozy mystery and for me it was awesome because she always writes about places that I know. This time her book took me to my old home in California, Palm Springs, and as she described it, I could totally visualize it! Then they were headed to Ventura Harbor. I used to live in Ojai which is very close by and trips to the beach in Ventura were a remembrance of years past for me!

But aside from this, the book held my attention to the very end. My only disappointment was that this is book 7 and will be the last of this series. I loved this clean romance and the resolution to the mystery. I look forward to reading other books from this great author.

I received an Audible version of this book from the author for my honest review, which I have given. All thoughts are my own.

Delightful Conclusion to Sweet Cozy Mystery Series

Any additional comments?

The Lighthouse Secret is the seventh cozy mystery in the Amelia Moore Detective Series written by Linda Weaver Clarke. This story begins sooner after Amelia and her partner Rick Bonito return from their honeymoon. Before starting into a new assignment, the couple investigate the supposed drowning of Rick's uncle, Antonio Bonito. Uncle Antonio's accidental death never sat right with Rick or his father because he was an excellent swimmer and his body was never found.

Like in prior Amelia Moore books, Amelia and Rick experienced some local sightseeing and crossed items off their "bucket lists" (things they'd like to enjoy during their lifetime). This time they visited several lighthouses and spent the night in one of them, and they flew in a water aircraft. Having taken several tours of lighthouses in the Portland, Maine area a few years ago, I was very envious of the lighthouses Amelia and Rick visited!

As I've mentioned in prior reviews of books in this series, I love how Rick and Amelia complement each other in their strengths and weaknesses, as well as compliment each other often with kind words and encouragement. They remind me a lot of husband and wife detective team from the early 1980s TV series, Hart to Hart.

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Title: Bubba and the Missing Woman

Subtitle: A Bubba Mystery, Book 3

Author: C.L. Bevill

Narrator: Mike Alger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 03-30-17

Publisher: CL Bevill LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Quite naturally, Bubba's got another problem. The woman he likes, a lot, is missing. Folks around Pegramville don't have an inkling whether Bubba done did anything this time. In fact, Bubba doesn't know what to think, but he is plumb dedicated on finding Willodean Gray, through fair means or foul. It will take a trip to the big city of Dallas, a run-in with an unstable superhero called The Purple Singapore Sling, a kidnapping by a Dallas crime lord, and a headlong hunt for a devious individual who snatched the fair sheriff's deputy to figure out which end is up. What Bubba comes to understand is not all the crazy folks live in the country. Bubba's on the edge and he's goin' hog-wild in a donut factory! Book three of the Bubba series.

Members Reviews:

Rollicking fun!

If you could sum up Bubba and the Missing Woman in three words, what would they be?

Entertaining, lovable, charming

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bubba - he's humble, intrepid and adorable.

Have you listened to any of Mike Algers other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes. The narration of this book is naturally more animated due to the personalities of the characters. The voices of all the characters are well done and easy to distinguish from one another.

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

It made me laugh out loud!

Any additional comments?

I'm looking forward to more from this author!

Bubba does it again!

Would you listen to Bubba and the Missing Woman again? Why?

Yes, I can't wait until Audible has another Bubba adventure available.

What did you like best about this story?

C.L. Bevill has small town Texas nailed! Her descriptions of the people and places are wonderful. The tales are flush with Texas humor. The stories are wonder action mysteries. I was on the edge of my seat worried about 'The Missing Woman' to the last chapter.

Have you listened to any of Mike Algers other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was my first exposure to Mr. Alger's Narration, but I can't imagine anyone else telling Bubba's stories. I would be curious to see what else he has done.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

So many. The man with the Hounds telling Bubba he wouldn't take his money. The little girl realizing Bubba loves her aunt. I can't say Bubba doesn't have a mean bone in his body, but he has a lot more kind one. He goes out of his way to be respectful to pretty much anyone.

Any additional comments?

When ever possible my wife and I prefer Audio books for stories we are both interested in. Cuts down on fights over who reads a book first and exchanges like "Have you got to the part...DON'T TELL ME DON'T TELL ME DONT TELL ME!"

I hope the rest of Bubba's adventures make it in to Audio format...SOON!

OMG!!!

I loved this book!!! I love all of the Bubba books I have read so far.

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Title: Mörk jord

Author: Belinda Bauer

Narrator: Torsten Wahlund

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-17

Publisher: Word Audio Publishing International

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Belinda Bauers debut är en häpnadsväckande stilsäker psykologisk kriminalroman.

Tolvrige Steven försöker hela sin trasiga familj genom att till varje pris hitta liket efter sin morbror Billy, som arton r tidigare tros ha fallit offer för pedofilen och barnamördaren Arnold Avery. När Steven bestämmer sig för att ta kontakt med Avery tar en farlig katt-och-rtta-lek sin början.

©2011 Modernista (P)2011 HörOpp

Critic Reviews:

Bauers porträtt av psykopaten fr blodet att isa sig. Som läsare blir man fullkomligt gripen...

-- The Independent

Genuint spännande. Ett psykologiskt konststycke om hoppets grymhet och, i sista hand, oskuldens triumf.

-- The Guardian

En lysande debutroman, med en högst originell handling och en övertygande kall och ruggig atmosfär Belinda Bauer är ett riktigt fynd.

-- The Times