Saturday, December 24, 2022

Triple Cross by James Patterson

 Alex Cross catches a serial killer.  Again.

3.5 stars.

Sunday, December 18, 2022

The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney

 Audio.  10 hours.

Read by Emilia Fox, Finty Williams, and Lisa Aagaard Knudsen.

Two women who lived at the same address have a lot more in common than that.  Jane knows that Emma died in the house, but was it an accident, suicide, or murder?

3.5 stars.

Loses 1/2 a star for killing an animal unnecessarily.  

Thursday, December 1, 2022

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

 Audio.  12.5 hours.

Read by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson.

When a down-on-her-luck Jess arranges to stay with her brother in Paris, she finds him missing and sets about to find him.  Interesting twist at the end.  I found Mimi's character to be very annoying, but otherwise, enjoyable.

4 stars.

Monday, November 21, 2022

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

 Detectives on the trail of a unique serial killer.  They suspect he's dead, but is he?

5 stars.

Saturday, November 12, 2022

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Audio.  9CDs.  (No time listed.)
Read by Julia Whelan

Vanessa is desperate to keep Nelly from marrying her ex-husband.  Is she jealous or is there another reason?  Several twists and turns I enjoyed including one at the very end I never saw coming.

5 stars.

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Death of the Black Widow by James Patterson and J.D. Barker

 Police detective Walter O'Brien encounters a female victim at a homicide scene.  Or is she?  Thus starts a lifelong pursuit of a serial killer, or maybe a family of killers?

Good story if you're comfortable briefly suspending reality.

Stand alone novel, which was nice.

4.5 stars.

Sunday, September 25, 2022

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

 Audio.  16.5 hours.

Read by Alex Jennings

A companion novel to Life After Life, this time tells Teddy's story,  of being a WWII bomber pilot and his aftermath.

5 stars.