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Title: The Dance Master

Author: Peter Turnbull

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It would seem the killer wanted to draw attention to himself, perhaps even to be caught. But when a new urgency is infused into the case, will the detectives be able to make use of his helpfulness in time?

Members Reviews:

Formulaic with an interesting plot

"The Dance Master" by Peter Turnbull is the eighth book in his Hennessey and Yellich mystery series. For readers of the series, I can tell you it is much like all his previous installments: the plot is relatively engrossing, but his main characters remain boring and do not have any growth experiences to develop them as interesting protagonists. Hennessey and Yellich are presented the same in each book--as two nice men, one older and one young, who work hard and go home to the routine of their personal lives. The same description of their characters and life experiences is used in each Turnbull novel.

I will give Turnbull credit for coming up with imaginative plots. In this book the action starts with a bag of human bones deposited in a housing estate--it seems they are meant to be found. Hennessey and Yellich turn to the missing person files to start their identification process after learning that each of the twelve bones has different DNA. Hennessey discerns early that the serial killer (or killers?) wants to be found and stopped, and Hennessey knows that has to happen fast before the next killing. In "The Dance Master" Turnbull uses the criminal's point of view more than in any other of his previous books. Doing so adds to the urgency of the story, though why the criminal is who he is and does what he does is never really explained fully to my satisfaction.

One thing about Turnbull's dialogue that I don't get is the rather formal and archaic speech style used by the characters. It seems like unlikely people in the 21st century talk in such a way, though perhaps in Yorkshire they do.

For a quick mystery read without a lot of depth or character development this book is adequate. Again, for readers of the series the writing will be formulaic in many ways. I do like the setting for this series, medieval York, which is always inviting--one never gets tired of walking the medieval walls and the snickelways of York with Hennessey and Yellich.

For more mystery series that may entertain you, check out my website describing and reviewing many series (see my Amazon profile for the URL).

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Title: About Face

Subtitle: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

Author: Donna Leon

Narrator: Andrew Sachs

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who has been found murdered in his office. He believes the man's death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse - and more sinister material - in his company's trucks. No stranger to mutual suspicion and competition between rival Italian police departments, Brunetti is nevertheless puzzled by the younger man's paranoid behaviour.

Eventually Guarino agrees to email a photo of his suspect, but by the time the photograph arrives, he himself is dead. Was he killed because he got too close? And why is it that Franca Marinello has often been seen in company of the suspect, a vulgar man with Mafia connections and a violent past?

Donna Leon's new novel is as subtle, gripping and topical as ever, bringing the sights, sounds and smells of Venice flooding to life.

Members Reviews:

Excellent as ever!

Another engaging episode in the adventures of Inspector Brunetti and his family. As ever, nothing is as it seems and as the layers are peeled away, the truth proves to be entirely unexpected. The subject matter is entirely contemporary and yet very delicately dealt with. Donna Leon's books (and this one is no exception)are much much more than classic whodunnits. They are rather a trip to Venice and an encounter with a slice of Venitian life, the workings of Italian society and justice system and the life of a family. Andrew Sachs is a fantastic reader. I just wish that unabridged versions of Donna Leon's books would be available on Audible, read by Andrew Sachs.

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Title: The Taster

Subtitle: Timothy Blanchard Thiller Series, Book 1

Author: Jonathan Hickman

Narrator: Ron Knowles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-09

Publisher: RP Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Taster starts with a meal and a murder. A whirlwind of meals and murders follow. It's enough to make you ravenously hungry and keep you furiously turning pages.

Members Reviews:

absolutely terrible reader

I completely agree with the previous reviewer. I couldn't finish this because of the absolutely awful narrator. Pity because the story sounds interesting but it's impossible to listen to. Avoid.

Good Book - Horrible Reading

I sense that this would be a fine novel, but the reading is absolutely horrible. There are mispronunciations beyond counting, and the voice talent seems to be unfamiliar with the concepts of punctuation and phrasing. He also seems to be in a hurry for some reason. If you can get past the absolutely abysmal reading of the book, it's a very enjoyable story.

I've never recommended this for an Audible track before, but I'd buy the hard copy, and I'd avoid Knowles-narrated books in the future.

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Title: The Saladin Murders

Subtitle: Omar Yussef, Book 2

Author: Matt Rees

Narrator: Daniel Philpott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-08

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Omar Yussef, teacher-turned-detective, is sent to the troubled Gaza Strip to carry out a routine school inspection. There he learns that a fellow teacher has been arrested, and, instinctively recognizing the signs of grave injustice, he sets out to investigate. The person responsible for the teacher's arrest is Colonel al-Fara, the most powerful - and dangerous - man in Gaza, and Omar's friends urge him not to intervene. But Omar confronts the colonel, and soon finds himself caught in a ruthless power struggle.

©2008 Matt Rees; (P)2008 W F Howes Ltd

Members Reviews:

Nail biting!

In light of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip this book adds depth and colour to the conflict between the Palestinians, especially in Gaza, and Israelis.

A tragic background to a tragic, terse and well-written story. A simple, straight-forward inspection of schools run by the UN in refugee camps in Gaza turns into a complex web of inter-related killings of revenge and reprisals.

I shall look out for other books by Matt Rees and his history teacher turned detective.

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Title: Under Fire

Author: Pauline Bell

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-08

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Could the fire be a copycat arson attack designed to mask the real crime? Or could they be dealing with an incident involving family dishonour and revenge? It's up to Mitchell and his team to find out.

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Title: Hard Time

Author: Maureen Carter

Narrator: Liz Holliss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Her lover's moving on, her guv's losing patience, her new DC is Mr. Bean in a fat suit and just when it appears things can't get any worse... the death threat arrives. Then the ransom note. Then times really get hard.

Members Reviews:

And the joy continues

The fourth book in this marvelous series is as good as the first three. Maureen Carter is a writer to remember and follow. Great plots, lively characters and the wicked sense of humor.Who needs more?

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Title: Eden

Author: Frederic Bean

Narrator: Rusty Nelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Books In Motion

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Kings aren't like other families. They are bound together by a hatred as vast as their oil-rich Texas ranch, and the purse strings of a fortune held by the cold matriarch of their wealthy clan. Helen King's five children have as little love for her as they do for each other. When her eldest son Howard is shot to death in his Dallas home, there is no shortage of suspects. As administrator of the King fortune, he was the focus for his siblings' deepest resentment. Everyone has a motive, no one has an alibi - and Matthew, who has always been the family peacekeeper, admits he was at the scene shortly before the murder...and saw nothing. As the police close in on the killer, Matthew faces an unwanted choice: loyalty to a family that's never understood love, or saving his own skin.

©1997 Frederic Bean; (P)2008 Books In Motion

Members Reviews:

Who loves a sibling that much?

While enjoying this book to some extent, I don't know anyone who would sacrifice his family and freedom for a sibling. While I love my family very much, I sincerely doubt that I would cover up something they had done wrong and then take the fall for them. A totally unrealistic ending, given the history of this disfunctional family.

Wonderful

A great mystery that had me wondering until the very end, including having to re-read the last chapter to catch all the information given. A great account of an extremely dysfunctional family that will protect their own at all costs. I would highly recomend this to anyone interested in Texas novels.

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Title: Deadly Harvest

Author: Father Reynolds

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Brother Gabriel's message draws flocks of converts with reports of visions of the Virgin Mary, the second Coming of Christ, and the Rapture that is already beginning. The subsequent disappearance of dozens of Latino farm workers, supposedly "raptured up into heaven" from a locked room in a sealed building has Father Mark suspicious of a scam - perhaps a deadly one.

Dark mysteries surround the preacher and his followers, and Father Townsend discovers his fears are well founded. While the believers pray for salvation, death has become a part of their creed.

Members Reviews:

a good detective novel

This is a well-written, entertaining, mysterious detective novel. The twist of course is that the mystery solver is a Jesuit, but how fun is that! A nice light read that surprises you with moments of insight into people.

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Title: Bet Against the House

Subtitle: A Freddie O'Neal Mystery

Author: Catherine Dain

Narrator: Stephanie Brush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Voicing her reluctance to help Gloria Scope's jealous daughter claim the family inheritance by tarnishing Gloria's name, Freddie O'Neal is nevertheless drawn into a deadly family plot when Gloria is suddenly murdered.

©1995 Catherine Dain; (P)2002 Books in Motion

Critic Reviews:

"...Freddy is an interesting character, sure to delight her new and established fans." (Booklist

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Title: The Diviner's Son

Author: Gary Crew

Narrator: Michael Veitch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-08

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Horse-breeder Christopher Mansell has lost his wife and his daughter, as well as his memory of the night they were brutally murdered. He is tormented by the thought that he is to blame. A chance encounter with a fairground diviner and his captive 'son', who is said to talk to the dead, pricks his curiosity. Although originally skeptical, his troubling dreams make finding this boy a necessity and he begins to search him out in the neighboring towns. The murder inquiry is moving slowly and it seems everyone is a suspect, and Christopher must find out once and for all who killed his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews:

Narrator Michael Veitch's low-key but intense performance subtly explores the complex emotions in this story about horse breeder Christopher Mansell, who has lost his wife and daughter in a brutal murder. Tormented by the thought that he may be to blame, Christopher hears about a fairground diviner's captive "son" who can communicate with the dead. Despite his skepticism, Christopher seeks out the boy to find resolution. Veitch voices the characters with well-etched personalities - it's clear that he understand who they are, even if they may not know themselves. Listeners will appreciate his careful pacing, which allows time to absorb the details of this touching story.

Critic Reviews:

"Michael Veitch reads with just the right tone of understated emotion, letting the writing speak, rather than forcing the story with verbal tricks. His pacing is perfect--quick yet clear when the plot demands and replete with enough pauses for the listener to consider the oddity of the action. A terrific listen." (Audiofile Magazine)

Members Reviews:

"They Don't Come Knocking on Your Skull?"

Set in colonial Tasmania, and told through several points of view (including first person and third person narrative, letters between a mother and daughter and dispersed with accurate newspaper accounts of the 1840's `Fox rappings'), we meet Christopher Mansel, a middle aged horse-breeder and his unhappy household. A few months previously, Mansel's wife and daughter were found bloodily murdered in the summerhouse whilst Mansel wandered the ground drunk. He cannot remember a thing about that night, only that he came to in the summerhouse covered in blood, as was his stable boy Virgil Morrisey. Now he's haunted by the tragic night, unsure of his own involvement in their deaths and mystified as to why his family was killed in the first place.

Living a wretched half-life where his only interest is the well-being of his horses, Mansel is wandering about a fairground when he comes across a dubious diviner named Henry Jones who claims to heal all physical ailments. More to Mansel's interest though is the youth that Jones identifies as his son, a boy named Abel Hawkings and who claims to communicate with the dead. Both repulsed and fascinated by his claims, Mansel arranges a series of meetings with Abel who reveals both his powers and his tragic past - and promises to communicate with Mansel's family.

Meanwhile - just to complicate matters - Sergeant James Riley has renewed interest in the case, and is asking several strange questions concerning their deaths.