A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

 Audio.  12 hours.

Read by Robert Bathurst.

Gamache leaves retirement behind when someone is needed to head up the Surete academy.  When one of the instructors is murdered, Gamache finds himself on the suspect list.

4 stars.

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

 After Amanda's daughter is murdered, a stranger in a grief support group suggests they swap murders, a la Strangers on a Train.  Lots of surprises.

5 stars.

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett

 Low-level drug dealers in Ireland kidnap the younger brother of a man who owes them money.  

3.5 stars.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

 Audio.  10 hours.

Read by Lesley Sharp.

Can a mother prevent her son's crime before it happens?   Time travel stuff.  It felt just a little too long, but otherwise very good.

4 stars.

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

 Gail's daughter is getting married and her ex-husband shows up hoping to stay with her.  And he brings a stray cat he is fostering.  I only wish this book had been longer.

4.5 stars.

The House of Cross by James Patterson

 Latest Alex Cross installment.  Still chasing M.  Lots of repetition in the text. I think the descriptor "billionaire" was used 4 or more times in just a few paragraphs.  Not sure why I stick with these books.

2.5 stars.

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally

Audio.  7.75 hours.

Read by Justis Bolding

A teenage girl's drowning is ruled an accident, but not everyone believes it's the truth.

I almost gave up on this because the main character's whining was getting to me.  It took a turn or two that made me keep listening.

2.5 stars.

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

 Audio.  13 hours.

Read by Robert Bathurst.

RIP Ralph Cosham.  I miss you as the voice of Three Pines.

A nine year old boy dies in Three Pines and everyone agrees it was an accident.  Everyone except Armand Gamache who believes there is more to the boy's death.  

4 stars.

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

 Melina writes a play claiming Shakespeare's work were actually written by a woman.  Most of the book is then written from that woman's (Emilia's) point of view.

This felt really long.  I'm not a fan of historical fiction.

2.5 stars.

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny.

 Audio.   15 hours.

Read by Ralph Cosham.

Inspector Gamache, working with a decimated staff, investigates the death of the final quintuplet born to great fanfare 70+ years ago.  Meanwhile Jean-Guy is wasting away under his new superior who is supplying him with the drugs that are slowly killing him.  Add in a plot to destroy a major bridge or tunnel in Montreal by many higher ups in the government which Gamache is quietly working to stop.

4 stars.

A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson

 Audio.  8.5 hours.

Multiple narrators.

Martha Ratliff finds clues that make her question if her traveling salesman husband could be a murderer.  She calls on an old friend to help her investigate.  

4 stars.

The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

 Audio.   12 hours.

Read by Ralph Cosham.

Inspector Gamache has retired to Three Pines, until Clara Morrow asks him to find her missing husband.

I was sad that Peter was killed off.

4 stars.