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Title: On Honeymoon with Death

Subtitle: Oz Blackstones, Book 5

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: Joe Dunlop

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When a body turns up in the swimming pool of their new villa, they are suddenly very much back in harness again, uncovering a nest of very nasty vipers beneath L'Escala's sunny exterior.

Members Reviews:

Get rid of the music

Great story. The music at the end of each chapter very irritating. not necessary.

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Title: Screen Savers

Subtitle: Oz Blackstones Series, Book 4

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: Joe Dunlop

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When the female lead is kidnapped from the set in a bizarre echo of the movie's rollercoaster plot, fiction and reality come together in a terrifying climax. But has Oz got what it takes to save the day?

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Title: The Luck of the Draw

Subtitle: A Freddie O'Neal Mystery, Book 6

Author: Catherine Dain

Narrator: Stephanie Brush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The missing woman left her therapist with a pile of unpaid bills, but the therapist is less concerned about money than murder. The patient's affair with a playboy professor had gone sour, and her graduate studies came to a screeching halt.

Now, the therapist worries, Darla may be nursing an unhealthy grudge. Those instincts prove deadly accurate when Hayden shows up at a cocktail party with a gun in-hand. When Darla is later found dead in the ex-lover's office, Freddie is pulled into a maze of mind games with a killer.

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Title: Lament for a Dead Cowboy

Author: Catherine Dain

Narrator: Stephanie Brush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The friendly get-together turns ugly, though, when one of the poets is found dead, and Freddie's boyfriend is accused as the murderer. Now she is learning facts about Sam's past she had no idea of before, and she's hoping she hasn't been keeping company with a killer.

Members Reviews:

Good read

This was a quick read and I enjoyed the characters. I've spent some time in the area where the story takes place so that made it more interesting..

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Title: Hollywood Crows

Author: Joseph Wambaugh

Narrator: Kerry Shale

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-08

Publisher: Quercus Publishing Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

So when two crows find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think she's just a cute hill bunny. In fact, she's setting them up so she can pull off the perfect murder and walk away with her ex-husband's ill-won fortune. But Margot isn't the only one with a deadly plan.

This hotly anticipated sequel to Hollywood Station is narrated once again by master of dialogue Kerry Shale, who captures the frenetic life of the Los Angeles station with his trademark verve and brio.

Critic Reviews:

"Oddball characters, quirky dialogue, and nimble plotting. Wambaugh is still the best in the business!" (Kathy Reichs)

"Wambaugh has a fine ear for dialogue and a sense of humour he uses with discretion...witty and passionate." (Times Literary Supplement)

"Wambaugh's back and better than ever." (Independent on Sunday)

"I have been waiting a long time for this book and two pages in, I knew it was worth every minute, month and year. Joseph Wambaugh is the master of the modern police novel - no, scratch that, he invented the modern police novel....A story of cops working the street at the same time the streets areworking the cops, it's full of the grit, humor and truth that make it impossible to put down." (Michael Connelly)

Members Reviews:

A Worthwhile Hollywood Sequel

The first sequel in the Hollywood series of books is both easy and entertaining. Of course, like all of these epics, it opens with the two surfer cops, and then broadens to include a variety of characters that are all interesting. You can see where the plot is heading long before it reaches its destination, but this isn't a criticism as much as an observation. Furthermore, this book isn't "a bummer" as the "Entertainment Weekly critic described it in his brief review. "Hollywood Crows" concerns members of the Los Angeles Police Department that serve as 'Community Relations Officers who deal with quality of life predicaments, I.e., blocking somebody's driveway. Limbaugh introduces us to a number of characters who concern themselves with quality of rights issues as well as regular cops who patrol the streets and nab criminals. Some of the plots conclude with tragic consequences, but all the villains get what they deserve. The chief plot is about the owner of a strip club who is in the middle of a divorce and his 'hottie' wife who takes advantage of the ranks. Naturally, Wambaugh's is easy to read.

"We're Gravy, Bro"

If you didn't know it was Joseph Wambaugh, you'd swear that Carl Hiaasen took a vacation in LA, hung out with the LAPD, and wrote this cynically funny tale of cops and those they protect, and especially those who they are protected from. But Hiaasen could never tell a police story with Wambaugh's authority, and only an ex-cop could render it with Wambaugh's sincere passion for the men and women in blue.

Like it's predecessor, "Hollywood Station", "Crows" (short for LAPD's "Community Relations Office") is told through a series of Hill Street Blues-style vignettes loosely wrapped around a central plot.

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Title: The Mystery Mile

Author: Margery Allingham

Narrator: Philip Franks

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-08

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

After Campion bundles Lobbett off to a country house in Mystery Mile, deep in the Suffolk countryside, all manner of adventures ensue. It's a race against time for Campion to get the judge to safety and decipher the clue to their mysterious enemy's name.

Luckily for Judge Lobbett, underneath his constant stream of nonsensical banter, Campion displays a diamond-sharp intelligence and a natural detective's instinct.

Critic Reviews:

"Philip Franks sounds, marvellously, as if he's reading in a dinner-jacket....Fabulous" (Independent on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

A Masterful Hand on an Elaborate Canvas

In this, the second appearance of âAlbert Campionâ we are treated to a masterful and sweeping mystery tale in the grandest of grand manners.

Mr. Campion is quietly enlisted to the aid of Judge Crowdy Lobbett. It soon becomes apparent that Lobbettâs life is in danger because he knows too much about a notorious underworld organization, Simister, which is legendary and ruthless.

Judge Lobbett, his son Malcolm and daughter Isopel, are all taken to a remote manor of Mystery Mile for their safety. Arriving at Mystery Mile they are greeted by the (impoverished) lord of the manor, young Giles, and his sister Biddy.

Soon the judge goes missing, which is upsetting for Giles and Biddy, while Albert seems oddly sanguine about this turn of events. The seriousness of the situation is offset by the persistent efforts of a purported art expert who wishes to authenticate and sell an artwork for Judge Lobbett. He seems unable to grasp that Giles and Biddy are more concerned about their fatherâs life than any artwork. But the man is such a stubborn dunderhead that he is tolerated because that is easier than getting him to desist.

Bit by bit, the tale unfolds for us, as Allingham tantalizes us with hints that offer glimmers but no real answers. Along the way, we do get glimpses behind the curtain of the âCampionâ character and learn fascinating things about him. We have always felt he has Friends in High Places, but it now seems that he is closely connected with a European royal family, and we learn that his first name appears to be Rudolph. There is a suggestion of disinheritance, but there still seems to be access to regal treatment and facilities when the need is great.

In reading this book, one is aware of a masterful hand working skillfully on a large elaborate canvas. It is quite exhilarating to experience the creative process as it grows with each chapter we read.

A mouse is electrocuted

Retired American Judge Crowdy Lobbett is travelling to England in the company of his two children, Malcolm and Isopel. "He's a marked man, you know. I don't think there's any doubt about that. Four murders in his household within the past month and each time his escape was a miracle." The voyage proves anything but ordinary, when Lobbett barely escapes electrocution and Malcolm gets the business card of a helpful young man - Mr Albert Campion. Within days Malcolm hires Campion to protect the Judge and we find out that the old man is in possession of a dangerous secret, the name of the head of the Simister organization.

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Title: No Suspicious Circumstances

Author: Helen Mulgray, Morna Mulgray

Narrator: Jane MacFarlane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-29-08

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

This first investigation finds DJ and Gorgonzola on the trail of a heroin smuggling ring operating in and around Edinburgh. Their first port of call is the White Heather Hotel, owned by the formidable Morag Mackenzie, who rules her domain, and her husband, with steely efficiency.

Beneath the innocent surface of the country house hotel eddies a sinister undercurrent, and soon one death leads to another.

Members Reviews:

A Pleasant Read

This an easy story to follow without the complicated twists of other books. The characters are all recognisable from people who you have probably met.

The book is also a great tour around the east coast of Scotland makes this book even more interesting if you know the area.

Is this a kids book?

Whilst there is no reference to the fact on the Audible website this must surely be a children's book?! A blundering, unsophisticated and mindlessly stupid 'detective' sent on a mission with zero back-up or support. Do we really belive that this is the way the British government operates? Also perhaps one of the most ill researched books I have read/listened to. For example our heroine disables her own car to fake a breakdown by cutting the 'drive belt' in her ford saloon. Erm I think she means fan belt. I guess the plot weaknesses and desperate nature of the heroine are understandable if this is a book written for the under ten market. In which case, Audible PLEASE let us know before we buy!! Discerning reader beware, all others good luck but you are probaly not reading this review anyway as you leave that tricky task to mummy and daddy. I am giving up 10% the way through but I can already guess - IT'S THE GRAVY NOT THE HAGGIS!!

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Title: Contrary Blues

Author: John Billheimer

Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Now his successor, Owen Allison, down from D.C., must check out the situation. Disgruntled with life on the Beltway, Owen is willing to give Contrary's officials the benefit of the doubt - and himself some romance with Mary Beth, the alluring town controller. Instead, he feels like 17 kinds of a fool when another body is found, and there are signs he may be next.

Something more than corn mash is brewing in Contrary, and it's up to Owen to uncover the secrets hidden deep in this Appalachian town.

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

I like this authors style and the part of the USA he writes about.

Interesting characters and story lines.

A first-rate thriller with a sense of humor

John Billheimer is off to a great start here with a first novel that includes another first, a transportation thriller. It features a good plot that keeps moving at all times, some fresh material for those of us who can't stand another serial killer, and sense of humor. Not everybody could get a good weekend read out of the misadventures of a federally subsidized bus company in West Virginia, but Billheimer certainly can and does.

How did this get published?

I must have read a different book than that read by those giving it good reviews. This one clearly was set in an alternate universe, one where Federal marshals would arrest someone and take him across state lines on the orders of a county sheriff. No extradition is needed. And it's a universe where a political appointee at a Federal department can expand his office whenever he wants to. No way. And there are plenty more examples. How did this get published??

A mystery that satisfies on several levels

First Line: "I didn't reckon on no killing."

When National Department of Transportation investigator Owen Allison goes to Contrary, West Virginia, to complete an unfinished audit, he finds that an extra zero on a federal grant application has given the small, struggling mining town the extra funds it needs to keep vital services in place.

Everyone in town government doesn't consider keeping the money and using it for good to be fraud or cheating. In fact, the only person who seems to be unhappy with the current situation is a disabled citizen, Hatfield McCoy, who keeps firing off hate mail to Washington, D.C. about the town's bus service. When McCoy turns up dead, everyone's favorite suspect seems to be Allison, and he knows he has to work fast to clear his name. There's more in Contrary that's not adding up than just that extra zero.

I loved the quiet humor in this book, the delightful duplicity of many of the characters, and the twisty plot that resembles the switchbacks on a narrow mountain road. However, The Contrary Blues isn't just about cornpone humor and corrupt government officials. There are some strong subplots, such as the one concerning a coal miner with black lung who's desperately trying to keep his son above ground and away from mining. Billheimer's humor will entertain you, his plot will give your brain cells a workout, and your heart will be touched.

I've set a goal for myself to read mysteries set in each of the fifty states, and this is what led me to John Billheimer and The Contrary Blues of West Virginia.

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Title: Once a Biker

Author: Peter Turnbull

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

As Detective Chief Inspector Hennessey and his team try to investigate, it seems that the bikers' vow of silence is still as strong as it was all those years ago, and many gang members refuse to discuss those days of dangerous initiation rites and violent dares. But then another ex-member is found murdered, and it seems that someone is determined to keep old secrets dead and buried.

Members Reviews:

Very good

A good police investigation perspective of biker crime (fictional).

Very well written and engagingly performed.

Not my usual type of story but I ended up listening to it all in one hit!

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Title: The Gilded Seal

Author: James Twining

Narrator: uncredited

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-08

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Meanwhile, in New York, FBI agent Jennifer Browne has been asked to investigate a possible art fraud. The trail leads to an Iranian art dealer who denies all knowledge, but when a lawyer who he had dealings with is murdered, Jennifer knows she has stumbled across something very sinister indeed.

Are the reappearance of Milo, Eva's kidnapping and the theft of the Da Vinci connected? And are Tom and Jennifer's paths destined to cross again as they descend into a maelstrom of betrayal and murder?

Members Reviews:

Just an okay read

I really liked the first two books to this series. I couldn't wait to read this one. This book finds former art thief, Tom Kirk in a race to save The Mona Lisa. It seems that someone is after it, and the only way to protect it is to steal it himself. Who can Krik trust? Can he trust old friends? I don't want to say to much about this book. If you go into it not expecting to much, you may like it more than I did. It was kind of a let down for me.

a good read if you are a fan of the character

not as compelling as the other books, still, a good read if you are a fan of the character.

Son and I

Another one in a different series that my son and I share.

Maybe one day my husband will join us.

I expected a little more

Having read James Twining's previous two books, The Double Eagle and The Black Sun, I expected a little more from this offering. The historical mystery seems overshadowed by action sequences that are a cross between Jason Bourne, Mission Impossible and Wile E Coyote. He also introduces several shadowy underworld figures that are almost unbelievable and are certainly unrealistic.

If judging this book as a screenplay for an action movie, I would give it 3 stars. As an Dan Brown-esque historical, conspiracy theory mystery it is about 2 1/2 stars.

3 STARS

Interesting but falls short...

This is the first novel I have read by Twining. I found it interesting but not compelling. For the first third of the book it was difficult to keep the cast of characters in mind & I often had to look back to see who was who. It has an interesting plot with many twists. The historical references interwoven in the story made it worth the read. Lots of violence and murders.