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Title: The Fate of Katherine Carr

Author: Thomas H. Cook

Narrator: Robert G. Slade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

George Gates is a former travel writer. He used to specialise in writing about places where people disappeared, sometimes individuals, sometimes whole societies. Now, since the murder of his eight-year-old son, Gates writes for the town paper about flower festivals and local celebrities.

Enter Arlo McBride, a retired missing-persons detective. Knowing Gates' past, he mentions the case of Katherine Carr, a woman who vanished 20 years before, leaving nothing behind but a few poems and a strange story. It is this story that spurs Gates to inquire into its missing authors brief life and dire fate, an exploration that leads him to discoveries about life and death, mystery and resolution.

Members Reviews:

Loved it

Any additional comments?

I got this title purely because Robert G Slade was the narrator. He has a wonderful voice; very rich with just a touch of gravel and he also does women and children's voices very well which is quite rare. Well enough of the excellent Mr.Slade and on to the story. It has a dreamlike quality not in a weird, nonsensical, twin peaks way, grrrrrh I hate that kind of surreal kind of thing, always makes me feel like a total doofus for not getting the point! Anyhow this story is totally understandable but the language the writer uses just makes it all seem a little dreamy. The main character is very lost and bitter at the start of the book, as he finds his way through the story written by Katherine Karr, a woman who disappeared 20 years before .........well I can't really talk about what happens, even obliquely, because it would probably give too much away. Suffice it to say it was mysterious, dreamy, with lovely language, very well read.

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Title: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Author: Mark Timlin

Narrator: Brian Bowles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Four days before Christmas and 17-year-old Jimmy Himes has gone missing. His parents hire a private detective to help track him down. The search takes them all over London and into the citys dark heart. Will they ever find young Jimmy alive?

After a long career in the rock music business, working for The Who and T-Rex. Mark Timlin turned to crime writing. His novels are currently being scripted for television.

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Title: A Time of Mourning

Author: Christobel Kent

Narrator: Saul Reichlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-10

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

One wet November in Florence, a young widow of an eminent Jewish architect comes to visit Sandro Cellini, a disgraced ex-policeman and budding private detective, to ask him to investigate her husband's suicide. But the case abruptly turns into something grimmer and more urgent than he could have imagined.

Members Reviews:

Christobel Kent gets better and better

I have followed Christobel Kent since she started with her excellent A Party In San Nicolo (sadly not in audio) and each book gets better and better - this is certainly her best so far - well plotted and well paced. You want it to go on and on.

excellent book

Well written, good plot, well read. I chose this book because of

its setting in Florence and was not disappointed. I had not read

this author before but I think this is the start of a classic series that is well worth following.

Excellent narration

I could not put this down. The story was so well narrated it even had me following the twist and turns of the story on Google earth as the characters move around Florence.

Enjoyable and entertaining

Good plot, interesting, believable characters and setting. Excellent narration, as always from this reader. Waiting for the next in the series.

Great characters, slightly unlikely plot.

I love the characters, the writing is good and the story is interesting. The detective elements rely a bit too much on coincidence to be credible. Florence is too large a city for everyone to keep bumping into each other at fortuitous moments for the plot.

Though I got a little annoyed at times, I enjoyed it overall and will read more in the series.

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Title: Written Out

Author: David Armstrong

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Novelist Tom Oliver is not the most popular man in the world, and he isnt much missed when he disappears at the end of a week tutoring at a writers centre in rural Shropshire.

However, it eventually falls to DI Frank Kavanagh and his colleague DC Jane Salt to ascertain whether one of his literary enemies, a former lover, or perhaps a humiliated husband has finally exacted revenge. Is his disappearance an innocent affair, or has he himself been written out?

Members Reviews:

Would have liked some earlier works

I don't know the author's work and came at this after the very smooth Stephen Booth. Some familiarity with the UK and police practice is probably required for maximum enjoyment. At first I despaired with the plot but as the author drew it together, with various complexities and the darker side of human nature, it gripped me quite well. The scene is set in Shropshire and the senior cop is from Birmingham via London while his current squeeze is a DC in London. The anticipation in reading the book was knowing that murder had been committed but not finding out until almost the end, who did it and more particularly how. I found it most enjoyable but patience is a virtue.

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Title: Shimmer

Author: Hilary Norman

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In Miami Beach, all hell is breaking loose. First, a swimmer makes a gruesome discovery, and soon after the city is rocked by an explosion.

When detective Sam Beckets sister-in-law Claudia becomes a blackmail victim, Sam wants to help her, but he has a vicious killer to find. His only lead is Mildred Bleeker, a local character whos seen a frightening stranger: a young man, silver from head to toe, shimmering in the night, who put her in mind of the angel of death. Cal the Hater learned about pain and humiliation from an expert. Now hes found a way to make others suffer too, and hes getting a taste for it. The unthinkable is about to happen.

Members Reviews:

Sam Beckett at his best

Gripping drama well written and an excellent narrator, Jeff Harding brings the characters to life in his excellent performance.

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Title: Punter's Turf

Author: Peter Klein

Narrator: David Tredinnick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

John Punter, professional gambler and amateur private investigator, has seen his fair share of crime and shady dealings, both on the race track and off it. So when the daughter of a bookmaker friend is abducted, following hot on the heels of a gruesome murder after an abduction-gone-wrong, Punter's offer of help is gladly accepted. But then, just when everything seems to be going right, a local trainer hits a run of unusual bad luck and a young jockey dies under suspicious circumstances. With the help of a journalist friend, Kate, Punter begins to put the pieces together, and finds himself drawn into a tangled web of underworld crimes that are much more sinister than he had anticipated...

Editorial Reviews:

Peter Klein creates a fascinating thriller set amid the world of Australian horse racing. When the daughter of his bookie friend is kidnapped, the aptly named professional gambler and amateur detective John Punter offers his help in finding her. But as John gets deeper into his investigation, the circumstances of his environment grow dark and dangerous, threatening his life as well as the people in the horse racing community. David Tredinnick's gregarious accent has a deep timbre that gives John Punter a robust charm, turning him into a generous and good-hearted everyman who is easy to root for.

Critic Reviews:

"We may have found Australia's Dick Francis... Klein writes with a rare passion and knowledge about the turf... For all crime mystery readers."(Breeding and Racing)

Members Reviews:

Great Aussie Listen!

The story and reader were a perfect match. This was a thoroughly enjoyable listen from beginning to end. I am looking for more work by this reader.

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Title: The Last 10 Seconds

Author: Simon Kernick

Narrator: Daniel Weyman

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-10

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Undercover Cop

Having worked undercover the last ten years, Sean Egan is used to life on the edge. Hes recently infiltrated one of Londons most dangerous criminal gangs, and theyve just informed him that they want him for a very special job: the daring abduction from police custody of a serial killer known as The Night Creeper.

The Killer

Brutally violent yet highly intelligent, The Night Creeper has earned his reputation by torturing five young women to death. Arrested the previous night, he claims that he has a cast-iron alibi for one of the murders, and some highly important information that can prove his innocence and implicates someone else.

The Policewoman Di

Tina Boyd has an instinct for trouble, and a past that continues to haunt her. She was the policewoman who charged The Night Creeper. Now hes been kidnapped, and its Tinas task to find him. And find him fast, because its clear that some very dangerous people want to silence him permanently.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable but ultimately disappointing

When I saw a new Simon Kernick novel available for download, my stomach lurched with excitement. Great ! Well, not so great actually...

I don't know if its because this one has been abridged that it became formulaic, a rehash of old territory and ultimately a bit of a disappointment. Don't get me wrong - the story line is fine, the usual fast pace is there. If you haven't listened to a Simon Kernick audiobook before you will probably love it. However, if you have listened to all of his previously released works, like me, you may feel cheated and a bit let down.

I also purchased a new full length book by Simon at the same time called Target which I have not yet listened to but look forward to very much as this one is unabridged. Abridged works work very well for some authors but not in this particular instance and indeed may never do so for a Simon Kernick novel.

Kernick as we know him!

Another fantastic effort, gripping.

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Title: Shark Music

Author: Carol O'Connell

Narrator: Regina Reagan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-10

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A mutilated body is found lying on the ground in Chicago, a dead hand pointing down Adams Street, also known as Route 66, a road of many names. And now of many deaths.

A silent caravan of cars, dozens of them, drives down the road, each passenger bearing a photograph, but none of them the same. They are the parents of missing children, some recently disappeared, some gone a decade or more - all brought together by the word that children's gravesites are being discovered along the Mother Road.

Detective Sergeant Kathy Mallory drives with them. The child she seeks, though, is not like the others. It is herself - the feral child adopted off the streets, her father unknown, her mother dead, their past a mystery. During the next few extraordinary days, Mallory will find herself hunting a killer like none she has come across before, and uncovering the secrets that have haunted her all her life.

Members Reviews:

fantastic thriller

I really enjoyed this great thriller,with its strange twists and turns.About 5 years ago I read Judas child by the same author and it was a great read.

I highly recommend this audio book to you if you like a good thriller and I really loved the narrator,it is 1st class.

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Title: Devil at the Crossroads

Author: Olive Etchells

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Following the split from her husband, Helen Pascoe decides to take her children away from London to live in a lovely old house near Falmouth.

The family are beginning to feel happy and settled, when the local community is stunned by a murder. A young man has been found stabbed at the crossroads of two narrow lanes - a place where legend says a gibbet once stood.

It is DCI Channon's territory, and he soon finds that the victim is connected to the Pascoe family, as well as to other residents of the once humble fishing village. The ramifications of the murder affect everybody; suspicion is rife, and Channon, aided by the abrasive Sergeant Bowles, faces one of his most difficult cases.

Members Reviews:

Devil at the Crossroads

Set in Cornwall, this murder mystery has excellent characterisation and a clever plot. I look froward to other books in the series on Audible.

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Title: Jigsaw Guilt

Author: Jeffrey Ashford

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-13-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Fiona Ross, who had just flown in from Australia, entered divisional HQ in Carnford to report the disappearance of her close friend, Gillian Harvey.

The police were far from satisfied that this was an incident that concerned them. But when they learned Gillian was wealthy while her husband, a dairy farmer, was not; that he had wanted to spend her money on building a feed barn and she had refused; that he had little love left for her, but possessed a great deal for a widower; then their attitude changed. And as each newly discovered fact interlocked with those already known, they became certain they were looking at a picture of murder.

Members Reviews:

Lean and Effective British Police Procedural

Fiona Ross, just in from Australia, enters the police headquarters in Carnford, her destination in Britain, to report that her best friend, Mrs. Harvey, had not met her at the airport as planned and that Harvey's husband claimed not to know where she was. In between abusing the police officers who deal with her, she also explains that this behavior was virtually impossible for Mrs. Harvey and that harm must therefore have come to her. She suspects that Mrs. Harvey's husband may have harmed her.

The original police skepticism diminished as the missing person inquiry developed. The Harvey marriage is unhappy. Mrs. Harvey was wealthy and, in her own mind anyway, sophisticated and cultured. Mr. Harvey was a simple dairy farmer. He knew cows, and loved them. Mrs. Harvey did not. She also refused to finance his dairy activity, putting it at risk. Recently, he has been having an affair with a loving woman. The police now begin to suspect murder.

Author Ashford portrays police procedures and their intensity very well. He shows the disruption that performance of those procedures entail as well as how the cops' supposedly tentative early conclusions frame further inquiries. The always ambiguous facts are sometimes misread in accordance with these "tentative" conclusions.

This short book is well written and plotted, with prose that is terse and effective. The characters manifest themselves through their words and actions, mostly to various cops. Ashford seldom "privileges" the reader by going inside a character's head. One of the interesting aspects of the book is the constant nastiness and rudeness displayed in the interchanges between the characters, a very few excepted. Polite interchanges do not occur much in Carnford.

This is an outstanding police procedural and exploration of police psychology, somewhat reminiscent of the great Georges Simenon's Maigret books in style. It is an excellent read.